Ben Schwartz is a busy guy. He’s giving cornerstone voice performances in two separate animated series, as Leonardo in Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Dewey in DuckTales—and, he’s quick to note, he’d be thrilled to play “any other blue iconic ’90s character.” Since letting that bon mot fly, he’s also…
Even if you haven’t watch pro wrestling in the last 30 years, the broadcast voice of Jim Ross—known to us wrasslin’ geeks as “Good Ol’ J.R.”—has transcended the squared circle and into sports and pop cultural meme-dom. If you’re a professional athlete and you make some sickening tackle or nasty dunk, it’s become de…
Before it even debuted, Netflix’s new series Insatiable inspired a Change.org petition demanding Netflix cancel the “fat-shaming” show. I wrote about the petition, but I adopted a sort of well-we-don’t-know-yet attitude, because well, we didn’t know yet. All we had to go on was a minute-long trailer (above) that…
If when you think of Andy Samberg, you think, “Oh, right, he’s the ‘Dick In A Box’ guy,” congratulations, you are correctly remembering the ditty for which he won an Emmy. But if, by chance, that’s your most recent point-of-reference, hoo boy—there’s a whole world of delightful weird funny shit waiting for you,…
Netflix’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, a series in which Jerry Seinfeld and some comedians get in cars and then get coffee, has never really been about food. But they eat food (and buy rugs, and other stuff), too. Uproxx reports that now Seinfeld is sharing his thoughts on the spots visited on the show, and he’s…
Angela Bassett is a force of nature. Through a career that spans more than 30 years, she’s been reliably electric. She’s waited to exhale. She’s gotten her groove back. She’s been gorgeous, imposing, droll, deadly serious, warm, cold, and Tina Turner. She’s absolutely someone you can imagine nimbly dealing with…
By my count, 18 people have achieved that most revered of arbitrary designations: the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). It’s like the Triple Crown, if the winners also had to sing and dance. That number, 18, is only accurate if you include people who’ve won honorary awards—lifetime achievement, humanitarian, honorary…
Alison Brie is very good at her job. There was a period of time there, between 2007 and 2015, when she was a regular fixture on two of the best shows on television—arguably two of the best in the history of TV—at the same time (those would be Community and Mad Men). Not content to pull that off just once, she’s doing…
Netflix is set to debut a new original series, Insatiable, on August 10. The show stars Debby Ryan as Patty, an overweight high-school student who loses weight following what appears to be an accident that requires her to jaw to be wired shut. Suddenly “hot,” Patty seeks revenge on her tormenters (if this sounds…
Scene: A small room. In it sit various networks in the form of large, humanlike beings. These corporations are, for this moment, people. One such person, a very big, tough-looking person, approaches another.
Most talk show interviews feel contrived and artificial, which is why we’re big fans of The Graham Norton Show. Celebrities just feel more relaxed on Norton’s show—evidenced by the ever-charming French actress Marion Cotillard, who reprises her Edith Piaf lip-syncing abilities from her Oscar-winning performance in La…
The Fukushima disaster in 2011 is one of the most damaging nuclear crises in history, the result of an earthquake that begot a tidal wave that crashed into a nuclear plant. It resulted in significant loss of life, as well as contamination of water, seafood, rubble, and, per the New York Times, radioactive wild fuckin’…
Today, at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Facebook Watch announced an addition to its burgeoning roster of new series. Why is this food news? I’ll tell you why it’s food news. It’s because the series in question is called Big Chicken Shaq, and I’ll give you two guesses what it’s about.
Editor’s note: Lucky Peach was a magical food magazine that existed from 2011 to 2017. It was beloved by readers, regarded as a destination publication for writers, and won a slew of James Beard Awards. After its untimely demise, the website—and all the stories it ever published—disappeared into the digital ether. In…
Out to dinner a few weeks ago, my boyfriend stops me in the midst of one of my characteristically charming monologues to tell me I have something on my face. “Pizza?” I ask, dabbing a napkin around my mouth. “Lipstick?” I ask. He frowns: “Uh, both? You might need to go to the bathroom.” There, staring into the mirror…
One of the best things on television right now is Pose, Ryan Murphy’s final series from FX. It’s a historic achievement, featuring the largest cast of transgender actors ever seen in scripted TV, and several transgender writers, directors, and producers working behind the scenes. But it’s also a towering artistic…
If you need 7 minutes of escapism this weekend, turn your attention to this mini crossover episode made in Netflix heaven: The guys of Queer Eye take on the baking challenges of cooking competition show Nailed It!, to lovely results. Watch it on YouTube above. [Kate Bernot]
Wynonna Earp is a supernatural western series that airs on Syfy in the U.S. (on Space in Canada). The show, an adaptation of the Beau Smith comic book, centers on Wynonna, the great-great-granddaughter of Wyatt Earp, who is tasked with defending her hometown (Purgatory) from supernatural forces using a mystical,…
Perhaps this is proof that a benevolent deity exists: after a totally shitty news week, we are blessed with the revelation that perfect duo Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir are set to host a new Food Network wedding-cake show premiering this month. Do you need this as much as I do right now?
As I’m typing these words there are a hundred others doing the same, penning remembrances and think-pieces of Anthony Bourdain, who was found dead in a French hotel room Friday. I’m having trouble coalescing my thoughts into a tidy piece with a beginning-middle-end. Mostly it’s just fucking sad, given how lovingly he…
