“What are you doing with your goddamn life?” Sam’s sister Tricia asks her in the first episode of the new HBO dramedy Somebody Somewhere. In the moment, Sam (Bridget Everett) acts offended by the question, but it’s one she privately asks herself all the time. She is in her forties, …
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This post contains spoilers for the season finale of The White Lotus, whichis available now on HBO and HBO Max. Last Monday, fans of The White Lotus were greeted with exciting news: HBO and Mike White had agreed to make another season, albeit one set at a new locale within …
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John Oliver did his best to combat Covid-19 vaccine skepticism and misinformation on Last Week Tonight Sunday, May 2nd. Noting that the United States is still a long way from herd immunity, and that there’s been a significant dropoff in vaccine demand despite plenty of supply, Oliver stressed the importance …
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HBO has dropped the trailer for The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, their upcoming documentary about the hit-making brother trio. “There’s nothing else to say about the Bee Gees except they’re fucking awesome,” Justin Timberlake says of the Gibb brothers, Barry, Robin, and Maurice, in the …
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After the launch of the NBCUniversal-backed streaming service Peacock, the number of available streamers on the market right now is approximately a billion. (Note: This is only an estimate. The actual number may be higher.) As Peacock joins Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, CBS All Access, Apple …
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If you’re a girl who hangs around a skatepark, you’re considered a “Betty.” It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting on the sidelines watching, or if you’re actually grinding out there right next to the guys — the malecentric, bro-heavy law of the ollie-friendly concrete jungles dictates that any young woman …
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Even though the Pierce deal fell apart and the company is still facing an ostensibly serious takeover bid, the Roys still like to throw a party. “Return,” this week’s episode of Succession, opens with Kendall FaceTiming his new fling and sometime rival Naomi Pierce from the bathroom, and she needs …
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The gunslingers of Deadwood battle each other and the encroaching inevitability of modernity in the new teaser for the upcoming film sequel to the hit Western, set to premiere May 31st on HBO. The Deadwood movie will be set 10 years after the series wrapped, with the characters reuniting to …
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We’re getting a lot of returning favorites this August, with new seasons of Better Call Saul, Insecure, The Sinner and Mr. Mercedes all hitting the airwaves — and all coming back strong. Meanwhile, cable lights up with an offbeat, Afrocentric late-night show, an unusual drama about a surfer joining a …
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“What we’re doing here is amazing,” Thomas Middleditch’s Richard tells a group of coders in the superbly dark new season of Silicon Valley. “We are building the world’s first truly open, truly free, decentralized Internet!” Still a few bugs in the system, though. Mike Judge’s HBO comedy has taken a …
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