Since he signed off The Daily Show for the last time, Jon Stewart has been busy for a guy that’s supposedly retired. He’s opened an animal sanctuary, saved a runaway bull, and also done human-centric things like visit his old employer, sign an agreement with a new one, and grow a beard. Now it sounds like he and his…

As a Netflix user, you may think your queue is full of titles that accurately represent your cultural tastes and individuality. While that could very well be the case, the streaming service would like to remind you that it’s a tech company, and as such, “free will” on its platform is something of a construct. In a…

The first season of Mr. Robot was a breakout hit for USA last summer, its cyberpunk hacker storyline running in an eerie parallel to real-life events like the Ashley Madison breach. In the time since, there hasn’t been much information on where season 2 might go, other than news that creator Sam Esmail is directing…

Dan Harmon has already created two TV shows with fiercely loyal cult followings—Community and Rick And Morty—and judging by the sound of his next project he might be headed for a third. Deadline reports he and his Starburns Industries company are producing Happy City, a vehicles-as-people series written by Jon Eidson…

If you were one of the increasingly rare Avatar fans disappointed in the revelation that Avatar 2 won’t be ready for Christmas 2017, here’s a little pick me up: Variety reports that James Cameron is making an extra sequel. That’s right—not one, not two, not even three sequels during which you’ll apparently “shit…

After his split from ESPN last year, Bill Simmons was only off the market for two months before signing an expansive multi-year contract with HBO. Part of the deal included a weekly sports series on the network, and while the timetable for its debut remains an ambiguous “sometime in 2016,” Simmons has been busy…

Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot has generated plenty of controversy amongst ghost purists and general woman-haters alike, but of all the side noise so far, the latest is perhaps the most bizarre. HYPEBEAST reports that Nas, noted rapper and apparent fan of the supernatural, has revealed his HSTRY clothing…

Five years ago, LCD Soundsystem played an epic three-hour farewell show at Madison Square Garden, the making of which was captured in the documentary Shut Up And Play The Hits. The band’s members then all went their separate ways, with frontman James Murphy busying himself by making songs out of tennis matches, trying…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe may be expanding to a whopping 68 characters for the upcoming two-part Avengers: Infinity War, but even twice the runtime means a lot of jostling for the spotlight between the heroes, villains, and everyone in between. One key veteran whose screen time might take a hit as a result is…

Bob Saget is a noted dirty jokester, a wise sage to the Olsen twins, and a centerpiece cast member of beloved ’80s and ’90s sitcom Full House. Carly Rae Jepsen is an undisputed pop superstar, a multi-platform talent, and the voice behind the re-recorded theme song for Netflix’s Full House sequel, Fuller House. The two…

At the ripe middle age of 53, Tom Cruise has been playing a thirtysomething lead in action films for over two decades now. Many wonder the secret to his seemingly eternal youth, but the answer might be as simple as surrounding him with a steady supply of actual thirtysomething co-stars. His latest project, a reboot of The Mummy

After creating shows centered on a rodeo clown and a janitor, respectively, Zach Galifianakis and Seth Rogen probably wanted to attach themselves to a project featuring leads with a more promising career trajectory. So who better to link up with than Bill Hader, who played a sports doctor in Trainwreck, to play a trio…

After years of growing up with the full knowledge that their last name naturally lends itself to a burger-related pun, famous brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg finally teamed up in 2011 with their less famous, but classically trained chef brother, Paul, to open Wahlburgers. Its first location had humble,…

The media circus surrounding Making a Murderer has died down significantly since the series debuted in December, but the momentum of Steven Avery’s internet heartthrob defense attorneys has not. Jerry Buting and normcore icon Dean Strang in particular have capitalized on their time in the spotlight, appearing on talk…

The bat mitzvah is a beautiful landmark in a young Jewish girl’s life. Usually near her 13th birthday, she gets called to the Torah to recite a few passages, make her parents swell with pride, and keep the fragile ecosystem of bar/bat mitzvah DJs afloat with the customary after-party. Unfortunately, that community…

Six months ago, Hulu ordered a pilot from noted weed smokers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg about a janitor by day, world-ranked video-game champion by night who saves the world. Now Variety is reporting that Josh Hutcherson has been tapped to star as that lead character, Josh Futterman, a socially inept guy who lives…

After a handful of fruitless attempts at starring in a superhero franchise, Ryan Reynolds finally scored with Deadpool, a film that strips him of all his distracting good looks. With a sequel already in the works, it seems like studios now want to ride the film’s surprising commercial success by nabbing Reynolds for…