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Inside Paramount’s Failed Merger
As negotiations went on, Shari Redstone fell out of love with the idea of marrying her family's legacy to David Ellison's Skydance Media.
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Send out the Bat Signal, because Oswald Cobblepot, aka Oz Cobb, is terrorizing Gotham City once again. Warner Bros. Discovery has released a new trailer for “The Penguin,”…
Ian McKellen will not perform in the final three shows of the West End run of “Player Kings” after suffering a fall on Monday. “Player Kings” announced on social media on Thur…
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‘The Exorcism’ Review: Russell Crowe Plays a Fallen Movie Star Playing a Priest in an Exorcist Movie. Is This the Sign of a Career Gone to Hell?
Crowe is playing an actor playing an exorcist, and the way "The Exorcism" is structured what he needs to be is the therapeutic Father Merrin of his own soul. But the darker the movie gets, the more…
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‘The Exorcism’
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‘Inside Out 2’
New feelings propel a Pixar sequel that comes close to matching the high of "Inside Out."
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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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‘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’
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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’
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‘Water for Elephants’
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Regulators Shouldn't Blow the Whistle on Venu Sports Just Yet
With Congress and the DOJ looking into the streaming sports bundle, it's worth asking how bad Venu really is for consumers
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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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What Went Wrong: Inside Paramount’s Failed Merger Talks and the Battle to Salvage the Company
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