Month: November 2021

Donald Glover released a Halloween treat for “Atlanta” fans with the first glimpse of season 3. In a tweet titled “Happy Halloween,” Glover pointed to a site named Gilga.com, which displayed a minute long trailer of the new season. Alongside stark imagery and Sun Ra’s haunting “It’s After The End of the World,” the trailer ends on a shot of Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) wearing a shirt reading “FAKE” in front of servants facing the wall. The trailer ends by teasing a 2022 release. In Sept. 2020, FX Networks and FX Productions chairman John Landgraf said “Atlanta” faced a pandemic-forced production shutdown that pushed its release date back from 2021. The third and fourth seasons of “Atlanta” were shot and written together, with one season set in Atlanta while the other takes pla...

WASHINGTON: Kal Penn (born Kalpen Suresh Modi), one of the most prominent Indian-Americans in US public life, has revealed he is gay. His disclosure came at a time American society, barring small clusters of conservatism, is more open and accepting of so-called LGBTQ rights, even as they have won more representation in the Biden administration that any before, including a cabinet ranking post. “I discovered my own sexuality relatively late in life compared to many other people,” Penn said in an interview to People magazine, which ironically had once listed him as one of the most eligible bachelors in America. “There’s no timeline on this stuff. People figure their s*** out at different times in their lives, so I’m glad I did when I did.” The interview is a prelude to his new memoir, “...

Unlike patriarch Logan Roy in "Succession," the HBO series star Brian Cox is not known for holding his tongue.  The 75-year-old actor is not shying away from expressing his personal and harsh views on major Hollywood stars such as Johnny Depp, Steven Seagal and Quentin Tarantino, among others, in his new memoir "Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," which was released Thursday in the U.K. USA TODAY received an advanced reader's copy of the book, which is due out in the U.S. on Jan. 18.  The Emmy-winning actor, the first to play Dr. Hannibal Lecter on the big screen in 1986's "Manhunter," writes that he turned down a role to play the Governor in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. Cox writes that the part "would have a money-spinner" but would have been "thankless" in the franchise "that's...

Photo: Jim Spellman/Getty Images Former Obama staffer/former Kumar Kal Penn came out as gay and managed to include a memoir tease and a boyfriend reveal to boot. Penn spoke to People magazine October 31, explaining that he’d been dating Josh (no last name given) for 11 years. “I discovered my own sexuality relatively late in life compared to many other people,” he said. “There’s no timeline on this stuff.” Penn said that his family was supportive when he came out: “When you’ve already told your Indian parents and the South Asian community that you intend to be an actor for a living, really any conversations that come after that are super easy....

Hilaria Baldwin posted images of husband Alec Baldwin and her young children in Halloween costumes Sunday following a recent on-set shooting in New Mexico in which he was involved that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead. "Parenting through this has been an intense experience, to say the least," Hilaria Baldwin wrote along with a videos and pictures of her husband and children in costumes. "Today, we rallied to give them a holiday. Last min costumes…a little hodge-podge…but they were so happy and that warmed my mama heart." Hilaria went on to post emojis that indicated her children give them love. She also issued a heart and a pumpkin emoji in celebration of Halloween. The Instagram post comes a day after the Baldwins spoke to photographers in Vermont, when Alec said he is coop...

CLEVELAND — Like many awards shows during the pandemic, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosted a virtual induction ceremony in 2020. On Saturday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, where the organization’s museum is based, the event returned with a powerful lineup to laud its 36th annual class: a former United States president, Taylor Swift and a Beatle. A video introduction for Jay-Z that flaunted the New York City rapper’s wide reach opened with a tribute from Barack Obama. “I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to Montgomery,” said Obama, who spoke in the package alongside Beyoncé, Chr...

CLEVELAND — Like many awards shows during the pandemic, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosted a virtual induction ceremony in 2020. On Saturday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, where the organization’s museum is based, the event returned with a powerful lineup to laud its 36th annual class: a former United States president, Taylor Swift and a Beatle. A video introduction for Jay-Z that flaunted the New York City rapper’s wide reach opened with a tribute from Barack Obama. “I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to Montgomery,” said Obama, who spoke in the package alongside Beyoncé, Chr...

CLEVELAND — Like many awards shows during the pandemic, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosted a virtual induction ceremony in 2020. On Saturday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, where the organization’s museum is based, the event returned with a powerful lineup to laud its 36th annual class: a former United States president, Taylor Swift and a Beatle. A video introduction for Jay-Z that flaunted the New York City rapper’s wide reach opened with a tribute from Barack Obama. “I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to Montgomery,” said Obama, who spoke in the package alongside Beyoncé, Chr...