DON'T MISS: "Genius: Aretha" — All hail the Queen of Soul. Cynthia Erivo delivers a spellbinding performance in this four-night limited series that delves into the life and incomparable career of the late Aretha Franklin. Airing during the week that would have marked Franklin's 79th birthday, the saga begins with back-to-back episodes that ...Read more

On the Syfy series “Resident Alien,” Alan Tudyk stars as the title character, who disguises himself in human form after crash-landing on Earth. A small Colorado town, to be exact. Everything about the place baffles or annoys him and much of the show’s humor is rooted in his social awkwardness and stilted attempts at fitting in.

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Speaking with Simon Evans on Zoom, it is difficult not to wonder when Michael Sheen, David Tennant or (wouldn't it be glorious?) Judi Dench is going to drop in and yell at you.

Never mind that Evans has never met Sheen ("Frost/Nixon," "The Queen") or Tennant ("Doctor Who," "Broadchurch"), at least not in real life. (He has met Dench, which ...Read more

Longtime friends Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, whose creative work together includes "Superbad," "The Interview," "This Is the End" and the weed-centric film "Pineapple Express," turned their attention to a decidedly different form of entertainment with the 2019 launch of their cannabis brand Houseplant in Canada (both hail from Vancouver).

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On Monday morning, two women were nominated for Oscars in directing, and it rained.

And perhaps someday, one of those things will not be news. (Rain in Los Angeles will always be news.)

But that "someday" is not this day. The inclusion of both Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell in the 2020 directing (and writing) categories represents just one set...Read more

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Elliot Page is reflecting on how the lockdown helped him to emerge as his authentic self.

Isolation gave the actor, who came forward as transgender in December, the time and space to wrangle his gender identity, he told Time magazine in an interview published Tuesday. Page and then-wife Emma Portner had ...Read more

Fresh on the heels of dispelled rumors about a split, Alex Rodriguez has flown back into the coop.

According to an Instagram post, he jetted down to the Dominican Republic to be with Jennifer Lopez, his intended, where she is filming.

“Happy Monday,” A-Rod captioned a brief Instagram Stories video of a view of azure surf from what seemed ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At the Cinemark theater in Downey, a line divider guided people through the door, to the line, out to the food area and finally into the theater hall, preventing people from roaming or heading to the arcade area as one might have pre-pandemic.

On Monday afternoon, about a dozen people, including children, were standing six feet ...Read more

"Waffles + Mochi," a food-themed series for children of all ages that began streaming Tuesday, comes from Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions — one of the first products of a big slate of programs for Netflix that the former president hopes "won't just entertain, but will educate, connect and inspire us all."

It's no ...Read more

The wait is almost over: "Zack Snyder's Justice League" will officially be released into the world Thursday.

Commonly referred to as the "Snyder cut," this version completely overhauls the 2017 original into a 242-minute opus, just as the director had envisioned it. The first "Justice League," for which Snyder is still the credited director, ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have rescheduled a slate of Wrigley Field concerts for this summer, including Lady Gaga, Guns N’ Roses and Chris Stapleton shows that were supposed to be held last year.

There were no concerts at Wrigley Field in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, and live music has yet to return to the city in a big way. Even ...Read more

The curtain has finally fallen on the "landmark" 25th season of "The Bachelor" — the first to feature a Black leading man. The ending was more messy than rosy.

As many fans predicted, Matt James offered his "final rose" to graphic designer Rachael Kirkconnell, sending the other finalist, elementary school teacher Michelle Young, home in ...Read more

Yaphet Kotto, whose decades-long acting career included a memorable turn as a James Bond villain and prominent roles alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert De Niro, has died.

He was 81.

The “Alien” actor’s death was announced Monday by his wife, who remembered him as a “legend.”

“You played a villain on some of your movies but...Read more

The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced Monday morning, which means it’s time to catch up with as many nominated films as possible before the awards ceremony on Sunday, April 25. While a few of the nominees are currently in theaters (“The Father,” and “Judas and the Black Messiah,” post-HBO Max streaming window), there are plenty of ...Read more

When I saw "Minari" and "Promising Young Woman" early last year at their jam-packed premiere screenings at the Sundance Film Festival, I didn't know I was seeing two future Oscar nominees for best picture. I also didn't know it was the last time I'd see them on the big screen as their respective distributors, A24 and Focus Features, were forced ...Read more

One year ago, "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was told by her bosses that growing concern over the COVID-19 pandemic could mean big changes for the NBC morning program.

"They said, 'Listen, the network wants to install a studio in your home just in case,'" Guthrie recalled in a recent interview. "I thought it was hilarious. I just thought ...Read more