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Singer Samantha Fox was arrested for an alleged drunken disturbance on a plane bound for Munich from London’s Heathrow airport.

Fox, whose heyday was the late 1980s, was on a British Airways flight when she allegedly got into a dispute with another passenger. The plane was on the runway but was turned around and returned to the gate.

Police reports said a woman in her 50s was arrested on suspicion of being drunk on board an aircraft. Fox later said she is helping with the investigation and is “deeply sorry for any disruption caused.”

Its passengers had to get off and were put up in a hotel. They made the journey the next day.

Fox first came to public attention as a Page 3 girl in the Sun UK tabloid, where she appeared regularly as a prominent sex symbol from 1983 until 1986. She released her first album in 1986 for Jive Records,...

Vinegar Syndrome has announced and unleashed their March 2023 lineup today, with several new releases up for pre-order now including Freeway II and Primal Rage on 4K Uhd!

The company previews, “This month we’re proud to offer two (!) world Uhd debuts, kicking off with Matthew Bright’s somehow even wilder and sleazier in-name-only sequel, Freeway II: Confessions Of A Trickbaby (1999), which upgrades this deliriously perverse take on Hansel & Gretel to 4K, and comes loaded with hours of new and archival extras.

“Also fresh to Uhd, and restored for the very first time on video (in any format) from its 35mm original camera negative, Vittorio Rambaldi’s interspecies viral sci-fi/horror oddity, Primal Rage (1988). Enjoy Oscar winning effects maestro Carlo Rambaldi’s splashy death set pieces in clarity never before imagined, along with a whole slate of exciting new extras.

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“And finally from Vs, a collection of three...

Busted’s Charlie Simpson has been crowned the winner of The Masked Singer.

The singer, 37, who rose to fame with the pop punk band which produced hits including Year 3000 and Crashed The Wedding, performed in disguise as Rhino throughout the ITV series.

Simpson performed three times across Saturday’s finale show and beat Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, who was disguised as Phoenix, and All Saints star Natalie Appleton, who was hiding behind the Fawn mask.

The Busted star admitted he did not expect to win the show and just tried to “remember the lyrics and have fun”.

Asked how he found the experience, he said: “I was terrified the entire time because the thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs.”

He added that his last song of the show, Try by P!nk, was the only time he did...

Busted’s Charlie Simpson has been crowned the winner of The Masked Singer.

The singer, 37, who rose to fame with the pop-punk band which produced hits including “Year 3000” and “Crashed The Wedding”, performed in disguise as Rhino throughout the ITV series.

Simpson performed three times across Saturday’s finale show (18 February) and beat Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, who was disguised as Phoenix, and All Saints star Natalie Appleton, who was hiding behind the Fawn mask.

The Busted star admitted he did not expect to win the show and just tried to “remember the lyrics and have fun”.

Asked how he found the experience, he said: “I was terrified the entire time because the thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics. I often forget lyrics to my own songs.”

He added that his last song of the show, “Try” by P!nk, was the only time he did...

Gerard Butler and Mike Colter in Plane Photo: Lionsgate Deep thinkers from William Shakespeare to Samantha Fox have wondered “what’s in a name?” The producers of Plane have discovered that, if nothing else, the right title of a January action picture starring Gerard Butler can at least get people yapping on Twitter.

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Series: "Better Things"

Where You Can Stream It: Hulu

The Pitch: Sam Fox is an actress living in LA with her three kids -- sweet youngest daughter Duke (Olivia Edward), social justice-minded middle child Frankie (Hannah Riley), and adventurous, tempestuous eldest, Max ("Scream" star Mikey Madison). Sam's beautiful house, the setting for much of the series' chaos and joy, also sits across from her forgetful and particular mother's (Celia Imrie) place.

This setup may make "Better Things" sound like a sitcom, but it's actually a series with a beautiful, serendipitous, nearly free-association structure. The show was initially co-created by Louis C.K. (whose network deal was terminated in 2017 in light of his admitted sexual misconduct), but it's clearly Adlon's baby through and through.

Michael J. Fox and wife Tracy Pollan are headed for a major milestone! The couple, who met in the ’80s while starring together on “Family Ties”, will celebrate 35 years of marriage in July.

“It’s been an interesting life,” Fox tells Et’s Brooke Anderson in a new interview, opening up about their relationship ahead of their upcoming A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s gala. The couple will be joined by host Denis Leary for a night of comedy and music — featuring Jim Gaffigan, Samantha Bee, Brad Paisley and more — for the Oct. 29 benefit in New York City. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

“She’s smart and she loves me and she’s protective and she’s everything,” Fox gushed of his longtime love.

Together, the couple shares four children — son Sam, 33; twin daughters Schuyler and Aquinnah,...

The Emmy best actress races are becoming increasingly competitive as big-name stars participate in creating shows, reclaiming the power to be leading ladies carrying an increasingly complex narrative. Take Julia Roberts and her role as the Washington socialite turned whistleblower Martha Mitchell in Starz’ limited-series Emmy contender “Gaslit.”

With Mitchell, the actress-producer explores a woman of contradictions: a stylish hostess who tipsily goes over the edge into drug and alcohol abuse; a political player on the arm of Richard Nixon’s Attorney General John Mitchell (Sean Penn), whose marriage crumbles under the weight of an administration in crisis; and a traumatized wife and mother experiencing Ptsd after repeatedly being roughly thrown under the bus by the powerful white men in the room.

What Roberts and her fellow producers have done here is to take the familiar narrative of the White House burglars first exposed by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein,...

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For as fecund as Peak TV has been during the past decade, the glut hasn’t exactly yielded boundless perfection. In between all the flavorless revivals, franchise extenders, true-scandal dramas and star-studded gimmicks, this season I found myself grasping for simple shows that radiated unaffected warmth and vulnerability. I wanted sincerity. I wanted quietness. I wanted friendships.

This spring, I faithfully clung to a few comedies that drew me in with their incomparable leads, all actresses in later middle age whose characters undergo artistic rebirths in the second half of their lives. Few shows this year have offered me greater viewing pleasure than Somebody Somewhere, Better Things, Julia and Hacks because it’s delightfully invigorating to just watch women of a certain age being themselves, no apologies necessary. These series are as nourishing as they are funny, which makes them irresistible in a...

With every fest edition there has been a rich component dedicated to music – celluloid go hand and hand with musical notes hence the music biopic are often welcomed. Most are known entities but if Anna Paavilainen‘s sophomore feature is included here, or Rotterdam or the Berlinale there’ll need to be some context needed to fully get into Kikka!. Starring Sara Melleri in a decade-spanning, head strong personality portrait, the Finnish pop singer was compared to Samantha Fox. Produced by Daniel Kuitunen (who brought a pair of Finn-tastic side-splitting shorts to the fest in Fucking Bunnies and Are You Hungry?…...

Pop singer Kikka, a.k.a. Kirsi Hannele Viilonen, who passed away in 2005 at just 41 years old, will finally get her due in the upcoming biopic being produced by Helsinki’s Komeetta. Founded by producers Daniel Kuitunen and Kaisla Viitala, the production company’s slate already includes Zaida Bergroth’s “Maria’s Paradise,” shown in Toronto in 2019, and J-p Valkeapää’s comedy “Hit Big,” currently in development.

The Finnish answer to the likes of Samantha Fox or Sabrina, as she was often referred to during the first years of her tumultuous career, quickly grabbed the public’s attention with her playful songs and a highly sexualized image. Although still best known in her native country, there are universal themes to her story, Viitala tells Variety.

“‘Kikka!’ is more than a biopic – it’s a story about an aging sex symbol, about friendship and loneliness. I think these are all universal topics,...

Stephan Ellis, the former bassist for the quintessential Eighties arena rock outfit Survivor, has died at the age of 69.

Survivor’s longtime guitarist, Frankie Sullivan, confirmed Ellis’ death on the band’s Facebook. No cause of death was revealed.

“We are devastated to hear that Stephan Ellis has passed away,” Sullivan wrote. “Steph was the guy who was only interested in the music. He absolutely had a special charm with the fans and within the band. I loved much when it came to Steph.”

Survivor formed in 1978, but Ellis didn...

Harley Wallen is an extremely versatile actor-writer- director who is looking to make a big impact in 2018 with several projects which he is releasing through his production company Painted Creek Productions. I got a chance to talk with Harley about some of his exciting new projects including Moving Parts, Bennett’s Song, Into a Dark Mind, Artificial Loyalty and Agramon’s Gate.

How did you first get involved in film?

Originally in Sweden I was involved in martial arts, music and dance. The music and dance eventually led to a part in a tv show called Solstollarna (1987). It was a really cool cabaret show and we had fantastic guests; Samantha Fox was out there and some other pretty big musical acts at the time. Instead of bringing in actors for some of the smaller pieces, they had us dancers do some of acting and I really got bit by the acting bug at that time.

This year has been, by all accounts, tumultuous. In the past, viewers might turn to romantic comedies to remind them that everything will be Ok; to distract themselves from the seemingly unending onslaught of disheartening news, and inspire them to believe in the future.

But 2017 has seen a slight shift in the genre’s purpose. This year, more “rom-coms” than ever are taking their stories very, very seriously. From the black comic truths of Sarah Jessica Parker’s “Divorce” to the healing power of love post-trauma in Tig Notaro’s “One Mississippi,” this batch of romantic-minded comedies are addressing issues as honestly as anything else on television.

Sure, there’s still room for flirtatious fun, “will they or won’t they” pairings, and soul-bearing emotional confessions, but the list gathered below speaks to the state of the world: Love can still conquer all, but it’s not a cloaking agent.

FX wants more Better Things.

The cable network has renewed the Peabody Award-winning comedy for Season 3, TVLine has learned.

Currently midway through its second season, Better Things centers on Sam Fox (Louie‘s Pamela Adlon), a working actress and single parent to three daughters: rebellious teen Max (Mikey Madison), mouthy middle child Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and sweetheart Duke (Olivia Edward). She also takes care of her wackadoo mother Phil (Celia Imrie, who recently earned TVLine honors).

“Better Things‘ success is testament to the creative genius of Pamela Adlon as a writer,...

Even better things are on the way. Just weeks after its Season 2 premiere, FX has renewed its hit Peabody-winning comedy series Better Things for a third season for premiere in 2018. Created by and starring Pamela Adlon, who also directed all 10 episodes of the current season season, Better Things centers on Sam Fox (Adlon), a single, working actor with no filter raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los…...

On tonight’s episode of FX comedy Better Things, Rebecca Metz is a key component in the episode titled “Phil”, which explores the burdens and heartbreak of trying to care for an elder parent who is neurologically failing. The series stars Pamela Adlon and is a wickedly pointed comedy about her character Sam Fox raising three distinctly challenging daughters and one physically frail and homesick English mother living in Los Angeles and working in the entertainment industry. None of it is easy. In this pivotal episode, amidst Sam’s ongoing issues with her mom Phil (Phyllis played by Celia Imrie), we will...read more...

On the whole, 2017 hasn’t exactly been a stellar year, but TV is here to help.

The endless wave of new and old shows seems to show no signs of slowing down before the year is up. More doesn’t always mean better, but luckily this year in TV has had a pretty solid number of series that transcended previously unreached levels of quality or stayed as dependably great as ever.

Read More:Every IndieWire TV Review of 2017 Shows, Ranked from Best to Worst By Grade

So, in order to highlight the best that the year has had to offer, we’ve compiled a list of every series we’ve given an “A-” grade or higher in 2017, with excerpts from our reviews. And since you shouldn’t just take our word for it, we’ve included the places where those shows are currently available to stream. Catch up on the year...

A lot of series grow more ambitious as they go on, and FX’s Better Things is no different. Co-creator Pamela Adlon, who plays Sam Fox, the harried but hilarious mother at the center of the action, has taken on directorial duties for the entire second season, which kicked off with one of her finest moments ever. Season…

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Leading by example is not Sam Fox’s style. She’d have to be a paragon of virtue for that, and she is decidedly not. She has flaws—many, many flaws—and what’s more is, she doesn’t hide them from her kids. She doesn’t pretend to be unflappable or unerring. Sam lets them see her sweat and fail, lets them know how…

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Last year, FX gave its Better Things TV show an early second season renewal, after just two episodes had aired. The comedy-drama from creators Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. went on to earn tepid ratings over the course of its first season. Can they build up the audience in season two? Will Better Things be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. Better Things revolves around Sam Fox (Adlon), a working actor in Los Angeles. The FX cast also includes Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward, Celia Imrie, Rebecca Metz, and Alysia Reiner. Sam is a divorced woman without a filter, who's just trying to raise her three daughters -- teenager Max (Madison), eccentric Frankie (Alligood) and spicey Duke (Edward). She also has to keep an eye out on her mother, Phil (Imrie). Sam fills the roles of dad, referee, and the...

The sixth episode of “Better Things” Season 2 is one of television’s best — not just of the year, but of the golden age and beyond.

Titled “Eulogy” and dedicated to the late Robert Michael Morris, who makes a brief cameo, the episode is intent on appreciating the consummate reality of everyday life while you’re living it. The season is, too. “Better Things” is a challenging, deeply rewarding, and ultimately miraculous experience because of how it draws extra attention to what matters and curtly dismisses what doesn’t. Both elements are typically communicated via frank remarks either profoundly moving or very, very funny (sometimes both) and each episode captures Pamela Adlon’s unique blend of stubborn — and often inappropriate — love in such a way you’ll wish more people acted as brashly genuine as she does. Hell, you may even start acting that way yourself.

Read More:Pamela Adlon Gave...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: What is your most anticipated returning show of the fall season? Why?

Liz Shannon Miller (@lizlet), IndieWire

There’s a lot I’m very excited about returning: “BoJack Horseman” Season 4, as just one example, is truly extraordinary. But I’m fascinated by the thought of what “Mr. Robot” Season 3 is going to be like, given the crazy political environment it was created during. The latest trailer teased a lot of exciting developments about the new world order descending upon the hacker drama; plus, it’s a show that always has at least one big secret up its sleeve. Of everything coming out this fall, it seems like the most unknown quantity,...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: When was the first time you saw a TV character that you felt represented you or your experience? Who was it? How did you feel? (This is jumping on the #FirstTimeISawMe hashtag about representation.)

Eric Deggans (@deggans), NPR

This is a tough question, because I don’t think I’ve seen a character like me yet on television (black comics nerd who loves playing drums, has a thirst for pop culture, spent his teens grooving to Frank Zappa and Parliament/Funkadelic and has a passion for racial issues and opposing stereotypes in media. Nope, haven’t seen that character yet). But the first time I saw...

Pamela Adlon’s brilliant noir comedy Better Things is coming back for Season 2 in September — and two new preview clips reveal her dry humor in all its glory. FX’s amazing series is a poignant and surprisingly heartfelt twist on the family sitcom. Well received by critics, the show earned the WGA and Critics’ Choice nominations for its first season. The series revolves around Sam Fox (Adlon), a single, working actor raising three daughters (Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles. Filterless and fearless, Sam is a de facto mother, father, and mediator sandwiched between her three girls...read more...

Are you overwhelmed by how much television is available right now? Is life getting in the way of keeping up with the shows you wanna try out? We feel your tube-related pain. Here’s a handy feature that’ll help you locate the hidden gems in this era of Peak TV.

Better Things

Network | FX

Created By | Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.

Number Of Episodes | 10

Episode Length | 30 mins.

RelatedPeak TV Treasure: Netflix’s Love

Premise | Adlon (Louie) stars as actress Sam Fox, who has to balance a frustrating Hollywood career with being a single mom to three daughters: rebellious teen...

The mom's life is never over. Today, FX announced season two of Better Things will premiere in September.The comedy centers on "Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), a single, working actor with no filter raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles."Read More…...

FX Networks has announced late-summer return dates for two its comedy series. Season 4 of You’re the Worst is set for 10 Pm Wednesday, September 6, on Fxx, and Pamela Adlon’s Peabody-winning Better Things bows at 10 Pm Thursday, September 14. Better Things, which earned WGA and Critics’ Choice noms for its freshman season, centers on Sam Fox (Adlon), a single, working actor with no filter raising her three daughters (Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward) in Los…...

FXX has announced a Season 4 premiere date for You’re the Worst, while FX has set a Season 2 premiere for Pamela Adlon’s Better Things.

First up, You’re the Worst will return with back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 10/9c. The critically acclaimed, anti-romcom tells the story of Gretchen and Jimmy, who we last saw get engaged in the Season 3 finale.

A few thoughts on the end of Better Things season 1 coming up just as soon as there's a mustache in Mexico... Pamela Adlon's entire career hasn't been defined by gender fluidity, but a lot of it has. Her first movie lead was as the title character in Willy/Milly, who wished she could be a boy and woke up the next morning with a penis. Many of her early TV roles involved her playing girls passing as boys, and she even posed as a boy in real life to audition for one of her first big jobs. And her most famous role will likely always be as middle school boy Bobby Hill on King of the Hill. Still, when I spent a few minutes of my interview with Adlon at press tour revisiting her androgynous acting past, it was more for nostalgia's sake than because I felt it applied to Better Things,...

FX continues to build their roster of original scripted programming. The cable channel cancels low-rated shows but has stuck with others. Will Better Things survive to see a second season or, will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.Better Things revolves around Sam Fox (co-creator Pamela Adlon), a working actor in Los Angeles. A divorced woman without a filter, she's trying to raise her three daughters – teenager Max (Mikey Madison), eccentric Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and spicey Duke (Olivia Edward). Sam also watches out for her mom (Celia Imrie). All at once, she is mom, dad, referee, and the cops.Read More…...

FX knows a good thing when it has one. Deadline reports the network has renewed Better Things for a second season.Co-created by Pamela Adlon, the comedy stars the Louie actress as Sam Fox, a working actor and divorced mother trying to raise her three daughters. The cast also includes Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward, and Celia Imrie.Read More…...

If Earn Marks and Sam Fox are struggling to catch a break, their respective series are having much better luck. Buoyed by strong ratings across the board, FX has today issued second season renewals for both Better Things and Donald Glover’s hip-hop drama, Atlanta.

When it comes to the latter, Glover’s passion project, one which chronicles the trials and tribulations faced by his budding rapper Earn, went down a storm with the FX audience, after the pilot episode became the most-watched basic cable primetime scripted comedy premiere in over three years. Quite the mouthful, but an impressive feat nonetheless. Better Things, on the other hand, is said to have struck a chord with the network’s female audience, something that lead star and executive producer Pamela Adlon will be hoping to continue long into 2017 – and beyond?

Out of the two, though, it was Atlanta that fared better in our review,...

FX may just be dizzy from the buzz of the Emmy’s, but with shows that are crushing in the ratings, it isn’t much of a surprise that the network has renewed new shows, Atlanta and Better Things.

Not only have the shows done well, but in this day and age, when shows perform well in certain areas, you would have to wonder about not renewing them. Atlanta not only managed the best scripted comedy premiere on basic cable in years, but it grew after that, and Better Things convincingly scored FX’s most female-driven audience.

As if the ratings weren’t enough, the network has more to go on than you know, because they’ve seen more episodes, and both of these shows improve as they go.

And, perhaps the most important thing in play here is that FX is a pretty savvy network, and they know that...

FX has renewed the acclaimed new comedy series Atlanta and Better Things, it was announced today by Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Presidents of Original Programming, FX Networks and FX Productions.

The network has ordered 10 episodes for the second season of each series.

Grad and Schrier stated, “It’s really gratifying to launch two new comedies that have received overwhelming critical acclaim right out of the gate and that are emblematic of FX's award-winning brand."

"It is clear to us that Atlanta and Better Things have struck a nerve with viewers, which is a credit to Donald Glover’s vision for Atlanta and Pamela Adlon’s vision for Better Things. They, along with their spectacular casts, writers and directors, have created exceptional shows that we are incredibly proud to produce."

On Atlanta, two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

Earn Marks and Sam Fox may be struggling, but their new TV series are not. FX has handed out second season renewals to “Atlanta” and “Better Things,” both of which will return next year with ten more episodes.

Donald Glover is executive producer and star of “Atlanta,” playing aspiring hip-hop manager Earn (who’s really just trying to support his toddler), while Pamela Adlon is executive producer and star of “Better Things,” playing working actress Sam (who’s also trying to support her three daughters).

Read More: ‘Atlanta’ Review: Donald Glover’s First Series Is Already Essential Viewing

“Atlanta” premiered to strong numbers, giving FX the most-watched basic cable primetime scripted comedy premiere in three years (among adults 18-49, after three days of “Live+3” time-shifted viewing). And the audience is growing: “Atlanta’s” third episode attracted 1.9 million viewers in Live+3, up from the previous week’s 1.6 million.

“Better Things,” meanwhile,...

With each new TV season comes a new batch of stars, and fall 2016 is chock-full of them. We’ve rounded up our favorites below. Whether they are previous projects’ supporting standouts now getting their due or are new to the small-screen game entirely, they’re all playing in the major leagues now—and they all deliver. Pamela Adlon“Better Things,” Thursdays on FX (premiered Sept. 8)On FX’s beloved, Emmy-winning “Louie,” Pamela was always our favorite love interest of its putzy, titular lead. Luckily, Louis C.K. agrees. With C.K. attached as co-creator, Adlon gets the “Louie” treatment as co-creator, executive producer, and star of her new semiautobiographical series, “Better Things.” As Sam Fox, a single mother of three and working actor living in Los Angeles (all characteristics that apply to Adlon’s own life in motherhood and acting), she brings her singularly sardonic life view to the forefront. Dry,...

In the opening scene that sets the tone of tonight’s episode of Better Things, titled Period, Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) is getting her pap smear on and querying the doctor about the status of her lady bits. She’s wondering “am I a man yet?” while being reassured she has “the reproductive system of a 16-year-old still”. Relaying this exchange in a lighthearted frame over a coffee to her two friends of a certain age, you immediately sense the tension as her two peers perfectly transmit their menstrual schadenfreude. Both are obviously dealing with “pausing” and perhaps they are childless too,...read more...

The Performer | Carly Chaikin

The Show | Mr. Robot

The Episode | “eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx” (Sept. 7, 2016)

The Performance | Darlene is a tough nut to crack. Sure, Mr. Robot‘s moody young hacker clearly cares for her brother Elliot, but mostly she buries any semblance of human emotion underneath a thick layer of cynicism and snark.

That’s why it was so moving when she opened up this week with a gut-punch of a monologue delivered by Chaikin. Sitting in a hospital waiting room with her sort-of boyfriend Cisco, Darlene recalled when she was on a family trip to Coney Island...

Pamela Adlon's new FX show, Better Things, tells a mother-daughter story you haven't really seen on television before. The series follows a single mom, Sam Fox (Adlon), who is raising three daughters—and the very real struggle that comes when you're trying to juggle it all: complicated mother-daughter relationships, being a single parent, trying to have a romantic life, and trying to provide for your family. We've seen shows about divorce and we've seen shows about families, but we haven't really seen a story that's quite as real and complicated as Sam's. "I think my show is not really about being divorced. My show is about this mom raising these girls and we really don't...

Five episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

Earlier in the year, Judd Apatow debuted a half-hour comedy series on Netflix that centered on the very (very, very) slowly unfolding Love between two hapless Los Angeles hipsters. Played with grace and patience and alacrity, that show immensely rewarded the second thing I just listed, but it’s also hard to berate people who simply want their sitcoms to happen at a faster, more consistently humorous rate.

Those people will make it exactly 30 seconds into Better Things before bolting. Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.’s new show is many things; it’s mature, it’s well-crafted in a shaggy, aimless sort of way, and it’s got a helluva central complex character to unravel in Sam Fox, Adlon’s alter ego. But it is not exactly concise. It feels like every appropriate (and inappropriate) topic is breached in the first five episodes,...

Comedy doesn't have to be autobiographical, but it can help a lot. Whether in sitcom plots or stand-up routines, specificity makes everything better, and it's hard to get more specific than drawing details the writers know by heart because they've lived them. Many of TV's greatest comedies were heavily based on the experiences of their creators and/or stars, from The Dick Van Dyke Show — where Carl Reiner would famously begin each Monday by asking his writers to recount what they did with their spouses and kids over the weekend — to Roseanne, Seinfeld (and, thus, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Everybody Loves Raymond, and recent shows like black-ish. Peak TV also seems to have brought with it Peak Autobiographical Dramedy, with comedians playing a version of themselves that's thinly-disguised at best, having adventures that feel therapeutic as much as comic. Even with Louie — the creative high point, to date, of this particular...

Think about what you want and boil it down to three words. For Sam Fox, played by Pamela Adlon in the new FX comedy “Better Things,” those three words would be: “Mature, Lady and Sex.”

The series, co-created by Adlon and Louis C.K., follows a single, working actress raising three daughters in Los Angeles all on her own – and who also looks after her mother (Celia Imrie) who lives across the street. In the first trailer Sam struggles to earn a living, tries to navigates her kids’ lives, have some fun and find some private time for herself, all while having a complete lack of filter and wishing she had some extra help. The video goes to show how there’s a difference between what you want and what you get.

Read More: ‘Better Things’ Teaser: Pamela Adlon Rings the ‘Shame’ Bell in New FX Series Co-Created by Louis Ck...

“Are you dating Luke?” “Eww, no. I’m dating my daughters.” After releasing a slew of promos for Better Things — including a Game of Thrones-themed one — FX has unwrapped with first official trailer for its upcoming comedy starring Pamela Adlon. The actress and comic created the show with her buddy Louis C.K., having played his love on-again/off-again love interest on the cable net’s Louie, which is on indefinite hiatus. Adlon stars in the new series as Sam Fox, a put-upon…...

Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon’s new series “Better Things” follows Sam Fox (played by Adlon), a single, working actor raising three daughters (Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles all on her own. Along with her family, Fox also looks after her mother (Celia Imrie) who lives right across the street. Sam struggles to earn a living, raise her daughters, and find some private time along the way, all the while dealing with her complete lack of filter. Watch a promo for the series below featuring Fox shopping for pillows by using a nonstandard criteria.

Read More: ‘Better Things’ Teaser: Pamela Adlon Rings the ‘Shame’ Bell in New FX Series Co-Created by Louis Ck

Adlon is probably best known for her voice work, particularly the voice of Bobby Hill on the Mike Judge animated sitcom “King of the Hill,” for which she won an Emmy, and as...

We're certain you haven't forgotten it's Tyrant Eve (Season 3 begins tomorrow!), but now we have even More FX news to keep you cozy.

That's right. One of the best kept secrets in Hollywood – the premise of American Horror Story – actually has a premiere date.

Can you even believe something in this business can be kept secret that long?

The real shocker is it's not waiting until October to come back.

Buckle up kiddos, because American Horror Story premieres Wednesday, September 14 at 10/9c!!!

But, that's not all!!

The new comedy from Donald Glover (and starring Donald Glover) titled Atlanta will be premiering on Tuesday, September 6 at 10/9c

The "official" scoop from Atlanta follows, but I've seen the pilot, and trying to discern all of this stuff is not easy, which is good. It's Hilarious.

In Atlanta, two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

While plot details for the sixth season of American Horror Story are mostly under wraps, we now know when the horror series will return, as FX has officially announced the show's Season 6 premiere date.

American Horror Story Season 6 will premiere on Wednesday, September 14th at 10:00pm Est. We have the official press release (via SpoilerTV) from FX, although cast and plot information have yet to be officially announced by the network:

Press Release: Los Angeles – July 5, 2016 – FX has set the premiere dates for two of the year’s most anticipated new comedy series, Atlanta and Better Things, as well as the return of the acclaimed and award-winning American Horror Story for its sixth installment, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks. Atlanta, a half-hour comedy series created by and starring Donald Glover, will premiere on FX on September 6, followed two days later by Better Things,...

Robin’S Nest (1980)

“There’s high flying action when the pretty little birds flock together…”

Newlyweds Alan (Eric Edwards, Laura’s Toys) and Robin (Arcadia Lake, Debbie Does Dallas) spend their first day as a married couple by moving in to their new apartment. Naturally, that evening they christen said apartment like most couples would do and damn do they start married life with a bang! The perfect start to what will be a truly future? Maybe not, because fast forward six months later and the couple’s bickering has lead to the pair undergoing a trial separation and Robin to move out. She decides to stay with her high society nympho of a friend; Glenna (Robin Byrd, Pleasure Palace). The pair then do some “catching up”. With her mind somewhat at ease, Robin’s healing process is off to a great start! Alan on the other hand is a bumbling,...

A still from Megan Riakos' directorial debut Crushed.

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Megan Riakos' directorial debut Crushed is set for a March 15 theatrical release followed by screenings nationally via cinema-on-demand service Fan-Force.

The new Australian thriller is direct from a successful international film festival run including Montreal World Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival and Napa Valley Film Festival..

The film, written and directed by Riakos (50-50, The Shed), is the story of a young woman (played by Sarah Bishop, doing double-duty as a producer alongside Full Clips's Robbie Miles) who returns home to the family vineyard after her father dies in an accident.

Riakos, an Aftrs graduate, recently completed the Professional Screenwriting program at UCLA, where she wrote two feature scripts over the course of a year, one of which was Crushed.

After returning home the director enlisted Bishop, with whom she'd made the short film Blue Bird in 2013, in addition...

Corinne Foxx, daughter of Jamie Foxx, was named Miss Golden Globe 2016 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced Tuesday.  Miss or Mister Golden Globe is chosen to assist at the awards ceremony and is traditionally the son or daughter of an established Hollywood star. The 21-year-old model and senior at USC follows in the footsteps of Greer Grammer, daughter of Kelsey Grammer; Sosie Bacon, daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick; Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher; Sam Fox, son of Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan; Rainey Qualley, daughter of Andie MacDowell; Gia

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