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Is there anything Maya Rudolph can’t do? It’s a serious question, as the comedy superstar reigns as this year’s Emmy nominations Mvp. Rudolph earned four nominations — a stunning achievement in itself, but made even more impressive because those nods come from three different programs. She’s nominated in comedy lead actress for Apple TV+’s “Loot” (just renewed for a third season), in character voice-over for her role as Connie the Hormone Monstress in Netflix’s animated “Big Mouth,” and in comedy guest actress for her hosting stint on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (which also got her an original music and lyrics nod for her monologue tune).

It’s quite a year for Emmy overachievers. Several acting stars also landed writing noms, like Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”), Richard Gadd (“Baby Reindeer”) and Donald Glover (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”). Others nominated thesps are also producers on their nominated best series.

Shōgun, The Bear and Only Murders in the Building lead the way at the 2024 Emmy nominations, which were revealed this morning.

Below is a list of the programs with five or more noms, following by a full list of nominees and the number they received.

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Here is the full list of 2024 Emmy nominations by program:

25 Nominations

Shogun

23 Nominations

The Bear

21 Nominations

Only Murders In The Building

19 Nominations

True Detective: Night Country

18 Nominations

The Crown

17 Nominations

Saturday Night Live

16 Nominations

Fallout

Hacks

The Morning Show

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

15 Nominations

Fargo

13 Nominations

Ripley

11 Nominations

Baby Reindeer

Palm Royale

10 Nominations

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

Lessons In Chemistry

9 Nominations

Abbott Elementary

Slow Horses

8 Nominations

Jim Henson Idea Man

RuPaul’s Drag Race...

Perfect Match Season 2 has wrapped up on Netflix, but viewers aren’t very happy with the final results.

Reality dating shows typically have twists and turns. But the Season 2 finale left a pretty bitter taste in fans’ mouths. Many felt the couple who ultimately won didn’t deserve it. Online, many declared the results were “rigged” and they probably won’t tune in for a third season.

Keep reading to get the scoop and see if you agree with other Perfect Match fans.

Perfect Match Fans Wish Another Couple Would Have Won

On this season of Perfect Match, viewers witnessed reality stars from a wide range of Netflix shows come together in search of their ideal partner. However, things didn’t quite go the way viewers thought they should.

Perfect Match/Netflix

After a drama-packed season, Perfect Match fans felt incredibly stunned when Too Hot To Handle alums Christine Obanor and Nigel Jones ultimately won.

Caitlin Clark, who helped grow the popularity of women’s basketball with her record-breaking college career at the University of Iowa, was the most no-brainer pick of the WNBA Draft on Monday, going No. 1 to the Indiana Fever.

The league will waste no time putting Clark front and center: The regular season begins May 14 with a doubleheader on ESPN2 leading off with Indiana against Connecticut, the first of a full slate of Fever games slated for national broadcasts.

Clark led Iowa to back-to-back NCAA women’s national championship games, most recently earlier this month when the Hawkeyes lost to undefeated South Carolina in the title game, a matchup that drew more viewers than the men’s finale for the first time ever and drew 18.7 million viewers.

Clark, who scored 30 in that game to end her career, scored an NCAA Division I record 3,951 points in her four years, breaking both the...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has accomplished a fair bit in his life. The man came over from Austria having served in the army, claimed the Mr. Olympia title a full seven times, then launched one of the most successful Hollywood careers in the history of the industry, before becoming governor of California and finding time to marry a Kennedy in the process. But surely what he's really concerned with are his Rotten Tomato scores.

Having recently starred in his own Netflix series, "Fubar," recounted his remarkable life in the streamer's "Arnold" documentary, and whipped Jake from State Farm into shape for a Super Bowl commercial, the Austrian Oak is now gearing up for his Christmas comedy with "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson. But between all this stuff, you've got to imagine that Arnie was eager to hurry back to his trailer and pore over the pages of Rt, desperately scouring for the latest...

Mark Wahlberg is one of the most famous Boston natives who is working in Hollywood. The actor has made it in the industry by delivering several hits at the box office such as the Transformers films, The Departed, Boogie Nights, Ted, and more. Wahlberg was also once the highest-paid actor in the world.

However, the legendary actor was reportedly not famous enough for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Massachusetts-themed Super Bowl ad for Dunkin’ Donuts. The ad featured Affleck, Damon, and Tom Brady, but failed to include the Ted star. Mark Wahlberg recently gave a passive-aggressive statement about him not being included in the ad.

What Is Ben Affleck’s Dunkin’ Donuts Ad About? Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in The DunKings | Credit: Dunkin’ Donuts’ Super Bowl ad

Ben Affleck’s obsession with Dunkin’ Donuts has been well documented on the Internet. Pictures of the Justice League star with...

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito had a mini Twins reunion for State Farm’s Super Bowl commercial. However, the former co-stars were meant to reunite sooner in the nixed Twins sequel, Triplets.

Following the viral ad’s release, Josh Gad, who had originally been tapped by director Ivan Reitman to co-write the movie with former writing partner Ryan Dixon, decided to give a preview of the script the two of them penned on Wednesday.

He wrote, “One of my favorite commercials from this past weekend’s Sb was the reunion of Arnold and Danny for State Farm. Years ago, the late/great Ivan Reitman hired me and my then writing partner @dixonofnoho to write a sequel to Twins called Triplets meant to star Arnold, Danny and Eddie Murphy. It was such a blast developing a follow up to one of my favorite comedies of the 80’s.”

Gad’s statement continued,...

How big was the Taylor Swift effect on the Super Bowl? Her impact on viewership of CBS’s Super Bowl Lviii telecast will continue to be debated even after ratings for TV’s biggest event of the year come out.

But it’s undeniable that Swift — who jetted from Tokyo to Las Vegas to cheer on beau Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s Super Bowl — has ratcheted up interest in the NFL and is responsible for recruiting a new cadre of fans to pro football.

Here’s a new data point on the Swift-ization of the NFL: 20% of 2024 Super Bowl viewers said they were rooting for the Chiefs because of Kelce’s relationship with the global superstar, according to a flash survey conducted by consumer research firm Numerator. The poll was taken after the Chiefs clinched a 25-22 overtime defeat of the San Francisco 49ers.

Overall,...

This weekend, the biggest sporting event on the Stateside calendar, the Super Bowl, went down between the San Francisco 49ers and the Taylor Swiftie… Sorry (checks notes), Kansas City Chiefs. And with a massive guaranteed TV audience, that naturally meant companies shelling out not just $7 million for 30 seconds of precious airtime, but millions more to secure celebrity faces and guarantee viewers/clicks. As is usual these days, most of the ads went up days before the event itself, or the spots linked to longer versions online. Here is a roundup of our favourites…

State Farm: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnie's spot for the insurance company is, like so many of these short clips, really only a two-joke piece: 1. Arnie is in it 2. He pronounces "neighbour" "neighbah". Oh, and the extended version also has his old pal Danny DeVito in it. For a second.

Booking.com: Tina Fey

Wither Idris and (more recently) Melissa McCarthy?...

Last night, millions tuned into the 2024 Super Bowl. As has become a capitalist tradition, even people who aren't football fans watched the big game just to see all of the big new commercials, man of which feature some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. In addition to new trailers for upcoming blockbusters like "Deadpool and Wolverine" and "Twisters," there were also some hilarious commercials with Ben Affleck forming a hip-hop group with Matt Damon for Dunkin and Arnold Schwarzenegger reuniting with his "Twins" co-star Danny DeVito for State Farm insurance. But none of those ads were the most watched on YouTube during Super Bowl Sunday.

You might be asking yourself, if everyone is watching the Super Bowl, how do you determine the most watched commercial? Well, according to Variety, this is based on YouTube's own viewing stats that it measured worldwide on gameday, starting February 11 from 12:00am Et until...

The Superb Owl is more than just a big sports event. It is a time to relish in spectacle, be it a half-time music show where SpongeBob makes jokes about Leonardo DiCaprio, Netflix potentially releasing a previously unknown movie all of a sudden, and, of course, flashy trailers and big commercials galore.

One of the biggest commercials of this year's Super Bowl reunited Arnold Schwarzenegger with his "Twins" and "Junior" co-star Danny DeVito to promote State Farm Insurance. The ad shows Schwarzenegger shooting a film within a film, a commercial for State Farm wherein the former governor of California rushes out of a burning house while rescuing two dogs. Then a director yells cut and consistently chastises Arnold for the way he pronounces the word "neighbor" with his Austrian accent. The solution? Hire DeVito to co-star in the ad and correct Schwarzenegger's pronunciation.

Though he only shows up for a handful of seconds,...

Super Bowl Lviii is in the books, and with the big game comes the big game TV spots for upcoming anticipated films. Viewers were able to get a peek at trailers for Kung Fu Panda 4, Deadpool & Wolverine, Wicked, If, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Twisters and more. In addition to movie ads, Super Bowl commercials would feature traditional cameos from various notable names. In a T-Mobile ad, the cast of Suits would reunite along with several other appearances by Academy Award hopeful Bradley Cooper, Common, Donald Faison and Zach Braff. State Farm pulled out a big gun with Arnold Schwarzenegger starring in a fictional action movie and playing on his accent in a joke that resembled a classic Simpsons gag.

Then, we have the star-studded affair from Dunkin’, formerly Dunkin’ Donuts. The Hollywood Reporter spotlights a humorous ad in which Jennifer Lopez’s music recording session gets interrupted by her hubby,...

Advertisers who normally use the Super Bowl to create commercials that make your jaw drop instead were content if they could get just a little smile.

For the second consecutive year, Madison Avenue relied on a massive parade of celebrities to capture consumer attention, foregoing in many cases the social messages and dynamic creative concepts that have generated chatter in the past. Where the Super Bowl was once the setting for Apple’s still-talked-about “1984” commercial or Procter & Gamble’s clever insertion of Tide into a bevy of ads, it’s now become a place for formulaic cameos of famous faces.

“It’s like a celebrity arms race,” says Simon Bruyn, executive creative director at Mother, an independent agency. “It’s like one celebrity isn’t enough.”

Super Bowl viewers saw Danny DeVito join Arnold Schwarzenegger for State Farm; Pete Davidson work with Kate McKinnon for Hellmann’s; Heidi Gardner...

Jake From State Farm will be front and center during the Super Bowl thanks to the State Farm commercial that is set to air during the big game.

While the character “Jake” is recognizable to most people in the country, there’s a good chance they aren’t familiar with the actor behind him yet. So let’s fill you in!

Kevin Miles is the lovable guy who has become known as Jake From State Farm, but he’s so much more than just the character.

Keep reading to find out more…

Check out five facts about Kevin below…

1. Who is Kevin?

Kevin‘s full name is Kevin Miles Julian Mimms and he grew up on the south side of Chicago. After graduating college with a Bfa in acting, he moved to Los Angeles and started booking commercials for brands like T-Mobile and McDonald’s. He also had guest spots on shows like iCarly,...

Kevin Miles feels he has nothing to offer. The actor lets that slip less than five minutes after we meet when I ask him why he doesn’t do many interviews. We’re walking to a sports bar a dozen blocks south of Radio City Music Hall, where he’s about to go see comedian Matt Rife, his old neighbor and friend, perform. Miles is dressed in a light gray Alo overcoat, a black Fear of God tee and black Jordans. A pearl necklace with a buskin charm, a replica of one worn by his actress great-grandmother, swings around his neck. It’s all very Los Angeles-guy-in-New York, which he is.

“Right now, I don’t have a lot of other things” — as in roles, projects — “that I feel like are what I want,” the 33-year-old says, with a small, ultra-white smile. “Besides Jake.”

“Jake” is Jake from State Farm,...

The Geico Gecko has for years boosted the near-ubiquitous insurance company’s advertising, Now Geico is doing something to boost him.

Geico on Thursday will unveil “Legend of the Lizard,” a 15-minute documentary on the character’s (fictional) childhood and origins, giving consumers new insight into the animated figure that has since 2000 urged TV viewers to make a quick call to get various kinds of insurance. Those who see it will meet the creature’s childhood best friend, his coach, some of his co-workers, and people who have been inspired by him, The famous Geico Caveman also makes an appearance, offering some cautionary tales about the price of fame.

There is more to come in 2024, vows Damon Burrell, the company’s chief marketing officer, during an interview. “We want to continue to maintain the brand love and brand association and brand sentiment, and keep it at a high level,” he says.

Everyone watches the Super Bowl, but for media industry veterans it has come to be seen as an almost holy experience in a world of continuing atomization and linear decline.

With ratings ebbing and business models crumbling, last year’s edition registered the largest audience of any TV event in history, with 115.1 million viewers (albeit with the caveat of revised Nielsen methodology). This year’s matchup on Sunday, February 11, between the San Francisco 49ers and the Taylor Swift-enhanced Kansas City Chiefs could somehow make the big game even bigger. On the corporate front, it will undoubtedly provide a morale boost at Paramount Global, which will reap hundreds of millions of much-needed dollars from the telecast as questions swirl about its future.

With tune-in remaining massive, Super Bowl ad rates have continued to climb. Paramount said last November it had “virtually sold out” its inventory, at a price of up...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and fellow actor Kevin Miles (Jake from State Farm) were seen working out together earlier in the week at the famous Gold’s Gym in Venice, California. Check out the pic below!

Ninja‘s New Year’s Eve celebration will feature pizza, video games, and some special guests. The star streamer, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, will host a multi-platform end-of-year spectacular called Ninja’s Nye.

Blevins will kick off his New Year’s Eve spectacular at 6 Pm Central Time on December 31st. He will count down to midnight with six hours of games, branded segments, and conversations with guests. Domino’s Pizza, the event’s title sponsor, will back Blevins as he plays party games and entertains fans on stream. State Farm will also sponsor a segment during the third hour of the broadcast.

The man known as Ninja will not ring in the new year on his own. The streamers on his guest list include TimTheTatman, SypherPK, DrLupo, BasicallyIDoWrk, and Legiqn, all of whom broadcast to large audiences on platforms like Twitch and YouTube.

“I’m incredibly hyped to bring...

The post comes after Taylor and Donna were spotted in a sweet embrace at the Kansas City Chiefs games.

Taylor Swift appears to have a fan in Mama Kelce! Travis Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce, took to Instagram on Monday to offer what looks like her stamp of approval for the songstress.

After sitting together two weeks in a row to watch Travis play for the Kansas City Chiefs, Donna shared a video from Sunday’s game against the New York Jets in which Taylor wraps her arms around her in a sweet embrace as the two women chat. In the post, which was also shared by the official Sunday Night Football account, text is placed over the video reading, “Travis Kelce’s biggest fans” with a red heart.

Donna shared the same video not once, but twice on her feed. The second post, shared with the official NFL account,...

The action might have been on the gridiron during Sunday night’s NFL game, but NBC didn’t waste any opportunity to put the spotlight on the Kansas City Chiefs’ most famous fan up in the suites.

Taylor Swift was at her second consecutive NFL game Sunday, once again cheering on Kansas, amid rumors that she and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce have started up a romance.

NBC cameras caught her in a suite alongside other famous faces, including Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, Hugh Jackman, Sophie Turner and filmmaker Shawn Levy. She was seen celebrating and cheering as the Chiefs scored a touchdown against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in the first quarter, among other moments.

In addition, NBC aired trailers for her upcoming concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which opens Oct. 13, and cut to footage of Times Square, where video highlights of Swift’s...

If you're in the LA area this weekend, you won't want to miss out on a 12-hr horror and cult film marathon, dedicated to Grindhouse Releasing titles, including Pieces, Cannibal Holocaust, and more! Starting at noon at Lumiere Cinema, we have all the details and ticket links:

"Grindhouse Releasing will present a 12-hour horror and cult film marathon this Saturday August 12 at the Lumiere Cinema in Los Angeles.

Starting at noon, the event includes 35mm screenings of Lucio Fulci's The Beyond, Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust, J.P. Simon's chainsaw slasher classic Pieces, and the incredible Trailer Apocalypse, a feature-length compilation exclusive to theaters featuring 4 dozen rare and insane exploitation movie trailers.

Also showing are David Durston's drive-in horror classic I Drink Your Blood; Umberto Lenzi's Eurocrime smash The Tough Ones; the '70s cult classic An American Hippie In Israel, starring Asher Tzarfati and Shmuel Wolf...

Bloody Disgusting has learned that Grindhouse Releasing is hosting a 12-hour horror and cult film marathon this Saturday, August 12 at the Lumiere Cinema in Los Angeles.

Starting at noon, the event includes 35mm screenings of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond, Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust, J.P. Simon’s chainsaw slasher classic Pieces, and the incredible Trailer Apocalypse, a feature-length compilation exclusive to theaters featuring 4 dozen rare and insane exploitation movie trailers.

Also showing are David Durston’s drive-in horror classic I Drink Your Blood; Umberto Lenzi’s Eurocrime smash The Tough Ones; the ’70s cult classic An American Hippie In Israel, starring Asher Tzarfati and Shmuel Wolf; and Clu Gulager in the acclaimed short film Vic, directed by Sage Stallone.

The event is part of a three-day Grindhouse Celebration to launch Jason Rutherford’s documentary Masters Of The Grind, an epic many years in the making that tells the shocking...

Two-thirds of Peacock’s 22 million subscribers have watched a recent Universal theatrical film, the NBCUniversal streaming service announced at its NewFronts presentation Tuesday.

Emphasizing the value to advertisers of the pay-1 window for Universal films, the company told ad buyers in the audience that 95% of viewers expressed a favorable opinion of the ad experience during movies. Fresh releases generally have only pre-roll ads and then stream without commercial interruption. The new pay-1 setup came about last year when Universal’s output deal with HBO reached its end and NBCU, like all media players, re-examined its pay-1 strategy in light of streaming.

The NewFronts event unfolded against a rancorous backdrop as WGA members set up a picket line on Fifth Avenue just outside of the venue, forcing attendees to weave their way through hundreds of picketers. On the corporate front, NBCU is also regrouping after the sudden ouster of former CEO Jeff Shell.

It’s been almost two weeks now since Lee Sung Jin’s Beef landed on Netflix, meaning many fans have finished binging the critically acclaimed dark comedy.

The series starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun is widely considered to be the streaming service’s best show of 2023 so far.

However, towards the business end of the first season, things got a little gruesome for some viewers.

*Warning – Major spoilers ahead for Beef episode nine*

Beef’s ninth episode sees David Choe’s Isaac taking drastic measures to recuperate the money swindled from him by his brother Danny (Yeun).

Isaac and his accomplices take Amy (Wong), Naomi (Ashley Park) and Jordan (Maria Bello) hostage in the latter’s LA mansion.

Things go awry when Naomi and Jordan make a break for the multi-millionaire’s panic room. Naomi ends up crushing Jordan in the panic room door as she tries to escape her captor.

It’s been almost two weeks now since Lee Sung Jin’s Beef landed on Netflix, meaning many fans have finished binging the critically acclaimed dark comedy.

The series starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun is widely considered to be the streaming service’s best show of 2023 so far.

However, towards the business end of the first season, things got a little gruesome for some viewers.

*Warning – Major spoilers ahead for Beef episode nine*

Beef’s ninth episode sees David Choe’s Isaac taking drastic measures to recuperate the money swindled from him by his brother Danny (Yeun).

Isaac and his accomplices take Amy (Wong), Naomi (Ashley Park) and Jordan (Maria Bello) hostage in the latter’s LA mansion.

Things go awry when Naomi and Jordan make a break for the multi-millionaire’s panic room. Naomi ends up crushing Jordan in the panic room door as she tries to escape her captor.

When viewers watching the Feb. 12 Super Bowl stick around for the always anticipated commercial breaks, they may find a bit more than they bargained for.

With the advertising market in a downturn (Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Nov. 15 it was “very weak” and worse than it was during Covid-19 amid a brief, broader pullback), marketers are increasingly looking for partners to mitigate rising costs and to help them stand out on the biggest TV advertising day of the year.

So when Will Ferrell needs to escape a swarm of zombies from the universe of Netflix’s Army of the Dead in the second quarter, he will do so in a General Motors electric pickup truck. When Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man needs to get a refresher before saving the multiverse, he’ll pick up a Heineken 0.0. When Jake from State Farm (actor Kevin Miles) decides to celebrate Arizona’s...

While making his hosting debut on last week’s Saturday Night Live, Michael B. Jordan, 35, reminded everyone in his monologue that he is now single. He refrained from mentioning his ex Lori Harvey explicitly, but he admitted that he went through a public breakup.

The couple split in June 2022 after more than a year of dating.

“Most people after a breakup are like, ‘I’m going to get in better shape.’ But I was already in Creed shape!” the actor said, referring to the upcoming boxing film, Creed III, that he both directed and starred in.

The actor said he instead sorted through his feelings by learning a new language, and later told the audience in Spanish that he’s on Raya, a celebrity dating app.

SNL cast members Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson and Ego Nwodim notified Jordan that they were definitely interested.

Fineman asked Jordan, “Could you...

This March, we'll get to see how Michael B. Jordan fares with his feature directorial debut when "Creed III" hits theaters. But a little over a month before that, Jordan has made his hosting debut at "Saturday Night Live." 

Though Jordan has mostly stuck to more dramatic and action-oriented roles on the big screen, he's shown a hint of his comedic abilities with "That Awkward Moment" alongside Zac Efron and Miles Teller and a hilarious cameo in "Space Jam: A New Legacy." But thankfully, Jordan was more than willing to have plenty of fun when he took the stage at Studio 8H. Whether it was sloppy physical comedy, making fun of himself, appearing as Creed alongside a recurring character, or hilariously failing in an attempt at a Dominican accent, Jordan helped usher in one of the better episodes in the 48th season of "SNL."

Let's dig into some of the...

Michael B. Jordan is single, and the cast of "Saturday Night Live" was really hoping he was ready to mingle during his hosting debut on Jan. 28. The "Creed III" star kicked off the show with an opening monologue where he appeared to reference his breakup from Lori Harvey only to be hit on by the show's female cast members including Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, and Punkie Johnson.

"My name is Michael B. Jordan, but tonight, Michael B. Hosting. Michael B. Nervous. Michael B. Vulnerable. But Michael will be aiight," Jordan said at the start of his monologue. "Because Michael B. in therapy."

From there, the actor segued into sharing a clip from his early TV role on "All My Children" before seemingly referencing his breakup. "That was 2003, and now, 20 years later, I just directed my very first movie, 'Creed III.' But right after that, I went...

Saturday Night Live put a horror movie twist on one of TV’s most unavoidable spokesmen as host Michael B. Jordan played Jake From State Farm in a sketch where he takes his promise of 24/7 insurance coverage way too far.

The pre-recorded sketch starts innocuously enough with the daughter of parents Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner flushing her stuffed animals down the toilet. Luckily, Jake From State Farm happens to be on-scene to provide his home insurance coverage.

However, Jake is still there at dinnertime… and the next morning. He...

That Jake from State Farm seems like a nice boy, doesn’t he? Well, not after this he won’t. This week’s Saturday Night Live host Michael B. Jordan skewers the beloved insurance spokesman in a commercial parody that goes from fun to frightening in pretty short order.

The sketch starts out like an ordinary commercial: Jake from State Farm shows up at the home of a couple played by Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner after some minor household disaster. Day heads off to work and finds, when he returns that evening, that Jake is still there playing with...

Michael B. Jordan donned a State Farm polo for a hilarious “Saturday Night Live” video short as not-so-good neighbor Jake, who first shows up to demonstrate the insurance company’s app for a family and then refuses to leave.

Jordan’s Jake first shows up to help the family file a claim to fix their toilet after their daughter clogs it with stuffed animals, and then he slowly becomes a part of the family unit.

As the father, played by Mikey Day, comes home to discover State Farm is “here for you 24/7” and Jake is still there playing with the kids, Day is stuck making a sandwich while his family gets pizza with the studly insurance spokesman. Jake then continues to assimilate into the family unit, bringing Gardner and the kids to church on Sunday morning, causing a fight between the two spouses.

Slowly but surely, Day is phased out of his family,...

There’s a whole lot of ugly in the lead-up to Kate and Toby’s decision to end their marriage, and Tuesday’s This Is Us shows it all.

The hour skips around in the couple’s timeline, giving us glimpses of how, exactly, the union of Kate Pearson and Toby Damon comes to its bitter end. And it is bitter. But the episode also offers flashes of what the future of ‘KaToby’ looks like, and most of that is pretty happy and backs up the idea that these two just weren’t meant to be together forever. Plus: We...

Reading Is Fundamental (Rif) announced today the lineup for its Reading Inspires! Webcast to be held on Read Across America Day, March 2, 2022.

To conclude its 6-month campaign, “Rally to Read 100,” Rif is welcoming classrooms and families across the country to join them for a virtual gathering with special guests including celebrated author, advocate, and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton, the Grammy-nominated and five-time New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, academic and children’s author Monica Brown, and other celebrated literacy supporters. The event will be hosted by Orion Jean, the 11-year-old founder of the “Race to Kindness” initiative and a 2021 Finalist for Time “Kid of the Year.”

“The incredible guests joining us for this event are a testament to the impact reading has for all of us,” said Alicia Levi, President and CEO of Reading Is Fundamental. “‘Rally to...

The journalist and podcaster talks about some of her favorite cinematic grifters and losers with Josh and Joe.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Nightmare Alley (1947) – Stuart Gordon’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

The Third Man (1949) – George Hickenlooper’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

All About Eve (1950)

The Hot Rock (1972) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Die Hard (1988)

Sunset Boulevard (1950) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

The Producers (1967) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review

Panic In The Streets (1950) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

The Music Man (1962)

My Fair Lady (1964)

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s review

The Band Wagon (1953) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary

A Night At The Opera (1935) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review

The Cocoanuts (1929)

Animal Crackers (1930) – Robert Weide...

We were this close to getting a Marvel TV show featuring Squirrel Girl, and it could’ve been one of their most heartfelt adventures.

“Back in 2017, Marvel started developing New Warriors, another Marvel superhero series centered on a team of young adults, with the cable network Freeform. Though the project never made it past the pilot stage and had been officially shuttered by 2019, showrunner Kevin Biegel (Cougar Town) is finally opening up about what was meant to be.”

Read more at Inverse

Will Dexter be able to redeem itself from the disappointment of the previous series finale?

“The beloved series starring Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, forensic technician by day and avenging serial killer by night, was on a downward slope in later seasons, but truly fumbled the finale by killing off fan-favorite character Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) and seeing Dexter abandon his son Harrison to be a lumberjack in a remote town.

Underrated is making the digital debut of its second season on Sept.1 on the Bleacher Report App and gaming channels with a Sept. 24 premiere on TBS.

New this season, the series will cover all the major sports video game franchises and feature top game streamers, pro gamers, and online creators who will demonstrate the drills from the games represented in the series. The current roster includes YoBoy Pizza, Mike Labelle, Ashley Sanders, Nasher and ImDavisss, who collectively reach more than 3M followers across all platforms.

The series, co-produced by Bleacher Report and Mandalay Sports Media (Msm), critically-acclaimed producers of The Last Dance, takes on the annual debate of player ratings in video games by empowering athletes to raise contested ratings through real life challenges. Some of the games featured include Madden NFL 21 (EA Sports), NBA 2K (2K Sports), MLB The Show (Sony Interactive Entertainment), NHL 21 (EA Sports), and FIFA 21 (EA...

ESPN and Marvel, two of Disney’s most high-profile divisions, are teaming to produce an alternative telecast of a May 3 NBA game.

The flagship ESPN network will air the regular telecast of the Golden State Warriors-New Orleans Pelicans matchup. ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and streaming service ESPN+ will carry the Marvel-ized version.

Synergy has long existed between the NBA and Disney, a longtime rights holder. The media company last year created a “bubble” site at its ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Orlando, Fl. The facility allowed the NBA to complete its pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 season.

The alternate broadcast on May 3 will integrate elements from an original Marvel story and characters including Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Black Widow and Doctor Strange. Characters will appear throughout the game via 3D technology, custom graphics and animation packages.

Viewers will be encouraged to collect “Marvel Hero Points” based...

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is going back into quarantine – at least for one night.

The NBC late-night show is returning tomorrow, Friday March 19, to Fallon’s house to mark one year from when the host started filming his At Home shows.

Fallon was one of the first hosts to film content and then a show at his house after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S. It was his kids that became breakout hits during these shows, which were filmed by Fallon’s wife Nancy Juvonen.

The former SNL star will interview Matthew McConaughey and Megan Rapinoe on the show, which features musical guest Morris Day ft. Trinidad Jame$.

The show has also teamed up with State Farm as it continues to support food bank charity Feeding America. As part of the 1-Year Anniversary At Home special, State Farm will match up to $100,000 in donations made to the charity.

(Updated with video of The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime performance) Roaring out of a Super Bowl Lv first half today that saw the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and quarterback Tom Brady battering favorites the Kansas City Chiefs 21-6, The Weeknd’s halftime show had a lot riding on it for the NFL, CBS and an America trampled and exhausted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a year of political and social unrest.

One word: touchdown – as you can see in the video above.

The gold standard of Super Bowl halftime shows is, of course, the spell binding performance by Prince back in 2007. Under scrutiny earlier this week and facing the biggest audience of his career now or likely ever, The Weeknd made a calculated side move and praised the late great Purple One, He then said that his favorite halftime show was Diana Ross and the show that the Motown...

Sunday’s Super Bowl battle between the Kansas City Chiefs’ hot-shot Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady, the NFL’s winningest quarterback of all time, highlights the wave of young QBs who are bringing sizzle to the gridiron and grabbing the attention of Madison Avenue and Hollywood.

Mahomes, 25, is going for his second consecutive Super Bowl trophy with the Chiefs. That has set up a generational test of wills between the Chiefs star and Brady, who is going for his seventh Super Bowl ring and his first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady is facing perennial retirement rumors, even as he up-ends NFL convention by playing a Super Bowl-caliber level game at the age of 43.

Mahomes, who signed a whopping $450 million 10-year contract with the Chiefs last year, and the other QBs are coming on strong as other veteran NFL stars are also likely to leave the field soon, including New...

Tune in and drop out. Seek altered states of reality and a quest for the truth. The era is the 1960s and 1970s. LSD was not just a drug, but a connector to the deeper meaning. Hippie exploitation films are free in style and form, the genre is not a rigorously researched cinephile favorite. In fact, it is a term used mostly by B-movie and grindhouse enthusiasts in internet forums. The cultural revolution of the 1960s fought against social conservatism and war, and the cinema of the time depicted these tensions with films bearing messages of the dangers of revolution and hallucinogens.In its most basic definition, these films live within the realm of the exploitation genre and heavily feature LSD and hippies. The films depict the various trips experienced by characters, on a scale of positive to negative. In the wake of the Manson murders in 1969, the media amplified...

Moving away from regular horror, Bollywood is lately warming up to the idea of serving scares with a spot of humour. The horror comedy as a genre is suddenly in vogue among mainstream Hindi filmmakers.

The genre existed in the Hindi film industry for ages -- the old classic "Bhoot Bangla" and recent releases such as "Bhul Bhulaiyaa", "Bhootnath", "Go Goa Gone" and "Stree" come to mind. These films, however, were one-off cases. What is happening now is that Bollywood filmmakers have suddenly taken interest in the genre of horror comedy in a way that it seems like the genre is here to stay. Importantly, the new crop of films serve the funny scares with a new-age spin and a message.

We look at a few horror comedy films that are all set to hit the screens.

Bhoot Police

The film stars Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Yami Gautam and Arjun Kapoor.

Mumbai, Nov 17 (Ians) Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is enjoying timeout with husband Saif Ali Khan and son Taimur in Dharamshala, and on Tuesday posted a glimpse of the family vacation on her Instagram handle.

The actress shared two photographs from her walk around the hill station with Taimur riding piggyback on his father.

"Always looking ahead," Kareena wrote with the images, and gave picture credit to actor Arjun Kapoor.

"Joining your entourage... @rohanshrestha job under threat," Arjun commented on the post.

In one image, Taimur wears a red jacket while Saif is seen in casual denims and T-shirt as they trek down the hills. In a black and white image, the family walks towards a landmark with their backs towards the camera.

Kareena, who is expecting her second child, travelled to Dharamshala before Diwali to join Saif, who is shooting for "Bhoot Police" in the hill station.

The film also stars Jacqueline Fernandez,...

Just a few weeks, ago that filmmaker Shekhar Kapur shared that he was impressed with the amazing new acting talents that the Ott space has been introducing to the world. The audience is with him on this.

Ians takes a look at actors who have grabbed maximum eyeballs in the digital space, emerging as the new Ott stars:

Amit Sadh

The former "Bigg Boss" contestant began as a television actor in 2002 and later entered Bollywood with "Phoonk 2" in 2010. "Kai Po Che" brought him fame and he went on to feature in films like "Sultan" and "Gold". Now, he is one of the favourites in the digital space as he got a thumbs up for his role as Inspector Kabir Sawant over two seasons of the web series "Breathe". He was then seen as an army officer in the web series "Avrodh: The Siege Within". For him, it seems like the...

Covid-19 made cinemas a petri dish for viral transmission. But their closure doesn’t mean that big screen entertainment is completely dead. The drive-in theatre, that quintessential piece of Americana, is having a rare moment in the spotlight. Here, audiences can maintain social distancing by enjoying the movie from their vehicles.

The only problem is that there are no new films coming out to screen, so we’ve seen some revivals of classics. Last month, Sam Raimi’s horror pic The Evil Dead began screening at various drive-in theaters and proved such a hit that the run has been expanded.

The highlights are gala screenings taking place at the Midway Drive-In Theater in Dixon, Il on Friday July 10th and Saturday July 11th. Bloody Disgusting are reporting that the Friday show will see a double bill of Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn and Army of Darkness, while Saturday will...

While most standard theaters are closed, it's been great to see a resurgence of drive-in attendance and we just heard about an event that you're not going to want to miss! If you're anywhere near Dixon, Illinois, make sure to mark down July 10 & 11 on your calendars so you can take part in a special Evil Dead event at the Midway Drive-In, where Bruce Campbell will be in attendance for Q&a's and socially distanced photo ops:

Via Bruce Campbell's Official Website: "Bruce Campbell Live At The Midway Drive-in! Fri. – Sat. July 10-11, 2020 Flashback Weekend's Midway Drive-In, Dixon, Il Film and TV Star Bruce Campbell will bring safe fun to his fans at Flashback Weekend’s Midway Drive-In Theater in Dixon, Il as part of his Drive-In Social Distancing Tour. Bruce will take the Midway Drive-In stage each night and perform extended Q & A’s, in addition to introducing all three...

Disney has long worked to entertain kids and families. Now it’s planning a new kind of show for Madison Avenue.

Every year, as part of TV’s annual “upfront” ad-sales showcase, the company takes to Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall and tries to woo media buyers and marketers with a show about its next programming season. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel is typically involved. With the spread of coronavirus, however, all the major U.S. media companies have canceled the glitzy showcases in favor of streaming-video presentations.

Where rivals are planning a day or two of showcases that everyone in the business can see at once, Disney plans several days of presentations during the weeks of May 25 and June 1, tailored to each of of the industry’s biggest media-buying shops, says Rita Ferro, president of Disney Advertising Sales, in an interview. “These are a little more customized and intimate,...

Parks and Recreation is fresh off cheering everyone up with their coronavirus relief reunion special (which you can watch online for free right now). Not only was it an uplifting return of the comedy series that has been off the air for years, but it resulted in Subaru and State Farm each giving $150,000 in […]

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