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‘#REPRESENT: Success Stories’ With Hasan Minhaj, Jon M. Chu, Lulu Wang, Kumail Nanjiani, Ally Maki

‘Space Force’

Given the talent and enormous machine behind it, Netflix's "Space Force" with Steve Carell should be better than fine.
‘Homecoming’ Season 2

With Julia Roberts and Sam Esmail gone, "Homecoming" doesn't come up with a credible way forward.
‘Snowpiercer’

The strangeness of "Snowpiercer," TNT's new post-apocalyptic drama (based on the Bong Joon Ho film), is all in its setting.
'I Know This Much Is True'

HBO's limited series "I Know This Much Is True" ends up being precisely the sum of Mark Ruffalo's two parts.

‘The Lovebirds’

The first movie directed by Michael Showalter since "The Big Sick" is a romantic crime comedy that aims lower than it thinks.
‘Body Cam’

As a grieving cop, Mary J. Blige serves and protects a tricky storyline in this socially engaged supernatural thriller.
‘The Trip to Greece’

The fourth "Trip" film finds Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon retracing the path of Odysseus as they continue to eat, drink and be quippy.
Critics Pick
‘The Painter and the Thief’

A Czech painter befriends the junkie thief who stole two of her artworks, paving the way for a surprising friendship, in this art-heist doc.

Album Review: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's 'Reunions'

On "Reunions," singer-songwriter Jason Isbell continues his reign as one Americana's master craftsmen.
Album Review: JoJo's 'Good to Know'

JoJo, the multi-tracked queen of pop-R&B as a young teen in the early 2000s, has grown into herself on a comeback album, "Good to Know."
Album Review: Kenny Chesney's 'Here and Now'

Kenny Chesney's "Here and Now," while clearly designed to be sung along with in stadiums, is also strangely satisfying in a lonelier moment.
Album Review: Fiona Apple's 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters'

Fiona Apple's time sequestered has not been time squandered: "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" is album of the year material.

‘The Prince of Egypt’

With a score by Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked"), this screen-to-stage transfer is so effortful it's enervating.
‘Girl From the North Country’

The moody music and lyrics from the Bob Dylan playbook both define and heighten Conor McPherson's haunting vision of the Depression.
‘The Hot Wing King’

Katori Hall gets belly laughs out of this comedy about an amateur cook trying to create a signature dish while chaos reigns in the kitchen.
‘West Side Story’

Ivo Van Hove dares to fiddle with perfection in this modernized but still respectful re-working of the 1957 masterpiece.

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THE MASKED SINGER: Llama in the

Lists

'The Masked Singer': All of the Celebrities Unmasked in Season 3

Dirt

Pharrell Lists Hollywood Hills Architectural

$11.95 million Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.

Patrick Schwarzenegger Seeks WeHo Sale

$3.349 million West Hollywood, Calif.
Sylvester Stallone Lists Desert Getaway in La Quinta

$3.35 million Madison Club, La Quinta, Calif.

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