Television
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Austin Stowell is emotional about playing stoic Jethro Gibbs in ‘NCIS: Origins’
Oct 11, 2024 8:50 am - Once again, Austin Stowell is having the best day ever — all thanks to him winning the role of legendary TV character Leroy Jethro Gibbs in “NCIS: Origins,” debuting Monday, Oct. 14. “Since I got this job, it has just been day after day after day of the greatest day of my life,” he says.
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Acting or hosting, Travis Kelce wants to continue to pursue a showbiz career. But first, footballOct 09, 2024 3:00 pm - Travis Kelce plays a flirty nurse with swagger on FX’s series “Grotesquerie," landed a cameo in "Happy Gilmore 2” and hosts a new game show. If Hollywood’s calling, he’ll take the meeting — with one caveat. Football comes first.
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A triumph: Alfonso Cuarón and Cate Blanchett’s series ‘Disclaimer’ is making waves
Oct 09, 2024 11:37 am - Director Alfonso Cuarón’s psychological thriller “Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled. There’s no building of empathy for Cate Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft in the seven-part Apple TV+ series debuting Friday, Oct. 11.
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Netflix series explores women’s dreams in the body-slamming world of Japanese pro wrestling
Oct 09, 2024 7:59 am - Netflix’s “The Queen of Villains” is a typical coming-of-age tale about a young woman’s road to empowerment and self-discovery — except it all takes place in the body-slamming, arm-twisting world of Japanese professional wrestling.
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What to stream: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘Outer Banks’ and Charli XCX remixes
Oct 07, 2024 5:30 am - “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was No. 1 at the box office just two weeks ago, but Tim Burton’s popular sequel is now available on streaming. Plus, Sean Wang’s semiautobiographical feature debut “Dìdi” and Netflix’s “Outer Banks” are coming to a device near you.
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Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the onslaught of streaming services
Sep 30, 2024 9:51 am - DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become domin...
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What to stream: Coldplay, an unhinged Charlie Puth, ‘Salem’s Lot,’ Sarah Paulson and NHL 25
Sep 30, 2024 5:30 am - Sarah Paulson plays a woman in fear of a sinister presence in “Hold Your Breath,” EA Sports’ NHL 25 lands and Charlie Puth stars as himself in “The Charlie Puth Show”: These are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Finding Mr. Right and converting to Judaism led Erin Foster to write a fresh, original rom-com
Sep 27, 2024 10:12 am - There’s a meet-the-parents scene in the new Netflix series "Nobody Wants This" where Adam Brody’s Noah arrives at his girlfriend Joanne’s house (played by Kristen Bell) wearing a sports coat and carrying an oversized bouquet of sunflowers. Joanne is so appalled that she decides they need to break up.
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Bozo fan Billy Corgan plans three-day celebration of beloved clown
Sep 27, 2024 9:34 am - Love or hate clowns now, chances are you were a fan of “Bozo’s Circus” if you were a kid growing up in the Chicago area during the 1960s or even decades later. One of Boz...
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What we learned from Ellen DeGeneres’ Netflix special
Sep 26, 2024 5:28 pm - Ellen DeGeneres’ characteristics before 2020 were well known: dancing fiend, prankster, lesbian, comedian. She ended every episode of her popular daytime talk show, “The ...