As stated at the beginning of each episode, Swarm “is not a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is intentional.”  Show creators Donald Glover and Janine Nabers weren't playing around about this. According to Nabers, “This story is 100 percent taken from real events and real internet rumors and real other things, true crimes that have happened between the years of 2016 and 2018.” Here are 7 real-life events that inspired some of the darkest (and most thrilling) moments in...

Donald Glover has another masterpiece on his hands with his new thriller series Swarm, created by both Glover and playwright Janine Nabers, streaming on Amazon Prime Video starting on March 17th. The show stars newcomer Dominique Fishback (Judas And The Black Messiah) as Dre, a shy, neurotic young woman who is obsessed with the fictional pop-star “Ni’jah.” In the universe of Swarm, Ni’jah has a cult-like following of fans who are referred to as the “Killer Bees.” Ni’jah also surprise-dropped an album about her husband cheating...

Yellowjackets, the Emmy-nominated psychological-thriller series, is officially returning to Showtime later this month for the long-anticipated second season. The story, inspired by Lord of the Flies, follows an all-girl group of high school soccer players who get stranded in the Canadian wilderness after their plane crashes on the way to nationals. Not only do we get to see the horror and depravity (read: possible cannibalism) of survival play out over ten-episodes, we also follow the present day lives of the survivors, 25 years after the fact. The...

These days, it seems that anything Bowen Yang touches turns into gold, and that’s exactly what happened this past weekend during the NBC's Saturday Night Live. One of SNL’s prerecorded sketches from this past weekend was titled “Straight Male Friend.” It was designed like a commercial for a new type of antidepressant, one where Yang walked audiences through all the benefits of having at least one straight male friend. The sketch, written by Yang, as well as SNL writers Streeter Seidell and Alex English, began with Yang...

Christina Ricci has been entrancing audiences with her delightfully dark performances for over 30 years. Here, the star of such edgy classics as The Addams Family, Yellowjackets, and the new reboot, Wednesday, opens up about fame, her new family, and emerging from a year that “was way more disturbing than anything written in a tabloid.” Years of interviewing celebrities will teach you that most of them really are just like us. Yet it is extremely difficult not to get starstruck by Christina Ricci, even over the...

Ever since Trevor Noah stepped down as host of The Daily Show, the program’s been helmed by a rotating assortment of funny people. Comedian Sarah Silverman is the 4th, and based on The Daily Show’s current line-up, final female guest host. With hosts such as Silverman, Chelsea Handler, Wanda Sykes, and Leslie Jones, The Daily Show has been giving us a good dose of intersectional feminist content.  Therefore, when The Daily Show invited me to a live taping of Sarah Silverman’s debut show on Monday, February...

Award-winning entertainer and Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph made history during the 2023 Super Bowl LVII this past Sunday with her performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” alongside American Sign Language performer Justina Miles. While millions of viewers were stunned by Ralph’s vocal prowess (and luxurious red jumpsuit), the song’s rich, powerful history is what solicited the most reactions.  “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn, originally written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900. Commonly referred to as...

Last night was a big night in America. Not only was it the Puppy Bowl, but Rihanna gifted us with an amazing 13-minute long comeback concert (which was weirdly interrupted by a football game). As soon as Rihanna came out on stage in her iconic Jonathan Anderson-designed all-red outfit, everyone watching was all thinking the same thing, though we were simultaneously all too afraid to ask: Is Rihanna pregnant? Luckily for us, several brave Twitter users took one for the team to try to solve this...

The Daily Show should really win some sort of award for how many iconic guest hosts they're giving us. First up was Leslie Jones, folllowed by Wanda Sykes, and the amazing lineup continued this week with guest host Chelsea Handler! Handler began her first show on Monday by stating, “This is where I get to spend a week talking shit about all the whack jobs and hot messes out there, but I do it sitting behind a desk because I’m a professional.” And so far, she...

Donald Glover is releasing a new TV series that taps into the mind of a celebrity-obsessed woman who pushes the limits between fandom and insanity. Swarm is being referred to as a “sister series” to Glover’s hit show Atlanta which recently aired its series finale last November. Swarm follows its main character Dre, played by Dominique Fishback, as she obsesses over a celebrity who closely resembles Beyoncé. Airing soon on Amazon Prime the show will also be starring Chloe Bailey and Damson Idris. Not to...