Who Is America? ruffled plenty of feathers in 2018, but it seems like the show won’t be making a return.
Creator, star, and executive producer Sacha Baron Cohen told The Hollywood Reporter he wouldn’t be making a second season, professing that he wou…
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Bye, Fiona: Emmy Rossum announces unexpected exit from ‘Shameless’
After nine seasons on Showtime’s acclaimed Shameless, star Emmy Rossum is walking away.
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In a Facebook post made earlier this afternoon, Rossum announced her exit, bid adieu to her So…
LeBron James expertly trolls Fox News with the title of his Showtime series
“Shut Up and Dribble.”
That’s what Fox News host Laura Ingraham told LeBron James in February, part of a racially charged rant in which she claimed the NBA superstar wasn’t “educated” enough to engage with politics. Now, James is turning the insult i…
Sarah Palin interview may have been cut from Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’
Sacha Baron Cohen shows no mercy to his interviewees — except, perhaps, for one very notable exception.
At a panel for the Television Critic’s Association on Monday, Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine revealed that the Sarah Palin interview, one of the most anticipated segments of Who Is America?, might not even make it to air.
When asked when the Palin episode would air, Levine started throwing caution to the wind. “There are several people who have thrown themselves in front of buses that may not be headed their way,” he said, according to Entertainment Weekly. Read more…
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View More Sarah Palin interview may have been cut from Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’Sacha Baron Cohen got a bunch of GOP congressmen to say arming toddlers is a good idea
Am I surprised that a bunch of Republican congressman endorsed arming toddlers? No. But, as usual, I wish I had higher expectations.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show, Who Is America?, began streaming Saturday night before its official premiere on Sunday. As you probably already know thanks to Sarah Palin’s extensive complaining, it’s classic Cohen fare — the comedian has been interviewing U.S. politicians and lobbyists while wearing disguises for the past year.
In a portion of the first episode, Cohen assumes the persona of Erran Morrad, an “Israeli anti-terrorism expert” pushing a program called Kinderguardians, which would train children as young as three how to use firearms. Read more…
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View More Sacha Baron Cohen got a bunch of GOP congressmen to say arming toddlers is a good ideaForward unto premium cable: Showtime orders 10 episode live adaptation of Xbox’s ‘Halo’
Showtime is officially bringing the long awaited Halo TV series out of cryo-sleep with a 10 episode order. Network president David Nevins is describing plans for the show as Showtime’s “most ambitious series ever” and promises “personal stories with …
View More Forward unto premium cable: Showtime orders 10 episode live adaptation of Xbox’s ‘Halo’Russell Crowe will portray Roger Ailes in new series about the rise of Fox News
How did Fox television go from the house The Simpsons built into something resembling Donald Trump’s state-run news network?
A newly greenlit Showtime miniseries is set to explore the rise of Fox News, with Russell Crowe taking on the role of Roger A…