The A.V. Club

As Halloween approaches, The A.V. Club is celebrating all that goes bump in the night, be it on screen, stage, or the page with our 2026 Horrors Week. tinyurl.com/5294243j

People Inc. CEO Neil Vogel sent a company-wide memo on Thursday announcing 195 layoffs, according to reporting from The New York Times. tinyurl.com/fc8yjhka

Spring Awakening returns to the stage next month, and we spoke with the cast and creative team behind the musical during their second week of rehearsals. tinyurl.com/n84aaj4s

A spooky Alpine mystery, an explosive sci-fi epic, and a history of modern public health topline the best comics of November. tinyurl.com/2sc8drku

It Gets Worse, created by Leo Reich, follows three university best friends coping with unpromising love lives and careers. tinyurl.com/37hpfb83

Life magazine is returning via Karlie Kloss and her husband Jared Kushner's Bedford Media, with the first issue releasing on November 23 and reportedly costing $45. tinyurl.com/4cnaa7eh

While Giancarlo Esposito and John Turturro "hated each other" during Do The Right Thing, they're are all good now, says Esposito. tinyurl.com/tyfyh27f

Netflix has released a new trailer for the latest round of Diane Morgan/Charlie Brooker inanity, Cunk On Cinema. tinyurl.com/4ee4kyr7

The Dune 3 popcorn bucket has 2 holes tinyurl.com/ahu3t5zd

Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs shared an appreciation of grotesquery, gallows humor, and dark literary fiction. tinyurl.com/yc29zfmu

German-born international star Elke Sommer, who played maid Maria Gambrelli opposite Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau, was 85. tinyurl.com/4963s6b6

Netflix has announced that The Diplomat has been greenlit for a fifth season, according to an official release. tinyurl.com/6xfd64jz

Mackenzie Davis is open to the idea of playing her Mister Miracle character, Big Barda, in live action, should DC Studios put out the call. tinyurl.com/mvs7n5ps

Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis parodied Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Homes' stare-down for The Tonight Show cold open on Wednesday. tinyurl.com/msbdn2ss

We're begging AI documentaries like 14th and Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive not to look like sloppy Facebook feeds. tinyurl.com/ym3ydp3r

Hellraiser reviver David Bruckner is taking over Smile 3 from a busy Parker Finn. tinyurl.com/522x484m

What do David Fincher, MTV, Kane Parsons, and YouTube all have in common? tinyurl.com/35ptvhkt

The more Lee gets beat up, the more The Lowdown heats up. tinyurl.com/5ywmwvpf

The voice actor and puppeteer who played Rocky in Project Hail Mary is being submitted for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. tinyurl.com/2veredkn

Alexander Payne has been sued over The Holdovers plagiarism accusations. tinyurl.com/mw5c9j4t

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim still have absolutely zero clarity on what Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans wanted from them. tinyurl.com/ydpcye2j