Netflix lures back Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper and a superstar cast for a prequel series that’s even more ridiculous than the original
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How we’ll remember ‘Parks and Recreation’
From feminism to sitcom-subversion, here’s why we should appreciate Parks and Recreation as its series finale airs tonight
How the Golden Globes became cool
To get noticed these days, you’ve got to have a host.
Amy Poehler’s radical message: ‘Be nice. Work hard.’
Behind Amy Poehler’s impossibly cheery persona is a multimedia empire built almost by stealth
TIFF 2013 Diary, Day Four … from doubles to marital troubles
Highlights from the fourth day of the festival, including Jesse Eisenberg’s double and Bruce McDonald’s martial trouble.
TIFF 2013 Diary, Day Three … from space cadets to cannibals
Our daily dose of the TIFF scene, from Sandra Bullock’s space cadet to Eli Roth’s hungry fans
Review: We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy
Some questions are inherently annoying: are we there yet? Is that seat taken? Are women funny? But is it better to ignore or engage with the children/moviegoers/magazine columnists who ask them? Marie Claire’s Kohen could not resist the urge to take on that last one, infamously explored by Christopher Hitchens in a 2007 Vanity Fair essay. Or rather, Kohen lets the women (and their male colleagues) answer.
Amy Poehler’s new gig: teen angel
TV’s funny gal gets serious about adolescent angst in the online series Ask Amy
Newsmakers of the week
Glenn Beck’s new shill, a star turn for a senator’s spouse, and an MP stands up for shark fin soup
Jim Arnett and Will Arnett: corporate dad, comic son
How a Harvard grad parented a rebellious dropout who wanted to act