The rest of 2016 may have been a raging dumpster fire, but there was at least one category in which the year was better than its predecessor: local ties to movies. Meanwhile, on TV, Paula Francis ends a long career as news anchor for KLAS-TV, Channel 8.
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The deaths of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher over the past 48 hours have left the team behind the upcoming HBO documentary on the mother and daughter reeling from shock.
Our picks this week for movies, TV and streaming video include “La La Land” and “America’s Got Talent Holiday Spectacular.”
“La La Land,” a musical love story of two struggling artists set in Los Angeles, on Sunday swept the top prizes at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
Movie and TV lovers can be a tricky bunch to buy for, as everyone’s tastes are so specific. But these gift ideas are as universal as they come. Especially the universal remote control.
Jimmy Kimmel has been tapped to host the 2017 Academy Awards, Variety has learned.
Alice Drummond, a veteran stage actress who appeared in films including “Awakenings” and the original 1984 “Ghostbusters,” has died. She was 88.
Netflix will now let members download select TV shows and movies for viewing on Apple and Android devices while disconnected from the internet.
In an attempt to cut through all the holiday clutter on TV, here’s a look at the 25 specials of the season you should check out.
Out of all the new Netflix offerings for December, a whopping 29 of them are Netflix Originals. One of the new offerings, is the timely movie, “Barry,” about Barack Obama’s journey to the presidency.
Actress Shelley Duvall has revealed her struggles with mental illness in an interview with “Dr. Phil.”
Robert Vaughn, who starred as Napoleon Solo on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” from 1964 to 1968, died on Friday of acute leukemia, his manager Matthew Sullivan told Variety. He was 83.
Quite a few Netflix originals, including several new series, take off in November.
More than 40 years after one of the great cult films of all time introduced an unsuspecting public to sweet transvestites, a mad scientist making an erotic Frankenstein creature, and a highly repressed yet oversexed Brad and Janet, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back, this time as a TV remake on Fox.
Caesars Palace hosted a special Friday screening of the documentary “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross,” where the man of the hour was Mike Metzger. The 40-year-old was back at the hotel where in 2006, he completed a backflip over the Caesars Palace fountains.