Alex Trebek Jeopardy Video Tribute Honors Iconic Host Watch

The roughly 90-second tribute shows Trebek, who died from pancreatic cancer in November 2020, warmly joking and interacting with “Jeopardy!” guests throughout his 37-season tenure as host of the show. The tribute was set to Peter Allen and Dean Pitchford’s “Once Before I Go,” and you can watch it below. The January 8 episode of “Jeopardy!,” which was the last episode hosted by Trebek, was a normal taping and wrapped with Trebek saying “See you next time” before credits rolled....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Kevin Farmer

Alia Bhatt On The Dark Comedy And Unmissable Message Of Darlings

Netflix’s “Darlings” contains a hazard warning. At the film’s end a title card says, “Warning: Violence against women is injurious to health.” It’s a lesson learned firsthand by Hamza (Vijay Varma) when his wife Badru (Alia Bhatt) holds him hostage in their own home after years of domestic abuse. Directed by Jasmeet K. Reen and written by Reen and Perveez Sheikh, “Darlings” arrives at a critical moment for South Asian audiences....

December 21, 2022 · 12 min · 2424 words · Gabriel Pander

All Tv Shows From Black Bipoc Creators In 2021 2022 Updating List

The analysis found that the greatest racial disparities are in behind-the-camera jobs such as a show’s creator, director, and writer: Among digital programs, just 10.3 percent of show creators were BIPOC; in broadcast, 10.7 percent; and for cable, 14.7 percent. White men still dominate these positions, as well as high-level TV executive jobs. As of 2020, chair/CEO positions were overwhelmingly held by white people (92 percent) and men (68 percent); and the statistics were similar for senior executives (84....

December 21, 2022 · 5 min · 991 words · Ernest Hamilton

Amazon Buys Mgm

MGM’s most prominent franchise, 007, will see its 25th installment, “No Time to Die” released by MGM’s United Artists on October 8 in the U.S. and by Universal in other territories. The Broccoli family’s extraordinary control of Bond — including final say on marketing and distribution plans — overshadows the long-running deal that gives MGM the right to finance and distribute 007 installments and split the profits with the Broccolis’ Eon Productions....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 586 words · Gene Hogan

Amber Heard Was Disingenuous In Johnny Depp Lawsuit Juror Says

Heard was found to have defamed ex-husband Depp with her claims of domestic abuse in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed piece that did not name Depp specifically. After a six-week-long trial, Depp was awarded $10.4 million in damages. Heard “didn’t come across as believable,” a juror told Good Morning America on June 16 regarding Heard’s testimony. “It seemed like she was able to flip the switch on her emotions. She would answer one question and she would be crying and two seconds later she would turn ice cold....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 536 words · Alma Pawlak

Andrew Garfield Wants More Multi Verse Spider Men With Tobey Maguire

The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star teased more team-ups alongside fellow “Spider-Man” actors Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire, following the trio’s appearance in the latest record-shattering Marvel film. “In terms of moving forward with the character, yes, I am definitely open to that,” Garfield explained during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “Again, it would have to be something very unique, very special and serving to an audience and in service of the character....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 463 words · Russell Calkins

Archive 81 Netflix Review A Horror Show More Frustrating Than Scary

The first few minutes of the show — after a quick context-free cold open, a trick each successive episode subverts to varying degrees of success — introduce Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie), an employee at the Museum of the Moving Image who gets a mysterious, out-of-the-blue job offer. At the behest of an enigmatic CEO (Martin Donovan), Dan is soon whisked away upstate for peculiar contract work. At a remote facility, working as a crew of one, Dan meticulously cleans and respools fire-damaged footage of an interview series conducted at a New York apartment building back in 1994....

December 21, 2022 · 5 min · 866 words · Barbara Stamey

Aziz Ansari Master Of None Season 3 Sounds Like A Terrible Idea

“Master of None” Season 3, officially titled “Master of None Presents: Moments in Love,” finds Waithe’s character Denise stepping into the lead role. The new episodes concern the trials and tribulations of Denise’s marriage to Alicia, played by BAFTA winner Naomi Ackie (best known in the states for her role as Jannah in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”). Netflix bills the new season as “a modern love story that intimately illustrates the ups and downs of marriage, struggles with fertility, and personal growth both together and apart....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 327 words · Regina Mitchell

Bbc Longshots Watch 13 Documentary Shorts For Free

Last year’s LongShots garnered more than 400,000 video views. This year’s showcase features a jury of four who will decide on the festival’s grand prize next month: Director Nandita Das from India, Oscar-nominated Polish director Anna Zamecka, Mexican-Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir, and award-winning Vietnamese American filmmaker Bao Nguyen (director of last year’s Bruce Lee documentary “Be Water”). Per BBC, the films in the program “will explore inspiring and exhilarating stories that remind us of the pleasures and joys of human existence, honouring new beginnings and the wonders of our diverse, colorful and flamboyant world....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 436 words · Tamra Braxton

Best Gifts For Fans Of The Walking Dead

With 24 episodes in the final season of “The Walking Dead,” the post-apocalyptic zombie series will officially come to an end next year. Goodbyes can feel bittersweet, but Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and the gang haven’t completely abandoned you yet, so why not stock up on a few items inspired by the popular series? The Walking Dead Monopoly Board Game It’s Monopoly but with a gory twist. “The Walking Dead” Monopoly board game replaces all of the key locations and objects with themes from the show....

December 21, 2022 · 5 min · 987 words · James Green

Billie Eilish The World S A Little Blurry Review A Radical Music Doc

A year-in-the-life documentary that observes Eilish’s meteoric stardom in such extreme close-up that everything around her eventually fuzzes out of view, R.J. Cutler’s epic yet bracingly intimate “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry” knows that whatever makes its subject so fucking interesting is already self-evident to the people who hear themselves in her music. And it’s only because his film accepts that truth from the start — only because it doesn’t bend over backwards to bring their parents into the fold, or try to explain Eilish’s appeal to an audience who has never seen the world through those ocean eyes — that it’s able to smudge it into something big enough for anyone to appreciate....

December 21, 2022 · 6 min · 1184 words · Adam Stickfort

Body Parts Review Damning Doc Exposes Nudity Sex Scenes In Movies

In a brisk 86 minutes, “Body Parts” mashes together interviews with the likes of Jane Fonda and Rosanna Arquette, analysis from film historians, intimacy coordinator trainings, and whirlwind montages from both classic and contemporary films. There’s a lot of ground to cover, and Guevara-Flanagan runs a tight ship. Though each piece could easily fill more time, the filmmaker shrewdly stays focused on the portrayal of women’s bodies, earning the film’s provocative title....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 623 words · Lynn Miller

Bowen Yang On The Titanic Iceberg Snl Sketch Origins

The sketch helped solidify comedian Yang’s reputation as one of the series’ MVPs, and in a recent sit-down with Jimmy Fallon (via The Hollywood Reporter), Yang shared the backstory behind the sketch, which started as a text exchange between him and head writer Anna Drezen. When she ran the idea by him, he was skeptical, but of course the rest is history, as the video has racked up well over 2....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 402 words · Nan Clayton

Brett Goldstein Wants To Make Ted Lasso For 20 More Years

But other sitcom actors might not have to worry about him for much longer, because he might only get one more chance to defend his title. Both Goldstein and his “Ted Lasso” creator and co-star Jason Sudeikis have been open about the fact that the Apple TV+ series might end after Season 3, although they remain noncommittal. At the very least, the upcoming season will mark the end of the story that the show originally set out to tell....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 345 words · Cynthia Coleman

Cannes Touts Stronger Female Filmmaker Presence But That S False

UPDATED, April 19 and 20: This article has been updated to include the addition of the Directors’ Fortnight and the Critics’ Week lineup. The update is below. This year’s Cannes competition slate is unquestionably stacked, including new films from major names like David Cronenberg, Kelly Reichardt, Claire Denis, Arnaud Desplechin, the Dardenne brothers, James Gray, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ruben Ostlund, and Park Chan-wook, but anyone looking for proof that the lauded festival is at all interested in bulking up its representation of female filmmakers will likely come away disappointed....

December 21, 2022 · 5 min · 957 words · Larry Fernandez

Cinema Audio Society Sound Mixing Win Gives Dune More Oscar Momentum

“Dune” was the frontrunner from the outset for its sonic power and complexity. Its great achievement is creating a grounded reality that is both innovative and believable. So, rather than relying on over-hyped sounds, the teams conveyed an otherworldly palette that is hallucinatory yet gritty, from supernatural voices that rattle the mind to colossal sandworms that shake the sand dunes of Arrakis. Meanwhile, the animation win went to Disney’s “Encanto,” the Oscar favorite for animated feature....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 447 words · Alice Parisi

Corporate Comedy Central Creators On Ending Season 3 In An Odd Peace

Series stars Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman (who, along with director Pat Bishop, created the series) have always faced down the vein of drudgery inherent in the Comedy Central show’s premise with a helpful counterbalance. As Matt and Jake, the two conveniently-named upper-middle management executives at the world-devouring corporation Hampton DeVille, the pair have found sparks of energy in an environment that could have slid into sameness. Those tiny flickers initially sparked from simmering rage against a crushing force, but the prevailing attitude guiding this farewell season came from a slightly different place....

December 21, 2022 · 8 min · 1542 words · Wiley Lewis

Cynthia Nixon Previews New Seasons Of Gilded Age And Just Like That

“I ran against Cuomo, because nobody else would,” she told me. “And it was important to show who he was and what he was hiding behind and the kind of New York that we could have. And I don’t have to run now that he’s gone. And other people will run now, because if you were actually in politics as your day job, he was a terrifying person to take on, because he would end your career....

December 21, 2022 · 9 min · 1725 words · John Antoine

Dc League Of Super Pets 1 But It S A Box Office Disappointment

That’s assuming it doesn’t underwhelm like some DC Comics adaptations, like this weekend’s animated “DC League of Super-Pets” (Warners). It’s #1 this weekend, but with a less-than-stellar $23 million. By comparison, that’s less than a quarter of the opening gross for “Minions: The Rise of Gru;” another animated Universal title, last spring’s “The Bad Guys,” cost $90 million less and opened to $1 million more. Animated superheroes can be gold mines — “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Sony) had a domestic total of $190 million — but animation has been uneven all summer....

December 21, 2022 · 5 min · 902 words · Gladys Pride

Do Disney And Comcast Care About Hulu

Losing NBC’s next-day programming is a significant blow to Hulu, which is co-owned by NBCUniversal parent Comcast (1/3) and Disney (2/3 and the controlling stake). Neither of Hulu’s parents are showing it much favor: While it once seemed like a natural home for the child-unfriendly content that Disney+ couldn’t abide, in March Disney pulled its R-rated Marvel series off Netflix but bypassed Hulu in favor of its core streaming service Disney+....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 602 words · Robert Mencia