Dakota Johnson delights, Game Of Thrones spins off (again), and more news from the week
The A.V. Club's top entertainment news coverage from of the week of February 5
Bowen Yang seems less than thrilled about what is going on at Saturday Night Live
Last week, Bowen Yang made headlines for appearing to distance himself from Dave Chappelle during the closing moments of Saturday Night Live. Chappelle wasn’t a guest on the show that night but had randomly hopped on the stage from the audience to join the goodnights. We don’t know for a fact that Yang’s displeasure was due to Chappelle’s presence, but video of Yang and Sarah Sherman looking upset and disturbed in the direction where Chappelle was standing led many to assume they were unhappy with the notoriously transphobic comedian’s surprise appearance. –Read More
Donald Glover also compares Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith exit to divorce
Reflecting on her six months working on the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith show and her partnership with Donald Glover, Phoebe Waller-Bridge said last year that “some marriages don’t work out.” Apparently, that’s the metaphor everyone’s running with, as Glover agreed in a new profile for The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s a divorce in a weird way. You’re like, ‘Oh shit, this should have worked,’” Glover explains. “And this is just me, being honest, but I think a good relationship is one where you don’t waver from the extremely uncomfortable. And I don’t know if we were ever going to get to a place where we could be completely brutal to each other.” Read More
Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web press tour is one for the books
The SAG-AFTRA strike this summer was huge and important and powerful, but there was one thing we kind of missed during those long, quiet months: deeply unhinged press tours. Luckily, the actors have really delivered on this front in the time they’ve been back. Hugh Grant compared his oompa-loompa mocap suit for Wonka to a “crown of thorns.” Reneé Rapp cussed out a random, misogynist bus company owner! It’s been awesome. But no one has fed the people quite like Dakota Johnson while promoting her upcoming Madame Web, a movie she seems to simply despise. Please, join us on this journey. Read More
Jonathan Majors: More former partners, plus Lovecraft Country crew, speak out
As Jonathan Majors’ conviction on assault and harassment continues to wind its way toward sentencing, The New York Times has more information about Majors’ past behavior on deck this evening. Pulling from a mixture of background info collected for his 2023 trial, plus interviews with several of the women in question, the Times piece focuses on two women, Emma Duncan and Maura Hooper, who were both in long-term romantic relationships with the (now-former) Marvel star, both of whom said he was possessive and abusive. (Physically so, at least one of the women alleges.) The Times also spoke to several women who worked on Majors’ breakout project, HBO series Lovecraft Country, who described incidents of unprofessional behavior from the star. Read More
HBO adds another Game Of Thrones spin-off to the pile
Producing House Of The Dragon was a pain to begin with.