John Oliver opened Sunday’s Last Week Tonight by talking about the death of Pope Francis. Francis died Monday at age 88 after a stroke put him into a coma and led to heart failure. He also had suffered from chronic lung disease and recently had been hospitalized for 38 days due to respiratory issues that … Read more
John Lithgow is brushing aside concerns about his playing Albus Dumbledore in HBO‘s upcoming Harry Potter series despite anti-trans rhetoric made by author J.K. Rowling, who also serves as an executive producer on the show. Speaking with U.K. newspaper The Times, Lithgow said he has received a lot of feedback from friends and fans suggesting … Read more
Bella Ramsey‘s Ellie experiences quite a bit of action, heartbreak and turmoil in the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us. But a quiet scene from Sunday’s third episode was actually the toughest for them to shoot. Ramsey recalled that the scene where Ellie weeps over the loss of Joel (Pedro Pascal) while smelling … Read more
[This story contains major spoilers from the season three finale of Dark Winds, “Béésh Łį́į́ (Iron Horse).”] Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) has been through a lot in three seasons of Dark Winds: He’s rescued countless innocent victims from bad guys, struggled to find “Indian justice” for the murder of his son, and earned broken bones … Read more
Sunday’s 60 Minutes ended by addressing executive producer Bill Owens’ surprise departure last week. In the show’s “The Last Minute” segment, correspondent Scott Pelley took a moment to address Owens’ resignation as executive producer, a position he’d held since 2019. Noting that 60 Minutes has covered many controversial stories during its nearly 60-decade run, Pelley … Read more
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has officially unveiled its 2025 class, confirming Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes as this year’s inductees. Ryan Seacrest announced the inductees on ABC’s American Idol on Sunday night, the second year in a row the show revealed the Rock … Read more
Walter Salles‘ I’m Still Here was the big winner at Madrid’s Platino Awards on Sunday night, honoring the best of Ibero-American film and television. The Brazilian filmmaker took home the best director and best Ibero-American fiction film awards, while the Oscar-nominated Fernanda Torres won best actress for her performance. Elsewhere, Daniel Fanego won the best … Read more
Damien Thomas, the British actor perhaps best known for his turn as the vampire Count Karnstein opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Films horror classic Twins of Evil, has died. He was 83. Thomas died April 18 at Salisbury Hospice in Wilshire England, and had been battling progressive supranuclear palsy, daughter Phoebe Court-Thomas told The … Read more
The 2025 American Music Honors, presented by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, gathered legends of rock, country, soul and Americana Saturday night for an evening of memorable performances and heartfelt tributes. But by the time guest of honor Bruce Springsteen took the … Read more
Baby Reindeer, Slow Horses, Rivals, Shōgun, and Bad Sisters were among the winners of the BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2025, which were handed out in London on Sunday. Supacell, Eric, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power were also part of the list of honorees. The craft award for best drama writer went to Richard … Read more