Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith hit me at the same time. I was a freshman in high school, and had just discovered Clerks and Reservoir Dogs. In retrospect, I’m lucky that it didn’t have a negative ...

While several comedians have admitted they declined the giant paycheck to attend the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia this week (Stavros Halkias, Mike Birbiglia, Shane Gillis), and Marc Maron ...

I set myself the challenge for 2025 to be a year of slower and more conscious reading. No more rushing through 300-page works just to pad out my annual Goodreads goal. It was time to dedicate my mind ...

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I will fully admit that, when Jimmy Kimmel was suspended, I went with doom and gloom. There was no doubt in my mind that Kimmel would be kept off the air, eventually get cancelled (or walk away), and ...

The end, it is a comin’! Gone will be the desks, bands, and movie clips. Say goodbye to party games played by celebrities to get laughs: Bon voyage, opening monologues about the day’s events. There ...

“It’s been a quiet week in Los Angeles.” Said not me, not ever. This week was born of flailing wildly against outside forces, attempting to see some kind of meaning in the chaos but mostly just riding ...

Jon Hamm’s Your Friends and Neighbors on Apple TV+ is exactly my kind of show. Despite what the premise suggests — a wealthy stockbroker is fired from his job and starts stealing from his wealthy ...

Once upon a time, I liked Sex and the City. Openheartedly and unironically, I was deeply attached to this series. I cared so much about Miranda and Steve. I was fascinated by the brazen and ...

Greg Gutfeld has no respect for the late-night scene. He is a partisan hack who fancies himself a mischievous little boy because he likes to spout slurs and say mean things while he struggles to find ...

Image sources (in order of posting): A24, Apple Original Films Yes, perhaps David has at times prioritized work over family, but he’s no Logan Roy — he’s involved in his son’s life enough to have ...

In tonight’s episode of True Detective, “Maybe Tomorrow,” one the pivotal moments for Frank Semyon was the death of Stan by an unknown assailant. Poor Stan: “He deserved better,” Frank said, before ...