ON AND ON AND ON...
Life at the Metropol is getting better for Alexander—which is great if you’re the Count, but bad if you’re the audience looking for an entertaining episode.
Fletcher Peters is an entertainment reporter for The Daily Beast and graduated from New York University with degrees in Journalism and Cinema Studies. She’s previously written for publications like Decider, Paste Magazine, and Jezebel.
SHOULDA NEVER EFFED AROUND
JoJo Siwa has made an embarrassment out of herself with “Karma” and the song’s edgelord music video, but the singer doesn’t seem to care at all.
YOU GOT ME
Ava Festival—now rebranded as 2 Ava 2 Fest—has returned, but the teachers are all wary about one big guest performer making an appearance.
THE FRONT LINES
Fantastic movie. Fantastic performances. But as good as Kirsten Dunst, Caille Spaeny, and Wagner Moura are, can we finally admit their characters are irritating-as-hell?
OH, SH*T
Robert Downey Jr. is a snide CIA agent in the first episode of this graphic, twisting show about the Vietnam War.
ZERO STARS
Count Alexander Rostov is at the end of his rope following the death of his grandmother, especially since Stalin is set to visit the Metropol Hotel.
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
When Janine is offered a permanent position at the district, the rest of the Abbott teachers contemplate life without their 5-foot-5 colleague.
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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
After reading the umpteenth take about Gen Z canceling Carrie Bradshaw, I couldn’t help but wonder: Are older generations really that out of touch?
‘I BLESS OUR LOVE, ALWAYS’
Will Tracy, writer of “The Menu” and “Succession,” explains the ending of his brutal, bloody, and kinky HBO show.