579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Ali Wong and Bill Hader Escalate Their Award Show PDA
Jezebel,
As far as I’m concerned, there are two candidates for Kiss of the Night from Monday’s Emmys—and it’s a close tie between The Bear co-stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson, who shared a prolonged smooch after winning Best Comedy Series, and Ali Wong and Bill Hader. Read more...
Emmys 2024 Red Carpet: Fashionably Late!
Aaaaannnd we’re back. Delayed four months due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the Emmys—arguably television’s second biggest night (where do they stand against the Golden Globes??)—are finally here. Anthony Anderson will be hosting the 75th annual awards ceremony and, as long as he doesn’t blab on about being… Read more...
BoxLunch Celebrates Cartoon Network's 2000s Era With New Merch
Gizmodo,
Fans of Dexter’s Laboratory and Adventure Time can get a hit of animated nostalgia from the late ‘90s to the early aughts with this BoxLunch fashion collection. The fandom gear goods store just dropped a Cartoon Network line that features popular shows from those eras. Familiar toon faces adorn shirts, cozy pajama… Read more...
16 Awesome-Sounding Genre Films Coming to Sundance 2024
The 2024 movie season kicks into high gear this week with the start of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Each year, Sundance is where many of the biggest, most buzzworthy independent films start their journeys to either box office success or critical glory—and, with the festival now being both digital and in-person,… Read more...
10 Essential Giallo Movies to Watch on Shudder to Understand True Horror
What is a giallo, and why should you watch one? io9 has previously covered that question in detail, but the quick answer is: these vintage European, horror-adjacent thrillers deliver style and sleaze in equal measures. Looking for coherent plots and capable acting? Keep it moving. But for lurid good times that very… Read more...
Founders Day review: Gruesome fun for slasher devotees
AV Club,
There are lots of ways to tell when you’re in good hands while watching a movie. It might be the casting, or the lighting, or the clever dialogue in the script. It might be the way the film plays with genre, or the way it catches you off guard with smart plotting. For horror fans, all of these things can be true, but… Read more...
Dumbest AI Stunt of the Week: A Robot George Carlin Standup Special
Someday we’ll move past the point where you can spend half an hour pumping out an AI video and generate headlines. Sadly, we’re not there yet. The latest piece of refuse from the AI hype machine comes in the form of an unauthorized, “AI-generated” George Carlin comedy special—one that practically no one, not even… Read more...
12 more Broadway musicals based on films we’d like to see on the big screen
It’s nothing new for Broadway creatives to look to Hollywood for inspiration, but the trend has gotten a little out of hand in recent years. You can’t throw a stone in Times Square without hitting an advertisement for the latest musical based on a movie. But now it’s Hollywood taking the cue from Broadway’s successes.… Read more...