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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows

More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan’s theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, an actor recently read his lines from a huge stage.

December 3, 2020, 7:30 PM

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In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films

In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros.

December 3, 2020, 6:03 PM

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Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year

Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last century’s animated charmers.

December 3, 2020, 3:32 PM

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Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes’ stories

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, are forming HiddenLight Productions, a company they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked.

December 3, 2020, 2:50 PM

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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows

More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan’s theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, an actor recently read his lines from a huge stage.

December 3, 2020, 11:11 AM

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Indian movie superstar Rajinikanth to launch political party

Indian movie superstar Rajinikanth says he plans to launch his own political party in southern India in January, ending years of speculation by millions of his fans on his political future.

December 3, 2020, 3:49 AM

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Sean Parker OK’d to buy stake in Peter Jackson’s VFX studio

New Zealand authorities have approved tech billionaire Sean Parker’s purchase of a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson’s visual effects studio.

December 3, 2020, 12:38 AM

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Review: Reorienting the crime drama in ‘I’m Your Woman’

When it’s at its best, “I’m Your Woman” feels like you’ve slipped through a trap door.

December 2, 2020, 6:52 PM

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The Sundance Film Festival goes largely virtual for 2021

Leave the snow boots, parkas and glove warmers in the closet, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival is coming down from the mountain and straight to your living room.

December 2, 2020, 2:44 PM

Review: A brilliant turn from Aubrey Plaza in ‘Black Bear’

Aubrey Plaza plays an actor turned filmmaker who has gone to a bed and breakfast in the woods to get started on a new screenplay in the new meta-thriller “Black Bear,” which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

December 2, 2020, 12:07 PM

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New this week: Selena series, ‘Shameless’ and Shawn Mendes

This week’s new entertainment releases includes a new album from pop heartthrob Shawn Mendes and separate Christmas TV specials from Carrie Underwood and Mariah Carey.

December 2, 2020, 11:22 AM

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‘Big Sky’ producers recognize Native American criticism

Native American tribes and advocates are condemning “Big Sky,” a Montana-set ABC drama.

December 1, 2020, 8:23 PM

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Baby goat missing from old ‘Big Fish’ movie set in Alabama

The owners of an outdoor recreation destination in Alabama fear a days-old baby goat has been stolen from a free-ranging herd near a former movie set and tourist attraction.

December 1, 2020, 5:25 PM

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In ’76 Days,’ a documentary portrait of lockdown in Wuhan

“76 Days,” shot in Wuhan hospitals in January and February, captures a local horror before it became a global nightmare.

December 1, 2020, 5:14 PM

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‘I’m Your Woman’ puts a fresh spin on the 1970s crime drama

“I’m Your Woman” turns the lens on the suburban housewife who has to go on the run with a new baby when her criminal husband disappears.

November 30, 2020, 3:11 PM

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Fuller sticking with Vanderbilt football after historic kick

Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller isn’t walking away from football just yet after becoming the first woman to kick in a Power Five conference football game.

November 30, 2020, 10:16 AM

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Testing new release strategy, ‘The Croods’ opens to $14.2M

Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures’ animated sequel “The Croods: A New Age” had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

November 30, 2020, 10:14 AM

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Yuma Kagiyama, Kaori Sakamoto win NHK Trophy titles

Yuma Kagiyama has won the men’s title at the NHK Trophy, the final event of the figure skating Grand Prix series.

November 28, 2020, 4:21 PM

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Jerry Seinfeld digs into 45 years of his jokes for new book

The high-end sports cars, the luxury automobiles.

November 27, 2020, 10:44 AM

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A new doc peeks inside the USPS’s Operation Santa program

Every year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa go through the USPS system, asking for everything from toys to food.

November 27, 2020, 6:54 AM

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Review: Melissa McCarthy in ‘Superintelligence’

Melissa McCarthy’s checkered track record starring in films directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, continues in the new comedy “Superintelligence.”.

November 25, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Review: ‘Ma Rainey’ is Boseman’s final, perhaps finest gift

The late Chadwick Boseman gives a performance both devastating and electric — and arguably his finest — in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a screen adaptation of the 1982 play by August Wilson, lovingly directed by George C.

November 25, 2020, 1:07 PM

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