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Lily-Rose Depp as Jocelyn.

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's 'The Idol' offers stylish yet oddly inert debut episode

The narrow scope of the action in The Idol's debut reveals a story stuck in a claustrophobic bubble, offering bursts of nudity and sex to distract from how little is actually happening onscreen.

June 06, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of the Atlanta pop/R&B/hip-hop trio TLC, who have just released their first documentary, Lifetime/A&E's "TLC Forever"

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  • Music Features

'TLC Forever' is an often compelling reveal of TLC, now

TLC's look, hit songs and 'we-can-battle-with-the-guys' dance moves distinguished the Atlanta trio in the 1990s, but a new documentary proves their impact lives on.

June 05, 2023
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  • Sonia Murray
Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis, and Brett Goldstein as Richmond coaches Beard, Ted and Roy.

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  • TV Reviews

Five great moments from the 'Ted Lasso' finale

In a final episode that seems likely to be the end of the road for Apple's decorated show, friendships were cemented, football was played, and signs were everywhere.

May 31, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
Clockwise from top left:<em> Elemental, Flamin' Hot, Barbie, Shortcomings, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Secret Invasion.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

These are the new movies and TV shows we can't wait to watch this summer

Studios raced to finish summer attractions ahead of the writers strike. So we're back with a great big, filterable guide of what to watch — and where to find it — as the days get hotter and longer.

May 31, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 4 more
Shiv (Sarah Snook) has made her choices — and she will live with them.

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  • Television

'Succession' has ended — and the point was never who was going to win

The best finales feel both surprising, like you wouldn't have thought of them, and like they were always destined to happen — and Succession's final episode passes the test.

May 29, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen in <em>Platonic.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Platonic' is more full-circle friendship than love triangle, and it's better that way

Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star as estranged best friends who reconnect in midlife. Harry Met Sally vibes aside, this show is too busy having good, goofy fun to bother focusing on will they/won't they.

May 28, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
Justine Lupe, Alan Ruck, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook in <em>Succession.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

As 'Succession' ends, a family is forced to face the horrifying truth about itself

Succession unveils its widely-anticipated finale on Sunday. It has been an entertaining cautionary tale about leaving the fate of our world to the fickle impulses of emotionally stunted plutocrats.

May 27, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Sarah Lancashire plays big-hearted police sergeant Catherine Cawood in <em>Happy Valley.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

The final season of the hit BBC crime series 'Happy Valley' has come to the U.S.

Sarah Lancashire plays Catherine Cawood, a big-hearted police sergeant trying to protect her grandson from his violent father. The three seasons offer a twisty and deeply satisfying emotional journey.

May 23, 2023
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  • John Powers
Mary Tyler Moore, shown here in 1969, won seven Emmy Awards over the course of her career.

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  • TV Reviews

Hats off to an illuminating new documentary about Mary Tyler Moore

HBO's Being Mary Tyler Moore draws on interviews and home movies to create a complex portrait of Moore, from her complicated private life, to her groundbreaking career.

May 22, 2023
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  • David Bianculli
Roman (Kieran Culkin) thought he was ready to take over after his triumph on election night. He was wrong.

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  • TV Reviews

'Succession' season 4, episode 9: 'Church and State'

Logan's funeral is a wrenching experience for his kids — and then they get right back to scheming and plotting, as civil unrest in the streets grows closer.

May 21, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
<em>Love to Love You, Donna Summer</em> debuts on Saturday, May 20, on HBO.

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  • TV Reviews

'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' documents the disco queen — but at a distance

The HBO documentary struggles to define who the singer-songwriter actually was — despite knitting together interviews with family members, archival clips and home movie footage.

May 19, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
Kendall (Jeremy Strong) gives in to his true nature.

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  • TV Reviews

'Succession' season 4, episode 8: 'America Decides'

Election night brings the true character of the Roy siblings into devastatingly stark relief — and reveals with new clarity the show's point of view about wealth and power.

May 14, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
Ronald Gladden and James Marsden in <em>Jury Duty</em> / Amazon Freevee

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Jury Duty, The Other Two, Every Frame a Painting and Rutherford Falls.

May 12, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 3 more
I've always been moving ... I've always counted on movement, to not only propel me from place to place, but to express myself," says Michael J. Fox in<em> Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

Parkinson's 'made me present in every moment of my life,' says Michael J. Fox

"I've always counted on movement, to not only propel me from place to place, but to express myself," Fox says. The Apple TV+ film Still draws viewers into Fox's painful reality with the disease.

May 12, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
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Pete Davidson is an endearing work in progress in 'Bupkis'

The former SNL cast member stars as a somewhat autobiographical, sometimes exaggerated version of himself in this entertaining new series, co-starring Edie Falco and Joe Pesci.

May 09, 2023
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  • David Bianculli
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