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Sam Barsanti is a Staff Writer at The A.V. Club and has covered pop culture news for a decade. He will happily talk to you about superhero movies and mecha anime, whether you want him to or not.

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Apple TV Plus renews <i>Physical </i>for a third season

Apple TV Plus renews Physical for a third season

The series just ended its second season at the end of July

Kate McKinnon felt “ashamed” for breaking during <i>Saturday Night Live </i>sketches

Kate McKinnon felt “ashamed” for breaking during Saturday Night Live sketches

The now-former SNL star knows you're not supposed to laugh during a live TV sketch, but sometimes you're just having…

Summer refuses to “do a <i>Die Hard</i>” in the new trailer for <i>Rick And Morty </i>season 6

Summer refuses to “do a Die Hard” in the new trailer for Rick And Morty season 6

Aw geez, Rick. The new season starts on September 4.

Oscar Isaac isn’t tired of all these <i>Star Wars </i>anymore

Oscar Isaac isn’t tired of all these Star Wars anymore

If Lucasfilm has a "great story" and a "great director," he'll play Poe Dameron again

Try to contain your excitement: The Golden Globes are coming back to NBC in 2023. Hooray.

Try to contain your excitement: The Golden Globes are coming back to NBC in 2023. Hooray.

The historically boring and historically problematic awards show is coming back to TV next year

Hulu will start to lose new NBC content in September

Hulu will start to lose new NBC content in September

Old shows will remain, but Hulu will no longer get new episodes the day after they air

It doesn’t sound like Trey Parker and Matt Stone will ever make their big deepfake movie

It doesn’t sound like Trey Parker and Matt Stone will ever make their big deepfake movie

Their original concept was very "timely" before the pandemic, but not so much anymore

Anonymous sources share new details on “allegations of misconduct” against Fred Savage

Anonymous sources share new details on “allegations of misconduct” against Fred Savage

Women who worked on the new Wonder Years says there are "two very different sides of Savage"

Things on <i>Fargo </i>to get stranger with Joe Keery and new guy Lamorne Morris

Things on Fargo to get stranger with Joe Keery and new guy Lamorne Morris

The next season of FX's crime anthology takes place in 2019

Tom Cruise and Chris McQuarrie planning a musical and the return of <i>Tropic Thunder</i>’s Les Grossman

Tom Cruise and Chris McQuarrie planning a musical and the return of Tropic Thunder’s Les Grossman

The duo also want another action movie with "franchise potential"

A live-action <i>Pac-Man </i>movie is in the works

A live-action Pac-Man movie is in the works

Finally, a chance to see an adaptation of the complex Pac-Man mythology

<i>Ted Lasso </i>stars were certain that nobody would bother using Apple TV Plus just for their show

Ted Lasso stars were certain that nobody would bother using Apple TV Plus just for their show

Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddingham didn't know how to get Apple TV+, and they didn't think anyone else would…

R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John

R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John

The iconic singer behind "Physical" and the star of Grease was 73

Fire and remember: 23 great unorthodox weapons in video games

Fire and remember: 23 great unorthodox weapons in video games

From exploding golf balls to bionic arms to the musical stylings of Disturbed, here are awesome video game weapons…

<i>Bullet Train </i>shoots to the top of a box office that’s even worse than it was last weekend

Bullet Train shoots to the top of a box office that’s even worse than it was last weekend

Bodies Bodies Bodies also made a nice showing in a limited release

Jesse Ventura welcomes Amber Midthunder to the <i>Predator </i>family

Jesse Ventura welcomes Amber Midthunder to the Predator family

One man who knows what it's like to get killed by a Predator has nothing but praise for Prey

Dwayne Johnson shares full, <i>Black Adam</i>-teasing post-credits stinger for <i>DC League Of Super-Pets</i>

Dwayne Johnson shares full, Black Adam-teasing post-credits stinger for DC League Of Super-Pets

Dwayne Johnson has a movie out, another movie coming out, and a tequila, and he'd like to make sure you don't forget

Mike Tyson is still very mad about Hulu’s <i>Mike</i>

Mike Tyson is still very mad about Hulu’s Mike

Tyson refers to Hulu as “the streaming version of the slave master”

Netflix’s <i>The Sandman</i> ticks off its source material's boxes but can't capture its magic

Netflix’s The Sandman ticks off its source material's boxes but can't capture its magic

Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking horror comic has been reborn as a generic fantasy series

Quentin Tarantino loved <i>Top Gun: Maverick</i>, obviously

Quentin Tarantino loved Top Gun: Maverick, obviously

A guy who famously loves movies loved that movie-ass movie