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  1. ‘The Franchise’ Review: Cutting Marvel Down to Size

    A new HBO comedy takes a jaundiced look at the making of a second-rate superhero film.

     By Mike Hale

    Himesh Patel and Lolly Adefope star as assistant directors on a second-rate superhero movie in “The Franchise.”
    CreditColin Hutton/HBO

  2. In ‘La Máquina,’ Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna Get a Rematch

    For their first screen roles together since 2012, the longtime friends undertook a Spanish-language series about a boxer who must fight for his life.

     By Carlos Aguilar

    “It’s simply something neither of us can give up,” Diego Luna, right, said of his decades-long friendship with Gael García Bernal. “Even if I wanted to, I wouldn’t be able to.”
    CreditRyan Pfluger for The New York Times

  3. Ella Purnell Is a TV Star Who Hasn’t Lost Touch With Her Barista Roots

    “Sometimes, before I go to bed,” the “Sweetpea” actress and executive producer said, “I think about how good my coffee’s going to be in the morning.”

     By Leigh-Ann Jackson

    Ella Purnell, known for her work on the TV shows “Yellowjackets” and “Fallout,” is the star of “Sweetpea.”
    CreditJae C. Hong/Invision, via Associated Press
    My Ten

  4. ‘Saturday Night Live’: 11 Defining Political Sketches

    Since the 1970s, the late-night institution has offered up definitive impersonations of American presidents and other politicians. Here are its most memorable political sketches.

     By Dave Itzkoff

    In its Season 50 premiere, “Saturday Night Live” introduced its latest campaign ticket: Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris and Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz.
    CreditWill Heath/NBC, via Associated Press
    S.N.L. at 50

  5. ‘Where’s Wanda?’ Is a Charming German Dramedy

    A small-town European murder mystery but more stylish than most — and less miserable.

     By Margaret Lyons

    Heike Makatsch and Axel Stein in a scene from “Where’s Wanda?”
    CreditApple TV+
    The Watching Newsletter

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  3. Best of Late Night

    Seth Meyers: Trump Rallies Are Like an Escape Room

    “Generally speaking, if you’re at an event and the host of that event keeps insisting no one is going to leave, it is time to start worrying,” Meyers said on Monday.

    By Trish Bendix

     
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  7. The Best of Late Night This Week

    This week, the hosts focused mostly on the vice-presidential debate but took a moment to discuss recent inflammatory comments by former President Trump.

    By Trish Bendix

     
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  10. Best of Late Night

    Late Night Heaps Scorn on Trump’s Latest Defense

    Jimmy Kimmel said Donald Trump was “partially right” in denying interference in the 2020 election: “He tried to rig the election and failed to rig the election.’

    By Trish Bendix

     
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