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Sarah Jones, Giovanni Ribisi, Alexia Landeau Join Cast of Julie Delpy's 'On the Verge' (EXCLUSIVE)

Sarah Jones (“Marriage Story”), Giovanni Ribisi (“Avatar”) and Alexia Landeau (“Day Out of Days”) have joined the cast of Julie Delpy’s upcoming dramedy series “On the Verge,” a co-production between…

By Elsa Keslassy, Joe Otterson

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Naomi Watts Was Inundated With Pain, Bird Droppings on TIFF Drama ‘Penguin Bloom’

‘Departure’

Although not always the most rigorously challenging of mysteries, "Departure" will hook those who seek a charge of adrenaline.
‘Sing On!’

The new karaoke competition show — anchored by "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star Tituss Burgess as host — prizes accuracy above all.
‘Challenger: The Final Flight’

The J.J. Abrams-produced docuseries "Challenger: The Final Flight" looks at why the space shuttle exploded in air.
‘Ratched’

Based on the towering villain of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Ratched" never quite gets a grip on the character it's studying.

‘Lovers Rock’

One of five anthology films about Black British life in the '60s to '80s, it's a time-machine reverie that lets the music do the talking.
‘Shadow in the Cloud’

Roseanne Liang's female empowerment thriller reveals how Chloë Grace Moretz might handle a "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"-style attack.
‘I Care a Lot’

J Blakeson has made the rare suspense film that's truly about something: the wages of power.
‘The Devil All the Time’

Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson star, but it's hard to imagine how a movie with this much crime and violence could be this rote.

Tekashi 6ix9ine's 'TattleTales'

Rapper 6ix9ine spends his "TattleTales" album living down to low expectations of misogyny and dangerously baiting his gang ex-friends.
Big Sean’s ‘Detroit 2’

Big Sean's "Detroit 2" album explores Motor City power and pragmatism with guests including Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle and Stevie Wonder.
The Rolling Stones' 'Goats Head Soup'

The Rolling Stones' transitional 1973 album "Goats Head Soup" has gotten a deluxe reissue that includes a spectacular live album.
Katy Perry's 'Smile'

On Katy Perry's "Smile," the handful of songs that aim for pure disco fun beat the overly earnest, "Firework"-style inspirational anthems.

'The Outside Dog' & 'The Hand of God'

Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
‘Beat the Devil’

David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.
‘Richard II’

Andre Holland leads the cast of a surprisingly intimate audio version of Shakespeare, from the Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park.
‘The Line’

Meet the COVID-19 pandemic's first responders in this streaming docu-play about health care workers.

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