LOS ANGELES – Television director and producer Tom Cherones, best known for his work on the first five seasons of the Emmy-winning series “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 86.
It’s a new year, and we’re all coming down from our collective “Heated Rivalry” obsession over holiday break. It seems impossible to have missed, but if you haven’t watched the six-episode series on HBO Max about two hockey superstars hooking up and then falling in love, it should go to the top of your watch list. Based on the “Game Changers” romance novel series by Rachel Reid, the series, produced by the Canadian streamer Crave, exploded into a media phenomenon this winter, launching its two previously unknown stars, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, into superstardom overnight. This monoculture moment has proven to be a steamy and romantic respite from the real world.
A broadcast TV show about a middle-aged guy who becomes an LAPD cop wouldn’t seem like your typical teen magnet. Yet, the “The Rookie” was the most-streamed show among young people under 18 across all broadcast series in the 2024-2025 broadcast TV season, according to Nielsen data.
LOS ANGELES — It’s the start of a new year and that means the kickoff of a whole new slate of television series. And while 2026 will bring plenty of those, it will also yield revivals, new seasons of beloved shows, spinoffs and long-awaited finales. Though this list isn’t exhaustive by any means, and not all dates have been announced, there’s plenty to start penciling into your calendar. ‘Star ...
ATLANTA — Netflix’s “Stranger Things” may be set in a small town, but its cast has always been well populated. For its final season with a series finale debuting Wednesday, the story features 19 regular cast members who appear in nearly every episode. Though the show was largely shot in metro Atlanta the last decade, only one of those 19 was a native full-time Atlanta resident: Priah Ferguson, ...
Director Josh Safdie’s opus “Marty Supreme,” hits theaters on Christmas Day, with the tagline, “dream big.” This feverish, breakneck journey follows a tabletop whiz kid from New York City named Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) as he attempts to make it to the top of his sport, battling demons inside and out on his globe-spanning quest. It’s a lot like “Uncut Gems” (Safdie’s prior film) but set in the 1950s. Both Marty Mauser and Howard Ratner, of “Gems,” are cut from the same hustler cloth.
It’s hard to fathom the terrible tragedy that is the murder of beloved Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. His films defined a generation in the 1980s and ‘90s, carving their way into cultural consciousness, and almost every one of his best films can be identified by a quote that everyone knows: “as you wish” (“The Princess Bride”), “these go to 11” (“This Is Spinal Tap”), “do you want to see a dead body?” (“Stand by Me”), “I’ll have what she’s having” (“When Harry Met Sally”), “you can’t handle the truth” (“A Few Good Men”).
In recent episodes of the popular PBS Kids series “Molly of Denali,” Molly has been traveling across the U.S. in her “Molly’s Epic Adventure” spinoff series, exploring different tribal communities and educating viewers about different Indigenous stories and cultures surrounding volcanoes.
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” is now in theaters and garnering significant awards attention after its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it won best director and best actor, for star Wagner Moura, and as Brazil’s official international Oscar submission this year. Set in 1977 during the Brazilian military dictatorship, the film captures the unsettled political landscape of that time in Recife, with Moura starring as a university professor and political refugee who is attempting to flee the country with his son and evade harm from the authoritarian regime and corrupt businessmen.
Every Thanksgiving, I pride myself on providing one of the most important offerings to the celebration that is often overlooked: the post-meal movie. This crucial element is often overlooked, but has the ability to make or a break a night. Imagine: your entire group is stuffed and exhausted from cooking and eating all day. Everyone wants to flop on the couch and digest something entertaining, ...
A new "Dancing with the Stars" champion has been crowned. After weeks of themed choreography revolving around TikTok, Disney films and one-hit wonders, the winner of Season 34 is (insert dramatic pause) Robert Irwin and Witney Carson.
While November is typically a month for going out to the movies, with new releases and awards season movies filling theater screens, there are also plenty of opportunities now to catch up with awards season movies at home. Here are several high-profile titles now available to stream or purchase that are worth your time.
There are plenty of movies about magic — but how many movies are about magicians? The “Now You See Me” franchise, featuring a quartet of illusionists, raked in blockbuster bucks in 2013 and 2016 and has reappeared once again, with “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” featuring a new generation of large-scale magicians who use their abilities for Robin Hood-esque heists. It got me thinking about ...
Home health nurse Faith Dunn, clad in a green tracksuit, entered the cavernous room full of bunk beds where hundreds of contestants in the highly competitive second season of "Squid Game: The Challenge" that launched last week. Dunn — a huge fan of the popular Korean dystopian series — was in it to win it as Player 361.
