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"Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts landed the first interview with "Empire" star Jussie Smollett shortly after his alleged attack. (

In her R. Kelly interview, Gayle King proves she’s got nothing to prove

March 12, 2019 at 8:46 a.m.

At the climax of “Captain Marvel,” a man tries to control a situation by making it emotional. First he suggests that Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) abilities are not her own,...

Emma Thompson pulled out of a project at Skydance Animation after the studio hired John Lasseter.

Emma Thompson’s letter to Skydance: Why I can’t work for John Lasseter

February 27, 2019 at 8:45 a.m.

When Skydance Media Chief Executive David Ellison announced this year that he was hiring John Lasseter to head Skydance Animation, many in and outside the company were shocked and deeply...

John David Washington, left, and Laura Harrier in a scene from "BlacKkKlansman."

When picking an Oscars best picture, shouldn’t you vote for one you’d watch again?

February 15, 2019 at 8:55 a.m.

As with Congress, we know the Academy Awards to be an important and quintessentially American institution because everyone loves to complain about how absurd, ineffectual and meaningless it is until...

Glenn Close arrives at the UK premiere of "The Wife" at Somerset House in London on Aug.9, 2018. (Isabel Infantes/Pa Wire/Abaca Press/TNS) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, TCN - OUTS **

From ‘Hello Dolly!’ to Glenn Close, more women than ever prove 70 is the new fabulous

February 5, 2019 at 8:10 a.m.

“Wow, wow, wow, fellas; look at the old girl now, fellas.” Dolly Gallagher Levi’s appearance at the Harmonium Gardens is always a moment of triumph. But watching Betty Buckley descend...

Stop calling them ‘social’: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, et al are the new mainstream media

December 13, 2018 at 5:41 a.m.

When a racist tweet by Roseanne Barr leads to the cancellation of her top-rated show 24 hours later, when YouTube tightens up its monetization policy to howls of protest, when...

Matt Lauer was the king of ‘Today,’ but his reign was not benevolent

August 22, 2019 at 1:50 a.m.

If you make a man a pasha, there is a good chance he will act like one. The near-daily sweep of men from positions of power in the wake of...

Visitorsride theFlight of theHippogriff roller coaster on opening day.

At Wizarding World of Harry Potter, magic comes to life, or as close as it gets

August 23, 2019 at 1:52 p.m.

In hero-quest terms, the recovery of the Sorcerer's Stone was Harry Potter's first big win, even though he didn't get to keep it. By the time Harry woke up after...

This screenshot from WDBJ-TV7 in Roanoke, Va., shows reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward. Parker and Ward were killed when a gunman opened fire during a live on-air interview.

If we watch the Virginia TV shooting is the suspected shooter ‘winning’?

March 28, 2019 at 6:32 p.m.

To watch or not to watch. Early Wednesday morning, reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot to death during a live interview for WDBJ-TV, a CBS affiliate based...

In Bill Cosby saga, feelings of betrayal and vague complicity

April 5, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

Mere months after a heated public debate over an editorial in which Dylan Farrow once again accused her father, Woody Allen, with molestation, Americans find themselves embroiled in a similar...

ABC’s ‘Nashville’ a soapy, truthful look at country stardom

December 24, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — When an Oscar-winning screenwriter makes a show for network television, people take notice. When she decides to situate it in the world of country musicand enlists the...

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