Television

A photo of the Abdelaziz sisters before their reality show aired.

World News

Lebanon's Reality TV: Like The Kardashians, Only Less Serious

2:51pm April 02, 2015

by Alice Fordham

Maybe it's a sign that the U.S. does have influence in the Middle East. Lebanon's newest reality show, The Sisters, might look familiar. It features a trio of sisters who are into fashion big time.

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New 'Daily Show' Host Faces Criticism Over Questionable Tweets

2:23pm April 02, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Less than 24 hours after "The Daily Show" made its announcement, new host Trevor Noah is facing backlash over tweets he posted where he ridicules Jews, lesbians and overweight women.

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Rev. Robert H. Schuller, pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., speaks at the church in 1996. Schuller, who hosted the top-rated Hour of Power telecast for decades, died Thursday at age 88.

Megachurch Founder, Televangelist Robert Schuller Dies At 88

12:34pm April 02, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The pastor who built his church from nothing in the 1960s also launched the Hour of Power broadcast a decade later. By 2010, however, the palatial Crystal Cathedral was forced into bankruptcy.

Comedy Central Backs New 'Daily Show' Host Despite Insensitive Tweets

5:22pm April 01, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Comedy Central named Trevor Noah on Monday to replace Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show. The 31-year-old comic is being criticized for misogynistic and anti-Semitic jokes tweeted in 2009.

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Trevor Noah at a Comedy Central event in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2012.

National

Trevor Noah Is A Quarter Jewish. Does That Make His Anti-Semitic Jokes OK?

3:13pm April 01, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old South African with a global following, appeared on The Daily Show three times before he got the nod as Jon Stewart's replacement. Now he's in hot water over some old tweets.

Arts

From 'Banana' To 'Cucumber,' New Series Spans The Spectrum Of Sex

2:55pm April 01, 2015

Cucumber tells the adventures of a middle-aged gay man; Banana is a series of short stories. Russell T. Davies, who made Queer As Folk, says the titles came from a scientific institute in Switzerland.

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Arts

New Frank Sinatra Documentary Charts His Professional Ups And Downs

2:55pm April 01, 2015

by David Bianculli

Alex Gibney intersperses recently unearthed concert footage from 1971 with vintage and newly recorded interviews to make Sinatra: All or Nothing At All. It's illuminating and by no means a puff piece.

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National

Patton Oswalt Tweets In Defense Of Comedy — And Trevor Noah

11:11am April 01, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

South African comedian Trevor Noah has been criticized for some tweets that critics say are sexist and anti-Semitic. Among his supporters is Oswalt, who took to Twitter to make his point.

Actor Mark Rylance, seen here as Thomas Cromwell in Masterpiece's Wolf Hall, views Cromwell as a survivor who knows how to manipulate power to his advantage. "He has the mind of a chess player," Rylance says.

Books
Arts

'Wolf Hall' On Stage And TV Means More Makeovers For Henry VIII's 'Pit Bull'

8:39pm March 31, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Hilary Mantel's popular novels breathed new life into Thomas Cromwell's legacy. Now, between a play and a miniseries, there seems to be no limit to the blacksmith's son's potential for reinvention.

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Richard Dean Anderson portrayed MacGyver with the perfect combination of cool and nerdy.

Science
Arts

Will The Next 'MacGyver' Be An Indian Woman?

8:13pm March 31, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Sharpen your Swiss Army knives and grab an extra roll of duct tape, because Mac may be coming back. The creators are looking to the fans to design the new show. And there's one big twist.

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