Duke University may not be keen on its portrayal in season three of The White Lotus, but its students seem to share a different sentiment about the show. On Feb. 16, HBO viewers were introduced to the Ratliff family, a quintet of dramatized North Carolinians who seem plagued by a century-long rivalry — that of Duke versus its neighboring …
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Tribeca Festival 2025 to Open With Billy Joel Documentary Premiere
The 2025 Tribeca Festival is set to open with the world premiere of Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part HBO documentary. The doc explores Joel’s life and music, including how the love, loss and personal struggles he has experienced fuel his songwriting. The project includes never-before-seen performances, home movies and personal photographs as well as exclusive interviews. The …
Read More »‘Dennis the Menace’ Star Was 73
Jay North, who starred as the young mischief maker with the characteristic blond cowlick on the 1959-63 CBS comedy Dennis the Menace, has died. He was 73. North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after years of battling colon cancer, Jeannie Russell, who played Margaret Wade on his show, told The Hollywood Reporter. She called him her …
Read More »2025 Men’s Final Four TV Ratings Are the Best Since 2017
The second ever all-top seed men’s Final Four delivered two tight games — and two big TV audiences — on Saturday. Fast national ratings from Nielsen have the two games averaging about 15.3 million viewers, the best mark for the men’s Final Four since 2017 (with the caveat that Nielsen didn’t include out of home viewing in its measurement until three …
Read More »Ariana Grande Hits No. 1 With ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Deluxe Album
Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine album has once again hit the top of the Billboard 200 chart, with her recently released Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead landing on No. 1. The deluxe album, released on March 28, also earned the top spot on Billboard’s album sales, current album sales and vinyl album charts. The album features six new tracks from …
Read More »Gang of Four Bassist Was 69
Dave Allen, the bass player for postpunk band Gang of Four whose playing style was one of the group’s signatures, has died. Allen died Saturday, April 5 at the age of 69, former bandmates Jon King and Hugo Burnham wrote in a social media post. “It is with broken yet full hearts that we share the news that Dave Allen, …
Read More »Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer Interview
[This story contains MAJOR spoilers from the season two finale of 1923, “A Dream and a Memory.”] “What took you so long?” Those are the words that viewers of 1923 will be left to treasure after the poignant two-hour season two finale of Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel series. The final scene of the Western saga, which is set generations before the …
Read More »Mike White’s Comedy Classic Turns 20
Two decades before viewers began booking time with The White Lotus, series creator Mike White struck a chord with the movie School of Rock. White wrote and co-stars in director Richard Linklater’s comedy that features Jack Black as Dewey Finn, an aimless musician turned substitute teacher at a tony elementary school who convinces students to form a band. White penned …
Read More »‘Finding Your Roots’ Host Henry Louis Gates Learns of White Ancestor
Turning the mysteries of the past into wow moments on television has been Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s calling card for well over a decade. Whether it’s his award-winning PBS series Finding Your Roots or the groundbreaking African American Lives, Gates has crafted a blueprint for how history can be both entertaining and informative. What started as a passion for …
Read More »‘A Minecraft Movie’ Strikes Box Office Gold With Record $157M Opening
The box office blues have been banished in historic fashion. Warner Bros.‘ A Minecraft Movie, made with help from Legendary Pictures, struck gold with a record-shattering $157 million opening domestically and $144 million overseas for a global start of $301 million. The film came in tens of millions ahead of expectations to score the top start ever for a video …
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