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News Articles: Television

This 1:24 scale miniature was used to film pivotal scenes from the first Star Wars film. It's now at the center of a auction of items collected over decades by Greg Jein, a master model-builder for film and TV.

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  • Pop Culture

'Star Wars' Red Leader X-wing model heads a cargo bay's worth of props at auction

More than 550 items from the late Greg Jein are heading to auction, from Nichelle Nichols' iconic knee-high boots and red tunic as Lt. Uhura to a hairpiece for William Shatner's Captain Kirk.

September 11, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
<em>Star Trek</em>'s George Takei and LeVar Burton on strike outside Paramount Pictures

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  • Television

'Star Trek' stars join the picket lines in Hollywood

Stars of Star Trek and its many spinoffs gathered outside Paramount Pictures during the labor dispute.

September 10, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Blair Penner, left, Chloe Bennet and Anthony Konechny in <em>Married by Mistake.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Made in Heaven series, the movies Married by Mistake and Gran Turismo and the 50 MPH podcast.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Candice Lim,
  • Bedatri D. Choudhury,
  • and 2 more
Actor Danny Masterson leaves Los Angeles superior Court with his wife Bijou Phillips after a judge declared a mistrial in his rape case in 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

Actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape

The "That '70s Show" star was found guilty of two counts of rape in May, in a trial that involved the Church of Scientology.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Actor Michelle Allaire owns the S&W Country Diner in Culver City.

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  • Movies

From snow globes to tutoring, strikes kick Hollywood side hustles into high gear

One comedy writer opened a snow globe business on Etsy. A showrunner's assistant is offering bar and bat mitzvah tutoring. As the strikes wear on, here's how Hollywood workers are getting by.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
SAG-AFTRA leader Fran Drescher has some choice words for Hollywood studio heads.

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  • Business

'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
Lars Mikkelsen stars as real estate baron Holger Lang in Season 3 of the Danish thriller <em>Face to Face.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Face to Face' is a murder mystery that lives up to the tradition of Nordic Noir

Imagine if Logan Roy from Succession had to solve a murder. That's the vibe of the third and final season of this Danish thriller, which focuses on a heartless developer's attempt to solve a crime.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • John Powers
Franne Lee at the New York Public Library's Hal Prince exhibition in 2019. Lee designed the costumes for Prince's <em>Sweeney Todd</em> and <em>Candide.</em>

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  • Obituaries

Franne Lee, who designed costumes for 'SNL' and 'Sweeney Todd,' dies at 81

From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
The new documentary <em>Little Richard: I Am Everything</em> premieres Monday Sept. 4. Above, Little Richard performs in 1975.

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  • TV Reviews

CNN's new Little Richard documentary is a worthy tribute to the rock 'n' roll legend

Little Richard: I Am Everything focuses on the star's roots in — and struggle with — his connection to queer culture. TV critic Eric Deggans says it's a masterpiece.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
The idea that boundless customization is the way of the future misunderstands the relationship between creator and audience and the negotiation that goes on between the two. Above, Laura Marano as Cami and Jordi Webber as Jack in <em>Choose Love</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

This romcom lets you pick the ending — that doesn't make it good

Turns out multiple choice options work better for SATs than for storytelling. Netflix's Choose Love makes the case against AI writing — ordering a movie like a pizza doesn't make for good movies.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Sam Lipman-Stern in the HBO docuseries <em>Telemarketers.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Telemarketers docuseries, Celebrity Book Club and the novel Once More with Feeling.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ronald Young Jr,
  • Kristen Meinzer,
  • and 1 more
The late night heavyweights are putting their power into a new podcast, sharing this image on the Instagram page for the show.

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  • Television

Late night TV hosts team up for a new podcast amid the writers' strike

The biggest names in late night have turned their private group chat into a Spotify podcast. All the proceeds will go to support their staff during the writers' strike.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Bob Barker poses among a sea of prizes at the 6,000th taping of <em>The Price Is Right,</em> in 2004. Barker, who hosted the show for decades, was twice named TV's "Most Durable Performer" by Guinness World Records.

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  • Obituaries

Longtime 'Price Is Right' host Bob Barker dies at 99

For 35 years, Barker was a familiar presence in the living rooms of everyone from little old ladies, to kids home sick from school. He used his fame to promote another great passion: animal rights.

August 26, 2023
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By:
  • Amy Blaszyk
Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Carrie (Parker), and Anthony (Mario Cantone).

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  • Pop Culture

It's still a haute mess, but I can't resist 'And Just Like That...'

In Season 2, the show settled into its groove as an agreeable-enough cringe-watch.

August 25, 2023
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Quarterback Trilian Harris is one of the players swindled in a phony high school football program the state of Ohio later called a "scam."

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  • TV Reviews

In 'BS High' and 'Telemarketers,' scamming is a group effort

In two HBO documentary projects about scams in football and telemarketing, the systemic problems that drive big-time and small-time grift get their due.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
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