Новости за 05.05.2020

In a twist that we can only assume is really exciting and encouraging for accomplished chefs who dream of someday making it big with a life-changing TV show deal that makes them into the next Guy Fieri or Rachael Ray, it seems like TV networks and streaming platforms are really into the idea of giving cooking shows to…

Young people and their companions, rejoice, for Bob Odenkirk and David Cross have announced that they’re virtually reuniting with the cast of HBO’s seminal sketch series Mr. Show for a one-night benefit.

A morbid, darkly hilarious new meme format danced its way online earlier this year, and, though many have adopted it as the official meme of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s really just a brilliant twist on the classic fail video. Using footage culled from a 2017 BBC report, the memes typically chase footage of dums-dums…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: Shhhhhh! We’re celebrating movies with little to no dialogue.

Pity Chris Evans’ dog. Despite being tended to by a man who probably possesses more wealth and power than many national leaders, even this poor dog has not been able to escape the embarrassment of the quarantine haircut. He, like so many out there, has suffered the effects of an overly confident amateur stylist—and,…

Don’t know about you all, but we’ve been feeling a bit, how do we put this politely, pissed the fuck off lately. From climate change to a deadly pandemic to Nic Cage playing Joe Exotic—the list really goes on and on. It’s hard not to want to get out there and (at the very least) throw oneself into a mosh pit to thrash…

Netflix has really found a lane with oddball relationship reality shows between The Circle (which we loved), Love Is Blind (which we liked well enough), and now the unabashedly horny Too Hot To Handle (which... is certainly available to stream). We’re not exactly ones to begrudge anyone of a little mindless…

When Boy Meets World launched in September 1993, ABC’s TGIF lineup of Friday-night comedies was at the height of its popularity. The weekend starter was birthed by a desire to hook a younger audience for a whole night of programming, rather than just one show, and it worked. Growing up on Nickelodeon, TGIF was a…

Pretty much everything comedian Conner O’Malley makes is gold, but the pandemic has inspired some of his best work to date. Probably because watching O’Malley’s videos already feels like witnessing someone pulling at the loose threads dangling along the seams of reality, an era where we’re all trapped indoors and…

Love in the Time of Coronavirus is a helluva thing, and, unfortunately, it’s already pushed more than a few couples to the breaking point. Just ask iconic fantasy author Neil Gaiman, who is seeing news of his separation spread to the populace without his consent.

In Greg Daniels’ new Amazon Prime series Upload, Robbie Amell plays Nathan, a self-centered pretty boy who finds himself unexpectedly “uploaded” after a suspicious self-driving car accident. Andy Allo is Nora, his “angel,” and his guide to his digital afterlife. Though Nathan’s already attached—that’s how he ended up…

At a grand 85 years of age, Dame Judi Dench is the oldest person to grace the cover of Vogue magazine—and for good reason. The woman is a legend; an incredible actor with a generous spirit and just a total G.D. delight, as evidenced thoroughly by her interview with the magazine, conducted at her home in early March.…

In Samanta Schweblin’s new novel, Little Eyes, kentukis are the year’s must-have smart device. “Nothing more than a cross between a mobile stuffed animal and a cell phone,” she writes, they are cutesy avatars—moles, crows, bunnies, pandas, owls, and dragons—embellished in unique colors, textures, and sometimes…

Congratulations are in order to Grimes, the gonzo pop artist who made one of our favorite albums of the ‘10s, and Elon Musk, the Tesla and Space-X guru who wants to help Tom Cruise die in space. As we learned during the latter’s stock-tanking Twitter meltdown on Friday, the couple’s much-hyped child was due to arrive…

Our president is dangerously stupid, but now and then it’s hard not to chuckle when he, say, nicknames an opponent “McMuffin” or, like a third-grader with milk stains on his short, throws all his weight behind something called “Space Force.” Well, Steve Carrell agrees, as he reveals in a “brief oral history” of…

In SketcHistory, The A.V. Club gets the story behind some of our favorite comedy sketches from the people who made them.

With the intended IMAX release of Spike Jonze’s intimate two-man show documentary Beastie Boys Story—like seemingly everything else beautiful in this world—being cancelled in lieu of a more humble, living room-sized Apple TV+ launch a few weeks ago, Desus and Mero similarly settled for Jonze and the surviving Beastie…

There’s a moment about a third of the way into 23 Hours To Kill, Jerry Seinfeld’s first new stand-up special since 1998 (as it’s touted by Netflix in promotional materials, Jerry Before Seinfeld notwithstanding), that most succinctly captures the spirit of his comedic worldview. Having just finished a lively run of…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, May 5. All times are Eastern.

The first season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian landed some big-name directors to helm its episodes, including Rick Famuyiwa, Taika Waititi, and Bryce Dallas Howard (not to mention one big-name director who appeared as an actor), and it looks like season two is going to make similarly big swings with its…

It would obviously be tactless to point this out because there’s certainly nobody in the world who is happy about this pandemic, but the coronavirus has been pretty good to Netflix, huh? Even just in terms of the cultural conversation, Tiger King is still a big deal and a mediocre Chris Hemsworth action vehicle that…

Say goodbye to Tom Cruise, everybody. It’s just a matter of time now before his frozen body is left drifting off into the unknown, an eternal testament to the folly of man and our species’ constant hunger for bigger and bolder movie stunts. Future generations will look upon him in awe, wondering why such a handsome…

According to Variety, a Canadian judge has ordered Tommy Wiseau—director and star of cult movie hit The Room—to pay about $700,000 to the filmmakers behind a documentary about The Room. The judge determined that Wiseau was trying to unfairly thwart the release of the documentary because it included clips from his…

We all know the story of Bella Swan, the mopey girl from Washington who fell in love with a sparkly vampire named Edward Cullen, played baseball, had some kind of monster baby, became a vampire herself, and then allowed her werewolf ex-boyfriend to call dibs on her monster baby (a practice that we are assured is…

We’re big fans of Hot Topics With Vera Drew, a web series that exists solely to help editor and comedian Vera Drew, a “30-year-old woman finally having her emo phase,” get sponsored by Hot Topic. We’re not big fans, however, of Hot Topic, which, after four episodes, has yet to sponsor Drew (following her on Twitter is …