Smart, fierce, and extremely good at wearing suits, Detective Jackie Curatola was not playing around on Blue Bloods. But behind the scenes, actress Jennifer Esposito was suffering through an intense health crisis that tarnished her experience on the show.
Read MoreRyan Murphy's shows can be incredibly cynical, but Hollywood season 1 actually has a happy ending, in which — after some minor setbacks — everything pretty much works out for the better. While the series is inspired by the real world of mid-century show biz, it proposes a very different history.
Read MoreThe bottled-up nature of thriller The Vast of Night means viewers will spend a lot of time with the protagonists, Fay Crocker and Everett. That's a ton of airtime to wonder where you've seen the small cast before. And, trust us, you've seen Fay Crocker before.
Read MoreStar Wars fans have gotten a veritable bounty of casting information regarding the hotly anticipated second season of The Mandalorian. Among the most intriguing tidbits is a report claiming that Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant is playing a character with a surprising connection to the Star Wars canon.
Read MoreBinge-watchers who have already gobbled up the PG version of Sex & The City that is Sweet Magnolias might want to see more of the show's principal actors. If you took a liking to Erik over the first season, you're in luck, because the actor behind him has a healthy list of credits to dive into next.
Read MoreWith decades of lore to digest, getting a grip on a character like Spock can be difficult. So, we've put together a bit of a primer on a character who's lived long and prospered throughout Trek's many incarnations.
Read MoreThe Lovebird stars Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae as a couple caught in the middle of a confusing catastrophe. If you're wondering where you've seen Nanjiani before, from stand-up comedy to a future stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here's why Kumail Nanjiani looks so familiar.
Read MoreEven as marvelously head-spinning as the season was, Ozark's creators saved some of the season's biggest shocks for for a finale that, well, we still haven't quite recovered from. Here's what makes that fateful hug such a powerful moment.
Read MoreDespite the two-steps-forward-one-step-back development strategy on Disney and Lucasfilm's promised Obi-Wan Kenobi series, new information and rumors continue to trickle out. According to unconfirmed reports by The Illuminerdi, Ahsoka Tano will appear on the Disney+ show.
Read MoreThere's far more to Interstellar than space ships, black holes, and mysterious libraries. From the film's original director to real-life discoveries, here's the untold story of Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic.
Read MoreIt turns out that The Empire Strikes Back contained some surprising foreshadowing — of George Lucas' love of tinkering with his films. It's recently come to light that Lucas insisted on adding three new shots to the end of the movie after it had already premiered.
Read MoreBy the season 5 finale, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power had gone full circle. Catra and She-Ra had found their way back to one another, but would it last? And was their relationship — which could be the difference between saving or ending the galaxy — the same? Here's the ending explained.
Read MoreWhen CBS launched its second spinoff of NCIS, it introduce us to a fresh squad of agents in an exciting new locale. One of the agents who fans came to admire was Meredith 'Merri' Brody, played by actress Zoe McLellan, but her departure after two seasons was strange. Here's why it really happened.
Read MoreFrom groaning tortoises in the throes of passion to filling dead chickens with walnuts, it's all in here. So start banging your coconut shells together as we gallop through the secrets behind some of the most bizarre sound effects in recent movie history.
Read MoreNetflix's new comedy of mistaken identity features the triumphant return of David Spade opposite the hilarious Lauren Lapkus as his accidental date, Missy. While Spade and Lapkus should certainly ring bells, there's also a good reason Spade's intended paramore (the other Melissa) looks so familiar.
Read MoreThere's no true way to know what's what until Scream 5 actually hits the theaters, but fortunately, the fans have been fed a few juicy nuggets of information — and one of them just happens to be something that franchise loyals will be extremely delighted to hear.
Read MoreKathrine Narducci has cropped up in several films thematically centered on the shady side of life, and while she expresses no personal proclivity for the genre, it has led to her crossing paths with some of the bigger names plying their craft on the screens both big and small.
Read MoreIn his exclusive interview with Looper, director Walt Dohrn had plenty to say about Trolls' unconventional release situation, how much thought went into creating the movie's musical world (spoiler: quite a bit), and why Trolls World Tour is the perfect movie to get you through the stay-at-home era.
Read MoreSweet Magnolias is a break-out moment for Al-Jaleel Knox. Even among the dazzling firmament of rising stars on Netflix, Knox is a stand-out in what is easily his most prominent role to date. But those with even a passing interest in the superhero genre have likely seen his face at least once before.
Read MoreThese Netflix shows are fantastic, but to avoid any awkward questions about your own private life, you probably shouldn't let your parents catch you watching them.
Read MoreActress Ashley Eckstein might be best known for voicing Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, but she's a hero in real life too, thanks to her efforts to stamp out bullying in geek spaces and improve fans' mental health.
Read MoreNetflix's action-packed thriller, Extraction, succeeds on the muscular back of leading man Chris Hemsworth. Now, eagle-eyed fans have spotted a possible Easter egg that links this Russo Brothers-produced romp to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and it, too involves Hemsworth's back.
Read MoreLike a true magician, Christopher Nolan hid his twist in plain sight. Here's how.
Read MoreThe Disney+ original Star Wars series The Mandalorian is full of memorable characters — one of whom almost didn't stick around for very long. Creator and showrunner Jon Favreau dropped the bomb during a roundtable discussion featured in an episode of Disney Gallery focused on the show's cast.
Read MoreMatt Reeves' upcoming The Batman, which boasts an all-star cast, also features Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot, otherwise known as the villainous Penguin. According to Farrell, however, the Penguin may not play a huge role in The Batman.
Read MoreSince Darth Maul’s first appearance, he's quickly rocketed into fan-favorite status. But there’s a lot of misinformation out there about the Sith apprentice. Fortunately, Looper is here to debunk these myths and set the record straight about one of the galaxy's greatest baddies.
Read MoreThe fact that The Mandalorian's title character became such a compelling protagonist from behind an expressionless mask is nothing short of miraculous, and Pedro Pascal deserves a bounty of praise. Of course, Pascal didn't work alone.
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