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Gaga Returns

Lady Gaga announces a 'Joker 2' album, titled 'Harlequin,' with 13 songs.

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Coogler & Jordan Reunite

Director Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan unveil their new movie, a horror thriller titled 'Sinners.'

By Angelique Jackson

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sued for Rape and Distribution of Assault Video

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by a victim who claims that he and a bodyguard viciously raped her at a New York City recording studio in 2001. In the suit, filed earlier…

By Steven J. Horowitz

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Jeff Glor Exits CBS News Amid Paramount Layoffs

Jeff Glor, who navigated a unique career journey at CBS News that had him lead “CBS Evening News” during a rough period and then lend new momentum to the network’s Saturday-morning…

By Brian Steinberg

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‘All American’ Cast Shocker: Six Series Regulars Exit Ahead of Season 7

“All American” will look very different when it returns for Season 7. While The CW previously announced that Daniel Ezra, who portrayed football phenom Spencer James in all…

By Emily Longeretta

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Ellen DeGeneres Lets Herself Off the Hook in Self-Indulgent Netflix Special

REVIEW | "For Your Approval" is, in the end, a frustrating watch, and a bum note to go out on.

By Daniel D'Addario

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‘The Substance’

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley star in a visionary feminist body-horror film that takes cosmetic enhancement to extremes.
‘Transformers One’

This animated origin story reveals there's more to the series' central conflict than meets the eye.
Critics Pick
‘A Different Man’

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson take on boundary-defying roles in Aaron Schimberg's dizzyingly rich think-piece.
‘Wolfs’

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are rival fixers in a winning action comedy spiked with movie-star chemistry.

‘A Man in Full’

A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
‘The Veil’

Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
'Dead Boy Detectives’

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’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘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.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘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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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!