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Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly in the FX series "Mrs. America."

Column: Why this former Ms. staffer says ‘Mrs. America’ may be bravest show in history of TV

May 25, 2020 at 6:50 a.m.

"Mrs. America" is quite possibly the bravest show in the history of television. Not because it dares to humanize icons from both side of the political aisle, although that is...

Tony Hale and Julia Louis-Dreyfus appear in a scene from the comedy series, "Veep" which is among 500 hours of free programming to be streamed via HBO's #StayHomeBoxOfice initiative'

Column: Trump fatigue? 17 political TV shows to watch if you’re totally over politics

May 20, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

Hey Hollywood, here's a political series pitch: The United States is in the midst of a worldwide pandemic that happens to coincide with an election year. The president, who refuses...

TV pros are getting creative, using tech to keep your shows afloat amid coronavirus

April 21, 2020 at 2:34 p.m.

Hollywood is an industry built on the work-around. Can't actually shoot a woman tied to the railroad tracks, a guy climbing Mt. Rushmore, a kid playing Quidditch? Then build a...

Column: Suddenly, everyone’s a TV critic. Here are some tips for your binge from an old pro

March 19, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

The theater critic at the Los Angeles Times, Charles McNulty, recently tweeted his thoughts about Season 1 of "The Crown," and all I could think was, "Great, now everyone's going...

Scenic artist Dena D'Angelo spray paints a baby Oscar statue gold for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Hollywood Boulevard on February 5, 2020 in Hollywood, California.

Commentary: Our love-hate relationship with the Oscars only proves how much they matter

February 7, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

It happens every year. A friend will suggest a Sunday get-together, a child will ask for a family weekend, my husband will buy tickets for a matinee and I will...

Laura Dern had two wildly different fillm roles this year: a cutthroat divorce lawyer in "Marriage Story" and a patient matriarch in "Little Women."

Commentary: Laura Dern has always been worthy of celebrating. Hollywood is just catching up

January 28, 2020 at 8:27 a.m.

Laura Dern is everywhere these days, and that alone is proof that no matter what hill you occupy in the current culture wars, all is not lost. Emmys, Golden Globes,...

Column: Netflix isn’t disrupting anything when it comes to Oscar nominations and diversity

January 14, 2020 at 8:11 a.m.

What is the point of Netflix if the year that it receives more Oscar nominations than any other studio is the year that we return to the status quo of...

Lynne Coakley, presidenta de JC Backings, posa con el telón de fondo de la película "Ben Hur" (1959) en el edificio de Scenic Art de los estudios Sony Pictures, en Culver City, California, el 11 de diciembre de 2019.

Rescatan de la basura el arte perdido de Hollywood

December 30, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

En la cima de una colina en Valencia, donde el viento sopla la mayoría de los días, los edificios son grandes, nuevos y absolutamente reservados. Podrían albergar cualquier cosa: un...

Julie Andrews' new memoir, "Home Work," reflects on her acting career and family life -- from her Oscar-winning debut in "Mary Poppins" to her marriage to filmmaker Blake Edwards.

In ‘Home Work,’ Julie Andrews relives her glorious, complicated Hollywood life

November 1, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

"The hardest thing with this book was finding a voice," Julie Andrews says. She is talking, in a phone interview along with her co-writer, her daughter and longtime collaborator Emma...

Kiernan Shipka in a scene from "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."

Commentary: From ‘Walking Dead’ to ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’: How horror took over television

October 25, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

Ghosties and ghoulies and Stephen King beasties: TV has become a hellscape of our literal and metaphorical fears. _ Television has been described in many ways over the past 15...

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