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Netflix Orders 'Dear White People' Comedy Series
17 hours ago
Netflix has ordered a TV adaptation of Justin Simien's 2014 indie comedy Dear White People for 2017.
Like the film, the Netflix series will follow a group of students of color dealing with the various problems of young adult life while also grappling with issues of race, privilege and power at a fictional Ivy League college.
"During the film's release, I had the pleasure to speak with hundreds of students and faculty across a variety of college campuses dealing with these very issues in real time," Simien said. "I'm so grateful »
Grimes Lights Up 'Fallon' With Rapturous 'Flesh Without Blood'
18 hours ago
Grimes turned The Tonight Show into a neon-lit dreamscape Wednesday for her performance of Art Angels single, "Flesh Without Blood."
Strapped with a sticker-covered Stratocaster and dressed in a billowing ball gown, Grimes belted the pop cut in her stunning, helium-high voice and traded guitar, sampler and synth duties with another musician. The singer also found time to join her two backup dancers and break out some rapturous moves as the stage erupted in flashing lights.
Grimes released Art Angels last November, three years after her breakout LP Visions. She's »
Watch Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Discuss Industry Sexism on 'Daily Show'
19 hours ago
Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino stopped by The Daily Show Wednesday night to discuss music industry sexism and her accusations of sexual misconduct against music publicist Heathcliff Berru.
Cosentino's talk with host Trevor Noah comes four months after she publicly supported the Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman, who was the first in what later turned into a series of women to share her story about being allegedly harassed and assaulted by Berru. Inspired by Coffman, Cosentino and many other women in the industry shared their stories, which later led to »
Watch Colbert Say Goodbye to 'Half-Kissed Frog Prince Ted Cruz'
20 hours ago
Stephen Colbert doffed his powdered blue wig and eyebrows for an in memoriam edition of The Late Show's "Hungry for Power Games," bidding Ted Cruz and John Kasich the cattiest of farewells following Donald Trump's big win in Indiana Tuesday.
Colbert opened by remembering Kasich's campaign highlights, such as his win in Ohio — and nothing else. "Sadly, even in losing, tribute Kasich has lost," Colbert added, "because last night's big loser was Texas senator, and half-kissed frog prince, Ted Cruz."
Still, Colbert praised Cruz for "going down swinging »
How a Gonzo Japanese Punk Band Became Rock-Doc Superstars
21 hours ago
We practice song, but we don't care about song," says Peelander Yellow (a.k.a Kengo Hioki), in the opening moments of Mad Tiger, a new documentary about Japanese punk rockers Peelander-z. "[Our] music is kind of 10 percent — and 90 percent is kind of theater style."
Since 1998, these NYC-based ex-pats have been utilizing a mondo bizarro formula to the delight of their rabid fans, delivering an insanely entertaining live show that's like a low-budget cross between Gwar and the Power Rangers. Pro wrestling, "human bowling," animal costumes, color-coded stage outfits, and breakneck »
Gwen Stefani Enlists George Clooney, Julia Roberts for 'Carpool Karaoke'
22 hours ago
Gwen Stefani sat shotgun with James Corden for an extended session of "Carpool Karaoke" on The Late Late Show Wednesday that included two bonus passengers: Money Monster co-stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts.
Within minutes of picking up Stefani, Corden was able to drop a casual "No Doubt" into conversation, kicking off a round of songs that included the band's "Don't Speak" and Stefani solo hits "Sweet Escape," "Used to Love You" and "Rich Girl." In between songs, they spoke about Stefani's fondness for emojis, and Corden had the singer »
See Lin-Manuel Miranda, J.J. Abrams Perform 'Force Awakens' Song
4 May 2016 2:18 PM, PDT
May the Fourth Be With You: Broadway's smash, Tony Awards-dominating musical Hamilton celebrated the unofficial Star Wars holiday Wednesday during the show's daily #Ham4Ham performance by having creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and The Force Awakens director J.J, Abrams deliver a live rendition of "Jabba Flow," the song they worked on together for the sci-fi epic.
Miranda explained to the crowd at the free outdoor performance that the track – which featured during the film's cantina scene – was written in "Huttese," the gibberish-sounding language of Return of the Jedi villain Jabba the Hutt. »
Why Woody Allen Chose Miley Cyrus to Star in New Series
4 May 2016 11:53 AM, PDT
Woody Allen's new film Café Society is scheduled to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 11th. The 80-year-old filmmaker gave a rare interview where he discussed his marriage, his choice for president and his upcoming Amazon series starring Miley Cyrus. Allen revealed how he first met the Dead Petz singer, to The Hollywood Reporter.
"My kids would be watching Hannah Montana. And I would say: 'Who is that girl? She's got such a good delivery. You know, she snaps those lines off so well. The show is a silly little show, »
Joe Manganiello Producing Morrissey-Approved Smiths Movie
4 May 2016 11:40 AM, PDT
Actor Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike, Sabotage) is producing a film with his company 359 Inc. about rock legends the Smiths, Pitchfork reports. The film, called Shoplifters of the World, is inspired by Smiths legend of a crazed fan holding a Denver radio station staff hostage demanding the station play only Smiths songs.
The film will take place in 1987, when the band announced their hiatus. Veteran music documentarian Stephen Kijak (Jaco, Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of) will write and direct the project.
Manganiello will star as the radio station DJ, »
Ron Howard's Beatles Film to Launch Hulu Documentary Division
4 May 2016 8:05 AM, PDT
Ron Howard's upcoming Beatles film will be featured in Hulu Documentary Films, the streaming service's newest division. Howard's movie – working title The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – will debut in theaters and on Hulu this fall, Variety reports. The deal marks Hulu's first exclusive documentary premiere following a theatrical run.
Eight Days a Week focuses on the Beatles' iconic early years between 1962 and 1966. It will feature rare and previously unseen footage. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and the late George Harrison's wife Olivia Harrison are involved in the production. »
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi's Widow Plot Animated 'Blues Brothers' Show
3 May 2016 7:22 PM, PDT
Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi, widow of John Belushi, are rebooting The Blues Brothers as a primetime animated series, which they'll begin to pitch to networks and TV platforms this month, Deadline reports.
Aykroyd and Belushi co-created the series with original Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts, while the animation is being handled by Bento Box Entertainment (Bob's Burgers). Episodes will focus on the adventures of Jake and Elwood Blues and their band, and feature a bevy of soul, blues and R&B hits performed by the Blues Brothers, along »
Questlove Recalls How Jimmy Fallon Won Over the Roots
3 May 2016 10:29 AM, PDT
On The Tonight Show Monday, Questlove recalled how Jimmy Fallon convinced the Roots to be his house band.
Comedy writer and Chappelle's Show co-creator Neal Brennan initially suggested the Roots to Fallon, but the comedian was skeptical. Even Questlove admitted that at that point in their careers, the Roots had achieved self-sufficiency and were wary about going in a new direction.
The group entertained Fallon at a Roots gig at UCLA. "I was backstage doing an interview and then when I walked out my dressing room, you [Fallon] had somehow managed »
Larry Wilmore Praised by Fake 'Trump' For Controversial White House Speech
3 May 2016 8:12 AM, PDT
Larry Wilmore received props from a fake Donald Trump on The Nightly Show Monday for his controversial speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Wilmore closed his roast with an appreciation of President Obama's service as the first black president: "Yo, Barry, you did it, my nigga!"
Earlier in The Nightly Show, Wilmore brushed aside a rebuke from Piers Morgan, who took umbrage with the host's word choice, but failed to "properly conjugate that slur" in his own article. "'Nigger' is what white people use to denigrate, demean and dehumanize black people, »
Melissa McCarthy Explains 'Very Confusing' 'Ghostbusters' Trailer
3 May 2016 7:15 AM, PDT
Melissa McCarthy admitted the first trailer for the female-fronted Ghostbusters was "very confusing" on The Johnjay and Rich Show after the first clip received enough "thumbs-down" votes on YouTube to place it among the 100 most disliked videos.
McCarthy explained that while the clip — and the slightly different second trailer — begins with a "30 years ago…" title card, the new movie is "not dependent on" the 1984 original and 1989 sequel.
"It's a reboot, not a remake," the actress said. "I know it's weird that they say '30 years ago,' but in this »
'WWE Raw': The Last Temptation of Aj Styles
3 May 2016 7:13 AM, PDT
The first Raw of the "New Era" began with a Stephanie McMahon promo and featured a feud built around the destruction of a potted plant (R.I.P., Mitch). In other words, we aren't exactly witnessing a wrestling revolution here.
And yet, coming off of Payback, a PPV that featured very little in the way of retribution (but plenty of interesting developments), last night's show still managed to rise above all the prefab talk of changing the game – and set the table for a series of compelling matches at Extreme Rules, »
'Space Jam' Sequel: 13 LeBron-Worthy Titles for the New Film
2 May 2016 2:18 PM, PDT
LeBron James is taking his talents to outer space.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lbj is set to star in the long-rumored sequel to Space Jam, the 1996 animated hit that pitted Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny against a team of intergalactic basketball baddies, with Fast & Furious 6 director Justin Lin tapped to helm the project (as well as co-write the script). James' involvement in the film has been the subject of much discussion ever since his production company signed a content-creation deal with Warner Bros. last year, and now, it »
Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell Get Drunk, Talk Sex in 'Bad Moms' Trailer
2 May 2016 1:42 PM, PDT
The first trailer for Bad Moms finds protagonist Amy (Mila Kunis) at the end of her rope: shuttling her kids to school, booking a last-minute vet appointment for the family dog and clinging to insanity in the face of an "emergency PTA meeting." Fed up with modern society's definition of motherhood, she cements a pact with two other moms (Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn) to rebel.
"We all work too damn hard trying to make our kids' lives amazing and magical," Kunis says with a drink in hand. "Their lives already are amazing and magical. »
What Jon Snow's Return Means for 'Game of Thrones'
2 May 2016 10:11 AM, PDT
Spoiler alert: Jon Snow lives!
The question is what, exactly, this spoils. For a vocal contingent of Game of Thrones' viewership, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch resurrection by the sorceress Melisandre, as seen on last night's episode, taints the whole damn thing. To some it's a cheap dodge of the life-and-death consequences that have made the show one of TV's most unpredictable pop-cultural phenomenons. And to faithful book-readers, the 11th-hour resurrection takes the wind right out of author George R.R. Martin’s sails, showing us something that »
Watch John Oliver Explain Beyonce, YouTube, Jeb to Cicadas
2 May 2016 8:52 AM, PDT
Scores of cicadas are predicted to emerge this summer in parts of five U.S. States, according to the New York Times. Last Week Tonight host John Oliver riffed on the influx of bugs by explaining nearly two decades of politics, technology and pop culture to the creatures in a web exclusive.
"A lot fewer people are calling it the Willennium than we thought they would in 1999," he said to a bunch of cicadas. "We voted in a second President Bush by a narrow margin and rejected a third President Bush by an enormous margin. »
10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in May
2 May 2016 7:30 AM, PDT
Summer's hottest days are still a month or two away, but streaming services are stockpiling material to keep us entertained indoors when it's scorching and sticky outside. May sees an influx of excellent Nineties movies, from the face-melting thrillers (literally) to political satires that seem more pertinent than ever. There'll be plenty of TV series to plow through, too, including the return of Netflix's addictive drama Bloodline and the long-awaited HBO Go debut of the channel's cult favorite Mr. Show. Here are our picks for the 10 best things to stream this month. »
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