THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSED
Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture.
Kevin Fallon is a senior entertainment reporter at The Daily Beast. He covers film, TV, music, and all the other wonderful facets of pop culture. He has written for Newsweek, Glamour, The Week, and The Atlantic, among other publications, and attended New York University. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Access Hollywood, Nightline, and several other TV shows, and is a member of the Television Critics Association and the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association. Yes, he is related to Jimmy Fallon, assuming you are referring to the painting contractor from Long Island.
THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSED
The nostalgic book series is now a Netflix TV show that somehow appeals to everyone: young and old, guy or girl, whether you loved the books or not. How is it so good?
HOW I MET YOUR MOVIE STAR
The “How I Met Your Mother” alum stars in “Palm Springs,” a “Groundhog Day”-esque, time loop rom-com and Sundance’s biggest sale ever. It is about to make her a Very Big Deal.
SAVE US
It is beyond trite to talk about Hanks as the Celebrity Moral Compass. But, forgive us, with a new movie, “Greyhound,” and pandemic real-talk, it’s impossible not to do it again.
‘Expecting Amy’
“Expecting Amy” follows Schumer as she battles complications of her pregnancy while planning her 2019 Netflix special, a docuseries rife with her trademark unflinching honesty.
THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSED
Everything we can’t stop loving, hating, and thinking about this week in pop culture.
THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSED
Coronavirus cases are on a data trajectory to outer space, yet Christopher Nolan and cinema chains are hellbent on opening this summer. Hey everyone: It’s not worth it.
PASS THE MIC
How do you promote a TV show during a historic civil rights movement? How do you amplify change without being an obnoxious celeb? The “NOS4A2” star invites us into his approach.
YOUR SHOT
The energy that manifests in a live staged performance—in the room where it happens, if you will—fizzles when filtered through a TV screen. But “Hamilton” still has much to offer.
DON’T LOOK AWAY
“Welcome to Chechnya” follows persecuted LGBT+ Russians fleeing a gay purge. Director David France embeds in the rescue effort. He also wants to know why we’re ignoring it.
