Television
‘The Bachelor’ contestant Greer Blitzer offered an on-air apology for defending a former classmate who appeared in blackface at a Halloween party.
March 15, 2023
Awards
The stars of the Hulu series about rebooting a once-popular sitcom riff on the fickleness of such series’ success.
Nov. 23, 2022
Books
‘Less Is Lost’ is a sequel to Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, He describes the road trip that inspired it — and the joys of travel.
Sept. 19, 2022
Hollywood Inc.
Digital distributor Fubo, which has cobbled together its own sports package, challenged the media companies’ partnership in court, making an argument that it would violate antitrust laws. A judge has granted a temporary injunction.
Aug. 16, 2024
Movies
In 1978, teenage babysitter Laurie Strode survived a showdown with masked serial killer Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s “Halloween,” a critically acclaimed and commercially successful slasher flick that would spawn 11 films and jump-start the career of emerging young actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
Oct. 24, 2018
Seldom has so much name talent been assembled in the service of a film as wan and misguided as “A Happening of Monumental Proportions,” a title that couldn’t be less apt if it tried.
Sept. 19, 2018
Sports
Hal Greer, a Hall of Fame guard and the Philadelphia 76ers’ career leading scorer, has died.
April 16, 2018
This week: the American Cinematheque’s 70mm film festival, Darren Stein’s ‘Jawbreaker,’ Robert Altman’s ‘Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’ and more.
July 12, 2024
Dabbs Greer, a character actor who often was cast as television’s everyman, and who was best known for playing the Rev.
May 1, 2007
California
Palo Alto votes to give a grant for the care of donkeys in Bol Park, including one that was a model for the animated donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy.
June 4, 2024