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Analysis: 'The next Taylor Swift' is not what the world needs CNN 1/28/2021 © Ryan Plummer and Brendan George Ko/Lifetime Ciera Payton stars in "Wendy Williams: The Movie." Hollywood loves copying a success story. That's why there are a ton of movie sequels and TV reboots galore. Because if something makes money, why wouldn't you want to replicate that? Following that pattern in the music industry is not always as easy. That's why I often chuckle whenever I hear someone referred to as "the next (fill in the blank)." © YouTube/Some Good News John Krasinski is set to host "SNL" when it ...

NEW ERA FOR ‘SNL’ Like every other series that relies on timely comedy, including the late-night talkers, “Saturday Night Live” is going to need to shift gears in the Biden years. I’m not precisely sure what that means, beyond paying much less attention to the last administration and its easily lampooned characters, such as Jeff Sessions, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, and Rudy Giuliani. Kate McKinnon is going to need to find new outlets for her brilliance. Advertisement We’ll see what happens. Will real political events call for the level of ridicule that was tr...

450 America St. in Simi Valley. Despite a waning appetite for office space during the pandemic, an office building in Simi Valley has sold for $30 million, according to Newmark, a real estate brokerage involved in the deal. The 206,917-square-foot structure, which is 100 percent leased to Bank of America, is located at 450 America St. The two-story edifice, situated on some 12.5 acres of business campus, features abundant parking, four lobbies and on-site café. The building also incurred some post COVID-19 improvements such as expansive ceilings and operable doors to improve ...

 (Courtesy of Lifetime) Christmas romantic comedies are known for cozy sweaters, roaring fireplaces, meaningful glances over cups of hot chocolate and stars who, until recently, looked like a bunch of models from a Land's End catalog circa 1985. Rare were the Christmas rom-coms with Asian, queer, Latinx or disabled characters. When Black characters started to show up, they generally played sidekicks—or they starred in family holiday movies, not the kind of Christmas rom-coms where Mom's always there to help with a thorny relationship dilemma, the cider is forever mulled and not a single pr...

Originally published on December 18, 2020 9:01 am Christmas romantic comedies are known for cozy sweaters, roaring fireplaces, meaningful glances over cups of hot chocolate and stars who, until recently, looked like a bunch of models from a Land's End catalog circa 1985. Rare were the Christmas rom-coms with Asian, queer, Latinx or disabled characters. When Black characters started to show up, they generally played sidekicks — or they starred in family holiday movies, not the kind of Christmas rom-coms where Mom's always there to help with a thorny relationship dilemma, the cider is foreve...