Television

Ghost of Tsushima gives players a gorgeous world to explore, but the game's story is dragged down by flat characters.

Arts

Saving The World — But First, A Haiku — In 'Ghost Of Tsushima'

2:00pm July 17, 2020

by Kaity Kline

Sucker Punch's new samurai combat game gives players a gorgeous open world to explore, haikus to write and enemies to defeat — but the characters can be flat, leading to moments of dull gameplay.

2 New Shows, 'David Makes Man' And 'Twenties,' Are Now Available For Streaming

4:14pm July 16, 2020

by Eric Deggans

David Makes Man, a series about a Black teenager dealing with his friend's death, debuted on HBO Max. Showtime has released Twenties, a show about a young Black woman learning to navigate life.

Arts

Peacock, NBC's New Streaming Service, Isn't Quite Must-See TV

2:14pm July 16, 2020

by David Bianculli

Peacock launches with thousands of hours of old programs, plus a sampling of new ones. Most of the new shows are just average — except for Intelligence and The Capture, which are worth catching.

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NBCUniversal Debuts 'Peacock' Streaming Service

5:34am July 15, 2020

by Eric Deggans

The last announced major streaming service debuts widely. It's NBCUniversal's Peacock. Here's what it offers and how it stacks up against everything else out there.

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Colin Jost, here in 2018, first joined Saturday Night Live as a writer 15 years ago. "It's a world that I love so much," he says of the show.

Books
Arts

Colin Jost Of 'SNL' Knows You're Laughing At His 'Very Punchable Face'

7:32pm July 14, 2020

by Terry Gross

SNL "Weekend Update" co-anchor Colin Jost acknowledges that his clean-cut image sometimes rubs people the wrong way. "When I get hurt or hit on camera ... the audience really loves it," he says.

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Arts

'Mythbusters' Star Grant Imahara, Electrical Engineer And Robotics Wiz, Dies At 49

1:36pm July 14, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

Imahara was best known as a member of the "Build Team" on the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters. A constant tinkerer, he was undaunted by even the most outlandish technical challenges.

Naya Rivera poses for a portrait at the 2013 Giffoni Film Festival in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy.

Arts

'Glee' Actor Naya Rivera's Body Recovered From California Lake

5:24pm July 13, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

Rivera was best known for her role as Santana Lopez, a take-no-prisoners cheerleader/singer on Glee for six seasons. That character was also an inspiration for young LGBTQ viewers.

"I was getting to fulfill a number of romantic notions in my inner child," Matthew Rhys says of playing the title role in the new HBO series Perry Mason.

Arts

In 'Perry Mason,' Matthew Rhys Lives Out His Boyhood Noir Fantasies

12:53pm July 13, 2020

by Terry Gross

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys says his version of the iconic criminal defense attorney is more hardboiled than the one Raymond Burr played on TV: "He's a man who kind of lives on whiskey and cigarettes."

Comedian Chelsea Handler On White Privilege

6:12am July 13, 2020

by Sam Sanders

Last year, Chelsea Handler made a Netflix documentary called Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, in which she explored white privilege. She asks how to be a better white person to people of color.

A top writer for Fox News' Tucker Carlson resigned after CNN revealed his racist and sexist posts, reviving criticism of Carlson's commentaries. Carlson is set to address the controversy on Monday.

Politics & Government

Fresh Scrutiny For Fox's Tucker Carlson As Top Writer Quits Over Bigoted Posts

9:26pm July 12, 2020

by David Folkenflik

A top writer for Fox News' Tucker Carlson resigns after CNN revealed his racist and sexist posts, reviving criticism of Carlson's commentaries. Carlson is set to address the controversy Monday.