IMAGINE
Usher, Priyanka Chopra, and Julianne Hough will co-host a program that claims to prove “entertainment can change the world.” Or will it be the TV version of that “Imagine” video?
Laura Bradley is a New York-based entertainment reporter for The Daily Beast. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and has previously written for Vanity Fair and Slate with a focus on television.
IN MEMORIAM
The veteran actor had already won his Emmy more than 30 years before he starred in the buoyant rom-com—and the emotional depth he brought to the role made the film a masterpiece.
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THE COMEBACK KID
The “parasocial relationship” discourse has come for one of our most beloved—and projected-upon—celebrities.
AMERICAN CRIME STORY
Sarah Paulson has become Ryan Murphy’s go-to actress for knotty antiheroes and complex villains, and with good reason—but “Impeachment” (like that fat suit) does her few favors.
FINALLY
Sony hoped Richards stepping down as host but staying on as E.P. would reduce “the disruption and internal difficulties ” the show has faced. “That clearly has not happened.”
WHAT IS A DISASTER?
“It’s like looking at yourself in the mirror and shooting yourself in the face… You couldn’t intentionally sabotage the show worse than this.”
SAY HIS NAME
The problem with this fascinating, frustrating remake isn’t that it’s didactic, but that it doesn’t seem to have much interest in being a horror movie.
AHS FOREVER
Oh, and there’s also Macaulay Culkin as a mysterious sex worker. (Spoilers!)
LIKE MAGIC
And we love everything about it.
JEOPARDIZED
“It has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show,” he said in a note to colleagues.
