For Our ConsiderationBy booking Elon Musk, Saturday Night Live is dabbling in a dangerous cult of personalityThe show’s April 2021 episodes looked a bit more like the usual SNL, with high-profile Oscar contenders Carey Mulligan and Daniel Kaluuya. But on May 8, Elon Musk is coming to crash that party. Jesse Hassenger
ClipsThe trailer for Paul Verhoeven's erotic nun thriller is extremely horny and very NSFWBritt Hayes
NewswireMatt Smith dons super blonde Targaryen wig in official House Of The Dragon imagesSaloni Gajjar
ClipsThe Daily Show spends nine minutes showing why Ted Cruz shouldn't mess with The Daily ShowDennis Perkins
Refresh Your PC Library With This Sale on Star Wars Games Star Wars PC Game Sale | Eneba | Use code MAYTHE4THBEWITHU
PreviewA not-so-Bad Batch: May’s TV premieres include Halston, Hacks, Ziwe, and moreAs the world begins to open up once more to social activities (for those who have been fully vaccinated, that is), TV is making a few big plays to keep everyone indoors this month. Danette Chavez, Saloni Gajjar, Sam Barsanti, and 1 more
A-TV ReviewsMythic Quest season 2 foregrounds one of TV’s most intimate platonic relationshipsWilliam Hughes
VideoWill Ziwe be the King Lear of the pandemic? The comedian says her show is just the first actCameron Scheetz
InventorySolo, a canceled story: 19 TV spin-offs for breakout characters that no one wantedThe A.V. Club
InventoryDon’t stop the record: 25 hidden tracks worth waiting forAnnie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Josh Modell, and 6 more
InventoryWith a little help from my friends: 26 artists whose best-known songs are coversKevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, and 11 more
RecommendsMusic hits the throttle of one of the great New York City thrillers It’s all but impossible to watch Pelham’s first 90 seconds and not think, “Oh, man, this is gonna be awesome.”Mike D'Angelo
NewswireOscars producer Steven Soderbergh alllmost says they assumed Chadwick Boseman was going to winSam Barsanti
B-ReviewsState Funeral finds absurdities and metaphors in archival footage of Stalin’s wakeIgnatiy Vishnevetsky
D+ReviewsIt’s complicated for Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish in the awful dementia rom-com Here TodayMike D'Angelo
Great Job InternetNintendo doesn’t allow partners to work with (checks notes) the YakuzaMatt Schimkowitz
B+ReviewsThe Mitchells Vs. The Machines fights off animated routine with great jokes and charactersJesse Hassenger
BTV ReviewsHamilton’s Renée Elise Goldsberry steals the show in Peacock’s fun but uneven Girls5evaSaloni Gajjar
Great Job InternetNew Zealand man paints penises on potholes in order to get them filled fasterReid McCarter
Great Job InternetSurfer who nearly died in shark attack enacts mild revenge by gaining custody of one of its teethWe still have so many little doors to open on our Shark Week (and SharkFest) advent calendars before the summer fish festival is upon us once more. But for now, there’s the story of surfer Chris Blowes’ recent victory over the authorities who tried…Reid McCarter
ClipsThe Daily Show spends nine minutes showing why Ted Cruz shouldn't mess with The Daily ShowThere’s nobody more boring than “it’s not as good as it used to be” guy. You know him—the guy (and, yes, it’s usually a guy) who hand-waves any substantive discussion of the relative merits of a long-running piece of pop culture by airily…Dennis Perkins
Great Job InternetAfter decades of avoiding it, Domino's brings back the NoidSince 1989, we’ve lived within a fragile, unspoken peace agreement, a cold war between the good citizens of Earth and Domino’s pizza. As long as humanity continued to buy Domino’s a couple of times a month because they want pizza but not, like, real…Matt Schimkowitz
Great Job InternetMcDonald's robber had to settle for a McMuffin and 6 years in prison instead of chicken nuggetsAndrew Paul
NewswireKevin Spacey assault lawsuit may be dropped if accuser remains anonymous, judge rulesBritt Hayes
B-ReviewsWith Hail Mary, the author of The Martian tries to recapture that old man-vs.-space magicAlex McLevy
ReviewsA comics icon returns with Monsters, the horror story superhero publishers wouldn’t tellOliver Sava
NewswireModest Mouse announce first album in six years, The Golden Casket, and share new single "We Are Between"Modest Mouse had their “not-quite-a-comeback” in 2015, where they released their first record in eight years, Strangers To Ourselves. But the band took another extended break from making new music until now. Modest Mouse announced that they are…Tatiana Tenreyro
NewswireYou missed your chance to buy the whole Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog for a cool $140 millionSam Barsanti
NewswireModel Ashley Smithline shares detailed account of alleged abuse during relationship with Marilyn MansonTatiana Tenreyro
NewswireExpedia is giving away Joe Jonas' hand in weird attempt to quell post-COVID travel anxietySam Barsanti