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The new comedy Chad has been a long time coming. Created by and starring Nasim Pedrad, the show has been in development since 2016, and has moved networks from Fox to TBS. Pedrad not only written and directed the show; she also takes on the challenge of playing the eponymous 14-year-old boy who legally changed his name from Ferydoon to Chad Amani to sound more American. He only has one goal as high school starts: to befriend the crowd he perceives as “cool.” It’s a familiar narrative, bu...

It’s been almost exactly five years to the day that Jeffrey Dean Morgan made his first appearance as Negan on The Walking Dead. For all the criticism that those early episodes with Negan and the Saviors subsequently received, there was always something compelling about Morgan’s portrayal of the character. Even with all the cringeworthy “pants-shitting” talk they regularly saddled him with, the actor managed to take the malevolent villain and imbue him with charisma, charm, and menace i...

Alerts Crop of the cover to Skywalker: A Family at War by Kristin Baver. Artwork by Matt Ferguson. Image: DK Publishing Original trilogy, prequel trilogy, sequel trilogy, it’s all just one story: the Skywalker Saga. From the very beginning of Star Wars, George Lucas’ tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away has been almost singularly about one family whose fate would change the universe. Now, with that story complete, Lucasfilm has decided it should be retold in a different and...

On Monday, Disney Plus revealed a new trailer for Loki. The series premieres on June 11, and follows Tom Hiddleston's Asgardian rapscallion as he works with Owen Wilson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw to repair the rifts in the MCU he caused by stealing the Tesseract.

Advertisement What does this anniversary party involve? First, a quick teaser to remind you why you became obsessed in the first place: Tyrion being the smartest guy in the room, King Joffrey taking his last gasp, Cersei smirking, dragons galore, etc: Starting today, Game of Thrones faithful can head to HBO Max to access an app “with curations for every level of fandom” including “a treasure trove of content, with over 150 videos of behind-the-scenes extras, cast interviews, clips, and t...

SNLs cold open airs out the stink of GOP Congressman Matt Gaetzs various scandals Screenshot: Saturday Night Live It’s an old and tiresome cliché that comedians are sad when a truly reprehensible, world-worsening politician leaves office. Because then what will they joke about, get it? Ugh. Well, have no fear, as the resounding ouster of former president and human shitpost Donald Trump has left those slapdash satirists at Saturday Night Live plenty of festering detritus to pick up, slap a w...

Oh, whoa: While pulling that screenshot (and looking closely at a few others), we also noticed: A couple of War Boys from Mad Max: Fury Road, multiple incarnations of various Batman villains (Joker fight! Joker fight!) and The Mask. Y’all, why is The Mask in Space Jam 2? Anyway: Daffy Duck is also there. Space Jam: A New Legacy comes on and slams, and welcomes to the jam on July 16, in theaters and on HBO Max. G/O Media may get a commission

Advertisement The Warner Bros. film, directed by Malcolm D. Lee, is making it clear this is a new take on the franchise—which originally starred Michael Jordan—even if it is based on the same concept of mixing a real, live-action sports star with the studio’s famous Looney Tunes characters. James stars as himself and gets stuck inside a villainous A.I. (played by Marvel’s Don Cheadle). He, of course, then must team up with the animated favorites (minus one) for an epic basketball game t...

Photo: Marvel Studios Black Widow has had a long, hard journey into the light. And, to be clear, we’re not just talking about Natasha Romanoff, former assassin turned super-spy extraordinaire. The Black Widow movie might not have been raised in a weird Russian murder academy, but it’s still had a damn hard time of it, to the point that, when Disney released a new trailer for the movie early this morning, it marked more than a year since the Advertisement But here we are, with a whole bunc...

Captain America series back in 2018, the fictional 616 universe was still reeling from the events of Secret Empire, the comics event that transformed Steve Rogers into the embodiment of Hydra’s fascistic power, and the organization’s new leader. That same year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Captain America—arguably the most recognizable modern incarnation of the character—was one of the few heroes left standing in the final moments of Avengers: Infinity War, a Disney movie whose s...