When Showtime renewed "Homeland" through an eighth season, the three-year extension offered the prospect of a big buildup and whiz-bang finish. What emerged fell short of that, culminating in a tense, high-stakes finale that still felt like a much-diminished show from the one whose debut rightfully earned awards, critical praise and President Obama's endorsement.
To honor some the creative forces who have died due to Covid-19, CNN turned to those who knew them, loved them and were deeply affected by the work that defined their legacies.
For everyone in isolation, the Nintendo Switch game "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" has been a boon: It's a place to virtually meet up with friends, pretend to live a simple, pandemic-free existence and run into the occasional celebrity -- like Elijah Wood, who is desperately looking to turn a profit on digital turnips.
With Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney as a can't-miss combination, "Bad Education" joins a juicy true story somewhere in the middle, drags before getting into the meat of it, and then rallies solidly in the second half. While smaller in tone and topic than most HBO movies, it's a solid exploration of greed and corruption, where the ultimate hero is, of all things, a teenage journalist.
