Asked why he offered Michael Keaton a lead role in his new Hulu miniseries, "Dopesick," creator Danny Strong responds as you might expect: Why not? He shot for the stars and figured that if he were to rack up a few passes, he might as well get the first from Keaton.

In response to criticism that Dave Chappelle's new special is transphobic, Netflix's co-chief executive in an internal memo defended the comedian and said the streaming platform will not remove "The Closer." The executive, Ted Sarandos, cited "creative freedom."

“The Velvet Underground” (2021, R) from filmmaker Todd Haynes looks at the art and cultural impact of the New York rock group that straddled high art and street culture with new interviews and archival film clips.

Adapted from Beth Macy’s bestselling book, “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” Hulu’s latest drama follows a Samuel Finnix (Michael Keaton), a doctor from a mining town in rural Virginia.

The decision to step away has been a long time coming, but was really only solidified in the past few weeks after a visit with his wife, Donna, to Seattle to visit grandchildren, Kleckner said. 

The Emmy Award-winning British soccer show "Ted Lasso" has been an overwhelming hit. Apple Inc. doesn't share information about its shows; the company did say that the season 2 premiere brought in more accounts on opening weekend than any previous launch.

“The Equalizer” – Coming off a solid first season, the popular crime drama returns just as Robyn McCall (Queen Latifah) considers pulling the plug on her risky vigilante work. But you know that’s not gonna happen. Turns out that she’s pulled back in by a rather unlikely client.

Comics often mine material from their lives. When Louis C.K. was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017 for masturbating in front of female writers and comics, I had a flashback to an interview with the controversial comic.

Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha Romanoff in “Black Widow” (2021, PG-13), a superhero adventure as a conspiracy thriller that sends Romanoff looking into her past. Previously a premium rental, it now streams for subscribers. (Disney+)

Taking the internet by storm over the past week, the Korean-made competition drama "Squid Game" (2021) follows 456 debt-ridden contestants as they fight for the chance to win “a tempting prize.” The competition may consist of children’s games, but the stakes are deadly serious. 

The next stop for Liberty Lake's Kramer family might be Orlando. Thanks to their son Jack Kramer's dancing skills, the Kramers will be awarded a free family vacation to Universal Studios if their son is one of the winners of "Military Kids Have Talent."

“CSI: Vegas” – Apparently, what happens in Las Vegas sometimes happens again. This sequel to the crime sensation reunites viewers with popular characters Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), who return to action after an attack on retired LVPD Capt. Jim Brass.

Charlamagne tha God made a living on radio calling out popular figures like Kanye West and Floyd Mayweather Jr., but now he’s taking his talents to a new late-night talk show to focus on political and social issues

The 2019 animated feature “The Addams Family” was a cute refresh of the classic Addams Family characters for a new, younger audience. Clocking in at 83 years young, it’s amazing that the Addamses have the staying power that they do in television and on film.

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform for the first time onstage together at the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the five music icons will perform on Feb. 13.

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a police officer demoted to the 911 call desk who gets a call from a woman in danger in “The Guilty” (2021, R) and must confront the situation with only a phone. Antoine Fuqua directs this remake of the acclaimed 2018 Danish thriller.

When "The Sopranos" went black in 2007, concluding an instantly fabled eight-year run by famously withholding any definitive conclusion, it felt like a challenge to the audience. Storytellers, especially on television, were expected to provide happy endings.

Expectations for "The Sopranos" prequel film "The Many Saints of Newark" are high among fans and those who were part of the legendary show, which changed the course of TV history. Steven Van Zandt, who portrayed Tony Soprano's consigliere Silvio Dante, is looking forward to the release.

Gloria Estefan has revealed that, at age 9, she was sexually abused by someone her mother trusted. The Cuban-American superstar spoke for the first time publicly about the abuse and its effects on her during an episode of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk: The Estefans.”