The recipe for a better 'Bake-Off'? Fun format, good casting, and less host shtick
The Great British Baking Show has had a long and bumpy ride, but it's finally righted the ship by focusing on the fundamentals.
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SAG-AFTRA encourages striking actors to avoid certain Halloween costumes
Striking performers not allowed to work or promote their movies and shows. Now, their union SAG-AFTRA has some spooky new guidelines.
You're not seeing things —'nudity creep' in streaming TV reveals more of its stars
Naked Attraction and Sex/Life are among the shows on streaming television using uncensored nudity, including men seen full-frontal, to create buzz and attract subscribers.
After a wobbly start, this new 'Frasier' gets better and funnier as it goes along
Kelsey Grammer returns in the title role in this Paramount+ series. Despite a less than impressive premiere, Frasier manages to firmly establish its characters, settings and relationships.
As a kid, Greta Lee identified with Val Kilmer — now, she imagines 'Past Lives'
Growing up, Lee recognized herself in the "really big, muscular performances" of Kilmer and Nicolas Cage. In Past Lives, she plays an immigrant torn between two men she loves.
For Jada Pinkett Smith, it's all lessons, not regrets
In a new memoir, Worthy, Pinkett Smith writes about her marriage to Will Smith, about how she charted a course from Baltimore to Hollywood, and about her close friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur.
'The Daily Show' returns with jokes and serious talk about war in Israel
Minutes into his first episode as guest host on The Daily Show Monday, correspondent Michael Kosta faced a particularly tough challenge.
It was 100 years ago that Walt Disney founded The Walt Disney Company
The company has become a pop culture empire — with movies such as Fantasia and Frozen. To celebrate the milestone anniversary, Disney is releasing a restored 4k version of the 1937 film Snow White.
Suzanne Somers of 'Three's Company' dies at 76
The actor, who played likeable "dumb blonde" Chrissy Snow on the 70s sitcom, had breast cancer for more than 20 years.
Pete Davidson talks on 'SNL' about Israel-Hamas war and losing his dad on 9/11
In Saturday Night Live's first cold open in months, comedian Pete Davidson shared how he navigated tragedy as a son who lost his parent at a young age to mass violence.