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Netflix Cuts Controversial Suicide Scene From '13 Reasons Why'

8:37am July 16, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The show is centered on the suicide of a teenage girl, and the first season's finale shows her taking her own life. Several organizations raised concerns that it could romanticize suicide.

Emily Nussbaum received the most hate mail of her career after she panned season 1 of HBO's True Detective. "Most of it was handwritten," she says.

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We All Watch In Our Own Way: A Critic Tracks The 'TV Revolution'

1:10pm July 15, 2019

by Terry Gross

New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum won't appear on panels pitting TV against movies or books. "Everything is valuable in its own way and they don't need to be in tension with one another," she says.

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'London Kills': A Cop Series That Keeps You Coming Back For More

3:29pm July 12, 2019

by John Powers

Acorn TV's new series follows a Scotland Yard team led by a detective whose wife has gone missing. London Kills combines the reassuring closure of a network cop series with a strong forward momentum.

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Remembering 'Larry Sanders Show' Actor Rip Torn

3:29pm July 12, 2019

by Terry Gross

Torn, who died Tuesday, won an Emmy Award for playing the gruff producer Artie on The Larry Sanders Show. In 1994, he told Fresh Air that he based his character on Johnny Carson's long time producer.

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Indya Moore walks the runway as Angel in the FX series Pose.

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'Pose' Choreographer Creates A Safe Space — On The Runway

4:28pm July 11, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Twiggy Pucci Garçon got her start competing at drag balls — now, she's the runway routine choreographer for the FX show Pose, which celebrates ball culture in New York City in the '80s and '90s.

Rip Torn during the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. On Tuesday, Torn died at age 88.

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Actor Rip Torn, Who Made His Mark On 'The Larry Sanders Show,' Dies at 88

9:40am July 10, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Torn developed an unpredictable and stubborn reputation, both on camera and in his personal life, but his performances also proved influential on scores of successful television shows.

Creators Of FX's 'Pose' Talk About New Revelations On Show

5:39am July 10, 2019

by Eric Deggans

The award-winning FX series, Pose, chronicles the lives of LGBTQ characters in New York's underground ballroom culture. The show's co-creators discuss an episode where a transgender woman is murdered.

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Chronicling Sexual Harassment And Assault In The #MeToo Era

4:28pm July 09, 2019

Imagine having so many stories that you had to make a list. Imagine if that list included the president.

"We're all a bit of a mess ..." says David Harbour. "I've always wanted to portray that." Harbour plays the cantankerous police chief Jim Hopper on the Netflix series Stranger Things. It returns for its third season on July 4.

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'Stranger Things' Star David Harbour Will Take Messy Over Perfect Any Day

1:25pm July 04, 2019

"I've always been drawn to characters that are less-than capable, that make me feel not alone in my weirdness," Harbour says. Stranger Things returns for its third season on Netflix on July 4.

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Netflix said future shows aimed at its younger audiences will not depict smoking or e-cigarette use unless it is "essential." The streaming content giant also says information about smoking will be included as part of its ratings.

Netflix Promises To Quit Smoking On (Most) Original Programming

4:27am July 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The streaming content giant said it will stop showing smoking or e-cigarette use in future shows unless it is "essential." New research finds tobacco imagery on popular shows has skyrocketed.