After 22 years off the air, Animaniacs is back with a whole lot of pent-up zaniness. The rebooted animated series premieres on November 20th on Hulu. As seen in the trailer, all the characters from the classic Nineties cartoon have returned: the Warner brothers Yakko and Wakko, their sister Dot, …
Read More »Stephen Colbert to Host 2020 Election Special With Real-Time Results
In 2016, Stephen Colbert hosted a memorable, if uncomfortable, election night special on the evening of November 8th. Expecting a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton, the mood of the special shifted as the politically liberal Colbert, his guests, and his audience slowly realized that Donald Trump would be claiming victory …
Read More »'The Forty-Year-Old Version': An Auteurist-Comedy Star Is Born
Radha Blank, the writer, star, director, and central (fictionalized) character of The Forty-Year-Old Version, is — in the movie — a struggling playwright. She was once a rising star on the theater scene, one of those beknighted 30-Under-30 types whose precocious early displays of talent were supposed to lead to …
Read More »'Lovecraft Country' Recap: The Past Is Never Dead
A review of “Jig-a-Bobo,” this week’s Lovecraft Country, coming up just as soon as that Cream of Wheat ad watches me go… “The white folks, they just keep coming.” —Montrose Running a television show is such an all-consuming job that you can’t blame the people who do it for not …
Read More »'The Boys in the Band': A Queer History Lesson With Plenty of Shade
The Boys in the Band — directed by Joe Mantello and produced by, among others, Ryan Murphy — isn’t always good, but it’s a good time. The project is a tough prospect, in some ways. The movie adapts Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking 1968 play, an Upper East Side drama whose characters …
Read More »Carole Baskin Wants to Find Her Husband Too: 'Solving the Mystery Will End the Lies and Innuendo Aimed at Me'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Carole Baskin wants to make it clear: She’s just as eager to find out what happened to her ex-husband as the rest of the world. Baskin, the owner …
Read More »Con Artists and Love Stories: Miranda July on Making 'Kajillionaire'
Like many of us, writer-director Miranda July grew up with heist movies and TV shows like Mission Impossible, but she didn’t relate to them much. “What Mission Impossible never had was anything that might be relevant for me as a little girl watching it,” she says. “It had nothing to …
Read More »'The First Time' With Bill Skarsgård
For Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård, performing onscreen very much runs in the family: His father Stellan Skarsgård, as well as older brothers Alexander and Gustaf, have all made names for themselves as prominent film and television actors. But it didn’t always come easy for Bill. “As I grew older and …
Read More »Rose McGowan Accuses Director Alexander Payne of Sexual Misconduct
UPDATE #2 (9/4): Rose McGowan has responded to Alexander Payne‘s denial of her accusation of sexual misconduct. In a statement toVariety, McGowan said: “Fuck him and his lies, is my comment. I told Payne to acknowledge and apologize, he has not. I said I didn’t want to destroy, now I …
Read More »'The First Time' With Nicholas Braun
Succession star Nicholas Braun discusses the ever-looming presence of “Cousin Greg” in his life, acting advice from Philip Seymour Hoffman and making the music video for his pop punk quarantine song “Antibodies” in the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. Braun recently garnered his first Emmy nomination for …
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