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Pack those bags, you’re heading to “Schitt’s Creek!” Okay, so not really, but at least you get to play the game. The multiple Emmy-winning series is the latest TV show to receive the board game treatment with “Monopoly: Schitt’s Creek Edition,” released by OP Games earlier this month. One thing for players to remember: Houses and hotels are few and far between in Schitt’s Creek, so you’ll want to set up improvements and renovations (and try to hold on to your riches in the process)....

Initially reported via The Hollywood Reporter, Rae will be providing the voice for Jessica Drew, otherwise known as one of the earliest Spider-Man spin-off characters, Spider-Woman. Rae’s name is the first new performer to be attached to the sequel. Both Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld will return as main character Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen, respectively. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, as well as David Callaham, will be the credited screenwriters with Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K....

Lucas won an Oscar for editing the original “Star Wars” along with Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew. She returned to co-edit “Return of the Jedi” and went uncredited on “The Empire Strikes Back.” Prior to “Star Wars,” Lucas made a name for herself editing Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” and she was also Oscar nominated for “American Graffiti.” Marcia Lucas was married to George Lucas between 1969 and 1983....

The official “Stardust” synopsis from IFC Films reads: “Meet David before Bowie. One of the greatest icons in music history. But who was the young man behind the many faces? In 1971, a 24-year-old David Bowie (Flynn) embarks on his first road trip to America with Mercury Records publicist Ron Oberman (Marc Maron), only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. ‘Stardust’ offers a glimpse behind the curtain of the moments that inspired the creation of Bowie’s first and most memorable alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, capturing the turning point that cemented his career as one of the world’s greatest cultural icons....

On the historical drama front, “The Great” (Hulu) finally broke through in Season 2 with an impressive win for period costumes, while “Bridgerton” (Netflix) took period hairstyling, and “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) earned period/fantasy production design. On the downside, Marvel’s mind-bending “Moon Knight” only managed one win (sound editing), while the time-bending “Loki” was shut out. On the animation front, “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” (Disney+) became the first-ever animated film to win Television Movie, while Netflix took Animated Program honors for first-time streaming winner “Arcane” and Short Form once again for “Love Death + Robots....

In 2019, there was only one “but” that broke the internet and it belonged to Kendall Roy. The crux of “Succession” Season 2 hinged on a single word, uttered by Jeremy Strong in the finale, during a speech delivered at a press conference which saw Logan Roy (Brian Cox), patriarch of the Roy family and head of the Waystar Royco empire, thrown neatly under the bus by his (second) eldest son....

Crowley’s play, a chamber portrait of pre-liberation gay America that plays like “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” for bitchy queens, was first brought to the screen by William Friedkin in 1970. The story unfolds over the course of a birthday party on a hot New York City night in 1968, when gay behavior had to be closeted and coded. The party is being hosted by Michael (Parsons), a decadent guy who spends and drinks too much, in honor of his friend Harold (Quinto), famous for his rapier wit....

Rigid on-set protocols are now a way of life for the series, and that life is being reflected similarly on the show. In the show’s storyline, the loud-mouthed Conner family is quarantining together — and the producers explained that with four episodes are already shot, they’re hoping to continue focusing on the ramifications of the pandemic throughout the entire season. On top of that, when the team discovered they’d be premiering at the end of October, they rushed into production on an election episode, as well as one exploring how the Conners celebrate Halloween this year....

“The Furnace” marks the latest compelling entry to this emerging subgenre, and while writer-director Roderick MacKay’s first feature hews to plenty of formulaic twists, it brings new faces to the traditional Outback survival tale, giving it fresh urgency in the process. A tense and bloody chase across the Western Australian desert set against the 1890s Gold Rush, “The Furnace” focuses on the little-known plight of a “Ghan” cameleer — one of many Muslim and Sikh camel drivers who hauled materials across the unforgiving terrain, where the menacing gaze of the white man proved just as dangerous as the heat....

It only took three seasons, but Moira Strand finally got her woman. In the closing moments of the fifth episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale’s” fourth season, Moira (played by an always sterling Samira Wiley) discovers her bruised and battered best friend June (an equally unimpeachable Elisabeth Moss) unexpectedly wandering around a newly-bombed Chicago wasteland. And in that instant everything changed. It was the moment fans of Hulu’s Emmy-winning drama series had been waiting on for years....

Kim (in)famously wore multiple of late icon Monroe’s gowns during the 2022 Met Gala festivities alongside then-boyfriend Pete Davidson. And while the love story between Kim and the “Saturday Night Live” alum will be fodder for Season 2, streaming September 22 on Hulu, the second season of the critically acclaimed hit series truly is a family affair with drama coming from all sides. “Season 2 is going to be insanity,” Khloe Kardashian says in the trailer, while later admitting she feels like a “fish in a fish bowl” when discussing backlash to a previous article....

In Emma Cooper’s words, “it’s quite helpful that I’m British.” “Of course I knew who they are,” she said in an interview with IndieWire. “But I know way more about Prince Charles.” Cooper, the director of “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes,” admits she never understood the mystique surrounding Marilyn Monroe before she began work on the film. Nor did she have any sentimental attachments to the idealized America that the Kennedy presidency represented....

Series creator Matt Groening told USA Today in an interview published Monday, in celebration of the show’s 700th episode, that his team has “something kind of ambitious” in the works for the character following Hank Azaria stepping down as the voice of Apu. “The Simpsons” and Apu, an Indian immigrant character in the show who runs a Kwik-E-Mart business, had courted controversy for several years due to Apu’s characterization, which has been criticized as a racial stereotype....

After sitting out the third standalone Thor feature, “Thor: Ragnarok,” original star Natalie Portman returns for “Love and Thunder,” care of a meaty role as Dr. Jane Foster that’s already drawn strong praise from fans and critics alike. And, as has long been teased by director Taika Waititi, Portman is very much along for the entire ride this time around, as the film sees her character going through a massive transformation into someone, well, massive: her very own Thor....

It’s difficult to imagine that nearly 15 years has passed since Bravo first introduced the world to its merry band of cheftestants and a culinary competition that would take the world by storm. It changed the tide of reality TV, from a genre that perpetuated tawdy shock-and-awe spectacles to one that allowed for storybuilding and empathetic characters. But empires aren’t built overnight and “Top Chef” was no different, not adding signature host Padma Lakshmi, with her warmth, withering looks, and witty repartee until Season 2 and continuing to fine-tune the series long after that....

“Two Distant Strangers” follows a day in the life of cartoonist Carter James (Joey Badass), a young Black guy trying to get home to his dog the morning after a promising first date. When a totally benign encounter with a police officer goes south, he finds himself back in the woman’s bed after a brutal shooting. Each morning he tries to escape his fate in ever more creative ways, and each morning he wakes up in the same place after his waking nightmare....

Anyone who hasn’t strapped on a VR headset might think they were watching a low-budget animated movie with glitchy effects, but “We Met in Virtual Reality” is actually a groundbreaking documentary shot exclusively in VRchat, the popular VR social platform. The feature-length debut of UK-based filmmaker Joe Hunting stems from his experiences roaming VRchat over the course of three years, during which time he befriended many of the communities within....

“WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn” tells one of these stories. Following the path laid out by its subtitle, Hulu’s documentary tracks the meteoric rise of a modest co-working venture as it morphed into the behemoth We Company — housing a half-dozen lifestyle brands like WeLive, WeGrow, and, oddly, Rise by We — through its aptly fiery fall, marking the biggest implosion in the history of start-ups (per The New York Times)....

This year’s SAG Awards highlighted and expanded on the show’s signature “I Am An Actor” stories through funny and intimate docuseries-inspired interviews, which were woven throughout the telecast. The show continued its longstanding tradition of honoring the outstanding performances of the past year with announcements in 13 categories. Last year, all the SAG Ensemble nominees went on to win Academy Awards, including SAG’s big winner “Parasite,” which took home Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and International Feature for Bong Joon Ho at the Oscars....