The actor, writer and director is about to publish her first book – let us know what you’d like to ask herIn September, the acclaimed actor, screenwriter and director Michaela Coel will publish her debut book, Misfits: A Personal Manifesto (Ebury Press…
‘This was Black Camelot’: looking back on Obama’s journey to the top
In a dense new docuseries, the personal and political journey of Barack Obama is explored along with the difficult tightrope he was forced to walkThe date was 10 February 2007 and the air was cold. Barack Obama, a US senator without deep political expe…
Bob Odenkirk collapses on set of Better Call Saul
Crew members called an ambulance that took the 58-year-old actor to a hospital where he remained on Tuesday nightBetter Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the show’s New Mexico set on Tuesday and had to be hospitalised.Crew members called an ambu…
a shift from irony to sincerity
How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso (NYT – non-paywalled link) – Two decades ago, TV’s most distinctive stories were defined by a tone of ironic detachment. Today, they’re more often sincere and direct. How did we get here?
No one helped me. No one. Well, maybe a bit of cigarette smoking. . .
A daytime TV talkshow host interviews successful business entrepreneur, a cancerous tumor. [SL: 8 minute video; includes brief but cavalier references to suicide and unhoused people.] [Disclaimers: this was made by a friend of a friend. There are good …
Zombies rise, terrorize a town in trailer for SyFy’s Day of the Dead series
Nothing brings a town together like zombies tearing them apart