Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 Given that the showrunners planned Shrinking Season 3 Episode 11 as a series finale, wrapping the grief-healing-moving-forward arc they’d had in mind from the show’s inception, it serves that purpose well. As a season finale, bridging the narrative into the announced Shrinking Season 4 and maintaining our interest in
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Aubrey Plaza is pregnant and expecting her first child with partner Chris Abbott, according to PEOPLE. The couple collaborated on the 2020 indie film Black Bear and the 2023 off-Broadway production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.  Plaza was previously married to director Jeff Baena, but they separated in fall 2024. Baena died last
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Selecting the best recent historical fiction books feels like a contradiction in terms. Historical fiction is a broad genre, encompassing thousands of years and spanning the entire globe. It can focus on the most well-known figures of all time or highlight everyday lives that don’t typically make it into textbooks. Ironically, historical fiction feels like
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A Utah judge granted Taylor Frankie Paul supervised visits with her two-year-old son after hearing arguments Tuesday on a protective order sought by ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Paul and Mortensen, who have had an on-and-off relationship following her split with ex-husband Tate Paul in 2022, participated in the hearing remotely while their lawyers appeared in person
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BBC Studios has created what it is calling the first fully rights-cleared streaming platform developed for airlines. BBC Player has been developed with Panasonic Avionics and will provide in-flight entertainment with BBC Studios shows. BBC Player will have different sections including BBC Earth, BBC News, BritBox, BBC Kids and CBeebies. BBC Studios is terming the
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UPDATED with latest: The 2026 Oscars are history, so here’s look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Check back often for updates. March 31: Webby Awards nominations April 2: Anime Awards nominations 28: Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation May 10: BAFTA Television Awards 17: Academy of Country Music Awards 23: Anime Awards 31: Peabody Awards TBA:
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A day before going on sale to the general public, London’s Wireless Festival has been canceled after headliner Kanye West was denied entry into the United Kingdom, bringing an abrupt end to days of controversy surrounding his planned appearance. Now known as YE, the artist has faced widespread criticism for a series of antisemitic, racist
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Inaugural James Patterson & Bookshop.org Prize I’m always excited to see what Bookshop.org does next, and I
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For many WGA members, one fact loomed large over these negotiations: The 2023 writers strike coincided with a sharp contraction in employment, with Writers Guild data showing television writing jobs falling 42% year over year in the 2023–24 season—equating to there being roughly 1,300 fewer positions. The SAG-AFTRA negotiations are proceeding under a media blackout,
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Paramount‘s beleaguered stock jumped nearly 11% Tuesday after news of deep-pocketed Middle East backers joining its Warner Bros. Discovery takeover. The shares, which had fallen 20% in 2026 heading into Tuesday’s trading, finished at $10.90 on more than three times their normal trading volume. Several regulatory agencies have approved Paramount’s pending $110 billion deal for
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Aaron Tveit is back on Broadway right now in the musical Chess and he has a show-stopping moment with the power ballad “Pity the Child,” which you can now stream on all services! The Act 2 song is all about his character Freddie Trumper reflecting on his childhood and how his struggles as a kid
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Offset was shot Monday evening near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, according to TMZ. A spokesperson for the former Migos rapper told TMZ that he is “fine” and “is currently at the hospital receiving medical care,” adding that he is “stable and being closely monitored.” The circumstances surrounding the shooting
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We’ve confirmed that Andy Serkis will reprise his role as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s butler, in Matt Reeves’ follow-up The Batman II which commences shooting in June in London. Essentially, what required solving was reconciling Serkis’ production days on DC Studio’s The Batman II with that of the next New Line film he’s prepping, Lord
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Rob Alexander’s It Just So Happens presents a thoughtfully assembled collection of songs that draw heavily from classic piano-pop traditions while exploring a broad range of moods and ideas. Across its fifteen tracks, the album moves with ease between playful moments, narrative-driven songwriting, and more introspective themes. The result is a project that feels cohesive but never
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Hallmark Media is adding to its executive ranks. The company has hired Marybeth Sprows as SVP Original Series and promoted Tatiana Erasme to VP Casting and Talent. The moves reunite Sprows with the company, having previously worked at the then-titled Crown Media before moving to Sony Pictures Television, where she ran its Affirm Television division that produced faith and family programming. Before
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Lady Gaga and Doechii will enliven The Devil Wears Prada 2 with the original song “Runway,” a portion of which debuted today (April 6) in the final trailer for the film. Out May 1, it finds Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci reprising their roles from the 2006 original, which was nominated
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SUNDAY AM WRITETHROUGH after Saturday update: Keep refreshing Illumination/Nintendo/Universal‘s Super Mario Galaxy Movie has revived tentpoles even further than Project Hail Mary with a $372.5M opening, the biggest worldwide debut for an MPA movie since Avatar: Fire & Ash. The 2023 Super Mario Bros in like-for-likes did $387.8M. Foreign haul since Wednesday on the Chris
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