The year is half over and Oscar voters need to catch up on their homework. There have been many worthwhile films in the first six months of 2017, including "Get Out" from writer-director Jordan Peele…
June is graduation month, which means a long parade of commencement ceremonies and family parties celebrating the new graduate. And at many of those parties, someone will make a joke about Mrs…
June 17 marks the 45th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, a seemingly low-profile incident that quickly ballooned into an international incident and exposed a huge web of deceit. Among the many…
June 12 marks the anniversary of the 1963 world premiere of "Cleopatra." It raises the question: Who starred in the most expensive Hollywood movie ever — Johnny Depp or Elizabeth Taylor? Depp…
When Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" opened on June 16, 1960, the subject matter was shocking. By today's standards, the most shocking thing about the film was its distribution — a slow rollout that…
A political free-for-all involving the White House, the FBI, Congress, the media, and Russia — sound familiar? Those groups have dominated the headlines for the past month in the Donald Trump-James…
In the past, it's been tough for any first-year drama series to break into the Emmy race, but this year there are two reasons for optimism. First, there is a particularly strong lineup of freshmen…
Many Hollywood sex symbols have struggled to be taken seriously, but the list is usually women, ranging from Marilyn Monroe to Jane Fonda to Halle Berry. Fewer men had that same battle, but one primo…
The Summer of Love kicked off 50 years ago with the Monterey Pop Festival, which Variety hailed as a "landmark" following its June 16-18, 1967 bow. It's hard to argue with that assessment seeing as…
Multi-hyphenate Griffin Dunne stars in the Amazon series "I Love Dick" and the Netflix movie "War Machine." Dunne, who's also a successful director and producer, grew up in Los Angeles in a showbiz…
On Sunday, Showtime debuts “Twin Peaks,” a continuation of the 1990 series that is unique in TV history — the show has maintained a fan base after a quarter century, even though there were only 30…
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