Bynes in 2013 – Neilson Barnard/Getty Images The social media age is famous for making mundane life moments the stuff of posts — nobody took pictures of their lunch back in the day, after all. But Amanda Bynes is apparently making up for lost time on her new Instagram account while apparently feeling out the finer points …
Sarah Michelle Gellar celebrates 25th anniversary of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer celebrated the show’s 25th anniversary on Thursday with mixed feelings. Following director Joss Whedon‘s fall from grace and alarming allegations of misconduct made by former cast members and those who worked with him on other projects, it leaves fans worried that has permanently tainted the show’s legacy. Star Sarah Michelle Gellar looked …
AMC drops final season trailer for ‘Better Call Saul’
AMC Networks AMC has released a trailer and a release date for the start of the last season of Better Call Saul: April 18. The Emmy-winning Breaking Bad prequel series ended its penultimate season with Bob Odenkirk‘s Jimmy McGill getting increasingly tangled in the deadly dealings of the Salamanca drug cartel. Set in part to Andy Williams‘ “The Days of Wine and Roses,” the …
Elon Musk and Grimes add another oddly-named baby to their brood: Welcome Exa Dark Sideræl Musk
Taylor Hill/Getty Images Elon Musk and Grimes have welcomed a new baby to their brood, via surrogate. And like her big brother, Grimes’ first child X Æ A-Xii, the new addition has an…interesting name: Exa Dark Sideræl [sigh-DEER-ee-al] Musk. For the record, they normally just refer to her as Y, Grimes says in a wife-ranging feature piece in Vanity Fair — …
Pete Davidson reportedly starring in a ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’-like comedy series about his life
Rosalind O’Connor/NBC Pete Davidson is teaming up with his SNL boss Lorne Michaels for a new sitcom about his life. Sort of. Deadline reports the headline-grabbing funnyman will star in a show, tentatively titled Bupkis, which will center on a fictionalized version of his real life, a la Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm. The trade reports the show is to be an “unapologetically unfiltered, …
‘Our Flag Means Death’ explores insanely true story of “The Gentleman Pirate” Stede Bonnet
HBO Max/Aaron Epstein The premise of the new pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death is so crazy, it just has to be true — and it is. The HBO Max series is based on the real life of Stede Bonnet, an 18th century wealthy English landowner turned pirate. Show creator David Jenkins first learned about Bonnet from his wife and …
Jussie Smollett to be sentenced in Chicago court on Thursday
Scott Olson/Getty Images Actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to return to court in Chicago today to learn if a judge will order him to serve prison time after he was convicted for lying to police and staging an attack. In January 2019, Smollett reported to police that he was the victim of a hate crime, alleging that …
HBO Max orders ‘The Batman’ spinoff, ’The Penguin’ starring Colin Farrell
Jamie Hawkesworth/™ & © DC Comics Move over Batman, it’s The Penguin’s time to shine. HBO Max announced Tuesday that they’ve officially given a straight-to-series order to The Penguin, a limited series based on the Dark Knight’s nemesis. According to the streamer, “The DC drama expands upon the world filmmaker Matt Reeves has created for Warner Bros. Pictures’ global …
In Brief: Superhero movies moved by Warner Bros.; New ‘Trek’ show on the way, and more
Warner Bros. has shuffled the release dates for a few of its upcoming movies. Variety reports the Jason Momoa-led sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is being pushed back from December 16, 2022, to March 17, 2023. Meanwhile, The Flash, starring Ezra Miller, high-tails it from November 4, 2022, to June 23, 2023. Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam is being pushed back three months to October …
‘Joe vs. Carole’ shows another side of the ‘Tiger King’ characters you thought you knew
Mark Taylor/Peacock If you think you know the Tiger King story, think again! The new Peacock series, Joe vs. Carole, aims to give you a broader understanding of the feud between Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel and Carole Baskin. John Cameron Mitchell plays the exotic animal aficionado, and he tells ABC Audio people are going to see something they didn’t expect. “You’re …