• Best new comics to read in December: Do superheroes get a happy ending?

    Best new comics to read in December: Do superheroes get a happy ending?

    From 'Batman/Catwoman' to 'Wonder Woman: Dead Earth,' we pick the best comics to read this month.
  • ‘The Princess Bride’ cast to reunite for virtual script reading and fundraiser

    ‘The Princess Bride’ cast to reunite for virtual script reading and fundraiser

    The cast of “The Princess Bride” will reunite virtually for a reading of the script of the 1987 classic, as a virtual fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn and Billy Crystal will participate, along with director Rob Reiner and Patton Oswalt moderating …
  • Patton Oswalt pays tribute to late wife who investigated Golden State Killer

    Patton Oswalt pays tribute to late wife who investigated Golden State Killer

    As the Golden State Killer was sentenced to life in prison, comedian Patton Oswalt paid tribute Friday to his late wife Michelle McNamara, the best-selling author who died while trying to uncover the identity of the serial murderer. Oswalt posted two shots of McNamara in a Twitter tribute. She was obsessively investigating the 1970s and …
  • How Patton Oswalt helped turn his late wife’s book into a true crime series

    How Patton Oswalt helped turn his late wife’s book into a true crime series

    “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is both an examination of the Golden State Killer case and comedian Patton Oswalt’s eulogy to his wife, Michelle McNamara, who wrote the true-crime bestseller upon which the HBO docuseries is based. McNamara died suddenly in 2016 at the age of 46 from a combination of an undiagnosed heart …
  • ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ director on ‘pioneer’ Michelle McNamara

    ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ director on ‘pioneer’ Michelle McNamara

    “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” director Liz Garbus says producers felt a great deal of responsibility when turning the late author Michelle McNamara’s book into a docuseries. “True crime has become such an explosive industry and one of the things we wanted people to understand was how seminal her work was,” Garbus explained during …
  • Patton Oswalt cracks coronavirus jokes at Webby Awards

    Patton Oswalt cracks coronavirus jokes at Webby Awards

    Comic Patton Oswalt hosted the 24th Webby Awards digitally Tuesday, and joked of confusing coronavirus stats and treatments: “Back when [the awards] started, most people didn’t understand concepts like broadband and memes. Now it’s 2020, and people don’t understand things like vaccines and math.” Tom Hanks, John Krasinski, Miley Cyrus and Kristen Bell were honored …
  • Patton Oswalt lampoons coronavirus protesters with viral ‘open Fuddruckers’ tweet

    Patton Oswalt lampoons coronavirus protesters with viral ‘open Fuddruckers’ tweet

    Patton Oswalt mocked Americans protesting coronavirus lockdowns nationwide in a tweet that went viral Saturday. “Anne Frank spent 2 years hiding in an attic and we’ve been home for just over a month with Netflix, food delivery & video games and there are people risking viral death by storming state capital buildings & screaming, ‘Open …