Before American icon Tom Petty died at the age of 66 last fall, he embarked on a nationwide tour with his fellow Heartbreakers to coincide with their 40th anniversary as a band. To attendees at one of the dozens and dozens of concerts, Petty was his usual, cheery, sprightly self
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Arguably the most wowza! casting announcement of 2018 so far has been Meryl Streep returning to television for Big Little Lies’ second season, which will find the actress playing Perry’s mother, Mary Louis Wright. (Remember Perry? Who was deservedly killed at the swanky school fundraiser?) Per the casting breakdown, Streep’s
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Few would disagree Kyle MacLachlan and David Lynch have one of the most special actor-auteur relationships in all of Tinseltown. But have you ever thought about the adorable nicknames they call each other all the time? No? Really? Well, you’re in for a treat. “We have a shorthand after all
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Though High Maintenance depicts New Yorkers of all walks of life, it has always taken an affectionately sarcastic approach to depicting the young, upwardly mobile creative class (some might call them “hipsters” or “millennials,” but I’m purposely avoiding the connotations or issues with both of those labels). Series creators Katja
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Welcome back to Jane the Virgin, a show where it matters whether the female protagonist actually enjoys kissing her super-attractive roommate/ex-boyfriend/son’s father! As I’ve written in previous recaps, it doesn’t feel quite right to say that Jane is political in response to the Trump era, because the show has always
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Two of the hottest TV trends so far in this year’s pilot season seem to be reboots and police dramas. No news could more seamlessly blend together those two things than the announcement that CBS has ordered pilots for both a Magnum P.I. and a Cagney & Lacey reboot. Well,
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Rebecca’s recovery isn’t going very well so far, and while that’s bad news for her, it’s great for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. As exemplified by Nathaniel and Rebecca’s “Horny Angry Tango,” this episode is fueled by rage and sexuality, but it’s also more focused than a lot of the show’s recent outings.
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The following piece includes spoilers for A Futile and Stupid Gesture.How do you write a happy ending when you’re making a biopic of a life that ended in tragedy? How do you write a happy ending for subjects who made fun of sentimental crap like happy endings? This is the
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