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Golden Globes Lessons
From diversity to awkward zooms, five things we learned from the 2021 Golden Globes, including an emotional moment for Chadwick Boseman.
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Sissy Spacek, Ed O’Neill to Lead Amazon Sci-Fi Series ‘Lightyears’
Bad news, perhaps, for the Oscars: The disastrous Globes ceremony raised the question of why we're doing awards shows right now at all.
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San Diego Comic-Con Will Be Virtual Again in 2021
San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, will not be held in person in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced on Monday. Instead, the event will be held…
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Review: Disney Woos Teens With Asian-Themed Toon
"Blindspotting" director Carlos López Estrada joins "Big Hero 6" helmer Don Hall in this action-driven shot at updating the Disney formula.
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‘Debris’
NBC's new alien drama "Debris" evokes "The X-Files" and "Fringe" with intriguing mysteries and some decently spooky moments.
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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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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
"Blindspotting" director Carlos López Estrada joins "Big Hero 6" helmer Don Hall in this action-driven shot at updating the Disney formula.
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‘Moxie’
Gen-Z-centric female empowerment story manages to be just memorable enough through its charming ensemble and inclusive values.
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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’
Hanna-Barbera's inexterminable frenemies are placed in a live-action context where they can wreak maximum mayhem.
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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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Berlin Film Festival
By any terms, Berlin’s 2021 European Film Market will deliver its smallest pre-sales market in years. COVID-19 has put back productions, created distribution bottlenecks and provoked huge uncertainty about cinema theater re-openings.