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Claire Danes and Damian Lewis reminisce about their "Homeland" collaboration on Variety's Actors on Actors.
Hugh Downs, anchorman for the ABC news program "20/20" and, before that, NBC's "The Today Show," died Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 99. Downs' career in broadcasting spanned more than half a…
Barstool Sports, just days after founder Dave Portnoy defiantly refused to apologize for racist language he used in the past, is taking the trolling of its critics to a new level. The company on…
Celebrity chefs like Padma Lakshmi and Alton Brown share tips on ways people can spice up their cooking skills while they are in quarantine.
All told, Hulu's "Love, Simon" spinoff "Love, Victor" ambles along, deliberately bland and pleasantly toothless.
Given the talent and enormous machine behind it, Netflix's "Space Force" with Steve Carell should be better than fine.
"Legendary," a new reality competition series about ballroom culture, is a fascinating and messy study in contrasts.
Hannah Gadsby is the Michael Jordan of stand-up in one way — her stated plans to retire shouldn't be taken seriously.
What does the Netflix version of a Will Ferrell comedy look like? It looks like "Anchorman" or "Talladega Nights" without the laughs.
A clever girl runs rings around a secret agent in a mildly amusing family comedy starring Dave Bautista.
Jorge Garcia's lovely central turn and some sinister atmospherics give depth to a superbly shot drama about a recluse with a secret talent.
Jon Stewart's small-town satirical comedy takes on the big-money corruptions of American politics. It hits its target, but in a safe way.
The Haim sisters expand their canvas in "Women in Music Pt. III," the trio's strongest and most revealing record yet.
On "CeeLo Green Is ... Thomas Callaway," the singer is in a meditative mood -- crooning rather than riffing; reflective, not rapturous.
Bob Dylan's first album of new material in eight years makes up for lost rhyme with songs that are funny, fascinating, elusive and epic.
Lady Gaga has returned to the dancefloor with "Chromatica," her best album since "Born This Way" — and possibly her best yet.
With a score by Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked"), this screen-to-stage transfer is so effortful it's enervating.
The moody music and lyrics from the Bob Dylan playbook both define and heighten Conor McPherson's haunting vision of the Depression.
Katori Hall gets belly laughs out of this comedy about an amateur cook trying to create a signature dish while chaos reigns in the kitchen.
Ivo Van Hove dares to fiddle with perfection in this modernized but still respectful re-working of the 1957 masterpiece.
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