What’s Next for Jimmy Kimmel After ABC Suspension
Sep20

What’s Next for Jimmy Kimmel After ABC Suspension

Since ABC took Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air last Wednesday, the fallout has been swift and intense, triggering protests and heated debate across the media landscape. The network’s unprecedented move came after Kimmel’s Monday monologue commenting on the suspect in the tragic assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk sparked significant backlash, particularly from conservative circles. Kimmel had criticized what he...

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Scandal, Sobriety & Redemption in ‘aka Charlie Sheen’
Sep16

Scandal, Sobriety & Redemption in ‘aka Charlie Sheen’

You know what he always used to say: “winning!” And Charlie Sheen is victorious in the Netflix two‑part documentary aka Charlie Sheen, directed by Andrew Renzi. Across three hours, it is a sweeping, candid portrait of the actor’s life from early fame, through years of excess and scandal, to his fragile but real path toward sobriety—all told directly by him, his former wives, his daughter and close friends and colleagues including Sean...

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And the Emmys Go To ‘The Studio,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Severance’ and ‘Adolescense’
Sep14

And the Emmys Go To ‘The Studio,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Severance’ and ‘Adolescense’

New host and new blood at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, held Sunday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and televised on CBS and Paramount+. Standup comic Nate Bargatze shepherded the ceremonies in which the night’s biggest story was the scale of The Studio’s triumph, breaking the record for the most wins for a comedy series. The Apple TV+ freshman outing not only claimed Outstanding Comedy Series but went home with a...

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Peacock’s ‘The Paper’ Brings Office-Style Comedy to a Local Newsroom
Sep08

Peacock’s ‘The Paper’ Brings Office-Style Comedy to a Local Newsroom

THE PAPER — Episode 103 — Pictured: (l-r) Alex Edelman as Adam, Duane R. Shepard as Barry, Domhnall Gleeson as Ned — (Photo by: Aaron Epstein/PEACOCK) THE PAPER — Episode 107 — Pictured: (l-r) Sabrina Impacciatore as Esmeralda, Tim Key as Ken — (Photo by: John P. Fleenor/PEACOCK) From Scranton to Toledo. When Greg Daniels first turned his lens on the absurdities of office life, he gave the world The...

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‘The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox’ is a True Crime Must-Watch
Aug23

‘The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox’ is a True Crime Must-Watch

Grace Van Patten and Giuseppe De Domenico as Amanda and Raffaele Murder victim Meredith Kercher Years after one of the most highly publicized murder cases of the 21st century, Amanda Knox is trying to take her own story back with the new Hulu eight-part series, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. I was gripped by the first two episodes, which dramatize her life story before she landed in Perugia, Italy for a year of college study abroad...

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