“Selena: The Series” turns the focus to the men behind her — creating a self-serving, controlled narrative that fails to illuminate the late singer herself.
Ryan Reynolds uses Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ in a very 2020 ad for dating site Match — because this year has really gone to hell. Even Satan agrees.
With his impassioned plea against threats to election workers, “This has to stop,” Georgia’s voting implementation manager became America’s conscience on Tuesday, echoing Joseph Welch’s historic 1954 takedown of Joe McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
Justin Chambers last appeared as Dr. Alex Karev in “Grey’s Anatomy” on Nov. 14. On Thursday night, the series explained the character’s departure.
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The 2021 Grammy nominations, in 83 categories
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Thought to be a favorite for “Blinding Lights” and “After Hours,” the Weeknd didn’t receive a single nomination. BTS and Harry Styles also were snubbed.
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The Recording Academy responded: ‘We understand that the Weeknd is disappointed ... Unfortunately ... there are fewer nominations than ... deserving artists.’
Holiday Movies
2020: Just sayin’ — the year doesn’t automatically bring to mind happy thoughts as we head into the home stretch. But with films featuring Viola Davis and a Black Pixar star, this holiday season’s film releases may provide some comfort and, possibly, reasons to be thankful.
Moviegoing will be different this Thanksgiving, but with high quality titles set for release and coming soon there’s still plenty of things to be grateful about.
ReedPop announced Tuesday that it was retiring BookExpo, the largest publishing convention in the U.S. Some say its decline was inevitable, even before COVID.
When COVID-19 shut down the opera stage, John Holiday turned to NBC’s singing competition. How the guy with a super-high voice became a surprise frontrunner.
It wasn’t too hard for editors at dictionary-maker Merriam-Webster to choose a word that rose above most in 2020: ‘pandemic,’ of course.
Morrison is a vocal critic of UK government measures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
“Saturday Night Live” axed musical guest Morgan Wallen in October after he was caught partying mask-free. Now the country artist is booked for Dec. 5.
While so many people will do Thanksgiving on Zoom this year, I’m going cold turkey on digital connection and finding other ways to honor those I miss.
Reggaeton star Bad Bunny didn’t perform at Sunday’s American Music Awards after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. His rep says he’s ‘OK.’
Major movie theater chains have responded to the pandemic by putting COVID-19 protocols in place. Public health experts assess the risks.
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What’s on TV Thursday, Dec. 3: “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Greatest Moments” on the CW; “Dateline: Race for a Vaccine”; President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on CNN
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With ‘Rival Peak,’ Facebook is launching a television experiment that’s betting on video games as appointment viewing with Tamagotchi-style loyalty.
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The home of cable networks HGTV, Animal Planet and ID is launching a direct-to-consumer service starting at $4.99 a month.
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The 2021 Sundance Film Festival will be a mostly virtual event, expanding access far beyond Park City, Utah, and utilizing arthouse partners around the country.
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Mary Trump’s ‘The Reckoning,’ a follow-up to the bestselling exposé she wrote about her uncle Donald, will examine how ‘America is suffering from PTSD.’
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Lou Harrison’s delectable Suite for Violin With American Gamelan fuses Indonesian percussion, Renaissance Italian dances and 1970s hippie spirit.
Props from a beer commercial are being displayed as sculpture.
For those who could use some happy stories to carry you onward, here are 11 products of the pandemic for which we’re thankful.
Broadway musicals, including ‘Jagged Little Pill’ and ‘Hamilton,’ are back for a day in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
This week’s offerings: Jefferson Mays’ “Christmas Carol,” Patrick Stewart and Ruth Negga reciting Shakespeare sonnets, plus “Nurse Heroes Live!”
The stage director and spiritual seeker of “My Dinner With Andre” ruminates on his life and old age in his first book, “This Is Not My Memoir.”
Arnold Schoenberg’s sacrilegious “Pierrot Lunaire” foretold a distortion of reality that has never left us.
Social media platform Parler looks like it was designed by a pharmaceutical firm and sounds like a symphony composed of one note: conspiracy theory.
Our plague year is an opportunity to see, at last, one of the hidden truths of America’s founding: the great suffering of the Native people.
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Actors allege that changes made to a union health plan will make it harder for them to keep their insurance during the pandemic.
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Faizon Love accuses Universal Pictures of failing to make up for excluding him and another Black actor from marketing posters for “Couples Retreat.”
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A foreign journalist sued Golden Globes organizer Hollywood Foreign Press Association, alleging the group acted like a cartel. A federal judge disagreed and tossed the suit.
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‘The Jewish Soul: Ten Classics of Yiddish Cinema,’ a new boxed set from Kino Lorber, is an excellent choice for cinephiles on your Hanukkah gift list.
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The award-winning road movie from the writer-director Chloé Zhao is a gorgeous, lyrical weave of documentary and fiction.
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Two brothers, one Mexican and one American, meet for the first time for a road trip of self-discovery in the fun comedy “Half Brothers.”
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“Minor Premise” follows in the footsteps of other low-budget sci-fi indies that rely on brain power to generate thrills.
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Harry Styles has broken his silence on the uproar over his historic Vogue magazine cover. Here’s what the pop musician and fashionista had to say.
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“The Voice” contender John Holiday stunned coach John Legend with a jazzy version of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” but some viewers hated it.
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Dolly Parton’s new coffee-table collection of lyrics, ‘Songteller,’ reveals her keen ear for characters, mostly women, who have suffered unspeakable tragedy.
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Rams rookie safety Jordan Fuller has performed well as a starter, but his mom, Cindy Mizelle, sings with some of music’s biggest acts, including Bruce Springsteen.
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What’s on TV Wednesday, Dec. 2: The season premiere of “SEAL Team” on CBS; an afternoon NFL football game on NBC
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Journalist Elaine Welteroth and fitness instructor Amanda Kloots are joining “The Talk” hosts Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Carrie Ann Inaba.
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“I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” wrote “Juno” actor Elliot Page.
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Ryan Gattis’ “The System” gives the Lynwood area the Richard Price treatment. His journey from Colorado kid to L.A. insider was hardly easy.
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Crime novelist Ryan Gattis lost his sense of taste for a year and emerged obsessed with food. He writes about 6 spots in L.A. that feature in “The System.”
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Bestsellers List for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020
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BookExpo, the largest bookseller trade show in the U.S., and its consumer-facing sibling BookCon have been indefinitely canceled because of the pandemic.
