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The Top 27 Grammy Moments of All Time
On Sunday, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards will take place at Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles. With performances by Billie Eilish, SZA, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, U2, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott — not to mention Trevor Noah as host — anticipation is high for the yearly celebration of […]
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Who Were Truman Capote’s “Swans”? The ‘Feud’ Cast Unpacks Their Counterparts
[This story contains spoilers from Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.] In Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, author Truman Capote’s close relationship with a group of wealthy American socialites unravels when he permits Esquire magazine, in 1975 and 1976, to publish four chapters of his unfinished novel Answered Prayers, in which the unsavory personal details of […]
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Isla Fisher Is “Cautiously Optimistic” About a Third Season of ‘Wolf Like Me’
[This story contains spoilers from the season two finale of Wolf Like Me.] In the final scene of season two of Peacock’s comedy-drama Wolf Like Me, Mary (Isla Fisher) gives birth to her baby with boyfriend Gary (Josh Gad), revealing its identity as a wolf. Anxiety over whether their child would be a human or […]
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Deutsche Bank Frieze L.A. Film Award Announces 2024 Shortlisted Filmmakers (Exclusive)
Eight emerging filmmakers have been shortlisted for the 2024 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, presented in collaboration with the Ghetto Film School and Fifth Season, the global art platform announced today. Octavia Anderson, Jonathan Estrada-Salazar, Celine Eva, Jeanine Fiser, Kaylen Ng, Miguel Ramirez, Kat Torres and Britt Williams make up the short list […]
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Designer B Michael Reveals the Cicely Tyson He Knew in New Book ‘Muse’
When Cicely Tyson started crafting her 2021 memoir Just As I Am, her longtime friend and fashion designer, B Michael, began to conceptualize an idea for a book of his own, cataloging their working relationship together from the day the barrier-breaking actress first stepped foot in his atelier in 2005. “She loved it and said […]
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‘Found’: Shanola Hampton on That Finale Cliffhanger and “Undefined Chemistry” With Co-Star Mark-Paul Gosselaar
[This story contains spoilers form the season finale of Found.] Peacock’s most successful series launch to date, Found, has come to an end with a revelation among the crisis management team at Mosely & Associates that leaves the relationships of the recovery specialists and the future of the agency hired to find missing persons hanging […]
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‘Perimeter’: 1990s Atlanta Is the Backdrop for New BET+ Drama (Exclusive Trailer)
A new drama is coming to BET+ this winter from director Armani Ortiz (Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story). Perimeter, set in Atlanta in the 1990s (see the trailer, below), stars Tatyana Ali alongside newcomer Ava Mone’t and Donovan Christie Jr. The series centers around the Dawn family, daughter Paige (Mone’t), a sophomore at Spelman […]
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Sterling K. Brown on How ‘American Fiction’ Needles Hollywood’s Limited Depictions of Black Life
Without the family drama at its center, Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction — about a disgruntled author who, in jest, writes a grossly stereotypical African American novel that achieves mass success — could be a mockumentary about Hollywood. “I thought it was one of the best scripts I’d ever read,” Sterling K. Brown says of the adaptation […]
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‘The Book of Clarence’ Filmmaker Jeymes Samuel Responds to Claims of Blasphemy: “I Like the Smoke”
Jeymes Samuel can take the heat when it comes to commentary about his work. And he’s expecting plenty to follow the release of his latest film, The Book of Clarence, a biblical epic set for release on Jan. 12 about a man who, witnessing the rising popularity of Jesus the Messiah, attempts to cash in […]
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Chelsea Handler Is Excited to Host the Critics Choice Awards During “The Year of Women”
Chelsea Handler wants everyone to notice all the women who are dominating culture right now. The comedian, who will return to host the Critics Choice Awards for the second year in a row, has been reflecting on what 2023 has been like in the world of film and television. “It’s very demonstrative of how underserved […]
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‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’ Revelations and a Twist Ending That Shocked Production
The second season of ID’s The Curious Case of Natalia Grace concluded Wednesday night with a surprise ending that left audiences with even more questions about the story of Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace. The six-episode series, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks, is a follow-up to the 2023 docuseries that focused on Natalia’s […]
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‘The Crown’ Final Episodes: Did Queen Elizabeth Really Consider Abdicating? And 5 Other Questions, Answered
[This story contains spoilers from the final season of The Crown.] With the release of the last six episodes of The Crown on Netflix have come new questions about the fictionalized depiction of the British royal family. In part two of the sixth and final season of the critically acclaimed historical drama, the stage is […]
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