Billy Crystal, Josh Gad Join Forces in FX’s ‘The Comedians’
Billy Crystal hasn’t done a television comedy series since ABC’s “Soap,” which ran from 1977-1981, followed by his memorable turns on “Saturday Night Live” in that same era– unless you count some recent guest star spots on Lisa Kudrow’s “Web Therapy.” And we’ve nearly lost count of how many occasions he hosted the Oscars, with the last being in 2012. Okay, it was nine times, beginning in 1990. But now he’s back in the saddle, an...
Be A Part of It in HBO’s Four-Hour ‘Sinatra: All or Nothing at All’
Start spreading the news. It’s been 100 years since the birth of one of the most famous people in American pop culture–and the family of Frank Sinatra wanted to mark the centennial of the legendary crooner’s birthday in a big way befitting his iconic status. So they called upon producer Frank Marshall, best known for blockbuster films like “Indiana Jones” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and someone who had a unique connection. His...
‘Going Clear:’ Delving into the Secret World of Scientology
Several months before it was scheduled to be seen on premium cable by a large national audience, the Church of Scientology took preemptive action against “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” a documentary exposé directed by Alex Gibney which premiered on HBO March 29 after opening theatrically in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco March 13. The feature-length film was an official selection at the 2015...
Justin Bieber: Comedy Central’s Most Outrageous Roast Yet
Out of all the people that Comedy Central has ever roasted – and we’re talking about everyone from Joan Rivers to Pamela Anderson to William Shatner to Charlie Sheen, James Franco and Donald Trump – Justin Bieber could be the juiciest subject of all. With his egg-throwing, sizzurp-slurping, Lamborghini-racing and urinating in a mop bucket, the young pop superstar’s antics make for a veritable minefield of comedic fodder. That’s a lot...
‘Night Will Fall’ Reveals Untold Stories of Liberated WWII Concentration Camps
It was the movie from 1945 that had barely seen the light of day —until last night. Reels upon reels of raw footage recorded by military and newsreel cinematographers after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces are the basis of “Night Will Fall,” a powerful documentary that HBO ran Monday, on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the most notorious of the...
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