Best known for having facilitated long, in-depth discussions with his guests on The Dick Cavett Show, Dick Cavett made a reputation as one of the great talk show interviewers in history. The roster of talent that came across his desk is nothing short of envious—he interviewed civil rights activist Angela Davis,…
It’s a good time to be a Toronto Raptors fan. The NBA’s sole Canadian franchise finished the regular season with the second-best record in the league, and Vegas oddsmakers place them as the favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference. But things weren’t always this great. The franchise was founded back in 1995,…
IFC’s Brockmire, in which Hank Azaria stars as the eponymous, disgraced baseball announcer, returns next week for another season of alcoholism and drug-using, but hopefully, no more meltdowns. We spoke with Azaria about what we can expect from season two.
Early season two Westworld reviews indicate that fans are in for a darker, bloodier ride than the show’s already pretty dark and bloody first season. Along for the ride are Angela Sarafyan, returning as the old, decommissioned Clementine, and Luke Hemsworth, as head of security Stubbs. In the video above, the pair…
Best known as Parks And Recreation’s perennial punching bag Garry/Jerry/Larry/Terry Gergich, Jim O’Heir is taking his talents to the web as host of a new singing competition series, Lullaby League. The series will pit a cappella groups against one other to see which one can most effectively sing a crying baby to…
Writer Dylan Marron is probably best known for his appearances on Welcome To Night Vale and for creating Every Single Word, a video series that compiles the lines spoken by people of color in Hollywood films. His most recent project, Conversations With People Who Hate Me, which recently returned after a long hiatus,…
There is one Riverdale mystery that continues to confound us, but it doesn’t have anything to do with violent crime, or clandestine love affairs. How big is Riverdale, exactly? Because on one hand, it often functions like a very small town—there’s only one restaurant, one high school (Southside High was shut down),…
The Sesame Street Muppets have been a staple of American childhoods for the past 40 years. Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and the rest of the gang are among the most-beloved characters of television ever, and luckily, that isn’t lost on the people who work on the show. We spoke with producers Benjamin Lehmann, Justin…
As the face of the Bizarre Foods franchise and The Zimmern List, Andrew Zimmern has spent the better part of the past decade traveling the world, eating delicious, weird foods. But even beloved food personalities like to eat junk food from time to time. In this clip from our interview, Zimmern tells us about his…
At this point in Riverdale’s second season, we’ve accepted that Archie is kind of a dick. Faced with the decision to side with either his friends and family to prevent Southside High from being converted to a for-profit prison, or the evil, antagonistic billionaire who is leading the conversion efforts (who also…
As host, co-creator, and contributing producer of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods franchise, Andrew Zimmern has had the chance to travel the world, and eat weird, tasty foods in the process. With his new show, The Zimmern List, Zimmern is hoping to make a food show that doesn’t rely on gimmicks, but instead focuses on…
William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman’s new project, the coming-of-age film Krystal, stars Love, Simon’s Nick Robinson as Taylor, a naïve 18-year-old who falls in love at first sight of the eponymous Krystal, a former prostitute recovering from alcoholism who is 20 years his senior (played by Rosario Dawson). In the…
If you ask NASA astronauts Nicole Stott and Leland Melvin, the International Space Station is the ultimate symbol of global cooperation. An engineering feat, the ISS is the result of cooperation between five space agencies—NASA, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Canadian Space…
With her next movie, Marja-Lewis Ryan is jumping from the gritty, drug-fueled drama of 6 Balloons to the campy mermaid romance of the Splash reboot. Almost two years have gone by since the Channing Tatum-Jillian Bell-led reboot was announced, and we’ve still seen no word of a release date or production announcement.…
Based on a true story, Netflix’s new film Come Sunday follows renowned pastor Carlton Pearson, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who questions the existence of hell, choosing not to believe in a God that would punish billions of people to eternal damnation. Those beliefs proved to be controversial for the church, making…
Kevin on Riverdale, played by Casey Cott, is having a particularly tumultuous second season, what with the ups and downs of his secret affair with Moose, and finding out his dad is having his own affair with the Mayor McCoy, while his mom is doing a military tour in Bahrain. When Riverdale returns next week, Kevin is…
Based on a true story, Netflix’s new film Come Sunday follows renowned pastor Carlton Pearson, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who puts his family and reputation at risk when he questions the church doctrine and his own belief in a vengeful God. We spoke with Lakeith Stanfield, who co-stars as Reggie, the church’s music…
Thanks in part to algorithm-driven feeds on sites like Facebook and Twitter, confirmation bias has become a problem on social media; users don’t need to look far to find articles that assert their preexisting beliefs, and unfortunately, that has contributed to increased division. With her new documentary series, …
Becca Gleason’s directorial debut, Summer ’03, revolves around a family reeling after the death of its matriarch, whose final bequests send the family on an emotional roller-coaster ride. At the premiere of the film, we had Gleason, as well as Paul Scheer, Andrea Savage, and Joey King (who all star in the film), come…
Andrew Zimmern has become a staple of the Travel Channel, most notably serving as host, co-creator, and contributing producer of the Bizarre Foods franchise, but his new show, The Zimmern List, is looking to change up the formula. With the new show, Zimmern is revealing his personal list of favorite foods and places…
