Norman Lear, the groundbreaking TV producer who smashed boundaries with politicized sitcoms such as All in the Family, helped diversify network television with shows The Jeffersons and Good Times, and used the half-hour comedy to address social issues and taboo, hot-button topics, died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home. He …
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Despite the controversy that preceded Squid Game: The Challenge — including allegations that the reality competition based on the hit South Korean series was “rigged” — Netflix has opted to give the show a second season. Ahead of the airing of today’s season finale, where one of the 456 contestants …
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Dan Levy explores death and friendship in the new trailer for Good Grief, the Schitt’s Creek actor’s directorial debut. Levy also wrote and stars in the drama alongside Himesh Patel and Ruth Negga, who play Levy’s friends who come to his aid following the unexpected death of his husband, played …
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The feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot will serve as the subjects of a forthcoming limited series currently in development at STX Entertainment. The scripted series will be based on the upcoming memoir from founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, which traces the group’s origin story and subsequent run-ins with the law. “I …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Sleigh bells ring and it’s that time of year again, with Hallmark‘s “Countdown to Christmas” officially underway. The annual holiday event features all-new Hallmark Christmas movies premiering on …
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Sundance Film Festival 2024 has its bases covered. The 40th edition of the film festival will feature the premiere of Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun‘s post-apocalyptic romance Love Me; Michael John Warren’s evolutionary documentary Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza; Steven Soderbergh‘s haunted house thriller Presence; and 88 additional films, documentaries, …
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All of the main networks are honoring a late TV great. On Wednesday night, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, and the CW will run a simulcast of an “on-air memoriam card” at 8 p.m. to pay tribute to Lear, who died Tuesday at 101 years old. The broadcast will be a …
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Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend said she wanted “help” in safely exiting her relationship with Majors, but also wanted to protect the Marvel actor when police showed up to their apartment in March following the actor allegedly attacking her in a car the night before. “I wanted to say: ‘help me, please,’” …
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Surprise guest Jamie Foxx took the stage Monday night at theCritics ChoiceAssociation’s Celebration of Cinema and Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievements, marking it his first public outing since he was hospitalized for medical complications in April. Foxx, whose attendance was not announced in advance, was there to receive …
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Peace is hard to come by for Bob Marley in the latest trailer for Bob Marley: One Love. “There’s a war going on,” the reggae icon, portrayed in the film by Kingsley Ben-Adir, acknowledges. “How can I bring peace? I can’t even get peace for myself.” Directed by Reinaldo Marcus …
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