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I do comedy, comics, and write about pretty much most things entertainment related. So that's nice. azalben (at) gmail (dot) com

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'Sterling Point' Review On Prime Video: Close Enough… Welcome Back, The CW | Comic Book Club

Sterling Point, a new YA drama on Prime Video, will give you those vintage CW vibes and features some stellar performances. Read our review

If you've been missing the Prime CW Era of YA dramas, have I got a TV show for you.

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AMC Picks Up 'Queen Of The Damned' With New Showrunner Hannah Moscovitch | Comic Book Club

Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles will return to AMC for a fourth season, now titled Queen Of The Damned with a new showrunner, Hannah Moscovit

Hell yeah let's go

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'Afterlife With Archie' Live-Action Series Greenlit By Disney+ | Comic Book Club

Afterlife With Archie has officially been greenlit as a live-action show for Disney+, with Riverdale's Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa as showrunner.

Oh, we are so back.

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'The Vampire Lestat' Season Finale Recap: "The Failures" | Comic Book Club

The Vampire Lestat season finale is here, and we're recapping all the big moments on "The Failures" as the season comes to an end.

My humble suggestion is that after you finish watching The Vampire Lestat finale you go back and watch the entire season again, because the whole thing was so intricately constructed you won’t see how much of the finale was laid out through the previous six episodes until a second viewing.

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'The Odyssey' Review: Christopher Nolan's Greek Epic Is An Overwhelming Masterpiece | Comic Book Club

Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey is an overwhelming masterpiece, full of stunning visuals and a stellar cast that will leave you breathl

You may not be shocked to learn The Odyssey is a masterpiece.

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'The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE', the taped version of the live performance that happened last month in NYC, will premiere on AMC+ on Sunday, August 23 (after a preview at SDCC later this month).

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Rock Sucks: Backstage at ‘The Vampire Lestat’ and Its Music-Infused New Season

Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson, plus showrunner Rolin Jones, go deep with IndieWire on the Anne Rice series' new season, including a trip to a

Oh hey, guess what? I talked to Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson and Rolin Jones extensively about the new musically infused season of The Vampire Lestat for a big ol' preview of what to expect -- and a rundown of what happened last night at a live Vampire Lestat concert in New York.

...and one note for the fans: I don't mind passing around screenshots of quotes, but if you can link and click the article it would be ever so nice. Getting people to click through to the story is how we tell the outlets they should publish more stories about this show. And this show deserves more stories!

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Video from The Vampire Lestat concert last night, featuring "Lestat" entering to kick off "Long Face" with the band.

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Here's a little photo dump from last night's The Vampire Lestat concert, a transcendent experience (not the best photos, but you get the gist of what they were going for).

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Did the New Republic Just Commit War Crimes in The Mandalorian and Grogu?

For most of the running time of The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters in seven years, it’s a romp with the ti

Hey, I've got a question about that new Star War

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Want an Easy TV Villain? Give Them a Cybertruck, Like on The Boys

How did the Tesla Cybertruck become television shorthand for sucky characters? Here's a brief, incomplete history of the vehicle on TV.

Wrote about the TV trend of using a Cybertruck as a way of easily telling your audience that the character driving one is a dumb loser villain who sucks.

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The Boys' Oh Father, Daveed Diggs, Goes Inside How This Week's Profane, Prophetic, Penultimate Musical Number Was Made

We go inside The Boys' profane, prophetic, penultimate musical number with Daveed Diggs (Oh Father), who brings his historic stage presence

No big deal, just talked to Daveed Diggs, as well as composer Christopher Lennertz, about crafting the profane, prophetic, and final musical number of The Boys Season 5.

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hey Alex! Do you get screeners or anything for XO Kitty? Just desperate for a wlw show and wondering if there’s anything with Kittyuri to get hopeful or excited about? 🙏

Sorry, I do not watch the show!

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The new Muppet Show is comedic perfection! Read our review for more.

'The Muppet Show' Review: Disney+'s Special Is The Best The Muppets Have Been In 50 Years

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Turns out that if you want to capture the magic of The Muppet Show, the one neat trick is… To do The Muppet Show. My review of the excellent, hopefully not one-off special.