People’s Sexiest Man Alive to host show for fifth timeNBC cites ‘abundance of caution’ behind Covid moveThe actor Paul Rudd, People’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2021, was set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on Saturday Night Live but the sur…
Chris Cuomo fired by CNN for helping brother Andrew fight sexual misconduct charges
Primetime anchor was suspended on TuesdayNetwork says ‘additional information’ has come to lightCNN has fired the primetime anchor Chris Cuomo for trying to help his brother, the former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, fight accusations of sexual miscon…
Kenny G: ‘Criticism didn’t affect me then, and it doesn’t affect me now’
In the HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G, the unusual appeal of the much-maligned ‘smooth jazz’ musician is put under the spotlightPenny Lane, who has directed a new music documentary centered on Kenny G, has no interest in music documentaries and w…
Degrees of separation: what connects Seinfeld to Steve Bannon?
From the US sitcom to the far-right rabble rouser, we go down the rabbit hole, thanks to the arrival of Jerry’s show on NetflixSeinfeldAll 180 episodes of the 90s’ most misanthropic sitcom have arrived on Netflix, but not everyone is happy. Some viewer…
‘A story people need to know’: behind a shocking new TV series about the opioid crisis
In the revealing new drama Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton, the horrifying story of the painkillers and the company that created them is brought to a wide audienceThey have been described as the most evil family in America – not by hyperbolic headlin…
D’oh! couture: Balenciaga puts The Simpsons on Paris catwalk
Fashion house’s cartoon poking fun at itself suggests industry realises it’s time to ditch the pompIt was the standout coup of Paris fashion week. Balenciaga secured a catwalk debut from Homer and Marge Simpson, accompanied by Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Ki…
‘His rage, his pain, his shame, they’re all mine’: Jeremy Strong on playing Succession’s Kendall Roy
Strong’s role as the self-destructive media heir takes commitment – and the actor goes all in• Plus: inside the Succession writers’ roomEarlier this year, Jeremy Strong left his apartment in Brooklyn, walked across the bridge to Manhattan and headed to…
Colbert on Arizona audit: ‘They hired Maga fans, and even they couldn’t say No 45 won’
Late-night hosts talk Arizona’s GOP-led election ‘audit’, which reaffirmed Biden’s win, and Rudy Giuliani’s Fox News issuesStephen Colbert mocked the humiliating conclusion of a partisan effort to overturn the 2020 election in Arizona, which concluded …
Why is Hollywood still denying Black queer love stories?
The success of Moonlight remains an outlier in major film and TV representation so it’s been left to smaller web series to pick up the slackOn 12 May, screenwriter Kirk A Moore took to his Twitter page calling for his Black gay followers to share image…
The Many Saints of Newark review – Sopranos prequel keeps it in the family
Michael Gandolfini is goosebump-inducing as the young Tony Soprano, amid race riots and antagonism towards rival African American gangsMaybe it was inevitable that the greatest TV show in history should spawn a feature-length prequel that is somehow di…