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‘Club Kid’ is a tender, unconventional father-son story
Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut impresses viewers with its humor and heart Estimated reading time: 4 minutes An ode to music, New York City, the LGBTQIA+ club scene and fatherhood, “Club Kid” is a film that has the potential to resonate with audiences on several personal levels. “Club Kid” screened at Culbreth Theatre Thursday night as a part of the 39th annual Virginia Film Festival. It was listed as a part of the festival’s “Gala Screenings” series, as well as its “LGBTQIA+” series.
The Best New Show on TV Is Putting AI on Trial
This Week: The TV show Im really loving. The comedy special that made me cackle. The reboot we may not actually need. Very exciting TV news. The thing that made me cry. Unlock a year of full access to The Daily Beast for $35. Monthly $1 First month then $5.99/month Unlimited access (web + app) Exclusive ad-free newsletters Commenting access Daily crossword Sneak peek of launches & events Auto-renews at $5.99 monthly.
The Best New Show on TV Is Putting AI on Trial
Kevin Fallon Fri, 23 October 2026 at 10:03 pm UTC 7 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Week: The TV show I'm really loving. The comedy special that made me cackle. The reboot we may not actually need. Very exciting TV news. The thing that made me cry.
These Reality TV Legends Are Back—And More Unhinged Than Ever Original
It can be an unsettling, unmooring experience: the surprise of seeing people you know from one context and place in a completely different arena. It’s like seeing your teacher at the grocery store as a child, or your coworker on a dating app. Wait, what are you doing here? Like a polar bear in a desert, it’s the destabilization of seeing something that doesn’t belong.
The Elizabeth Holmes Doc Is the Most WTF Movie of the Year
This week: The insane Elizabeth Holmes doc. The incredible Oscar contender. Amazing Lena Dunham news. The MVP of a certain Netflix show. Kelly Clarkson forever. Unlock a year of full access to The Daily Beast for $35. Monthly $1 First month then $5.99/month Unlimited access (web + app) Exclusive ad-free newsletters Commenting access Daily crossword Sneak peek of launches & events Auto-renews at $5.99 monthly.
The Elizabeth Holmes Doc Is the Most WTF Movie of the Year
Kevin Fallon Fri, 16 October 2026 at 9:02 pm UTC 10 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week: The insane Elizabeth Holmes doc. The incredible Oscar contender. Amazing Lena Dunham news. The MVP of a certain Netflix show. Kelly Clarkson forever. It Really Is That Good It's so rare for something to live up to the hype. Trust me. I'm a sleepy boy, and a busy boy. I would not recommend a three-hour documentary unless it was worth it.
‘We’re Screwed’: TV’s Most Prophetic Creator Sounds the Alarm
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! It might even be hopeless. That’s the prophecy elicited from TV’s most prophetic creator, Russell T. Davies. Don’t let that discourage you from watching his searing, outraged, utterly brilliant, and compulsorily urgent new series Tip Toe. Often upsetting as it might be, it’s one of the most fascinating, fiery, and transfixing series I’ve watched this year.
Why Kelly Clarkson and a $15,000 Bird Broke The Internet
The greatest news story of 2026 may perhaps be the saga of Kelly Clarkson and Molly, the animatronic bird. Here in the United States, even the most virtuous and celebrated elected leaders are subject to controversy. That’s true even of the woman we elected as our first, and forever, American Idol. I could have spent the entire holiday weekend talking about the legend of Clarkson and the Brooklyn toy store that allegedly Pretty Woman’d her. In fact, I essentially did.
The Best Movies of the Year Are Finally Hitting Theaters
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How This TV Star Survived Her Castmates’ Bullying
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! One does not necessarily expect a Real Housewife to perform Stephen Sondheim, let alone do so exquisitely. A Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member belting the forlorn ballad “Losing My Mind” from Follies on a cabaret tour sounds like an elaborate joke, making the reality star the punchline. So, color the audience stunned at Britani Bateman’s What About Me?
TV Fan Favorite Angie K. Gets Real About Her Shocking Split Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! As Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Angie Katsanevas descends the staircase at her flagship Lunatic Fringe salon, the orchestra strikes up: blow dryers blasting their shrill hum, wash basins projecting the splash from their faucets, the static sound of combs teasing hair, and the cacophonous symphony of gossip rising from every chair and station.
‘Line of Fire’: Finally, There’s a New TV Show With Ridiculous Drama Original
Shonda Rhimes perfected the complex blend of classy and certifiably bats--t television with that show, and then poured it into one of Olivia Pope’s bathtub-sized wine glasses for us to savor alongside Kerry Washington. The highest compliment I can give the new NBC drama Line of Fire is that it joins Netflix’s The Diplomat—returning soon!—as the closest series to delivering those Scandal vibes that I’ve so missed.
The Greatest Article That Has Ever Been Written
The most entertaining story I’ve ever read. • Are you a faithful or a traitor? • We just live in Veep now. Let’s All Go to the Lesbian Bar I have never been more entertained than when reading this story. I am often histrionic and hyperbolic and all other words that start with “h.” This might be the greatest story I’ve ever read. The Boston Globe published an article this week about a Massachusetts lesbian bar that suffered a crisis after it lifted mask mandates.
How This Parking Lot Became TV History Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! We are standing in the spot where history was made. It’s second nature for her at this point: dodging cars just trying to get to the abutting Dollar Tree, ignoring the raised eyebrows of patrons on their way to AutoZone. This is hallowed ground. For reality TV fans, it is holy land. Hamilton had a room. We’re in the parking lot where it happened.
Emmy-Winning ‘Widow’s Bay’ Star Could Be Heading for Oscar Original
Every award season, there is a quiet, oh-so-lovely film that moves me in every way, a contrast to the capital-C contenders that get loud, splashy Oscar campaigns and photo shoots and attention. I cherish and tend to that film like it’s my own little pet, a special creature I am so proud of and want the world to know is exceptional. I become the film’s evangelist and, often, its delusionalist, riding out award hopes to the bitter end.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ is the best show on TV
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Is the Best Show on TV. I’m Serious. Original
I can’t believe this is the coolest show on TV. • Saying goodbye to another singular talent. • Who wants to send me to Oprah’s show? • Put some respect on Sex and the City’s name. • Kelly Clarkson does it again. What if Dancing With the Stars is the best show on television? It’s been shocking to watch the resurgence of the show, which used to be a pop-culture joke, a graveyard playground for celebrities wheezing their last gasps of relevance to shimmy and shake for an Instagram like.
Why ‘The Office’ Spinoff Isn’t Haunted by Ghost of Michael Scott
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! As Alex Edelman knows, it's incredibly freeing to be an idiot. The Emmy- and Tony-winning writer-actor-comedian is certainly not one. Even Barack Obama sought him out to praise his work. But when you're intellectual and funny and empathetic and all the things it is objectively accurate to describe Edelman as, man, it is a respite to escape for a while and be just plain dumb.
Why ‘The Office’ Spinoff Isn’t Haunted by Ghost of Michael Scott Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! As Alex Edelman knows, it’s incredibly freeing to be an idiot. That’s what Edelman gets to be in The Paper, the spinoff of The Office now streaming on Peacock. Edelman both writes and stars in the series as Adam Cooper, an accountant for a local Ohio newspaper whose social and conversational bumbling is countered by his endearing enthusiasm and dad-like doofiness.
How This TV Show Handled the Most Unthinkable Tragedy Original
Even by reality TV standards, the litany of events the cast of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has weathered, endured, and lived openly on camera is intense. In the six years since the show first arrived on Bravo to an avalanche of attention, cast members have resigned from the Mormon church and put its history of abuse on blast, dealt with rumors about Mafia dealings and gay husbands, lost their businesses, and separated from their spouses.
The Emmy Awards Was Terrible TV About Truly Great Shows Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! At least it ran short. That’s probably the best thing one could say about the 2026 Emmy Awards, the TV award show that it would be hard to imagine an honest fan of TV or award shows actually enjoying. It was a telecast in which everyone, from host Mariska Hargitay to the night’s winners and, most especially, the people hoping to be entertained at home, was let down.
Here’s Who Will (And Should!) Win at This Year‘s Emmy Awards Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! It’s just around the corner: the annual therapy session where TV lovers get to cathartically release their rage by screaming into a pillow because their favorite shows and actors didn’t win an Emmy Award.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Bombarded Us With Press
The real practical magic of the week. Witch Better Have My Money The last several weeks, really. I had a realization while sitting in a theater, finally watching the much-hyped Sandra Bullock-Nicole Kidman witchy sequel: the movie was kind of beside the point. It was an accessory to the real event: The Sandy & Nicky Press Tour. Sure, mining nostalgia for box-office bucks is the commercial reason for mounting a sequel, 28 years after the original, to a cherished piece of IP like Practical Magic.
TV’s funniest ‘hot mess’ reveals her best backstage stories
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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Bombarded Us With Press
This Week: The real practical magic of the week. An all-time great speech. Witch Better Have My Money I've been watching Practical Magic 2 all week. The last several weeks, really. I had a realization while sitting in a theater, finally watching the much-hyped Sandra Bullock-Nicole Kidman witchy sequel: the movie was kind of beside the point. It was an accessory to the real event: The Sandy & Nicky Press Tour.
TV’s Funniest ‘Hot Mess’ Reveals Her Best Backstage Stories Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! It’s not every day you get to interview Milwaukee Magazine’s January 1998 “Most Intriguing Milwaukeean” cover star. You know the laugh. It’s the geyser that is at once a cackling honk, yet in its raw joy, somehow the warmest sound on Earth. You heard it on 3rd Rock From the Sun, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
How Martha Stewart and Jeffrey Epstein (?!) Salvaged ‘Real Housewives of New York’ Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! There was something poetic about the way we were traveling. So to be in a sprinter van with a coterie of journalists and content creators on the way from Manhattan to the Hamptons for the Season 16 premiere of The Real Housewives of New York City was fitting.
This Is the Most Fun Movie in Theaters Right Now Original
For the love of God, go see this movie. • Let’s pay respect to the best there is. • Is she the most talented Real Housewife? Jack Nicholson. Marissa Tomei. Road Runner. These are the three performers who make up the Holy Trinity of film’s courtroom testimonies. I don’t even mean that as a joke. In principle, I paid to see this film, rather than going to a press screening. The cyclone of mergers, absorptions, shows canceled after being greenlit, and projects filmed entirely but never released unnerves me.
This Is the Most Fun Movie in Theaters Right Now
This Week: For the love of God, go see this movie. Let's pay respect to the best there is. Can't wait for this show. Is she the most talented Real Housewife? I love this duo, forever. An Explosively Good Time Jack Nicholson. Marissa Tomei. Road Runner. These are the three performers who make up the Holy Trinity of film's courtroom testimonies. I don't even mean that as a joke. As a patriot, I bought a ticket to see Coyote vs. Acme, the live-action/animated hybrid film based on the Looney Tunes character.
Kelly Clarkson’s daytime TV reign ends in tears
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Kelly Clarkson’s Daytime TV Reign Ends in Tears Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! There was no other way to end The Kelly Clarkson Show. Obviously, she had to sing. A lot. I was at the taping of the series finale, which essentially meant living out an elder millennial’s dream: attending a matinee Kelly Clarkson concert. You know when any music star’s songs sound the best?
Why Even Superhero Haters Love ‘Lanterns’ Original
The Dolly cameo you should watch. • The TV casting news that made me scream with delight. • All thirst traps should be this funny. Turns out that all it takes to make superhero haters care about a new superhero show is to cast Kyle Chandler in the lead. Clear eyes. Full hearts. Kill aliens? The truth is, I’m having a bit of an existential crisis. First with Spider-Man: Brand New Day and now with HBO’s DC Comics series Lanterns, I’ve been loving superhero movies and TV shows this summer.
Dolly Parton Was the Last Person Everyone Loved Original
There’s a style rule my editors have tried to instill in me: to shy away from using the word “beloved” to describe someone. It’s a big word, one with powerful, indisputable meaning that risks being diminished if used flippantly or too often. I would venture there’s never been a more appropriate time to use it than now. The beloved icon—perhaps the most beloved—Dolly Parton died. The singer. The songwriter. The actress. The humanitarian. The businesswoman. The natural comedienne.
The TV Show That’s Better Than Ever After 23 Seasons Original
It was around the time the fifth glass in the wine pairing was poured with a sidecar pre-dessert treat of coffee with rum that I turned to Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, sitting to my right, and asked sheepishly, “When you guys are taping, do you drink this much at all your dinners?” She let out a loud laugh and an emphatic, “No!” just as it was time to raise a glass again, this time to Top Chef Season 23 winner Rhoda Magbitang, who just finished serving us a tasting menu of exquisite Filipino...
The teen TV show even old people will obsess over
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The Teen TV Show Even Old People Will Obsess Over
The show all the youths are raving about. • So is this. I’m Going to the Cottage Whoever is doing Canada’s PR deserves a raise. Everyone wants to go to the cottage. The first tease was the jaw-dropping piece of lakeside real estate that Shane and Ilya pledged their love for each other in during the season finale of Heated Rivalry, in between other enviable extracurricular activities.
Wild Origin Story Revealed of Show That Changed Reality TV Forever Original
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! There are roughly 400 people around the world whose wardrobes have been upgraded, hair finally works for them, and homes have traded tragic for chic, all thanks to the keen eyes of queer men.
The 15 Best Things We Watched This Summer
I broke my cardinal rule and went outside. My sunburn is my punishment. I’m on vacation this week, so my Daily Beast colleagues are helping me out. I gave them a prompt—what is the best thing you watched this summer?—and their responses are a perfect mix of great TV shows and movies, hilarious memes and viral moments, and hits from the past they’ve finally caught up on.
The 15 Best Things We Watched This Summer
This week: I broke my cardinal rule and went outside. My sunburn is my punishment. I'm on vacation this week, so my Daily Beast colleagues are helping me out. I gave them a prompt—what is the best thing you watched this summer?—and their responses are a perfect mix of great TV shows and movies, hilarious memes and viral moments, and hits from the past they've finally caught up on.
The Real Housewives Just Assembled Its Fiercest Avengers
There are certain things—images, moments, experiences—that signify healing, that things are the way they are supposed to be. When a dried-up river runs mightily once again, for example, or the most qualified candidate actually wins a political race. To put it in terms of my world, it’s like when Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are photographed together again looking affectionate. (C’mon. Those kids have at least one more marriage in them.) The queen is back where she is meant to be, on Bravo.
The Real Housewives Just Assembled Its Fiercest Avengers
The Real Housewives Just Assembled Its Fiercest Avengers Mon 10 August 2026 at 12:30 pm UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are certain things—images, moments, experiences—that signify healing, that things are the way they are supposed to be. When a dried-up river runs mightily once again, for example, or the most qualified candidate actually wins a political race.
We Don’t Need ‘Ted Lasso’ Anymore
This week: There's a new, messy Ryan Murphy series. I'll never look at fried chicken the same way again. The movie trailer I can't stop thinking about. A lil' blind item guessing game. Ted Lasso Is a Strange Time Capsule It's so corny when you think about it now. But in the prime bleakness of the pandemic, the darkest time of my adulthood, there was something radical about such a simple thing: a handwritten sign that said "BELIEVE" in the TV show Ted Lasso.
Why That Disturbing Perez Hilton Video Was Inevitable
There are a lot of us who got into this business because of Kiki Drunkst. LOLHan. The fantasy of drawing a penis on the head of a young celebrity who definitely didn't deserve the cruelty. That's the thing, though. The age of Perez Hilton wasn't, at the time, defined by the vileness we know it to be now. It was mischievous. It was FUN.
Anthony Bourdain Was a Jerk Before He Was a God
1 day ago How would Tony the man feel about Tony the film? As Bourdain’s longtime assistant, I learned never to predict his responses. Two years ago, A24 announced plans for Tony, a biopic about a single summer in the life of the late Anthony Bourdain. Predictably, a vocal contingent of his fans (or at least …
Anthony Bourdain Was a Jerk Before He Was a God
Anthony Bourdain Was a Jerk Before He Was a God Tue 4 August 2026 at 6:12 pm UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My curmudgeonly pop-culture take is that we've had enough of the biopics. I don't need to see another actor lip-sync to a musician's songs, perfectly mimic some iconic speech, render themselves "unrecognizable" in laughable prosthetics, or affect an insufferable way of speaking that they carry on using long after filming wraps.
The Internet’s Favorite Kid Interviewer Is Now All Grown Up
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! Allow Julian Shapiro-Barnum to reintroduce himself.
The Internet’s Favorite Kid Interviewer Is Now All Grown Up
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! Allow Julian Shapiro-Barnum to reintroduce himself. He may be the internet's most viral host, with his hit digital series Recess Therapy and Celebrity Substitute—two adorable, hilarious, and sneakily profound shows that are essentially the digital age's answer to Kids Say the Darndest Things.
Is Summer’s Hottest Movie Star the Next Tom Cruise?
The comedy special you need to watch. • Who is how old now??? Spandex has never been more out of fashion. Well, at the cinema that is. (Boys, keep on keepin’ on with those compression shorts.) Superhero movie fatigue, which has been limping along in an endless marathon for a while now, seemed to have reached the stomping, pouting, “I don’t wanna!” collapse-to-the-floor toddler hissy-fit stage these last few years.
Is Tom Holland the Next Tom Cruise?
The comedy special you need to watch. • Who is how old now??? Spandex has never been more out of fashion. Well, at the cinema that is. (Boys, keep on keepin' on with those compression shorts.) Superhero movie fatigue, which has been limping along in an endless marathon for a while now, seemed to have reached the stomping, pouting, "I don't wanna!" collapse-to-the-floor toddler hissy-fit stage these last few years.
The TV Origin Story You Didn’t Know You Needed Is Here
This piece first ran on the Obsessed by Kevin Fallon Substack. Subscribe here to read more like it! No one likes to acknowledge the youths. Because that means acknowledging you’re old. That’s why it’s been so interesting to see how audiences—specifically us olds—react to pop culture that centers the younger generation. We’ve all had our own shows and movies about our specific generation to both cherish and debate. Gen X had Heathers, The Breakfast Club, and Beverly Hills: 90210.
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