How ‘Mo’ Crafted its Unique Blend of Comedy, Drama, and Olive Oil

The people behind “Mo” can say with a perfectly straight face that the new Netflix comedy starts off with guns blazing. Toward the end of the pilot episode, “Hamoodi,” Mo Najjar (Mo Amer) gets caught in a shooting in a grocery store — whether it’s a “mass” shooting ends up being a topic of debate […]

TVLine Items: Netflix's Teletubbies Reboot, Pennyworth Trailer and More

Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po are back, with a celebrity friend in tow: Netflix will debut a new Teletubbies series, narrated by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt vet Tituss Burgess, on Monday, Nov. 14. Each episode features new original songs and follows the quartet “on wonder-filled adventures as they learn and grow in this 21st century […]

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Adds Catherine Keener To Ensemble In Secret Role

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominee Catherine Keener has landed a major role opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux for Warner Bros. and DC Films. Deadline recently broke the news that Brendan Gleeson would be joining ensemble as well Zazie Beetz. Warner Bros. also recently announced that the film would bow on […]

Love Life Review: Kōji Fukada Hits New Highs with a Terrific Melodrama

An enormously poignant melodrama told at the volume of a broken whisper, Kōji Fukada’s “Love Life” represents a major breakthrough for a filmmaker (“A Girl Missing,” “The Real Thing”) who’s found the perfect story for his probing but distant style. In that light, it doesn’t seem incidental that “Love Life” is a story about distance […]

Trace Adkins reveals Blake Shelton is his dream guest for new drama Monarch

Trace Adkins has been a country superstar for over 25 years but now the 60-year-old is dipping his toes into the world of acting, joining Susan Sarandon and Anna Frield in new Fox series Monarch. RELATED: Inside country music singers’ jaw-dropping homes: Carrie Underwood, Jimmie Allen, Miranda Lambert + more As well as an A-list cast, […]