Posts by Zach Dionne
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Billy Eichner Is Working on a New Sitcom; These Are the ‘Billy on the Street’ Guests He Needs to Have on the Show
America’s preeminent crazy person, Billy Eichner, is getting a second television show. This one, unlike Fuse and Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street, will be a scripted sitcom costarring Julie Klausner on USA.
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‘Gotham’ Trailer: Batman Minus Batman
Fox’s ‘Gotham’ — which got an official series pickup Monday — will feature the folks who’ll grow up to become the Penguin, Catwoman, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, and the Joker.
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‘Orange Is the New Black’ Gets a Third Season
Also in the Afternoon Links: A new jam from Usher, a poster for Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight,’ and the first Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie joint since ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith.’
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This Is What It Feels Like to Get Excited About a Lil Wayne Song Again
Just a few years ago, Lil Wayne was astonishing — the most exciting megawatt musician alive, on fire after three mind-boggling mixtapes and the platinum-in-a-week ‘Carter III.’ Then things went south, fast.
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Box Office Top Five: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Opens the Season With a $92 Million U.S. Debut
The new take on the franchise still isn’t as big as the Tobey Maguire years, but it’s not by any means a flop.
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Woody Allen’s Endless Casting Quest Leads Him to Joaquin Phoenix
Also in the Afternoon Links: The first trailer for ‘Girl Meets World,’ a lovable sitcom star joins Martin Scorsese’s HBO rock show, and Samuel L. Jackson likes porn.
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The Definitive, Subjective Ranking of Every Single Episode of ‘Louie’
All 39 episodes, ranked and discussed in advance of Monday’s Season 4 premiere.
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Usher Is Our New Michael Jackson Music Delivery System
“Love Never Felt So Good,” from the forthcoming album ‘XSCAPE,’ was premiered with some moonwalk action from Mr. Raymond.
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Nothing Can Prepare You for the Lego Episode of ‘The Simpsons’
Sunday’s Lego Simpsons episode isn’t just going to be Lego-y for the hell of it — it’s actually going to feature a plot that spans the worlds of animation and toy bricks. Also in the Afternoon Links: A teaser for Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter V,’ a neat director for Zach Galifianakis’s FX pilot, and some folks rumored to take over ‘The Late Late Show.’
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Fox Is Developing the (Perhaps Inevitable) Boston Marathon Bombing Miniseries
Rod Lurie, the writer/director behind ‘The Last Castle’ and ‘Straw Dogs,’ is in charge.
