Brian dArcy James, Jonathan Groff, and Andrew Rannells on Playing Hamilton Fan Favorite King Geor

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2809 words  |  Sherie Connelly

January 11 is Alexander Hamilton’s birthday. In lieu of a 261-candled cake, we’re celebrating with a weeklong series that explores the production and significance of the Founding Father’s eponymous Broadway musical. The character of King George III appears in Hamilton for just nine minutes — and spends only six minutes and 45 seconds of that time actually singing. (The other two minutes and change are devoted to activities like strutting and doing a scene-stealing dance during “The Reynolds Pamphlet. [Read More]

Broadway Musical Jekyll and Hyde Is Becoming a Movie

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  179 words  |  Aldo Pusey

David Hasselhoff. You may know it as the musical that once starred David Hasselhoff, or as the source material for that Hugh Jackman Oscar opening number. But now, Deadline is reporting that Birdman writer Alexander Dinelaris has written a script for a movie version of the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde. Though the original production opened in 1997 to “mixed critical reviews,” as Deadline puts it, it did well enough with audiences to run for three years (about as long as that Spiderman musical and, hey, they make plenty of those movies. [Read More]

Bryce Hall Knows Youre Obsessed, But Really, He Didnt Cheat on Ex Addison Rae

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  417 words  |  Janel Helmers

Bryce Hall knows you’re “Obsessed” with his relationship with She’s All That actress and fellow TikTok star Addison Rae, so he took to YouTube Thursday to clarify a few things: The pair broke up about a month ago, he did not cheat despite the gossip you might have heard, and — despite Hall initiating the split — he and Rae remain friends that talk “like, everyday.” Said Hall in a video titled “we broke up. [Read More]

Cartoonist Michael DeForge Talks Adolescence, Anxiety, and Working in a Porn Shop

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1647 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Cover of Michael DeForge’s First Year Healthy. In the world of comics, there’s no shortage of narratives about adolescence. But you’ve probably never read one as memorably surreal as Michael DeForge’s Big Kids. DeForge is one of the most inventive and prolific cartoonists working today, producing pieces in the form of book-length narratives or short pieces compiled in his periodic series Lose. His work runs a bizarre gamut, from invented biographies of hideously deformed Canadian monarchs to the tender inner monologue of a misshapen bird. [Read More]

Charlie Sheens Live Show Is Terrible

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  239 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Reports are emerging from Charlie Sheen’s first performances of his Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour — and predictably, it does not look good. Firsthand accounts from Saturday’s tour kickoff in Detroit saw disappointed fans booing and leaving before the show was even over. The show was so poorly received, Sheen ended it twenty minutes early. Still, fans seemed to want to like it: After all, there were girl-on-girl makeouts (two of Sheen’s “goddesses”); countless violent clips from Sheen’s movies, including Platoon and Apocalypse Now; and obsessively weird diatribes. [Read More]

Check Out the Damn Fine New Vinyl for the Twin Peaks Soundtrack

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  114 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Head on over to your nearest diner and dance aimlessly by the counter in celebration, because a David Lynch– and Angelo Badalamenti–approved reissue of the Twin Peaks soundtrack is finally being released. Death Waltz unveiled the LP on Monday, which includes a pressed “Damn Fine Coffee”–colored 12-inch vinyl and a gatefold sleeve featuring lyrics and liner notes by supercomposer Badalamenti himself, with artist Sam Smith designing the Black Lodge–esque tiled jacket. [Read More]

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Is No Chicken Run, But Really, What Is?

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  947 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Playing on Netflix, Aardman’s sequel to its 2000 animated hit might not fully capture the magic of the original, but it’s still fun. It’s hard sometimes to remember the massive hype surrounding the original Chicken Run back in 2000. It was the first feature-length animated film from stop-motion company Aardman Studios, which had won viewers’ hearts with the multiple-Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit shorts. Everybody loved Aardman — critics, ordinary moviegoers, film snobs, kids — because its animation was distinctive, its stories charming, its visual wit dazzling. [Read More]

Chris DElia Accused of Soliciting Nude Photos From Underage Girls

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  903 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Chris D’Elia Stand-up comedian Chris D’Elia has been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct, including soliciting nude photos from minors, by a growing list of women this week. His role as a comedian and pedophile in You’s second season in late 2019 has prompted a flurry of allegations from women that his character in the Netflix series mirrors his actual life almost exactly. On June 16, a woman on Twitter named Simone Rossi began a thread by referencing D’Elia’s You role, tweeting, “I still can’t believe netflix cast chris d’elia as the pedophile in season to of ‘you’ like the literal IRONY. [Read More]

Chris Distefano on the Insane Workload of a Comedian and His Comedy Central Half Hour

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2680 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Every year, Comedy Central hands out half-hour specials to up and coming standups as part of its series The Half Hour. NYC-based comedian Chris Distefano has the honor of kicking off the new season of The Half Hour, with his special set to air this Friday at midnight. Distefano rose up via NYC’s comedy scene before making the jump to television. He performed his first network standup set last year on Letterman, is currently a regular on MTV2’s Guy Code, Guy Court, and MTV’s Girl Code. [Read More]

Christine Quinn Lives Rent Free in the Selling Sunsets Season-6 Trailer

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  186 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Can’t unring this bell. The trailer for season six of Netflix’s Selling Sunset has almost everything we need: a giant but empty house in L.A., car doors opening and closing, and two new victims Realtors named Nicole Young and Bre Tiesi. But don’t worry, ex-Sunset seller Christine Quinn still lives rent free in Mary Fitzgerald’s head, the HBIC while the remaining Oppenheimer goes gallivanting across Europe. The trailer contains a multitude of potential storylines, ranging from Chrishell Stause’s “awakening” with G-Flip to new girl Bre, mother to one of Nick Cannon’s many children, catching the ire of former new girl Chelsea Lazkani. [Read More]