TV amp; Movies

John Oliver discussed the personal and political motivations behind his new Mike Pence-trolling children’s book, A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo, on Ellen Tuesday. The book came out of a segment on Oliver’s HBO show, Last Week Tonight, in which he detailed the Vice President’s lengthy history of …

Each episode of Saturday Night Live is its own beast, complete with its own rhythms. There’s zero predictability about what will unfold, which is precisely of the point of its inherent architecture. On paper, having Bill Hader return to Studio 8H to host should have been a slam dunk. Instead, …

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will appear on the next episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman. In honor of International Women’s Day, a preview clip shows the 20-year-old activist discussing gender equality with the late-night talk show legend. The clip opens with Letterman asking …

Beware the Ides of March! Which, in cineplex terms, means an odd couple of releases set in different (but equally violent) eras of Russia; an outstanding Israeli film about grief; and not one, not two, but three sci-fi-inflected blockbusters. (Warning: Only one of them features Oprah.) Plus Wes Anderson makes …

There’s a haunting moment early on in Hulu’s The Looming Tower – just another night in New York City, back in 1998. An FBI Special Agent watches a TV interview with a terrorist practically nobody in America has heard of before, a guy named Osama bin Laden. The interview includes …

Standing in the bay of a speeding Wakandan jet, a member of the African nation’s special forces unit – the Dora Milaje – advises their king, T’Challa: “Don’t freeze.” Calmly, the leader replies “I never freeze.” He’s assured, regal, radiating a near subzero-temperature sense of cool. And then, donning the …

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic electronic musician and Oscar-nominated film composer of The Theory of Everything, Sicario and Arrival, has died at the age of 48. The composer was found dead at his Berlin apartment Friday, his manager Tim Husom confirmed to Variety. No cause of death was revealed but Berlin authorities …

Diane Kruger is coming to Quentin Tarantino‘s defense amid allegations that call the director’s character and past decisions into question. Theactress shared a film still of herself in character in 2009’sInglorious Basterdsto her Instagram Tuesday, along with a statement of support for the director. “In light of the recent allegations …

It all started with a podcast. For both Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, a chance work meeting led to the latter appearing on the former’s Web-chat extension of her blog Blaria (“black Daria“). Cut to three years later: The duo have their own hit podcast2 Dope Queens, appear in sold …

The Oscar nominees for the Best Original Song are a mix new names like R&B singer Mary J. Blige(Mudbound)and the indie-folk singer Sufjan Stevens(Call Me By Your Name) as well as previous winners like Common. The rapper is up for a second Oscar for “Stand Up for Something,” which appeared …