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COVER STORY│ Matt Smith pulls back the curtain on 'House of the Dragon' Season 2, from losing showrunner Miguel Sapochnik to playing a 'weaker' Daemon in crisis.
Amazon MGM's long-delayed 'Masters of the Universe' film has found its He-Man in Nicholas Galitzine.
It began as a routine audit at Cast & Crew, one of several payroll companies that service the entertainment industry. But that audit — typically handled in secret — has now raised…
Variety’s “Actors on Actors” returns for its 20th season with the biggest stars of this year’s Emmys season. Among the highlights of the latest lineup: The first public…
Netflix has released the teaser trailer for the fourth and final season of its superhero series “The Umbrella Academy.” The footage, set to the tune of Europe’s 1986 song “The Final…
Debbie Harry, lead vocalist of the band Blondie, headlines the cast of the Tribeca-selected short "Catharsis."
Jesse Plemons, the women of 'Emilia Perez' take acting prizes
Sean Baker's Whirlwind Sex-Work Romance Sparkles Like the Tinsel in Its Leading Lady's Hair.
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The origin story of Furiosa has dazzling sequences, but George Miller's overstuffed epic is no 'Fury Road.'
The Chris Pratt-led animated movie misunderstands Garfield's appeal and is full of shamelessly conspicuous product placement.
Glen Powell rules as an undercover contract killer in Richard Linklater's fun action comedy studded with delicious moments.
John Krasinski's big-hearted children's tale doesn't feel magical like the Pixar films it aspires to emulate.
A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.
Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.
Taylor Swift renews her vows with heartbreak in this audacious, transfixing album.
Vampire Weekend reinvents itself again with an unusual fusion of baroque-esque grandeur.
Being Beyoncé means never having to pretend to be just one thing.
Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
Strictly for the boomers.
The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
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With the appetite of a hungry grizzly, “The Bear” could gobble up a few Emmy records for its sophomore season. Fresh off a smashing first season that set a new benchmark for comedy…