BeforeMike Whitewas the brilliant mind behind HBO’s wildly popular comedy-dramaThe White Lotus, he was a reality-show warrior. The Emmy-winning writer and director, also known for writingSchool of Rock, appeared on two seasons ofThe Amazing Racealongside his father and was the runner-up on Season 37 ofSurvivor—experiences that White tells NPR helped to inspireThe White Lotus. With the show’s first season taking place on the picturesque Hawaiian island of Maui, in a fictional high-stakes resort for the ultra-wealthy, White points out that it’s not difficult to draw parallels between the series andSurvivor....

One of the busiest actors in Hollywood is Dwayne Johnson. When he is not filming one movie after another, he is busy interacting with fans on social media. The action star recently took to Instagram to answer some fan questions, and DC Comic fans will be interested in reading what he had to say about playing the role ofBlack Adamin the character’s upcoming standalone film. How excited am I to play, BLACK ADAM?...

Queue up Prime Video’sOn Callnow. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more addictive 30-minute crime show to binge at the current moment. That’s because there really aren’t many at all. The inventive new series hails from executiveproducers Dick Wolf(Law & Order, Chicago, FBI-branded series), Tim Walsh (Chicago PD, Hightown, Night Stalker), Elliot Wolf (Dark Woods, Hunted), Eriq LaSalle (Chicago PD), and Peter Jankowski. Elliot Wolf and Tim Walsh created the show, intentionally choosing to get us in and out of the muck within half an hour, unlike most crime dramas....

Movie-watching has been a dominant pastime of the general public for the past century. But how many audiences actually watch movies closely enough to notice all the details and finer nuances of the narrative? Commercial cinema has never really been about paying great attention to detail. The general understanding in Hollywood is that a commercially successful film needs to be something so broad in scope that casual audiences can follow the plot while only paying half attention to the screen....

Beloved television star Alex Trebek, who has been hosting the popular game showJeopardy!since 1984, has passed away. The news was revealed by the officialJeopardy!Twitter account, which stated that the show’s team is “saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.” He was 80 years old. Alex Trebek has beenbattling stage 4 pancreatic cancerfor nearly two years, first revealing his diagnosis back in March 2019....

America Ferrerais an American actress, producer, and director. Making her debut as Ana inReal Girls Have Curvesin 2002, Ferrera’s career has flourished ever since. Making appearances in Disney Original films before making headlines as Carmen inSisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ferrera has built up a nice portfolio of work, ranging from drama to comedy. Ferrera has garnered a number of awards over the years, including an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actor’s Guild Award, particularly for her work on the2000s TV seriesUgly Betty....

American Horror: Story Double Featurehas started out with a bang! We jumped right in withThe Shiningset up of a family whisking away to Provincetown, Mass. to help cure Harry Gardner’s writer’s block. He finds his cure that comes in a little pill called The Muse. After seeing the amazing results her dad is cranking out, his daughter Alma’s obsession for greatness as a violinist proves stronger than her will not to steal a pill of her own....

Funimation Entertainment is proud to announce its acquisition of “Attack on Titan” Season 2 and the return of the worldwide hitanime serieswhich was first introduced to U.S. and Canadian audiences in 2013.Attack on TitanSeason 2 is scheduled to premiere in April 2017 in Japan. Here’s whatGen Fukunaga, CEO and founder of Funimation, had to say in his statement. “Attack on Titanbecame aninstant hitsince it first streamed in 2013 and we are thrilled to bring fans the long-awaited Season 2 of the series....

Just days after we reported thatBaby Grootis getting its own Marvel comic book series, we have new international artwork featuring the adorable character fromGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The artwork appears to originate in a Japanese magazine, but we’re not entirely sure at this point. Still this artwork gives us one of the best looks yet at the fan-favorite character Baby Groot This artwork, which was sent to directorJames GunnonTwitter, comes just days after reports surfaced that this superhero sequel scored a rare and possibly unprecedented perfect score of 100 during a recenttest screening....

Quick Links Demián BichirandJulia Goldani Telleswill be the first to say that shootingBeaconon location was simultaneously one of the most challenging and most rewarding – perhaps even most fun – experiences they’d ever had on a production. “The actual location kind of gave me everything that I needed because it [was] such a violent climate,” said Goldani Telles of the storms in Newfoundland, a small coastal province in Canada, in our Zoom interview ahead of the film’s premiere at the2024Tribeca Festival....

Uh, huh huh huh. Everyone’s favorite teenage slackers are returning to TV this year.Beavis and Butt-Headare back with new episodes and a new film on Paramount+. First announced in July 2020, the revival will consist of two new seasons, as well as movies and specials. The first film,Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe– a semi-sequel to 1996’sBeavis and Butt-Head Do America– was released on June 20, 2025. Die-hard fans will remember that this is not the first time that the ‘90s teenage delinquents have made a return....

The independently-operated UK public broadcasterChannel 4will forego privatization, as confirmed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday, according to a report fromDeadline. The fight to keep the network from being sold has ensued after a planned $1.2 billion sale was initially proposed under Boris Johnson’s administration 18 months ago. Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries spearheaded the privatization, making it one of her top priorities against the advice from government consultants and the campaigns from the British film and television industries....

Sometimes a movie has every quality it should have to succeed, but ultimately falls by the wayside.Bad Times at the El Royale, the brain-child of otherwise bankable filmmaker Drew Goddard, is one such example. Goddard, who wrote, directed, and produced the noir thriller, is an Academy-Award winner for the screenplay ofThe Martianand penned extremely popularthrillers like World War ZandCloverfield. He also wrote episodes of cultural landmark television shows likeBuffy the Vampire SlayerandLost....