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When Co-Stars Become Competitors, Who’s the Favorite?

The Favourite co-leads Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are up against one another for Best Supporting Actress — a potentially awkward situation. By Chris Lee

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On PEN15, Everyone Is (Refreshingly) a Bully

The excellent mid-season episode, “Posh,” plays like a fable about race in American middle schools. By Mallika Rao

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The Fascinating Story Behind Sergei Bondarchuk’s 1968 Epic War and Peace

The shoot went on for five and a half years, with brutal winters, actors threatening to quit, and the director suffering a heart attack. By Bilge Ebiri

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12 Movies to See This Presidents’ Day Weekend

Watch Liam Neeson snowplow his way through criminals, Mads Mikkelsen square off against Mother Nature, or Rosa Salazar punch a hole in the future. By Charles Bramesco

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Arie Luyendyk Jr. Mocks His Poor Bachelor Decision-Making Skills With Billboards Hire him for your realtor needs! Or change your mind!
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Saved All Your Answers Netflix won’t say for how long or where it’s storing your data.
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CBS Deems Trump’s National Emergency Speech Less Important Than Price Is Right 20 minutes after his 8-minute speech began 40 minutes late, it was back to the Big Wheel.
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Colbert Knows Fox News’ Kamala Harris Weed Exposé Is Just Their Opinion, Man Way deep.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos Return Pushed In Wake of Misconduct Investigation Family Guy reruns will air in its stead on Fox.
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Somebody Loves Kenan: Chris Rock to Direct Kenan Thompson’s Upcoming NBC Pilot Good thinking, Lorne.
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representation 2/15/2019

Matt Smith Makes Heroin Analogy in Defense of Playing a Gay Character “Where does it stop?”
batmen forever 2/15/2019

Ben Affleck Abandoned the Cape and Cowl After Failing to ‘Crack’ Batman Movie “I thought it was time to let someone else take a shot at it.”
whoops 2/15/2019

Just Kidding! The Oscars Will Air All Awards During The Telecast Anyone have one of those Men In Black mind wipe devices handy? Asking for a friend at the Academy.
movies 2/15/2019

Unfortunately, Green Book Had Another Fried Chicken Scene Well …
movie review 2/15/2019

Birds of Passage Is a Knockout It’s part ethnographic documentary, part The Godfather.
today in dystopia 2/15/2019

The Handmaid’s Tale Is Filming on the National Mall, Which Is Haunting Just down the street from Donald Trump’s White House.
theater review 2/15/2019

Theater Review: The Tasteful Goodness of Sea Wall and A Life Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge do some tear-jerking at the Public.
in development 2/15/2019

Ken Jeong to Star in Kevin Kwan’s CBS Comedy Pilot Titled The Emperor of Malibu.
music 2/15/2019

Exploring Avril Lavigne’s Complicated Influence “I remember thinking she was the penultimate [alternative] chick … I just wanted to be her so badly.”
scam season 2/15/2019

Art Dealer Mary Boone Is Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud “The Art of the Dealer” suddenly has a whole new connotation.
assault 2/15/2019

Potential Suspect in Jussie Smollett Attack Appeared on Empire Two men, brothers, have been identified as potential suspects and have been brought in for questioning.
one grand books 2/15/2019

Author Sjón’s 10 Favorite Books Isak Dinesen, Mikhail Bulgakov, and more.

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RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (S4/E10) Gag Rule A competitive top four is whittled down to a top two showdown resulting in a gag that will define this season for better or worse.
The Umbrella Academy (S1/E3) Just Desserts After a couple of plot-heavy introductory episodes, the series pumps the brakes to explore the consequences of a superpowered childhood.

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