Wes Anderson on his new '50s-set film 'Asteroid City,' AI and all those Tik Tok videos
โAsteroid City" is among Andersonโs most charmingly chock-full creations, a much-layered, โ50s-set fusion of science fiction, midcentury theater and about a hundred other influences ranging from Looney Tunes to โBad Day at Black Rock.โ.
New this week: 'Cry Macho,' McCreery and 'The Morning Show'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include new music from Lindsey Buckingham and Scott McCreery, as well as the return of Clint Eastwood, who has gone back to his Western roots with โCry Macho,โ starring as a former rodeo star hired to bring a young man in Mexico back to his father in the U.S. Fans of TV's โThe Morning Showโ will also get to see Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Billy Crudup kick off Season 2.
Jon Stewart will be back in the host's chair for Apple TV+
LOS ANGELES โ Jon Stewart is returning to TV, more than five years after bowing out as host of โThe Daily Showโ and with a new home at Apple TV+. Stewart will host an hour-long, current affairs series that will explore topics of national interest as well as his advocacy work, the streaming service said Tuesday. Each season of the show will have a companion podcast to โcontinue the discussion,โ Apple TV+ said. The platform also has a deal with Stewart and his production company that gives it first shot at other projects. Stewart, writer and director of the recent film โIrresistible" with Steve Carell and Rose Byrne, is also an executive producer for CBS' โThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.โStewart will be an executive producer along with host of his new Apple TV+ show, with the title yet to be announced.
Second City comedy theater for sale, 2nd time in 60 years
CHICAGO โ Chicagoโs Second City comedy theater โ where performers including Bill Murray, Steve Carell and Jordan Peele honed their skills โ has been put up for sale. In a statement released Tuesday, co-owner Andrew Alexander said a sale presents the opportunity for Second City to succeed well into the future. Privately held throughout its 61-year history, Second City suspended all its shows and classes in early March until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Second City is co-owned by Alexander and DโArcy Stuart, although its president, Steve Johnston, also has a small equity share. The theater was sold once before in the years after Bernie Sahlins, Howard Alk and Paul Sills launched the comedy theater in 1959.
A sweep for โSchittโs Creek,โ โSuccessionโ tops Emmy Awards
(The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)LOS ANGELES โ โSchitt's Creek,โ the little Canadian show about a fish-out-of-water family, made history at Sunday's Emmy Awards with a comedy awards sweep, something even TV greats including โFrasierโ and โModern Familyโ failed to achieve. The awards for Pop TV's โSchitt's Creekโ included best comedy series and trophies for its stars, including Catherine O'Hara and father-son Eugene and Daniel Levy. Moments later, his son won the award for comedy writing for โSchitt's Creekโ episode, then shared a directing award and captured the supporting actor comedy trophy. As โSchittโs Creekโ gobbled up comedy awards, that left acclaimed โInsecureโ and its creator Issa Rae empty-handed. But Black stories, Black performances and Black Lives Matter,โ he said, urging Kimmel to shout with him.
Screen Actors Guild Awards could offer Oscars preview
FILE - This Jan. 15, 2019 file photo shows finished Actor statuettes displayed during the 25th Annual Casting of the Screen Actors Guild Awards at American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, Calif. The 26th Annual SAG Awards will held on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)