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Disney’s general entertainment streamer has a lot to offer, but also a glaring drawback.

With all the efforts Disney has made to include its general entertainment streaming service Hulu in various bundles, it can be hard to parse out the offerings the streamer has on its own. That’s why I decided to dive back into the Disney streaming ecosystem to give Hulu a try; check out my impressions of Hulu below, and see if it sounds like a service you’d want to add to your lineup!

What do you need to know about Hulu before subscribing?

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Less variety

User interface: not bad, but nothing special

Infuriating ad experience

Final thoughts

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When you sign up for standalone Hulu service, the streamer’s website makes a concerted effort to get you to subscribe to one of several Disney Bundles instead.

The North Fork TV Festival has unveiled that it is honoring “The West Wing” actor Richard Schiff as the Ambassador for the Arts. The organization has also revealed the full list of winners of the Independent Pilot competition, including Sue Zarco Kramer’s comedy “Swipe NYC,” which Schiff co-stars in. The festival will take place in Greenport, NY on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28.

Al Julian and Vince Eisenson’s drama “The Sessions,” Juliana Piscina’s comedy “The Ladies” and Scott Kruse, Josh Long and Kurt Quinn’s sketch pilot “Typical Dan Peterson Stuff” all have been chosen as winners for the competition.

“This year’s winners include a riveting therapy group for convicted killers, a coming-into-age comedy with a hilarious backdrop of online dating in Brooklyn, an off-the-wall sketch comedy, and the feel-good story of a high school girls basketball team,” said Mike Stern, artistic director of the festival and a...

The annual North Fork TV Festival has announced its 2024 lineup, full of beloved TV stars and recent Emmy nominees.

The ninth annual event will take place Tuesday, August 27th and Wednesday August 28th in Greenport, NY. This year, Emmy-nominated stars John Turturro (“Severance”) and Marcia Gay Harden (“The Morning Show”) will be among the honorees, as well as “Frasier” Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer and “The West Wing” Emmy-winning alum Richard Schiff.

Harden will be celebrated with the Canopy Award, while Schiff will be feted with the title of 2024 Ambassador for the Arts. Schiff also co-stars in the North Fork TV Festival comedy pilot winner “Swipe NYC,” which will screen.

“We are honored to present Richard Schiff with this year’s Ambassador for the Arts Award,” festival founder Noah Doyle said. “His remarkable talent and dedication across TV and film have inspired viewers worldwide. We look forward to celebrating his talent in Greenport.

Julia Fox Once Revealed Working In The Adult Industry – Here’s What Happened Next!(Photo Credit – Instagram)

Julia Fox is a model and actress best known for her 2019 film Uncut Gems. She is an influential personality on social media and was a Playboy model before becoming a top model. Before becoming a top model, Fox was reportedly a part of the adult industry, and she opened up about it in an interview a few years back. Keep scrolling for more.

Recently, Fox claimed to have been celibate for two and a half years, and for the unversed, she briefly dated Kanye West. Julia sounded very revolting while speaking of Kanye in an interview. After going out with the Donda rapper, the actress decided not to date anyone who was always in the public eye.

Julia Fox started her career as a designer and launched a women’s knitwear luxe line with her friend.

Superman: The Animated Series remains one of the quintessential versions of the Man of Steel for an entire generation. However, as is the case with most animated series, some, if not all of the work is often outsourced to other countries to meet budget constraints and tight deadlines, as was the case with the first entry into the Dcau.

Superman: The Animated Series [Credit: Warner Bros. Television Animation]The episode after the pilot for Superman: The Animated Series, titled ‘Fun and Games‘, came at the heels of the three-part episode that laid the scene for the character and series. This episode was handled by a Japanese studio and features the Toyman.

The episode made by the Japanese pissed everyone off Superman: The Animated Series | Warner Brothers Animation

Robert N. Skir, who was a writer on both X-Men: The Animated Series and Batman: The Animated Series, was also a part of the Superman: The Animated Series.

John McEntee flashes a thin-lipped smile at the camera, waving around a stack of bills he pulled from the center console of his car. “I always keep this fake Hollywood money in my car, so when a homeless person asks for money then I give them a fake $5 bill,” he tells TikTok. “So I feel good about myself, they feel good — and then when they go to use it they get arrested. So I’m actually helping clean up the community, you know, getting them off the streets.”

The video,...

Trndy Social, the acclaimed full-service agency known for its innovative approach to celebrity partnerships and brand endorsements, has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Howie Mandel to elevate the promotion and marketing of his popular podcast, “Howie Mandel Does Stuff.” In addition to assisting with marketing strategies, Trndy will leverage its extensive network and expertise to secure strategic brand partnerships for the podcast.

With Logan Simmons and Mike Visnick at the helm, Trndy Social has solidified its position as a trailblazer in the industry, leveraging its expertise in working with top-tier...

Veteran rockers Redd Kross have announced a self-titled double album, out June 28th, and a Summer 2024 North American tour.

The trek kicks off July 2nd in San Diego and runs through August 13th in Los Angeles. The route will hit major cities such as Seattle, Chicago, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Dallas along the way. In addition, Redd Kross are also slated to play the Punk Rock Bowling festival on May 24th in Las Vegas.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Wednesday (May 1st) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Soundcheck. General ticket sales start Friday (May 3rd) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

Along with the announcements, Redd Kross dropped the lead single and album...

One of TV’s hottest addresses is getting a fresh coat of paint.

A revival of the Fox primetime soap Melrose Place is in the works, our sister site Deadline reports, with cast members Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga set to reprise their roles. The project is currently being shopped to networks and streamers.

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Jerry Seinfeld, Adrian Martinez, Jack McBrayer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, James Marsden Photo: John P. Johnson It’s the movie that will make you say, “This is Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut? Huh!” The first trailer for Unfrosted, premiering on Netflix on May 3, is here. If you’re wondering why Seinfeld chose this,...

America’s Got Talent has excited audiences for nearly two decades. Now, fans eagerly await the NBC talent show competition‘s premiere on Tuesday, May 28, at 8 pm Et/Pt. Season 19 promises to be a wild one, hosted by Terry Crews and judged by Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, and Sofia Vergara. Let’s look at how far the America’s Got Talent crew has come since each first joined the show.

Season 1 ‘America’s Got Talent’ judges: Piers Morgan, Brandy Norwood, and David Hasselhoff in 2006 | Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images

First, let’s reflect on America’s Got Talent‘s beginnings. The first season premiered in the summer of 2006, with auditions in NYC, Chicago, and LA. With a grand prize of $1 million in cash, AGT attracted contestants from every corner of the U.S. The late Regis Philbin hosted, and the judges included singer Brandy Norwood, actor David Hasselhoff,...

Friday Night Dinner knows the truth about families. Not that they bicker, mock and childishly compete – sitcom’s known about that since Steptoe & Son. No, Friday Night Dinner knows that families aren’t made up of people; they’re made up of odd habits.

Did you ever invite a friend home from school and pray that none of your family’s Weird Stuff would leak out into the playground the next day? That your mum’s special word for a fart wouldn’t follow you down the corridor into Maths, and the dinner hall wouldn’t echo with the high-pitched voice in which you all talk to the dog? Perhaps you hoped against hope that your brother wouldn’t be wearing his comedy Viz Buster Gonad t-shirt, that no-one would see the wooden clothes peg holding open the choke on your dad’s car, and that nobody would call...

Cillian Murphy has always been a phenomenal actor, known for portraying a plethora of iconic roles throughout his career in Hollywood. From starring in Peaky Blinders to Oppenheimer, the actor has indeed come a long way.

In a recent interview with GQ, Cillian Murphy revealed that he has difficulties remembering stuff. American icon and singer Britney Spears, on the other hand, wrote her biography which is filled with details that were 20 years old!

Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy Cannot Remember Much Stuff!

In an interview with GQ, Peaky Blinder star Cillian Murphy talked about… well, a lot of things. From books to memories, from man caves to cowboys and farmers, Murphy had a lot to talk about after the release of his 2023 magnum opus Oppenheimer.

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby in a still from Peaky Blinders

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No one was expecting "Godzilla Minus One" to tear through the big screen with as much ferocity and box office success as it has. The film from director Takashi Yamazaki just became the highest grossing Japanese "Godzilla" movie ever (not accounting for inflation), and it's been a hit with critics and audiences, too. For those who fell in love with the contemporary yet classic throwback to the earliest incarnation of the kaiju, Super7 has a collectible action figure that you will probably want sitting on your shelf. 

Super7

Super7's Ultimates line of action figures has been delivering detailed collectibles of beloved characters from "The Simpsons," "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Thundercats," and much more, each figure coming with a slew of perfect accessories. Their latest addition to the "Godzilla" line-up gives us the radioactive lizard from "Godzilla Minus One," in all his chonky glory. Though he...

When Justin Bieber Revealed He Had An Emotional Breakdown Because Marriage Didn’t Solve All His Problems! ( Photo Credit – Facebook )

It’s been five years since Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Bieber said, “I do,” but their marriage continues to be a target of trolls every now and then. Despite Justin and Hailey living happily ever after, which is evident in their sweet Pda-filled pics and videos on the gram, many believe Bieber rushed into marriage.

Before calling on forever with the supermodel, the singer was in a long-term, on-again, off-again relationship with Selena Gomez. Jelena, a hybrid name for Justin and Selena, was the embodiment of teen-age dreams, and no one thought they would “never, ever, ever be apart.” Their mutual fans are still not over the breakup, despite the A-listers beginning a new life separately. In fact, on numerous occasions, Hailey and Selena have found themselves subjected to unwanted comparison,...

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The highest honour of the night, Podcast of The Year, has been awarded to the powerful True Crime podcast The Lawyer, the Sniper & the Nsw Police. A popular podcast, which shares powerful testimonies from two survivors of the Nsw Police workforce, also nabbed the top spot for the Best Interview Podcast.

Selected by the Australian Podcast Awards, Podcast Champion was awarded to APA multi year award winners Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley’s Life Uncut. Listeners’ Choice went to mum and daughter duo Kat and Latisha Clark’s Basically Besties.

The ever-growing popularity of business, finance and ‘money saving’ audio shows saw multi-nominated ‘She's On The Money’ take the coveted top spot of the Business podcasts. A consistently popular category of True Crime podcasts saw Inside The Tribe take home the win, whilst Sex & Relationships podcast The Hook Up beat out popular listens ‘It...

No fees, no ads… no-brainer! Requiring only a public library card (check that your local library participates), Kanopy provides free streaming to any device without the hassle of intrusive commercials or entering your credit card info. The platform, which is also free to students and educators with the proper ID, boasts thoughtfully curated collections of titles for viewers of all ages, with clever categories including “Funny Stuff,” “The Criterion Collection,” “Myths & Fables,” “Tales From History” and “Starring Roles,” featuring favorites like 1984’s All of Me, with Lily Tomlin’s soul accidentally transferred into the body of Steve Martin. Learn more about what Kanopy has to offer below. Guy Pearce in Memento (Credit: Everett Collection) It’s Noirvember This month, Kanopy runs a roster of hard-boiled crime dramas to celebrate film noir’s classic atmospheric style. Among the top entries are 1952’s Sudden Fear, with Jack Palance and Joan Crawford as...

Howie Mandel is opening up about his experience on America’s Got Talent.

The 67-year-old star opened up while interviewing Fred Armisen on his podcast, Howie Mandel Does Stuff.

While discussing why the 56-year-old comedian left Saturday Night Live, Howie explained when he’d leave America’s Got Talent.

Keep reading to find out more…

Howie has been on America’s Got Talent since Season 5 in 2010.

“This is my 14th season on AGT,” he explained.

“I can’t imagine leaving. You know what I mean? I want to be fired, or let go. I don’t want to be, I’m just saying…I can’t leave parties! That’s why I don’t go to parties.”

Find out who just won Season 18 of the talent show!

Watch him explain…

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"You mean actually make a record? A record record, record?"

The Wonders, formerly known as The Oneders, are about to make a splash on vinyl yet again. The soundtrack for the Tom Hanks-directed comedy "That Thing You Do!" is getting the vinyl soundtrack treatment, celebrating the story of the fictional one-hit wonders who skyrocketed on the Billboard charts and disappeared just as quickly. Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, and Ethan Embry played the band in question (and they reunited at the height of the pandemic), while Tom Hanks portrayed the record executive who brought them to stardom. 

In collaboration with Play-Tone, Sony Music, and 20th Century Studios, Mondo is releasing a special edition of the soundtrack featuring the earworm of a title song, as well as some of The Wonders' lesser celebrated tracks, including their big screen appearance singing "Shrimp Shack" as Cap'n Geech & The Shrimp Shack Shooters.

Update, July 4: Another victim of Disney’s cost-cutting on the streaming front has emerged: “Crater,” a sci-fi adventure film about a group of children that hijack a rover before a member of the group relocates to a new planet. The film, starring Mckenna Grace and Isaiah Russell-Bailey with a featured role played by Kid Cudi, drew mostly positive reviews around its debut on the streaming service on May 12. Roughly seven weeks later, “Crater” has been pulled from Disney+.

The original report follows.

Disney’s content culling from Disney+ and Hulu is coming as early as next week — with the media company pulling off more than 50 titles, including series “Willow,” “The Mysterious Benedict Society” and “Dollface,” and movies such as “The One and Only Ivan.”

At the same time, CEO Bob Iger told investors last week that the company expects to raise the price on the ad-free Disney+ tier later...

Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair shook the Vanderpump Rules world. When it was revealed that Sandoval had cheated on his partner of nine years, Ariana Madix, fans, and cast members were quick to rally around Madix and condemn Sandoval.

Recently, Sandoval decided to appear on a podcast to share his side of the story. He opened up about how his affair with Leviss started and even described their first kiss as “magnetic.”

Tom Sandoval explains how he became close friends with Raquel Leviss Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix | Amanda Edwards/Getty Images

On the podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff, Sandoval sat down with Howie Mandel and his daughter Jackelyn Shultz. Sandoval opened up about how he became close to Leviss and how the affair started.

According to Sandoval, he and Madix had been growing apart for some time. Despite living together, the two of them were each in their own world,...

Now officially known as the “Scandoval,” the secret affair between Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss has rocked the worlds of the cast members of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules. The news was especially devastating for Ariana Madix, Sandoval’s longtime partner (now his ex).

While the season’s reunion episode hasn’t aired yet, it was filmed in March, and apparently, things got very spicy. Recently, Sandoval opened up about the affair on Howie Mandel’s podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff — and he definitely did not hold back. So is the controversial couple still together?

Vanderpump Rules cast members Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss at a party in 2021 | Amy Sussman/Getty Images Tom Sandoval clears the air with Howie Mandel

Sandoval appeared on Howie Mandel Does Stuff in mid-April, allowing Mandel and his daughter (who is a huge fan of the show) to ask him questions about his affair and the fallout.

"Pulp Fiction" hit theaters on October 14, 1994 as a bona-fide, paradigm-shifting indie blockbuster. It was the film geek's "Easy Rider," a movie no one knew they needed until it got plunged deep into their veins. It's hard to believe Quentin Tarantino didn't know what he had prior to premiering the film at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, but, per a 2014 interview with his buddy Robert Rodriguez, his first screening for friends and esteemed colleagues wasn't entirely reassuring.

Let's take a step back and survey the cinematic landscape in 1994. Tarantino was the equivalent of Nirvana pre-"Nevermind." He was a hit with film geeks who'd mainlined "Reservoir Dogs" and connected with Tony Scott's high-style take on "True Romance," but there was something potentially gimmicky about his writing. His screenplays were laden with deep-tissue pop-culture references and wildly violent set pieces. Oliver Stone's take on "Natural Born Killers," released two months prior...

Exclusive: Momentum Pictures has picked up domestic rights to the starry ensemble dramedy Wildflower, marking the directorial debut of Matt Smukler. The film starring Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jean Smart (Hacks), Emmy nominee Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus) and many more is slated for release on March 17th.

Coming on the heels of an acclaimed 2020 documentary of the same name directed and produced by Smukler, Wildflower is a coming-of-age film inspired by a true story. Pic follows Bea Johnson from birth to graduation, as she navigates life with two neurodivergent parents and an extended family who can’t quite agree on the best way to help. Also starring in the title, which world premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, are Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver (Yellowstone), Dash Mihok (Ray Donovan), Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete), 3x Emmy winner Brad Garrett (Everyone Loves Raymond), Reid Scott...

The gag about Bullseye is always the speedboat. How many contestants in the ITV darts-based game show that originally ran from 1981 – 1995, had room in their life or garage for occasional Star Prize, the speedboat? (Bullseye presenter Jim Bowen’s 2012 joke to The Mirror that “the only contestants who ever won them lived in top floor flats in Coventry” was taken literally by The Coventry Telegraph who in 2021 launched a local winners search that is presumably ongoing.)

The Bullseye speedboat was its prize anomaly, a symbol of glamour and excitement in a sea of hostess trolleys, sheepskin coats and stainless steel cutlery. After the winning team of two had built their cash fund by answering trivia questions from dart-selected categories, they faced Bully’s Prize Board. There, they threw nine darts in an attempt to win eight prizes plus the bullseye special. Having done that, they had the option to gamble...

From “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood” showrunner Jason Katims comes another dynamic story adapted from Ann Napolitano’s best-selling novel. “Dear Edward” follows Edward Adler (Colin O’Brien), the lone survivor of a tragic plane crash, as he adjusts to living with his aunt Lacy (Taylor Schilling) and uncle John (Carter Hudson) after losing his parents and brother in the accident.

The show also splits between narratives of other friends and family members connected to the crash through lost loved ones. Dee Dee (Connie Britton) lost her husband Charles, who had a secret life in Los Angeles that she did not know about. Linda (Amy Forsyth) lost her husband Gary, and she is pregnant with his child. Adrianna (Anna Uzele) lost her grandmother, a prominent New York congresswoman and her boss. Kojo (Idris Debrand) comes to New York from Ghana to care for his niece Becks (Khloe Bruno) because his sister...

On Friday’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher had plenty of jokes about Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, who died Thursday at 96. And in addition to those (pretty funny) jokes, he also wondered if her death means the end of the deferential reverence British citizens have for her.

“You all know the big story. Sad day for inbreeding,” Maher joked as he pretended to bow his head in a show of respect. “Queen Elizabeth died at 96, they say the cause of death was Meghan Markle’s podcast.”

“I like the queen, I do. Her personal estate they say was almost half a billion dollars, used to be worth a billion. That’s what you get for listening to Matt Damon,” Maher continued, referring to Damon’s hilariously ill-timed Super Bowl ads for cryptocurrency brokers.

“The White House is saying for a long time they didn’t know if Biden...

If you like huddling around the TV with family to watch football on a holiday/fall into a tryptophan-induced coma, Christmas has come early for you this year.

NFL VP of Broadcasting Mike North, as a guest on this week’s SalSports… and Stuff podcast, revealed a plan to this year tackle the league’s first-ever Christmas Day triple-header, on Sunday, Dec. 25.

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"Dune" was, perhaps, the grandest sci-fi spectacle last year, which allowed both hardcore Frank Herbert fans and casual viewers a glimpse into the complex ecosystem of Arrakis. "Dune: Part Two" has been green-lit after the massive success of the first-parter, which earned multiple Oscar and BAFTA nominations (but the baffling absence of Denis Villeneuve in the Academy's Best Director category still has not sunk in for me).

According to an exclusive report by Empire, "Dune: Part Two" is set to shoot this summer, with a proposed release date of October 2023. The vast scale of Herbert's saga is yearning to be...

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Filmmaking Stuff Podcast: Horror Genre Marketing with Michael Joy In this Filmmakingstuff interview, Tom Malloy talks with Michael Joy, the CEO of Marketing Macabre, a marketing company made specifically for marketing horror movies! Filmmaking Stuff Podcast Ep 233: Horror Movie Marketing With Michael Joy and Tom Malloy Marketing Macabre – a horror boutique public relations [...]

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Howie Mandel has shared the story behind his recent health scare, following news reports that he collapsed at a Starbucks.

On his podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff, his daughter Jackelyn Shultz (who was co-hosting), began Thursday’s episode by saying she was “concerned” and asked her father to explain what happened.

The America’s Got Talent judge, 65, jokingly responded, “Well, first of all, what has this world come to where you can’t pass out in a Starbucks privately anymore.” He then continued, “The thing is that I was dehydrated. I had a colonoscopy a few days ago.” The ...

Howie Mandel has shared the story behind his recent health scare, following news reports that he collapsed at a Starbucks.

On his podcast Howie Mandel Does Stuff, his daughter Jackelyn Shultz (who was co-hosting), began Thursday’s episode by saying she was “concerned” and asked her father to explain what happened.

The America’s Got Talent judge, 65, jokingly responded, “Well, first of all, what has this world come to where you can’t pass out in a Starbucks privately anymore.” He then continued, “The thing is that I was dehydrated. I had a colonoscopy a few days ago.” The ...

Lifetime will be getting a little help from an angel this fall, when the original movie Highway to Heaven premieres on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 8/7c, it was announced Tuesday. The cable net also released a trailer for the first installment in its TV-movie series reboot of the 1980s NBC drama that starred Michael Landon as an angelic character.

Headlined by Jill Scott (Black Lightning) and Barry Watson (7th Heaven), the Lifetime update “follows Angela Stewart (Scott), an angel who is sent back to earth to help others in need,” reads the official synopsis. As seen in the above preview, Angela...

Lifetime is enlisting a lineup of very familiar faces to explore the twisted secrets of the notorious Foxworth family in its anticipated Flowers in the Attic: The Origin prequel.

In the TV mini adapted from Andrew Neiderman’s novel Garden of Shadows (which serves as a prequel to V.C. Andrews’ bestselling Dollanganger series), The Girlfriend Experience’s Jemima Rooper and Condor’s Max Irons star as Olivia Winfield and Malcolm Foxworth, parents to Corrine and grandparents to Cathy and Chris Dollanganger.

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“Nobody peed in the wade pool,” Flula Borg said. “I want you to know that. Nobody.” The first 15 minutes of The Suicide Squad let audiences know exactly what they are in for when it comes to director James Gunn‘s new DC supervillain film. The storming of the beach by the team of mismatched characters is fittingly brutal […]

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Woodstock ’99 was supposed to be sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Instead, what we got was three days of mob violence, sewage spills, and Jamiroquai. If you weren’t there, congratulate yourself on at least one shrewd life decision. (If only the decision not to be born yet.) If you went, prepare for some nasty flashbacks in the new HBO doc on the infamous festival, Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage. (It premieres on July 23rd.) In terms of a handy metaphor for the death of the Nineties dream, you can...

Dennis Quaid has signed on to Peacock’s upcoming Joe Exotic limited series.

The Right Stuff and Rookie actor will play Rick Kirkman, a reality show producer.

The tentatively titled Joe Exotic has previously announced John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) in the role of zoo owner Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel, Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) as his rival Carole Baskin, Brian Van Holt (Deputy) as Gw Zoo employee John Reinke, Nat Wolff (The Stand) as Joe’s husband Travis Maldonado, and Sam Keeley (Misfits) as another of Joe’s husbands, John Finlay. The show is written and produced by Etan Frankel (Shameless).

The ...

Dennis Quaid has signed on to Peacock’s upcoming Joe Exotic limited series.

The Right Stuff and Rookie actor will play Rick Kirkman, a reality show producer.

The tentatively titled Joe Exotic has previously announced John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) in the role of zoo owner Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel, Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) as his rival Carole Baskin, Brian Van Holt (Deputy) as Gw Zoo employee John Reinke, Nat Wolff (The Stand) as Joe’s husband Travis Maldonado, and Sam Keeley (Misfits) as another of Joe’s husbands, John Finlay. The show is written and produced by Etan Frankel (Shameless).

The ...

The final season of HBO’s blockbuster series “Game of Thrones” garnered headlines for costing $90 million (aka $15 million per episode), but that price tag is chump change compared to the millions Amazon is reportedly spending on its upcoming “Lord of the Rings” television series. Early reports in 2018 pegged at least two seasons of “Rings” costing Amazon in the $500-million range, but now The Hollywood Reporter confirms just the first season is set to cost around $450 million.

The $450 million price tag was first reported by New Zealand publication Stuff, which confirmed the series qualifies for a government subsidy of Nz$160 million because the budget is estimated at Nz$650 million (which translates to 450 million in U.S. dollars). A source close to Amazon confirmed the Stuff report as accurate.

Stuart Nash, New Zealand’s Economic Development Minister, touted “Rings” as “the largest television series ever made” in an interview with Morning Report,...

Apple TV Plus has ordered a docuseries from the team behind “McMillion$,” Emmy-nominated filmmakers James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, about the memorable 1996 TV commercial that advertised a Harrier Jet in exchange for seven million Pepsi points. Hernandez and Lazarte will direct and executive produce “The Jet” through their FunMeter banner.

The Jet” will tell the true story behind the “Drink Pepsi, Get Stuff” promotional campaign and the events that transpired after someone attempted to cash in their Pepsi points for a Harrier fighter jet.

Apple TV Plus, launched November 2019, is home to several award-winning docuseries and documentary films including A24’s “Boy State” directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss; the Grammy Award-nominated “Beastie Boys Story,” R.J. Cutler’s “Dear…”; the GLAAD Media Award-nominated “Visible Out on Television”; the recently-released “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry; Wener Herzog’s Critics Choice Documentary Award-nominee “Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds.

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who was one of the subjects of Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff and became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died at the age of 97. Yeager’s wife, Victoria, confirmed the death on the pilot’s official…...

YouTube’s U.K. faction has released today a year-end creator campaign dubbed The Rise, in which 10 established personalitites have been tapped to name 10 rising video stars in various content categories including music, fitness, science, sports, and parenting.

The campaign will live on the official YouTube blog and on the social channels of participating creators, a YouTube spokesperson said.

For the inaugural Rise venture, Pe teacher Joe Wicks MBE opted to highlight rising fitness and family star Gabriel Sey, while in the parenting sector Yammy selected up-and-comer Sj Strum. In the Black British music category, Grm Daily has recognized Meekz Manny, while in science and engineering Colin Furze has opted to spotlight Kids Invent Stuff (pictured above). In comedy and music, Ksi has picked viral comedian Yung Filly (pictured below), while in the Lgbtqa+ category, Daniel Howell has selected Jessica Kellgren-Fozard.

The other categories include: dance (where Sherrie Silver has...

It’s difficult enough for anyone to sort through the artifacts of their deceased parent or grandparent’s home and figure out what to save, what to donate, and what to throw out. These objects often tell the entirety of one’s life—even if, as we discover, they are really just objects to their original owner, junk accumulated over one’s life. The first half Love & Stuff is a personal look at the process of mourning; the latter half, unfortunately, proves to be a little less interesting, despite its symmetry.

Director Judith Hefland has over 25 years of archival materials from her personal documentaries, including her debut feature A Healthy Baby Girl (1997), exploring her relationship with her mother Florence as she comes to terms with the dwindling days she’ll have with her and the aftermath of her passing. Her first feature, revisited here, explores Helfland’s experience having an...

Winners for the 2020 New Zealand Television Awards were announced today, with the event becoming of the few physical screen award ceremonies to be held during the pandemic.

The Luminaries, produced by Southern Light Films and Working Title TV, was the big winner in the drama craft categories with multiple wins including Best Script: Drama for Eleanor Catton, who adapted her Man Booker Prize-winning book for television, Best Director: Drama for Claire McCarthy, Best Cinematographer: Drama for Denson Baker, Best Production Design for Felicity Abbott and Daniel Birt, Best Costume Design for Edward K. Gibbon, Best Makeup Design for Jane O’Kane and Best Post Production Design for Alana Cotton. Lead actor Himesh Patel, who played Emery Staines in the series, won the award for Best Actor.

Taika Waititi, Paul Yates, Jemaine Clement won the Best Comedy award for season 2 of their Wellington Paranormal, while Yates also won Best Script: Comedy for the same program.

Several more overseas productions will join James Cameron’s Avatar sequels and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog Netflix film in New Zealand in the coming months.

New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment has announced that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, Netflix series Cowboy Bebop and Sweet Tooth, Peter Farrelly’s film Greatest Beer Run Ever starring Viggo Mortensen, and Power Rangers Beast Morphers series have been granted border exemptions.

A total of 206 foreign-based cast and crew from those productions, along with 35 family members, will be allowed to enter New Zealand in the next six months, according to Mbie manager immigration policy Sian Roguski, quoted by New Zealand’s Stuff. Additionally, 10 more Avatar crew – in addition to the 31 already in New Zealand – had been granted border exemptions. All new arrivals will be subject to self-quarantine.

Some preliminary work on The Lord of The Rings...

As it turns out, your living room is the room where it happens.

A filmed performance of Broadway’s Hamilton, which was set to hit theaters in 2021, will now be available exclusively on Disney+ as of Friday, July 3, the streaming service announced Tuesday.

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