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Kieran Culkin on Life After ‘Succession’ and Learning to Love Acting

Kieran Culkin looks as though someone’s stolen a piece of his soul. We’re seated across from one another in the bustling lobby of the Pendry, a tony hotel in Park City, Utah, and the Succession star has just clocked a middle-aged man not-so-surreptitiously snapping several photos of him from across the room. He shifts uncomfortably in his seat and takes a sip of his pilsner before leaning over to me. “I’m feeling very… exposed,” he says, his voice a hair above a whisper. “And if you ask them, ‘Hey, did you just…

Brian Cox Open to ‘Succession’ Movie ‘If It’s Good Enough’

Brian Cox said he'd be open to a movie version of the HBO series "if it's good enough" Brian Cox is willing to participate in a Succession film spinoff, the Emmy-winning actor told Variety in an interview over the weekend. We’ll see,” Cox said. “If it’s good enough and Jesse Armstrong wants to do it, I might do it.” How Cox would participate in any such film isn’t immediately clear as his character Logan Roy was killed off several episodes into Succession’s fourth and final season last

10 Best TV Shows of 2023

From the fourth and final season of Succession to a bloody samurai anime, our TV critic Alan Sepinwall’s picks for the best shows of the year There was a week in late May when Ted Lasso, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Succession, and Barry all released their final episodes. These are shows that dominated awards nights and year-end best-of lists like this one over the past few years, and all of them were gone within five days of one another. Between that busy farewell weekend

The Last of Us & Andor Lead Sci-Fi Noms

We all love movies, but let’s be honest: television is where most of the best storytelling is happening these days. And today, nominations for the 2023 Primetime Emmys were announced, showcasing what voters think are the best of the best. And those voters apparentlylove genre.Sci-fi and fantasy shows had a very strong presence in the nominations, including three such shows for Best Drama: Andor, House of the Dragon, and The Last of Us. Fellow Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi got a somewhat surprising nod for Best Limited

Trick ‘r Treat is Going to Theaters in October

Image: Warner Bros.In 2007 at Austin, TX’s then-annual film festival Butt-Numb-a-Thon, director Mike Dougherty (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) screened his horror film, Trick ‘r Treat. The film would later get delayed for the next two years, and even when it did come out in December 2009, it was only through limited screenings. But it was basically dumped onto DVD, where it lived on as a cult classic. Warner Bros., however, has decided to give the film its proper due on the silver screen as it technically turns 15 years

FTC Sues Broker Kochava Over Geolocation Data Sales

Photo: Graeme Jennings-Pool (Getty Images)The Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit Monday against a major data broker, accusing it of offering services that allow for the tracking of Americans at sensitive locations, such as addiction clinics or domestic violence shelters. Commissioners voted 4-1 this week to bring a suit against Kochava, Inc., which calls itself the “industry leader for mobile app attribution” and sells mobile geo-location data on hundreds of millions of people. The suit accuses the company of

FTC Sues Idaho Company for Selling Sensitive Tracking Data

WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava Inc., saying the Idaho company sold geolocation data from millions of mobile devices that could be used to trace people to abortion clinics, addiction recovery facilities and other sensitive locations.The suit filed Monday seeks to halt the company’s sale of sensitive geolocation data and require the company to delete sensitive information it has collected. “Where consumers seek out health care, receive counseling, or celebrate their…