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What to stream: Start readying for awards seasons with these movies
While November is typically a month for going out to the movies, with new releases and awards season movies filling theater screens, there are also plenty of opportunities now to catch up with awards season movies at home. Here are several high-profile titles now available to stream or purchase that are worth your time.
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'Train Dreams' review: Edgerton helps make thoughtful ride inviting
“Train Dreams” is a lovely, thoughtful ode to a different time in this country, as well as to a worker of that bygone era.
Debuting on Netflix this week after a limited theatrical release, the quiet and intimate but also somewhat uneven film is the latest collaboration by the “Sing Sing” tandem of Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar. With the...Read more
Westwood's Village Theater to be run by American Cinematheque upon 2027 reopening
LOS ANGELES — At a moment when some of Los Angeles' most storied movie houses remain dark — most notably the ArcLight Hollywood and Cinerama Dome — and many others are still fighting through a fragile recovery, one of its oldest is taking a significant step toward revival.
On Tuesday, director Jason Reitman and a coalition of more than 30...Read more
The United Kingdom plans to ban ticket reselling for profit
The U.K. plans to pass one of the world's most sweeping anti-ticket-scalping measures, banning the resale of music, comedy, theater and sports tickets for profit.
After an open letter from artists like Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Sam Fender, Radiohead and the Cure urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the practice, the Department for Culture, Media...Read more
Liev Schreiber 'cleared to return to work' after weekend hospitalization, rep confirms
LOS ANGELES — Emmy-nominated "Ray Donovan" star Liev Schreiber is on the mend, after a health scare landed him in a New York City hospital over the weekend.
"Out of an abundance of caution, Liev went into the hospital for testing and as of this afternoon, he has been cleared to return to work," a representative for the 58-year-old actor said...Read more
Entertainment duo the Kessler Twins die on same day by assisted suicide
Entertainment duo Alice and Ellen Kessler, German twins who shot to superstardom in the post-World War II era, died together by joint assisted suicide, the German Society for Humane Dying said Tuesday.
The women died on Monday at the age 89 in their home Grünwald, a quiet suburb just outside Munich, according to Bild. The German newspaper ...Read more
Kessler twins Ellen and Alice, singer-dancers who performed with Sinatra and Belafonte, dead at 89
LOS ANGELES — They performed together with Frank Sinatra. With Harry Belafonte. With Fred Astaire. And on Monday, Germany’s Kessler twins — Alice and Ellen — ended their lives together at age 89.
Police confirmed the death to the Associated Press, stating in an email that it was a “joint suicide.” The women shared a house in the ...Read more
Teyana Taylor's 'mask fell off' after Grammy nomination
Teyana Taylor "cried [her] whole mask off" after being nominated for a Grammy.
The 34-year-old star received a Grammy nomination earlier this month, and Taylor has recalled reacting to the news as a clear face mask dried on her skin.
Teyana - who released her latest album, Escape Room, in August - told People: "I was so excited but also so ...Read more
Lockdown was a time for personal reflection, says Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu experienced a period of "personal reflection" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 56-year-old actress admits that lockdown was a turning point in her career, as it changed how she looked at her work and the roles that she accepted.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Lucy explained: "I don't think things really stopped until the ...Read more
Queer Eye has taught me how to regulate emotions, says Jonathan Van Ness
Jonathan Van Ness learned to "regulate [his] emotions in really difficult circumstances" while filming Queer Eye.
The 38-year-old star has served as the grooming expert on the Netflix series since 2018, and Jonathan has revealed what he's learned from making the hit TV show.
Speaking to Us Weekly, Jonathan explained that he had to navigate "...Read more
Keanu Reeves writes heartfelt thanks to agents after his 'John Wick' Rolex watch is recovered in Chile
LOS ANGELES — When thieves break into John Wick's home, mayhem and retribution ensue. But thefts from the home of Keanu Reeves, the featured actor in that movie franchise, have led to law enforcement's return of his valuables followed by a polite, personally penned thank you note from the film star.
It turns out that Reeves, 61, was among the...Read more
Review: 'Chess' on Broadway is ridiculously fun '80s entertainment
NEW YORK — “Chess” had a crazy plot when I first saw it in London in 1986 and in the sizzlingly sexy new Broadway version starring Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher, the show ditches its decades-long attempts at serious musical rehab and leans into its own retro ridiculous, cheekily calling itself “our Cold War musical”...Read more
'The Mighty Nein' review: A darker, slower 'Critical Role' adaptation
The live-action web series “Critical Role,” in which a group of talented voice actors and friends get together to play Dungeons & Dragons, has been riding high since it began streaming on Twitch and YouTube in 2015. Over the past decade, the series has amassed millions of social media followers and hundreds of millions of views — with each...Read more
Top 10 holiday shows in Chicago for 2025: Are you Scrooge, George Bailey or Jinkx this year?
CHICAGO — Since it snowed, and froze, long before Thanksgiving this year, you won’t need any help to put yourself in the mood for holiday attractions. Here is our annual guide to the theater of the festive season.
As usual, we’ve restricted ourselves to explicitly holiday fare. If you are looking for shows that are not themed to the ...Read more
Adam Sandler 'so happy' for Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis
Adam Sandler is "so happy" Jennifer Aniston has found love with Jim Curtis.
The 59-year-old actor presented his friend with one of Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood accolades at an event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday(17.11.25) and couldn't help but gush about his Murder Mystery co-star's new romance with the hypnotist.
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Catherine, Princess of Wales believes love shapes us
Catherine, Princess of Wales, believes love "fundamentally shapes who we become".
The 43-year-old royal joined Sir Gareth Southgate, a host of early years experts, and around 80 business leaders for The Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Childhood's inaugural Future Workforce Summit in London on Tuesday (18.11.25), which aims to ...Read more
Watch these 22 TV specials, movies and cultural events this holiday season
LOS ANGELES — Christmas, they say, comes once a year, but "once" now lasts for days and weeks and months, as Friday's inflatable Frankenstein's monster becomes Monday's inflatable snowman. The yuletide is now upon us, even before Thanksgiving, its autumnal opening act, has served its first pumpkin pie.
For someone growing up in Southern ...Read more
New on DVD: Enjoy final visitation with 'The Conjuring: Last Rites'
The fourth entry in a horror franchise tops the DVD releases for the week of Nov. 25.
"The Conjuring: Last Rites": Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one of their last cases with their daughter Judy leading the way. Starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and Mia Tomlinson, with Michael Chaves directing.
"If you’ve seen a...Read more
Movie review: Grande shines but 'Wicked: For Good' unable to defy gravity
As it turns out, “Wicked” is not too big to fail. In fact, it may be all the excess baggage that weighs down the second installment, making it impossible for the sequel “Wicked: For Good” to defy gravity.
Though the first part “Wicked” did take its sweet time to achieve liftoff, while building out a world that came from over a ...Read more
'Stranger Things,' 'The Pitt' and other most anticipated winter shows
From the beginning of the end to the start of new beginnings, this holiday TV season is a gift-wrapped smorgasbord of returning (and concluding!) favorites and hyped new entries. There’s a little something for everyone, from the finale of one of Netflix’s most popular shows to fantasy adventures to a series about a hilarious group of women ...Read more











