Emotions Spill Over at Town Hall of Industry Workers Opposed to Paramount-WBD Merger: “It’s the Death of a Great American Industry”

Anna Faris’ iconic role as Cindy in the horror parody feature film series Scary Movie almost went to another actress, revealed writer, producer and star Marlon Wayans. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Faris asked Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans if there was “ever a celebrity that desperately wanted to be in a Scary Movie, […]

Saturday Night Live’s James Austin Johnson gave the Tribeca Festival a taste, and analysis, of his celebrated stream-of consciousness Donald Trump impression. He often wings it. “It wouldn’t feel like Trump if there wasn’t this queasy feeling in the audience of ‘what is he going to say?’ and so I have to improvise for the […]

Benito Skinner is previewing the forthcoming second season of Prime Video’s Overcompensating. The semi-autobiographical dramedy — centering on his titular character, a closeted jock who becomes fast friends with outsider Carmen (Wally Baram) during their freshman year of college — “feels more queer” in Season 2, the writer-star teased, as Benny ventures further out of the […]

Queer culture doc specialist Jeffrey Schwarz looks at the killing that inspired the 1980 film 'Cruising' and the protests triggered by perceptions of internalized homophobia, exploitation and stigmatization.