Way back in 2016, Vulture wrote of the now mostly forgotten Netflix series Bloodline that “Netflix did something it’s rarely done in its four-year history of original programming Wednesday: It canceled a show.” These days, updates on streaming series reckon with how “platforms invented cruel and unusual ways to cancel them.” Well, the great cancel-off of 2024 is officially on its way, and no show is safe. Without reputable sourcing on streaming audience numbers, there’s little way to know if your favorite piece of art content is actually a hit or just a hit with your friend group/online bubble/in-laws. Read More...
Bob Penny -- an Alabama college professor turned actor with a nearly 30-year career in Hollywood -- died on Christmas Day in Huntsville, Alabama. He was 87.
Penny spent three decades as an English professor, teaching Poetry and Prose at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During his career as a professor, Penny was an award-winning educator and acclaimed poet in his own right.
He retired from academia in 1990, after 32 years in the classroom, and turned toward his passion for performing. Read More...
Movies
A24's 'Bodies Bodies Bodies' almost had a very different ending, but director Halina Reijn and screenwriter Sarah DeLappe had another idea for how it should end.
Published on August 13, 2022 2 min read Bodies Bodies Bodies is the type of comedic horror movie to keep its audience on their toes until its final moments. However, director Halina Reijn revealed that the original script originally went in a very different direction. Read More...