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“The Rehearsal” Finally Achieves Liftoff
The second season of “The Rehearsal” is instantly better than the first because it’s about something. In the show’s previous season,…
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NPR and PBS Vow to Fight Trump’s Order to Cut Funding
President Trump’s executive order to defund NPR and PBS was met with fiery pushback on Friday, as the organizations challenged the…
Culture
Meta and Blumhouse Create Chatbot That Encourages Phone Use During Movies
“Oh, wow, this is really cool,” Flannery Johnston, 28, said as the chatbot came to life, offering a personalized hello from M3GAN, the…
Culture
When Taxpayers Fund Shows Like ‘Blue Bloods’ and ‘S.N.L.,’ Does It Pay Off?
New Yorkers — and residents of many other states — have paid more for entertainment in recent years than just their Netflix or Hulu…
Business
‘Baby Shark’ Outfit Pinkfong Inks Strategic Deal With Japan’s TBS Television
Seoul-based Pinkfong Company, the outfit behind the global kids phenomenon “Baby Shark,” has formed a strategic partnership with Japanese…
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‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit
In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the…
Fashion
YouTube turns 20 years old. How it changed TV as we know it
The grainy 19-second YouTube video that started it all hardly had the makings of a viral sensation. Shot at the San Diego Zoo, the…
Culture
“The Handmaid’s Tale” Reflects the Exhaustion of Liberal Feminism
You almost forget that Elisabeth Moss can smile. The lead actor on Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” now in its sixth and final season, spent…
Celebrity
Studiocanal’s M-K Kennedy on Company’s Ambition to Become a ‘Television Studio With Worldwide Presence’ With Tentpole Series Like ‘Paris Has Fallen’ and ‘Apollo Has Fallen’ (EXCLUSIVE)
With only one year under her belt as Studiocanal‘s executive managing director of TV series, M-K Kennedy is leveling up the scripted…
Fashion
'The Apprentice' made Trump a reality TV mogul. Now Amazon is putting it back in the spotlight
More than two decades ago, Donald Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice” became a ratings winner and remade his image as a successful…
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The Second Trump Administration’s New Forms of Distraction
Kyle Monson, the founder of a creative agency, felt overwhelmed by the news in the aftermath of the 2024 election. So he and his wife…
Culture
Marcelo Gomes Steps Into Television to Tackle HIV Epidemic in Brazil With HBO’s ‘Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically’
Three decades into his career, lauded Brazilian director Marcelo Gomes (“Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures”) is finally stepping into…
Culture
AFI Awards Honor David Lynch, Los Angeles Firefighters and the Top 10 Films and Television Programs of 2024
Originally slated for Jan. 10 but postponed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the American Film Institute’s AFI Awards took place nearly a…
Culture
The Cancer Scams That Foreshadowed MAHA
In 1986, Gilda Radner, one of “Saturday Night Live” ’s original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, was diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian…
Culture
“Mo” ’s Urgent, Uneven Homecoming
The first episode of Netflix’s larkish dramedy “Mo” reveals exactly what its title character, Mohammed Najjar, is capable of. He’s camped…
Fashion
The Voice Season 26 Finale: How to Watch NBC Reality Singing Competition Television Series
The Voice season 26 finale will air on NBC for two days. It will begin on Monday (December 9) at 8:00 PM EST and end on Tuesday (December…