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How to Choose Something to Watch Without Losing Forty Minutes to the Menu
The scroll is a real phenomenon and it has a real cause: the interface is designed to keep you browsing, not to help you decide. Here's a system that takes under three minutes.
August 30, 2026 3:29 pm
Christine Vachon on Pedro Pascal Replacing Joaquin Phoenix: "The Happy Ending We Deserved"
Todd Haynes' De Noche nearly died. Joaquin Phoenix walked days before production, the project collapsed, and Haynes lost a year. Producer Christine Vachon has now discussed the aftermath, and she is remarkably cheerful about it.
August 29, 2026 5:37 pm
Weekly or All at Once: The Release Debate, Settled (Mostly)
Every time a platform splits a season or drops eight hours at midnight, the argument restarts. Both camps are right about different things, so here's the actual breakdown.
August 28, 2026 10:30 am
The Writers Guild Has Words for the Mayor of Los Angeles
The WGA hit back at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday after she expressed support for a settlement in the litigation surrounding the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
August 27, 2026 2:31 pm
Why Half the Best Shows Are Suddenly Subtitled
Fifteen years ago, an international drama reaching a mass English-speaking audience was an event. Now it's routine, and the shift happened for structural reasons rather than a sudden collective change in taste.
August 26, 2026 4:44 pm
Dancing With the Stars Is Rehearsing in Masks to Stop Anyone Identifying the Cast
Season 35 of Dancing With the Stars won't reveal its full lineup until September 2 on Good Morning America, but rehearsals started this week, and ABC has resorted to escorting celebrities out of the studio in masks to keep the secret.
August 25, 2026 11:11 am
Anime for People Who Say They Don't Watch Anime
The objection is usually about a specific aesthetic — screaming teenagers, endless episode counts, a tone that reads as juvenile from outside. Fair enough. Here are six series that don't do that, sorted by what you already like.
August 24, 2026 10:24 am
Curtis Lum Is Doing Double Duty on The Rookie: North and Cross
Curtis Lum has joined two shows at once: ABC's The Rookie: North and season three of Prime Video's Cross, per Deadline.
August 23, 2026 12:41 pm
The Mid-Budget Movie Died and It's Why Cinemas Feel Strange Now
Think about the films that defined your twenties. A lot of them cost between thirty and sixty million dollars — adult dramas, thrillers, comedies with a star and a script. That entire category has largely vanished from theaters, and its absence explains most of what feels off about going to the movies.
August 22, 2026 11:25 am
The Audacity Adds Usman Ally as a Series Regular for Season 2
AMC's Silicon Valley satire The Audacity has cast Usman Ally as a series regular for its second season, per Deadline.
August 21, 2026 6:55 pm
114 episodes: Netflix's action thriller is owning streaming
Netflix has just dropped a pitch‑perfect ‘Lioness’ replacement — and it’s already causing a stir on its first‑ever streaming run.
August 20, 2026 1:49 pm
Still getting better: 10 of the best 21st-century sci-fi TV series
Just when you think this series has peaked, it finds another gear and ups the ante yet again.
August 19, 2026 9:21 am
Money didn’t sway their love, A$AP Rocky says of Rihanna’s fortune: 'proud of my woman'
A$AP Rocky isn’t threatened by Rihanna’s shine—he celebrates it, and he’s breaking down why that mindset matters.
August 18, 2026 12:48 pm
Not even $20 million could sway Vin Diesel toward '2 Fast 2 Furious'
Vin Diesel lays out why he walked away from a massive sequel paycheck — and no, it wasn’t about the money.
August 17, 2026 3:12 pm
Who’s Who in Netflix’s This Summer Will Be Different: Cast and Character Guide
Netflix's This Summer Will Be Different has confirmed its cast — but who's playing whom?
August 16, 2026 10:39 am
Hollywood ageism kept Samantha Morton from a project after The Odyssey, she says
The Odyssey star Samantha Morton says there’s a blunt reason she hasn’t booked an acting role since filming Christopher Nolan’s epic — and it says plenty about Hollywood.
August 15, 2026 1:25 pm
Curious about My Brilliant Career on Netflix? Release date, cast, plot inside
Netflix is rolling out a new take on a classic novel—get the scoop on the cast, plot, trailer, and how to stream it.
August 14, 2026 8:56 am
Voice cast, plot and release date roundup for Ricky Gervais’s Alley Cats on Netflix
From the cast and plot to when Alley Cats drops, we’ve got the essentials you’re hunting for.
August 13, 2026 4:41 pm
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