Entertainment

Even Educated Fleas Know Better

Some film festivals take themselves entirely too seriously. Not South by Southwest, the Austin-based multidisciplinary megaevent where amped-up crowds welcome…

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Norman Lear Dead: TV Legend Was 101

Writer-producer-developer Norman Lear, who revolutionized American comedy with such daring, immensely popular early-‘70s sitcoms as “All in the Family” and…

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‘Daily Show’ Correspondent Desi Lydic Signs With Artists First

Desi Lydic, who has gained notice during her recent tenure as one of the correspondents at Comedy Central’s “The Daily…

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Grammy Museum Foundation is L.A.’s Coolest School

It’s not hard to find on the internet: a group photo from a Grammy Museum workshop that featured Stevie Nicks…

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Bailey Zimmerman’s ‘Rock and a Hard Place’ Found Its Crossover Place

Country music hasn’t had a huge presence in the mainstream top 10 since Florida Georgia Line provided a couple of…

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‘Fourth Wall,’ ‘Chasing Red’ to Shoot at Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla

Kidnap thriller “Fourth Wall” and romance story “Chasing Red” are the first two titles to be shot at Saudi Arabia’s…

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Tracee Ellis Ross Didn’t Know She Had a Cameo in Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film

Tracee Ellis Ross received quite the Christmas surprise at her “Candy Cane Lane” premiere when she learned of her cameo…

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Shows With Arab, Muslim Characters Go Global

Original TV series based on Arab and Muslim characters are beginning to go global, a Netflix executive said Saturday at…

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Director Omar Hilal on the Dark Humor of Oscar Entry ‘Voy! Voy! Voy!’

Egypt’s Oscar submission “Voy! Voy! Voy!,” from director-writer-producer Omar Hilal, is a blackly comic look at migration viewed through the…

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‘A Year Of No Significance’ Chronicles a Fading Generation

Prolific Singaporean filmmaker Kelvin Tong‘s latest feature “A Year Of No Significance,” which has its world premiere at the 34th…

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