TV amp; Movies

Dismemberment, disembowelment and decapitation: Traditionally, these aren’t what you’d call teachable moments. But thanks to some swordpoint shenanigans in Shogunworld, all three figure prominently into a key scene in this week’s episode of Westworld (“Phase Space”). Even better, they go a long way toward demonstrating why this installment is such …

Jennifer Lopez squared off against Jimmy Fallon in a “Fast Dance-Off” during Wednesday’s Tonight Show. The pair took turns grooving as fast as possible to a series of Seventies slow jams – tracks that Roots bandleader Questlove deemed “the least danceable.” The contest wasn’t exactly fair: Lopez is a former …

After Rudy Giuliani’s recent, potentially troublesome media tour as President Trump’s new lawyer, the former New York City mayor’s behavior has left many Americans shocked and confused. But on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver argued that Giuliani’s “always been this way,” detailing his various controversies and bizarre public moments. …

Samantha Bee, disoriented from “Clockwork Orange-ing” cable news stories about Donald Trump’s whirlwind presidency, escaped to her “panic fort” to speak with a true expert, attorney Preet Bharara, on Wednesday’s Full Frontal. Bharara, whom Trump fired after an eight-year stint as U.S. Attorney for New York’s Southern District, attempted to …

The deadline for President Trump to re-certify the Iran nuclear deal is looming on May 12th. And on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver detailed the “long-term and potentially irreversible” damage of allowing that agreement to fall apart. Trump has consistently – in interviews, speeches and angry tweets – lambasted …

Milos Forman, the Oscar-winning director behind Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The People vs. Larry Flyntand Man on the Moon, died Friday at 86. A representative confirmed Forman’s death toRolling Stone, saying thatthe director died at Danbury Hospital near his home in Warren, CT. Forman’s wife Martina told …

Grab your six-shooters, saddle up your robotic horses and select the white or black cowboy hat of your choice: We’re going back to Westworld, and there are lots of secrets left to uncover. We’re less than a month away from the return of HBO‘s smash-hit/heir apparent to the Game of …

Cardi B hyped her upcoming performance on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live in a goofy promo videowith host Chadwick Boseman and Leslie Jones. In the first clip, Jones instructs Boseman to intensify his laid-back intro style. “You’re saying it like it’s no big deal!” she shouts. “It’s a …

Kudos to the electrifying Australian actor Jason Clarke (Mudbound, Zero Dark Thirty) for playing Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy with a forceful urgency that avoids the trap of saint-or-sinner labels – an easy go-to when you’re portraying a member of America’s foremost political dynasty. Both he and Chappaquidick hit on something …

If the world seemed a little bit sluggish this morning – if the birds weren’t singing as sweetly, or the sun hung a bit lower in the sky – it might be because Dwayne Johnson didn’t work out. On any other day, Johnson would be up before dawn, clanging and …