Jon Taffer is in the business of rescuing bars, but on a recent rainy Friday, he was off the clock. Taffer sat at an upstairs table in the Times Square Dallas BBQ, an array of barbecued meats and all their fixins laid out before him. Wearing a collared shirt and sports coat, no tie, and … Read more
Fox Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) meets his maker in the “Bones” Season 10 premiere, marking a truly shocking TV death for fans of the show. And the worst part? The character might have returned if Daley’s other projects didn’t get in the way. Sweets was written … Read more
Amazon Prime “The Boys” is full of larger-than-life characters. From the fascistic narcissist Homelander (Antony Starr) to deep-sea pervert The Deep (Chace Crawford), bringing these colorful characters to life — and giving some of them gruesome deaths — has been the Prime Video hit’s secret weapon. Despite … Read more
It sounds like bad news bears for Ted fans, as Seth MacFarlane comments on the future of the Peacock series beyond its sophomore season, now available to stream. The creator and voice of the eponymous foul-mouth teddy bear admitted he has “no plan” for a Season 3 of the show, citing “really expensive” production cost … Read more
The U.S. invasion of Iraq killed an untold number of people, possibly hundreds of thousands, and drove nine million Iraqis out of their country, dispersed to the four corners of the Earth. Among those who fled were Mohammed Al Windawi, his wife and two small children – Yosef, then aged four, and his younger sister … Read more
Dropout Most people may not realize it, but everybody loves to watch something unexpected. In an era where many of the best TV shows are complex dramas often showcasing technical prowess, such as “Adolescence,” “The Studio,” and “The Pitt,” there’s a simple beauty in watching people create … Read more
The 23rd annual True/False film festival in Columbia, MO has reached its midway point, with one of documentary’s most revered talents presiding as Visiting Artistic Director – Oscar nominee Yance Ford. For the filmmaker known for Strong Island and Power, it marks a return to programming after his work at the PBS series POV in … Read more
HBO THE PERFORMER | Marisa Abela THE SHOW | “Industry” THE EPISODE | “Both, And” (March 1, 2026) THE PERFORMANCE | The gradual evolution of Yasmin Kara-Harani across four seasons of HBO’s high-finance drama has been fascinating to watch. She was a wide-eyed young equities trader when … Read more
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Although Jason Sudeikis has never officially suited up as one of the major superheroes or villains from Marvel and DC Comics in live-action form (with the minor exception being a “Fake Batman” in the abysmal anthology film, “Movie 43”), he had a voice role … Read more
A group of UK-based financiers touched down this week at Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus strand where they weighed in on the state of indie film financing and, while they admitted the industry was still in a bit of a correctional period, the overall message for the future of the indie sector is a positive … Read more