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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN As I set up the refreshments table at the “Law & Order: SVU” Emotional Support Group, enjoy this week’s TV OT. Just what I kneaded At my darkest point during the lockdown portion of the pandemic, I was awake until past 3 a.m. on most days watching old episodes of “The

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Willie Garson’s family has shared how he died. In a New York Times obituary published Thursday, his family wrote that the 57-year-old actor, whose legal name was William Garson Paszamant, died at his home in Los Angeles. “The cause was pancreatic cancer,” the obituary reads. Best known for his role

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Apple TV+ makes one of the new TV season’s biggest bets by turning writer/producer David S. Goyer loose on “Foundation,” Isaac Asimov’s sweeping and cerebral science fiction novels. The 10-episode first season looks appropriately epic but struggles to tame a centuries-spanning, complex plot that feels lost in space — dazzling

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN As is often the case with such fare, “Midnight Mass” begins as a creepy, provocative horror yarn and finally can’t deliver on its promise. Created by “The Haunting of Hill House’s” Mike Flanagan, the Netflix series deserves praise for its distinctive ambitions and jolting surprises but too often plays like

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Christopher Meloni has garnered many a fan in his role as detective Elliot Stabler on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and now “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” He is so popular that he’s been dubbed a “zaddy,” which is pretty much a hot dad. “To the best of my

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter wants the world to know she is embracing chapter 40, revealing her new age has brought a sense of freedom. In a rare personal letter to fans, shared on her website, the singer said she is grateful to be “grown” and refuses to feed into the notion

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Chris Pratt will star as the voice of Mario in an upcoming “Super Mario Bros.” movie, in one of showbiz’s most unlikely castings. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor will voice Mario, the tubby Italian plumber who changed the world of video games with the release of “Super Mario Bros.” 36

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If you like Jake Gyllenhaal up close and sweaty, do we have a movie for you. Remaking a 2018 Danish movie, “The Guilty” is a taut, remarkably spare thriller that casts Gyllenhaal as a 911 dispatcher, taking a series of disparate calls — and one particularly significant one involving an

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Kelly Clarkson doesn’t need a pesky calendar to tell her to get into the Christmas spirit. The “Voice” coach and superstar singer unveiled her new single on Thursday, a tune called “Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You).” The defiant song finds Clarkson singing about a woman who won’t let her ex ruin

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Get ready all you cool cats and kittens, Netflix has announced “Tiger King 2” is coming coming to the streaming service. The first season of the series, “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” was told over seven episodes. The second season was filmed in 2020 and into part of 2021. It’s

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its songs and cast, led by Ben Platt reprising his Tony-winning role, overcome the uncomfortable premise and problematic protagonist? The answer is not completely, despite tweaks seemingly made specifically to try softening those edges. Although