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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga star in a cracked jukebox musical — but it doesn't let Joker be Joker enough.

'Rust' Armorer to Plead Guilty to Bringing a Gun Into a Bar

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"The Penguin," "American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez" and "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" are among the fall's biggest shows.

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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the former armorer at the movie Rust, listens to closing arguments in her trial at district court on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2024.

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‘Rust’ Armorer to Plead Guilty to Bringing a Gun Into a Bar

“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed has agreed to plead guilty to bringing a gun into a bar in Santa Fe, N.M., and will be sentenced to 18 months of probation. Gutierrez…

By Gene Maddaus

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Renewed for Season 5 at Hulu

The renewal comes a little over a week since the debut of Season 4.

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‘Twilight’ Animated Series ‘Midnight Sun’ Lands at Netflix

The animated series based on Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” novel “Midnight Sun” has given a straight-to-series order at Netflix, Variety has learned. The project was first repo…

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Isabella Rossellini on Hollywood Ageism, Playing a Scene-Stealing Nun in ‘Conclave,’ and Becoming a Long Island Farmer

In "Conclave," Rossellini's Sister Agnes tends to the fraternity of cardinals gathered to choose the next pope.

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‘Reagan’

Dennis Quaid's affable yet authoritative presidential performance leads a blatantly worshipful biopic.
‘Blink Twice’

Zoë Kravitz proves she's a total filmmaker in a #MeToo-meets-'Midsommar' thriller starring a sinister Channing Tatum.
‘Between the Temples’

Jason Schwartzman gives Carol Kane a belated Bat Mitzvah in a winningly off-kilter comedy.
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Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
‘The Veil’

Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
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This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

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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.
‘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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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!