Peacock’s “MacGruber” series added three key castmembers, with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Elliott and Mickey Rourke boarding the Will Forte-led comedy. The series stars Forte as his “SNL” character-turned-action movie hero, MacGruber.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorU.K. broadcaster Channel 4 and NBCUniversal streamer Peacock’s riotous new comedy “We Are Lady Parts” is releasing an official soundtrack, Variety can reveal.The stereotype-busting, Working Title-produced series about a fictional Muslim female punk band premiered on Channel 4 on Thursday to effusive praise from the U.K.
Peacock’s “MacGruber” series added three key castmembers, with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Elliott and Mickey Rourke boarding the Will Forte-led comedy. The series stars Forte as his “SNL” character-turned-action movie hero, MacGruber.
Peacock is stacking up the cast of MacGruber, the eight-episode action comedy series based on Will Forte’s recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live and its 2010 cult movie offshoot.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the series finale of “Pose.”In the end, the series finale of “Pose” left it all on the ballroom floor.Staying true to its aspirational and uplifting storytelling nature while still never shying away from the reality of being LGBTQIA+ and living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and ’90s New York, the supersized series finale of FX’s ballroom culture drama balanced moments of pure joy with true
Manori Ravindran International EditorIn 2017, Oscar-nominated “Sound of Metal” actor Riz Ahmed gave a rousing speech to the House of Commons warning that the U.K. could lose its Muslim youth to extremism unless they see themselves represented on screen as something other than problematic stereotypes.
“We Are Lady Parts” is a sly wink to the audience, a rebel yell from its characters, and an interrogation of our assumptions. In the six-episode half-hour comedy from showrunner, director, and writer Nida Manzoor, the jokes, sight gags, and fantasy sequences fly fast and furious.
Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicAs hit songs often go, BTS’ “Butter” started with a simple hook. Jenna Andrews, the seasoned songwriter-producer-publisher-A&R executive and all-around industry badass, played it for Columbia Records chairman Ron Perry, himself a skilled musician and creative, who immediately thought of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” and a smash was born.But the road to “Butter,” the No.
Sophie Turner is the latest high-profile star to join HBO Max’s Michael Peterson limited drama series The Staircase.
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— Pride Month will be celebrated across many streaming platforms beginning this week. One standout new release is “Changing the Game,” Michael Barnett’s documentary about three transgender teens navigating high school athletics.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterSam Keeley will play John Finlay in the upcoming Peacock series “Joe Exotic.”Finlay was one of Joe Exotic’s husbands famously profiled in the hit Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” It was announced last week that Nat Wolff would star as Travis Maldonado, another of Exotic’s husbands. Finlay joins previously announced series leads Kate McKinnon, who will play Carole Baskin, and John Cameron Mitchell, who will play Joe Exotic.
Tahj Mowry is showing a whole new side of himself with his new movie, and spilling new details about reviving the classic sitcom that put him on the map, The 35-year-old actor stars as Matt, a writer-director who, after a traumatic incident, suffers from agoraphobia, the fear of stepping outside. As Mowry tells ET's Deidre Behar, the film has a «great balance of comedy and drama.»«Matthew Hillard is a writer-director who gains a little bit of fame and recognition from a movie he did called.
Page Six first revealed in November that Teresa and Ruelas were an item, and although they’ve been together less than a year, some of Giudice’s castmates believe the two will go the distance.MEGAMEGAMEGAView SlideshowGiudice’s sister-in-law Melissa Gorga said in an episode of “RHONJ” recently, “I believe this is her husband.”Giudice was previously married to Joe Giudice, with whom she shares four daughters. She and Joe split in December 2019 after 20 years of marriage.
Instagram in swim trunks and captioned the post: “Trans bb’s first swim trunks #transjoy #transisbeautiful”.Page received floods of support from friends and colleagues on social media. Broad City creator and star Ilana Glazer wrote “look a dat handsome boi.”“Happy summer @elliotpage,” wrote Julianne Moore, who starred opposite Page in Freeheld.Jameela Jamil shared her support on social media, tweeting: “Love to see @TheElliotPage thriving.”Love to see @TheElliotPage thriving
Watching all the drama unfold with the British monarchy shows that the US is probably better served by not having a Queen and all that it involves. Of course, cynically, you can point to our celebrity-obsessed culture and show that maybe it’s not all that different than having a real monarchy.
The Linda Lindas have landed themselves a record deal.The band’s anti-racism single ‘Racist Sexist Boys’ went viral earlier this week, catching the attention of Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello among other famous admirers.In the wake of the sudden success of the song, the band have now signed a deal with Epitaph Records.As Variety report, the teen four-piece have penned a contract with the legendary punk label, who have already shared ‘Racist Sexist Boys’ on their YouTube page.Watch the
A post shared by Los Angeles Public Library (@lapubliclibrary)The clip got so much traction, it even got a shout out from Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello, who hailed the track “song of the day” on his Twitter page.The band were previously handpicked to open for Bikini Kill at the Hollywood Palladium in 2019.That brought them to Amy Poehler’s attention, after which they contributed music to her recent Netflix movie Moxie.Meanwhile, Bikini Kill recently postponed their planned 2021 tour
Amazon has renewed The Wheel of Time for a second season, and the first season just wrapped filming and has not debuted yet!
Phoebe Dynevor is opening up about the hottest scenes in Bridgerton!
Gravitas Ventures has picked up North American distribution rights to Fully Realized Humans, an indie comedy from director Joshua Leonard. The film, which screened at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, will get a day-and-date release on July 30.