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Shining examples: The 15 best Stephen King movies and miniseries, ranked

From Carrie to Creepshow, there are some scary good recommendations on our list of King's finest TV and movie adaptations

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Every day is The Truman Show and everyone is insane

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The Idol premiere: HBO's hollow spectacle of sex and pop music

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SAG-AFTRA overwhelmingly votes in favor of strike authorization

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R.I.P. Anna Shay, Bling Empire star

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Welp, the Community movie has been delayed again

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The Idol premiere does solid but not euphoric ratings

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Best Deals of the Day: Samsung, Ninja Cookware, Balmonds Skincare,...

Check out the best deals of the day for Monday, June 5, 2023.

65" QN900B Samsung Neo QLED 8K Smart TV (2022)

65" QN900B Samsung Neo QLED 8K Smart TV (2022)

This TV boasts bright colors, low input lag, and high peak brightness. It also has an unmatched local dimming feature as well as reflection handling, so you can kiss frustrating glare goodbye.

Apple AirTag 4 Pack

Apple AirTag 4 Pack

This pack of four AirTags helps you keep track of your belongings on iPhones' Find My app.

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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story review: Freddy player won

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Dr. Phil stands by disturbing Shelley Duvall interview

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Taylor Swift reportedly ends one collab, announces some more

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The 5 best Easter eggs from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

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Brian Cox stopped watching Succession when Logan Roy did

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Hayao Miyazaki’s “final” film will be released with no promotion of any kind in Japan

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Tyler James Williams is "not gay," and isn't a fan of all the speculation

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If Jesse Armstrong wanted Jeremy Strong to jump in a river, he would have put it in the script

If Jesse Armstrong wanted Jeremy Strong to jump in a river, he would have put it in the script

Terry Crews reflects on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, how The Newsroom helped him become a better actor, and more

Matthew Broderick says John Hughes wasn't the chillest dude

Anna Cathcart talks XO, Kitty and raps Ludacris' verse from "Baby"

Tom Hanks knows he's made some bad movies

Succession finale

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A toast to Succession's 10 most cringeworthy speeches, ranked from least to most wild

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14 times Succession broke our hearts

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Succession series finale: The kids aren't alright

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Every character on Succession, ranked by how despicable they are

Summer movie guides

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The most anticipated summer movies of 2023

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This summer's 15 most promising under-the-radar films

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The 25 movie stars you need to watch this summer

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Summer of bummers: why 1983 was the worst season ever for movie sequels

What's on

Today's top picks

Cruel Summer

Cruel Summer

Freeform

Season 2 premieres

American Ninja Warrior

American Ninja Warrior

NBC

Reality competition returns

Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Below Deck Sailing Yacht

Bravo

New episode airs

The Rising

The Rising

The CW

British thriller continues

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

In theaters

Sequel hits theaters

TV

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What's on TV this week—The Idol, Based On A True Story, Never Have I Ever

Plus, a new season of It's Always Sunny, a Schwarzenegger doc, a British sci-fi series, and more

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Where does Across The Spider-Verse rank among the year's best box office openings?

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Showtime quietly shelves Louis C.K. and Ron DeSantis content

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Cruel Summer season 2 review: Smells like teen murder

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John Mulaney's one-season sitcom was originally supposed to be about sobriety

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Film

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The 40 greatest movie soundtracks of all time, ranked

Films like American Graffiti, Dirty Dancing, 8 Mile, Pulp Fiction, and Top Gun are bursting with memorable music from start to finish

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Elliot Page recounts the time a famous acquaintance told him being gay "doesn't exist"

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Bad Buzz: Disney lays off Lightyear director in first Pixar staff cuts in a decade

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Across The Spider-Verse webs up The Little Mermaid and The Boogeyman at the weekend box office

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Into The Spider-Verse is the best Spider-Man movie of all time

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Streaming guides

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25 best shows streaming right now on Peacock

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The best movies to watch on Apple TV Plus right now

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What to watch on Hulu: 43 best TV shows streaming right now

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The best and scariest horror films to watch now on HBO Max