Author: Mary Anne Butler

We’ve been talking a lot in the last few weeks about HBO Max’s “Harry Potter” 20th reunion special. “Return to Hogwarts” hit the streaming service on January 1st, and it’s absolutely worth watching. Especially if you’re more than a passing fan of the series. The one thing we DO want to point out though is despite reports to the contrary (which we ourselves ran, among pretty much every other outlet out there), problematic author JK Rowling does appear. True, it’s in interview segments dated 2019, but she is most assuredly there. It is interesting that Rowling’s segments are the only…

To honor the First Lady of Television, “Saturday Night Live” will be re-airing Betty White’s episode from 2010 tonight. Fans of White launched a campaign on Facebook in 2009, hoping to get “SNL” creator/producer Lorne Michaels’ attention. It worked! But also it’s worth nothing that Michaels said the show HAD tried to schedule White as a host 3 times previously.White was 88 when she filmed the episode, and longtime “SNL” alum like Tina Fey and Amy Pohler praised Betty’s professionalism. As well as her legendary quick wit and masterful performance style, no matter what the sketch. White passed away on…

While it’s always sad to say goodbye to a show we’ve enjoyed, the 6th and final season of “Peaky Blinders” looks like it’ll be epic. A trailer released this morning teases the return of Cillian Murphy  as Tommy Shelby, as well as Tom Hardy, Paul Anderson, Finn Cole, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sophie Rundle. “Peaky is back and with a bang. After the enforced production delay due to the Covid pandemic, we find the family in extreme jeopardy and the stakes have never been higher,” writer/creator Steven Knight said of the series. “We believe this will be the best series of all…

We are absolutely heartbroken to report the passing of American treasure, Betty White. The undisputed queen of charm across decades of television, White was approaching her 100th birthday. The news was broken by TMZ, who say local law enforcement informed them of White’s passing at her home on December 31st, 2021. PEOPLE Magazine confirmed the news. White’s close friend and longtime agent Jeff Witjas released the following statement: “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever.I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think…

The Nerdbot staff put our heads together to rank our best and worst of Marvel Studios’ 10 releases in 2021.

HBO Max’s upcoming “Harry Potter” 20th reunion special is right around the corner, and the streaming service just released another featurette for “Return to Hogwarts.” Reuniting key cast from across all 8 films, the special is also omitting a pretty big component of the franchise- author JK Rowling. But we’re not mad about it, considering her frankly disgusting personal views on trans individuals. ANYHOW, on to the new featurette! Our favorite part? Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton twirling the lovely Hermione Granger actress Emma Watson. *heart eyes* “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Return to Hogwarts” hits HBO Max on New Year’s…

The highly anticipated supplemental tale of the galaxy far, far away’s most infamous bounty hunter is finally here. In case you missed it, “The Book of Boba Fett” released on Disney+ last night. “Star Wars” fans had been anxiously awaiting this series, which aims to tell the tale of Fett following his seeming death on Tatooine. Spoiler- he didn’t die. This morning, The Walt Disney Company officially released the theme song for the show, from “The Mandalorian” composer Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther”). We do want to point out though that Göransson only penned the theme, Joseph Shirley serves as series composer…

We are so very sorry to report the passing of John Madden, icon of the NFL and sports broadcasting. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement about the passing of John Madden: “On behalf of the entire NFL family, we extend our condolences to Virginia, Mike, Joe and their families. We all know him as the Hall of Fame coach of the Oakland Raiders and broadcaster who worked for every major network, but more than anything, he was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football. He was an incredible sounding board to me and so many…

The wait for “The Book of Boba Fett” is just about over. As of midnight December 29th, chapter 1 of the “Star Wars” live-action spinoff series. Starring Temeura Morrison as the infamous bounty hunter, the series picks up after the character’s reintroduction in season 2 of “The Mandalorian.” We know that season 1 will be 7 episodes, called chapters. Executive producer Robert Rodriguez directs 3 of those 7. As with Disney+ releases, each new chapter will hit the streaming service on Wednesdays. Chapter 1 – December 29Chapter 2 – January 5Chapter 3 – January 12Chapter 4 – January 19Chapter 5 – January 26Chapter 6 – February…

Just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder than Arby’s fries flavored vodka in 2021, here comes Lay’s potato chips. The scariest part? It sold out in MINUTES. Apparently we all need to get into the novelty distilling business. The Frito-Lay snack brand partnered with Eastside Distilling out of Portland, Oregon on the concoction. This potato vodka isn’t a run-of-the-mill spirit, either. Apparently, the potatoes used to create this vodka was a speciality variety, developed by the company back in 2018. This particular potato is also the subject of some debate, as a group of farmers in India have revoked…