The Washington PostSean Spicer Sean Spicer’s first month on ‘Dancing With the Stars’: Low scores, mockery — and no sign of being voted offThe Washington PostDespite the backlash, Spicer is doing just fine. Although he has consistently received some of the worst scores from the judges (he got the lowest score of any contestant on Monday’s episode) and lots
The Washington PostEntertainment Tuesday night TV: The premiere of the Bourne spinoff series “Treadstone”The Washington Post - By Hau ChuThe Conners (ABC at 8) Becky takes up bartending for extra money, but Dan is concerned. The Flash (CW at 8) Barry’s death is foretold, and he tries to defy the inevitable end. NCIS (CBS at 8) A crime Arlington
The Washington PostEntertainment Daring idea, but flawed e xecution, in ‘Day of Absence’The Washington Post - By Celia WrenIn Theater Alliance’s season opener, singularity is an asset and a flaw. An ingenious and daring directorial idea makes the production a noteworthy meditation on both race relations and showbiz history.
The Washington PostEntertainment The second season of ‘Succession’ ended with a satisfying twist we should have seen comingThe Washington Post - By Sonia RaoNote: This story contains spoilers for the season finale of “Succession,” which aired Sunday night. Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe recently spoofed the main title theme to HBO’s “Succession” by singing about
The Washington PostBernardine Evaristo Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share the 2019 Booker PrizeThe Washington Post - By Ron CharlesBreaking the Booker Prize rules, the judges named both Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo winners of the 2019 Booker Prize on Monday night in London. Atwood won for “The Testaments,” her long-awaited
The Washington PostDisney Channel Disney spent the day reminding us of the truly bizarre films it made in the ’70s and ’80sThe Washington Post - By Travis M. AndrewsDisney decided to mine our collective nostalgia to hype its new streaming service Disney+ Monday by tweeting out images of nearly everything it has ever made — except, of course, “Song of the South” —
The Washington PostRonan Farrow Ronan Farrow’s dark memoir puts the media at the center of intersecting conspiraciesThe Washington PostFarrow’s dark memoir of the era in which he helped unearth the abuses of Harvey Weinstein unfolds like a classic noir. He opens on a suspicious conversation between a pair of criminals, and then whisks
The Washington PostAli Wong Ali Wong’s hilarious oversharing continues — this time in book formThe Washington Post - By Rachel RosenblitIf Ali Wong’s preschool-age daughters ever actually read the comedic memoir meant for them, “Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life,” they will collect some mighty
The Washington PostEntertainment Life lessons from a mole — and a man who made a living catching themThe Washington Post - By Timothy R. SmithThe little burrowing mole is a marvel of nature. Though nearly blind, a mole is perfectly adapted, with large forepaws and a keen sense of smell, to tunnel its way through earth, in search of worms. Industrious
The Washington PostEntertainment 16 things to do in the D.C. area this weekThe Washington Post - By Going Out Guide staff‘Judy Chicago — The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction’ at the National Museum of Women in the Arts : Few ways to wind down a career of pioneering feminist art are bolder than titling an exhibition
The Washington PostNetflix ‘El Camino’ is a reminder that Walter White saved Jesse Pinkman, but Netflix might have saved both of themThe Washington Post - By Travis DeShong“El Camino” arrived on Netflix on Friday, picking up where “Breaking Bad” left off: with a bruised and abused Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) escaping a meth compound run by neo-Nazis, exhilarated and uncertain
The Washington PostEntertainment Don’t believe it if they claim ‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down’ isn’t for you. It is.The Washington Post - By Peter MarksTo be welcomed, respectfully, into a theater and yet be told the performance isn’t really meant for you makes for an unusual psychological adjustment. This admonitory greeting isn’t necessarily a turnoff;
The Washington PostEntertainment Monday night TV: The season finale of the cult hit “Lodge 49”The Washington Post - By Hau Chu9-1-1 (Fox at 8) Workers are stuck in a high-rise while the building is undergoing a fire drill. All American (CW at 8) Spencer weighs where he wants to play football. Dancing with the Stars (ABC at 8)
The Washington PostMike Pompeo A reporter grilled Mike Pompeo about Ukraine. He accused her of working for the DNC.The Washington Post - By Brittany ShammasNancy Amons, a longtime investigative reporter at Nashville’s WSMV, had just seven minutes to interview Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while he was in town on Friday to speak to a group about religious
The Washington PostEntertainment SNL’s ‘Joker’ parody takes on Sesame Street as David Harbour becomes the ‘Grouch’The Washington Post - By Travis M. Andrews“Would you do me one favor? Would you call me ‘the Grouch’?” says David Harbour, his face painted green and his body wrapped in a mink coat. It’s the crowning line of “Saturday Night Live’s” best sketch
The Washington PostEntertainment The 5 most bonkers scenes from Lifetime’s ‘College Admissions Scandal’ movieThe Washington Post - By Emily YahrIt is here. It has arrived. The Lifetime movie version of the college admissions scandal — evocatively titled “The College Admissions Scandal" — aired Saturday night. And it is, as anticipated, pretty
The Washington PostEntertainment SNL skewers CNN’s LGBTQ town hall for Democratic hopefulsThe Washington Post - By Travis M. Andrews“Saturday Night Live” catches a lot of flak from the political right for focusing its satirical crosshairs on President Trump and his administration as the opening sketch nearly every weekend. Well, those
The Washington PostJulie Andrews Julie Andrews shares a behind-the-scenes look at the opening sequence of ‘The Sound of Music’The Washington Post - By Julie Andrews with Emma Walton HamiltonThe following comes from the book “Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years.” In this excerpt, Julie Andrews looks back on filming the iconic opening sequence of “The Sound of Music.” Ironically, most
The Washington PostEllen Degeneres Ellen DeGeneres, George W. Bush and the evolving dynamics of celebrity politicsThe Washington Post - By Sonia RaoWhat began with an unexpected photograph became a full-fledged ethical debacle. The pop culture sphere was consumed this week by the friendship between daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and former
The Washington PostEntertainment This Weekend’s Best TV: ‘Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America’ examines the genreThe Washington Post - By Hau ChuCrikey! It’s the Irwins (Animal Planet at 8) Robert goes for a swim with a 12-foot python. Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet at 9) The older dogs get a retirement home built for them. Amanda to the (Animal
The Washington PostEntertainment Unlearning RaceThe Washington PostBut now Williams has reflected, and he finds blackness lacking. Not just blackness but whiteness, too, and any divisions and hierarchies based on race or color, those resilient constructs to which Americans
The Washington PostEntertainment Dav Pilkey credits his ADHD for his massive success. Now he wants kids to find their own ‘superpower’The Washington Post - By Michael CavnaBy any measure in publishing, cartoonist Dav Pilkey is a rock star. The children’s author created his characters Captain Underpants (a superhero for grade-schoolers) and Dog Man (a hound-supercop) while
The Washington PostEntertainment You’ll groove to the pop hits in this stage revival of ‘Footloose.’ And nothing else.The Washington Post - By Peter MarksThe world had pretty much forgotten that “Footloose” was turned into a mediocre stage musical — until the Kennedy Center took it upon itself to remind us. Well, one would have to posit that this was not
The Washington PostJesse Plemons Whatever happened to Jesse Pinkman? Thanks to ‘El Camino,’ now we know.The Washington Post - By Hank StueverNote: This review discusses some plot details in Netflix’s “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.” What it comes down to is this: Is Jesse Pinkman better off in our imaginations, peeling away with a cathartic
The Washington PostEntertainment Inside Trump’s fight with the FBI: Partisan showdowns and human dramaThe Washington PostThe central character in this story is not Trump but Comey, a “man of unimpeachable integrity” and “natural charm,” in Stewart’s telling, caught in a situation not of his own making — at least at first.
The Washington PostEntertainment Heartbreaking recollections of the September day that changed everythingThe Washington PostGraff conducted hundreds of interviews and culled even more from more than 2,000 oral histories. Rather than telling the stories one after the other, like a horrific version of Groundhog Day, he breaks
The Washington PostChristopher Wylie Inside the unscrupulous world of social-media manipulation with a penitent whistleblowerThe Washington PostWylie returns in 2019 with a tell-all book called “Mindf*ck” that takes readers into some of the darkest corners of social media manipulation while at the same time showcasing one man’s journey as a self-styled
The Washington PostThe Addams Family Why the appeal of the Addams family endures, up through its new animated movieThe Washington Post - By Michael CavnaCharles Addams’s ashes may well be interred at his Hamptons estate’s pet cemetery, but the inspired creatures sired by his macabre imagination refuse to die. The clan of cartoon matriarch Morticia Addams
The Washington PostEntertainment ‘Wild Game’ is an eloquent — and lurid — tale of a mother-daughter bond gone awryThe Washington Post - By Marion WinikThe title “Wild Game,” now attached to Adrienne Brodeur’s memoir about her exceptionally complicated relationship with her mother, was meant for another book entirely. Brodeur’s mother, Malabar, a food
