Queer Eye rage, The House Of The Dragon's return, and more from this week in entertainment
The top news from The A.V. Club for the week of March 4
Netflix both renews and ends Avatar: The Last Airbender
While the rest of the television world fights in the great streaming wars, it looks like Aang will actually be able to complete his. Netflix announced today that it would be renewing Avatar: The Last Airbender—its live-action adaptation of the beloved, animated Nickelodeon show from the early-aughts—for two more seasons. The kicker is that its third season will also be its last, in order to “bring The Legend of Aang to its proper conclusion,” per a press release from the streamer. Read More
House Of The Dragon is returning sooner than expected
It’s been nearly two years since we last saw the silver-haired weirdos of House Targaryen cause mischief and kiss their blood relatives, and every day since then, the Freefolk of television viewers have prayed for more. The Many-Faced God has heard you. Deadline reports that House Of The Dragon will return to HBO and Max this June. Read More
John Mulaney’s ex-wife, Anna Marie Tendler, is releasing a memoir of her “heartbreak and rage”
We try our best, ’round these parts, not to label artists and creators strictly on the basis of who their spouses or former spouses are—even when the significant others in question are objectively more famous to the wider world than the artist in question. But given that writer, makeup artist, photographer, and designer Anna Marie Tendler’s upcoming memoir, Men Have Called Her Crazy, is explicitly about, in part, “the endless source of my heartbreak and rage—men”—and given that the most famous man in Tendler’s life over the last decade has been her ex-husband, stand-up comedian John Mulaney—it’s kind of hard not to view news of the book’s upcoming publication in that light. Read More
Queer Eye reportedly a pretty toxic place to work, partly due to Jonathan Van Ness’ “rage issues”
It seems like things were far from fabulous behind the scenes of Netflix’s feel-good hit, Queer Eye. This might not come as a total shock to fans who followed either the recent, extremely sudden departure of design expert Bobby Berk or reports of carjacking and other crimes plaguing the set of their most recent season in New Orleans. But the severity of the issue, specifically as it relates to grooming expert and internet personality Jonathan Van Ness, is troubling, to say the least. Read More