Frito-Lay is getting ready to turn traditional notions of potato-chip advertising into mash. The snacking giant, part of PepsiCo., will run a minute-long Super Bowl commercial for its flagship Lay’s that will try to do for potatoes in the Big Game what Budweiser has done
Brian Murphy, an English actor and comedian best known for his roles in the ’70s sitcoms “Man About the House” and “George and Mildred,” died on Sunday. He was 92. Murphy’s agent confirmed the news to the BBC, calling him a “joyful and profoundly good-hearted
Whatever summer temperature it is where the average person’s mind begins to warp and melt in the general heat-haze, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is set permanently to that exact degree. You can feel the slow, sweaty adhesion of skin to every surface —
COMEDY CONVERGENCE Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris are heading to Queensland, Australia with cameras set to roll this month on destination comedy “Spa Weekend.” The Gold Coast-set film, from “Bad Moms” helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, follows three best friends
For the first time, 2025 will see streamers outpace commercial broadcaster in global content spend, according to a new report. New figures released by Ampere Analysis predict global content spend will reach $248 billion this year, a 0.4% year-on-year increase (following a 2% increase in
Jane Tranter has been named advisory chair for the 2025 Edinburgh TV Festival, which also marks the 50th anniversary of its MacTaggart Lecture. The influential TV executive, whose production company Bad Wolf is currently producing “Doctor Who” alongside BBC Studios, will work with creative director
“Let’s go to WeHo in the meantime” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but legendary singer-songwriter and longtime Tennessean resident John Hiatt returned to his old haunts in L.A. to be serenaded by a parade of boldface admirers Saturday at a benefit show at
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart took aim at President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and his plans to take over Panama and Greenland. Stewart opened the segment with a compilation of news clips detailing a “new trade war” that could emerge