AMC The Rundown is a weekly column that highlights some of the biggest, weirdest, and most notable events of the week in entertainment. The number of items could vary, as could the subject matter. It will not always make a ton of sense. Some items might not even be about entertainment, to be honest, or from this week. The important thing is that it’s Friday, and we are here to have some fun. ITEM NUMBER ONE — More shows should just plop cute little dogs into the action Are you guys watching Better Call Saul? I hope so. It’s such a good show and it’s screaming toward the series finale that will smash it into the beginning of Breaking Bad and it’s all fun and exciting and… [Read More...]
Adam Sandler’s Commencement Speech Is A Must-Watch For Martin Scorsese Fans (And Everyone, Really)
Universal Pictures Adam Sandler completed 12 grades of school in less than six months. The man is an expert at education, which is why the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University asked him to deliver a commencement speech to graduating seniors. (I guess there’s no hard feelings to the NYU professor who told him to quit acting.) Sandler dedicated a portion of his speech to the parents in the crowd, including none other than Martin Scorsese (the legendary Oscar-winning director, who earned his bachelor’s from the university in 1964 and master’s in 1968, is very involved with NYU). “Parents, listen to me. You guys really messed up,” the Uncut Gems star said. “You might be supporting these kids for… [Read More...]
One Of The Kids From ‘Jaws’ Just Became Police Chief In Martha’s Vineyard
Getty Image In 1974, Jonathan Searle created mass panic when he and his brother pranked the beach-happy folks of Amity with a cardboard fin. Searle was a child actor with a notable role in Jaws, as the merry prankster pointing at his brother and frantically crying, “He made me do it!” as tons of local cops swarmed them following their hoax. Now 56, he’s taking on the Brody role for real in the same town where the movie was filmed. Searle has been named the Chief of Police for Oak Bluffs, a section of Martha’s Vineyard. “I’m finding the whole thing quite funny myself!” Searle said, although apparently not a single reporter thought to ask him whether he’d close the… [Read More...]
Johnny Depp Apparently Once Demanded Out Of Nowhere That His Agency Give Him $20 Million
Getty Image As the messy defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continues, more of Depp’s former associates have been coming in to testify, including his ex-agent Tracey Jacobs. According to Deadline, Jacobs, who had represented Depp from the 1990s to 2016, took the stand in a pre-recorded deposition and told the story of when the disgraced actor randomly demanded millions from his agency. In the recorded testimony, Heard’s attorney asked Jacobs, “So Mr. Depp came in and said, ‘I want you to get $20 million for me?’” Jacobs replied, “Actually it was, ‘I want you to give me 20 million,’ The question was not asked as a loan.” UTA did not oblige. Jacobs said that UTA told Depp… [Read More...]
Chris Pratt Stars In The Action-Packed Trailer For Amazon Prime’s ‘The Terminal List’
When he’s not galloping around the galaxy being a guardian, Chris Pratt has been consistently playing a big-time war dude, whether it be a real war or dinosaur war. The point is, this guy loves acting with guns. Now, he gets to do that in his own TV show! The Terminal List is an upcoming Amazon Prime series based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr. The series follows Pratt as Navy Seal James Reece as he returns from a deadly mission and tries to piece together what exactly happened out there, and why he was the only one to survive. There are explosions, gunfire, and of course a scene of Pratt playing guitar. The series also stars Friday Night Lights’ Taylor … [Read More...]
Billy Eichner’s ‘Bros’ Is A Romantic Comedy ‘Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen’
Billy Eichner has moved on from being loud on the street to writing and starring in his own movie, Bros. From Universal Pitcures, Bros is the gay romantic comedy that Hollywood has been waiting for. The movie stars Eichner and a slew of LGBTQ+ actors, as Eichner becomes the first openly gay man to co-write and star in a major studio film. The film also stars Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, Bowen Yang, and Amanda Bearse. Eichner stars as a big-time podcaster who is approached by movie execs to write a gay rom-com that can appeal to straight people. Choas ensues. Check out the official description: This fall, Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major … [Read More...]
Discussing AJ Soprano’s Nü Metal Suicide Attempt On Pod Yourself A Gun, With Francesca Fiorentini
HBO https://media.blubrry.com/podyourselfagun/s/content.blubrry.com/podyourselfagun/6b07_Second_Coming_w_FF.mp3 Click to download here. Depression is “Break Stuff” Pointed Inward The world’s only socialist wife-guy Sopranos podcast welcomes the return of podcaster, comedian, journalist, and #1 Matt Lieb tolerator Francesca Fiorentini to talk to Matt & Vince about season 6b episode 7, “The Second Coming.” AJ’s back in school, but as Fran points out, he doesn’t need a political science degree, he needs to smoke a little weed. The only thing liberal arts education can do for AJ is make him depressed. And boy is he depressed. He’s so depressed that not even Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’ Dirty” can convince him that life is worth living. He knows that The US sees the Middle… [Read More...]
‘Star Wars’ Probably Won’t Have New Actors Play Old Characters Again
lucasfilm Solo: A Star Wars Story is by far the lowest grossing Star Wars movie. The anthology film, starring Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, and Chewbacca as Chewbacca, made only (“only”) $392 million at the box office, compared to $1.056 billion for Rogue One; it earned less than 1983’s Return of the Jedi, even before adjusting for inflation. Solo also received indifferent-at-best reviews with a 69 percent “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, although the film does have its supporters. There’s a fun Star Wars movie in there, but a troubled production (and maybe the worst scene in the entire franchise) did Solo no favors. The underwhelming response to Solo changed the course of Star Wars, both… [Read More...]
Amber Heard Claims She Lost Work, Including Having Her ‘Aquaman 2’ Role Gutted To Just 10 Minutes, Due To Johnny Depp’s ‘Smear Campaign’
Warner Bros. Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard returned after a week off, and there were still more wild revelations in a court case that’s already been full of them. Depp himself has already pointed out that he’s lost work over the allegations Heard made about him. But Heard said he’s not the only one. As per Entertainment Weekly, Heard claimed she has to “fight really hard” to say in the entertainment industry after her split with Depp. After she obtained a domestic violence restraining order against him in 2016, she says he launched a “smear campaign” against her featuring a “sophisticated PR machine” deadest on making her persona non grata. “I lost opportunities. I got dropped from jobs… [Read More...]
Top Chef Houston Power Rankings, Week 11: Don’t Spit My Squid, Bro
NBC Universal This week on Top Chef, we were down to the top five chefs, so it was time to SHAKE THINGS UP. That meant the producers took the whole gang off to Galveston and dropped the winner of Last Chance Kitchen back into the competition. That winner was Sarah, and her arrival immediately… had the chefs settling back into pretty much the same pattern they had been in since episode four when Sarah first got booted (for not doppelganging hard enough). Bees in a mason jar this was not, but hey, it was worth a shot. At least the favorites are interesting. First stop in Galveston, which is an island, sorta, was of course da beach, for some gorgeous gulf seafood. For their quickfire challenge, which… [Read More...]
Kim Kardashian’s Lock Of Marilyn Monroe’s Hair Might Not Actually Be Marilyn Monroe’s Hair
Getty Image This August is the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, but fascination remains high in the Golden Age of Hollywood actress. Ana de Armas will play her in a biopic that director Andrew Dominik called the “NC-17 version of the Marilyn Monroe story” (he also compared Blonde to if “Citizen Kane and Raging Bull had a baby daughter,” whatever that means), while Kim Kardashian walked the Met Gala red carpet in the same dress that Monroe wore when she seductively sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Kardashian was also gifted a lock of the Some Like It Hot star’s hair by kitsch emporium Ripley’s Believe It or Not — except it might not be Monroe’s… [Read More...]
The ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Teaser Trailer Was Worth The Wait
After a decade-long wait, the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all-time is finally coming out. The first Avatar: The Way of Water teaser premiered before screenings of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (along with numerous other Disney-adjacent trailers), and it’s now been released online. Say what you will about the “Dances with Wolves in space” plot, but Avatar was a dazzling, world-building spectacle, and Avatar: The Way of Water looks even more stunning. Will it make you “sh*t yourself with your mouth wide open”? TBD, but prepare to get wet (not like that, come on). Here’s the official plot summary: Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way … [Read More...]
Top Chef Houston Power Rankings, Week 10: In Space, No One Can Hear You Crumb
NBC-Universal/Ralph Ordaz It’s week 10 and we’re down to just six chefs on Top Chef Houston. Which is a shame — I feel like things are just (finally?) heating up. I’m hoping that by the time the finale rolls around, that Jurassic Park episode will seem like a distant memory. Maybe that was by design, and that’s why they stuck it in the middle like that. Maybe these producers are smarter than I’ve been giving them credit for. Hey, I get it, sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to for the money. Just ask my editor’s mom. Aaaanyway, this week’s episode took the contestants first to Houston’s historic Farmer’s Market for a… [Read More...]
Dave Chappelle And Chris Rock Exchanged Jokes About Their Onstage Attacks During A Secret Comedy Show
Getty Image Two days after he was attacked onstage at the Hollywood Bowl, Dave Chappelle joined Chris Rock for a surprise secret comedy show on Thursday night. The two comedians took the stage at the Belly Room in The Comedy Store where Kim Kardashian and Diddy were reportedly in the audience. Chappelle and Rock have been repeatedly linked over the past 48 hours thanks to both men having now experienced onstage assaults, and despite Rock’s reluctance to talk about his experience, he couldn’t resist delivering a brutal jab at Will Smith during the secret show. Via The Hollywood Reporter: “At least you got smacked by someone of repute!” Chappelle joked to Rock. “I got smacked by a homeless guy with leaves in his hair.”… [Read More...]
‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ Is A Poor Man’s ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
Disney/A24/Ralph Ordaz It’s a shame for Doctor Strange 2 (aka Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, directed by Sam Raimi) that it’s opening while Everything Everywhere All At Once is still in theaters. Perhaps never before have we had such a stark illustration of the difference between what happens when a filmmaker-driven movie plays with an idea vs. what happens when a massive IP-driven corporate entity-produced franchise movie plays with that same idea. The idea, in both cases, is the multiverse; the idea that the universe consists not just of our present, visible reality, but infinite, slightly distinct realities running in parallel. What might happen when a character or characters travel between those parallel dimensions through a plot conceit? (Shoutout… [Read More...]
Daniel Radcliffe Is A Ripped, Hard-Partying ‘Weird Al’ In The ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Teaser Trailer
You would have to (dare to be) stupid to not be excited for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the “Weird Al” Yankovic bio-comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe as the spoof-master supreme. “Wearing the Hawaiian shirt is a huge responsibility that I don’t take lightly,” the Harry Potter actor (who had the only good take about the Slap) said about the Roku Channel movie. “I’m honored to finally share with the world the absolutely 100-percent unassailably true story of Weird Al’s depraved and scandalous life.” In the teaser trailer above, Radcliffe is a ripped, hard-drinking Yankovic, who in real life doesn’t drink and has never done drugs. “I’ve been around people that smoked dope, pot, Mary Jane, reefer. I enjoyed being … [Read More...]
Video Has Finally Emerged Of Olivia Wilde Being Served Legal Docs, And She Handled It Flawlessly
Getty Image Last week, former The O.C. star Olivia Wilde was served legal documents while on stage presenting at CinemaCon. The move left fans confused about who exactly was to blame for the ordeal: was it ex’s Jason Sudeikis’ idea? Or did his legal team do this without his knowledge? And where was the CinemaCom security?! While many answers are still up in the air, we finally have some footage of what went on. TMZ shared a new clip of Wilde being approached with the papers, saying “this is very mysterious.” She quietly opened the envelope, which turned out to be legal papers from Sudeikis. She handled the situation by quickly saying “got it” and moving on with her presentation. You can… [Read More...]
Florence Pugh And Harry Styles Make Sweet (And Not So Sweet) Love In The ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Trailer
There’s a lot of real-life intrigue about Don’t Worry Darling, the movie that brought together director Olivia Wilde and star Harry Styles — not to mention everything that happened at CinemaCon. But don’t let that overshadow the film itself. It looks really good. In the 1950s-set psychological thriller, Jack (Styles) and Alice (the great Florence Pugh) seemingly live a perfect life, but there’s something else going on. There’s a top-secret Victory Project; an overly cheery CEO (Chris Pine); menacing dinner parties; smashed mirrors; and car chases. “Everyone is acting like I’m crazy,” a skeptical Alice wonders in the trailer above, and “I’m not crazy.” Here’s more from the official plot synopsis: While … [Read More...]
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