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What’s Worth Watching: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Winners’ season premieres Friday

Thu., May 19, 2022

From “Downton Abbey: A New Era” to “The Northman,” this weekend is full of shows worth watching. But, for me, this weekend is all about "RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 7" – that is, the long-anticipated “All Winners” season where the best of the best battle for the chance to be crowned “Queen of All Queens.”

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Ukraine band makes plea for Mariupol at Eurovision

UPDATED: Sun., May 15, 2022

TURIN, Italy — Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of popular support for the war-ravaged nation that went beyond music. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the victory, Ukraine’s third since its 2003 Eurovision debut.

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Stream on Demand: David E. Kelley’s ‘Lincoln Lawyer’ sequel stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

UPDATED: Thu., May 12, 2022

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo takes on the role of Mickey Haller in “The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 1” (TV-MA), a sequel to the 2011 movie starring Matthew McConaughey as the attorney who works out of the back of his town car. David E. Kelley developed the show from the novels of “Bosch” creator Michael Connelly.

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What’s Worth Watching: ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘The Essex Serpent’ and ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’

UPDATED: Thu., May 12, 2022

Based on a true story, “Operation Mincemeat” (2021) follows the eponymous British military operation aimed at disguising the Allied invasion of Sicily. Starring Colin Firth, Matthew MacFadyen, Kelly MacDonald, Penelope Wilton and Simon Russell Beale, among others.

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Elizabeth Olsen: Five thoughts on the rise of Wanda

UPDATED: Thu., May 12, 2022

Elizabeth Olsen was a supporting player as Wanda Maximoff in the "Avengers" movies, the largest superhero gathering ever seen onscreen. But when "WandaVision" arrived at the beginning of 2021, on its way to Twitter domination and meme glory, Olsen became a headliner.

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Guy Fieri visits Jim Belushi’s Oregon cannabis farm, coast and more NW stops in ‘Guy’s All-American Road Trip’

Tue., May 10, 2022

In his hit Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” Guy Fieri has visited plenty of Oregon restaurants and food carts. Now, in a new show, “Guy’s All-American Road Trip,” the exuberant food personality joins up with family and friends for a culinary journey that includes Northern California, Oregon and Washington.

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Popular vote takes Allen Stone to fifth in ‘American Song Contest’: South Hill singer wins hearts of fellow musicians, but fans choose AleXa

UPDATED: Tue., May 10, 2022

NBC's “American Song Contest” is apparently the antithesis of the presidential election. Allen Stone and his song “A Bit of Both” won the equivalent of the electoral college of the talent competition. However, the popular vote sank the 35-year-old South Hill singer-songwriter.

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New ‘Doctor Who’ star is ‘Sex Education’ actress Ncuti Gatwa

UPDATED: Mon., May 9, 2022

Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord's next regeneration. "Sometimes talent walks through the door, and it’s so bright and bold and brilliant, I just stand back in awe," showrunner Russell T. Davies said.

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New movies to stream this week: ‘Black Site,’ ‘Along for the Ride’ and more

Sat., May 7, 2022

I like Michelle Monaghan – even in an entirely fungible action thriller like "Black Site," in which she portrays a CIA analyst playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a ruthless killer (Jason Clarke) who is methodically picking off the staff of a secret desert facility for the interrogation of terrorist suspects.

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The Coeur d’Alene Tribe is featured in Amazon docuseries

Sat., May 7, 2022

Dee Dee McGowan, Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort’s cultural tourism manager, said she met executive producer Pierre Gervois at a travel conference in Boise in 2019. Eventually, they got to talking about including the tribe in the series and worked it out. Gervois and his wife filmed the episode on location at the casino in 2021.

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He’s a comic and a survivor: ‘SNL’ and ‘30 Rock’ star Tracy Morgan headlines Northern Quest on Saturday night

UPDATED: Thu., May 5, 2022

Tracy Morgan is gushing. The veteran comic and actor sounds like the enthusiastic entertainer from the aughts who was one of the more animated subjects in the business. "I'm so excited because I'm getting the Icon Award by the Friars Club," Morgan said while calling from his Manhattan apartment.

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Stream on Demand: Harry Bosch is back in ‘Legacy’

UPDATED: Thu., May 5, 2022

Titus Welliver returns as Harry Bosch in “Bosch: Legacy” (TV-MA), a sequel series that follows the former LAPD homicide detective as he begins a new life as a private investigator while his daughter (Madison Lintz) joins the force as a rookie patrol officer. Mimi Rogers co-stars as high-powered attorney Honey Chandler.

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What’s Worth Watching: ‘Staircase,’ ‘Pentaverate,’ ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ and ‘Wild Babies’

UPDATED: Thu., May 5, 2022

Based on the 13-part docuseries of the same name, “The Staircase” (2022) stars Colin Firth as novelist Michael Peterson. In 2003, Peterson was sentenced to life in prison for the alleged murder of his wife Kathleen (Toni Collette). Peterson claims to this day that he found his wife at the bottom of a staircase.

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May the Fourth Be With You: Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ TV show about Obi-Wan Kenobi full of expectations

UPDATED: Wed., May 4, 2022

Another Star Wars spectacle is about to enter our orbit, and for many Boomers the story is coming full circle. A long time ago in a college town on the far side of the Columbia, I was trying to channel my energy on studying for finals despite a new movie that was rumored to be out of this world.

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Jury gives sweeping win to Kardashians in Blac Chyna lawsuit

UPDATED: Tue., May 3, 2022

A jury on Monday gave a sweeping win to the Kardashian family in former reality-TV star Blac Chyna’s lawsuit against them. The Los Angeles jury found that none of the members of the famous family defamed Chyna, nor did any interfere with her contract by convincing E! to cancel her reality show “Rob & Chyna.”

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Chris Wallace says he’s ‘going to be fine’ after CNN Plus shuttering

UPDATED: Sat., April 30, 2022

Chris Wallace abruptly left his longtime broadcast home of Fox News to join CNN's new streaming service, only to see the entire enterprise scuttled after just a month. But in his first public comments on the closure of CNN Plus, Wallace expressed no regrets or complaints.

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First ‘Jeopardy!’ Gen Z super champ’s streak hits 19 games

UPDATED: Sat., April 30, 2022

Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Mattea Roach represents a new generation of the show’s all-star players. As of Friday, the Canadian, 23, has won 19 games and amassed $469,184 in prize money, putting her among the top 10 contestants for consecutive victories and regular-season winnings in “Jeopardy!” history.

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Stream on Demand: Andrew Garfield is ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

UPDATED: Thu., April 28, 2022

“Under the Banner of Heaven” (TV-MA), adapted from Jon Krakauer’s true crime bestseller, follows a police detective (Andrew Garfield) investigating the murder of the wife (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and infant child of a prominent Mormon figure in 1984 Utah. The case leads to some dark secrets.

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What’s Worth Watching: ‘Barry,’ ‘Ozark,’ ‘Roar,’ ‘10 Percent’ and ‘Ziwe’

UPDATED: Thu., April 28, 2022

The dark HBO dramedy "Barry" (2019) returns after almost three years on hiatus. A successful hitman moves to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of acting. But, leaving his old world behind isn’t so easy. Starring Bill Hader, Stephen Root and Henry Winkler, “Barry” is available on HBO Max.

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Kylie Jenner testifies she warned brother about Blac Chyna

UPDATED: Tue., April 26, 2022

Kylie Jenner testified Monday that she expressed concerns to her brother Rob Kardashian about his new girlfriend and soon-to-be reality TV co-star Blac Chyna, because she had heard Chyna had a tendency to abuse drugs and alcohol and become violent and had gotten a possible glimpse of it herself.

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