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Many science and nature documentaries remind us of our place in the cosmos and the bewilderingly complicated interconnected ecosystems that keep us all alive. These are not those documentaries. These are the documentaries filled with beautiful images of colorful fish, fluffy baby penguins, dancing birds, fruit-noshing chimps, and other wonders of nature that delight children as well as some adults who celebrate a certain holiday in April. Most of these documentaries are essentially just a series of shots of animals doing things with cheeky celebrity voiceovers supplying a loose narrative....

From show creatorAndrew Sodroski(who also ran the season about the Unabomber, featuringPaul BettanyandSam Worthington, that aired on Discovery), the Spectrum Originals drama seriesManhunt: Deadly Gameschronicles the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympic Games and the complex manhunt that followed. After first pointing the finger at the wrongly accused and innocent Richard Jewell (Cameron Britton), whose life was turned upside by the FBI and the national news media while he fought to clear his name, the FBI then focused their hunt on elusive serial bomber Eric Rudolph (Jack Huston), who had a very clear and dangerous agenda of his own....

Ekin Suis one of the most beloved reality TV starlets in the world after making her first appearance onLove Islandonly a couple of years ago. She’s continued to win the hearts of audiences by playingthe aloof, but earnest, goofy but sexy bombshellon shows likeThe Traitors,Dancing On Ice,andEkin Su and Davide: Homecoming. From petty and silly to salacious and saucy, Ekin Su is currently serving up drama of all varieties onLove Island: All Stars, and she is once again reigning as the Queen of the Love Island villa down in South Africa....

If your backyard is feeling more “blah” than “block party,”Ben and Erin Napierhave a few game-changing ideas to turn things around — just in time for late-summer hangs. While Ben and Erin may be known for their interior restoration onHome Town, they also have some pretty insightful ideas for backyard transformations that lean into cozy gazebos and smart landscape swaps.We’ve got Erin’s insider tips to bring your backyard blues to a full-blown summer paradise....

Well here’s some terrible news:FilmStruckis shutting down. The only major streaming service that showcases a broad range of classic films is being shuttered by WarnerMedia, it was announced today, in yet another move by the corporation to consolidate WarnerMedia’s various businesses. This comes on the heels of the merger with AT&T and is further proof of the real cost of corporate mergers, as Warner Bros.’ new parent company also recently handed down a dictate for HBO to increase its volume of content significantly in an effort to further compete with Netflix....

Riz Ahmedhas a way of making even a New York hotel lobby feel simultaneously cinematic and personal. It’s a sunny June afternoon when the actor hops on a Zoom call, where his latest thriller,Relay, from directorDavid Mackenzie, is making its Tribeca Film Festival debut. With a background decked out in leather couches, mirrored walls, and a chandelier suffusing the room with warm light, it’s also a setting that could belong to anyone passing through — except Ahmed....

We finally have an official release date for the highly-anticipatedFriendsreunion special, which will air on HBO Max sooner rather than later. Today the streaming platform revealedFriends: The Reunionwill drop on May 27, marking just two weeks until its big debut. Along with the premiere date, we also got a short teaser video, which featuresCourteney Cox,Jennifer Aniston,Lisa Kudrow,Matthew Perry,David Schwimmer, andMatt LeBlancwalking alongside one another in slow motion as they’re filmed from behind....

Over the past few years, no actress has shot up to fame with as much style and talent asAna de Armas. This Cuban actress arrived in Hollywood in 2015 by way of Spain and has seduced us all with her strength, charisma, and gift for telling important and entertaining stories. It’s all too clear that in the next few years, she won’t just be one star out of many, but an extremely bankable and critically acclaimed one....

The Lost Citylooks to be a throwback to romance/action adventures of a bygone era, especiallyRobert Zemeckis’s 1984 benchmarkRomancing the Stone. Even the premise is promising: romance novelist Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is abducted by billionaire Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), who seeks her help in finding the treasure of a lost civilization. It falls to Alan (Channing Tatum), the cover model for Loretta’s books, to rescue her. Paramount Pictures has leaned on the “odd couple” pairing of Tatum and Bullock to push the movie, as well as the friction between their characters....

What to do with a season of television that wasn’t particularly well-written, but was endlessly satisfying? So much of the quality ofGame of ThronesSeason 7 relied on the narrative infrastructure the show had already built. Season 7 added almost nothing new to its many storylines in terms of nuance, twist, or complexity, but it didn’t really need to. In the end, it was enough to watch the storylines we’ve been following for six prior seasons converge, tangle, and hit all of their inevitable, long-awaited story beats....

There will be some who say that after the Prequel Trilogy, we shouldn’t listen to whatGeorge Lucashas to say aboutStar Wars, which is ridiculous. Yes, those movies don’t work at all, but you can see Lucas trying to do something new both in terms of narrative and in terms of the technology. Again, he doesn’t succeed on either front, but he didn’t simply attempt to rehashA New Hopewhen he madeThe Phantom Menace....

Brandon Scott Jonesis officially a two-time Critics Choice Awards nominee! He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance inGhostslast year and now, not only did he snag another nomination in that category, but the show overall is nominated for Best Comedy Series. Just in case you’ve yet to tune in for the hit CBS series, it’s inspired by the British series of the same name and sees a couple, Samantha and Jay (Rose McIverandUtkarsh Ambudkar), inherit and move into Woodstone Manor with hopes of turning their new home into a B&B....

As Marvel Studios has just begun production on directorScott Derrickson’s magic-infusedDoctor Strange, the studio is currently in the midst of preparations for its next production, and it’s a doozy:Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Few could have predicted just how big of a successGuardians of the Galaxywould be when it opened last August, but the film performed like gangbusters and fans are clamoring for the follow-up, which seesJames Gunnreprising his duties as writer and director along with his cast ofChris Pratt,Zoe Saldana,Dave Bautista,Benicio Del Toro, and the voices ofVin DieselandBradley Cooper....