2023

Is the new new Paramount+ revival of “Frasier” entertaining?

The New York Film Festival screened the first three episodes of Showtime’s upcoming comedy series, as fans laughed, cheered, and squirmed — while the co-creators sat and watched.

“He’s trying to make it sound like it’s a tax…it’s a really incorrect characterization of what our proposal is,” SAG-AFTRA’s lead negotiator told IndieWire.

(Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images) Real Housewives of Orange County star Shannon Beador might be going through some rough times, but she’s incredibly lucky. After being arrested for a DUI and hit-and-run in September, not only was Shannon not held, she managed to get her mugshot buried. Shannon is also incredibly…

(Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images) Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover should give themselves a lot of credit for organizing their relationship in a way that suits them. They’ve been together in a long distance relationship for two years. They are both reality TV stars, but have not let that pace of life or any outside…

(Disney/Eric McCandless) Dancing with the Stars pro Emma Slater is passionate. She is always ready to loudly boo the judges. And she and her partner for Season 32, Mauricio Umansky, are having a rough time. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and Emma were in the bottom two during the DWTS premiere. And let’s…

A few Fridays back, my wife and I had a joyous day out in Cambridge. I mean, Cambridge is always great with its general academic atmosphere, and the bookshops with rare US imports, and all the amazing college architecture, and the branch of Fopp where you can find collections of television jazz soundtracks for about…

I began learning about and making video essays in June 2023, a few months after I started learning how to play the harp. It strikes me that both endeavors require a certain amount of learning and un-learning: learning a new physicality and new technical skills, and un-learning assumptions about what makes a good finished product….

The research project ‘Reaching Young Audiences: Serial Fiction and Cross-Media Storyworlds for Children and Young Audiences’ (RYA) seeks to provide detailed knowledge about the production and reception of film, TV and online fiction for children, tweens and teens through in-depth analysis of the current strategies for creating engaging fiction for young audiences and extensive qualitative…

In 2022, became a best-selling hit of the summer. Apple has now adapted the novel for the screen, with Lessons in Chemistry starring Brie Larson as Elizabeth Zott, streaming now on Apple TV+. more…