Showtime’s ‘Waco’ Sequel Series Is Not Just Uneven, It’s Unethical: TV Review

Big cat wrangler and "Tiger King" star Joe Exotic says drug sentences should be capped at three years and that a "two-party" criminal justice system in the U.S. is unfair to the accused as he challenges President Biden to a debate on the issue. He also told Fox News Digital in a phone call from the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, that he is innocent of the attempted murder-for-hire charges and animal abuse for which he is serving a 21-year federal sentence.

Lou Diamond Phillips has had an impressive career that spans decades, which includes being inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The 61-year-old actor spoke to Fox News Digital about why not every actor is "cut out" to play roles in Western films. "It's interesting.

Donald Sutherland has been cast in a key recurring role in Taylor Sheridan’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves (fka Bass Reeves), exec produced by and starring David Oyelowo.

William Earl The ATX TV Festival has added sessions featuring “Tiny Beautiful Things,” “Mayans MC,” actor Caitriona Balfe and other buzzy television topics for its 12th edition, set for June 1-4 in Austin, Texas. The festival will take the pulse of the industry with an executive panel featuring Paramount Television Studios president Nicole Clemens, Universal Television Alternative Studio chief Toby Gorman and NBCUniversal scripted content leader Lisa Katz. Balfe has joined the festival’s previously announced “Women of Outlander” panel, as have actor Sophie Skelton, executive producer Maril Davis and EP-writer Toni Graphia. “Austin City Limits,” the storied live music showcase that has been a staple of public television for decades, will celebrate its golden anniversary with “Backstage with ‘Austin City Limits’: 50 Years of Making Music in Austin.” Key producers and technicians will detail the backstories behind the performances of the country, folk, roots, rock and pop figures who have appeared on the show.

Murder in the heartland. Elizabeth Olsen plays a Texas housewife with a very dark secret in HBO Max’s new series Love & Death.

So often thought of primarily as the big lug who was so dramatically dispatched by Muhammad Ali in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire in 1974, George Foreman is the main event in Big George Foreman. While there is plenty of boxing here to satisfy sports fans, the film is mild-mannered and genial to a fault as it charts the life of a dirt-poor Texas kid with a devastating punch whose public image transformed over the years from hulking bogeyman to that of a good-natured businessman and man of God.

Alison Herman TV Critic “Love & Death” feels familiar, as it should. The Max drama is the second series in less than a year to take on the same story: the case of Candy Montgomery, a Texas housewife who killed her friend and neighbor Betty Gore with an ax in 1980. This version follows closely on the heels of “Candy,” which aired on Hulu last year. The proximity practically demands comparison, and it’s tempting to draw up a laundry list of differences and call it a review. “Love & Death” casts Elizabeth Olsen as Montgomery, while “Candy” stars Jessica Biel. (The more jarring contrast is between the former’s Jesse Plemons and the latter’s Pablo Schreiber, two physically opposite actors who both assume the role of Allan Gore, Betty’s husband and Candy’s ex-lover.) “Candy” is inflected with horror, while “Love & Death” is more naturalist. “Candy” flashes back from the day of the murder, which saw Montgomery toggle from brutal homicide to eerily banal errands, while “Love & Death” is more linear in structure. The effect is not unlike that of 2019’s competing documentaries about the viral quagmire known as Fyre Festival, with the same details refracted through distinct sensibilities. But instead of racing to cover a recent event, these shows converge on a tragedy more than four decades old.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Nic Pizzolatto is developing a series version of “The Magnificent Seven” at Amazon, Variety has confirmed. The project was originally reported on back in March with a series commitment. It was originally intended to be an original series, but was refashioned to be a new take on the Western classic. Pizzolatto previously co-wrote the 2016 remake of “The Magnificent Seven.” The logline for the reboot states, “In the tradition of the great epics from the golden age of westerns, an outlaw and his cohorts must unite a disparate band of indelible fighters to defend a settlement of immigrant homesteaders in an open range war against cattle barons in central Texas, telling an expansive saga of adventure, action and romance.”

True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto is writing and executive producing The Magnificent Seven TV series in development at Amazon Studios.

this tweet from Texas representative Lance Gooden.”The tweet in question, posted Tuesday, reads, “Today, after careful consideration and a positive meeting with Governor DeSantis, I have decided to endorse President @realDonaldTrump for 2024. I look forward to fighting alongside him to reclaim our country from the leftist forces trying to destroy it.”Colbert couldn’t contain his glee.

HBOMax’s “Love & Death,” the new true crime drama from prolific writer David E.

Taylor Swift was spotted on Monday out and about in New York City.The newly single «Anti-Hero» songstress was all smiles as she was spotted stepping out of an SUV in New York and heading out for a low-key night on the town.The outing — which took place during a few days off from her ongoing The Eras Tour — Swift wore a brown short-sleeve top, jeans, and black boots from The Row.Swift beamed as she walked through the city, reportedly on her way to grab dinner at a restaurant in SoHo, according to .The fun night out comes one week after Swift was spotted grabbing dinner in NYC with her friend and longtime collaborator, Jack Antonoff, and his fiancée, Margaret Qualley, just days after ET broke the news of Swift's split from boyfriend Joe Alwyn.For that outing, the 33-year-old singer rocked a black, off-the-shoulder top with a pair of embroidered high-waisted jeans and black heels for the occasion. She accessorized the look with a glittering handbag and her signature red lipstick.ET learned last week that Swift and Alwyn's split earlier this month was amicable and «it was not dramatic.» ET was told that «the relationship had just run its course. It's why [Alwyn] hasn't been spotted at any shows.»The next stop on Swift's tour is the NRG Stadium, in Houston, Texas, for three consecutive shows, kicking off April 21.For more on Swift and Alwyn's high-profile split, check out the video below.

As a comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and father, Jamie Foxx is beyond a triple threat.  The 55-year-old actor earned top industry accolades and won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film "Ray," but Foxx has been performing nearly his entire life.  His daughter, Corinne Foxx, revealed Wednesday that Foxx suffered a "medical complication" the day before, and "quick action and great care" helped guide him toward recovery. His family has not disclosed Foxx's medical issue.

Matthew McConaughey said this week that although he had "considered getting in that run" for governor of Texas last year, he decided not to partially because he wanted to focus on being a father.  "I don’t think that’s where I can be the most useful right now," the "Greenlights" author told Chelsea Handler on her iHeartMedia "Dear Chelsea" podcast Thursday.  He continued, "I’m having too good of a time. I’ve got three kids — 14, 13, 10 — and the adventures we’re going on, I’m not going to get them again; and right now, I’m enjoying being a dad, a family man.

Matthew McConaughey teased his upcoming Apple comedy series with Woody Harrelson in an interview with Kelly Ripa on her SiriusXM podcast Let’s Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa. McConaughey revealed the title of the series, Brother From Another Mother, which Apple has described as an odd-couple love story that revolves around the “strange and beautiful bond” between the pair.

series may be coming.Creator Chuck Lorre is developing a new comedy series set in the universe for Max, the newly combined HBO Max-Discovery+ streaming service, it was announced on Wednesday. The project is set up at Warner Bros. Television, the studio behind the original series and where Lorre has an overall deal.Though plot details are being kept close to the vest, Lorre will serve as an executive producer if the potential series gets the official greenlight.

SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, the Texas actor revealed the title of the show to host Kelly Ripa.“It’s called ‘Brother From Another Mother,’” McConaughey said of what will be the on-screen reunion between him and fellow Texan Woody Harrelson, who last starred opposite McConaughey in the first season of the HBO crime drama “True Detective.” Both McConaughey and Harrelson were nominated for Emmys for their roles in the show. The two first worked together on the satire film “Edtv” nearly 25 years ago.As previously reported, the new series will center on a “heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond” between McConaughey and Harrelson’s characters.

Emily Longeretta After the massive (pun intended) success of “Fixer Upper: The Castle” last year, Chip and Joanna Gaines are continuing their franchise with “Fixer Upper: The Hotel.” The new six-episode half-hour series, produced by Blind Nil, will debut on Magnolia Network in November. Details and the first trailer were unveiled during Warner Bros. Discovery’s press day on Wednesday. “For us, this project represents everything we are most passionate about — hospitality, restoration and home,” the pair shared. “We’ve always been firm believers in the value of home, as a place but also as a feeling. Our dream for this hotel is that it would serve as an extension of home to every guest who comes to stay.”

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received “luxury vacations,” approximately costing upwards of $500,000, from billionaire Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow, according to a new report.

The Strokes, taken during their first publicity shoot, will be on display and available for purchase for the first time.Shot by photographer Leslie Lyons after the New York City band’s Rough Trade Records signing, the photos were featured in the oral history and documentary, Meet Me In The Bathroom.Modern Rocks Gallery in Austin, TX, will be displaying and selling the photos here, with plans to share additional exclusive photos of the shoot. Lyons also shared what happened during The Strokes’ first publicity shoot with the gallery, saying that mid-way through listening to the band’s demo she wanted to “shoot immediately if not sooner.” “I didn’t need to see the band. I could hear what I knew was there, energy, authenticity, poetry,” she added.The band was reluctant to do the shoot at first when she met them in the Lower East Side’s Mercury Lounge.