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Stephen Colbert recapped the opening day of the second impeachment trial against former president Donald Trump and slammed the “cowardly” GOP senators that looked away from a video of the Capitol insurrection on Tuesday’s Late Show. “The prosecutors went straight to the heart with a devastating video proving the President’s rally and the riot at the Capitol were one and the same. I would play it for you, but it’s very hard to watch,” Colbert said. “You would need a box of Kleenex, if not a poncho, perhaps even a...

Saturday Night Live’s pre-Super Bowl featured musical guest Phoebe Bridgers and actor-director-producer Dan Levy for his first hosting gig. “Somewhere, my 13-year-old self has fainted in a really needy, melodramatic way,” the Schitt’s Creek mastermind began his opening monologue. He then began to explain how his life had changed (mostly) for the better since the show won nine Emmy’s last year (not so good: “People are mainly screaming, ‘Eww!’ at me” a line he wrote for his character David), before taking the audience on a Covid-safe backstage tour of the...

Welcome to the latest episode of Too Long; Didn’t Watch, a new podcast produced by Rolling Stone and OBB Sound, presented by Google Assistant, and hosted by yours truly. In each episode, we attempt a new method of scaling Peak TV, by pairing a celebrity guest with a series they’ve never seen and showing them only the very first and very last episodes, to see if they can figure out what in the world happened in between. This week, we have our first showrunner in the chair. She just also...

It was his first time hosting Saturday Night Live, and the Schitt’s Creek actor-director-producer and Emmy-winner Dan Levy was ready to dive in for all the sketch shenanigans. After his that featured a cameo of his dad (and co-star) Eugene Levy, Levy was featured in an SNL parody ad sketch that highlighted what many people find themselves doing on the internet: trolling for real estate porn. (Apparently that’s when they’re not finding pleasure in watching other people clean on YouTube — or grosser cleaning vids.) “Are you bored? Looking for...

Two long shadows hang over Clarice, the new CBS drama following FBI agent Clarice Starling in the aftermath of her showdown with serial killer Buffalo Bill. The first shadow is cast by The Silence of the Lambs, the 1991 film that swept the top five Academy Awards categories that year, including a Best Actress Oscar for Jodie Foster as Clarice. The second shadow comes from Hannibal, the NBC drama about the other, far more iconic murderer from Silence, cannibal psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter. Thirty years later, Silence remains the undisputed masterpiece...

Marvel fanatics got their first look at the upcoming miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier during Super Bowl 2021 on Sunday via a trailer replete with explosions, stomach-flipping stunts, and all manner of intrigue. The six-episode show premieres on March 19th Disney+. Created by Malcolm Spellman, the show picks off after the events of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame — after Steve Rogers has relinquished his role as Captain America and Falcon has stepped into his boots. The show stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson (Falcon) and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes...

On the Saturday Night Live before Super Bowl Sunday, the show began with a cold open sketch that parodied pregame shows, brands’ politically charged Super Bowl ads and the head coaches hoping to lead the Kansas City Chiefs/Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory. The sketch, which also mocked studios overstuffed with football commentators and analysts, noted that the Super Bowl would be simulcast on Nickelodeon (which is true) as well as Bravo, where the matchup between quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes is being advertised as “Old Hag Vs. Young Slut.”...

Production on the VH1 reality series T.I. and Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle has been paused after the show’s stars, rapper T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, were accused of sexual abuse. Production on the fourth season of T.I. and Tiny had started in December. A spokesperson for MTV Entertainment said, “We are aware of the allegations, and while they are not connected to our show, we have reached out to T.I. and Tameka Harris, as well as local and state officials. Given the serious...

ALLEN v. FARROW HBO is releasing an investigative documentary film on the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. Using home videos, court documents, police evidence, and never-before-released audio tapes, the film goes deeper than the headlines ever have, to examine the fractured family’s trauma. (February 21st) Coming 2 America In the latest trailer for the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy, King Akeem (Murphy) is facing a threat to his leadership. However, his rule can be stabilized if only he...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Much has been written — and released — about Britney Spears over the years, from a tell-all book by her mother, to a number of unauthorized documentaries that explore everything from her rise to fame, to her sudden fall and much-publicized personal and professional setbacks. Now, a new documentary aims to reveal the latest developments in her legal...

The very public and scandalous divorce of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow — including custody battles, allegations of sexual abuse and the filmmaker’s secret relationship with his adopted daughter — are the focus of the upcoming HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow, premiering February 21st. Through archival footage, the teaser for the four-part series first shows the Hollywood power couple and their family in happier times before fissuring. The trailer then hints at the scandal and investigation into the director’s alleged sexual abuse involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Farrow....

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. HBO is celebrating Black History Month by making many of its most popular black-driven TV shows and movies available to stream for free online. It’s part of the network’s “Black History Is Our History” spotlight page, which aims to highlight HBO’s “diverse and expansive slate of content” and “rich history of amplifying Black stories and talent.” Among the...

Former reality show star/president Donald Trump resigned from SAG-AFTRA Thursday ahead of a vote about whether to expel him from the actors union for his role in the U.S. Capitol insurrection. In January, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced it would hold a hearing about whether to banish Trump from SAG-AFTRA, which includes journalists who were stationed at the Capitol and put in danger thanks to Trump’s misinformation leading up to the January 6th riot. Before the guild could vote, however, Trump said he would...