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May 25, 2026
‘Euphoria’ Episode 7: After a Shocking Death, Cassie Makes Moves and Rue Has a Spiritual Awakening
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Rain or Shine,” Season 3 Episode 7 of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. Once again, Rue Bennett ends an episode of “Euphoria” in peril — but one...
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May 22, 2026
‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Series Finale Was a Letdown: TV Review
The final “Late Show” episode ever tried to just be a normal “Late Show” episode, until it couldn’t. Host Stephen Colbert — in an impossible position since his firing was announced last July, nearl...
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May 18, 2026
‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Episode 6: Did Rue Survive Alamo’s Attack?
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Stand Still and See,” Season 3 Episode 6 of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. The great cliffhanger of last week’s “Euphoria” was what was to be...
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May 1, 2026
Why Does Meryl Streep Play Miranda Priestly as a Different Character in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’?
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” commits a sin that would give any glossy-magazine profile writer a shudder of recognition. It falls in love with its subject — and delivers, rather than a frank and delici...
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April 29, 2026
Meryl Streep Rejected ‘Devil Wears Prada’ at First So She Could Double Her Salary: ‘They Needed Me. I Was Ready to Retire’
Meryl Streep very nearly didn’t play Miranda Priestly. Speaking on “Today” as part of a group interview with her “The Devil Wears Prada 2” castmates Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, St...
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April 27, 2026
Why Eric Dane’s ‘Euphoria’ Return as Cal Jacobs Is So Powerful
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from “The Ballad of Paladin,” Season 3, Episode 3 of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. One of the defining loose threads of “Euphoria” has been set...
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April 21, 2026
‘Over Your Dead Body’ Director Jorma Taccone on the Lonely Island’s ‘SNL’ Legacy and Recovering From a Shattered Pelvis: ‘I Had a Moment of My Life Flashing Before My Eyes’
Jorma Taccone’s newest film looks a bit different than the work he’s known for. Taccone, one-third of the aughts “Saturday Night Live” collective The Lonely Island, is known for comedy: In additio...
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April 20, 2026
Sydney Sweeney’s Work in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Is Complicated and Compelling
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from “America My Dream,” Season 3, Episode 2 of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. A funny thing has happened to Sydney Sweeney since the second sea...
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April 17, 2026
‘Erupcja’ Director Pete Ohs and Writer Jeremy O. Harris on Working With Charli xcx, Resisting AI and the ‘Digital Detox’ of Japanese Jail
Charli xcx’s latest project is a surprisingly intimate character drama, made in close collaboration with a boundary-pushing filmmaker and screenwriter. “Erupcja” — out on Friday and directed by Pet...
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April 8, 2026
‘The Testaments’ Creator on Continuing ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Story, Bringing Back Elisabeth Moss as June and Casting Chase Infiniti and Stephen Colbert
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of “The Testaments,” now streaming on Hulu. Bruce Miller is plunging back into the world of Gilead — and he’s bringing an ...
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April 7, 2026
Why Is Anna Wintour on the Cover of Vogue for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’?
The person getting the most out of the long “The Devil Wears Prada 2” press tour isn’t even in the movie. It wasn’t the movie’s lead, Meryl Streep, who got to present at the Oscars alongside co-sta...
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April 6, 2026
Savannah Guthrie Proved Her Strength With ‘Today’ Return, Tearing Up Over Cheering Fans After Her Mom’s Unsolved Kidnapping
What may be most extraordinary about Savannah Guthrie’s return to “Today” was just how ordinary it seemed. This was by design. Guthrie, the long-serving co-host of NBC’s morning news show, has bee...
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March 30, 2026
‘Hannah Montana’ 20th-Anniversary Special Proves Miley Cyrus Survived Disney Channel Stardom — and Prevailed
Not many child stars escape the Magic Kingdom. Jodie Foster, who appeared in “Freaky Friday” early in her long career, is a role model — and an exception. For every Disney kid who makes it big, fro...
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March 27, 2026
‘Love Story’ Gives John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy a Wrenching, Wistful Sendoff
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the finale of FX’s “Love Story.” We get a glimpse of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in the final moments of the finale of “Love Sto...
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March 24, 2026
‘Giant’ Broadway Review: John Lithgow as a Venomous Roald Dahl Animates a Staggering Production
Watching “Giant,” opening March 23 on Broadway after a much-hailed run on London’s West End, one is left with little wonder how its protagonist, Roald Dahl, achieved such success as a writer for ch...
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March 19, 2026
Director Christian Petzold on the Weight of Germany’s Nazi History, the Berlinale Scandal and His Latest Film: ‘Movies are More Questions Than Answers’
In his low-key way, the German director Christian Petzold has put together a remarkable filmography — and his new movie, “Miroirs No. 3,” is among his oddest and most compelling visions yet. In “Mi...
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March 17, 2026
Jake Shane’s Questions at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Prove Influencers Shouldn’t Be Red Carpet Reporters
Jake Shane was one of three influencers that Vanity Fair hired to cover the carpet at its Oscar party, the first such bash thrown under its new editor Mark Guiducci. It cannot have gone how Guiducc...
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March 16, 2026
On Hollywood’s Biggest Night, Why Were the Movie Stars in Hiding?
Two months ago, Julia Roberts held the Golden Globes audience captive as she presented the best musical or comedy trophy. In a couple of minutes of screen time, Roberts accepted the audience’s spon...
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March 15, 2026
Why Amy Madigan’s ‘Weapons’ Oscar Win Is So Inspiring — for Fans and for Hollywood
Amy Madigan seemed stunned to take the Oscars stage — understandably so. She gave an all-out performance in “Weapons,” but that’s the kind of movie that generally doesn’t win Oscars even in an era ...
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March 5, 2026
‘Vladimir’ Creator on Bringing Rachel Weisz’s Sexy Heroine to Netflix
“Vladimir” may be one of the most literary TV shows in memory — but don’t take that to mean that it isn’t hot-blooded. Our unnamed protagonist, played by Rachel Weisz, is consumed by the idea that ...
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March 4, 2026
Should ‘The View’ Bring Back Elisabeth Hasselbeck as Its Conservative Commentator?
This week, “The View” has been feeling different from how it has in years. Suddenly, it’s relevant. One might think this is nothing new — after all, in the first Trump presidency, and before that ...
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March 3, 2026
‘The View’ Guest Host Elisabeth Hasselbeck Lashes Out at Megyn Kelly, Claiming She Disrespected American Troops: ‘How Dare You’
Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s return to “The View” as a guest host has further exposed rifts in the conservative media landscape, as she excoriated fellow Fox News alumna Megyn Kelly of disrespecting Amer...
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March 2, 2026
Shouldn’t the Oscars Have Happened by Now?
Social media loves an anniversary, and, earlier today, I kept seeing commemorations of something that happened exactly 12 years ago: The “Oscar selfie” featuring host Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawr...
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