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Yvonne Villarreal

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Yvonne Villarreal covers television for the Los Angeles Times. She joined The Times in 2008 as a Metpro fellow before moving to the Calendar section as an entertainment reporter. A native Angeleno, Villarreal earned her bachelor’s degree from Cal State Fullerton and her master’s degree from the Columbia School of Journalism.

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You’re not the only one Googling the history behind ‘The Crown’

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What Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys learned from Mister Rogers for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’

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What Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys learned from Mister Rogers for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’

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‘Mixed-ish’ showrunner explains how Hollywood (still) makes inclusion hard to achieve

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‘Shameless’ boss says peak TV must end: ‘Everybody can’t continue to lose billions’

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‘Shameless’ boss says peak TV must end: ‘Everybody can’t continue to lose billions’

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LGBTQ representation on TV hits record high for fourth straight year

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LGBTQ representation on TV hits record high for fourth straight year

GLAAD’s annual “Where We Are on TV” report found that by most measures LGBTQ representation on television continues to improve.
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Ellen DeGeneres to receive the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes

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Ellen DeGeneres to receive the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes

Pioneering sitcom star and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will receive the award for outstanding contributions to television at January’s Golden Globes.
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How Apple plans to win the streaming wars without ‘Friends’ or ‘Game of Thrones’

Television

How Apple plans to win the streaming wars without ‘Friends’ or ‘Game of Thrones’

Apple TV+ has no library of beloved movies and TV shows. Instead, the tech giant hopes its original programming is enough to ensure “wild success.”

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Emails! Goal-setting! To-do lists! Paul Rudd is as overwhelmed as the rest of us

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Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’ was only going to touch on #MeToo. She fought to make it the focus

Television

Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’ was only going to touch on #MeToo. She fought to make it the focus

Showrunner Kerry Ehrin took the helm of Apple’s “The Morning Show” after it was underway — and decided to make #MeToo central to the story.

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