‘The Book of Boba Fett’: Franchise Killer Or Savior? [Bingeworthy Podcast]

Bebe Rexha and her boyfriend Keyan Safyari are enjoying a night out!

The Bingeworthy boys, Mike DeAngelo, and Playlist Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez, are back to talk about all of the TV news and shows that are worth your time. This week finds our hosts digging into one of the best shows of the year – Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy.” After the discussion, writer/director/actor Lake Bell stops by to talk about directing her episodes of “Pam & Tommy,” Episode 4, “The Master Beta,” and Episode 7, “Destroyer of Worlds.” LISTEN: John Lurie Talks ‘Painting with John’ Season 2 [Bingeworthy Podcast] “Craig Gillespie and I worked together…I was an actor for him on ‘Million Dollar Arm,’ and so we had a rapport,” said Bell.

Ozark, whose fourth season just debuted its first batch of episodes on Netflix, recorded the fourth-highest weekly tally ever to repeat atop Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings.

50 Cent is projecting “I’m The Man” energy in his recent clap back against fat shamers who have criticized his body following his Super Bowl performance. The 46-year-old rapper shocked Halftime Show viewers when he made not only a surprise appearance but a dramatic entrance as he hung upside-down from the ceiling as he sang “In Da Club.” Despite his impressive performance, some haters could only focus on his physique and took to social media to insult him, as documented by New York Post.

Disney+’s season one finale of Lucasfilm’s The Book of Boba Fett clocked 1.5M U.S. households according to Samba TV from the show’s Wednesday to Sunday run.

South Beach Wine & Food Fest (SOBEWFF) — the nation’s largest wine and food event, which turns Miami into foodie central during the last week of February — is celebrating its 21st birthday. And like any newly legal-to-imbibe adolescent, the annual four-day festival is going big this year.Not only will the festival boast an impressive lineup of chefs and culinary personalities, but a red-carpet’s worth of celebrities (many of whom have brands to showcase) will be in attendance.With so many talent-packed events to choose from, here is a how-to guide when it comes to eating, drinking and maybe even rubbing elbows with the sun-kissed stars of this year’s SOBEWFF.The award-winning actress, entrepreneur and activist will present her new ultra-premium female-powered tequila, Casa Del Sol, at an al fresco dinner on Friday evening at Verde, the Pérez Art Museum Miami’s picturesque restaurant overlooking Biscayne Bay.

Editor’s Note: Debuting today & distinct from TV reviews & breaking news, The Deadline Watchlist is a feature spotlighting small screen specials, events and can’t-miss episodes of ongoing series each week.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 1, Episode 7 of Lucasfilm’s “The Book of Boba Fett,” currently streaming on Disney Plus.Prior to the debut of “The Book of Boba Fett,” the titular bounty hunter with the Mandalorian armor was at once one of the most beloved and least explored characters in the “Star Wars” universe.

Warning: The following contains spoilers about the season one finale of The Book of Boba Fett, “In the Name of Honor” directed by Robert Rodriguez on Disney+.

Rob Lowe is bringing evil back.

If you’ve been keeping up with the “Star Wars” series on Disney+, “The Mandalorian” and now, “The Book of Boba Fett,” it’s obvious that Lucasfilm is unafraid to bring back Luke Skywalker for an episode or two. So far, both series have utilized Skywalker at least once each, and it would appear that there’s really no end in sight for the studio throwing in the Jedi hero in future episodes.

“Inventing Anna”Friday, February 11, NetflixScammer season continues! This week’s biggest show is “Inventing Anna,” based on the real-life story of Anna Delvey nee Sorokin (played in the film by a comfortably over-the-top Julia Garner), a New York socialite who claimed to be a German heiress but was, in actuality, a Russian-born nobody. Watch as she cons her way into glittery parties, sweet-talks some of the most powerful financiers in the city into investing in her cockamamie schemes and burns every bridge she walks across (in her designer heels).

What’s the opposite of an olive branch? A stick covered in poo on fire? Anyhoo, that’s what Sarah Jessica Parker had to offer to her former co-star this week.

A YouTuber, after going viral for impeccably remastering and recreating “Star Wars” scenes with “deepfake” editing software, was hired by Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic, according to The Wrap. His jaw-dropping clips first came out last summer — and it didn’t take long for fans to notice.Diehards across the galaxy suspect that the man, known only by the username “Shamook,” is responsible for a noticeable improvement in the computer-generated imagery featured in “The Book of Boba Fett” compared to that from “The Mandalorian” in late 2020.Shamook, who got the CGI job thanks to the popular videos he created of enhanced “Star Wars” characters like Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor/Sir Alec Guinness,) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford/Alden Ehrenreich), was especially known for the touch-ups on Luke in the Season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian.”The connection caused fans to speculate that Shamook was the reason why the de-aged Skywalker appeared noticeably more lifelike during yesterday’s cameo-filled “Boba Fett” episode, compared to how he looked in “The Mandalorian.”“It looked like Shamook’s work on “The Book of Boba Fett” Ep.

The Book of Boba Fett, the latest Star Wars spinoff series to hit Disney+, cracked Nielsen’s top 10 chart for the week of January 3 to 9 as Cobra Kai had a strong repeat No. 1 showing.

Wilson Chapman editorSince the very first movie premiered in 1977, “Star Wars” has been a franchise with a clearly identifiable aesthetic: rusty armor, billowing capes and a retro vibe firmly entrenched in ’70s science fiction. Later iterations of the franchise would update or play with that look to varying extents, but “The Book of Boba Fett” miniseries on Disney Plus is a full-fledged resurgence of the original trilogy’s magic, thanks to the work of costume designer Shawna Trpcic.A hardcore “Star Wars” fan, Trpcic first joined the franchise during season 2 of “The Mandalorian.”In preparation for diving into the show’s spinoff “The Book of Boba Fett,” she studied the original making-of books that George Lucas created during production of the first movie, which provided templates for the original designers like production illustrator Ralph McQuarrie and costume designer John Mollo to follow.

Jennifer Beals is once again at the center of the pop culture zeitgeist thanks to her many roles in some of TV’s biggest franchises, including the latest spinoff . In the Disney+ original, Beals plays Garsa Fwip, a free and prosperous Twi’lek who runs a local cantina in Mos Espa called the Sanctuary on the planet Tatooine.While the series consists of seven episodes, Beals' time as Garsa came to a surprising end in the penultimate episode, “Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger,” which raised the stakes for everyone caught up in an increasingly deadly turf war.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 1, Episode 6 of Lucasfilm’s “The Book of Boba Fett,” currently streaming on Disney Plus.The penultimate episode of the first season of “The Book of Boba Fett” has everything: The return of Grogu! And Luke Skywalker! And Ahsoka Tano! And Cobb Vanth! And Yoda’s lightsaber! And Order 66! And the Krayt dragon skull! And Cad Bane! CAD BANE!What this episode did not have, however, was Boba Fett speaking words out of his mouth.

The Star Wars universe is expanding.