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Inside Depp’s Departure
What changed from the second to the third "Fantastic Beasts" movie to cause Johnny Depp's departure? Three letters: AT&T.
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Disneyland to Furlough More Employees as Fight to Reopen Continues
As theme parks remain closed in California due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disneyland has announced that it is furloughing more employees. The furloughs were announced in a letter to staff sent from…
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Warner Bros. TV Group Marketing Chief Lisa Gregorian to Exit Studio (EXCLUSIVE)
Focus Features' 'Let Him Go,' starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, opened with an estimated $4.1 million.
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Struggling Movie Theaters See Glimmer of Hope Following Coronavirus Vaccine News
Given promising news about a potential coronavirus vaccine, movie theaters see hope for a sector that has been decimated by the pandemic.
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‘The Crown’ Season 4
"The Crown" Season 4 introduces Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher in its splashiest and least subtle season yet.
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‘Dash & Lily’
The new Netflix series "Dash & Lily" is a charming fantasy straight out of the most hopeful fanfic dreams.
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‘B Positive’
Starring Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford, the new CBS comedy "B Positive" has potential.
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‘Moonbase 8’
"Moonbase 8" might actually be the most successful and interesting of all of 2020's space-focused new series.
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Critics Pick
‘Mank’
Gary Oldman is delectably droll as the screenwriter of "Citizen Kane" in David Fincher's time-machine trip through '30s Hollywood.
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‘Let Him Go’
Diane Lane and Kevin Costner give it their all in a genre film that fuses suspense with honest emotion.
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Critics Pick
‘Acute Misfortune’
Thomas M. Wright's remarkable debut explores an Aussie portrait artist whose bad-boy persona may have been an act, as well as his undoing.
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‘Jungleland’
Jack O'Connell and Charlie Hunnam play a boxer and his manager-brother in this well-crafted but overly derivative drama.
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Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
Kylie Minogue's most consistent and cohesive album since her oughts-era heyday, "Disco" is a welcome blast of sugar-rush anthems.
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’
Ariana Grande's "Positions," while less a tour de force than its predecessors, wins by focusing on upbeat, down-tempo romanticism.
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Puscifer’s ‘Existential Reckoning’
Puscifer, the side project of Tool's Maynard James Keenan, has come back with the Halloween-ready "Existential Reckoning" album.
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Gorillaz’s ‘Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez’
Gorillaz returns to party mode with "Song Machine," where Damon Albarn is joined by Beck, St. Vincent, Schoolboy Q, 6lack & others.
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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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‘Beat the Devil’
David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.
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Variety's Legends Issue
Variety's Legends issue features Hollywood icons Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera.
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Ellen DeGeneres Sells Bali-Inspired Montecito Compound for $33 Million
$33.3 million
Montecito, Calif.
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Rob Lowe Downsizes to 1970s Montecito Fixer-Upper
$5.2 million Montecito, Calif.
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Diplo Drops $13.2 Million on Kid Rock's Former Malibu Getaway
$13.2 million Point Dume, Malibu, Calif.