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Frank Moten (Samuel L. Jackson) and Cadillac Richie (Terrence Howard) on Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Season 1 Episode 2.

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Atlanta-filmed Muhammad Ali 'Fight Night' series takes viewers — and shoppers — back to the 1970s

As part of an Aug. 24 promotion for the new Peacock drama series, Fight Night: Million Dollar Heist, businesses will feature retro prices for everything from fried chicken sandwiches to manicures, in hopes of taking viewers back to 1970 Atlanta, where the real-life hold-up happened. 

August 23, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
The 8G Band on February 24, 2014 — the very first episode of <em>Late Night with Seth Meyers</em>. Left to right: Eli Janney, Fred Armisen, Kim Thompson, Syd Butler and Seth Jabour.

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  • Television

As 'Late Night' loses its band, we rank the best groups ever on late night TV

8G appears in their last Late Night episode on Thursday after a decade backing Seth Meyers. It joins the ranks of groundbreaking late night bands.

August 22, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
 Jon Stewart returned to <em>The Daily Show</em> in February, hosting once per week.

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  • Politics

Jon Stewart doesn't feel vindicated bringing 'The Daily Show' to a Harris-led DNC

Stewart and The Daily Show’s executive producer Jennifer Flanz say the show is “clicking” with correspondents in the host chair. Is that a sustainable format for the late night comedy show? They’ll revisit that question after the DNC.

August 21, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/nx-s1-4534298/phil-donahue-dead"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Phil Donahue's obituary</strong></a>

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Pioneer talk show host Phil Donahue dies at 88

The broadcaster was hailed as the father of the modern audience-participation daytime talk show. Donahue's taste for controversial and polarizing subjects birthed a new genre of television.

August 19, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
The cast of <em>Homicide: Life on the Street</em>, led by Andre Braugher and Kyle Secor.

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  • TV Reviews

Groundbreaking police drama 'Homicide: Life on the Street' is finally streaming

The seven-season show about a Baltimore police homicide unit didn’t feature gun battles and car chases. The tone, pacing and camera work were all groundbreaking when the show started in 1993.

August 19, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Host Peter Marshall appears at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Marshall, who spent 16 years as host of “The Hollywood Squares,” has died at 98.

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  • Obituaries

Peter Marshall, 'Hollywood Squares' host and Broadway star, dies at 98

Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

August 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The husband of a New York doctor who died shortly after dining at a Disney Springs restaurant last year has accused Walt Disney Parks and Resorts of negligence in a lawsuit. Disney has responded with a motion to compel arbitration rather than litigate in court.

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  • National

Disney wants a wrongful death lawsuit thrown out because the plaintiff had Disney+

Jeffrey Piccolo's wife died of an allergic reaction after eating at a Disney World restaurant. Disney says his claims must be arbitrated out of court based on the terms of his years-old Disney+ trial.

August 14, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
 Clockwise from left, pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, the Canoe Slalom Women's Kayak Cross, women's rugby player Sammy Sullivan, and the Men's 100m Final.

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  • Sports

These Olympic medals don’t exist — so we made them up

What if there were Olympic medals for audience participation, or the best use of an accessory? NPR’s pop culture critic doles them out.

August 09, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
 Who might play the VP candidates on SNL? A few ideas: Jim Gaffigan (clockwise from left), Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, Jason Sudeikis, Zach Galifianakis and Jon Hamm.

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  • Television

The most pressing question about Tim Walz and JD Vance: Who should play them on SNL?

Steve Martin has said he turned down an offer from SNL to play Walz. Our critic offers some alternatives. 

August 09, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Myha'la Herrold as Harper Stern in Season 3.

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's corporate drama 'Industry' is finally back. Here's a quick refresher

Season 2 of HBO's Industry ended with a wedding, an arrest and a sacked star investor. Season 3 is the most dramatic and stress-inducing yet.

August 08, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
Acts range from family-friendly slapstick to edgy stand-up at the four-day comedy festival put on by The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y. — that's the birthplace of <em>I Love Lucy </em>star Lucille Ball, who was born Aug. 6, 1911.

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  • Television

Lucille Ball’s hometown is a comedy destination. No joke

Acts range from family-friendly slapstick to edgy standup at the four-day comedy event held in Jamestown, N.Y., home of the I Love Lucy star.

August 07, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
 Bárbara Mori plays María in <em>Women in Blue.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Women in Blue' fight sexism — and a serial killer — in this Mexican drama

Set in 1971 Mexico City, this lively Apple TV+ drama focuses on four police women who discover that it’s easier to capture a serial killer than to deal with the misogyny of the men around them.

August 06, 2024
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  • John Powers
Daemon (Matt Smith) sissies that walk.

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  • TV Reviews

'House of the Dragon' Season 2 finale: Before dragons dance, they gotta stretch

After last week’s barn-burner (and serf-burner) of an episode, this season climax qualifies as anti-. The season ends not with a bang, but with a lot of whimpering.

August 04, 2024
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  • Glen Weldon
The NFL logo is displayed on the field in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 4, 2018.  The judge who presided in a class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL said Thursday that the jury did not follow his instructions in determining damages.

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  • Sports

U.S. judge overturns $4.7 billion 'Sunday Ticket' judgment against the NFL

A jury had awarded $4.7 billion in damages to subscribers after it ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.

August 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
 In a Google ad during the Olympics, a dad uses AI tool Gemini to write a letter from his daughter to star hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

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  • Television

The antithesis of the Olympics: Using AI to write a fan letter

In one of Google’s Olympics ads, a dad uses AI tool Gemini to craft a fan letter from his daughter to an Olympian. But it’s the wrong approach to express admiration in a star athlete – and to instill confidence in a burgeoning one.

July 31, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
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