TV & Movies

(L-R) Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein are seen at the film set of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" TV series on April 26, 2021, in New York City.. Scott Huver in “Variety” shows how “Hacks” and “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” have found a way to uniquely focus on stand-up comedy.
TV & Movies

Recent Comedies About Stand-Up Comedy

‘Hacks’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

By Scott Huver, Variety | September 5, 2022
Olivia Newton-John performs during Fire Fight Australia at ANZ Stadium on Feb. 16, 2020, in Sydney. Newton-John died Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at age 73. CREDIT: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images/TNS)
TV & Movies

Olivia Newton-John Remembered by Hollywood

‘We Are Forever Hopelessly Devoted to You’

By Thania Garcia, Variety | August 15, 2022
Lucy at Madam Tussauds, New York. Photo by Rorem, Dreamstime. The on-screen marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in "I Love Lucy" can provide inspiration and these five lessons to other couples.
Family

5 Marriage Tips from “I Love Lucy”

What Lucy and Ricky demonstrated about strong relationships

By Charlie Fletcher | August 10, 2022
British Royal Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), wearing a blue jacket over a black dress, with Eton housemaster Dr. Andrew Gailey, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Prince Charles outside Manor House on Prince William's first day at Eton College in Eton, Berkshire, England, Sept. 16, 1995. (Princess Diana Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/TNS). “The Princess,” a Princess Diana documentary
History

Princess Diana Documentary ‘The Princess’ Debuts on HBO

Film premieres on the 25th anniversary of her death

By Rebecca Rubin, Variety | August 8, 2022
Cynthia Geary as a hospice nurse in an episode of 'Going Home.' Provided by Pure Flix. Tinseltown talks to Cynthia Geary, who played Shelly in “Northern Exposure,” about new “Going Home” and the show’s hospice theme.
Nick Thomas

Cynthia Geary of ‘Northern Exposure’ Heads to Hospice

The new series features Geary as head nurse in a hospice care center

By Nick Thomas | July 25, 2022
The brady bunch house Michele Pirrello Dreamstime. Just like nostalgic TV shows stir our memories, so the settings and characters can make us smile and carry us back to earlier times. Here are five iconic TV homes, with a contemporary twist.
Nostalgia

Iconic Homes from Old TV Shows

Three houses that will bring back memories

By Charlie Fletcher | July 22, 2022
From left, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in "Only Murders in the Building." (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu/TNS)
TV & Movies

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Shines

A Review: Selena Gomez puts forth her career-best work in Season 2

By Daniel D’Addario, Variety | July 12, 2022
Tom Cruise stars as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in 'Top Gun: Maverick.' (Paramount Pictures/TNS). Having access to the Navy expertise and acquiring real planes for Top Gun: Maverick was essential for production designer Jeremy Hindle.
TV & Movies

Acquiring Real Planes for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

How the movie’s production designer secured real fighter planes and a bar

By Jazz Tangcay, Variety | June 6, 2022
cover of the book, 'Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons' by Fred Grandinetti
Books

Those ‘Quickie’ Popeye Television Cartoons

Behind the variability of 1960s ‘Popeye’ on TV

By Fred Grandinetti | May 24, 2022
‘Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry’ cover
Books

‘Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry’

An excerpt from the book on the star, who spent important years in the Outer Banks

By John Railey | May 9, 2022

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