Master of None season three review – Lena Waithe and Naomi Ackie shine in reimagined romcom | Television
[ad_1] There is another reality in which the third season of Aziz Ansari’s sorta-sitcom Master of None looks very different from the one now streaming on Netflix. In this alternate timeline, Ansari was not personally caught up in the #MeToo fallout and the Covid-19 pandemic never happened; thus it is possible for season three to […]
Jodie Turner-Smith: ‘Tapping into the turmoil of Anne Boleyn felt so easy’ | Television
[ad_1] Jodie Turner-Smith is a British actor and the star of Channel 5’s forthcoming drama Anne Boleyn, in which she plays the doomed queen. Born in Peterborough, Turner-Smith moved to the US as a child and later worked in finance before she began a career in modelling. She made her acting debut in 2013 in […]
Saturday Night Live: Anya Taylor-Joy ends season on surprisingly strong note | Anya Taylor-Joy
[ad_1] The season finale of Saturday Night Live opened with the cast reminiscing about the past year, which saw them go from doing “very weird shows at home to terrifying shows in person”. They recollect about life and work under Covid, which saw them perform for a smaller audience made up of first responders (including […]
Farewell to Shrill: truly radical TV that laughs in the face of fatphobia | Television
[ad_1] Warning: this article contains spoilers for all three series of Shrill on Hulu/BBC Two. “I am not concerned with whether or not fat people can change their bodies through self-discipline and ‘choices’. Pretty much all of them have tried already. A couple of them have succeeded. Whatever. My question is, what if they try […]
John Oliver places fake sponsored content on to local news: ‘Far too easy’ | Late-night TV roundup
[ad_1] John Oliver traced the fine, evermore corrupted line between local news and sponsored content on Last Week Tonight, going as far as successfully placing (on HBO’s dime) a bogus “sexual wellness blanket” on several local stations across the country. So-called “brandigation placement”, in which product representatives pay stations to conduct padded interviews about consumer […]
Reese? Tiffany? Kelly? Who might replace Ellen?
[ad_1] As the daytime titan prepares to step down after a swirl of controversy, a host of big names have been thrown into the mix as her successor With Ellen DeGeneres preparing to leave her talkshow to focus on something more “challenging” – which, if reports are true, will hopefully include creating a work environment […]
Stephen Colbert: ‘Republicans think that if they don’t talk about January 6, no one else will’ | Late-night TV roundup
[ad_1] Stephen Colbert The House approved a 9/11-style commission to investigate the 6 January attack on the Capitol on Wednesday, though 175 Republican members opposed the bipartisan body. “Even though they were in the building when it was attacked by the bloodthirsty mob, they opposed it,” Stephen Colbert explained on Thursday’s Late Show. “Why? Apparently, […]
Solos review – a dystopian dud even Anne Hathaway can’t rescue | Television
[ad_1] The golden age of expensive, empty sci-fi anthology continues with Solos on Amazon Prime. Following their inert series Soulmates, set in a world where DNA testing made dating foolproof, the streamer now brings full dystopia a step closer with a collection of tech-themed stories with an eerie, metallic sheen. Each features an innovation that’s […]
The Me You Can’t See review – Oprah, Harry and the perils of A-list activism | Television
[ad_1] The latest addition to the teeming tide of contributions to the mental health debate – all promising to dismantle stigma and help us all recognise the trauma in ourselves and others – is led by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, who have launched a new series on Apple TV+ called The Me You Can’t […]
‘Take it easy, nothing matters in the end’: William Shatner at 90, on love, loss and Leonard Nimoy | William Shatner
[ad_1] I think I’m arriving good and early for my interview with William Shatner when I click on our video chat link 10 minutes ahead of time. But Shatner has arrived even earlier: there he is, as soon as my Zoom screen opens, poking away at his computer. “I like to get in early to […]
