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‘The Line’ Review: Alex Wolff Finds Himself Torn as Things Go Awry Inside a College Fraternity
Set within a typically raucous fraternity at a fictional college, Ethan Berger’s “The Line” foretells where it’s headed early on when the school...
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‘The Simpsons’ Reunion WGA Picket Highlights the Strike Stakes for Writers: ‘We Were So Lucky,’ Says Conan O’Brien
“The Simpsons” occupies a unique perch in the history of global television. At 36 seasons and 750-plus episodes and counting, the Fox animated...
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Netflix’s Bela Bajaria Talks ‘Myth Busters’ at UCLA Law Event: ‘Algorithms Don’t Decide What We Make’
Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria used the platform of her keynote address Friday at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium to dispel a few...
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Emmy Predictions: Scripted Variety — Could ‘Black Lady Sketch Show’ Slay ‘SNL’ and John Oliver?
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official...
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Paul Geoffrey, Actor in ‘Excalibur,’ ‘Greystoke,’ Dies at 68
Paul Geoffrey, an English actor known for his roles in “Excalibur” and “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes,” has died. He was 68....
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David Byrne and Broadway Union Reach Agreement Over ‘Here Lies Love’ Production
“Here Lies Love,” the new David Byrne musical that’s set to begin previews on Broadway starting June 17, and the American Federation of Musicians’...
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‘The Hurt Unit,’ ‘Judgement,’ ‘Keeping It Together,’ ‘Public Defenders’ Pilots Not Moving Forward at ABC
Pilots for “The Hurt Unit,” “Public Defenders,” “Judgement” and “Keeping It Together” (which was formerly titled “Drop-Off”) are no longer moving...
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Amaarae Writes Her Own Rules on the Sultry ‘Fountain Baby’: Album Review
The very first line of Amaarae’s “Fountain Baby” clearly tells its listeners the best possible setting for the record to be heard: “In the club,”...
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Jason Isbell on the Making of ‘Weathervanes,’ Acting for Martin Scorsese, His Candid Documentary and the Role of Empathy in Music
Jason Isbell has a new album out, “Weathervanes,” and he says, “I’m happy to be talking about it. You know, I’ve been talking about a lot of other...
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Tom Holland’s ‘The Crowded Room’ Is Unfortunately Empty: TV Review
Over 20 years ago, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman penned the script for “A Beautiful Mind,” the Oscar-winning biopic of mathematician and diagnosed...
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Emmys: Creative Arts Predictions Include Technical Standouts From ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official...
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‘The Inventor’ Illustrates Leonardo DaVinci’s Final Days Through Music and Stop-Motion Animation
Few people lived a life as bold and controversial as Leonardo da Vinci. It’s easy to forget sometimes he was also a human being with doubts who...