3+ week, 1+ day ago (312+ words) Given his penchant for making people laugh, it may be surprising for some to learn that things haven't always been positive for the comedian. He's experienced enough tragedies to make one wonder how he could ever muster a smile again, let alone laugh, but he's persevered through it all. Everyone's spiritual journey is different. Some people find great solace in religion while others are perfectly content leading secular lives and don't need to believe in a higher power. But Stephen Colbert has spoken about how heartbreaking it was not to believe in God for a while after being raised in a Catholic household." "Creating something is what helped me from just spinning apart like an unweighted flywheel,""Colbert continued.""And I haven't stopped since." His first big job was writing for "The Dana Carvey Show,""a notorious '90s flop that's still…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago (290+ words) Melissa Lemieux has been in entertainment journalism since she was a teenager and has always wanted to bring the truth to light with her words. She has moved from distributing her own professional wrestling newsletter to working for Newsweek in the span of ten short but busy years. Only Andy Griffith Show Fans Will Realize This Detail About The Big Bang Theory One wouldn't put the supercilious Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and easy-going, folksy dad Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) in the same sitcom category, but it turns out Sheldon " as well as his nerdy best pal Leonard (Johnny Galecki) " were named after the man who helped bring the simple adventures of "The Andy Griffith Show" to life, Sheldon Leonard. In Jessica Radloff's 2022 book "The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series," co-creator Bill Prady explained,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (273+ words) Melissa Lemieux has been in entertainment journalism since she was a teenager and has always wanted to bring the truth to light with her words. She has moved from distributing her own professional wrestling newsletter to working for Newsweek in the span of ten short but busy years. Johnny Galecki And Sam Elliot's Christmas Movie Is An Emotional Hidden Gem Some Christmas movies linger in the imagination for decades after they make it to the big screen, but "Prancer" has turned into something of a hidden gem. One of the best Christmas films of the 1980s, it features Sam Elliott as John Riggs, a struggling single dad whose daughter, Jessica (Rebecca Harrell), is trying to cope with life minus her mom as the holidays draw near. Johnny Galecki also shows up in a small role as teenager Billy Quinn. John's apple…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago (968+ words) Akos Peterbencze is an entertainment writer with a degree in television and media. He has a deep knowledge of television shows that helped him craft his writing style over two decades. Oh. What. Fun. Review: Michelle Pfeiffer's Christmas Movie Has Charm But No Spark I usually avoid the new annual Christmas movies like the plague, but every once in a while, I roll the dice on something that seems passable either due to its appealing cast or an amusingly scathing tone toward the overrated holiday spirit. Anything that's willing to rise above the typically saccharine Hallmark-quality trash studios want to feed us when December comes around. Prime Video's "Oh. What. Fun." seemed to fit one of those criteria this year. The movie offers a decent ensemble, led by a charming Michelle Pfeiffer and Denis Leary as a married couple, who…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago (467+ words) Seth Rogen has come a long way from his start in critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged shows like "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," as well as his blink-and-you'll-miss-it film debut in the 2001 cult hit "Donnie Darko." It certainly helped that those two shows were produced by Judd Apatow, who went on to make some of the best comedies of the 2000s and brought Rogen along for the ride." That said, some of his best acting performances have come when he was just an actor and nothing else, including a few that even garnered Oscar buzz. So impressive is Rogen's body of acting work that we had to make some pretty tough cuts for this list and leave off a few beloved films, simply because there were just too many good ones to include them all. Cast: Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) Zach Laws' career in entertainment journalism began in 2012, when he went to work as an Associate Editor for Gold Derby. For a decade, he covered the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and other entertainment awards, calling upon his extensive knowledge of film and awards history to make predictions about today's contenders. The Hangover Trilogy, Ranked From Worst To Best "The Hangover" launched like a rocket in the summer of 2009, becoming the sixth highest grossing film of the year and winning the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical. A throwback to R-rated comedies of the 1980s, its take-no-prisoners brand of humor was a breath of fresh air at a time when most comedies were playing things safe. Its success is all the more remarkable when you consider it was shot in just 15 days on a modest $35 million budget with the then-relatively unknown…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (568+ words) It's established in the pilot episode that Claire's powers began when she hit puberty, but this explanation doesn't last long. That aspect of her abilities is inexplicably retconned when her biological mother later explains that she thought Claire died in a fire when she was an infant. It turns out that Claire's miraculous survival was due to her abilities manifesting as a baby. While Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is the main serial killer in "Dexter," he's hardly the only one. He takes on all kinds of killers, but when he has Hannah McKay (Yvonne Strahovski) on his table, he doesn't finish her. Instead, they start a relationship. In Season 7, Hannah's penchant for killing people comes to light, and she's forced to flee Miami to avoid being captured by the authorities. In Season 8, Hannah suddenly returns'by drugging Dexter and Deb (Jennifer…...