Kenya Barris and Kid Cudi will be bringing the rapper’s upcoming album Entergalacticto life in a new “adult animated” Netflix series, the streaming service announced on Monday. The series will showcase songs from the forthcoming record, and will “follow a young man on his journey to discover love.” A release …
Read More »See Ali Wong in Hilarious Trailer for Netflix Rom-Com 'Always Be My Maybe'
Ali Wong and Randall Park play friends with romantic baggage in the new trailer for Always Be My Maybe, a romantic comedy film that debuts May 31st on Netflix. Wong and Park portray childhood friends Sasha and Marcus, who reconnect in San Francisco after Sasha makes a name for herself …
Read More »Netflix Silent as Calls for Boycott Over Georgia Abortion Law Grow
On Tuesday, after weeks of suspense-less delay, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a six week abortion ban into law as he’d long promised. The bill, slated to go into effect in January 2020, includes an incendiary provision declaring “unborn children are a class of living, distinct person.” The impact of …
Read More »See First Trailer for Ava DuVernay's Miniseries on Central Park Five
Netflix released the first trailer for When They See Us, the new miniseries from Ava DuVernay that tells the story of the Central Park Five. Jharrel Jerome, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson portray the five black teenagers who, in 1989, were wrongly accused and subsequently convicted …
Read More »Fyre Festival Doc Director Talks Fest's Epic Failure, Employee PTSD
In 2017, director Chris Smith was wrapping up Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, his documentary on Jim Carrey’s transformation into Andy Kaufman forMan on the Moon, when he added a simple line to “a bunch of half-baked ideas” he had written down: Fyre Festival. Organizers of the inaugural luxurious …
Read More »'Glow' Star Sydelle Noel Details Unusual Road to Emmy-Nominated Series
Glowstar Sydelle Noel sat down withRolling Stone for our New York Fashion Week salon RS Styled.Noel discussed her athletic background, unusual road to acting and appearance in the blockbusterBlack Panther movie earlier this year. Noel was in town for her first-ever fashion week. Her own style is centered on comfort …
Read More »10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in March
March is a good month for documentary fans: No less than four intriguing new nonfiction projects go online, spanning such eclectic subjects as an Oregon commune, the cuteness of penguins, the vibrant world of hip-ho, and the ongoing public crisis in Flint. Plus Netflix is raising the curtain on the …
Read More »10 Best TV Episodes of 2017: 'GLOW'
This year, we’ve asked 10 writers to pick some of their favorite TV episodes from 2017 and weigh in on why they were great stand-alone eps and the highlights of our viewing year. Today: Amy Plitt on GLOW‘s “Maybe It’s All the Disco.” It hasn’t exactly been easy to be …
Read More »See Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen in Hilarious 'Lady Dynamite' Trailer
Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, David Spade, Judd Apatow, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Jenny Slate, Judy Greer and Jason Mantzoukas will guest star in Season Two of comedian Maria Bamford’s surreal Netflix comedy, Lady Dynamite, which premieres Friday, November 10th.The Lady Dynamite cast also includes Fred Melamed, Mo Collins, Mary Kay Place …
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