With a mini-reunion of key players from "Big Little Lies" at its core, "Nine Perfect Strangers" combines a book by Liane Moriarty with Nicole Kidman and writer-producer David E. Kelley, then surrounds them with an equally impressive cast. The series is another one of those riddles wrapped in a mystery, managing to pique interest while remaining stingy about disgorging big truths, much less little lies.
Disney's recent run-ins with talent have seemingly complicated life for Marvel, as Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige spent part of the premiere for "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" on Monday cleaning up a "misunderstanding" involving Disney CEO Bob Chapek and the movie's star, Simu Liu.
A lawsuit filed in New York City claims that legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965, according to court documents filed Friday.
"The White Lotus" was great (Sunday's finale likely produced as many memes as viewers), as was "Mare of Easttown," marking a pretty terrific year for HBO limited series, and it's only August.
If you need any further proof that things have changed for comic-book fans from the bad old days -- when Hollywood tended to vamp up and camp up those titles, if they deigned to produce them at all -- look no further than this week, which saw the streaming arrival of Marvel's "What If...?" and DC's "Titans" via Disney+ and HBO Max, respectively.
Folk and country singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, whose album "Other Voices, Other Rooms" won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, died on Friday. She was 68.
There's a scene in the very first episode of HBO's critically acclaimed prestige drama, "Succession," that is about as viscerally unsettling to watch as a Jigsaw death trap in a "Saw" film.
Selma Blair believed she was "shooting the final days of (her) life" at one point during the filming of an upcoming documentary following her battle with multiple sclerosis (MS), a trailer for the movie reveals.
"Coda" is a small movie, exquisitely made. Touching, funny and stirring, it would be the kind of movie you'd urge a friend to run out and see, except they'll only need to stay home and ante up to stream it on Apple TV+.
If you're the type who enjoys consuming an eight-episode limited series and thinking "What the heck did I just watch?" when it's over, "Brand New Cherry Flavor" might be for you. Otherwise, this bizarre Netflix drama will likely be an acquired taste, mashing up bad-old Hollywood with the supernatural, witchcraft and kittens, not always in that order.
The news that Britney Spears's father is willing to step down as the conservator of her estate was met with joy and cautious optimism on social media by the singer's supporters.
