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Available on demand to Apple Music subscribers, Lady Gaga’s intimate performance at the Wiltern in Los Angeles features a performance of her entire last album complete with rearrangements and interludes.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
15 May 2026 -
On his latest album of shaky rapping and abstract interludes, the multi-hyphenate creator finds a strange middle ground.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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In his urban dramas, Kurosawa can open a frame onto the sprawl of Tokyo; on a historical set, any exterior view risks revealing a studio wall or an anachronism.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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The dramas and comedies of Fall 2026 that will be aired by the big four networks will have a much better chance of being popular reruns in 2036 or 2046 than anything made for Netflix.—
Ted Linhart,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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One of the most interesting additions is a batch of History Channel dramatizations of the lives of American presidents.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Are there any like dramatizations of his life that exist in TV or film?—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, Hollywood decided adult comedies were not good bets in movie theaters, and instead focused heavily on superheroes and animated films.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
22 May 2026
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Successful network comedies are still rare, so stakes were high, and despite the veteran group, there was an element of novelty to the production.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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