The monologues continue apace in Flanagan’s latest (and likely final) series for Netflix: The Fall of the House of Usher. While the eight episodes of this show present a pleasantly nasty modern interpretation of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, they also feature characters frequently droning on about one thing or another. Monologues in Usher include several tortured backstories, an anecdote about a car, and even a meditation on how the ancient Greeks started experiments on animals in 4th century BCE. Read More...
Survivor created an entirely new TV genre when it premiered on May 31, 2000. Creator Mark Burnett and host Jeff Probst have made it clear that in the early days of the reality competition, they had a lot to figure out.
One major issue that still comes up every season is editing hundreds of hours of unscripted footage down to just 15 episodes.
In season 21 Survivor: Nicaragua, they ended up with the purple edit — and it’s happened a few more times in the seasons since. Read More...
Brittney Wood's mother, Chessie, was charged with sodomy and child sex abuse, AL.com reported. While she insisted that there was no evidence against her, she took a 2016 plea deal that allowed her to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, per WPMI.
In July 2020, as WPMI revealed in a follow-up report, Chessie reiterated her belief that her sister, who is currently serving a 200-year sentence, knows something, and that her brother-in-law was likely involved in Brittney's disappearance and/or death. Read More...