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ACTORS ON ACTORS │ The two discuss Scott's remake of 'Ripley' on Netflix and Larson's Apple TV+ limited series 'Lessons in Chemistry.'
HBO has renewed the "Game of Thrones" spinoff for a third season, in advance of its Season 2 premiere on June 16.
“Euphoria” and “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” star Hunter Schafer has been tapped as the co-star opposite Michelle Yeoh in Amazon’s upcoming “Blade Runner 2099” TV…
Margaret Qualley was originally set to play Knox, but exited the project earlier this year due to scheduling conflicts.
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Kyra Sedgwick on Finding Freedom in Directing, Plans to Make a Horror Movie With Her Family, and That One Time She Was Jealous of Kevin Bacon
“Don’t worry,” Kyra Sedgwick assures me as she assembles a salad. “I washed my hands.” We’re in her Manhattan apartment with its commanding view of Central Park, and Sedgwick, a…
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Biting Into ‘Under Paris’
Director Xavier Gens on whether the hit French Netflix movie might get a sequel and how the movie's satire tweaks the Olympics.
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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence make the action comedy franchise's fourth entry tastier than it has any right to be.
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‘Ghostlight’
The duo behind indie darling 'Saint Frances' find fresh layers in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet.'
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‘Firebrand’
Alicia Vikander brings a subversive edge to this ahistorical portrait of Henry VIII's last wife.
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‘A Man in Full’
A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
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‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
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‘The Veil’
Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
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'Dead Boy Detectives’
This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.
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‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’
Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
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‘Atavista’
Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
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‘Dark Times’
Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
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‘Radical Optimism’
Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.
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‘An Enemy of the People’
Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
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‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’
Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
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‘Tommy’
Strictly for the boomers.
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‘Water for Elephants’
The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.
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Is Netflix About to Turn Into a Franchise Factory?
The "Bridgerton"-verse and "Squid Game: The Challenge" show Netflix's IP strategy is finally paying off — and worth expanding
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Emmy Predictions: Voting is Now Open and It Just Got More Competitive With Fewer Series and Actors on Ballots
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Kate Winslet on Going Big With ‘The Regime,’ Those ‘Stupid’ James Cameron Feud Rumors and Getting ‘Beaten Up’ by Body-Shamers: ‘This S— Went on for Years’
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Matt Smith Pulls Back the Curtain on ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, From Losing a Showrunner to Playing a ‘Much Weaker’ Daemon in Crisis
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