Critic’s Notebook: ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Held an Unflattering Mirror Up to America

“We’re the modern-day Brady Bunch with a kick,” she said in the premiere of E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the reality TV show dedicated to chronicling the lives of the eight Kardashian-Jenners. Of course, the finale of KUWTK does not mean the Kardashians are going anywhere. The show catapulted the Kardashian-Jenners to unthinkable levels […]

Seth MacFarlane Sets ‘Ted’ Live-Action TV Prequel at Peacock

Ted, the feature film franchise written and directed by Seth MacFarlane, is coming back as a live-action TV series for Peacock. A multicamera comedy was rumored to be the take Rovner and MacFarlane discussed, but that has not yet been locked in. Released in 2012 by Universal Pictures and MRC Films, Ted became the highest-grossing […]

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Sets Broadway Return, Replaces Scott Rudin

“I do not want any controversy associated with me to interrupt Broadway’s well deserved return, or specifically, the return of the 1500 people working on these shows,” said the embattled theater uber-producer at the time. After New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Broadway League announced that the theater industry would turn its lights back […]

Cannes Festival Adds Ari Folman, Gaspar Noe, Bill Murray Titles to Lineup

In an announcement made Thursday, the animated feature Where Is Anne Frank? from Oscar-nominated Israeli director Ari Folman, best known for Waltz With Bashir, was included as an out of competition title, rounding out the official selection titles. Fully vaccinated travelers from orange-list countries — which also include most of Africa and Asia — will […]