President Obama apparently wishes he could “go Bulworth,” though apparently without the awkward rapping (New York Times) Since the Stefon character has never even sustained a sketch, you’d think it wouldn’t ever be part of a movie, and Bill Hader confirms that in an interview (GQ) The Office finale had about 50 people in the more »

With “Oblivion” out for only a few weeks and “After Earth” set for a May 31 release, you’d think the slate is pretty full already for post-apocalyptic sci-fi flicks in Hollywood, right? Wrong, or at least wrong, according to some. Namely, according to Tobey Maguire, Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chiwetel Ejiofor, all of which more »

For fans of “Office Space” and “King of the Hill,” I can’t think of a better sliver of news to start your weekend. Mike Judge’s new comedy has received a series order from HBO on the strength of its pilot, according to Deadline TV’s Nellie Andreeva. She adds that it’s a single-camera dark comedy “set more »

What makes a great series finale? If we look at the greatest ones ever- M*A*S*H, Cheers and Six Feet Under- they stand out as great episodes of television, as appropriate sendoffs to the characters, and to be true to the show itself and what it was always about.  The Office finale, Tuesday night, met two more »

The next American Idol’s album will have an R&B flavor, as 23-year-old Candice Glover won this year’s competition. She is the first woman to win since Jordin Sparks in Season 6. Glover had auditioned for the show three times, a perseverance that paid off big time. The judges predicted a woman would win this year, more »

It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. With the film a true cult classic and AMC’s ‘Walking Dead‘ a commercial – and social media – powerhouse, why not turn the likeable comedy ‘Zombieland’ into a web series. Heck, something similar was the intention right from the start, according to movie scribes more »

Late Wednesday night, National Review writer/conservative talking head Kevin Williamson posted a ridiculously self-congratulatory item about an unpleasant experience he’d just had at a live theater performance. Apparently, if his narrative of the events is to be believed, he was seated at close quarters next to some fellow theater goers, whom he oh-so-charmingly describes as “ “two parties more »

It’s usually difficult to tell how good a movie will be based simply on a 60-second teaser trailer, but you’d think even five seconds of watching Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Michael Douglas together would be enough to tell you “Last Vegas” is going to be epic. Only it isn’t. Quite on the contrary, more »