579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Hazbin Hotel's Creator on the Inspirations Behind Her Cult-Beloved Series
Gizmodo,
A cult animated short with over 92 million views made a dark darling out of Hazbin Hotel, and its popularity inspired a legion of fans to raise a little hell so it could get picked up to series. It’s now a Prime Video animated (and very adult) musical comedy, and io9 got a chance to talk with creator Vivienne Medrano… Read more...
Yellowstone's Taylor Sheridan options the rights to story of a famed Comanche leader
AV Club,
One-man “entire TV Westerns industry” Taylor Sheridan has lined up his next project, Deadline reports, with the Yellowstone creator/writer/director/landlord having picked up the rights to Pulitzer Prize nominee Empire Of The Summer Moon. Written by S.C. Gwynne, the book tells the story of the Comanche leader Quanah… Read more...
Godzilla Minus One Director's Great Week Continues With Lucasfilm Visit
If I ever happened to direct a really great Godzilla movie that also happened to become a record-breaking blockbuster of international kaiju cinema along the way, I would personally be pretty content. But I’m very glad that Takashi Yamazaki, who did exactly that with Godzilla Minus One, is going beyond that and just… Read more...
Dakota Johnson and Justin Timberlake are teaming up to tackle SNL
Society’s ongoing, and pernicious, efforts to make us take the concept of a Madame Web movie seriously have taken a sharp new turn this week, as Variety reports that star Dakota Johnson has been tapped to host an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. Johnson will head up the January 27th installment of the… Read more...
Fans Are Suing Madonna for Showing Up Late to Her Brooklyn Concerts
Jezebel,
On Wednesday, two attendees of Madonna’s Celebration Tour filed a class-action lawsuit against the singer for taking the stage two hours later than advertised. In the filing, Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden claim Madonna’s “flippant difficulty” caused them to suffer a series of inconveniences in the wee hours of… Read more...
Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All Neighbors
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Google Sheds Responsibility for AI Sites Dominating Search Results
The internet is quickly becoming a slurry of AI-generated garbage, and Google has decided to just let us all marinate in it. Anyone online can see that Google Search is getting worse, but now it’s becoming clear why. Google News is boosting AI-generated content over real, human journalism, according to a report from 40… Read more...
Jason Reitman's Saturday Night Live origin story casts its Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels has cast almost 200 comedians to grace the hallowed stage of studio 8H over the years, but now, someone has been cast to play him. Per Deadline, Gabriel LaBelle—the breakout star of Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film, The Fabelmans—will portray the legendary Saturday Night Live creator in… Read more...