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It’s hard out there for corrupt politicians trying to make a name for themselves these days. Imagine trying to get some eyeballs on the cartoonish corruption of members of Congress when the former president is on trial for defrauding voters by covering up hush money payments to a porn star who allegedly spanked his…

It’s another sad day for awards shows. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the MTV Movie & TV Awards won’t air this year because MTV plans to “reimagine” the show’s format for 2025. How MTV will “reimagine” nominating stars and then awarding them Golden Popcorn trophies is beyond us, but this leaves our fractured society…

Kevin Costner is tired of “taking a beating from those fucking guys.” The guys in question? His Yellowstone collaborators, whom he accuses of dragging him through the press over his directing Horizon, Costner’s massive, multi-part Western. Speaking to Deadline, Costner finally tells his side of things, namely that he…

Ellen DeGeneres, formerly of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, will have one “last” stand-up special, according to Deadline. The new hour will premiere on Netflix later this year on the heels of her recent tour, “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour.” She previously partnered with Netflix on her last special, 2018’s Relatable, which…

Kendrick Lamar is starting to land disses he didn’t even write. The world seems to have taken a definitive side in the war between Kendrick and Drake, handing the former some major reinforcements in the form of sales and streams. Billboard announced today that Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” one of three Drake-bashing tracks…

“This is a very cinematic show. This should be on the big screen,” director John M. Chu recalls thinking after the first time he saw Wicked. It’s true he was handed all the ingredients for success with the theatrical version: the Broadway show is colorful, comedic, dramatic, and diva-focused, with big set pieces,…

Victor, the Just For Laughs Festival’s little green monster of a mascot, is dead, buried, and forgotten. Long live the anthropomorphic Netflix block.

On her Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga press tour, Anya Taylor-Joy has given reporters enough tidbits about the hardship she experienced behind the scenes to warrant a full, Hearts Of Darkness-style documentary follow-up. Don’t expect that project for at least two decades, though—it’ll be a while before Taylor-Joy is ready to…

Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, and The Simpsons are all in the final year of their multi-season contracts. Family Guy has also been moved to midseason, the first time in nearly 20 years the show hasn’t premiered on Fox’s fall schedule. These facts might cause a Family Guy lover (like Shakira) to worry or a Family Guy hater…

Here’s our hot take of the day: to the losers punching strangers on the streets of New York City—stop! Just stop! It’s heinous and scary and we have too many other things to worry about. Just cool it already! Please!