‘The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer’ Review: A Lurid Comedy That Skips Past Its Best Ideas

Ariana Grande recalled a moment early in her career when she named Jeffrey Dahmer as a dream dinner guest, family members of the serial killer’s victims have hit out at the singer.Appearing on Penn Badgley’s podcast, Podcrushed, earlier this month, Grande recounted a time when she was asked who her dream dinner guest – dead or alive – would be, in front of her young fans.“Jeffrey Dahmer’s pretty fascinating. I think I would’ve loved to have met him,” she said on the second episode of her two-part interview, before joking, “Maybe with a third party or something.

Ariana Grande really pissed off the family of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims!

“Podcrushed” podcast earlier this month, the “We Can’t Be Friends” hitmaker, 31, recalled telling a group of kids during a Q&A that she was interested in sitting down with Dahmer — who famously killed and dismembered 17 men between 1978 and 1991.The surprising revelation shocked the loved ones of Tony Hughes, who was last seen in 1991. “To me, it seems like she’s sick in her mind.

The Witch is the biggest series of its kind out of Greece and Antenna has conjured a second season of the epic period drama. Season two is teed up as a sequel.

EXCLUSIVE: The West Wing actor Joshua Malina will make his London stage bow in the fall playing a “secular, sarcastic, anti-religious Jew” who says “the unsayable” about Israel in what’s being billed as the European premiere of Nathan Englander’s adaptation of his 2012 short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “The World According to Allee Wilis,” a new documentary about the musical powerhouse best known for writing the “Friends” theme song and Earth Wind & Fire’s “September.” The film, which is directed by Alexis Spraic, had its world premiere at SXSW and has been hitting the festival circuit. It most recently screened at the Provincetown Film Festival, and will next be showcased at Frameline.

Detectives are to investigate new claims over the identity of Bible John.

Chris McCumber Critics called the premise “ludicrous,” “idiotic” and “ill-conceived.” With that start, the team of us that launched “Suits” on USA Network never expected the show to become a global phenomenon. When the series debuted on June 23, 2011, we were nervous about its prospects.

For many of the people of Oldham East and Saddleworth, it appears no party leader is exciting them. When the Manchester Evening News visited the constituencytoask people to describe Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a few words, people on the streets of Uppermill uttered a familiar few words - 'out of touch'.

Kate Aurthur administrator Two days before Season 4 of “The Boys” premiered on June 13, showrunner Eric Kripke announced on social media that the upcoming fifth season of the Prime Video series for Amazon will be its last. Kripke hedged on the question when asked about it for this interview, which took place a few weeks before his announcement; but he did state clearly that he doesn’t want “The Boys” ever to be “turning into the thing that we’re parodying” — that is, an endless stream of superhero content that has flooded pop culture for years. “It’d be a huge bummer if of all shows, this is the show that sells out,” Kripke said, “so I’m going to try.” Of course, the end of “The Boys” next season won’t mean the end of the whole universe around the show, which is based on the comics series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

A beloved mum-of-one who was diagnosed with cancer after initially showing no symptoms has died.

One was caught on a hidden camera having sex in a store cupboard. Another was said to have cut a hole in her trousers to enable her secret trysts.

Jed Mercurio is behind some of the UK’s most successful dramas, and now it’s being reported that he is developing a new series based on the story of the country’s most notorious child serial killer.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There was no official explanation offered for exactly why Silvana Estrada and Cécile McLorin Salvant were co-headlining a show at Walt Disney Concert Hall — and none was needed, for discerning L.A. audiences who know better than to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Cheshire played host to one of the most prestigious social events of the year today. In what has been dubbed 'Britain's poshest wedding', the Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor tied the knot with fiancee Olivia Henson at Chester Cathedral.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Turkish director Tolga Karaçelic, who made a splash in the U.S. with absurdist comedy “Butterflies,” is getting ready to premiere his first English-language film, “The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer,” in which the offbeat serial killer in question is played by Steve Buscemi. The New York-set film, which takes Karaçelic’s comic streak in a new direction, will launch on Saturday from the Tribeca Film Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Heyday Television has acquired adaptation rights to Gillian McAllister’s novel Just Another Missing Person.

The Traitors season 3 was just announced in the most comforting way possible: with Alan Cumming sitting by a roaring fire, looking dapper in his yellow tartan suit as he reads off a “distinguished roster” of reality stars and other notable figures set to appear on .Who needs ASMR when you have this?The Peacock series—which is similar to the party game Mafia, in which one group of secretly appointed “traitors” must eliminate the “faithfuls” in order to win—has become a massive hit for the streaming channel, taking home an Emmy for outstanding casting for a reality program in season 1 and earning the honor of the number one unscripted series in the US during season 2’s launch week, according to Nielsen.But Traitors season 3 promises to be even more entertaining and devious, if the lineup is anything to go by. The Bachelorette’s , RuPaul’s Drag Race winner , Vanderpump Rules star , and Britney Spears’s ex are just some of the familiar faces set to travel to the Scottish Highlands, where they’ll compete in a series of missions with the hope of earning a $250,000 cash prize.Who will be the traitors? Who will be faithfuls? And what will Cumming wear? With so many questions, we had to break it all down.

Kristen Lopez When the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a report surveying film roles for Native Americans last October, of the 100 highest-grossing theatrical movies released between 2007 and 2022, only one had an Indigenous performer in a lead role. Yet when speaking to Native creatives and performers, there is an overwhelming sense of optimism for what’s to come for their representation in entertainment.

Glastonbury 2024 – and bets have been suspended on one huge artist already.The legendary Worthy Farm festival will be taking place between June 26 and 30 this year, and will see headline sets from Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA, as well as Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The National and others.The initial wave of acts were confirmed back in March, and since then the organisers have been drip-feeding separate posters for the festival’s many areas and stages – including Left Field, Woodsies, The Glade, the Acoustic Stage, Silver Hayes, The Park, Block9 and The Common.Yesterday (June 4), the festival shared the complete schedule details for 2024, and confirmed numerous new acts in the process. These included Tems, James, Jamie Webster, The Staves, The Zutons, Soft Play (fka Slaves), Rachel Chinouriri, Femi Kuti, Seasick Steve, Squeeze, Johnny Flynn and many more.That being said, fans were quick to spot some gaps in the schedule, where a number of secret sets will be taking place.