Can Bill Nye really save the world? Probably not by preaching to the choir, which doesn't make his half-hour Netflix show "Bill Nye Saves the World" any less noteworthy as a breezy blow struck on behalf of science, despite a few structural miscalculations.
"Silicon Valley" is about a lot of things, including the odd collision of social awkwardness, big business and even bigger money in the high-tech world. Yet like another pay-cable series, Showtime's "Billions," the HBO comedy offers a more nuanced of the super-rich than TV often has in the past.
When Robert De Niro landed the role of the young mob boss Vito Corleone in the 1974 film "The Godfather: Part II," he said he approached it like a "scientific experiment." Performing a part first played by Marlon Brando, De Niro explained, required serious study.
Having grown up on screen through a series of impressive teen roles, Britt Robertson is a young actress who looks destined for stardom. Yet "Girlboss," her solo vehicle, represents a flawed design, as this Netflix half-hour about a conflicted 20-something at best feels like a diluted version of "Girls."
On "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Alec Baldwin talks about the method behind his Donald Trump impression and his daughter's reaction to praise from fans on the street.
On Tuesday night, after weeks of near-total silence, a lawyer for the embattled host declared that O'Reilly had been "subjected to a brutal campaign of character assassination that is unprecedented in post-McCarthyist America."
The latest source of angst for Breitbart came late last week, when Trump tapped former Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus to serve on the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank.
