There are many levels to "The Staircase," a drama as much about the making of the docuseries chronicling Michael Peterson's murder trial as the salacious case itself. While the episodes occasionally grind too slowly, Colin Firth's riveting work as the hard-to-read suspect elevates this HBO Max limited series several steps above standard true-crime fare.
Paramount+ keeps beaming up "Star Treks" whether needed or not, but its latest, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," draws more heavily on the original series than perhaps anything in the fleet. A direct prequel populated by younger versions of characters like Spock and Uhura, it's hardly a bold construct but it's mostly an entertaining one.
Video circulating on social media appears to show Dave Chappelle was attacked Tuesday night when a person ran onto the stage during the comedian's performance at the Hollywood Bowl.
Fresh off her Oscar win, Ariana DeBose will return to her Broadway roots to host the upcoming Tony Awards, which honor the year's best musicals and plays on the Great White Way, the American Theatre Wing announced Wednesday.
Amber Heard is "looking forward to finally telling her story and protecting her freedoms under the First Amendment," a source close to the actress tells CNN ahead of Heard's testimony in her ex-husband Johnny Depp's defamation trial against her.
After four series featuring characters seen in the "Avengers" franchise, "Moon Knight" marked Marvel's first attempt at a true origin story for Disney+. Yet despite its ambition and visual flair the show felt like a creative misfire, even with Oscar Isaac's dual-personality heroics in the title role.
Johnny Depp's attorneys are likely to rest their case Tuesday in the actor's Fairfax, Virginia defamation trial against his former wife, actress Amber Heard.
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" might be the most insanely Marvel movie ever, for good and ill. Unleashing the infinite possibilities of the multiverse throws open the studio's toy chest, but the anything-goes aspects of that can be alternately thrilling, disorienting and occasionally, a little silly. All told, this sequel proves highly entertaining, if not quite worthy of the pent-up demand for it.
Part valentine to the theater, part unconventional love story, "Spring Awakening: Those You've Known" celebrates the show and its original cast, while also providing a broader look at the issues of teen rebellion and alienation that turned the musical into a sensation. Or just come for the adorable interplay between
Jimmy Kimmel, host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," has Covid-19 and will hand the reins of his late-night show to guest host Mike Birbiglia starting Tuesday, the comedian announced on Twitter.
