Lucasfilm Ditches Gina Carano From 'The Mandalorian' Over Social Media Posts
The action star came under fire for saying today's political climate in the U.S. is similar to Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews.
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Reading The Game: Kentucky Route Zero
Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at the eerie indie hit Kentucky Route Zero, which is ostensibly about a guy making a delivery — but there's so much more.
Flat Matt, Falling Lemons And Digital Dolly: The 2021 Super Bowl Ads
Super Bowl LV was Sunday, and as always, a lot of viewers tuned in for the over-the-top ads. Bud Light and Robinhood were standouts, but Dolly Parton fell flat with a rework of her hit "9 to 5."
'Malcolm & Marie' Is Lost, Just Like Its Central Couple
Euphoria's Sam Levinson and Zendaya re-team for this exhausting relationship drama, written and shot during the pandemic.
Legendary Director Mike Nichols Is As Brilliant As He Is Enigmatic In New Biography
In Mike Nichols: A Life, author Mark Harris presents an engrossing tale of the auteur as an outsider from the start who grew to find much success in Hollywood, despite some slumps.
'Firefly Lane' Is A Regrettably Shapeless Friendship Story
The Netflix adaptation of Kristin Hannah's novel, starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, doesn't follow the novel's narrative shape, but it has trouble finding one of its own.
Dolly Parton Says She Turned Down Presidential Medal Of Freedom — Twice
The singer says she was offered the honor by the Trump administration but was unable to accept, first because her husband was ill and then because the pandemic made traveling to the ceremony unsafe.
'Saved By The Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Dead At 44
Dustin Diamond played the awkward sidekick Screech in the hit sitcom. He died Monday of cancer, after having been diagnosed three weeks ago.
'Robin Hood' Groups Win New Fans, Thanks To GameStop Controversy
The Robin Hood anti-poverty charity in New York City, for example, says it's seeing a new boost in donations this week. In some cases, donors said the money came from their GameStop stock profits.
'This Is Our Dream': A Crowdsourced Poem To Inspire Hope
NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander's latest community poem started with a request to consider what follows after the words "I dream a world."