Television

Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You was a critical favorite last year — but didn't garner any Golden Globe nominations.

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Lack Of Diversity Mars Golden Globe TV Nominations

10:35pm February 03, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Critics agree that Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You is a masterpiece — but it was one of many TV shows with creators and actors of color that were left out of this year's Golden Globe nominations.

Golden Globe statuettes are on display during an unveiling by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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2021 Golden Globe Nominees Announced, Netflix Leads The Pack

1:18pm February 03, 2021

by Petra Mayer

Nominees for the 2021 Golden Globes were announced today via a livestream. Past winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson revealed the first few nominees in a simulcast with the Today show.

Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke play Tully and Kate, two friends who spend decades supporting each other in Firefly Lane.

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'Firefly Lane' Is A Regrettably Shapeless Friendship Story

5:00am February 03, 2021

by Linda Holmes

The Netflix adaptation of Kristin Hannah's novel, starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, doesn't follow the novel's narrative shape, but it has trouble finding one of its own.

After Saved by the Bell, Dustin Diamond made many appearances on reality TV shows, such as Celebrity Big Brother.

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'Saved By The Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Dead At 44

9:36pm February 01, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Dustin Diamond played the awkward sidekick Screech in the hit sitcom. He died Monday of cancer, after having been diagnosed three weeks ago.

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Hank Azaria On 'Brockmire' And Why He No Longer Performs Apu On 'The Simpsons'

1:43pm January 29, 2021

by Dave Davies

Azaria's voiced dozens of Simpsons' characters. In the IFC series Brockmire he plays a troubled baseball announcer who always speaks in his broadcaster voice. Originally broadcast March 17, 2020.

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Cicely Tyson attends the TIME 100 Gala in 2012. The famed actress died at the age of 96. Tyson inspired generations of African American actors who grew up watching her perform on stage and on screen.

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Cicely Tyson, Who Brought Grace And Gravitas To The Screen, Has Died At 96

9:07am January 29, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

In a career that spanned more than six decades, she commanded attention on the screen and the stage and was known for roles that reflected her experience as an African American woman.

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Cloris Leachman, pictured in 1974, seemed game for anything, from playing a creepy housekeeper in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein to competing on ABC's Dancing With the Stars.

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Actress Cloris Leachman, Who Played Both Silly And Serious, Dies At 94

1:39am January 28, 2021

by Jacki Lyden

The actress seemed game for anything: She played a heartbroken lover in The Last Picture Show, a creepy housekeeper in Young Frankenstein and even competed on Dancing With the Stars.

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The Lady and the Dale tells the true story of Elizabeth Carmichael, an automobile executive who introduced a bold new three-wheel car in the 1970s.

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'Lady And The Dale,' A 4-Part Series About A 3-Wheeled Car, Is A Wild Ride

10:56am January 27, 2021

by David Bianculli

HBO's new documentary miniseries tells the story of Elizabeth Carmichael, the auto executive who tried to market a three-wheeled, gas-efficient car at the height of the '70s oil crisis.

Alan Tudyk plays an alien who's not comfortable in his (human) skin in SYFY's Resident Alien.

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'Resident Alien': The Truth Is Way, Way Out There

5:00am January 27, 2021

by Glen Weldon

The great Alan Tudyk gets a role he can sink his sharp pointy alien teeth into on a darkly funny series boasting an ensemble cast of characters with surprisingly nuanced interpersonal histories.

TV Movie Review: Lifetime's Salt-N-Pepa Biopic

4:53pm January 23, 2021

by Eric Deggans

The new movie, Salt-N-Pepa, is about one of the first and most successful all-female rap groups. The film was executive produced by Queen Latifah and directed by Mario Van Peebles.