Chris Hayner

Chris Hayner is a senior entertainment editor, writer, host, and producer at GameSpot and Fandom. He also hosts the Big Kid podcast and writes for his Substack, Haynerland.

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What That Enterprising Finale Twist Means for 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2

With its season one finale, CBS All Access' Star Trek: Discovery managed to boldly go somewhere very familiar to the beloved franchise. On a journey to Vulcan to pick up the ship's new captain, the crew of the Discovery encountered the USS Enterprise — otherwise known as the ship that will eventually be captained by James T. Kirk that currently counts Spock among its ranks.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' Mystery Explained: Inside the "Javid Iqbal" Reveal

t's the Star Trek: Discovery plot twist many viewers have predicted was coming for months. The CBS All Access drama revealed during Sunday's episode that Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif) is actually a modified version of the Klingon Voq who was sent to infiltrate the Discovery. While Voq was credited in earlier episodes as being played by somebody else entirely, it was actually Latif playing both roles.
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'This Is Us' Cast Celebrates Being an Alternative to the Antihero

It was a night for family as the cast and creator of NBC and 20th Century Fox Television's This Is Us gathered for their For Your Consideration Emmy event in Hollywood on Wednesday. It was held at Le Jardin and included live performances from series leading lady Mandy Moore, guest star Brian Tyree Henry and composer Siddhartha Khosla, who re-created music from the family drama for guests.
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'Twin Peaks': 10 Questions to Ponder Before the David Lynch Drama Returns

"I'll see you again in 25 years."

The final promise of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) is days away from fulfillment, as the premiere of Showtime's Twin Peaks revival looms. The David Lynch and Mark Frost drama returns May 21, and with it, come the answers to the pressing questions on viewers' minds since the series first went off the air, and since the events of the follow-up film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
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Baz Luhrmann Prepping Season 2 of 'The Get Down' as He Prepares to Take a Step Back

How will Netflix's The Get Down move forward with a second season without co-creator Baz Luhrmann steering the ship? That's a question many are wondering after the second part of season one was released in early April — and it's one the Romeo + Juliet and Strictly Ballroom director was eager to answer Thursday on the red carpet for The Get Down's Emmy For Your Consideration event.