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Lea Michele has leaned into being a "Funny Girl."

"House of the Dragon's" fifth episode is actually significant for logistical reasons, essentially marking the end of the chapter before the show time jumps ahead, featuring older versions of some characters and somewhat shuffling the deck.

Adding to Ken Burns' legacy of classy historical fare for PBS, "The U.S. and the Holocaust" is documentary filmmaking with a purpose, a three-night production that directly links undercurrents of American society that influenced the decades featured to lingering strains of White supremacy and anti-Semitism. It's fascinating as history, but sobering as current events.

Rapper Post Malone suffered a fall and bruised his ribs on Saturday when he fell through an opening in the stage during his performance in St. Louis, according to his manager.

For decades, the blueprint for a Black show has hit similar notes -- a stable, middle class family based in New York or Los Angeles.

Hulu returns to the dystopic world of Gilead for a fifth season, plus more "Love Is Blind" on Netflix, more "Clerks" from filmmaker Kevin Smith and new albums from Blackpink and Noah Cyrus.

Ever since Disney released the first look for its 2023 live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid," the internet has been sodden with wave after wave of racist critics complaining that Ariel, the completely fictional underwater fish woman, shouldn't be Black. Hashtags like #notmyariel are bouncing around social media, and YouTube hid the dislike counter on the official video after it was bombarded with racist comments and more than 1.5 million "dislikes." One group of critics went as far as to share a digitally altered version of the teaser that featured a White woman in place of the movie's star Halle Bailey, who they called a "woke actress."

The legacy of Queen Elizabeth II will not only live in history books, but in the many films and television series that have been inspired by her life story.

Broadway's longest-running show, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," will play its final five months before closing its doors for good, a spokesperson for the show told CNN Friday.

Chrissy Teigen has shared more about her 2020 pregnancy loss.

Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, who both played Queen Elizabeth II in "The Crown," have shared their thoughts about the late monarch's legacy.

Kim Kardashian appeared on "The Late Late Show With James Corden" on Wednesday, where she talked about her future dating plans after her break up with Pete Davidson last month.

It's water under the bridge, but there's a reason why Rosie O'Donnell never appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show.

"Do Revenge" has all the makings of an attention-generating machine, combining a "Mean Girls" vibe with the stars of two popular teen franchises in Camila Mendes ("Riverdale") and Maya Hawke ("Stranger Things"). It's too bad the Netflix movie doesn't match those qualities, offering a mishmash of homages that's mildly diverting but can't ace the final.

Jon Hamm hasn't found many roles to rival his breakthrough "Mad Men" part, and "Confess, Fletch" certainly doesn't either. Yet this refreshed version of the smart-alecky character Chevy Chase played in the 1980s has a certain breezy charm, not worthy of rushing to a theater but hardly a waste of one's digital-viewing time.

Well, she didn't punch him. But Jimmy Kimmel did take some time during Quinta Brunson's appearance on his late-night talk show Wednesday night to apologize for what he called a "dumb comedy bit" that some viewers felt took away from her Emmy victory on Monday night.

"Saturday Night Live" has added four new faces.

Prosecutor Casey Novak has a strong track record. Over numerous seasons of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," the tough and persistent assistant district attorney convicts scores of sex offenders and delivers justice to their victims.

Naomi Ackie shines as Whitney Houston in the upcoming biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody."

America's Got Talent has a new winner. (Spoliers ahead.)