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Paul Mescal on the Healing Power of ‘Hamnet’: ‘It’s Not Grief Porn’
The Golden Globe nominee also explains that, as an Irish actor, he used to have “a chip on my shoulder” about Shakespeare
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Creatorverse: The Livestreaming Boom is Just Beginning
Twitch, TikTok and YouTube are seeing a change in how creators stream
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317 Films Qualify for the Oscars, But Only 201 Are Eligible for Best Picture
“KPop Demon Hunters” is one of the film not eligible in the Academy’s top category, which requires filmmakers to submit diversity and inclusion forms
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Inside the Ratings: Just How Big Is ‘Stranger Things 5?’
Plus, the Rose Bowl scores the top telecast during New Year’s week with 22.8 million viewers and ABC News’ “The Year: 2025” grows double-digits
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Going Inside the Music of ‘Sirât’: Radical, Experimental – and Maybe Even Comical?
“It was one of the boldest moves I’ve ever done,” says composer David Letellier, aka Kangding Ray
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Tony Dokoupil Charts a Trump-Friendly Course for the ‘CBS Evening News’ | Analysis
From amplifying the White House’s January 6 spin to saluting Marco Rubio, the newly minted anchor is signaling a less adversarial tone out of the gate
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‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked: For Good’ Nominated for Art Directors Guild Awards
The ADG unveiled nominees in feature film, television, commercial and music video categories
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After a Rocky Year, Newsrooms Push Deeper Into AI
Editorial missteps, staff resistance and public skepticism haven’t slowed experimentation as news outlets wrestle with how to embrace AI without eroding trust
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How Nick Cave Wrote the Theme to ‘Train Dreams’ in His Sleep
“Really, this just never, ever happens to me,” says the Australian rock icon of writing the Oscar-shortlisted song while on vacation
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‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Elio’ Lead Annie Award Nominations
The awards for animated films, TV programs and other projects also gave multiple nominations to “Little Amelie” and “Zootopia 2”
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Hollywood Shrinkage of 2025 Will Carry On in 2026
Peak TV has unpeaked. Bidding wars at Sundance are distant memories. Who will make the dreams for the dream machine?
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The Favorites Are in Place, but Can Any Longshots Crash the Oscars’ Acting Races?
The list of contenders has narrowed, but we have to hope there’s room for surprises
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How Journalists Survived — and Even Thrived — as Trump’s War Against Media Escalated in 2025 | Analysis
Billion-dollar lawsuits and new press restrictions didn’t stop journalists from holding power to account as they navigated an unprecedented tsunami of news this year
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Bari Weiss Is Eroding Fragile Trust at CBS News | Analysis
Weiss may be a TV news novice, but she isn’t politically naive. Her mishandling of a “60 Minutes” investigation is, at best, clumsy, and at worst, cover for the Trump administration
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