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From left: Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner in 1988's "Bull Durham."

Column: What happened to sports shows — scripted stories or sports journalism — for the casual viewer?

September 28, 2023 at 6:40 a.m.

Earlier this month, HBO announced its long-running newsmagazine "Real Sports" would be ending after the current season. Also canceled this month: HBO's "Winning Time," the scripted series about the LA...

SAG-AFTRA actors walk on a picket line outside Netflix studios on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Column: The Hollywood writers’ strike is over. What happens now?

September 27, 2023 at 12:37 p.m.

Now that the strike by the Writers Guild of America, which began in May, appears to be over, what happens now? The WGA's nearly 12,000 members have until Oct. 9...

‘The Irrational’ review: Jesse L. Martin is back in procedural-land in a new show on NBC

September 26, 2023 at 11:46 a.m.

The fall network TV season is in shambles, a mix of reruns and reality that is the inevitable result of the studios failing to negotiate agreeable contract terms early enough...

‘Young Love’ review: An Oscar-winning short becomes an animated series on Max

September 21, 2023 at 5:30 a.m.

Nearly dialogue-free, the Oscar-winning, six-minute 2019 animated short "Hair Love" from Matthew A. Cherry was inspired by videos on social media of Black fathers caring for their children's hair. With...

Column: In the wake of the Lauren Boebert incident, how do we behave in the theater?

September 20, 2023 at 6:22 p.m.

Sept. 10, 2023: A date that will live in audience disruption infamy. That night at the Buell Theatre in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert...

Linda Evangelista in "The Super Models."

‘The Super Models’ review: Queens of the catwalk and magazine covers

September 20, 2023 at 9:33 a.m.

Even if you didn't follow fashion, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington were pop culture fixtures and household names throughout the 1990s. No other group of runway...

Column: Most reality TV cast and crew aren’t unionized. Will that change?

September 14, 2023 at 7:47 a.m.

The unions representing Hollywood actors and writers have been on strike for months over better pay and working conditions. This week, Marvel VFX workers voted to unionize for similar reasons....

Sinclair Daniel in "The Other Black Girl."

‘The Other Black Girl’ review: The devil doles out microaggressions

September 13, 2023 at 9:40 a.m.

Inspired by her own experiences working at a New York publishing house, Zakiya Dalila Harris' novel "The Other Black Girl" begins with a tantalizing premise. A young woman named Nella...

Past and present staff of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" say the host has created a toxic workplace environment.

Column: Late-night host Jimmy Fallon accused of creating a toxic workplace by ‘Tonight Show’ staff

September 8, 2023 at 1:21 p.m.

According to a report in Rolling Stone, former and current employees of NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" say their workplace has been toxic for years and in ways...

Column: Hollywood’s worst enemy is Wall Street

September 7, 2023 at 2:05 p.m.

Do the CEOs of today's media companies even like movies and television? Hollywood writers and actors have been wondering this aloud and it's a fair question. Because if we're talking...

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