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Perhaps you remember Lana “Glamorous Person” Del Rey’s album-announcing Instagram post?“

For years, Warner Bros. has tried—and mostly failed—to use its DC superhero movies to imitate what Disney has been doing with Marvel, introducing characters in their own solo movies and then putting them together for a big team-up movie (though only Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman really got introductions like that…

Over the past week, a number of men across various sectors of entertainment have come under fire with accusations of past assault, including Chris D’Elia and Ansel Elgort. Justin Bieber faced similar scrutiny when a woman going by Danielle came forward on Twitter with her own allegations of assault, which she claims…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: With Jon Stewart’s Irresistible headed for home-viewing platforms—and with November 3 on the horizon—we’re looking back at other films about elections or political…

In the Perry Mason of the ‘50s and ‘60s—and in most “classic TV,” for that matter—audiences rarely, if ever, saw a sympathetic person of color in any sort of role of substance. It’s something Perry Mason’s Chris Chalk said made him not connect with the show growing up, and something he says he’s particularly glad has…

Joel Schumacher, the film director whose background as a costume designer brought stylish, over-the-top flare to movies like The Lost Boys, St. Elmo’s Fire, Batman Forever, and Batman And Robin, has died. According to Variety, Schumacher died earlier today in New York City after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was…

Some important context to know right off the top here: Papa Cristo’s is not located on a private tropical island. There are no all-inclusive packages, no glamping, nothing like that. They sell gyros, spanakopita, kebabs, falafel, you get the idea. Do not let the presence of noted Fyre Festival co-founder Ja Rule…

Because there’s absolutely nothing else going on in the world right now, President Trump devoted a whole bunch of his Tulsa rally speech to how good he is at walking down inclines and that, yes, he can in fact drink water from a glass. This many years into his presidency, material like this is to be expected. And yet…

The first season of Doom Patrol—one of the flagship series of the DC Universe streaming service—was an unexpected triumph, one of the best debuts of 2019. Expertly blending superhero action, crass gonzo humor, and pathos, the show broke down fourth walls and comic-book tropes with gleeful abandon, living up to the…

Recorded before the pandemic, the most recent episode of Inappropriate Questions deals with grief, particularly the ways in which the question “How are you?” affects people dealing with loss. One of the guests this episode, Michael Cruz Kayne, lost his son a decade ago, and the other guest, Kayla Moryoussef, is a…

In a way, these first six episodes of Stargirl have really been one long pilot for a series that arguably should’ve been called The New Justice Society. It’s now clear that Stargirl was always designed as an ensemble series rather than a solo superhero one, and while that was evident from the show’s marketing, it…

Boots Riley added filmmaker to his resumé with 2018's Sorry To Bother You, a surreal and darkly comic examination of capitalism and race. Today, the acclaimed multi-hyphenate has announced his follow-up: I’m A Virgo, a new series starring Jharrel Jerome as a 13-foot-tall Black man living in Oakland:

After reprising his iconic role as J. Jonah Jameson for a hilarious end-credits scene in Spider-Man: Far From Home, J.K. Simmons says we most definitely have not seen the last of The Daily Bugle chief. During an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show (as spotted by Collider), Simmons revealed that Jameson will…

Say hello to your friends (again): Netflix has released a new trailer for The Baby-Sitters Club, the streamer’s upcoming reboot based on the popular YA novels by Ann M. Martin. And while a few things have changed—including some welcome diversity—one thing remains the same: Claudia Kishi is still the coolest.

It’s not as if we’re running out of ways to illustrate the acutely wild nature of 2020, but here’s an example just for the musical theater enthusiasts among us: 2020 is so damn strange that Lin-Manuel Miranda fans will actually get to see Hamilton in home theaters before In The Heights. With the pandemic pushing back…

The rise of Limecat, that mid-’00s meme of a cat with a lime on its head, must’ve sent shockwaves through the feline world. The humiliation of cats had gone digital. A cat with a piece of fruit placed over its noggin like a helmet could now be spread around the globe almost instantaneously. For many years following…

Great endings don’t bring a story to its completion. They merely conclude the part of the story to which we’re privy. All the Toy Story movies have endings like that, each implying that Andy’s (and then Bonnie’s) toys will forge new relationships and embark on new adventures when nobody’s looking. The trade-off to…

“Diva worship” is a much-discussed topic within the LGBTQ community—we’ve all got a larger-than-life pop star, or a scenery-chewing actress, who jolts us with excitement just at the mention of their name. Most of us can even pinpoint a specific song or scene of dialogue that feels like it unlocked something deep…

In the opening scene of Love, Victor, the show’s eponymous protagonist writes an angry Instagram DM to Simon Spier, the protagonist of Greg Berlanti’s 2018 film Love, Simon. Having moved to Atlanta and unsure of his place in the world, Victor arrives at Creekwood High hearing stories of an epic romance between Simon…

“I know this might put you in the uncomfortable situation of having to argue on behalf of people who you might not find inherently sympathetic,” interjected Last Week Tonight host John Oliver midway through his sobering dissection of the problem of coronavirus among the incarcerated. Backing up his point, Oliver then…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, June 22. All times are Eastern. 

There are challenges every actor faces at one point or another, and often what divides the good from the great is their ability to meet such challenges, most of which are much harder than they might appear. Playing drunk is one such example; the best typically try to play a drunk person trying to play sober. There’s…

Snowpiercer grapples with a lot of the same themes and narratives as Battlestar Galactica. Both shows feature a stratified group of people attempting to rebuild society after the collapse of civilization. On the pacing and character development fronts though, they differ. Snowpiercer sometimes gets too caught up in…

According to Variety, both Amazon Prime and Hulu have pulled the episode of Comedy Central’s Workaholics where comedian Chris D’Elia plays a child molester, with Comedy Central itself having already pulled down the episode from its own platforms (which the network confirmed to the LA Times). This comes a few days…