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Best TV Shows of 2021
HBO's "Mare of Easttown," Showtime's "Ziwe" and Amazon's "Underground Railroad" are some of the best TV shows of the year so far.
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Oscars 2022 Early Contenders Include ‘In the Heights,’ ‘Luca’ and ‘Mitchells vs. the Machines’
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Academy Invites 395 Members, Including Robert Pattinson, Andra Day, Steven Yeun
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 395 artists and executives that have been invited to join this year — about half the number of last year’s class. The 2021 class…
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Meghan McCain’s Departure Underscores the COVID-Era Crisis on ‘The View’
Meghan McCain’s announcement that she is, this month, ending her four-year tenure as a panelist on “The View” represents a potentially radical change in the dynamic of the venerable talk show…
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‘The Tomorrow War’ Review
As a high-school teacher drafted into battle, Chris Pratt tries to save the world and heal his family bonds, not necessarily in that order.
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‘The White Lotus’
HBO's "The White Lotus," featuring Jennifer Coolidge, Sydney Sweeney and Connie Britton, proves a smart new show from Mike White.
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‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’
Disney Plus' new series starring Tony Hale will delight puzzle-oriented kids.
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‘Sex/Life’
Netflix's streaming series starring Sarah Shahi explores monogamy and its challenges.
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‘iCarly’
The revival brings Nickelodeon humor to a more mature audience on Paramount Plus.
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‘The Tomorrow War’
As a high-school teacher drafted into battle, Chris Pratt tries to save the world and heal his family bonds.
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‘The Forever Purge’
The fifth film in the series presents a Purge without end as a brutal satire of right-wing "nationalism" and white supremacy.
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‘Black Widow’
In her first stand-alone superhero saga, Scarlett Johansson invests the famous fighter with an interior power.
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‘F9’
Justin Lin's fifth entry in the series gets stuck in a family plot, with Vin Diesel and John Cena as the battling Toretto brothers.
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Sault’s ‘Nine’
The British R&B collective Sault has released its fifth innovative, socially conscious album in two years — available for just 99 days.
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Lucy Dacus’ ‘Home Video’
"Home Video," the third album from Lucy Dacus, is like a Southern short story collection with an indie-rock soundtrack.
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Maroon 5’s ‘Jordi’
Maroon 5 named "Jordi" after its late manager and prefaced it with "Memories," but the album is otherwise reliably light-spirited.
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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’
As good as you might've hoped Olivia Rodrigo's debut album would be from the handful of songs already released, "Sour" is better.
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‘Bach & Sons’
A potentially fascinating play about Johann Sebastian Bach is marred by miscasting in Nicholas Hytner's world premiere production.
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‘Seven Deadly Sins’
The Meatpacking District's newest unholy attraction tests the limits of how far live theater can go amid a global pandemic.
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‘Under Milk Wood’
Michael Sheen leads the cast of "Under Milk Wood," a tender but fitful reimagination of Dylan Thomas' celebrated play.
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‘After Life’
Based on Hirokazu Kore-eda's 1998 film, the play explores a fascinating idea, but it never comes alive as a fully-fledged drama.
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