It seems like, somewhere along the line, people began thinking that you could successfully make a franchise by simply adding “extended universe” to a concept. It doesn’t always work, but it seems like the great minds in Hollywood have taken the idea and run with it, because we are extending and expanding universes left and right lately. Now, we are getting into the IT extended universe so that we can all experience a clown universe, thanks to the success of Terrifier 2.
Welcome To Derry will expand on the IT franchise that you were afraid of as a child but by the time you were old enough to care, it stopped being scary. HBO Max will bring Pennywise to life (again! he doesn’t die) with the help of filmmaker Andy Muschetti, who will direct the pilot episode.
According to the press release, the series will be a prequel to the iconic horror tale: “Set in the world of Stephen King’s IT universe, WELCOME TO DERRY (wt) is based on King’s IT novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films IT and IT Chapter Two.” Maybe the real horror here is trying to Google “It” and expecting to get any sort of information out of it.
Of course, we have seen this before. Castle Rock, Hulu’s take on the Stephen King cinematic universe, had all of the right stuff to make a successful TV show: horror, ghosts, and a Skarsgard (doesn’t matter which one), so it should have worked. But, it didn’t have that “extended universe” tag, so nobody really cared, so it was canceled and once again Melanie Lynskey was robbed of some sort of award.
But it seems like Stephen King has learned from this, and feels confident in HBO’s ability to populate the sewer systems with haunted clowns. The author expressed his excitement in a statement: “I’m excited that the story of Derry, Maine’s most haunted city, is continuing, and I’m glad Andy Muschietti is going to be overseeing the frightening festivities, along with a brain trust including his talented sister, Barbara. Red balloons all around!”
Listen, balloons are scary right now, so this might actually work. Considering that Bill Skarsgard has portrayed Pennywise in the past, maybe HBO can bring him back so that they get they can give the proper “horror, ghosts, and a Skarsgard” formula another shot. Again, it doesn’t matter which one, any of them would work.
Harvey Weinstein and his mangled testicles will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. On Thursday, a Los Angeles judge sentenced the disgraced Hollywood producer to 16 years behind bars for rape and other sex crimes; that’s on top of the 23 years the 70-year-old is already serving.
“The sentence follows Jane Doe 1, whose testimony prompted the sole guilty verdict from jury, suing Weinstein in February for rape and false imprisonment, among other claims,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. She alleged that Weinstein forced her to “perform oral sex on him before pulling her into the bathroom to rape her” at a hotel in Los Angeles in February 2013.
“Before that night,” Jane Doe 1 said about her encounter with Weinstein (who reportedly smells like “poop”), “I was a very happy and confident woman. I valued myself and the relationship I had with God. I was excited about my future. Everything changed after the defendant brutally assaulted me.” She urged the court to issue the “maximum sentence allowed” and that there’s “no prison sentence long enough to erase the damage” that Weinstein caused.
Weinstein faced two counts of rape and five counts of other types of sexual assault. He pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. In June, a New York appeals court upheld a 23-year sentence following his conviction of committing a criminal sexual act in the first degree and third-degree rape.
If Weinstein serves the entirety of his sentence, he’ll be 109 years old.
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
The FX drama about the rise of the cocaine trade in 1980s Los Angeles is back for one last go-round. Things do get bleak here sometimes, as one can suspect from… well, from a show about the rise of the cocaine trade in 1980s Los Angeles, but it remains a solid watch. If nothing else, this is your reminder to power-binge the first few seasons to get caught up for the finale. If only there was a way to stay up all night to power through…
Here’s the pitch: Eugene Levy, star of many delightful comedies over the last few decades but probably best known for his roles in American Pie and Schitt’s Creek, does not love to travel. But guess what: He’s going to do it anyway. A lot! As far as premises for reality-based travel series go, you can do a hell of a lot worse than “Eugene Levy is kind of miserable in beautiful locations around the world.” That could be the whole description. It kind of is! Good for Eugene Levy. Maybe bad for him, actually. But… good for us. That’s the important thing here.
Philomena Cunk first appeared as a character in Charlie Brooker’s little universe of shows, making her mark as an “expert” and “investigative reporter” who knew very little about anything but was very confident about all of it anyway. Here, she gets her own playground to go wild, with a full season to examine the history of the world. It’s a ton of fun, part Nathan for You, part Daily Show reports from the field, but still entirely original. And really, really funny. This is a good one to sit down with for a few hours with your brain turned down to a low hum. Let Philomena Cunk teach you nothing of value for a little bit. You deserve this break.
Human beings need dreams, but do dreams need salespeople? And are those salespeople providing a service by distracting people with hope or are they just setting people up for disappointment while lining their own pockets? These questions come to mind when watching Hello Tomorrow, Apple’s new Billy Crudup-starring drama that blends 1950s futurism with an exploration of hope (in the form of timeshares on the moon), regret, and the heaven on earth that is redemption.
The dramatic series inspired by the comedic series inspired by the real-ish experience of the guy who slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars is back for a second season on Peacock. That was a lot of fun to spell out like that. It’s still a little wild that this is a show. A pretty good one, too! There’s still plenty of time to get involved if you haven’t already. No time like the present, buddy.
The first season of Abbott Elementary was a feel-good network sitcom that caught a massive wave of popularity and won a bunch of Emmys in a time when feel-good network sitcoms are kind of not supposed to do that. Credit for this goes to creator and star Quinta Brunson, who realized that an underfunded inner-city public school was exactly the right place to show us people with good hearts working inside a system that can be cold. Kind of like Parks and Recreation but in Philadelphia. The second season is underway and does not appear to be missing a beat. This is basically a miracle, all around.
This soapy mystery thriller will keep the battle going between rival groups Kooks and the Pogues, who are very pleased to be somewhere that they’ve dubbed “Poguelandia” this season. The latter group now aims to visit the Caribbean for new adventures and a treasure hunt, but of course, that leads to romantic diversions into other locations while everyone searches for a lost city. It happens.
Joe Goldberg has another new name, and he’s moved to London. More news: the stalker is the one being stalked. Joe also has a new beard, but someone’s still onto him, but most importantly for his purposes, he’s vowed to finally change his ways, but books are still there for him. He’s now Jonathan Moore, a fake professor, who’s staring into the souls of college students and the adults who can’t quit academia, either. Penn Badgley has admitted to to feeling “icky” about a Season 4 poster, which still fits with the theme of the show, but now, it’s also a mystery story.
The mental health and comedy crossover of Ted Lasso was apparent in the show’s second season as Ted’s coping mechanisms started to falter, pushing him to get some help. Shrinking, which comes from the minds of Lasso producer Bill Lawrence and Lasso writer/co-star Brett Goldstein (as well as series star Jason Segel) begins in a similar place with its main character, played by Segel, realizing that his strategies aren’t working when it comes to managing grief, having a relationship with his daughter, and helping the patients who come to him for help as their therapist. What follows is an odyssey of personal rediscovery with plenty of awkward moments, incremental improvements, and a whole lot of charming grouchiness from Harrison Ford as a begrudging mentor type.
Reboots and long-delayed restarts scratch a nostalgia itch while usually falling short of equalling their past greatness, but somehow Party Down returns with its bite largely intact. The cast (anchored by Adam Scott) still plays well together, but it’s the story that sets this one apart with all the subtle ways these characters have and have not changed, marking the passage of time but not necessarily the rise of maturity.
One of the most popular video games of all-time comes to HBO as a television series, with Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal leading the cast on a post-apocalyptic trek through a harsh landscape filled with horrors. The reviews are really good. HBO gave it the primo Sunday night slot it reserved for shows like Game of Thrones and Succession. It’s led by Craig Mazin, who also produced Chernobyl, another gripping watch about the potential end of the world. There is a lot to be excited about here. Dive in so you know what your cool friends are talking about.
Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne have combined their powers to give us a gift that keeps on giving with a case-of-the-week style detective show featuring a hyper-observant and very idiosyncratic lead. Played by Lyonne, Charlie Cale just happens to be on the lam and on a roll when it comes to stumbling into other people’s very bad days. Part Columbo with dashes of Highway To Heaven and Psych, Poker Face is a true slice of comfort food, smart, funny, and distinctive.
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish movies available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
Pamela Anderson gets the full documentary treatment from Netflix. Which makes sense. Very few people have defined an entire era of sex appeal and beauty standards — for better or worse — than the Baywatch star did in the 1990s. This look at her life covers, well, all of that, as well as the infamous sex tape and various rock star marriages and her activism for animal rights. It’s kind of a lot, really, which also makes sense. The woman has lived a big life, in a bunch of ways, and now she’s telling the story in her own words.
We all have our little preoccupations and collections. Baseball cards, Funko Pops, creepy victorian dolls with their watchful eyes and secrets. Pez Outlaw is about, you guessed it, collecting pez dispensers, those cheap plastic candy dispensers of yore. But it’s also about making cold hard cash, the lengths one will go to feed their habit for pez and profits, black markets, and international intrigue. So pop back the head of this doc and bite out the sweet treat of infotainment with this hyper-stylized doc.
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc with a whole new cast of potential murdermakers to relish. Dave Bautista as a scantily clad social media sensation is only one of the ensemble highlights, and the endless buffet of cameos can not be stopped, nor do the story’s twists feel gratuitous or implausible. Instead, the film dances through mischief and swings bigger and better with a series of bewitching wrinkles and knots that will make you forgive the runtime. In fact, you’ll barely notice the passage of time because this film is fun and cerebral and makes perfect sense when all is revealed. Also, one of the greatest TV murder detectives in history makes a (bittersweet) cameo, for crying out loud. Netflix really should have run with a longer theatrical window, but at least it’s streaming for you now.
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris makes his directorial debut in this movie that appears to star too many funny people. We’ve got Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill (who plays one half of a couple completed by Lauren London) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Sam Jay to bring laughs. Also look for a hefty dose of Nia Long and David Duchovny, who plays a dad (bye bye, Fox Mulder and Hank Moody, who was a different kind of dad). The subject matter happens to be romance and cultural clashes, but fortunately, yes, there are many funny people here.
Tár is a performance piece for Cate Blanchett, which is great because Cate Blanchett always deserves a place to do stuff like that. Here, she plays composer Lydia Tár, a kind of mad genius who is a few days away from a huge symphony performance and dealing with everything around her falling apart. It’s a psychological roller coaster and can be a heavy lift but if you want to see Cate Blanchett give it the full Cate Blanchett, buddy, Tár is the movie for you.
Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon play mismatched best friends — she loves the calm of California, he loves the chaos of New York — who swip-swap houses for a week for reasons that we could explain, but… you’ve seen a rom-com before. You know how this goes. The draw here is less the story than the star power, with a couple of our more charming faces shining bright. A solid watch for a quiet Valentine’s.
Dave Franco and wife Alison Brie already have one on-screen project in the books – the unsettling thriller The Rental that will likely turn you off Air BnB for good. For their follow-up, the couple takes on a different genre – swapping horror for comedy – and a different, but no less cringeworthy, topic. Brie plays Ally, a successful TV producer who’s thrown a professional curveball and forced to seek solace in the one place she swore never to return: home. She reconnects with her ex Sean, rediscovers herself, and for a while, Somebody I Used to Know reads like a plot-by-numbers rom-com — until Sean’s fiancé pops up and wedding festivities begin and a possible throuple forms? Come for the secondhand embarrassment-fueled laughs, stay for the surprising amount of heart.
A horror-comedy set on an island where a fancy young couple has traveled to dine at a world-class restaurant led by a world-class chef who may have other things in store for them beyond your standard filets and Caesar salads. It’s… weird. But also surprisingly fun. Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult are out there — apologies for this awful pun but it had to be done — making a meal of it all. In a good way. Definitely in a better way than their characters do. It’s a good time. Just maybe don’t start it before dinner.
Lots going on here, all of it intriguing. We’ve got Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan and John Lithgow all starring in what Apple describes as a twisty neo-noir thriller where a con artist takes on a slew of Manhattan billionaires. That’s probably enough to get you excited, at least a little. You could do a lot worse, that’s for sure. The world needs more Julianne Moore.
Babylon bombed at the box office, but someday, it will find the audience it deserves. That day could be today if you watch it on Paramount Plus. Which you should. Damien Chazelle’s debauched chronicle of Hollywood’s transition from silent films to talkies is the rare three-hour movie that’s never boring. Babylon is full of glitz, glamor, cocaine, an S&M dungeon, and a pooping elephant. It’s also got Margot Robbie fighting a snake — what more could you want?
Make it the love child of Chucky and the Terminator, drop it on audiences inundated by stories of automation and AI, and then make it fabulous. M3GAN lived up to the hype, dancing into the hearts of horror fans as the emotional support doll from hell. Now, as she sets her sights on VOD, we’ve been given a new promise: more carnage with an unrated version that’s set to pull off more ears and carve up more yuppy scum. It’s all we could have ever wanted short of a sequel that once again pits M3GAN against avenging aunt (and reigning Queen of elevated horror) Allison Williams.
Grant announced his Lost At Sea album this morning, February 23, with the first single arriving at midnight. The full album is slated for a June 9 release.
A since-deleted-but-still-cached Rough Trade album blurb divulged that “features and writing credits include his daughter Lana Del Rey, while production credits include Jack Antonoff, Luke Howard, Laura Sisk, and Zach Dawes.” Kesha’s mom, Pebe Sebert, doesn’t care about any of that.
There’s (unsurprisingly) conflicting information on Grant’s status. Google claims he’s still married to Patricia Ann Hill, Lana’s mom, but Distractify hints that Hill has a “new husband.” There are also no traces of Patricia (or any sort of romantic partner) on Grant’s delightful Instagram, for whatever that’s worth.
I mean, he certainly looks like he could have used some company here:
We’ll just have to wait and see if Grant responds to Sebert’s inquiry and sets the record straight himself.
Everybody everywhere unabashedly adores two things: Ted Lasso and ice cream (seriously, tell someone you don’t like either and they’ll conclude that you’re a monster). So it only makes sense that the two would come together and make something even more wonderful than the sum of their parts. Beginning on March 2nd, the Columbus-based ice cream brand Jeni’s (who we’ve been fans of for a while now) will drop its official Ted Lasso collaboration flavor dubbed “Biscuits With The Boss.”
If you follow Ted Lasso lore this name will immediately set alarm bells off in your head but if you haven’t watched the show and you’ve only clicked on this article because you love ice cream (respect), let me catch you up. Every morning coach Lasso brings a small box of homemade cookies to his boss, Rebecca Welton, owner of AFC Richmond. Thus, biscuits (what Brits call cookies) with the boss. If you’ve seen even one episode of Ted Lasso you’ve probably dreamed of having a taste of these biscuits yourself and having it in ice cream form? Well, that sounds even better. (We have a recipe for these biscuits, in case you want to try them at home.)
So is Jeni’s Biscuits with the Boss any good? We got our hands on a pint ahead of the release to find out.
Jeni’s — Biscuits With The Boss
Dane Rivera
I’m a bit lukewarm on the packaging here, generally, Jeni’s has the best art direction of any ice cream brand, but this jacket-zipper thing they’re going for just isn’t working for me. Where is the pitch? Can I get a soccer ball? Anything that speaks to the show aside from the color blue? When my girlfriend (who hasn’t seen Ted Lasso) saw the pint she said “what’s with this zipper, why is this ice cream trying to be sexy?” And on at least two occasions she’s asked me “are you eating your sexy ice cream?” I love Ted Lasso, but never has a show been less sexy, so I feel like the packaging misses the mark — especially when there is a rich supply of iconography that could’ve been referenced here.
I will say that the lid — with its pink box of cookies — is much more appetizing and does a better job of paying tribute to the source material. But packaging aside, what really matters is how this stuff tastes, and now that I’ve tried it I can say that Jeni’s knocked it out of the park.
Dane Rivera
I appreciate the brand’s attention to detail here, they could’ve been lazy and made cookies and cream ice cream, or something with cookie butter. Instead, they stayed true to the source material and made an ice cream that tastes just as indulgent as you’d imagine the cookies from the show would taste.
The ice cream is made with real shortbread cookies and butter and it makes all the difference. The flavor is intensely butter-forward, thanks to the salted butter sweet cream ice cream base and the shortbread cookie bits add a nice mouthfeel and a texture that comes across as crumbly, but still melts in your mouth the way good shortbread (and ice cream) should. The texture of the ice cream is rich and luxurious and a small serving goes a long way.
In terms of the saltiness, it’s a bit intense so if you’re not a fan of salty ice cream flavors this might not be for you, but if you’re in that camp allow me to offer a simple hack: cinnamon. Seriously, sprinkle some cinnamon on this ice cream and it adds a whole other dimension of flavor that works as a counterbalance to the salt and brings the more rich aspects of the flavor to the forefront.
The Bottom Line:
Jeni’s “Biscuits With The Boss” serves as a true tribute to the show that inspired it both in concept and in flavor. It’s pleasantly salty, buttery, intensely rich, and has a great mouthfeel. To borrow a famous and relevant Lassoism, “ice cream’s the best,” and this flavor proves why.
“Biscuits With The Boss” hits the Jeni’s website and scoop shops on March 2nd.
If it is to be said, so it be, so it is: Succession is back, baby!
HBO just released its March streaming lineup and we’re now one step closer to executive-level business f*ckery from creator Jesse Armstrong and crew. While we wait for the end of the month to get here, another season of Perry Mason drops, complete with a horrifying new murder case to solve, and the season finale of Craig Mazin’s The Last of Us adaptation lands.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO and HBO Max this month.
Succession: Season 4 (premieres 3/26)
The dysfunctional brood of slime puppies is back and ready to usurp their daddy’s multimedia throne. Succession’s fourth season sees the Roy siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) band together to take on Waystar Royco tyrant Logan Roy (Brian Cox). As the rest of the family, including Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) and Tom (Matthew Macfayden), take sides, Connor (Alan Ruck) plans a wedding, and Alexander Skarsgard’s tech bro plans a takeover.
Perry Mason: Season 2 (premieres 3/6)
Matthew Rhys’ detective is back on the case, investigating the murder of a powerful oil baron that throws everyone involved down a deep and dangerous well of conspiracy theories and coverups.
The Last of Us: Season Finale (premieres 3/12)
This game-to-TV breakout hit wraps up its critically-acclaimed first season by closing the chapter on Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) cross-country trek to find the Firefly rebels and create a cure for the fungal apocalypse.
Here’s Everything Coming To HBO / HBO Max In March:
Avail. 3/1 A Dangerous Method, 2011 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, 2014 (HBO) Basic, 2003 (HBO) Beatriz at Dinner, 2017 (HBO) Best of Enemies, 2015 (HBO) Bloodsport, 1988 (HBO) Breathe, 2017 (HBO) Cobra, 1986 (HBO) Creed, 2015 Creed II, 2018 Finding Forrester, 2000 (HBO) Ghost Ship, 2002 (HBO) The Expendables, 2010 House at the End of the Street, 2012 (HBO) I Am Love, 2009 (HBO) I Love You, Man, 2009 (HBO) Iris, 2014 (HBO) Lemon, 2017 (HBO) Long Shot, 2019 (HBO) Lucy, 2014 (HBO) Make Your Move, 2013 (HBO) Milk, 2008 (HBO) My Bloody Valentine, 1981 (HBO) Next Day Air, 2009 (HBO) Outrage, 2009 (HBO) Results, 2015 (HBO) Rocknrolla, 2008 (HBO) Selena, 1997 School Life, 2016 (HBO) Sinister, 2012 Spawn, 1997 Speed Racer, 2008 (HBO) Tangerine, 2015 (HBO) The Accused, 1988 (HBO) The Big Hit, 1998 (HBO) The Blue Lagoon, 1980 The Brothers Bloom, 2008 (HBO) The Circle, 2017 (HBO) The Expendables 2, 2012 The Expendables 3, 2014 The Jacket, 2005 (HBO) The Kid, 2019 (HBO) The Wife, 2018 Trespass Against Us, 2016 (HBO) This is the End, 2013 Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (“A Brave Little Rooster”), 2015 (HBO) Vampire in Brooklyn, 1995 (HBO) White God, 2014 (HBO) Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, 2014 (HBO) You Got Served, 2004
Avail. 3/2 Marlon Wayans: God Loves Me, Max Original Premiere Mariachis, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Avail. 3/6 Perry Mason, Season 2 Premiere (HBO) Rain Dogs, Season Premiere (HBO)
Avail. 3/8 Mortal Kombat, 2021
Avail. 3/12 The Last of Us, Season Finale Premiere (HBO)
Avail. 3/17 Beach Cottage Chronicles, Season 2
Avail. 3/19 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
Avail. 3/23 Only You: The Animated Shorts Collections, 2023
Avail. 3/26 Succession, Season 4 Premiere (HBO)
Avail. 3/29 Those Who Wish Me Dead
Here’s Everything Leaving HBO / HBO Max In March:
Leaving 3/1 Space Jam: A New Legacy, 2021 (HBO)
Leaving 3/7 Just a Boy from Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen, 2023
Leaving 3/31 3:10 To Yuma, 2007 (HBO) 10, 1979 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, 1999 A Happening Of Monumental Proportions, 2022 (HBO) Aeon Flux, 2006 (HBO) American Hustle, 2013 Annabelle, 2014 (HBO) Around the World In 80 Days, 1956 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007 Bad News Bears, 2005 (HBO) Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach, 2009 Beach Rats, 2017 (HBO) Beerfest, 2006 Before Sunrise, 1995 Before Sunset, 2004 The Best of Blaxploitation, 2023 The Big Chill, 1983 The Big Sleep, 1946 Black Hawk Down, 2001 (HBO) Black Nativity, 2013 Director’s Cut (HBO) Blackthorn, 2011 (HBO) Body Heat, 1981 Border, 2018 (HBO) The Boy Who Could Fly, 1989 Camelot, 1967 The Campaign, 2012 Cannery Row, 1982 Chappelle’s Show, Seasons 1-2 Charlie St. Cloud, 2010 (HBO) Cheech & Chong’s Nice Dreams, 1981 (HBO) Cheech & Chong’s Things Are Tough All Over, 1982 (HBO) Colossal, 2017 (HBO) Coneheads, 1993 (HBO) Cheyenne Autumn, 1964 Children of the Damned, 1964 City Slickers, 1991 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold, 1994 Cleopatra Jones, 1973 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, 1975 Colossal, 2016 Contagion, 2011 Dances With Wolves, 1990 Extended Version (HBO) Dating Amber, 2020 Deep Impact, 1998 (HBO) The Dirty Dozen, 1967 Dogfight, 1991 Down Terrace, 2022 (HBO) Elvis on Tour, 1972 Elvis: That’s the Way it is, 1970 Ender’s Game, 2013 (HBO) Escape Plan, 2013 (HBO) Excess Baggage, 1997 (HBO) The Eyes of Tammy Faye, 2021 Fair Game, 2010 (HBO) Five Easy Pieces, 1970 Flipped, 2010 Four Weddings and A Funeral, 1994 (HBO) Frank, 2014 (HBO) Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, 1995 Furry Vengeance, 2010 (HBO) Ghostbusters, 1984 Ghostbusters II, 1989 Girlfriends, 1978 Gold Diggers of 1933, 1933 Grand Piano, 2013 (HBO) Grumpier Old Men, 1995 Grumpy Old Men, 1993 A Guy Named Joe, 1943 Hall Pass, 2011 Happy Endings, 2011 Hooper, 1978 Hoosiers, 1986 (HBO) House of Wax, 2005 House on Haunted Hill, 1999 House Party: Tonight’s the Night, 2013 Hugo, 2011 (HBO) The Hunger, 1983 Innerspace, 1987 Into the Storm, 2014 (HBO) Iron Eagle, 1986 Iron Eagle II, 1988 It Happened at the World’s Fair, 1963 Jailhouse Rock, 1957 Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990 (HBO) Jumper, 2008 (HBO) Jumping the Broom, 2011 Kick-Ass, 2010 (HBO) Killer Elite, 2011 (HBO) Larry Crowne, 2011 (HBO) The Last Detail, 1973 The Last Dragon, 1985 Les Misérables, 1998 Lions for Lambs, 2007 (HBO) Live By Night, 2016 Logan’s Run, 1976 Lolita, 1962 Love & Basketball, 2000 Love Don’t Cost a Thing, 2003 Love in the Afternoon, 1957 Malibu’s Most Wanted, 2003 A Man Apart, 2003 The Man Who Would Be King, 1975 Matilda, 1996 Meet the Spartans, 2008 Extended Version (HBO) Michael, 1996 Mickey Blue Eyes, 1999 (HBO) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997 Moon, 2009 (HBO) Moscow on the Hudson, 1984 My Cousin Vinny, 1992 (HBO) Mystic River, 2003 National Lampoon’s European Vacation, 1985 New Jack City, 1991 No Place on Earth, 2013 (HBO) Nobody, 2021 (HBO) On the Waterfront, 1954 Only Lovers Left Alive, 2014 (HBO) Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016 (HBO) Pride and Prejudice, 1940 Profile, 2021 (HBO) Prom Night, 2008 Promised Land, 2012 (HBO) Rain Man, 1988 (HBO) Red 2, 2013 (HBO) Red Dust, 1932 Robin Hood, 2018 (HBO) Romance on the High Seas, 1948 Rosewood, 1997 Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird, 1985 Set it Off, 1996 Sex and the City (Movie), 2008 Shaft in Africa, 1973 Shaft’s Big Score!, 1972 She’s All That, 1999 (HBO) Showdown in Little Tokyo, 1991 Showtime, 2002 Sideways, 2004 (HBO) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2005 South Central, 1992 Spawn, 1997 Super Fly, 1972 Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania, 2017 Tea for Two, 1950 The Bad News Bears, 1976 (HBO) The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, 1977 (HBO) The Break-Up, 2006 (HBO) The Freshman, 1990 (HBO) The Heartbreak Kid, 2007 (HBO) The Incredible Hulk, 2008 (HBO) The Last Airbender, 2010 (HBO) The Lincoln Lawyer, 2011 (HBO) The Perfect Host, 2011 (HBO) The Secret Life of Bees, 2008 Director’s Cut (HBO) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 2013 (HBO) The Thin Man, 1934 The Thirteenth Floor, 1999 The Toy, 1982 The Truth About Cats and Dogs, 1996 (HBO) The Two Faces of January 2014 (HBO) Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, 2012 (HBO) To the Wonder, 2013 (HBO) Twisted, 2004 (HBO) Upside of Anger, 2005 Vegas Vacation, 1997 Veronica Mars, 2014 Vice Versa, 1988 Village of the Damned, 1960 Viva Las Vegas, 1964 Waist Deep, 2006 (HBO) Waiting for Guffman, 1997 Waking Life, 2001 (HBO) Wattstax, 1973 The Way Back, 2020 Woman of the Year, 1942 What to Expect When You’re Expecting, 2012 (HBO)
Hacks star Jean Smart, the chainsaw wielder extraordinaire and arguably the most magnificent part of Watchmen (the HBO version), is currently recovering from a heart procedure. The long-time legend from hits like Designing Women has gone on to prove that the comedy generation gap can be crushed, and now, she’s here with an important piece of advice: don’t ignore what your bod is telling you. Please.
Jean broke the news of her medical condition on Instagram, where it sounds like she was able to nip a problem in the bud due to timely action:
“February is American Heart Month — a time when the nation spotlights heart health, so it feels important to share with all of you that I am recovering from a recent, successful heart procedure. I am fortunate to have excellent professional care and support from family and friends while I continue to recuperate. Please listen to your body and talk to your doctor — I’m very glad I did!”
Hacks Season 3 filming is currently on hold while Jean rests up and recuperates. HBO Max (along with Universal Television) has issued a statement of support and relief that she’s doing well, via Variety: “We are so happy that our beloved Jean Smart’s heart procedure was successful and she’s on the mend. HBO Max and UTV send their well wishes.”
As well, we send out positive energy to Jean. We need her to kick all of our butts from inside the TV screen for the long haul.
Drake‘s busy after the release of his collaborative album with 21 Savage, Her Loss. He won big at the Grammys even though he didn’t submit his music; he settled a lawsuit with Vogue after their mischievous fake magazine made during the record’s promotional cycle.
Now, the rapper got a new hairdo. His hairstylist Brie Marie shared the look on social media, and it’s no joke. He flexes a braid design similar to the logo of his label and fashion imprint OVO.
“I already hear y’all now lol ‘Drake Got an Owl Braided in his head,’” she wrote in the caption. “It’s only right to make this a reality. I’d be lying if I say I don’t shock myself. [handshake emoji] TIME AND TIME Again. God thank you, you’ve truly blessed me.”
In an interview with Li Yachty, he said about Drake, “I said, ‘Man, I remember there was a point in time when you were about to release music, and everyone was like, ‘Man, I’m about to call my ex. Like, oh man, I’m finna cry,”” he said. “That was a time period. And that’s when people thought when Drake was finna drop, you thought like, ‘Oh man, I’m about to get back with my ex-girlfriend.’ You felt like emotions were about to be pulled out of you.”
For a beautiful — but all too fleeting — moment in November, all seemed right with the world when it appeared that Lauren Boebert had lost her job as a congressional menace. On November 8, 2022, and the days leading up to it, all the then-freshman congresswoman could talk about was the #RedWave she was sure was coming… until it didn’t. And in Colorado’s 3rd district, which Boebert currently represents, the final results ultimately came down to just a few hundred votes.
While Adam Frisch, Boebert’s Democratic competitor, ultimately conceded the race, he’s not done with the gun-loving former bar owner yet. As The Denver Post reports, the razor-thin margin of his failed 2022 run for Congress only seems to have whetted his appetite to try again. On Tuesday morning, Frisch — a former Aspen City Council member — announced that he is ready to lock horns with the Capitol’s bathroom brawler once again. And that his previous defeat only puts him in a better position to unseat Bobert once and for all.
“November’s election results show us that Boebert is weak and will be defeated,” Frisch stated while announcing his upcoming campaign, noting that greater name recognition and a larger war chest are just two of the things he’ll have going for him in this second match-up.
“Boebert has only doubled down on her divisive antics, attention-seeking, and entertainment that does nothing to benefit the people of Southern and Western Colorado,” Frisch said of his soon-to-be (once again) opponent.
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