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This season, "The Walking Dead" put itself in a lose-lose situation re: Glenn (Steven Yeun). Last we'd seen Glenn, four episodes ago, he and his frenemy Nicholas (Michael Traynor) were surro…
In the late '70s, "New York was dangerous, dead and dirty," recalls Fred Schneider, frontman of new-wave band the B-52's. But places like the Mudd Club, where Schneider was a regular, made i…
Sorry, haters, but Bruce Willis doesn't embarrass himself in "Misery." Admittedly, his Broadway debut does find him looking a little stiff " then again, his character spends the entire time …
Few actors have a monster Broadway hit on their résumés " but Andrew Rannells has two: After co-starring in "The Book of Mormon," he's filling in for Jonathan Groff in "Hamilton" until Nov…
SEE IT Nothing feels newer than a pair of brilliantly retooled classics. An all-female cast adds dynamite to Shakespeare's "Henry IV" at St. Ann's Warehouse. The concept is that we're in a w…
Rumor has it that "The Walking Dead" is as wobbly as a zombie that's been left in the water too long. The premiere of the AMC blockbuster's sixth season snared 14.6 million viewers " certain…
The nature vs. nurture debate just got hotter with Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi's "Super Genes" (out Tuesday from Harmony Books), which looks like it'll do just as well as their best-s…
When will people realize Anthony Mackie's the new Will Smith " only, you know, with range? "The Hurt Locker" should have made him as big as co-star Jeremy Renner back in 2008, but no vehicle…
Let Hollywood worship its young: The stage is heaven for gray-haired actors " and audiences love them. James Earl Jones, 84, and Cicely Tyson, 90, command the stage for all two hours of Broa…
“On Your Feet!" is bringing fun back to Broadway " finally! Miserable affairs, angsty German teens and sad-sack British royals " in shows like "Thérèse Raquin," "Spring Awakening" an…
If you've ever watched "Grey's Anatomy," you know the long-running show's trademark isn't just hot doctors getting it on, but Meredith Grey's voice-over wryly detailing her feelings " so man…
“The Great British Baking Show" is to reality TV what "Murder: She Wrote" is to crime shows: an oasis of calm and serenity that quietly and humorously subverts its genre's clichés. Th…
Broadway loves movie stars " and some of them even love it back! Here, following the opening of Keira Knightley's "Thérèse Raquin," is a roundup of some high-profile debuts. James Franco T…
Two shows this week deserve a look " and both hail from the Roundabout, albeit at very different price points. An orchestra seat for Broadway's "Thérèse Raquin" costs $137, but this gets y…
You’ve got to hand it to Matthew Broderick: He's a reliable actor. You can always count on him being either wooden or downright lifeless. When his performance is merely serviceable " a…
Sunday night's "Walking Dead" episode featured some of the series' best action scenes ever. Pulse-pounding, heart-in-mouth, can-barely-look scenes. It was fantastic. Oh, and someone major di…
Peaches paved the way for the Miley Cyruses and Nicki Minajes of this world to be as crude as they want to be. Even now, at 46, the Canadian singer...
“Bridge of Spies" is a Tom Hanks vehicle through and through: He's the nicest guy and helps America win the Cold War! Except that Hanks recedes in the background when...
James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are so charming and cuddly-wuddly in the revival of "The Gin Game," they obscure how nasty that play really is. It's clear the audience...
Lupita Nyong'o could have had her pick of high-profile Broadway vehicles for her New York stage debut. Instead, the Oscar-winning star of "12 Years a Slave" chose to be part...
Don't waste your hate on Mamie Gummer! If you're going to bitch about kids of limited talent coasting on their parents' reputations, there are much better targets, like Kate Hudson,...
The stars of "Old Times" always look like they're a second away from having sex. Clive Owen, Eve Best and Kelly Reilly generate such heat, you may need a cold...
Are we watching AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead" just because, you know, zombies? It's certainly not because the initial six-episode season of this "Walking Dead" spin-off was ass-kicking TV. A…
Philippe Petit is the subject of the new film "The Walk." Now 66, he lives in the Catskills but spends a lot of time in New York City. He tells...
There’s a new badass Brit on "The Good Wife" " but she's not the new Kalinda. "I know people made guesses because we're both British women of color," says freshly...
