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The Full-Length, English-Language Trailer for The Little Prince Will Break Your Little Cœur
45 minutes ago
After a charming trailer en français, here, finally, is the second international trailer: longer, more adorable, and making use of the voices of its many English-speaking A-listers, including Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Rachel McAdams, and Benicio del Toro. The film will make its world premiere at Cannes (its U.S. theatrical premiere has yet to be announced), where it will no doubt break even the flintiest of hearts. After all, no boy is an asteroid. »
- E. Alex Jung
Happy 4/20! Celebrate With Abbi and Ilana’s Best ‘Weed Genius’ Moments on Broad City
1 hour ago
As many times as they've smoked up on Broad City the last two seasons, Abbi and Ilana might as well be the new Cheech and Chong. Just how much time have they spent getting high? For the purposes of 4/20 and this smoke-filled, Comedy Central supercut, approximately four minutes and 20 seconds. Because Abbi and Ilana aren't just your average pair of stoners, they're weed geniuses. Stock up on some cereal and celebrate accordingly! »
- Dee Lockett
Jurassic World’s New Trailer Tells Us Even More About That Terrifying, Badass New Dino
1 hour ago
If Jurassic World's first trailer was all about the buildup, this latest look at the franchise reboot is the adrenaline rush. There's Chris Pratt, adorably trying to get his dinosaur whisperer on; Bryce Dallas Howard, still not taking any of his crap; B.D. Wong, back and surprisingly still very naïve about this whole playing God thing; and the star of the show, Indominus Rex, in all her glory. And she's even more badass than we imagined. She kills for sport. Sport! Hold on to your water glasses, because they're about to shake. »
- Dee Lockett
Martin Sheen, Channeling President Bartlet, Will Be a Calming Presence When Doomsday Comes — Thanks, John Oliver!
1 hour ago
You may have heard that when the world ends, CNN has a video it plans to play as the network's way of saying sayonara to the human race. Thing is, it's kind of boring (who wants to die listening to the same song the people on the Titanic drowned to?), but leave it to John Oliver to make some drastic improvements. On Sunday's Last Week Tonight, he premiered his own doomsday video, starring Martin Sheen. It involves a blooper reel! And cats! Luckily, the apocalypse doesn't have happen for us to watch it over and over again. »
- Dee Lockett
Mad Men Recap: Whistling Through the Graveyard
1 hour ago
Mad Men heads into its final stretch seeming not terribly interested in giving the audience what it wants. This shouldn’t be a huge shock — this is, after all, a show that ended its fourth season by having the hero marry a secretary he barely knew, and that plotline was created by a writer on The Sopranos, which spent a good chunk of its final season detailing the sexual awakening of a minor character. But the reaction in some quarters has still been betrayed and surprised. In a piece titled “On Mad Men and the Waitress,” Entertainment Weekly’s Melissa Maerz summed up the feeling that Mad Men was neglecting established characters and noodling around when it should’ve been behaving with a sense of urgency: “This character we’ve just met is taking up precious time that could be devoted to people we’ve spent the past eight years caring about. »
- Matt Zoller Seitz
With This Adorable Homemade Bb-8 Replica, You’ll Never Need Human Friends Again
2 hours ago
When we first glimpsed Bb-8, the infinitely winning Star Wars soccer-ball robot, our first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth thoughts went something like, Awwwwww! But after we'd come down from that ecstatic vision of our new robotic overlord, our ninth thought was, How do we get one of these things ourselves? Fortunately, the Diy experts over at Make: have come up with a step-by-step guide to creating your own miniature Bb-8. (Call it a bb Bb-8.) All it takes is a $130 Sphero, some magnets, and a little bit of technical know-how. It's a little short for a droid, but that's never been a problem before. »
- Nate Jones
Yes, We Knew Joan Had Been Married Twice on Mad Men
2 hours ago
On last night's Mad Men, Joan reluctantly admitted to her new suitor Richard that she's a mom. He balked initially, but came crawling back, flowers in hand (and ascot on neck), begging for a second chance, which she seemed likely to give him. It was all pretty charming, really. But Joan also admitted to Richard that she's been divorced twice, something the show has only mentioned in passing once before. We know Joan is divorced from her rapist Greg, and she's said that other men have proposed to her, but it isn't until season six's "To Have and to Hold" that we find out Joan was married before Greg. To someone named Scotty, apparently."The worst six months of her life" is really saying something — Joan has had a not hugely pleasant life. But now she's rich! Maybe things will work out with this new dude! And maybe little Kevin will »
- Margaret Lyons
Taylor Swift’s Mom Introduced Her Daughter at the American Country Music Awards, Reminded Us Moms Are the Best
2 hours ago
Who better to introduce Taylor Swift for the Milestone Award at the 50th American Country Music Awards than her mother, Andrea Swift? In her first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis, Mama Swift talked about how she has helped, perhaps inadvertently, with Taylor's creative process: "Like the time she was 17 years old and her dad and I strongly disapproved of a certain young man. And rightfully so." She said that a little later, Taylor came out of her room with "Love Story." Moms! They're the best. Have you called your mom today? »
- E. Alex Jung
January Jones on Betty’s Career Plans and Why She’s More Modern Than We Think
2 hours ago
January Jones has kept busy post–wrapping Mad Men with credits in Fox's The Last Man on Earth and the forthcoming film Good Kill, which premiered last night at the Tribeca Film Festival. But with three episodes to go before Mad Men’s series finale, we still have Betty Francis on our minds. We caught Jones at the Good Kill premiere to discuss Betty’s venture back to school and what she wants most for Betty. Do you think Betty will make a good psychologist?No. Why do you say that?Because she doesn’t have a degree in psychology. But she has plans to.Yeah. I think it’s interesting thing that she would want to do that. I don’t know. Maybe. She has a lot to draw on, I guess. Is there anything you’re rooting for for Betty?Well, the thing that I’ve always been »
- Trupti Rami
This Leaked Old Rihanna and Chris Brown Duet Is Even Grosser Than You’d Expect, and You’re Probably Expecting It’s Real Gross
3 hours ago
Gross and disappointing as it'll always be to hear Chris Brown and Rihanna reunited on a track — and in life — their collaboration "Nobody's Business" was one of the best things about RiRi's last album. Now another duet of theirs has surfaced, called "Put It Up." It's presumably a leftover from Brown's last album (he'd previously teased the song in an interview), and it's rumored Rihanna wouldn't let him release it when they broke up again. And if their brief reconciliation already made you want to vomit, we can pretty much guarantee hearing them talk dirty to each other, whispering sweet nothings like, "Treat me like I'm your property," won't be kind on your gag reflex. »
- Dee Lockett
Ben Affleck Tried to Prevent You From Learning His Ancestors Owned Slaves
3 hours ago
When Ben Affleck participated in Henry Louis Gates's PBS program Find Your Roots, it was discovered — gasp! — that his roots include slave owners. According to an email exchange between Gates and Sony CEO Michael Lynton, Affleck wanted to suppress this aspect of his family tree. The correspondence, found by the New York Daily News from the leaked Sony emails, shows Gates struggling to square the unprecedented request with his own editorial judgment.Gates wrote, "To do this would be a violation of PBS rules, actually, even for Batman." Meanwhile, Lynton advised them to expunge the material as long as they could get away with it. "I would take it out if no one knows," Lynton wrote. " It is tricky because it may get out that you made the change and it comes down to editorial integrity." Indeed, in the aftermath, both Gates and PBS have scrambled to defend the »
- E. Alex Jung
The Last Man on Earth Recap: I’m Phil Miller
4 hours ago
Who would have thought the best thing Last Man could do is double our dose of Phil Miller? Last night’s episode introduced us to a new character with a very familiar name, and this guy is exactly the person you’d want to be stuck with at the end of the world.“Moved to Tampa” kicked off with things looking up for Phil No. 1. Now that he’s divorced, he gets asked out by Tucson’s two swinging single ladies in quick succession, double-booking the dates on the same afternoon. (It’s no surprise that these people have nothing better to do.) Gail is interested in “debriefing” him on how to have “a little fun”; Erica wants to go hiking. Phil claims to be an “enthusiast” of both pursuits. Meanwhile, Todd’s feeling insecure about his relationship with Melissa. He makes her heart-shaped pancakes to symbolize his love; she »
- Lauren Leibowitz
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Make Up or Break Up
4 hours ago
Can we all just take a moment and appreciate what it must be like to be Brentt, NeNe’s 15-year-old son? He grew up on a reality show, watched it rip his parents apart, only to get back together and form a Voltron of bad wigs and worse jokes, and now he’s living in the greatest city on the planet with a curfew and a walking radius of one block. Watching him walk around with NeNe and Gregg last night just made me really sad … until the end of the show, when we learn that they just bought a new house in Atlanta for $2.1 million. I’m snatching back all of my sorrow, Brentt!We made it! This is it! It’s the season finale of what felt like the longest season in reality-show history. I think the nonstop fighting has finally taken a toll on me; whenever the cast argues, »
- Danielle Henderson
Veep Recap: Happy Harrison Day!
5 hours ago
Is Selina a good president? We may never know! Why? Because even when Selina-as-potus does something right, she or someone on her team will do something wrong. And the something wrong will forever overshadow the something right, even if the wrong thing is relatively miniscule and the right thing is a tremendous accomplish. Such are the laws of political physics, inviolable in the White House as gravity is on Earth.Gary, attempting to please his beloved Selina, has a painting removed that Selina dislikes (“I think it’s called The Man Who Shits Triangles,” she says). But it turns out that this was the only work of art by a Native American in the entire building, which leads to a very awkward and politically incorrect mad dash to get the artwork back and smooth things over with an increasingly outraged demographic. Mike’s desperate efforts to find Native artwork Asap—“Get me some scalps! »
- Jessica Goldstein
Bobbi Kristina Brown Is Awake, Says Bobby Brown
10 hours ago
Video surfaced over the weekend of Bobby Brown telling a concert crowd that his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was awake and watching him, nearly three months after she was found unresponsive in her home. Confusingly enough, a source — who might not be in the loop — told People magazine otherwise. "As far as I know, there's been no change," the source said. "We're still hoping and praying that God will perform a miracle. We are leaving it in God's hands." Bobbi Brown had been in a medically induced coma, and there was talk of her coming off life support. E! News points out that someone else close to the family wrote on Facebook, "
lease don't stop praying for Bobbi Kris even though she is off life support and she has woke up. We are decreeing life in her body and healing and we want to pray that god restore »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
Conan, Conan Writer Tweet About Late-Night Drama
10 hours ago
Last week, Andrés du Bouchet, one of Conan O'Brien's writers, took to Twitter to vent some of his feelings about the state of late-night comedy. It wasn't exactly pretty, and some of the tweets (almost all of which have now been deleted) criticized the current practice of linking random celebrity to comedy, among other things. Oh, and yes, if you're wondering, there was definitely a screw-lip-synching tweet. (Sorry, Fallon.) Uproxx saved some of the mini-missives, and over the weekend, Bouchet's rant gained traction, as well as detractors — the most significant, his boss, O'Brien, which makes for an auspicious start to this week in late-night.Here are some of du Bouchet's now-deleted tweets: Comedy in 2015 needs a severe motherfucking shakeup. No celebrities, no parodies, no pranks, no mash-ups or hashtag wars. I’m fat. and shove your lip-synching up your ass. Prom King Comedy. That’s what I call all this shit. »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
Game of Thrones’ Tom Wlaschiha on Faceless Men and What It Means to Be No One
12 hours ago
Spoilers ahead for the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. When Arya crossed the Narrow Sea, she hoped to find her old assassin pal Jaqen H'ghar, he who gave her an iron coin and the magic words for a passage to Braavos. But knocking on the House of Black and White's doors got her nowhere. ("No one here by that name," she’s told.) Now we know that Jaqen was just messing with her — or was he? "A man is not Jaqen H'ghar," he tells her, after swapping his previous face for the one we recognize. Actor Tom Wlaschiha chatted with Vulture about his not-so-secret return to the show, whom Arya should have killed in season two, and what he thinks about that master-swordfighter Syrio Forel theory.What was it like coming back to the show after all these years away?It's amazing! I hadn't expected it. I mean, »
- Jennifer Vineyard
Jon Stewart Sheds More Light on Why He’s Leaving The Daily Show
12 hours ago
The end of Jon Stewart's Daily Show reign is nigh, and in an interview with the Guardian published over the weekend, the host explained why. It turns out there are multiple reasons, ranging from family duties to the presidential election to self-fulfillment. As far as what's next, that's still somewhat unclear. "I would do what I’m doing. Whether it’s standup, the show, books or films, I consider all this just different vehicles to continue a conversation about what it means to be a democratic nation, and to have it written into the Constitution that all men are created equal — but to live with that for 100 years with slaves," he told the Guardian. "How do those contradictions play themselves out? And how do we honestly assess our failings and move forward with integrity?" Though the future is still a little hazy, the past and present are less so. »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
HBO Cracks Down on Williamsburg Bar for Screening Game of Thrones
13 hours ago
Maybe HBO doesn't care if you share your HBO Go log-in, but it definitely cares if you host public screenings. The New York Daily News reports that HBO sent an official letter to Brooklyn bar Videology, asking that the establishment stop showing Game of Thrones for patrons. The owners of the bar have said they're complying with the request. "As a pay subscription service, HBO should not be made available in public establishments," a spokesperson told the News. "When it does happen, it is of particular concern when there is an attempt to profit off the programming." Womp womp. »
- Sean Fitz-Gerald
Silicon Valley Recap: Fight Night
14 hours ago
This week’s Silicon Valley took a page from the soap opera playbook by ending with a cliffhanger. Faced with a decision that seems untenable on the surface, Richard opens his mouth to respond and, Bam, the closing credits show up. Richard remains onscreen throughout, mute out of respect for the restaurant mariachi band that caused the interruption. Being forced to watch Richard was a preternaturally cruel and hilarious trick: We waited on tenterhooks, hoping that Richard would say something. Instead, we got to watch him eat nachos until the production company logos showed up. At least The Sopranos had the mercy to cut to black for its cliffhanger!“Runaway Devaluation” successfully serves up a series of battles between the familiar nemeses of the show. The matches on tonight’s card are Dinesh vs. Gilfoyle, Hooli vs. Pied Piper, Dinesh vs. His Programmer’s Pride, and Erlich vs. Humility and Tact. »
- Odie Henderson
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