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Inside Joss Whedon’s ‘Toxic’ World
EXCLUSIVE | Joss Whedon had a pattern of inappropriate, imperious and disparaging behavior while making "Buffy" and "Angel," multiple sources say.
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‘Superman’ Reboot in the Works With Ta-Nehisi Coates Writing
This year's 10 Directors to Watch roster includes six storytellers whose work was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, and several who find themselves in the thick of the 2021 awards race.
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Lady Gaga’s Dogs Recovered Unharmed at L.A. Police Station
A woman turned in Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs at a Los Angeles police station on Friday night, two days after they were stolen in a brazen armed robbery in Hollywood. Lady Gaga’s dogwalker, Ryan…
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Awards' Diversity Crisis: How Oscars, BAFTA, SAG and HFPA Are Balancing Celebration and Change
Variety interviewed the heads of the Oscars, SAG, BAFTA and Golden Globes to see how their organizations have progressed on diversity.
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‘Punky Brewster’
Soleil Moon Frye has always had the ability to capture audiences.
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‘It’s a Sin’
Russell T Davies' new series takes us to the London of the 1980s.
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‘Amend’
Will Smith leads a six-part seminar on the 14th Amendment, a primer in equal rights.
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‘Behind Her Eyes’
The ending of Netflix's "Behind Her Eyes" is surprising, but even more than that, it's stupid.
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‘Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry’
R.J. Cutler's film shines a light on the old-meets-new electricity that's made Billie Eilish the quintessential pop star of the 21st century.
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'Tom & Jerry'
Warner Bros. resurrects Hanna-Barbera's inexterminable frenemies, placing them in a live-action context where they can wreak maximum mayhem.
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‘Safer at Home’
A video-chat party during shutdown goes south in this dull, implausible thriller.
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‘Cherry’
Tom Holland plays a nowhere dude who falls in love, goes to war and becomes a junkie bank robber.
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Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight’
Dave Grohl promised an album you can groove to, and he delivered with Foo Fighters' latest, "Medicine at Midnight."
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Zayn’s ‘Nobody Is Listening’
Former One Direction member Zayn Malik embraces an intimate, less-pop type of R&B for his third solo album, "Nobody Is Listening."
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Eminem’s ‘Music to Be Murdered By – Side B’
Eminem stays within his comfort zone, for better and for worse, on "Music to Be Murdered By – Side B," his second album release in 2020.
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Paul McCartney’s ‘McCartney III’
Paul McCartney returns to the idea of a true solo album with "McCartney III," a quarantine record where DIY randomness is part of the charm.
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‘The Comeback’
Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen's riotous West End comedy "The Comeback" is a triumph, but London theater closures stopped it in its tracks.
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‘Death of England: Delroy’
Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
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‘The Last Five Years’
This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
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‘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.
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