Host: Jerrod Carmichael Carmichael spent his monologue talking around “it” (the Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscars controversy, of course), while also acknowledging that in terms of star power and “SNL” hosts, he’s definitely on the lower side. After all, even when Carmichael had his own sitcom on NBC — “The Carmichael Show,” which he co-created and starred in for three seasons — he never got the chance to promote it on “SNL....
Netflix revealed February 17 that Season 4 of “Stranger Things” will be split into two parts, with Volume 1 premiering May 27 and Volume 2 premiering July 1. “With nine scripts, over 800 pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, ‘Stranger Things 4’ was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one,” creators Matt and Ross Duffer wrote in a letter shared by Netflix....
Streamers’ deep pockets and the fact that they’re operating with a completely different set of equations means that a movie priced for streaming is becoming tougher and tougher for theatrical distributors to afford. It’s a scenario that’s led to the emergence of partnerships between the likes of Hulu and Neon, and Apple and A24 — the streamers get the prestige bump and marketing budget that comes with a theatrical release, and the theatrical distributors get a chance to show a very expensive movie in theaters, with less pressure to break even with ticket sales....
In “The Closer,” Chappelle — who has a history of targeting the trans community — declared himself “Team TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminism)” as well as making invalidating comments about the legitimacy of trans women. “Gender is a fact,” Chappelle said. “Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact. Now, I am not saying that to say trans women aren’t women, I am just saying that those pussies that they got… you know what I mean?...
HBO horror-comedy “The Baby” keeps it simple: Motherhood is a mess, especially if you add in murder. The HBO Original eight-episode limited series premieres Sunday, April 24, with episodes being available to stream on HBO Max. “The Baby” is created by Siân Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer and produced by SISTER and Proverbial Pictures. Check out the trailer below. Per an official synopsis, Natasha (De Swarte) grapples with her newfound, and wholly unexpected, parenthood, as the baby manipulates, controls, and yes, even kills those around her....
“In 2019, Peter Morgan asked me to co-write on the fifth series of ‘The Crown,’ particularly those episodes which concerned Princess Diana’s last years before she died,” Khan said. “After a great deal of thought, having never spoken publicly about any of this before, I decided to contribute. “We worked together on the outline and scripts from September 2020 until February 2021,” Khan continued. “When our co-writing agreement was not honored, and when I realized that particular storyline would not necessarily be told as respectfully or compassionately as I had hoped, I requested that all my contributions be removed from the series and I declined a credit....
“I mean, well before the Dobbs decision came down, well before Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, there were increasing numbers of restrictions and barriers for access. So this was very much on our minds and certainly on the minds of the women that we interviewed from The Janes when we spoke with them,” Lessin told IndieWire. “It certainly informed our filmmaking choices and the anger that we felt and the worry that we had and our determination to show the reality of what it looks like when abortion rights don’t exist....
