The Immortal Kevin Fitzpatrick was born and raised in New York City, and that doesn't make sense. Kevin wears many hats, including actor, editor, and writer, but never yellow. The best things in life are Back to the Future, beets, Firefly and The Venture Bros. When not picking apart the minutia of pop culture in film and TV, Kevin can usually be found RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
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MTV Tries to ‘Get Out’ of Upside Down in ‘Stranger Things’ Parody
Stranger Things may have moved from the Upside Down to whatever nightmare-scape populates Season 2, but leave it to Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards to combine two of the biggest sunken places of recent memory. Get Out meets Stranger Things in a new star-studded parody from the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards, and no tree is safe.
Netflix ‘13 Reasons Why’ Confirms Season 2 With First Teaser
Amid critical praise and affecting subject material, fans of Netflix’s book-adapted 13 Reasons Why have been uncertain of a potential second season. The 2007 Jay Asher novel has no sequel, nor does the central conceit of a teenage girl’s suicide lend itself to expansion, but 13 Reasons Why Season 2 is now confirmed by a first teaser.
NBC ‘Will and Grace’ Revival Books Fall Return With First Poster
First they dropped a surprise reunion on you, then the official revival got upped with additional episodes, and now Will & Grace are returning earlier than you thought. A first poster for the NBC favorite’s return promises a fall premiere for Karen, Will, Grace, Jack and all the rest.
Alec Baldwin Says ‘SNL’ Tried to Invite Donald Trump Back
The animosity between SNL and Donald Trump isn’t going anywhere, but it’s hard to overlook the series’ role in normalizing the then-presidential candidate. Well, as it turns out, SNL apparently tried to mend fences with its fiercest critic, inviting Trump back alongside Alec Baldwin.
One ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Character Survives Through ‘Return of the Jedi’
For as long as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rebels have been considered canon, fans have an unease with prequel-era characters that don’t show up in the original films. Rogue One at least gave us a hint at which Rebels characters endure, though the new Forces of Destiny shorts may have revealed one character who lives to fly another day.
Melissa McCarthy Makes Easter ‘SNL’ Return as Sean Spicer
It made sense of SNL to hire Melissa McCarthy for a fifth hosting gig, rather than rely on a weekly Sean Spicer impression. Nonetheless, our first live coast-to-coast SNL show managed to coax McCarthy’s Spicer out for Easter, and with an intriguing twist at that.
Jay Pharoah on ‘SNL’ Firing: ‘You Go Where You’re Appreciated’
SNL is having a banner year with its political sketches, but there’s no overlooking the absence of past favorites Jay Pharoah and Taran Killam. Pharoah in particular says the sketch comedy series had him in an “impression box,” and even had cast members commenting that he was undervalued.
‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 4 Teases Ahsoka’s Return, More ‘Clone Wars’
Star Wars Rebels gave Ahsoka Tano a slightly less ambiguous ending than her final Clone Wars appearance, but nonetheless left fans eager for explanation. Producer Dave Filoni seemed to imply we’d see her again, and now suggests Season 4 will answer that cryptic tease with even more Clone Wars returns.
‘Star Wars’ Reveals ‘Rogue One’ Ghost, Ahsoka Concept Art and More
Star Wars Celebration has only just begun, and won’t bring us details on The Last Jedi or Star Wars Rebels until the weekend, but fans of the animated branch are in for an early treat. See the fully-rendered Ghost adapted for Rogue One, and check out early concept art of The Clone Wars’ Ahsoka Tano and Cad Bane!
Charlie Murphy, ‘Chappelle’ Comic and Eddie Murphy’s Brother, Dies at 57
Every Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle fan will remember Charlie Murphy; edgier stand-up comedian and source of the famous “True Hollywood Stories” that launched Chappelle’s Show into the stratosphere. Sadly, Charlie Murphy is no longer with us, having passed away at age 57.