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The CW cancels Riverdale, its favorite child

Gabrielle Sanchez

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Everything we know about Obi-Wan Kenobi (and, um, don't)

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Ben Whishaw is a sad, funny doctor in the This Is Going To Hurt trailer

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Remembering the stars we've lost in 2022

Streaming Guides

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The best romantic comedies to watch on Amazon Prime Video

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What to watch on Hulu: 20 best TV shows streaming right now

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The best movies to watch right now on HBO Max

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The 22 best TV shows streaming on Prime Video in May

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Emmy Rossum on transforming into Los Angeles' mysterious Angelyne

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Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has one simple goal: "Make you laugh and cry"

Scott Huver

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Everything you need to remember before Stranger Things season 4

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Marielle Heller's neo-horror flick Nightbitch starring Amy Adams is finally a go

Gabrielle Sanchez

The Inventory Presents

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Best Deals of the Day: Amazon, Anker, Razer, Nautica, Ollie & More

Check out the best deals of the day for Thursday, May 19, 2022

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Become Mighty And Cool With This Electric Scooter With 15% Off

The Gyroor Electric Scooter has shock absorbers, a long battery life, and…

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Put on a Suit and Buy These Professional AirPods for 21% Off

Pick up Apple's fanciest AirPods for $52 off right now at Amazon.

Videos

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Live action "She-Ra" series finds a director

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Stephanie Hsu on just about everything

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Taylor Swift speaks at NYU graduation ceremony

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Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford to star in "Yellowstone" prequel

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On Better Call Saul, Kim's motives come into focus

In the penultimate episode of this half season, we learn what’s really driving ABQ's best public defender

Kimberly Potts

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In Now & Then, they know what you did 20 summers ago

Manuel Betancourt

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Sally and Cousineau get what they want (and Barry gets what he deserves)

David Cote

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This Is Us’ penultimate episode is something special

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Melanie Lynskey on Candy, Yellowjackets, and having a very good year

What's On Tonight

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What's on TV this week—Conversations With Friends, The Time Traveler's Wife, Angelyne

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What's on TV this week—Candy debuts, Breeders and Hacks return

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The Dropout's best episode yet isn't about Elizabeth Holmes at all

Randall Colburn

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“Meat market” takes on disturbing new meaning in the dating-is-hell thriller Fresh

From The Archives

10 essential episodes of Living Single you should check-check-check out

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The 25 most anticipated movies of 2022

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The 22 most anticipated TV series of 2022

and Saloni Gajjar

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As Britt Daniel returns to Austin, Spoon revisits its rock 'n' roll roots

Gabrielle Sanchez

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Jessie Buckley teases her "primal" role in Men

A24's newest nightmare sees The Lost Daughter actor opposite doubling Rory Kinnear(s)

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Elizabeth Olsen passes polygraph test saying she's "never met" John Krasinski

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Men is a thrilling, deranged horror masterpiece

Jordan Hoffman

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Nostalgia gets overwhelmingly nutty in Chip ’N Dale: Rescue Rangers

Courtney Howard

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Emergency urgently mixes college comedy and social commentary

ICYMI

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David Cronenberg thinks Netflix is "very conservative" in the films they make

Mike Vanderbilt

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On an ambitious Atlanta, a student's Blackness is tested

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Despite an A+ premise, Senior Year fails to graduate

Courtney Howard

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The 5 best Black Mirror episodes so far

The AV Club

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Conversations With Friends is no Normal People

Manuel Betancourt

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Judd Apatow reveals his idea for the Superbad sequel that never was

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Top Gun: Maverick brings Tom Cruise's movie stardom full circle

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Mike Myers is both the best and worst part of The Pentaverate

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Harry Styles is ready to invite you inside Harry's House

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Squid Game's Hwang Dong-Hyuk making a show about overwhelming overnight success

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Thomas Haden Church to play the bad guy in Peacock's bizarre Twisted Metal show

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Stranger Things creators pissed after spoilers leak out via licensed Monopoly game