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"Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" is absurdism done right
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (171+ words) (Sony Pictures Classics) Jon Hamm as himself, Tobie Windham as Terrence, Ken Marino as Vincent, Ben Wang as Caleb, Zoey Deutch as Gail Daughtry and Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Otto Most comedies plummet halfway through their second act. But “Gail Daughtry…...
James Burrows, legendary sitcom director, dies at 85
3+ week, 1+ day ago (631+ words) But he also lent his creativity and spirit to its spinoff “Frasier,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Bob Newhart Show.” And “Will & Grace,” for which he directed every single episode. And both versions of the pilot for “The…...
The cinema spoof will never die
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (235+ words) Ah, shoot, that’s right: It’s 2026, and provoking people with inflammatory remarks is a billion-dollar industry. What a shame that no one told the Wayans that so “Scary Movie” could have a shot at actually being good. Though, it’s important to…...
You can cancel Colbert. But you can't cancel satire
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (462+ words) If you’ve watched the final episodes of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” you won’t have missed the sense that something monumental is ending. When Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers appeared on the show, Colbert’s fellow…...
"Rooster" ends with women in the lead
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (934+ words) The following contains spoilers from Season 1 of "Rooster," including the finale. That’s part of why he values his friend’s opinion of his book and its cover image of a sexpot whose head is edited out of the frame. Dylan playfully…...
How the "SNL" sausage gets made
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (151+ words) (Focus Features) Lorne Michaels stars in director Morgan Neville’s documentary “Lorne” “Lorne” speeds past the horror stories of coked-up late writing nights and overworked employees. Those tales are all par for the course at this point. The film isn’t excusing…...
"King of the Hill" is the real America, if we allow it to be
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (812+ words) Mike Judge and Greg Daniels built their two-dimensional Texas Everyman to ensure we could never quite be certain. The Hank Hill we came to know during the original 1997-to-2010 run of “King of the Hill” is a registered Republican, but…...
Julia Wertz finds the humor in motherhood’s body horror
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1205+ words) Salon.com Julia Wertz finds the humor in motherhood’s body horror In "Bury Me Already," the cartoonist takes on isolation, family and the eternal guilt trip of art and parenting In one scene from Julia Wertz’s 2023 graphic memoir, “Impossible People:…...
"Turrible": "Saturday Night Live" gives Bondi send-off via Charles Barkley
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (235+ words) It finally happened. There was enough news last week to start “Saturday Night Live” without Donald Trump. The sketch show kicked off the show with a take on a viral moment from NBA legend and broadcaster Charles Barkley. In the…...
"Saturday Night Live" comes to bury Kristi Noem
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (289+ words) “Saturday Night Live” took multiple shots at departing DHS head Kristi Noem. Noem, who was removed from her position in Donald Trump‘s Cabinet this week, was the focus of the show’s cold open and weekly news segment. In the…...