Even if you’re the most faithful ofWalking Dead viewers, you’re forgiven if you find yourself heading into the midseason premiere (which debuts on February 25th) with only the haziest memory of what the hell happened on the show last fall. Producer, writer and (now ex-)showrunner Scott M. Gimple made the …
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An Eighties rivalry is renewed in the first trailer for Cobra Kai, the Karate Kid sequel series with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprising their roles from the 1984 cult classic. The teaser trailer begins with Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence reopening the infamous dojo and soon juxtaposes that karate school’s cutthroat …
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John Oliver and Stephen Colbert offered Donald Trump a bit of advice on The Late Show Monday, encouraging the president to follow his instincts and sit down for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. As Colbert noted, Trump has said that he’d be happy to talk with Mueller – …
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Samantha Beelooked at the painful ramifications of forced arbitrationon Full Frontal Wednesday.She spoke with former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson about how arbitration silences victims of sexual assault in the workplace. Forced arbitration, as Bee explained, is a legal strategy that allows companies accused of wrongdoing to keep cases out …
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Will Ferrell revived his beloved George W. Bush impersonation to open Saturday Night Live when the actor and 12th greatest SNL cast member returned to guest host the latest episode. In the cold open, Ferrell’s “Dubya” talked about how Donald Trump’s White House has suddenly cast the Bush administration in …
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Saturday Night Live mocked Donald Trump‘s questionable health exam results in a cold open sketch where Beck Bennett’s White House physician Ronny Jackson spoke glowingly about the president’s physique and mental faculty. Aidy Bryant’s White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders first acknowledged the millions of women marching Saturday “to …
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There’s a tense moment that sums up Mosaic, Steven Soderbergh‘s HBO thriller about a murder in a Utah ski-resort town. A character confronts another over a moment from their tangled past, to make sure they’ve got their story straight for the cops. She smiles warily. “Is this like a 12-step …
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Mark Wahlberg announced Saturday that he would donate $1.5 million – his salary for All the Money in the World reshoots – to Time’s Up. The actor’s donation comes following reports that Wahlberg’s co-star Michelle Williams was only paid a per diem of approximately $1,000 a day – less than …
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Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke and longtime sitcom actor who starred on Coach and The Middle, died Friday at the age of 86. Van Dyke’s wife Shirley told TMZ that the comedian died Friday at their Hot Springs, Arkansas ranch, adding that his health had …
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This time last year, we kicked off our annual Golden Globes predictions with a warning: The Golden Globes are impossibly hard to predict. And we didn’t even know the half of it:From labeling Get Out a comedy to snubbing Twin Peaks almost entirely, this year’s suite of nominees is wild …
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