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Cobie Smulders has joined “The Lincoln Lawyer’s” upcoming fourth season at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.

Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but Smulders will appear alongside fellow Season 4 stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, and Angus Sampson. As previously announced, Season 4 will be based on the Michael Connelly book “The Law of Innocence” and will consist of 10 episodes. Production is currently underway.

This will not be Smulders first role at Netflix. She previously starred in the shows “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and “Friends From College” at the streamer, while she also appeared in multiple episodes of the Netflix revival of “Arrested Development.” Smulders is best known for her starring role in the hit CBS multi-cam “How I Met Your Mother.” She starred in the show throughout its nine-season run as Robin Scherbatsky. Her recent TV credits also include “Shrinking” at Apple TV...

No, Qatar’s royal family gifting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet known as a “flying palace” to the government that will reportedly then go to Donald Trump’s presidential library is not the same as France giving the Statue of Liberty to the American people. But that is what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to claim on Sunday.

“Even if Qatar isn’t asking for anything in return now for the jet, I mean, that’s a bill that could come due,” Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s State...

Maga world is fighting, and it’s getting ugly. As Donald Trump supporters raged at Elon Musk for arguing that Big Tech needs to bring in foreign workers, Musk’s X platform apparently removed Trump ally Laura Loomer’s blue checkmark and deactivated her subscriptions.

Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are set to jointly lead President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, have both infuriated conservatives in recent days by asserting that Silicon Valley businesses rely on foreign workers because there aren’t enough Americans to do the jobs.

Now that the dust has settled from the biggest stand-up bomb of the 2024 election cycle, open mic host and right-wing provocateur Tony Hinchcliffe is ready to make amends with none of the entire races he insulted.

On Sunday, October 27th, the Kill Tony host performed at a rally for President-Elect Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, a stadium where Hinchcliffe had recently hosted an episode of his amateur comedian roast/Star Search podcast. Hinchcliffe found the new crowd at Msg to be less enthused about his half-baked, predictable, sub-4chan-level racist humor than his usual crowd, and by Monday morning, his laughless routine was front-page news on every media outlet in the country. Hinchcliffe’s hacky jokes about Black people carving watermelons on Halloween, Latino people having a lot of kids and Puerto Rico being an island of garbage failed to impress even the furthest-right pundits like Ann Coulter, and...

To be clear, Joe Rogan thinks Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being “a floating island of garbage” is solid. He just believed saying it out loud would eventually result in physical violence.

“I’ve gotta tell you, that joke kills at comedy clubs. I don’t like the joke, (but) it kills,” Rogan said this week on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “It’s just like, if you’re Puerto Rican and you hear that in the audience, you’re like (feigns a groaning sound). But it’s a funny joke. The joke does well. But I said to him, I go, ‘Dude, that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.’ And he used to talk about it on stage, saying, ‘Joe Rogan always says that’s the one that’s gonna get me stabbed.'”

Was Rogan a prophet? Yet to be determined. But one...

Imagine being so bad at comedy and so irredeemably racist that Ann Coulter thinks she can write a more palatable stand-up set than you.

Tony Hinchcliffe doesn’t have to imagine it — that’s exactly what happened when Comedy Central paired him with the far-right author and pundit while he was working as a joke writer for The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe. A veteran of the roast circuit, Hinchcliffe fashioned himself as a protégé of Roastmaster General Jeff Ross while working both behind the scenes and onstage for the popular series of celebrity roasts, including the 2016 special where the slate of celebrity guests famously turned the tip of their flamethrowers from the Parks and Recreation to the woman who once called for “Jews to be perfected, as they say” in order to turn America into a true Christian theocracy.

When Coulter made the confusing decision to guest star...

Right-wing commentator Ann Coulter faced intense criticism on social media for a now-deleted post in which she mocked the emotional behavior of Gov. Tim Walz‘s (D-Minnesotta) neurodivergent son, Gus, during the Democratic National Convention.

At the DNC, Gus became visibly emotional when his father addressed the family directly and spoke about their fertility struggles. He shouted, “That’s my dad!” through tears, as the governor expressed his love for his son, daughter, and wife.

“Talk about weird …” Coulter posted on X alongside a link to an article about Gus’ emotional reaction. This was seen as a nod to Walz’s previous use of the descriptor “weird” to describe the former president and his running mate, a messaging that has been widely adopted by prominent Democrats.

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The Walz family has been open about Gus’s neurodiversity,...

“Why is Ann Coulter here tonight?” Rob Lowe asked at his Comedy Central roast in 2016. “Because the right-to-lifers wanted everyone to see what an abortion looks like up close.”

If you can believe it, Lowe’s low blow was actually one of the evening’s mildest burns of the conservative author and commentator who once called for “Jews to be perfected, as they say” in order for America to become a true Christian nation. Seeing as Coulter’s provocative public persona is mainly a collection of explosive and hateful sound bites such as the above quote, hitting Coulter with some ruthlessly prejudicial punchlines was the only appropriate course of action when the perennial Fox News guest confusingly agreed to serve as a celebrity roaster on the Comedy Central special.

As such, Coulter’s fellow guest stars spent the entire evening attacking the inflammatory pundit with equally incendiary jokes that are...

One day after Ann Coulter faced a backlash for mocking Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz‘s son Gus, conservative radio host Jay Weber is being criticized for his own remarks about the 17-year-old scion of the Minnesota governor.

The younger Walz had a TV moment at the DNC when video of his tearful applause of his father’s speech — when he proudly pointed and shouted “That’s my dad!” — went viral.

“Sorry, but this is embarrassing for both father and son,” Weber, a host at Milwaukee talk station 1130 Wisn, wrote on X. “If the Walzs [sic] represent today’s American man, this country is screwed; ‘Meet my son, Gus. He’s a blubbering bitch boy. His mother and I are very proud.'”

Weber has since removed the post, but Milwaukee County Supervisor Shawn Rolland shared a screenshot.

In case he deletes his post, this is what it said. pic.

Ana Navarro and other celebrities have blasted conservative media pundit Ann Coulter after she made a social media post mocking Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s 17-year-old son Gus Walz. In a now-deleted tweet, Coulter shared a photo of Gus crying at Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday night (August 21). “Talk about weird…” Coulter captioned the post. Coulter faced immediate backlash for her post, while fans came to the defense of Gus. For those unaware, the 17-year-old Gus has a non-verbal learning disorder, Adhd, and anxiety disorder. He was seen crying with happiness at the DNC on Wednesday night while his father formally accepted the vice presidential nomination. “What kind of monster are u to attack a 17 year-old, special needs kid for expressing love for his dad?” Navarro tweeted on Thursday (August 22). “Gus Walz is neurodivergent, has Adhd, anxiety, and a nonverbal learning disorder.

Following swift backlash, Ann Coulter has deleted a post mocking Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz‘s 17-year-old son Gus, who has a non-verbal learning disorder (Nvld).

The teenager was previously praised by many, going viral for his tearful applause at the Minnesota governor’s speech during Wednesday’s night three of the Democratic National Convention, where Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination with Tim as her running mate.

“Talk about weird …” wrote Coulter in the since-deleted post on X.

The conservative pundit later explained why she took down the post. “I took it down as soon as someone told me he’s [autistic], but it’s Democrats who go around calling everyone weird thinking it’s hilariously funny,” she wrote, seemingly referencing critics of Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, and his running mate J.D. Vance.

Although she removed the post, Coulter didn’t escape criticism from those...

Democratic National Convention host Ana Navarro slammed Ann Coulter for mocking Gus Walz, the 17-year-old son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.

At the DNC’s third night in Chicago, Gus went viral for his emotional reaction to his father praising him, his sister Hope and mother Gwen. During his speech onstage accepting the nomination for vice president, Walz looked at his family and said, “Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world and I love you.”

When the camera cut to them, tears were flooding down the kids’ faces. Gus was so moved, he stood up and shouted repeatedly, “That’s my dad!” The moment quickly went viral as people began learning for the first time that the teenager has Adhd, a nonverbal learning disorder and an anxiety disorder.

Coulter later took to social media to mock Gus’ emotional reaction and tweeted in a now-deleted post, “Talk about weird.

Past and present hosts of ABC’s “The View” found common ground on social media following the third night of the Democratic National Convention by slamming Ann Coulter’s mockery of Gus Walz, the 17-year-old son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Gus, who has a non-verbal learning disorder, went viral for his tearful reactions to his father’s speech at the DNC. In a since-deleted post on X, Coulter criticized Gus by writing: “Talk about weird.”

“Jesus. What ass-wipes,” Ana Navarro wrote in an Instagram post that featured Coulter’s deleted comment. “Of course Republicans and Trumpers on social media taking shots at Gus Walz. You have to be a special kind of heart-less mutant to attack a 17 year-old special needs kid -not involved in politics- for the simple act of expressing love for his father.

“Gus Walz is neurodivergent. He has Adhd, anxiety, and a nonverbal learning disorder,...

Former President Donald Trump once said he would date his daughter, but that isn’t stopping conservatives from criticizing Democratic politicians for having what appear to be pretty normal, loving relationships with their families.

On Monday and Tuesday, conservatives took issue with a video clip from Monday’s Democratic National Convention of Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff and his daughter Ella. They also mocked Tim Walz’s son Gus for crying during his father’s speech on Wednesday. Gus Walz has a non-verbal learning disorder, Adhd, and an anxiety disorder,...

In a recent conversation on Vivek Ramaswamy’s podcast, The Truth Podcast, conservative commentator Ann Coulter sparked outrage with her offensive comments, among which were the declaration that she would not vote for Ramaswamy to be president due to his ethnic background as the child of Indian immigrants.

In the discussion, titled “Ann Coulter on the N Word: Nationalism,” Coulter first praised Ramaswamy’s opening monologue and stated, “That was a fantastic opening monologue. I, too, am a fan of yours, though I’m going to make a point of disagreeing with you so that it will be fun. You are so bright and articulate, and I guess I can call you articulate since you’re not an American black.”

However, Coulter soon revealed her stance on Ramaswamy’s candidacy when she said, “Oh, and I agreed with many, many things you said during [your monologue] — in fact, probably more than most...

There’s still nine months to go until the presidential election, and we’ve already reached peak talking points. At least, that was the contention from Bill Maher in his “New Rules” editorial on Friday’s Real Time.

“It gets so dull hearing these talking points,” Maher lamented, running down a list of common complaints about the economy and other issues. “The American dream is dead because Mars bars were $1 and are now $1.25,” he noted as one example of the hyperbole he abhors.

While Maher allowed that he wouldn’t choose President Joe Biden as his partner for the Squid Game, he ran through a list of things that are going well at the moment, from the economy to home ownership to energy output.

Yet, “I know what you hacks on both sides will say before they say it,” he said.

He asked, “Is it really healthy to blame every problem on Joe Biden?...

Right-wing media pundit Ann Coulter has received backlash from both conservatives and liberals for racist remarks she made about former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, two Indian Americans campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination.

Ramaswamy gave an energetic – some say rude – performance at the debate and ended up as most googled person that night.

During Wednesday’s debate, Coulter, referred to the exchange between Haley and Ramaswamy as “Hindu business.”

Nikki and Vivek are involved in some Hindu business, it seems. Not our fight.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 24, 2023

In response, Ramaswamy’s senior advisor and communications director, Tricia McLaughlin, said, “Ann can tweet whatever she wants to. Vivek shares and lives by the same Judeo-Christian values that this nation was founded on.”

Ramaswamy is Hindu while Haley grew up in a Sikh family and converted to Christianity.

However, the dialogue between the two presidential candidates was not about religion,...

The How I Met Your Mother cast launched their careers into stardom, with some members transitioning from TV to blockbuster films. Cobie Smulders found success in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, while Jason Segel garnered praise for his roles in movies and TV series. Neil Patrick Harris remained a recognizable figure with roles in various films and TV shows, including reprising his iconic Barney Stinson character on How I Met Your Father. Where to Watch Powered by

The How I Met Your Mother cast has all been involved in numerous projects since the show officially ended after season 9 in 2014. How I Met Your Mother detailed the lives of Ted Mosby and his friends in New York City, with Ted’s mission to find his soulmate acting as the narrative thread that tied the show together. Though How I Met Your Mother suffered from an incredibly divisive series finale, overall, the show...

Republicans have a certain obligation to act as if everything President Biden does is an assault on American values. His sweeping pardons this week of thousands who were jailed for marijuana possession — and announcement that the drug’s federal classification will be reevaluated — are no exception.

But, perhaps because the nation overwhelmingly believes that cannabis should be legal, and the issue doesn’t stoke the culture war like matters of race, gender, and sexuality, the right-wing outrage machine had a mostly quiet reaction to these executive orders. Indeed, over the past year or so,...

Bill Maher has defended his choice to invite previous controversial guests, including Ann Coulter, onto his long-running talk series.

Over the course of his twenty season self-hosted show, Real Time with Bill Maher, the 66-year-old comedian-turned-political commentator has featured a slew of provocative guests.

In 2019, Maher was booed by audience members after he announced conservative media pundit, Coulter, was going to join him the following week.

“She’s a hard right-winger,” Maher acknowledged in a new interview with Variety.

However, “a lot of the country likes Ann Coulter and listens to her, and she’s not stupid,” he defended.

“I don’t exactly read her books. But I know from when we’ve covered her issues in the past, it’s not like she doesn’t do research.”

Maher continued: “Sometimes people say to me, ‘Is she just saying something to be provocative?’ I don’t think she is. I...

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Sarah Paulson earned her eighth Emmy nomination this season for her portrayal of Linda Tripp on FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, delivering a nuanced and compelling portrait of the civil servant whose involvement in the Clinton-Lewinsky affair made her a household name after she handed over taped phone calls between herself and Monica Lewinsky (played on the limited series by Beanie Feldstein) to independent counsel Kenneth Starr — conversations in which the latter reveals her sexual affair with President Bill Clinton while she was an intern at the White House.

For showrunner Sarah Burgess, who is also Emmy-nominated for outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series, Tripp was not the villain of the piece, despite her infamous betrayal of her onetime friend and former Pentagon colleague Lewinsky.

“Not that she’s not responsible for her actions, but the slur on Linda at the time,...

Cobie Smulders is set to appear in the “Secret Invasion” series at Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed.

Smulders will reprise the role of Shield agent Maria Hill in the series. She joins a cast that already includes stars like Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman, and Emilia Clarke.

The role reunites Smulders with Jackson, as the two appeared alongside one another in the Marvel films “The Avengers,” “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Avengers: Endgame.” They were both also in the film ” Spider-Man: Far From Home.” Hill was the right hand of Jackson’s character, Shield head honcho Nick Fury.

Jackson will reprise the role of Fury in the series, while Mendelsohn will play the Skrull Talos as he did in “Captain Marvel.” “Secret Invasion” centers on Fury and Talos — who first met during the events of “Captain Marvel” — and a...

Exclusive: Cobie Smulders is set to reunite with Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury on Marvel’s Secret Invasion, reprising her her MCU role of Maria Hill.

The Disney+ crossover comic event showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years. A rep for Marvel declined comment.

Secret Invasion also stars Ben Mendelsohn — reprising his role as Skrull Talos — Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Christopher McDonald and Killian Scott.

Smulders has reprised the role in several Marvel pics including Spider-Man: Far From Home, Captain America: Civil War and every Avengers film. She recently received strong reviews for her portrayal of Ann Coulter in American Crime Story: Impeachment.

She is repped by UTA and Gang, Tyre.

Spoiler alert: The below contains details about “The Wilderness,” the final episode of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”

“Impeachment: American Crime Story” promised a glimpse into a tawdry affair between an intern and a married president but in the end delivered a sharp message about scorned women and the class divide in this country.

Tuesday night’s finale on FX pulled no punches in depicting how the fates of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Hillary Clinton hinged on their social class, with Linda Tripp, a divorced bureaucrat with an abrasive personality and ridiculed physical appearance, the recipient of the most censure by her peers. After a media flurry surrounding the release of the Starr Report, rife with sordid details about President Bill Clinton (played Clive Owen), the episode ended with cheated-upon Hillary (Edie Falco) running for Senate, Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) simultaneously hounded by the media and embraced by fans, Jones (Annaleigh Ashford...

The Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky saga reached its conclusion in Tuesday’s finale of Impeachment: American Crime Story — but no one really got a happy ending.

It’s September 1998, and Monica lands a book deal with the author who co-wrote Princess Diana’s tell-all. (She needs the money, since she still has a lot of legal bills to pay.) Kenneth Starr’s staff scrambles to get the final report ready, and suddenly, it’s being released, with boxes of the report dropped on the steps of Congress. It’s also released online at the same time, and people everywhere are...

Sarah Burgess first encountered details of President Bill Clinton’s sex life as a preteen in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when they were pulled straight out of independent counsel Ken Starr’s report and splashed across the front page of her hometown newspaper. “My mom worked in the Pentagon, and I was waiting for her to drive me to school,” Burgess recalls. “She had a paper there in the front seat, and I remember being shocked.”

Two decades later, the scandal would shock her all over again.

Burgess grew...

The death of actor and comedian Norm Macdonald has rocked Hollywood on Tuesday. Macdonald, who most famously worked the Weekend Update desk during his tenure on Saturday Night Live in the ’90s, succumbed to cancer after a very private, decade-long battle at the age of 61.

Macdonald’s death was announced to Deadline by his management firm Brillstein Entertainment. The comedian’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra, who was with him at the time of his death this morning, said Macdonald had been battling cancer for nearly a decade but was determined to keep his health struggles private, away from family, friends, and fans.

Remembrances were shared by Seth Rogen, Edgar Wright, Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Josh Gad, Whitney Cummings, Patton Oswald, and more. Find the social media tributes below.

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Oh fuck. I was a huge fan of Norm...

Initial Nielsen ratings for FX’s Sept. 7 debut of “Impeachment: American Crime Story” dropped significantly from earlier premieres of Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” anthology five and three years ago, respectively.

According to Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings, the “Impeachment” launch drew 916,000 viewers and a rating of 0.24 in the key adults 18-49 demographic.

The series failed to come close to the record-setting numbers achieved by the first season of the show “The People v. O.J. Simpson” in 2016 and the respectable premiere scores of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” in 2018. The former garnered over 5 million viewers and a rating of 2.0 in the key demo, while the second obtained 2.22 million viewers and a 0.72 rating in the key demo. Both previous debuts topped all other cable telecasts the night they aired, while “Impeachment” was in the fourth slot.

In fairness to “Impeachment,” the media landscape has changed significantly even from the...

Hulu customers expecting to stream “Impeachment: American Crime Story” today — or anytime soon — will be disappointed: The FX limited series isn’t on the Disney-controlled streaming platform’s on-demand streaming tiers.

Instead, “Impeachment,” a retelling of the notorious Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton saga from more than two decades ago, will be headed to Netflix sometime in 2022. The first episode of the series aired Tuesday night on FX.

Ordinarily, episodes of new FX original series and new seasons of existing series that premiere on FX and Fxx are available the day after on Hulu (starting at 3:01 a.m. Pt) streaming packages with ads and without ads. Hulu just announced a $1-per-month price hike for the two on-demand plans, starting next month.

But “Impeachment: American Crime Story” will not be available on Hulu because of licensing agreement that 20th Century Fox struck back in 2016 with Netflix for exclusive global SVOD...

FX is giving us another history lesson with a new American Crime Story season, shedding fresh light on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal with Impeachment.

Tuesday’s premiere begins in January 1998, with Monica (played by Beanie Feldstein) preparing to move from D.C. to New York when she gets a page from her pal Linda Tripp. (Hey, remember pagers?) Linda invites her to lunch at a mall food court, hinting that she may have “a solution to our problem.” As Monica arrives, she doesn’t notice that she’s being followed by men in suits. Linda (played by Sarah Paulson) shows up,...

After three years in development, Impeachment: American Crime Story is now just days away from being shown to the world — and to the subjects it depicts, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Paula Jones.

“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have… I know there will be ...

After three years in development, Impeachment: American Crime Story is now just days away from being shown to the world — and to the subjects it depicts, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge and Paula Jones.

“I feel nervous,” writer and exec producer Sarah Burgess admitted to The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s premiere on Wednesday. “For three years I have thought about this, the families of people who’ve passed away and the real characters themselves. Part of me is fascinated to see what response they’ll have. I know there will be contrast ...

It’s been so long since FX’s American Crime Story debuted (Obama was still president!) that it’s easy to forget how much trepidation surrounded that first season, The People v. O.J. Simpson. The O.J. trial was a circus at the time it unfolded. Producer Ryan Murphy’s track record seemed even more fragile in 2016 than it does now, circa the death rattle of Glee and misfires like Scream Queens. And the casting felt odd in so many places: David Schwimmer as Kim Kardashian’s dad? John Travolta...

If you were anywhere near a TV in the ’90s, you probably remember the most sensationalized talking points about President Bill Clinton’s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent impeachment trial. Like, her blue dress stained with his semen, the footage of her in a black beret hugging the president at his inauguration. And lest we forget, the lie heard around the world: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Thankfully, Ryan Murphy’s new FX miniseries “American Crime Story: Impeachment,” isn’t interested in retreading any of that.

Besides, “Saturday Night Live” did a thorough job on a weekly basis throughout the decade.

Instead, “Impeachment” showrunner Sarah Burgess shifts the story to the perspective of Lewinsky (sensitively portrayed by “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein), the 24-year-old woman who was the subject of late-night ridicule and sexist public scrutiny amid the meteoric rise of the next Great White Man.

Spoiler Alert: This review contains details of FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story which debuts on September 7.

Ultimately David Geffen said it best and worst of Bill and Hillary Clinton: “Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.”

Debuting on September 7, FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story is an indictment of those lies, their corresponding hypocrisies and the people often treated as cannon fodder by the ruthlessly ambitious First Couple.

Penned by playwright Sarah Burgess and based on Jeffrey Toobin’s 1999 book A Vast Conspiracy, the latest 10-episode installment of the Acs franchise executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson strives to keep the spotlight away from the Clintons. Instead, the focus is on the trials and tribulations of the once infamous Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, with the latter serving as a producer on the pandemic-delayed project.

When a story seems too hyperbolic or prescient to be true, we call it “stranger than fiction.” We marvel that “you couldn’t script” the kind of twists that make up our wildest tales, or else that no one would believe them for embodying every cliché they possibly could. The wisdom then becomes that “seeing is believing”: that the only real way to believe a supposedly unbelievable melodrama is to watch it unfold with your own eyes and feel your skepticism calcify into an understanding. Then, maybe, the story that once seemed unfathomable evolves into something more layered and recognizably real.

Such is the mission of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which follows in the footsteps of the FX anthology series’ previous installments (“The People v. O.J.” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) by trying to recreate a national scandal by highlighting its most human elements. This chapter, steered by playwright Sarah Burgess,...

FX has finally released the trailer for Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” which stars Clive Owen as President Bill Clinton — who swears he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein).

Written by Sarah Burgess, “Impeachment: American Crime Story” centers on the “national crisis that swept up Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp as principal characters in the country’s first impeachment proceedings in over a century.” It is set to premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

In addition to Feldstein as Lewinsky and Owen as President Clinton, “Impeachment: American Crime Story” stars Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Billy Eichner as Matt Drudge and Cobie Smulders (who recently replaced Betty Gilpin) as Ann Coulter. Each of those actors make an in-character appearance in the trailer above.

In the preview for “Impeachment: Crime Story,” Paulson’s...

On the heels of two cagey teasers for Impeachment: American Crime Story, FX has at last unveiled the full trailer for its upcoming drama chronicling the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.

Premiering Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 10/9c, Impeachment — the third Crime Story installment after The People v. O.J. Simpson and The Assassination of Gianni Versace — examines President Clinton’s (Clive Owen) affair with 22-year-old intern Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein), and the national crisis that turned Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Linda Tripp into “principal characters in the country’s first impeachment proceedings in over a century,” the logline reads.

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After playing coy in its first teaser, FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story is offering up a real look (and listen) at Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky in a newly released promo.

In the above video, Lewinsky and Linda Tripp (played by American Horror Story‘s Sarah Paulson) walk toward each other as the former reveals (via voiceover) that President Bill Clinton kissed her.

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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Burden of Truth, Black Monday, Power Book III and Physical!

1 | How did the Outer Banks kids get that fire started on the deserted island? Are we to believe this was a rubbing-sticks-together situation?

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2 | On Burden of Truth,...

Did Lord of the Rings merchandise just join (checks phone again to make sure this is correct) the cryptocurrency game?

“As if we didn’t have enough scam-ridden cryptocurrency out in the world already, on Friday a new coin based on The Lord of the Rings will enter the market. But that’s not the weirdest thing about ‘Jrr Token,’ the crypto that identifies itself as ‘one token that rules them all.’ That honor goes to the message from Billy Boyd, the actor who played Pippin Took in Peter Jackson’s films, promoting the crypto.”

Read more at Gizmodo

Could we see the first appearance of Riri Williams, aka Iron Heart, in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever before her Disney+ spinoff show?

“MCU leaker Kc Walsh recently reported via Twitter that Riri Williams, also known as Ironheart, will appear in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; it had previously been confirmed that If...

FX have now released the first teaser trailer for upcoming real-life drama, Impeachment: American Crime Story, which details the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal which led to the, spoilers, impeachment of former US President Bill Clinton. Impeachment: American Crime Story is the third season in the anthology series, which has so far received much critical acclaim.

Based the book "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President" by Jeffrey Toobin, Ryan Murphy's limited series will examine the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a U.S. President in over a century through the eyes of the women at the center of the events. The trailer is a simple-yet-intriguing teaser, following Monica Lewinsky as she walks through the White House towards the Oval office, and towards an imminent scandal that would change her life.

Based on the true crisis. Impeachment: American Crime Story...

Ann Coulter, meet Robin Sparkles.

How I Met Your Mother veteran Cobie Smulders will now play the controversial conservative commentator in FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, replacing Betty Gilpin, our sister site Variety reports.

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Gilpin was originally announced to play Coulter in January 2020, but...

Cobie Smulders has joined the cast of FX’s upcoming limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story as Ann Coulter, replacing Glow alum Betty Gilpin exited the show due to scheduling issues, Deadline has confirmed. She will appear opposite Beanie Feldstein for the series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal.

The third season of American Crime Story will be based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President. Feldstein will stars as Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge.

Michael Uppendahl is directing and executive producing. Sarah Burgess is writing and will serve as EP with Uppendahl, Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Sarah Paulson. Lewinsky, Feldstein, Henrietta Conrad and Jemima Khan are producing.

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FX has found its new Ann Coulter in Cobie Smulders, who will replace Betty Gilpin as the controversial conservative figure in Ryan Murphy’s third installment of “American Crime Story,” “Impeachment.”

Gilpin dropped out earlier this year over scheduling conflicts due to the pandemic.

Written by Sarah Burgess, “Impeachment: American Crime Story” centers on the “national crisis that swept up Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp as principal characters in the country’s first impeachment proceedings in over a century.” It is set to premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

In addition to Beanie Feldstein as Lewinsky, the series also stars Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones and Billy Eichner as Matt Drudge.

The show, from 20th Television and FX Productions, is executive produced by Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Sarah Burgess, Sarah Paulson, Brad Falchuk, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and Michael Uppendahl.

Cobie Smulders will now play Ann Coulter in “Impeachment: American Crime Story” after Betty Gilpin, who was originally set in the role, exited the cast due to scheduling complications during the pandemic.

Smulders is the newest addition to the cast of this season. This news comes just after FX released the official trailer on Wednesday. Smulders is known for playing Robin in the popular CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” and was most recently seen as Dex Parios in “Stumptown,” which was canceled by ABC in Sept. 2020.

Gilpin shared her regrets about having to leave the role of Coulter on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in June. She called the situation “another Covid disappointment” before performing a comedic impression of the conservative media pundit reciting the children’s rhyme “Milk Milk Lemonade.” Gilpin said the impression took “a year [of] listening to Ann Coulter audiobooks” to perfect.

“Impeachment: American Crime story” is...

FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story has added Cobie Smulders to its cast.

Smulders will take over the role of conservative pundit Ann Coulter in the limited series, which is due to premiere on Sept. 7. She replaces Betty Gilpin (Glow), who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts brought on by the pandemic.

“It was another Covid disappointment,” Gilpin said during a June appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “It was just one of those things.”

Smulders most recently starred in ABC’s Stumptown, which the broadcast network renewed, then canceled after the 2019-20 season. The former How I Met ...

FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story has added Cobie Smulders to its cast.

Smulders will take over the role of conservative pundit Ann Coulter in the limited series, which is due to premiere on Sept. 7. She replaces Betty Gilpin (Glow), who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts brought on by the pandemic.

“It was another Covid disappointment,” Gilpin said during a June appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “It was just one of those things.”

Smulders most recently starred in ABC’s Stumptown, which the broadcast network renewed, then canceled after the 2019-20 season. The former How I Met ...

FX has shared the first teaser for the upcoming third season of “American Crime Story,” which will delve into the story of Monica Lewinsky’s time as a White House intern.

The short clip shows Lewinsky — played by “Booksmart” star Beanie Feldstein — making her way to the Oval Office to deliver a gift to “Bill” as ominous music plays in the background. “The president of the United States had a secret affair with a 22-year-old intern,” the on-screen text reminds viewers.

Written by Sarah Burgess, “Impeachment: American Crime Story” centers on the “national crisis that swept up Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp as principal characters in the country’s first impeachment proceedings in over a century.” It is set to premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

In addition to Feldstein, the series also stars Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Billy Eichner...

FX and 20th Television have released the first teaser trailer for “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” premiering on FX on Sept. 7 at 10 p.m.

This third installment of the “American Crime Story” franchise is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President” and will tell the story of President Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment and his infamous affair with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clive Owen portrays Clinton, while Beanie Feldstein plays Lewinsky.

The trailer shows only the back of Feldstein’s Lewinsky, as she walks through the White House to meet Clinton with a gift in hand. As she enters the Oval Office, we hear Clinton’s secretary say: “Mr. President, Ms. Lewinsky’s here to see you.” Before Owen as Clinton can turn around in his chair, the trailer fades to black.

The cast also includes Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton,...