American Buffalo review: Sam Rockwell and Laurence Fishburne shine in David Mamet's classic

First: Am I being ripped off? Second: Am I ripping off other people enough? Those two questions am I being taken advantage of? Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss, and Laurence Fishburne in ‘American Buffalo’.Richard Termine am I taking advantage of others as much as I should? seem ever on his mind. Teach is clearly the showiest part of the play’s trio, and Rockwell digs in with relish. After welcoming you into the play with his can-do attitude, Fishburne ultimately plays that climactic boil best....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Gary Mccormick

American Crime Storytackling Clinton-Lewinsky scandal next

Simpson(which also starred Paulson) and 2018sThe Assassination of Gianni Versace. The series will premiere on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 a couple months before the next presidential election. The executive issued apassionate defenseof the project. Diana Walker/Getty Images; Tom Wargacki/WireImage Let me say something about the current environment, Landgraf said. This certainty that says, We cant have conversations, we cant make art, we cant have nuance. I wont even wait to pronounce judgment on it is toxic to the media environment....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Wanda Santiago

American Gangster

(Thanks, Imus!) Whats just as confounding is how he manages to pull it off time after time. ScottsGangsterfollows the ascension of Frank Lucas, a notorious 70s heroin kingpin played by Denzel Washington. Credit: Arthur Elgort Nobody flips a drug-trafficking metaphor better. So tall and lanky, he boasts in no hurry, my suit, it should thank me. ButGangsteris not purely a throwback album. On Fallin, the records emotional climax, Jay-Z raps frantically as the walls close in....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Jonathan Ray

American Horror Story: 1984premiere brings back serial killer Richard Ramirez

The Night Stalker previously popped up on an episode of ‘AHS: Hotel.’ Beware the Night Stalker … Ramirez, who died in 2013, is shown killing a married couple with help from March. He calls himself the Night Stalker and tells her to “swear on Satan.” Kurt Iswarienko FX In real life, Ramirez was an avowed Satanist who gave his victims the same instruction. “You’re going to be famous,” Ramirez tells Brooke....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Darius Davis

American Horror Story: 1984premiere recap: Slash and stab and step and thrust

A group of spandex-loving camp counselors converge on the site of a grisly massacre. Amid the heavy breathing comes an ominous jingle and then the knife. stabs everyone to death and takes their ears as souvenirs. Kurt Iswarienko/FX Chet (Gus Kenworthy) is a hard-bodied athlete who lost his Olympic bid on a failed drug test. Everyone is invited to join him, but Brooke declines. She fights him off with a frying pan, and he flees with a promise: Ill find you!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 162 words · Russell Cortez

American Horror Storyrecap: Kajagoogoo will be avenged

It’s ghosts versus killers versus killer ghosts as American Horror Story sets up for its final spandex showdown. Were down to the penultimate episode ofAmerican Horror Story: 1984! Glamorous ghosts in tattered nightgowns! AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 — Pictured: Zach Villa as Richard Ramirez. CR: Kurt Iswarienko FX.Kurt Iswarienko/FX (Side note: Two characters running through the rules of surviving their own horror movie? How very mid-90s meta!) And remember Bruce (Dylan McDermott)?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Robert White

American Horror Storyrecap: Licking Satan's what-now?

The ghosts of Camp Redwood are numerous, and fabulous. Gather round the campfire horror fans, for tonight we celebrate our holiest of holies! We hope you lit some candles and put out your best chinoiserie for… To kill or not to kill? AMERICAN HORROR STORY screen grab1984, Episode 5, “Red Dawn.”.FX Thats the question the Redwood ghosts get to spend eternity reckoning with. What are the ghost fashion rules?! Asking for a friend… who is a ghost....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 240 words · Kyle Lowe

American Horror Storyreveals alien and sea monster stories for season 10'sDouble Feature

Monsters have a makeout sessions in the new teaser. Part 1 is dubbedRed Tideand features pale vampiric-looking monsters from the deep. Whatever they are, they have shark-like sharp teeth and sharp shoulder pads to match. ‘American Horror Story: Double Feature’.FX Both creatures get busy making out with each other in the footage. “Two worlds collide,” the teaser states over imagery of waves clashing against sand. FX also released a new poster, which melds together the sea beasts and extraterrestrials into one haunting image....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Eric Hudson MD

American Horror Storystars past and present celebrate show's 100th episode at costume party

the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. TheAHScast weren’t the only ones celebrating the major TV milestone, though. Currently in its ninth season,AHSairs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX. LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty Images Click through the gallery for more from the 100th episode celebration. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Rachel Luna/FilmMagic Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty Images Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Cheyenne Jackson.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Erika Tyler

American Idol recap: Go, Diego, Go!

What if hes got a point? I thought to myself. Well, hold on to your Orvis catalogs. Credit: Lewis Jacobs/NBC Tonights hour proved thatIdolhas some worms left in its bait can. (Sorry, this fishing metaphor has me hooked through the gills.) Take, for example, Carly Smithson, the tattooed Irish songbird who closed tonights show. Anyhow, knowing all this, I approached Carlys audition with skepticism. Didnt she already get her shot at the Big Show?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · David Medina

American Idol recap: Hollywood Week Horror

It’s hangar time, huh! Many of Hollywood’s 212 hopefuls don’t even make it out of the airport. Welcome to sunny California, bright and shiny teens! Credit: Michael Becker/FOX Your new home is… A CAVERNOUS TOMB. And then theyd really know what they were missing. Somehow the annoying sound healer Adam Locke got onto lucky Bus No. 2 even though his piano-playing was so excruciating according to Keith. Twas a stressful time for all....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Maurice King

American Idol recap: Voters, Start Your Engines!

That would kind of describe my experience watching the first semifinal performance episode ofAmerican Idols eighth season. (Performing tonight in the Captains Banquet Hall:American Idols Stephen Fowler!) over the course of a two-hour telecast, what exactly was I expecting? Danny gives us all hope? Is that the kind of insightful critique you want to offer during your first liveIdoltelecast? Is Rickey Minor a disgruntled Archuleta fan hellbent on wrecking theIdolfranchise till Nigel Lythgoe completes a recount?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 178 words · Joseph Brown

American Idolcontestant Cecil Ray Baker arrested on burglary charge in Texas

The season 19 contestant was charged with a second-degree felony and released on bond. He has since been released on bond. According toKXXV ABC 25, Baker, 20, was arrested by Rockdale Texas Police. Cecil Ray Baker on ‘American Idol’.Christopher Willard/abc Baker’s bond was reportedly $15,000. The singer made it to the top 24 in the ongoing 19th season ofAmerican Idol. He was eliminated duringApril 11 episode, when the competition was whittled down to just 16 contestants....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Nathan Perez