John Mulaney Hosts One of the Sharpest Saturday Night Live Episodes of the Season
There were a lot of surprises out of Saturday Night Live this weekend, but how brilliant John Mulaney’s performed wasn’t one of them. The razor sharp former SNL writer flawlessly executed his hosting debut. Mulaney has been the driving wit of so many spectacular project, as well as his own stand-up career, so we’re thrilled to see him gaining more widespread exposure.
Mulaney’s monologue was gut-busting and we wanted it to go on for two hours.
The Good Wife Costume Designer Dan Lawson Brings his Skill to New Detective Series Instinct
Dan Lawson certainly possesses the gift of garb. The established costume designer is an Emmy nominee for his work on CBS’s The Good Wife, and now brings his winning style to that show’s spinoff The Good Fight. He also is a recipient of the Theater Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young Master Award for excellence in costume design — the first to be honored for television.
Because wardrobe is so essential to character and story,
Westworld Reviews Tease a Grittier, Bolder and Bloodier Season
Following the stunt that Westworld creators pulled this past week supposedly revealing “spoilers” for season 2, the real reviews are in from the lucky critics who have actually been able to watch a few episodes of the new season. If you thought season 1 was wild, hold on to your cowboy hats. Reviews are in and we’ll keep this as spoiler free as possible.
According to recent reviews its looks like this season is even bolder and bloodier than the first.
Westworld Creators Reveal All of Season 2 Spoilers in new Video
If ever there was a recent series that revealed fans in all their obsessive, undeniably clever sleuthing, it was the first season of Westworld. The first season of HBO’s brilliant sci-fi western, created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, played out along (spoiler alert, for Pete’s sake) multiple timelines, and for the average fan the show was consistently surprising and often mind blowing. Yet for the super fan (or the super sleuth), Westworld presented an irresistible puzzle that many ended up solving well before the epic finale.
Jessica Jones Costume Designer on Losing the Cape in Favor of Leather & Denim
Krysten Ritter wears jeans for every scene she plays as the star of Netflix series Jessica Jones. Technically a super-hero capable of jumping off skyscrapers and landing on the sidewalk without a scratch, the hard-drinking private eye from Hell’s Kitchen has no patience for the tights/cape/mask routine. Instead, Ritter’s character is dressed by costume designer Elisabeth Vastola in boots, jeans and motorcycle jackets that owe more to Marlon Brando’s iconic Wild One rebel couture than cartoony costumes.
Our Favorite Moments from Chadwick Boseman’s Saturday Night Live Debut
If you don’t want your crush on Chadwick Boseman to turn into a full-fledged obsession, it would be best to avoid his Saturday Night Live performance. The Avengers: Infinity War star looked impeccable in the opening monologue and nailed his jokes, which can be difficult for newbies. Boseman slipped in a savage dig at the White House, and got one of the biggest audience reactions of the season, and ended with some smooth moves inspired by his previous performance as James Brown in Get on Up.
Game of Thrones Just Filmed the Largest, Longest Battle Sequence in TV History
Game of Thrones is not the type of series to rest on its laurels. It has already made history, a few times over, during its run. Whether its making ratings history or creating the largest pyrotechnic stunt ever, GoT is always game to take it to the next level. The epic series is currently in production for its eighth and final season, and word is, they just completed filming the largest,
Lord of the Rings is Coming to the Small Screen in Smaug-Sized Deal With Amazon
Lord of The Rings is easily one of films largest and most beloved film franchises, and that’s not even touching the surface of how much love we have for the books. It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the franchise or its return to the big screen, but the eye of Sauron is now fixed on the small screen—Lord of the Rings is coming to Amazon.
The company beat out Netflix for the rights to the film earlier this month,
Westworld Website Reveals Details of Mysterious Shogun World
At the very end of the trailer for Westworld‘s second season, we got a glimpse of what many fans have been clamoring for—the Japanese-themed Samurai world—or so we thought it was called. You see an armor clad warrior at the 2-minute mark, followed by Maeve (Thandie Newton) in a kimono, and then a brief shot of a woman in who appears to be a geisha a few seconds later.
It’s a Battle of the Greats as Science Fiction’s Biggest Awards Announce Finalists
The Hugo Awards have announced their finalists, and it looks like many of our favorites have made the cut. As science fiction’s most prestigious honor, the Hugo Awards are trademarked by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) who hosts the annual World Science Fiction Convention or “Worldcon.” This year the final list of nominees is packed with excellent films, television series and books. Blade Runner 2049, Get Out and The Shape of Water—all three films that walked away with at least one Oscar—are among the names vying for Best Dramatic Presentation,
Get Caught up on FX’s Mind-Blowing Legion Before Tonight’s Season 2 Premiere
Noah Hawley’s Legion (FX Network) was one of the most ambitious and deeply weird takes on the superhero genre on TV. Fully investing in its central character’s mental instability, Legion‘s season one was a boldly visualized and brilliantly performed head trip. Starring Dan Stevens as David Haller, a troubled you man who was misdiagnosed as a schizophrenic (more on what he really is in a second), Legion‘s first season was as much Kubrick as it was comic book.
Broken Down, Dirtied, and Greased Up: Designing the Costumes of A Series of Unfortunate Events
Evil has never had a more sumptuous wardrobe than in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris), who fancies himself a great actor, utilizes thinly veiled, yet tremendously detailed costumes to fool the show’s dimwitted adults. Costume designer Cynthia Summers created Olaf’s many aliases, as well as the clothing for the rest of the cast, in season two.
“I think it’s wackier,” Summers said of the new episodes.
Inside the Americans Writer’s Room with Screenwriter Justin Weinberger
Over the past five years—a period that has seen more quality TV than all previous years of televisual output combined—The Americans has established itself as one of television’s smartest dramas (even if the Emmy cognoscenti have been slow to realize it). Now in its sixth and final season, the FX series (starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as undercover Soviet spies living in Washington D.C. during the Cold War) is finally,
Enter the Samurai: New Westworld Trailer Reveals the World Within & Beyond the Park
Gaining sentience was a dramatic journey for the hosts of Westworld, but the havoc that might come from their combined knowledge looks even more wild. The robots are still seeking answers and don’t always have it right, but the fact that they know to question is truly compelling. The season 2 trailer gives us clues to some of the parks biggest mysteries, and sets up an exciting chapter in the series.
A major theme emerges in the fact that we are seeing a lot of area beyond the park and control center.
Offred Escaped Gilead in Body, But Maybe Not in Mind in the Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Trailer
As an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s thrilling novel, we had a pretty good idea of where the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale was going. There were some newly introduced concepts and characters and a few surprises, but for the most part, the script told a similar story. Both, however, ended with a chilling cliffhanger. Where was Offred (Elisabeth Moss) going? Was Nick (Max Minghella) a member of Mayday or an Eye? In the book,
Gina Rodriguez to Star as Carmen Sandiego in Animated series and Live-Action film
The great Gina Rodriguez is best known for her stellar work on The CW’s Jane the Virgin, yet the last time we saw her taking on a secret assignment, she was playing Anya Thorensen in Alex Garland’s trippy, super intense sci-fi film Annihilation. In that film, Rodriguez shed all remnants of her persona from Jane the Virgin and showed us a raw, vulnerable character who plunged into the mysterious Area X and found some seriously horrifying stuff.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Production Designer Recreates 1958-era Manhattan
Production designer Bill Groom doesn’t remember much about 1958. After all, he was just eight years old when the feisty and fictitious Midge Maisel roamed the streets of New York. So when Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Dan Palladino asked him to conjure mid-century Manhattan for their Amazon period piece comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which started streaming on Amazon earlier this month, Groom did what he always does: research. Lots of research.
Budding Relationships May Be The Scariest Thing About Stranger Things Season 3
Details about Stranger Things season 3 have been slowly dripping out of the Upside Down. We already know the total episode count, some new characters on the way (including casting Maya Thuman-Hawke) and more prominent story arcs for returning cast members. But now we are finally getting more details about what our team of heroes may face in the coming season.
THR reported on shows cast and crew Paleyfest Panel appearance,
HBO Reveals Brand New Westworld Season 2 Poster & Images
On Monday, we were talking about what Westworld season two’s working title might mean for where the show is headed. Today, we’re wondering if this robot vulture represents the Man in Black (Ed Harris), or fed on his carcass. Okay, not literally, as HBO has released new images from the first two episodes of the new season, and the Man in Black is prominently featured (if injured, after getting shot in last season’s finale).
Margot Robbie Producing a Female Led Shakespeare Project
This is Margot Robbie’s world and we’re just living in it. After her first swing at producing was a homerun smash, the Oscar nominated I, Tonya, she is diving into her next producing job with Terminal. She holds a starring role in each film. Next, Robbie is focusing the attention of her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, into some historic works. Deadline reports the group will tackle the works of William Shakespeare with a twist.
