Japanese Breakfast playing SNL; Robin Pecknold joining Post Malone on it this week
Japanese Breakfast will play the SNL season 47 finale, and Natasha Lyonne will make her hosting debut on the episode.
Natasha Lyonne
‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ coming to Hulu in February (watch the trailer)
The film stars Andra Day as Billie Holiday and is directed by Lee Daniels (’Precious’).
New Yorker Fest goes virtual for 2020 w/ Fiona Apple, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld & more
Plus: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Elizabeth Warren, Chris Rock, Margaret Atwood, Natasha Lyonne & Maya Rudolph, and more.
Today’s livestreams (Queen, The Killers, King Diamond, CHVRCHES, Jason Isbell, more)
plus Perfume Genius, Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby, Tinashe, Julia Holter, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.
Tribeca Film Fest 2020 lineup: films on Brian Wilson, The Go-Go’s, St. Vincent, Big Freedia, more
The 2020 lineup of TFF also includes documentaries on Ronnie Wood, DMX, Serj Tankian, Banksy, Ricky Powell, Pharrell, Yung Lean, Harry Belafonte, plus the NYC premiere of Pete Davidson's The King of Staten Island and more.
watch the ‘High Fidelity’ TV series trailer
The new television series adaptation of Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity will debut on Hulu on Valentine's Day, 2020. The series makes a few changes from both the book and the 2000 film, moving the location to Brooklyn (Crown Heights, specifically) and casting Zoë Kravitz in the lead role the record store owner who is unlucky in love...
watch new ‘John Mulaney & The Sack Bunch Lunch’ trailer w/ David Byrne and more
John Mulaney and The Sack Lunch Bunch, the new "children's musical comedy special from a man with neither children nor musical ability," hits Netflix on December 24 and, after a very All That Jazz-like teaser trailer, John's now released a preview that gives us a better idea of what to expect...
John Mulaney made a kids variety special with David Byrne & more for Netflix
John calls the Netflix special a "collage of Broadway caliber showstoppers, comedy sketches for all ages, meditations on the unknown from children and adults, and a papier mache volcano. It's funny, musical, joyous, anxious, and surprisingly profound." It's out Christmas Eve.
2019 Emmy nominations: Beyonce, Game of Thrones, Fleabag, Russian Doll, more
’Game of Thrones’ got a record-breaking 32 nominations while Beyonce's ’Homecoming’ picked up six noms. The 71st annual Emmy Awards will be given out September 22.
Sasquatch founder starts new fest, THING (inaugural lineup announced)
Adam Zacks, founder of Sasquatch Festival (RIP), has announced a brand new music, comedy, and podcast festival, THING. Kurt Vile, Violent Femmes, De La Soul, Jeff Tweedy and more play the inaugural lineup.