‘That 70s Show’s Danny Masterson Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

Earlier this summer, former That ’70s Show star Danny Masterson was found guilty of forcible rape charges stemming from incidents involving two women. Today, Masterson was sentenced in Los Angeles to 30 years in prison. He is currently 47 years old. Masterson was first arrested and charged with rape in the summer of 2020. The allegations against him initially surfaced in … Read more

Todd Howard Explains the Lack of Ground Vehicles in Starfield

Bethesda’s Starfield officially released yesterday after about a week of early access availability. Director Todd Howard and Xbox CEO Phil Spencer recently answered a few questions about the new game in a recent interview. Among them was why the game does not feature any ground vehicles, which Howard says was a deliberate creative decision. Starfield’s … Read more

Jimmy Fallon Accused of ‘Toxic Workplace’ at ‘The Tonight Show’

Jimmy Fallon’s appeal as a talk-show host is based on his innate likability. He seems to get along with everyone, and always be in a sunny mood. That sort of life-of-the-party quality is invaluable on television, and it’s propelled Fallon from Saturday Night Live to movies to hosting NBC’s Late Night and then on to the crown jewel of the … Read more

The Walking Dead Finds Religion In the Compelling, Odd Spinoff Daryl Dixon | TV/Streaming

Zombie attacks are relatively sparse (but fun; get ready for Daryl to trade his crossbow for a suitably medieval flail he can twirl around and swing into walker’s noggins), leaving room for Reedus to channel the wry stoicism he’s spent more than a decade cultivating in a whole new setting. Imagine “An American in Paris” … Read more

Disney Drops Claims in Lawsuit Against Ron DeSantis

The Walt Disney Co. has dropped various claims from its ongoing lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, trimming down the suit to instead focus on alleged First Amendment violations. In a complaint filed on Tuesday (via The Hollywood Reporter), Disney amended its original lawsuit, dropping Contracts Clause, Takings Clause, and Due Process Clause violations. Instead, the suit … Read more

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 6’ Script Is Supposedly ‘Too Weird’

Pirates of the Caribbean is a massive film franchise, but it’s existed in a bit of a limbo for a while now. Hopefully a weird sequel is just what it needs. The last movie in the series, Dead Men Tell No Tales, was released in 2017. Amidst assorted tabloid scandals involving star Johnny Depp, another movie … Read more

Film Forum’s Ousmane Sembène Retrospective Honors the Senegalese Master | Features

Sembène was a great activist, a man of extraordinary contradiction who brooked no dissent in his ferocious drive to speak truth to power on behalf of, yes, his people but also, I think, the shame of his colonial indoctrination as a child. His work has the sense of a man spending his life redressing his … Read more