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Adding Paul Rudd and Meryl Streep to 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Three Is Pure Whodunnit Heaven

Getting sleuthing with the murder-mystery comedy’s OG crew and high-profile newcomers is an utter delight.

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'Barbie' Just Became the First Film by a Solo Female Director to Make $1 Billion at the Global Box Office

Life in plastic keeps proving fantastic for Greta Gerwig's hit comedy — with audiences worldwide and box-office records.

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A List of All the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked

No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all.

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Sigourney Weaver Burns Up the Screen in Book-to-TV Aussie Miniseries 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart'

The acting legend plays an Australian matriarch wading through secrets and lies with her orphaned granddaughter.

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Coming of Age and Coming Out: 'Heartstopper' Season Two Keeps Swooning in Big, Small, Cute and Complex Moments

Returning for a second season, Netflix's queer teen gem is still as sweet, smart and joyous as ever.

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Marvel's Trailer for 'Loki' Season Two Brings Oscar-Winner Ke Huy Quan Into a Different Multiverse

Time is slipping and glitching in the Disney+ series' long-awaited return — and the 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' star has been brought in to help.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in July

Spend your couch time watching a savvy new star-studded science-fiction comedy, the delicious return of 'The Bear' and a modern-day take on 'Sweeney Todd'.

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SXSW Sydney Has Announced the First Nine Films for Its Debut Screen Festival Down Under

Movie lovers, get excited — you've got films starring Indonesian rappers, about Tokyo Uber Eats riders and featuring viral Chinese dance crazes to watch.

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It Looks Like the 2023 Emmys Will Be Postponed Due to Hollywood's Current Strikes

You'll likely be waiting a bit longer to find out how 'Succession', 'The Last of Us' and 'The White Lotus' fare at Hollywood's big annual TV awards this year.

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Michael Sheen and David Tennant Still Make a Supremely Heavenly Duo in 'Good Omens' Season Two

With the comedic fantasy series finally back to thwart another battle between heaven and hell, its lead casting couldn’t be more divine.

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Let This Vampire Comedy Live Forever: 'What We Do in the Shadows' Just Keeps Sparkling in Season Five

Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou and Kayvan Novak were born to play Staten Island's vampire housemates.

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Paul Rudd, Meryl Streep, More Sleuthing: That's the Full 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Three Trailer

Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short have another death to solve — and another podcast season to record.

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Crushes, Coming Out and Cute Paris Trips: The Trailer for 'Heartstopper' Season Two Is Here

Charlie and Nick are officially a couple in the page-to-screen Netflix hit's second season, which hits streaming in early August.

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From RackaRacka's Viral Videos to 2023's Creepiest Horror Movie: Danny Philippou Chats 'Talk to Me'

Since they were nine, Adelaide-born twins Danny and Michael Philippou wanted to make movies. Now they've directed the A24-distributed horror sensation of the year.

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Shut Up and Take My Money: The Newly Defrosted and Still-Hilarious 'Futurama' Is Back in Vintage Form

It's been 24 years since it debuted, and ten since it last aired episodes, but Matt Groening's other big animated hit feels like it never left.

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Higher, Further, Faster: The Full Trailer for 'The Marvels' Is Here with Space Fights and Flerkens

Continuing its fifth phase, the MCU is teaming up Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan to save several worlds.

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It Looks Like Some of 2023's Big Movies Might Delay Releasing Until 2024 Due to the Actors' Strike

'Dune: Part One' was delayed due to the pandemic — and 'Dune: Part Two' might take longer to make it to the big screen, too.

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Eight Movies You Really Need to See at the 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival

This year's NZIFF standouts include a deeply affecting romance, Sydney Sweeney's most stunning performance yet and a heartbreaking French courtroom drama.

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Getting Paul Mescal Dancing in the Australian Desert: Benjamin Millepied Chats Reimagining 'Carmen'

In the acclaimed dancer-turned-filmmaker's hands, outback town Broken Hill backdrops a brand-new take on the classic opera.

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'The Bear' Serves Up Another Course of Sublime TV in the Hit Dramedy's Sizzling Second Season

Yes chef — the best new show of 2022 is finally back, and it's just as appetising and intense as ever.

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'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Is No Longer Hitting Cinemas in August Due to the Actors' Strike

You'll have to wait a little longer to see Eric Bana return as detective Aaron Falk, with a new release date not yet confirmed.

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The 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2023 So Far

Watching flicks on the couch has delivered Oscar-nominees, unsettling horror gems, delightful walk-and-talk rom-coms and more across 2023's first half.

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The 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2023 So Far

Whether you love feuding families, survival-of-the-fittest thrillers or savage satires of history, this year's best returning series have kept delivering.

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Playing Detective, Parodying Genres and Loving Murder-Mysteries: Sam Richardson Talks 'The Afterparty'

He has two Emmy nominations for 'Ted Lasso'. He loves getting ridiculous in 'I Think You Should Leave'. And he’s revelling in the sleuth life in an Apple TV+ gem.

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Hooray for HBO: 'Succession', 'The Last of Us' and 'The White Lotus' Lead 2023's Emmy Nominations

It's a great day to be a cast member on one of the three HBO hits, which picked up the US cable network 74 nominations.

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Steven Soderbergh's Twisty New Miniseries 'Full Circle' Is an All-Round Compelling Crime-Thriller

Fresh from 'Magic Mike's Last Dance', the prolific filmmaker directs, lenses and edits every episode of this starry must-watch show.

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Genre-Bending Whodunnit 'The Afterparty' Is Still One of Streaming's Funniest Murder-Mysteries in Season Two

There’s a new death and a mostly new cast, but sleuthing your way through this Apple TV+ comedy remains a treat.

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"Once a Rebel, Always a Rebel": The Full Trailer for New 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Is Here

Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Lars Mikkelsen star in this spinoff from 'The Mandalorian', which hits Disney+ in August.

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The Sweet First Trailer for 'Wonka' Takes Timothée Chalamet to a World of Pure Imagination

Roald Dahl's chocolatier gets an origin story from the director of the 'Paddington' movies — and with Hugh Grant as an Ooompa-Loompa.

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Ryan Gosling Sings About the Struggles of Being Ken in the Latest 'Barbie' Trailer

Greta Gerwig's Margot Robbie- and Ryan Gosling-starring 'Barbie' movie now includes a hilarious Ken musical number.

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Joaquin Phoenix Fights for Power in the First Trailer for Ridley Scott's Historical Epic 'Napoleon'

After working together on 'Gladiator', the actor and director reteam for another blast from the past.

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The 15 Best New TV Shows of 2023 So Far

This year just keeps delivering small-screen gems — don't say that you don't have anything to watch.

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The 15 Best Films of 2023 So Far

Paul Mescal, a Sardinian donkey, all the Spider-Men, Ari Aster's latest nightmare: they all featured in the best of the best flicks from 2023's first six months.

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Netflix's Ace 'Heartbreak High' Revival Will Return for Season Two in 2024

School will be back in session sometime next year, including with two new cast members.

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Cannibalism Dramedy 'The Horror of Dolores Roach' Serves Up a Bloody Good Twist on 'Sweeney Todd'

After starting out as a one-woman play, then becoming a podcast, this tale about empanadas with gruesome fillings hits streaming.

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Idris Elba's Tense Real-Time Plane Thriller 'Hijack' Is Nail-Biting and Swiftly Addictive Viewing

The actor everyone would like to see as 007 tries to stop terrorists on a Dubai-to-London flight in this new Apple TV+ series.

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Netflix Just Dropped the First 'Sex Education' Season Four Trailer — and Announced That the Series Is Ending

Good news, bad news: 'Sex Education' returns in September, but only for one last season.

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Calling All Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro Fans: The Full 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer Is Here

Martin Scorsese is back with another must-see crime drama — and makes his first feature to star both Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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The Full Trailer for 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' Plunges Sigourney Weaver Into an Aussie Mystery

The 'Alien' and 'Ghostbusters' icon sports an Aussie accent in this seven-part Prime Video series, which adapts Holly Ringland's 2018 novel.

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Disney+ Has Added a Sing-Along Version of 'Hamilton' So You Can Make Your House the Room Where It Happens

If you've always wanted to belt out a tune with Lin-Manuel Miranda, this is your chance.

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'Barbie' in Australia: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig on Turning a Toy Into 2023's Most-Anticipated Movie

Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae and America Ferrera hit Sydney to chat about bringing a live-action version of Mattel’s six-decade-old doll to cinemas.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June

Start with a surreal and stunning instant gem about a 13-foot-tall Oakland teenager battling a tech billionaire — and capitalism.

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