Television
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What to stream: ‘Paddington in Peru,’ Prince Royce, ‘Mormon Wives’ and Doom: The Dark Ages
May 12, 2025 10:15 am - Paddington bear going on an Indiana Jones-style adventure in “Paddington in Peru” and Alexander Skarsgard playing a robot with free will in Apple TV+’s series “Murderbot” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Varroooom! It’s back on the bikes for Ewan and Charley in ‘Long Way Home’
May 09, 2025 9:37 am - The last time Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a motorcycle adventure, they rode cutting-edge, electric Harley-Davidsons. For their latest trip, they rode vintage bikes through 17 European countries for Apple TV+’s “Long Way Home.”
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Lovie Simone leads new series that adapts Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ for TV
May 07, 2025 1:39 pm - While cutting together scenes for the new Netflix series “Forever,” creator Mara Brock Akil recalls asking her video editor to pause for a moment. Was there a problem? No. Akil was watching someone very right: the show’s female lead, Lovie Simone.
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What to stream: ‘Poker Face,’ Blake Shelton, the spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ and Vince Vaughn
May 05, 2025 5:30 am - The popular whodunit series “Poker Face” starring Natasha Lyonne is returning for its second season and Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and lean spy thriller “Black Bag” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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On ‘Andor,’ minor ‘Star Wars’ villains play major roles
May 02, 2025 3:00 pm - In the galaxy of “Andor,” “Star Wars” super villains are relegated to the shadows. The Disney+ series is more interested in what might be called supervisor villains: the bureaucrats, planners, schemers and petty functionaries who make tyranny possible.
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Tina Fey’s reboot of ‘The Four Seasons’ feels like a throwback
May 02, 2025 10:13 am - “The Four Seasons” might look at first glance like a knockoff of “The White Lotus.” Here, too, wealthy vacationers, played by the likes of Tina Fey and Steve Carell, agonize over first-world problems in opulent settings. But “The Four Seasons” comes out of a different comedic strain entirely.
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In final season, ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ embraces depravity even as it appeals to Christians
May 01, 2025 12:40 pm - For a show about a Christian megachurch pastor and his nepo baby children — between the sex and the violence — the final season of “The Righteous Gemstones” is rife with its trademark depravity.
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Ray Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promo
Apr 30, 2025 4:17 pm - NBC is continuing its strategy of infusing the Olympics with pop culture and celebrity appeal to generate momentum ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy next year.
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Oui, chef! ‘Carême’ introduces world’s first celebrity chef, a Napoleonic-era kitchen god
Apr 30, 2025 11:05 am - Antonin Carême is a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he’s got moves like Jagger. Now a new Apple TV+ period drama, “Carême,” argues that he was the very first celebrity chef.
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Palatine native, ‘Ransom Canyon’ star stays close to Chicago-area rootsApr 29, 2025 11:51 am - While attending Fremd High School, Jack Schumacher never dreamed of becoming an actor. Yet today, Schumacher is basking in the success of Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon,” a Western romance that features him as the enigmatic Yancy Grey.