The heart wants what it wants — and for Selena Gomez, she’s living that single life.
26.04.2022 - 23:13 / variety.com
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe world of home-shopping networks is one that seems ripe for comedy; the scenes in “Hacks,” for instance, in which Deborah Vance goes on television to hawk garments and jewelry are some of that show’s most cleverly observed. The challenge, as with all things in fiction, is getting the details right.That’s the first place that “I Love That for You,” Showtime’s new comedy set at a fictional TV channel, falls short. Starring and co-created by “Saturday Night Live” standout Vanessa Bayer, “I Love That for You” weaponizes its central presence’s askew vision of life as a series of petty humiliations, most easily borne by making oneself the butt of the joke.
But everything Bayer’s character faces at work seems less surreal than unreal; the show lacks the grain and texture of actual office life or a recognizable media environment. What the show seems to want to be is a character study. And this is where it is at its best.
Bayer plays Joanna Gold, who goes from hawking samples at Costco to on-air personality after one lucky audition. Joanna, who was a cancer patient in childhood, has lived a cosseted life, in which her strangeness flourished in the absence of friends. She felt a special bond with a home-shopping superstar (Molly Shannon), an idol around whom she built her ambitions.
Joanna is a sweet-natured dissembler, someone who believes in her inborn specialness but is willing to be manipulative when that specialness isn’t recognized.That’s a character. (And, in fairness to Bayer, it’s a personal one for her, as she is herself a survivor of childhood leukemia.) But it’s not quite a concept. And whenever we move out of the space in Joanna’s head — whenever she shares a scene with more than
.The heart wants what it wants — and for Selena Gomez, she’s living that single life.
“Hacks,” the divine comedy from creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky.
Throughout its seven series, Love Island has created successful profiles for its hundreds of contestants. Whilst many have been able to live off of their fortune and whopping social media followings - others have returned to their 'normal' day jobs.The show has developed several stars - from reported millionaires to models for explicit sites, including OnlyFans and PlayBoy.The newly confirmed eighth and winter season of Love Island has the potential to birth similar star-studded contestants. Let's take a look at what fan favourites are up to now...
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Jean Smart ran away with awards season last year for her performance in HBO Max’s breakout comedy “Hacks,” winning the triple crown of best actress in a comedy at the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Emmys awards. With tough-as-brass Deborah Vance, a legendary stand-up comedian fighting to stay relevant and keep her Las Vegas residency, Smart and series co-creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIf you’re already a fan of “Hacks,” chances are you’re one of two kinds of viewers. Either you’re in it for the prickly dynamic between Gen Z writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and legendary stand-up comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), or you try to ignore Ava and instead focus on TV veteran Smart, playing the woman writing Ava’s checks with perfectly acidic disdain.
Taylor Swift released her new recording of one of her old hits.On Thursday night, Swift dropped «This Love (Taylor's Version),» which marks her newest re-recorded track off her album.The song was first heard in the trailer for the new Amazon Prime Video series,, which dropped Thursday morning.Swift took to Instagram to tease the song's release, and to share the trailer as well, with a special thanks to Jenny Han — the creator and executive producer of the series, as well as the author of the books the show is based on — for featuring the tune in the trailer.A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)«Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of This Love in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty!!! I’ve always been so proud of this song and I’m very
Love In The Flesh star Joe Kellett, who briefly appeared as a single on the first series of the BBC Three reality show.We're not going to lie, Joe didn't get the screen time he deserved, so we're more than happy to believe that he might be part of the original Love Island 2022 line-up.Another face that was teased was Toby, who recently appeared on another ITV show Ready To Mingle.One user commented, "Toby was on a show called ready to mingle- he had a girlfriend on the show if I recall."It's worth mentioning that Love Island rarely features contestants that have starred on other TV show, with 2018 winner Dani Dyer the only Islander to have appeared on another show, Survival Of The Fittest.Toby and Joe aren't the only rumoured 2022 contestants, Pete Wicks' friend, influencer Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Zara McDermott's brother Brad are also in the potential line-up.According to reports, Love Island will start on Monday 6 June and we are so ready for the show's return. It will likely start at 9pm and will air on ITV2.Love Island 2021 cast: their jobs before the show - sliderKaz Kamwi - fashion influencerBefore heading into the villa, Kaz was already an influencer (with 71k followers) and could have been earning up to £1,000 per post.
Love, Death & Robots is returning for a third volume in May. The trailer for the animated anthology series is available to watch on the official Netflix YouTube channel as well as the streaming service itself.
Sam Smith is opening up with their new music.
Guy Lodge Film CriticAt a crucial point in “Firebird,” two perfectly chiseled servicemen steal away from the Soviet Air Force base where they’re stationed for a skinny dip in the Baltic Sea. Behind craggy rocks and away from prying eyes, they kiss, before one gives the other a charged underwater handjob; as they jointly climax, director Peeter Rebane cuts to an image of two fighter jets blazing overhead, the lovers’ clenched moans drowned in a roaring sonic boom.
Lea Michele is opening up about what she first felt for longtime BFF Jonathan Groff.
It sounds like Jason Oppenheim is having a harder time moving on from Chrishell Stause than we thought — especially now that season 5 of Selling Sunset is out for everyone to see!
Guy Lodge Film CriticWhat comes to mind when you picture the likely protagonist of a film titled “Anaïs in Love?” If it’s not a flighty, free-spirited young Frenchwoman, cycling around Paris with flowers in her bike basket, completing a Masters literature thesis (long past deadline) on “17th-century descriptions of passion,” and wearing bright floral sundresses in all weathers, you’ve tried too hard to avoid the obvious — not something you could easily accuse Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s blithe, gossamer-light debut feature of doing in imagining said heroine. Is it too on the nose if she’s played by reliably winsome starlet Anaïs Demoustier? Don’t answer that: she is.At first rosy blush, then, “Anaïs in Love” appears to gently parody an idealized screen vision of Gallic femininity (a manic pixie dream fille of sorts) that has endured in various incarnations from the French New Wave to “Amelie” and beyond.
We first meet the intriguing heroine of “Anaïs in Love,” appropriately enough, when she's rushing. The opening scene of the French romantic comedy has her running down a Paris street with a bouquet of flowers.She's late, which is a constant thing.