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Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).

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  • TV Reviews

'Hacks' is back – with the same conflicts, but they still satisfy

When the last season left off, Deborah was offered her second chance at late night — and Ava resorted to blackmail. It's hard not to feel like the new season continues to take these two in circles of fight and reconciliation.

April 10, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Elisabeth Moss as June in Season 6 of <em>The Handmaid's Tale.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

What's on TV: 'Hacks,' 'Doctor Who' and a final season for 'The Handmaid's Tale'

The sixth and final season of The Handmaid's Tale, which debuts Tuesday, explores questions of trauma and revenge. Also this week: Hacks returns and Jon Hamm stars in a layered whodunit.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Austin Wells of the New York Yankees hits a home run in the first inning of the Yankees' game against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 29. The Yankees went on to win 20-9. Wells was using what some have dubbed a "torpedo bat."

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  • Sports

Don't overthink the torpedo bats

The Yankees 20-9 win against the Brewers last weekend put the spotlight on torpedo bats. But in baseball, as in life, sometimes a fluke is just what it seems.

April 05, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Val Kilmer poses for a portrait, Jan. 9, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Pop Culture

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

April 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Karen Read, pictured outside of the Norfolk Superior Court for a hearing in August. Her legal team tried for months to get her second trial dismissed.

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  • National

A guide to the Karen Read case, as she returns to court for her second murder trial

Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston cop, in 2022. She maintains she was framed by police. Here's a refresher on the case — and a look at what's happened since last year's mistrial.

March 28, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
A screenshot from the trailer for <em>Rust</em>, which dropped on Wednesday.

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  • Movies

More than three years after fatal on-set shooting, the 'Rust' trailer is out

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a gun that Alec Baldwin was holding went off on the set of the film in 2021. Last summer, a judge in New Mexico dismissed Baldwin's case for involuntary manslaughter.

March 27, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in <em>Death of a Unicorn</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

New in theaters this week: A dead unicorn, an adopted penguin, and a band reunited

A roadkill unicorn, a family of greedy pharmaceutical moguls, and an innocent teenager are the main ingredients in A24's new grisly horror comedy Death of a Unicorn.

March 27, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 28, 2020.

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  • Arts & Life

The Sundance Film Festival announces its new home: Boulder, Colorado

The festival has been a Park City, Utah institution for over 40 years.

March 27, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Ike Barinholtz and Seth Rogen in<em> The Studio.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Studio' explains how good artists make bad movies

In The Studio, Seth Rogen plays an insecure studio executive who loves movies – but gets in the way of the people who make them. The new Apple TV+ series is about the systems that become far more destructive than any one well-meaning person can easily fix.

March 26, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Bryan Cranston and Seth Rogen in <em>The Studio</em>, debuting Wednesday on Apple TV+.

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  • Television

What's streaming this week: 'The Studio' and 'Bosch: Legacy'

Seth Rogen stars in a new satire that actually finds a new way to make us laugh about Hollywood. Meanwhile, Jake and Logan Paul have given our TV critic another reason to dislike a certain kind of reality TV.

March 24, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Mark (Adam Scott) and Helly (Britt Lower).

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  • TV Reviews

The 'Severance' finale asks: How far would your innie go for your outie?

This season of the Apple TV+ show has found new ways to explore subjugation. Next season, we need answers about logistics.

March 21, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Micro drama apps such as ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. They're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone. Above, scenes from micro dramas <em>Fake Married to My Billionaire CEO (</em>left), <em>True Heiress vs. Fake Queen Bee </em>and <em>Billionaire CEO's Secret Obsession.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

Told one minute at a time, micro dramas are soap operas designed to fit in your hand

Apps like ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. Plus, they're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone.

March 19, 2025
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By:
  • Kristian Monroe
Host Conan O'Brien speaks during the Oscars on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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  • Pop Culture

Conan O'Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026

Comedian Conan O'Brien hosted the awards ceremony earlier this month on March 2. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences saw a five-year high in ratings for the telecast.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Sara Carton, left, and Ben Mezzenga in <em>Love Is Blind. </em>

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  • Television

'Love Is Blind' contestants are breaking up over politics

In Season 8, two of the women who dumped their respective fiancés at the altar cited the men's inability to engage meaningfully with political issues that were important to their partners.

March 15, 2025
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  • Aisha Harris
Wombats at the Hannover Zoo in Germany. Sam Jones, a self-described outdoor enthusiast with a large social media following, was widely criticized in Australia after briefly yanking a wombat joey away from its mother in the night.

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  • Animals

A U.S. influencer outrages Australians by snatching a baby wombat from its mom

Outdoor enthusiast Sam Jones left Australia after posting a video of herself separating a baby wombat from its mom on a dark road. Australians are cheering her departure and worrying about the animal.

March 14, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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