Television
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TV's gay Christmas movies are as benign, charming and cliche as we always hoped they'd be
Dec 13, 2020 6:00 am - In olden times, the people behind the so-called gay agenda wanted nothing more than what everyone else already had: marriage, kids, suburban bliss, job security and equa...
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In HBO's magnificent Bee Gees documentary, broken hearts — and icon status — can at least be mended
Dec 13, 2020 6:00 am - Wherever you currently land on the subject of the Bee Gees (Forgotten glitter gods? Perpetual punchline?), director Frank Marshall's thorough and beautifully appreciativ...
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Kevin Bacon brings music back to venues for charity concertDec 12, 2020 6:30 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Musician and actor Kevin Bacon is bringing live music back to venues that have been shuttered this year with an all-star concert TV special. Bacon is ...
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Matthew Morrison's unsettling 'Grinch' is a natural conclusion to 2020
Dec 12, 2020 6:00 am - Reader, I tried. I tried to banish every preconceived opinion of Matthew Morrison playing the Grinch from my mind before flipping to “Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!” on ...
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Diverse TV holiday season includes all-Asian Lifetime movie
Dec 11, 2020 6:00 am - In one scene from the Lifetime TV movie, 'œA Sugar & Spice Holiday,'ť a co-worker says to Suzy, an Asian American architect in Los Angeles: 'œI didn't know if Christmas ...
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Widescreen: Two John Hughes films make their Blu-ray debut in 2021Dec 11, 2020 5:00 am - It won't magically arrive in time for the holidays like Neal Page did at his Kenilworth home in the closing moments of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” but a new Blu-ra...
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'Cheer' star from Naperville indicted on new charges
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - "Cheer" star Jerry Harris faces several new criminal charges in an indictment made public Friday afternoon. Harris, who is from Naperville, is charged with child pornogr...
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Kelli O'Hara, Richard Thomas join Tabernacle Choir Christmas
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Broadway's Kelli O'Hara and Richard Thomas of 'œThe Waltons'ť are the guest artists for 'œChristmas with The Tabernacle Choir,'ť but there's another s...
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Performers set for TV special replacing canceled Rose Parade
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - There won't be thousands of people watching flower-laden floats roll through the streets of Pasadena on New Year's Day, but the show will go on. ...
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Pandemic casts shadow on final season of Showtime's 'Shameless'Dec 09, 2020 5:00 am - The coronavirus outbreak that delayed the taping of "Shameless" is woven into the 11th and final season of the Gallagher saga. It seems inevitable, given the outsized sh...