Television

Arts

Mindy Kaling Loves Rom Coms (And Being The Boss)

3:16pm November 17, 2017

Kaling's Hulu series, The Mindy Project, recently ended after six seasons. In 2012, the actress told Fresh Air that her character on the show was inspired by her late mother, who was an obstetrician.

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Actress Millie Bobby Brown plays Eleven in the Netflix series Stranger Things 2.

Arts

'Stranger Things 2' Creators Wanted A Sequel That Topped The Original

1:42pm November 14, 2017

by Sam Briger

Brothers Ross and Matt Duffer return to the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind., for the second season of their Neflix series. "We wanted to scale it up a little bit," Matt says of Stranger Things 2.

The Phantom Minas?: Amazon announced it will bring a Lord of the Rings prequel to television. (Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

Books

10 Great, Perfect, Solid-Mithril Ideas For 'Lord Of The Rings' TV Spin-Offs

6:13am November 14, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Amazon Studios is bringing an ongoing Lord of the Rings prequel series to television. The deal includes an option for "a potential additional spin-off series." Tom Bombadil, call your agent.

Grey's Anatomy is now in its 14th season, one season shy of equaling ER's record as TV's longest-running medical drama. (Pictured: Justin Chambers and Ellen Pompeo)

Arts

The Case For 'Grey's Anatomy,' 300 Episodes In

1:56pm November 10, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Aside from an episode recap or a mention of the latest character Shonda Rhimes has written off, critics don't pay much attention to Grey's. But there's a reason it's still so popular.

S. Fitzgerald Haney, former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, with his wife, Andrea, on that country's Dancing with the Stars. He is donating his stipend to a local cancer institute.

Former U.S. Ambassador To Costa Rica Dances With The Stars

10:03am November 10, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

When the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica was asked what he would do after Trump asked for his resignation, he joked that maybe he would go on Dancing with the Stars. That's just where he has landed.

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Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) in This Is Us.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour, Redux: 'This Is Us' And 'Speechless'

6:00am November 10, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Listen to two of our favorite segments from last year, featuring two of our favorite fourth chairs (Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish), about two of our favorite shows.

Kevin Spacey at the Tony Awards in New York in June (left) and Christopher Plummer during a portrait session in Beverly Hills, Calif., in July 2013.

Spacey Cut From Film; Scenes To Be Re-Shot With Actor Christopher Plummer

9:35am November 09, 2017

by Scott Neuman

In the wake of allegations of sexual abuse against Spacey, director Ridley Scott has decided to sub in Plummer in All the Money in the World, due for release next month.

Stephen Thompson, Linda Holmes, and Glen Weldon on stage during Pop Culture Happy Hour's live show at the Bell House in Brooklyn on June 6, 2017.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Pop Culture Advice, Live From Seattle

6:00am November 08, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Live from Seattle's Neptune Theatre, the PCHH crew (feat. Audie Cornish) offer listeners advice about some pop-culture-related topics.

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This file photo shows former US President Richard

Politics & Government

'Meet The Press' Turns 70

3:20pm November 07, 2017

How does the show keep up not only with the news, but with the changing realities of media today?

It's Dead ... Wrapped (Up) in Hardcover: A new book provides the narrative closure that this summer's Twin Peaks: The Return (starring Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and David Lynch) eschewed.

Books
Arts

'Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier' Does What 'The Return' Didn't

5:00am November 06, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost reveals the final fates of several characters and ties up the show's narrative threads in a way that is as satisfying as The Return was mystifying.