Television

'Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air' Mansion Is Available To Rent On Airbnb

6:44am September 15, 2020

Actor Will Smith posted about the offer on his Instagram page. The show used only exterior shots of the manor — with its iconic columns and stately driveway. The show turned 30 this month.

Jude Law plays a man who's in over his head in HBO's The Third Day.

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'The Third Day' Makes Mysterious But Predictable Promises

5:42am September 15, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The Third Day, which premiered Monday night on HBO, keeps presenting events that require explanation. But the explanations that come don't sustain the story.

Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamon) and Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) see the sea in We Are Who We Are.

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In Teen Drama 'We Are Who We Are,' We're Still Figuring Out Who We Are

7:00am September 14, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Director Luca Guadagnino brings his searching, emotionally intimate sensibility to HBO with this series about two American kids on a military base in Italy.

Geoffrey Owens Launches Instagram Show 'Shift Happens'

6:04pm September 13, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Geoffrey Owens about his new show, Shift Happens, to show that "all work matters," after Owens himself was "job shamed."

Dan Levy performs the most effective of the five monologues in HBO's Coastal Elites.

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In 'Coastal Elites,' Five Stories Of Life In 2020

7:01am September 12, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Paul Rudnick's HBO film features several fine actors in an uneven set of monologues about Donald Trump, the pandemic, and where we go from here.

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Return To Middle School In 'PEN15': Creators Say 'It's All About Survival'

2:08pm September 11, 2020

by Sam Briger

"There's not a lot of heroic acts in middle school," Maya Erskine said in this 2019 interview. She and Anna Konkle play 13-year-old versions of themselves in the comedy series PEN15, now in season 2.

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English actor Diana Rigg became widely known in the U.S. for her role as Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers. She died Thursday in her home in London.

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Diana Rigg, 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Avengers' Actor, Has Died At 82

3:48pm September 10, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The actor died in her London home Thursday morning after being diagnosed with cancer. In addition to her work in television and film, she was also an acclaimed stage actor.

'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' To End In 2021

4:28pm September 09, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Julia Alexander of The Verge about the end of Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality TV show.

Cartoonist Keith Knight Draws From Real-Life Wake-Up Call For 'Woke'

6:32am September 09, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Hulu's comedy series Woke follows Keef Knight, a Black cartoonist set to launch a national comic strip until he's profiled by San Francisco police. It's based on real-life cartoonist Keith Knight.

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Lamorne Morris plays cartoonist Keef Knight in the Hulu comedy Woke. The character is based on Keith Knight, the show's co-creator.

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In 'Woke,' Cartoonist Keith Knight Drew From A Real-Life 'Wake-Up Call'

4:06pm September 08, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

The Hulu comedy follows Keef, a cartoonist (based on Knight) who doesn't want to fill his comic strips with racial justice issues. But a run-in with the police changes Keef's perspective.

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