Anthony Bourdain was awarded posthumous Emmys Sunday night as the late chef’s work on Parts Unknown won Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Informational Series or Special. Parts Unknown also took home awards for its editing, sound editing, sound mixing and its online series, but it was the …
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It’s Streamageddon: On September 14th, what choice will you make? You’ve only got so many hours in a day for bingeing, so you’ll have to make a tough choice between a check-in on Bojack Horseman, Beau Willimon’s big-budget follow-up to House of Cards for Hulu (featuring Sean Penn and space …
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The Plain White T’s hit “Hey There Delilah” is getting adapted into a scripted television series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The band is transforming the song into a romantic comedy about a long-distance relationship. Described as a “contemporary fairy tale,” the show will reportedly expand the song’s story of …
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Jeff Goldblum is partnering with National Geographic for a docuseries that explores “the extraordinary stories behind the world’s most ‘ordinary’ things,” Deadline reports. Currently titled The Curiosity of Jeff Goldblum, the greenlit show was announced during the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Wednesday. “National Geographic has a knack …
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Samantha Bee finds Facebook‘s privacy policies disgusting. On Thursday’s Full Frontal, the host compared Mark Zuckerberg’s company to a flesh-eating monster. While it’s capable of “amazing things,” she said, “you can’t be surprised when a human skin-eating robot starts skinning people. That’s what you built it to do!” Bee summarized …
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Samantha Bee got David Duchovnyto help her uncover the mystery behind FEMA’s atrocious response to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, X-Files style. The segment was part of Full Frontal‘s special episode, The Great American* Puerto Rico, about the island’s recovery efforts after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The clip opens with …
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Ten months after FX announced plans for a Donald Glover-written animated series dedicated to the Marvel antihero Deadpool, both the network and the Atlanta star revealed Saturday that they are exiting the project. Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover were recruited to write, executive produce and showrun the cartoon …
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Stephen Colbert ripped Cambridge Analytica, a data company that has been linked to President Trump‘s 2016 election campaign, on Monday. The firm is accused of stealing Facebook information from over 50 million users without their permission. More distressing, Colbert noted, was that Facebook knew about the breach but failed to …
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Kurt Vile takes a side gig as Carrie Brownstein‘s literal in-house roadie in a sketch from Portlandia‘s ongoing eighth and final season. The clip opens with Fred Armisen presenting to Brownstein a ridiculously elaborate birthday gift: a music-themed transformation of their house, including rock memorabilia, a Chrissie Hynde mural, a …
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John Oliver and Last Week Tonight returned from its winter break Sunday to deliver a scathing look at Donald Trump‘s foreign policy (or lack thereof) and how the world views it, from vacant ambassadorships in crucial nations to an “America First” mandate that alienates allies. Oliver quickly ran down Trump’s …
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