‘Sports Illustrated’ Lays Off Last of Its Staffers in Photography Department
Sports Illustrated has officially laid off the last six staff photographers in their photo department. Director of photography Brad Smith confirmed: “There was a decision made through the company to...
View ArticleSuge Knight Facing Possible Life Sentence for Hit-and-Run
Suge Knight is facing charges that could land him life in prison. Marion “Suge” Knight (of Death Row Records, famous for kickstarting the careers of Tupac, Snoop Dogg, N.W.A, and other West Coast...
View ArticleFrench Electrician Claims Picasso Gave Him 271 Original Works
Did the brilliant and volatile Pablo Picasso donate 271 original works to a French electrician who worked for him? French couple Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec claim the famous painter did, but...
View ArticleSuge Knight Claims He Is Going Blind in Jail
Suge Knight appeared before a judge in downtown Los Angeles this morning, claiming he was going blind and that he was receiving inadequate care while in jail for his pending murder case. Knight asserts...
View ArticleThe First New Trailer for ‘Community’ May Seem Familiar
Community has been resuscitated by Yahoo Screen for its sixth season, and the newest trailer may remind viewers of a certain superhero sequel coming this summer. The trailer shows that things are...
View ArticleRobert Durst Arrested After Making Highly Incriminating Statement on HBO’s...
Robert Durst, focus of the HBO documentary miniseries series The Jinx (its rarely used full title is, after all, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst), was arrested by FBI agents last Saturday...
View ArticleJon Stewart Comes to Trevor Noah’s Defense
Trevor Noah was announced at the heir to The Daily Show throne, but not even 36 hours later people were outraged by a string of his questionable Tweets, which were labeled by many as sexist and...
View ArticleHBO Orders an End to Beloved ‘Game of Thrones’ Screenings at Videology in...
HBO seems to be emulating Game of Thrones’ tale of vehement possessiveness; it has brought down a tiny empire of GOT fandom, ordering a Brooklyn bar to shut down its weekly Game of Thrones screenings....
View ArticleShowtime Debuts First Episode of ‘Happyish’ Online
Showtime has shared the first full episode of its new, dark comedic satire series Happyish on their website. Happyish stars Steve Coogan as a middle-aged man who gets a new and younger boss at his...
View ArticleAmy Schumer Announces Fourth Season Renewal on ‘Letterman,’ Reveals Her “Vagina”
Inside Amy Schumer fans are gearing up for tonight’s premiere of the show’s third season, and they can rest assured knowing this won’t be their last batch of her brilliant comedy of socially conscious...
View ArticleFlavorwire Interview: Armando Iannucci Says ‘Veep’ Gets Personal in Season 2
Armando Iannucci’s characters, whether on his HBO series Veep, his BBC show The Thick of It, or that show’s film spin-off In the Loop, all share one common trait: a gift for inventive, ingenious...
View Article5 Filmmaking Lessons From Mira Nair and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Tribeca Talk
“Thank you for coming, on a nice spring day, to watch us ladies in the afternoon,” Mira Nair said with a smile, as she and Bryce Dallas Howard began their “Tribeca Talks” conversation on Saturday, as...
View ArticleFlavorwire Interview: Jim Rash on ‘Community’s’ Season 4 “Learning Curve”
When Dan Harmon was dismissed as showrunner of his NBC sitcom Community at the conclusion of its third season, much of the show’s writing staff followed suit, leaving the abbreviated fourth season with...
View ArticleEddie Murphy Is “Never Gonna Be Richard Pryor”: The Comedian’s Widow on...
If you invite Tracy Morgan to your panel discussion, you’ve gotta know what you’re getting into. The comic, actor, and general crazy person was one of five interesting folks who assembled after the...
View ArticleA Bodybuilder Reviews Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain’
For a Michael Bay movie, Pain & Gain is getting remarkably good reviews and positive buzz — even its negative notices are full of phrases like “the most charming Michael Bay movie in a long while.”...
View ArticleExclusive Video: A Morning at ‘Arrested Development’s’ Bluth Banana Stand
We’ve got less than two weeks till the debut of Arrested Development’s long awaited, eagerly anticipated fourth season on Netflix, and the network is kicking its promotional machine into high gear....
View ArticleFlavorwire Interview: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach on Creating ‘Frances Ha’...
Anyone who saw Greta Gerwig providing the soft, gooey center for Noah Baumbach’s sharply acidic Greenberg would understand why he’d want to cast her again; as the accidental love interest to Ben...
View ArticlePedro Almodovar Says His New Movie ‘I’m So Excited’ Is About “Being Horny”
The title of his new film, I’m So Excited, has a “double meaning,” Pedro Almodovar explained to the preview crowd at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater last night. Sure, the word “excited” has its...
View ArticleFlavorwire Interview: Jeff Garlin on ‘Curb,’‘Dealin’ with Idiots,’ and Why He...
Jeff Garlin’s giggle is one of the greatest things on this earth. If you’ve seen him on Curb Your Enthusiasm or listened to his wonderful By the Way podcast, you’ve heard it; it’s a full, hearty,...
View ArticleLongform You Have to Read: The Truth About David Lynch and ‘Twin Peaks’
In a world where you have more options for satisfying longform reading than ever, your friends here at Flavorwire are taking the time once a week to highlight some of the best that journalism and...
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