Amazon Studios’s new TV drama focuses on a judge who mysteriously converts to fundamentalist Christianity while pursuing the men who assaulted his daughter-in-law.
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In continuing to tinker with the universe she built eight years after it ended, J.K. Rowling might be falling into the same trap as Star Wars’s George Lucas.
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As the season finale reminded, USA’s acclaimed new series is many things, but it’s mostly an exploration of manipulation.
The former Daily Show correspondent, who’s the host of a new show on TBS starting in January, will be the only female late-night host on the air.
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The past is beautiful until you’re reminded it’s ugly.
The TV reboot of Wes Craven’s classic horror franchise didn’t reinvent the genre, but pop-culture references and measured campiness made it fun to watch.
With the beginning of all-day Egg McMuffins, America is reverting to its adolescence.
Much like Amazon and Uber, automat eateries offer speed, efficiency, and a lack of human interaction.
The NBC show isn’t casting its net wide enough when it comes to finding new players.
The space agency’s current symbol, a beloved signal of the agency’s storied past, wasn’t always so beloved.
The novelist Angela Flournoy discusses how Zora Neale Hurston helped her imagine characters and experiences alien to her.
Who cares if he’s technically Gen X? Age is different from personality.
In a new August comic, the iconic feminist became the first superhero to officiate at a same-sex wedding.
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