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‘Love Is Blind’ Goes South
EXCLUSIVE | Season 3 of the Netflix reality series will take place in Dallas, and it was filmed back-to-back with Season 2.
Film
Jeremy Kramer Out as Paramount Players President; Studio Absorbs Label
Paramount Pictures is calling home its speciality label Paramount Players, folding the lower-budget and genre operation under the stewardship of the studio’s larger motion picture group. As a…
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TV
Renée Zellweger’s New Show
EXCLUSIVE | Renée Zellweger has lined up another TV role with NBCUniversal, playing a female pilot in "Avenger Field" in development at Peacock.
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‘The Thing About Pam’
It's hard, at first, to see what drew Renée Zellweger to the lead role of "The Thing About Pam."
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‘Shining Vale’
Starz's "Shining Vale" stars Courteney Cox, Mira Sorvino and Greg Kinnear in a haunted tale that's both comic and chilling.
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‘Winning Time’
HBO's Los Angeles Lakers series seems so intent on insisting that it's a fun show that it neglects the fundamentals.
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‘Our Flag Means Death’
HBO Max's pirate series, starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby, brings surprising introspection to the high seas.
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‘Turning Red’
When hormones hit, a girl's body changes more than she bargained for. Pixar's puberty metaphor is so accepting as to eliminate the conflict.
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‘The Batman’
Director Matt Reeves brings a tough new vision to DC's most easily reimagined character, channeling elements of film noir and hard-R horror movies.
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‘The Weekend Away’
Leighton Meester finds danger abroad in this diverting if excessively twist-laden Netflix thriller.
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‘Lucy and Desi’
The story of how they met, fell in love, and created a television empire is a singular showbiz saga that even they couldn't separate from "I Love Lucy."
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Mitski’s ‘Laurel Hell’
Mitski has returned from a hiatus with "Laurel Hell," an album that conveys mixed emotions about how happy the indie rocker is to be back.
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Cat Power’s ‘Covers’
On her third album of covers, Cat Power serves up barely recognizable versions of songs by Frank Ocean, Billie Holiday, Iggy Pop and more.
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The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’
With "Dawn FM," the Weeknd has made the most upbeat album of his career, a solid progression with splashes of new wave and Michael Jackson.
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Roddy Ricch’s ‘Live Life Fast’
Rapper Roddy Ricch took his time with his second album "Live Life Fast," despite the pressure to repeat the home run that was "The Box."
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‘The Collaboration’
Strong performances can't make drama out of this bio about Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol.
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‘The Music Man’
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster lead the cast of this starry Broadway revival of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man," directed by Jerry Zaks.
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‘MJ’
Staged by Christopher Wheeldon and written by Lynn Nottage, this slick show plays like a surface-skimming rehabilitation tour.
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‘Intimate Apparel’
The play's tight construction makes it a natural for a chamber opera with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and direction by Bartlett Sher.
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SAG Awards: ‘CODA,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Succession’ Win Big
"CODA," "Succession" and "Ted Lasso" won the top prizes during the emotional and politically charged Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.