Новости за 10.08.2020

It ain’t no joke: Sturgis, South Dakota’s massive Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicked off on Friday, and not via Zoom. Thousands of motorcyclists roared into the town for the annual 10-day event, despite there being, you know, five million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. Per CBS News, city officials…

It’s not the bitter, misanthropic Squidward series we all truly want, but another SpongeBob Squarepants character is getting their own dedicated spin-off. We heard about the prequel series Kamp Koral back at the end of July, with the soon-to-be-rebranded CBS All Access announcing it for some point in 2021, but now …

Peacock introduced the world to its Saved By The Bell reboot with a clip of Mario Lopez’s adult Slater bragging about banging students’ moms. Today, the nascent streamer has shared a new teaser that dials down the horniness and plays up the fluorescent tinge of nostalgia that colors its legacy. “Remember all the…

Remember going to concerts? Movies? Plays? Museums? Other people’s homes? Those were the days. As the days of summer dwindle and Mr. Autumn Man draws ever nearer, it seems likely that we’ll have a new crop of social outings to wistfully remember. Our days of bobbing for apples, for example, are behind us. Crowded…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. As part of Y2k week here at The A.V. Club, we’ll be listing the 25 best films of the year 2000. These are some of our favorites that didn’t make the countdown.

Commercial-loving sports fans may remember several years back when Jason Sudeikis made a series of spots for NBC promoting the network’s English Premiere League programming. In those ads, Sudeikis played Ted Lasso, a twangy American football coach who’d somehow been made head coach of the Tottenham Hotspurs, and was…

Back in June, Judd Apatow revealed he was at work on a documentary about George Carlin, lauding the sharp-tongued comic’s work as “prophetic.” Today, Deadline reports that HBO will premiere the film, which is slated to unfold across two parts. Apatow will direct with the help of longtime collaborator Michael…

Stargirl’s impressive debut season has had two big things going for it: A sense of surprise and a welcome commitment to making its villains actually villainous. Ever since the opening flashback to the original JSA’s defeat, the Injustice Society has felt like a truly unstoppable threat. Heading into this finale, I was…

This unabashedly leftist 10-part retrospective on America’s violent compulsion to meddle in Iraq tags the second U.S. invasion in 2003 as the greatest crime of the 21st century. This episode, coming toward the end of the show’s run, tells the tale of two elections. Back at home George W. Bush secures reelection…

On the spectrum of streaming entities, Peacock is at least doing better than laughable lil Quibi. But today the network made an announcement all but ensuring that future generations will look back upon NBC’s streaming platform as heroic—if they don’t fuck it up: MacGruber has been officially picked up to series at…

And the next person in charge of wrangling Jared Leto’s extremely bedazzled ego is.... Garth Davis, come on down! You’re next in line to validate Leto’s Gucci Jesus complex! According to Deadline, Disney has enlisted Davis to direct the new live-action Tron movie, starring the artist formerly known as Fuck Boy Number…

Sofia Coppola has said she might never have become a filmmaker if not for Jeffrey Eugenides’ first novel. Having read The Virgin Suicides (1993) on a recommendation from Thurston Moore, Coppola immediately connected with its depiction of suburban malaise and teenage desire. The film rights had already been bought and…

Do you really need us to tell you what Away is about? It’s Hilary Swank in space and the guy who brought you Friday Night Lights and Parenthood is an executive producer. Look at that photo. You know exactly what this is.

The integrity of cute animal influencer culture has, we regret to inform you, gone astray. Where we used to elevate ordinary cats and dogs based on their strength of personality or their ineffable charisma, we’ve now become obsessed with nothing more than looks. It’s appalling. The dream every tiny kitten and puppy…

It’s been about three years since FX’s award winning anthology Fargo wrapped its third season. The lengthy hiatus hasn’t appeared to dampen any anticipation for the fourth installment, which was previously delayed due to the coronavirus. Thankfully for fans, the wait is nearly over: FX is ready to head back to Fargo…

As you may be aware, the Start Trek franchise is finally taking a real stab at a show that doesn’t take itself so damn seriously. I mean, yeah, I get that it’s wonderful to have a show about the future that’s utopian and not the now-far-more-common dystopian hellscape, but even a utopia needs to get the piss taken…

A few years ago, we covered Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair, a 1996 full-motion video game meant to help players learn the movie director’s craft by playing around with footage of Jennifer Aniston, Penn and Teller, and Quentin Tarantino acting their faces off in grainy pre-recorded clips. Now, thanks to Paolo…

It wasn’t until after Robin Williams’ autopsy that doctors discovered the actor was battling a deadly neurodegenerative disorder, one that left him struggling with anxiety, insomnia, and, per his widow, “scary altered realities.” Called Lewy Body Dementia, it will be explored alongside Williams’ final days in a new…

“Weird Al” Yankovic, whose beloved pop parodies have delighted audiences across the world, will soon see his story told through photos thanks to Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of “Weird Al” Yankovic ‘83 – ‘86, a new book of black-and-white snapshots put together by his longtime drummer, Jon…

Jason Sudeikis came up at Saturday Night Live alongside some expert caricaturists: He started on the show around the same time as Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Andy Samberg, all well-versed in the art of creating characters from broad gestures and memorable physical flourishes. Although Sudeikis certainly had go-big…

When registered nurse, Black Lives Matter activist, and person you do not want to mess with Cori Bush narrowly won the Democratic primary for the Missouri 1st congressional district, many people termed it an upset. And, indeed, Bush defeated William Lacy Clay, a 10-term Congressman and son of a 16-term Congressman,…

Society might have jumped the gun by about 20 years when it predicted the menacing arrival of a society-toppling virus, but it did manage to cultivate some pretty iconic pop culture. While we’re taking the downtime to revisit some tried-and-true favorites, we cannot think of a more opportune moment to celebrate the…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, August 10. All times are Eastern.

The world didn’t end. The lights stayed on, airplanes remained in the sky, and when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000, the world’s computerized systems were properly primed to handle the roll over from years that started with “19” and years that started with “2.” Not that the 365 days that followed needed…

Timothy Van Patten started out in show business as an actor, most notably in the basketball-themed series The White Shadow from 1979 to 1981. By the ’90s, Van Patten made the switch to behind the camera, honing his craft by directing over 30 episodes of Touched By An Angel before finding critical success over at HBO.…