Why Daveed Diggs Finally Said Yes to Playing Frederick Douglass forThe Good Lord Bird

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He embodies a million contradictions, a human hero rather than a perfect one. Or I had been supposed to read it, which means I probably read about a third of it. But that was about it. So once you got the part, did you go on a binge?I did. I read a bunch of his autobiographies....

October 19, 2020 · 5 min · 1003 words · Dr. Lisa Bradley MD

You Can’t Put Quinta Brunson in a Box

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (you could read more about the methodology at the link above.) Next up isQuinta Brunson. FromMartintoAnchormanto Chaplin, I was obsessed that was the first sign that I wanted to be in the arena. Someone giving you free money to do something is very motivating. Describe your comedy in five words.Subtle, objective, enjoyable, comforting, caring. If you werent a comedian, what would you be doing?...

October 19, 2020 · 2 min · 368 words · Carlos Jimenez

Brian Wilson As Surprised As You Are the ‘Beach Boys’ Are Performing at a Trump Event Today

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump benefit today in Newport Beach. Zero,the pair toldVarietySunday through a spokesperson. We didnt even know about it, and were very surprised to read about it in the Los AngelesTimes. Sources Related Tags:

October 18, 2020 · 1 min · 56 words · Abigail Allen

FargoRecap: Crime Jazz

Fargo Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Life seems pretty normal, then one day the headlines shift. A well-known socialite has been gunned down outside a snooty hospital. Could it have something to do with the female fugitives who escaped from the nearby prison? And what about that raid on the downtown jazz club? Even if neither side wanted this war, theres no going back from here....

October 18, 2020 · 3 min · 529 words · Philip Parker

Issa Rae Goes to Prom in HerSNLMonologue

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Im ready to go all the way yall. It felt really awkward for my life to be going so good, Rae recalled. It was rude to be peaking while democracy was collapsing. Related Tags:

October 18, 2020 · 1 min · 49 words · Courtney Schneider

Just Because Issa Can’t ExplainLovecraft CountryDoesn’t Mean You Should Skip It in CutSNLSketch

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theres a lot going on in your favorite Black space-demon show. It has race, gender, witches. Or maybe theyre monsters? Luckily, Kenan Thompsons character has been drinkingallllllllday and has Issas back. Hold up, give it to me one more time. I think Im about to get it! That junk is deep! Related Tags:

October 18, 2020 · 1 min · 68 words · Daniel Miller

Pandemic Dining Somehow Isn’t the Worst Part of Issa Rae’sSNLDate

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But how exactly does she know them? And one might be a homeless rose salesman? I dont have the best luck with guys, she tells her confused date. They all end up crazy. Her job, as Times Squares first woman of color Elsa, also explains a lot. Related Tags:

October 18, 2020 · 1 min · 64 words · Peggy Lewis

The Walking Dead: World BeyondRecap: A New Hope

The Walking Dead: World Beyond Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. And by that measure,World Beyondmight be a little too comfortable. In theory, the thing that makesWorld Beyonddifferent thanThe Walking DeadorFear the Walking Deadis its point of view. But this week, the show approaches Silass backstory and bungles it. But even while leaning into this old cliche in a series of flashbacks,World Beyondweirdly obfuscates Silass backstory....

October 18, 2020 · 2 min · 266 words · Jose Vega

Tiffany ‘Notvanka’ Trump IsSNL’s Relatable Millennial

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But, I mean, Im a step-child named Tiffany. Daddys always taken, she adds, the six-foot social-distance rule with me. Eric can relate to that. Related Tags:

October 18, 2020 · 1 min · 41 words · Emily Holloway

Run the Jewels Can Tell You the Exact Moment 2020 Went to Hell

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I was like, Its just not the time to do a live show. That idea started to gain some traction and then Ben and Jerrys stepped to us. We dropped this record and then it was like we Zoomed about it for five months. Weve been dying to just get together and rap because thats what we do....

October 17, 2020 · 3 min · 612 words · David Taylor

Sacha Baron Cohen Listened to ‘Conservative Men Go to the Toilet for 5 Hours’ to Prank Mike Pence

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In a Donald Trump disguise, of course. Obviously, Im wearing a fat suit. How do I get in and how do I get out? This fat suit is huge. We were surrounded by Secret Service and police and internal security. Very nice work indeed. Related Tags:

October 17, 2020 · 1 min · 61 words · Peter Carr

An Oral History ofRequiem for a Dream

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I guess the preproduction on this was years and years, he said. It was a lot of my childhood and youth. It took on uncompromisingly dark material with such an exuberant sense of style and boundless energy. It completely blew my mind, that book, and just made me start thinking about being a storyteller. I was like, Oh, Ill adapt that....

October 16, 2020 · 17 min · 3452 words · Dwayne Hamilton

Biden Beat Trump in the Town Hall TV-Ratings Battle

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. NBCs pre-primetime programming isnt anywhere near as strong. The VPs most recent broadcast town hall on NBC last week drew just 6.7 million viewers. Related Tags:

October 16, 2020 · 1 min · 41 words · Richard Lopez