Sacha Baron Cohen’s total disdain for working class people is on display in...
As a comedy, “The Brothers Grimsby” is weak and scattershot, but it’s useful as an unintended self-indictment of the chattering classes’ disgust and disdain for white working folk. A movie that is half...
View Article‘Crowded’ mines parental perils when grown kids move back home
Carrie Preston knew she was not the obvious choice to play a sitcom mom on NBC’s “Crowded.” First, there was her quirky persona, seen to Emmy-winning effect as eccentric attorney Elsbeth Tacioni on...
View ArticleDanielle Brooks is the hardest-working woman in showbiz
When Danielle Brooks learned she’d been offered the role of Sofia in the Broadway revival of “The Color Purple,” she burst into tears. This was the show, after all, that made her want to be a...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’s Carol is a lot more conflicted than we thought
Warning: This article contains spoilers from “The Walking Dead” Episode 613 What’s the heck is happening to Carol on “The Walking Dead”? Over the past couple of seasons, this fan fave (played by...
View ArticleDiamonds, man tears and more: What to expect on ‘The Bachelor’ finale
Just how many hearts will “The Bachelor” break during the season finale? Not counting his own, at least one. Ben Higgins’ journey to find true love concludes Monday night, in which he’ll pop the...
View ArticleCan you believe these TV shows lasted this long?
We already knew “NCIS” was the most popular television drama, and that it regularly places among the most-watched series overall. But this week the show reaches a new milestone: It will air its 300th...
View ArticleMadonna shrewdly turns personal turmoil into a compelling show
Madonna’s 2015 album “Rebel Heart” came and went, but the decades- long fascination with her personal life is stronger that ever. And on her current tour of Australia, she’s serving it up with...
View ArticleDid ‘The Bachelor’ get hitched on national TV?
Warning: This article contains spoilers Ben Higgins is a bachelor no more. The Indiana native got down on one knee during Monday night’s season finale, presenting fan favorite Lauren Bushnell with a...
View ArticleGary Sinise fights worldwide terror ‘Beyond Borders’
Gary Sinise returns to the CBS fold on Wednesday in “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.” The new procedural — which tracks an FBI team tackling cases involving Americans overseas — airs at 10 p.m. after...
View ArticleMatthew Perry better work on that Boston accent because he’s playing Ted Kennedy
NEW YORK — Former “Friends” star Matthew Perry will play Ted Kennedy in the forthcoming miniseries “The Kennedys — After Camelot.” Reelz cable channel on Tuesday announced his casting for the four-hour...
View ArticleHarrison Ford is coming back for another ‘Indiana Jones’ movie
“Indiana Jones” is swinging back into theaters with Harrison Ford reprising the iconic role and Steven Spielberg directing. The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that the fifth film in the action...
View ArticleCiara has come a long way with men
A video posted by Ciara (@ciara) on Mar 11, 2016 at 12:53pm PST Fresh from Paris Fashion Week, Ciara and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson got engaged on Friday while vacationing on the...
View ArticleJennifer Garner is perfect for sweet and sincere ‘Miracles From Heaven’
The sweet sincerity of “Miracles From Heaven” makes it hard to dislike. If you can’t be sentimental when dealing with a dying little girl, when can you be? And, in a brilliant twist, this is a...
View ArticleAn audience of morons riled up Whoopi Goldberg
I saw a play Monday night with one of the most annoying audiences ever. Technically, I can’t be sure it was among the dumbest — it just felt that way. Sitting next to those morons was mortifying. Let’s...
View ArticleOscar organizers apologize for ‘tone-deaf’ Asian jokes
Oscar organizers on Tuesday apologized for what a group of actors and filmmakers of Asian descent called the “tone-deaf” portrayal of Asians during this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. In a letter to...
View Article‘Americans’ star teases exploding ‘time bombs’ in Season 4
Annet Mahendru is back on FX’s “The Americans” as KGB agent Nina Krilova.Photo: James Minchin/FX Last season of “The Americans” ended with a shock after KGB spies Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth...
View Article‘Indiana Jones 5’ is a terrible idea
I’m not a religious person, but let us pray Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg come to their senses and rethink plans to bring back a geriatric Indiana Jones for a fifth big-screen adventure. Awash in...
View ArticleEllen Burstyn is a real mother on ‘House of Cards’
Why is Claire Underwood on “House of Cards” so awful? Ask her mother. We meet Claire’s mother, Elizabeth Hale, when the first lady travels to her childhood home in Texas. Claire wants to big-foot her...
View ArticleThe most shocking moments from ‘House of Cards’ Season 4
Warning: Major spoilers ahead from the new season of “House of Cards.” Not everyone has seen Season 4 of “House of Cards,” but for those of us who binge-watched, we can say it was a pretty hairy ride,...
View ArticleLegendary Muppets song is actually from a 1960’s porno
We all know it, and once you’ve read this, you probably won’t be able to get it out of your head for the rest of the day (sorry). But did you know that the iconic — yes, slightly irritating — Muppets...
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