Television
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New comedy series ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ stands and delivers
Feb 28, 2024 5:58 pm - Noel Fielding trades pastry for pistols in the new Apple TV+ series “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” a swashbuckling romp that’s miles from the genteel tent of “The Great British Bake Off.”
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Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' dies at 76
Feb 28, 2024 3:15 pm - Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76.
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Seth Meyers is in his comfort era as ‘Late Night’ turns 10
Feb 28, 2024 6:21 am - Time flies when you're hosting a late-night show four times a week. But Seth Meyers admits it took a while to feel comfortable as host of “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” w...
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Wendy Williams documentary producers say they didn’t know she had dementia while filming most scenesFeb 27, 2024 11:50 am - If you watched Lifetime's Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren't alone.
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FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel ‘Shogun’
Feb 26, 2024 3:24 pm - When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldn't put it down. Tha...
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What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, ‘Elsbeth’ sleuths and Japan shines in ‘Shogun’
Feb 26, 2024 9:49 am - Adam Sandler playing an astronaut on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system in the sci-fi drama “Spaceman” and Disney+'s animated coming-of-age story “Iwaju” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Oppenheimer’ keeps devouring awards with top prize at Producers Guild, with Oscars up next
Feb 26, 2024 7:47 am - With two weeks to go before the Oscars, “Oppenheimer” looks unstoppable. Director and producer Christopher Nolan’s tale of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birt...
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‘Past Lives,’ ‘American Fiction’ and ‘The Holdovers’ are big winners at Independent Spirit Awards
Feb 25, 2024 7:37 pm - Celine Song’s quiet romance “Past Lives” won two of the biggest awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday afternoon, including best feature and best directo...
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Marina City’s Ryan Argast takes on ‘The Voice’Feb 25, 2024 9:42 am - Plainfield vocalist Ryan Argast heads to TV screens Monday in the season 25 premiere of NBC’s “The Voice.”
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‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Feb 25, 2024 9:23 am - “Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards.