Friday, December 5, 2025
NEW YORK — June Squibb, an old pro when it comes to dealing with the theatrical press, was in place for her interview at the kitchen table. The Upper West Side apartment, where she's stayi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMYou have questions. I have some answers. Q: Is “High Potential” over for the season or what? It seems to have just abruptly disappeared. A: We’re at the point in the TV season where sh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMOnce again, it’s time to festoon ourselves with garlands, fire up the twinkle lights and examine the very special cinematic universe that is Netflix Christmas movies. This year brings four…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMThursday, December 4, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Could it be? Are we about to experience the best days of our lives (again)? On a recent rainy Wednesday afternoon, West Hollywood's SUR (an acronym for Sexy Unique Restaurant…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMWednesday, December 3, 2025
LOS ANGELES — The fandom behind hit sci-fi series "Stranger Things" is a force to be reckoned with. Netflix said Tuesday that the show's roughly two-hour finale will be available for viewi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM“Are you ready? Then we shall begin.” This narration, over an image of three moons hanging in the sky, begins Julia Jackman’s “100 Nights of Hero,” which she adapted from Isabel Gr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMTuesday, December 2, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — It’s OK if you don’t want to admit how many times you listened to “Golden” from "KPop Demon Hunters" — Spotify will tell us, anyway. Spotify Wrapped — the music …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:34PMLOS ANGELES — It was early 1996, and a young alternative band known as the Smashing Pumpkins was embarking on a worldwide tour for their newest album, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sad…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMPHILADELPHIA — Philly’s own Rob Mac, the actor formerly known as Robert McElhenney III, and fellow thespian Noah Hawley are teaming up to create the television adaptation of the "Far Cry…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMSaturday, November 29, 2025
ATLANTA — Elaine Hendrix, the “Parent Trap” actress turning 55 next month, was in position to become the oldest winner of “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday night. But she came in fi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMThe first, or maybe the second thing to be said about "The Artist," a six-part comedy written and directed by Aram Rappaport, is that it streams from the Network, a free ad-supported streami…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMChristmas movies, especially in our modern streaming era, exist on a different plane than other forms of filmed entertainment. We look to these movies not for innovation, but for comfort. Th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMFriday, November 28, 2025
DETROIT — Jack White's Thanksgiving Day halftime performance at the Detroit Lions game, which featured a surprise appearance by Eminem, has been released as a single to streaming services.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:43PMLOS ANGELES — R&B singer Ray J was arrested early Thanksgiving morning, according to jail records and a police spokesman. The 44-year-old artist — whose legal name is Willie Norwood …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:21AMThursday, November 27, 2025
LOS ANGELES — True Whitaker wanted to nail her audition for "I Love LA," or, at the time, the "Untitled Rachel Sennott Project." She felt a strong connection to the role and had dreamed of…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMWednesday, November 26, 2025
That “Zootopia 2” is as fresh, funny and densely packed as the first film feels like a miracle, but the truth is that there’s nothing miraculous about it: it’s just made by humans wh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMTuesday, November 25, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Ryan Coogler was deep into writing "Sinners" when he realized the movie was missing something: He needed a moment that would jolt the audience and plunge them into a differen…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMAtlanta R&B star Summer Walker’s searing music could be the perfect soundtrack to a binge-worthy reality show. It’s entertainingly messy and satisfyingly authentic. Her 2019 debut al…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMSaturday, November 22, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Back in 2024, Universal conjured a pink and green tornado that swept pop culture. From themed drinks at Starbucks and dolls of Elphaba and Glinda, to joint appearances by sta…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMThursday, November 20, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The Delco crime thriller "Task," starring Mark Ruffalo, will be getting a second season, HBO announced on Thursday. From "Mare of Easttown" creator and Berwyn native Brad In…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:07PMDETROIT — Comedian and Metro Detroit native Tim Robinson's character may or may not get to the bottom of the central mystery of "The Chair Company" before the show's eight-episode first se…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:52PMSAN DIEGO — Al Jardine’s endless summer officially began when he was 18 and co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961. It hasn’t stopped yet. “I’m still enjoying this too much to think of …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMCall him a master wordsmith, formal innovator, Booker prize winner, Nobel laureate-in-waiting, a sorcerer. Call him Sir Salman Rushdie. He slips into a story as gracefully as Laurence Olivie…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AMBrandon Taylor’s fourth book, “Minor Black Figures,” begins in New York City in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. As political and societal tides shi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM"Thoughts & Prayers," which premiered Tuesday on HBO, is a documentary film about the $3 billion "active shooter preparedness industry," that space where American failure meets American …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMLOS ANGELES — It takes a certain composure, as a teenager, to walk out onto Taylor Swift's stage in a sold-out stadium and play an opening set to tens of thousands of fans who have never h…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMWednesday, November 19, 2025
LOS ANGELES — One of L.A.'s most promising young musicians can trace her career back to the moment she decided to run away from home. Or did her mom kick her out? "It's hard to explain," A…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMMINNEAPOLIS — Following up an acclaimed TV drama with another hit is as difficult as winning back-to-back World Series. Just ask “Deadwood” creator David Milch, who flopped with “Joh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM“You’re the last of the old movie stars,” someone tells Jay Kelly, and because Jay Kelly — main character of a movie called, not surprisingly, “Jay Kelly” — is played by George…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMComing right up, in this year’s holiday movie season: a sure-to-be-blockbuster musical, a comedic murder mystery, a return-to-Pandora sequel, a drama involving William Shakespeare and a co…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMTuesday, November 18, 2025
Two more horses in the crowded field of psychological thrillers have come out of the gate: "Malice," now streaming from Prime Video, and "The Beast in Me," on Netflix. Neither is especially …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM 
