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Pauly Shore wants to play Richard Simmons in a biopic, buddy

Why Robert Rodriguez still loves Spy Kids

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The Marvels director says shooting an MCU movie is existentially stressful

What To Watch

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6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend

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What's on TV this week—American Horror Story, Sex Education, Young Love

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5 things you have to watch on TV this weekend

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What's on TV this week—The Morning Show is back, and The Other Black Girl premieres

Interviews

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Why Jon Hamm is the perfect addition to The Morning Show

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John Wilson walks us through the series finale of How To With John Wilson

Manuel Betancourt

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Reservation Dogs director Blackhorse Lowe on that Dazed And Confused homage and big cry sesh

Manuel Betancourt

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What We Do In The Shadows director Yana Gorskaya on her killer run of episodes

Clips

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The dystopia is imminent in Squid Game: The Challenge trailer

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The new Percy Jackson And The Olympians teaser is exactly what fans were waiting for

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Frasier Crane, tossed salad, and scrambled eggs return in trailer for revival series

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College is a bloody mess in new trailer for Prime Video's Gen V

For Our Consideration

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For Our Consideration

The MCU's TV problems began 10 years ago with Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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For Our Consideration

The Wheel Of Time season 2 breaks from the books—and is all the better for it

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For Our Consideration

Light one up for The Cigarette Smoking Man, The X-Files villain who broke TV's rules

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For Our Consideration

Grand Admiral Thrawn is a Star Wars rarity: a Big Villain who isn't boring

Reactions

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True Blood at 15: An utterly insane, unthinkably funny snapshot of the late-2000s

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Reservation Dogs nails the teenage anxiety of leaving home

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Charlotte is officially now the best part of And Just Like That...

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Netflix's Depp V. Heard is a wasted opportunity

Features

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The first season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. is better than you remember

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“Hello, Newman”: The enduring genius of TV's greatest sitcom antagonist

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How Ahsoka could finally clear up all the confusion around the Force

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The X-Files at 30: How the show created a new model for TV storytelling

Inventory

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The 16 most HBO weddings in HBO history

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14 times Succession broke our hearts

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11 anti-talk shows that broke late night

Matt Schimkowitz

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40 best musical references in Schmigadoon! season 2 (so far)

Felicia Fitzpatrick

Random Roles

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Samantha Morton on The Serpent Queen, In America, Minority Report, Morvern Callar, and much more

Max Gao

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Addams Family star John Astin on playing Gomez, reading for Gandalf, meeting Fellini, and more

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Jake Johnson on Minx, New Girl, Mythic Quest, and his trick for making characters so damn likable

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Busy Philipps on playing the mean girl you can't help but love

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My Adventures With Superman is one of the best depictions of the Man Of Steel ever

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The Company You Keep is the best show you're not watching on Sunday nights

<i>Young Love</i> review: An Oscar-winning short gets a TV sequel on Max

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