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For Variety's Actors on Actors, Ben Affleck and Sacha Baron Cohen talk "The Way Back," "Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm."
"Celebrating America" was a slick production teeming with stars, aggressively sincere stories and somber moments of remembrance.
Fans of big NBC sports franchises like the NHL and Premier League will have to follow them to a new home. NBCUniversal will shutter its NBCSN sports network, and move some of its top sports…
Without new movies to show, North Carolina's Pointe 14 has lent its venue as a coronavirus vaccine distribution site.
Jared Padalecki anchors a show with confused politics and a family story that resolves too simply.
Marvel's "Wandavision," starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, strands Wanda and Vision in an eerie sitcom world.
Kyra Sedgwick tries her best in ABC's new sitcom from Kari Lizer, but can't break free from shticky writing and contrivance.
Season 2 of The CW's "Batwoman" has Ruby Rose pass the torch to Javicia Leslie, but Kate Kane is still an overwhelming presence.
When "Euphoria" hit pause amid the pandemic, Sam Levinson and Zendaya pivoted to this intimate two-hander about a showbiz couple.
Joel Kinnaman and Matthias Schoenaerts give Method-esque performances in this neo-noir tale of cousins forced to pick sides.
The Dutch filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk takes us inside the passion for Rembrandt, but doesn't shy away from the art-world drama.
In a cookie-cutter YA weeper, a teenager confronts losing his hearing by making the ultimate sonic mixtape.
Former One Direction member Zayn Malik embraces an intimate, less-pop type of R&B for his third solo album, "Nobody Is Listening."
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.
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.
Taylor Swift's "Evermore" is an even more boldly acoustic and subdued companion piece to "Folklore" — and it's no sloppy seconds.
Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen's riotous West End comedy "The Comeback" is a triumph, but London theater closures stopped it in its tracks.
Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
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