Van Gogh sitting in a free port is the new moonshine.
Sabrina Carpenter is taking over my life! Trust and believe, I’m not mad.
The “Manchild” singer paired with Johnnie Walker on the rooftop of the Aster Hotel to light up the Hollywood sky with music and some truly fanciful flights.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 30: The Go Go Highball and Johnnie Walker Black Label are pictured ahead of the biggest night in music at The Aster on January 30, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Stars were seen sipping on the cocktail of the weekend, the Go Go Highball, created by Johnnie Walker with GRAMMY award-winning partner Sabrina Carpenter. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Johnnie Walker)
The Go Go Highball is her signature Johnnie Walker Black Label collaborative concoction. It was a smoky and sublime drink that welcomed us all to the city’s best Grammys soiree.
They also collaborated on a crystal embellished clutch that Carpenterinas around the world are begging for as we speak.
Max and Helen’s on Larchmont Boulevard was host to an after AFTER party. Shoutout to the art director, because this was a candy land cherry bomb.
I couldn’t stop dancing and making friends, a testament to the untouchable vibes curated by the creative team behind this night.
Carpenter dazzled at the Grammys with a campy, unforgettable performance surrounded by thirsty men. I’m sensing a theme here.
“This moment is the perfect celebration of our partnership with Sabrina: raising a Go Go Highball to her progress and the incredible milestones she has achieved as an artist, against the backdrop of music’s biggest weekend” said John Williams, Global Head of Whiskey at Diageo.
I can’t help but raise a glass to pop’s most exciting new artist and whiskey’s most trusted brand.
Cheers to many more nights sipping Johnnie Walker Black Label and dancing through Hollywood being the “Manchild” I was always born to be.
As Industry gears up for its highly anticipated fourth season, the series continues to cement itself as one of television’s most unflinching portraits of ambition, power, and moral compromise. Set within the cutthroat world of international finance, the HBO drama has never shied away from exposing the personal cost of success and Season 4 promises to be its most charged chapter yet. With careers hanging in the balance and relationships fractured beyond repair, the pressure at Pierpoint has reached a boiling point.
It was music’s biggest night—a cultural coronation draped in couture and soundtracked by the industry’s most daring icons. Whether you’re here for the fashion highlights or the show-stopping medleys, we’re keeping score on the moments that truly hit all the right notes.
Ahead of the premiere of the third season of Apple TV series “Shrinking,” co-creator and executive producer Bill Lawrence spoke exclusively to The Knockturnal about what fans can expect.
Fans of ‘The Night Manager’ have been captivated by Season 2 since its release on January 1st, and the buzz hasn’t slowed down. The season introduces a couple of new cast members, including Diego Calva as Teddy Dos Santos and Camila Morrone as Roxana Bolaños who bring fresh energy and complex dynamics to the story. Meanwhile, stars including Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine and Olivia Coleman as Angela Burr return to the highly acclaimed series with their signature intensity, bringing depth, wit, and emotional stakes that keep viewers invested in every twist and turn.
Be prepared for spoilers ahead.
Early episodes showcase the newcomers weaving into the existing narrative, adding tension, intrigue, and unexpected twists that keep viewers hooked. From enigmatic figures to high-stakes antagonists, the additions enrich the series while challenging the main characters in surprising ways. With each episode, Season 2 proves it’s delivering both suspense and compelling performances that fans can’t stop talking about.
Calva lets The Knockturnal in on his role as Teddy Dos Santos, the new antagonist of Season 2. Teddy debuts as a dangerous Colombian arms-dealer who’s willing to get his way by any means necessary, bringing a chilling intensity to the show that promises to up the stakes for the main cast.
He tells The Knockturnal “I knew there was a way to play [Teddy Dos Santos] in an easy and cliché way. I’m Mexican and I”m playing a Mexican-Columbian drug lord. I think we’ve all seen that guy.” He explained, “So I tried to do something different and with the help of Georgi [Banks-Davies] we tried to build his character, not from the outside, more from the inside.”
Calva recalled his first assignment as Teddy, which was to find his inner-child, connecting to his trauma and “what he really wants”. It is revealed in the season that the infamous Columbian drug dealer is the son of Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), and was hidden away in the South American country with his scandalous family. Teddy’s relationship with Roper was an estranged one, resulting in his notably emotionally distant and untrusting personality.
As Calva has become a big part of Season 2, he showcases Teddy’s cleverness to Jonathan Pine’s (Tom Hiddleston) suspicion of him. Calva explained, “There’s a lot of scenes with Tom, where I was kind of learning more about Teddy in the moment we were acting.” He describes the intensity of working alongside Hiddleston, noting that the British actor was often fully in focus while on set.
While fans have waited 10 years for Season 2, the theme of identity and deception, with lot’s of tension remains. Calva tells The Knockturnal, “You never know who is telling the truth. You never know who could you trust. But in the end, I think the core of ‘The Night Manager’ [is that] Jonathan Pine is still there. That’s the spirit, but with more salsa.”
The actor says that viewers can expect “sexy danger” from Teddy Dos Santos in the new season.
The Night Manager is now available on Amazon Prime.
Last month, Jason Segel spoke exclusively to The Knockturnal about the third season of Apple TV smash hit series Shrinking. I was then able to chat with his incredible group of costars about each of their characters’ collective journeys and all of the favorite memories that they’ll take with them from this experience.
Call all Trekkies, Star Trek is back and better than ever!
The world of Westeros descended upon Los Angeles with a bang!
Power Book IV: Force concluded this week with its series finale.
While the ending of Force was divisive among the fanbase, there are stories that were left open to explore. Those include the possibility of Vic and Jenard teaming up, Mireya leaving to go to her family so she can raise her and Tommy’s child, and the current political state in Chicago.
The big one is the rumored Power: Legacy spinoff between Tommy Egan and Tariq St. Patrick. Force’s series finale had the return of Tariq as he helped Tommy, and even had a conversation with D-Mac about their fathers. Back at PaleyFest, Joseph Sikora and showrunner Gary Lennon exclusively told The Knockturnal that they filmed multiple endings of the series finale. While the two did not specify the content of what was filmed, the entire story was always going to lead up to Tommy and Tariq reuniting.
“It’s always been the same idea of the story. There were ideas of how to set stuff up just to throw [people for a loop], to make sure stuff didn’t necessarily get leaked,” said Sikora. “But the outcome was always going to be Tariq showing up.”
“We talked about filming a couple of different endings because we didn’t want anyone to know exactly what was going on. And so there were a couple of different endings discussed so that we could throw people off the hint or the smell of what really we were going to do,” said Lennon.
Joseph Sikora acknowledged how difficult it is to land an ending that truly resonates with fans. Sikora added that concluding any chapter of the Power universe is especially challenging because the goal is to satisfy the audience without giving too much away. The finale needed to be unpredictable but not confusing, exciting yet still grounded within the established world of the show. Sikora praised writers and director Robert Townsend for doing an incredible job, calling the finale expertly calibrated.
“I think Robert Townsend did an amazing job directing this, keeping everybody in the same episode, the same show, and challenging everybody to do their absolute best,” said Sikora. “And I think that everybody delivered in terms of performance and the writing and the symbiosis between the two was palpable.”
From a showrunner’s perspective, Gary Lennon said one of the most exciting parts of the process is seeing words on a page transform into a finished scene. What begins as black and white text becomes something alive through collaboration with the cast and crew. Lennon also revealed that some of the finale’s most impactful choices came together late in the process. He explained that the decision to use 50 Cent’s original Power theme at the end of the scene wasn’t planned until they were deep in the editing room. After watching the sequence repeatedly and sensing that something was missing, Lennon suggested trying the song, a choice that ultimately helped the moment fully click.
“To actually see Joseph and Michael Rainey Jr. on the roof looking at each other, they have their own personal history, the characters have their own personal history, and I think all of that reads into their performances,” said Lennon. For me, along with Robert’s direction as well, it was a well-written scene, and then they really elevated and made it magic, because to me, that last moment is magic.”
The next time Tommy Egan will grace the screen will be on Power: Origins. This time, it will be his younger self, who will be portrayed by Charlie Mann. Origins is going to be set some time between the late 1990’s to the early 2000’s as this chapter in the Power Universe will showcase the rise of Ghost and Tommy.
Joseph Sikora told us he has not spoken with Charlie yet, but he is really looking forward to it. He has heard great things and has been told that Charlie is putting in 110% effort. He believes Sascha Penn is going to come up with some fun, exciting material. Sikora is a big fan of Raising Kanan and also directed the third episode of season five. He can’t wait to see what they come up with for Tommy’s journey.
“I know that Sacha will be very detail oriented and that he will honor the history that we’ve already established in the original Power show and Power Book IV: Force,” said Sikora.
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