Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who loves Tina and Sydney’s bond in “The Bear.” Tina Marrero and Sydney Adamu, that is, the kitchen colleagues whose relationship has blossomed over three seasons of the FX series — culminating in “Napkins,” in which Ayo Edebiri, who plays Sydney, directs Liza Colón-Zayas, who plays Tina, in an episode chronicling the latter’s life before she joined the lovably chaotic Original Beef of Chicagoland. In this week’s Screen Gab, Edebiri and Colón-Zayas join senior TV writer Yvonne Villarreal to break down the episode.
We also check in with the directors of the new Serena Williams docuseries “In the Arena” and recommend what to stream this weekend, including two TV classics from the late Shelley Duvall. ICYMI Must-read stories you might have missed With Skydance merger, Paramount Pictures begins an uncertain new chapter in its storied history : With the sale of Paramount Pictures, we look back on the studio’s legacy. With 1999’s ‘Bigger & Blacker,’ Chris Rock risked his career — and secured his legacy : The comic’s 1999 stand-up special premiered on HBO when he had the most to lose — and he pulled no punches with its provocative, no-holds-barred humor.
Adult cartoons ‘Sausage Party’ and ‘Exploding Kittens,’ one charming, one (purposely) not : With sequel series ‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ and game adaptation ‘Exploding Kittens,’ Prime Video and Netflix showcase the expansiveness.