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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 …

It starts not with a bang, but a lack of Wi-Fi. The internet goes down, which means no social media, no email, no communications with the outside world, and — because this is a Netflix movie about worst-case scenarios — no streaming. Then satellites are knocked out, which kills any …

It’s the most exciting time of Charles Melton’s career — and he’s spent much of it asleep. “There’s a lot of gratitude. I also never knew I was capable of taking so many naps in one day,” Melton says. “I’m just sleeping.” Oh, don’t get him wrong: The past few …

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 …

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 …

Norman Lear was a man of modest physical stature, standing a trim 5’7″ on a good day. In terms of his impact on television — comedy primarily, but the medium as a whole — he was a giant, who belongs on any Mt. Rushmore of showrunners. He dominated an entire …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …