John Oliver got a flashback hit out of last Thursday night’s debate when he needled Joe Biden about the Democrat’s latest head-scratching (and vinyl scratching?) verbal misadventure.
The host of Last Week Tonight was clearly amused by the quirky “record player” comment made by Biden in Houston when the candidate was…
“Nazis weren’t cool when I wrote it,” joked Jojo Rabbit filmmaker Taika Waititi about making and releasing his Adolf Hitler comedy in the current divided political climate, one where white supremacists have become some of President Donald Trump’s more ardent supporters.
“People weren’t into this sh*t when I wrote it…
Ric Ocasek, the spindly frontman of the Cars who was inducted last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with his New Wave bandmates, is dead, according to authorities in New York City. He was 75.
Ocasek was found dead about 4 PM ET in his Manhattan apartment by officers who were responding to a 911 call…
Unsurprisingly, given its record 32 Emmy nominations for this final season, Game of Thrones led the charge at the Creative Arts Emmys with a total of 10 wins out of the 18 for which it was nominated this weekend. Heading into next Sunday’s Primetime Emmys show, this bodes well for the HBO epic’s swansong swing for…
Phyllis Newman, known for her Tony Award-winning role as the bath towel-clad Martha Vail in the musical Subways Are for Sleeping, has died. The star of stage and screen was 86.
The news was announced by her son Adam Green, a theater critic for Vogue, via Twitter. “My sister @amanda_green and I had to say goodbye to…
The Handmaid’s Tale is out of action for most Emmys this year—given the fact the Hulu drama missed the eligibility window, except for three “hanging episodes” left over from last summer—but the show has made up for it by winning both guest acting spots they were up for.
Following Bradley Whitford’s guest actor in a dra…
It was a first nomination and first win for Luke Kirby on Sunday at the Creative Arts Emmys, where he won for his guest star turn as late comedian and social commentator Lenny Bruce on Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. As befitted a first-time winner, he clutched a piece of paper in one hand and joked about his own…
The 71st Emmy Awards kicked off Saturday and Sunday with the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. As a cascade of Emmys were handed out in technical and acting categories, and there were plenty of expected wins and some surprises.
The biggest winner of the two nights…
Nike's controversial “Dream Crazy” commercial, an extension of the brand's “Just Do It” campaign, took the win for outstanding commercial at Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
"Dream Crazy" was created out of Wieden & Kennedy Portland and produced out of Park Pictures and Joint Portland. Narrated by former NFL player…
Speaking backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday in the wake of winning her guest comedy gong for Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,Jane Lynch revealed that she has a comedy series in the works at Netflix, in which she would star with Cyndi Lauper.
“We’re our ages now. I’m almost 60, and she’s 65. We’re…
Sundance TV's State of the Unionswept the short-form series Emmy categories Sunday, winning for Short From Comedy or Drama Series in the first award given this evening on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, followed by Actress and Actor in Short Form Comedy or Drama Awards for its stars Rosamund Pike…
