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IndieWire Honors 2025 Was a Celebration of TV at Its Very Best: See All the Photos
There’s no award show quite like IndieWire Honors. The star power is as bright as you’ll find anywhere, with creatives behind “Severance,” “Adolescence,” “Paradise,” “Poker Face,” “The Penguin,” “Ren Faire,” “1923,” “#1 Happy Family USA,” and “Matlock” in attendance. But it assembles those stars in an intimate setting that’s more about celebrating the human work…
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Tyranny of television
It’s 2025, and yet prime-time Indian television continues to glorify cruelty against women under the garb of “traditional values”. There is a deeply disturbing serial currently airing on a Hindi general entertainment channel, centred on the character of a kind, talented, and good-hearted young woman who is relentlessly humiliated because of her weight. From the…
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‘Spidey and his Amazing Friends,’ ‘Dragon Striker’ and ‘Sam Witch’ Headline Disney Branded TV’s Annecy Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Disney Branded Television has pulled back the curtain on a robust new lineup of animated content for Disney+, Disney Jr. and Disney Channel ahead of its showcase at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. From greenlighting new series like “Sam Witch” to revealing first looks at genre-bending projects like “Dragon Striker,” Disney’s latest slate doubles…
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‘Resident Alien’ — Sara Tomko and Alan Tudyk discuss the “gross” seductive dance from the season 4 premiere
There is now more than one resident alien in the town of Patience. We learned in the season three finale that a shape shifting mantid replaced Harry and traveled back to Earth following the escape from the Greys. The mantid has made himself at home and even the people closest to Dr Vanderspeigle can’t tell…
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Should You Really Put Your Television Over Your Mantel?
It’s time we settle an age-old debate: Where should your living room television *actually* go? There’s no hard-and-fast rule, but designers have opinions on the best way to keep your family entertaining space functional and stylish. And sometimes, those opinions isn’t always based on aesthetics! “I don’t always want to fight the ‘TV over the…
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Why Is Everyone on Television So Rich Now?
Watching Carrie Bradshaw—erstwhile sex columnist, intrepid singleton, striver—float down the majestic staircase of her new Gramercy townhouse on a recent episode of And Just Like That while wearing a transparent tulle gown, on an errand to mail a letter, is one of the most cognitively dissonant television experiences I’ve had recently. And Just Like That…
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Who lives here? June 7, 2025
Who lives here? DreamWorks Pictures Each week, The News-Gazette will show a screenshot of a home from a movie or TV show and ask readers, “Who lives here?” Send your guesses to [email protected], and we’ll give a winner a shoutout on next week’s page. Be sure to include your full name and town of residence.…
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Fayetteville for $800: 12 times Jeopardy! clues referenced the ‘Ville
Fayetteville’s place in history has earned the city several mentions on Jeopardy over the TV game show’s 61-year run. Whether it’s Fort Bragg, Fayetteville or the city’s world-renowned celebrities, the area has produced plenty of historical facts. Each episode of the show’s 41 seasons in daily syndication is documented on the website J Archive, a fan-created…
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TV tonight: the BBC opens a Billy Joel treasure trove
Billy Joel at the BBC 8.40pm, BBC TwoIt’s basically a Billy Joel night for megafans to get lost in on BBC Two, with his 100th show at Madison Square Garden last year and a vintage recording from 1978 airing later in the evening. But first: a warm-up with these archive clips of Joel performing over…
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Beth: Channel 4’s first ‘digital drama’ is so snoozy that no young people will watch it
In 1964, Andy Warhol shot the Empire State Building then turned it into an art film called Empire, which is more than eight hours long. I was reminded of this last Christmas when I let my nine-year-old niece choose what to watch on TV. She went straight to the YouTube app and pressed play on…