The Mighty Ducks are back — with a twist — in the first official trailer for Disney+’s reboot about the youth hockey team, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. Whereas the Mighty Ducks of the Nineties movie franchise were a ragtag crew of Minnesota misfits, the reboot finds the Ducks as …
Read More »Riz Ahmed on 'The Long Goodbye,' 'Sound of Metal,' and His Music Career
Riz Ahmed is alone in the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco’s legendary concert venue. He knows we’re watching him, however: It’s part of a livestream of The Long Goodbye, a half-hour performance piece adapted from his acclaimed live show, which was itself inspired by his 2020 album of the …
Read More »'In & Of Itself' Review: Derek DelGaudio Uses Your Illusions
Derek DelGaudio would like to tell you the truth — an odd thing for an illusionist to say, much less in the beginning of a show. It’s the first clue that something seems unique here. That, and the 690 cards in the lobby, each of which start with the phrase …
Read More »Netflix Renews 'Bridgerton' for Second Season
Less than a month after its premiere, Netflix has announced the renewal of Bridgerton,the Shonda Rhimes-produced romance series, for a second season. Per a letter from Lady Whistledown — a high-society gossip writer narrated by Julie Andrews — the series will go into production this spring.“The ton are abuzz with …
Read More »'The Stand' Doesn't Play by the Book
Stephen King has long had his issues with ending his books, which is the downside of writing without outlines and letting the story travel wherever makes sense in the moment. Beginnings, though? Few writers have ever been stronger at them, and few King novels begin better than his 1978 post-apocalyptic …
Read More »'Star Wars' Announces Massive Disney+ Plans: 'Lando' Series, 'Mandalorian' Spinoffs
Disney Plus announced a massive rollout of Star Wars titles, which includes several new series and films. The news was announced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy during the Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day event on Thursday. Notable film entries include the Patty Jenkins-directed Rogue Squadron, which is slated as the …
Read More »Naya Rivera's Estate Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Following Drowning
Naya Rivera‘s estate and her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey have filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of their son Josey after the late Glee star’s drowning death at Lake Piru in California’s Ventura County. The complaint, which was filed on Tuesday, alleges that Rivera’s death, which was ruled an accidental …
Read More »'The Climb' Review: Best Frenemies Forever
Weddings, funerals, Thanksgiving and the rest: These are the occasions that typically bring us together, which must be why The Climb — Michael Angelo Covino’s bristling new comedy — uses them to wedge two men apart. Take the title at face value: Uphill battles are the spine and central pleasure …
Read More »Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda Reunite for 'Two Goats Who Will Vote'
Jimmy Fallon and Lin-Manuel Miranda celebrated their mutual love for facial hair and democracy with “Two Goats Who Will Vote,” a goofy duet debuted on Monday’s Tonight Show. The clip, a sequel of sorts to their summer 2018 bit “Two Goats in a Boat,” opens with the late night host …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren Talks Trump's Covid-19 Failure, Supreme Court Nominee
Senator Elizabeth Warren called in toJimmy Kimmel Live on Monday to give her thoughts on President Donald Trump’s pandemic response, and, as anticipated, she had a lot to say. When Kimmel asked Warren what she would rate the president’s response to Covid-19, on a scale of 1 to 10, Warren …
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