The “Reading Rainbow” is officially back, with internet-famous librarian Mychal Threets at the helm. Following the reboot’s premiere last Saturday, the new host responded to the audience’s wishes for a …
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Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesParamount has acquired the Free Press, a four-year-old digital news platform, and will make its controversial co-founder Bari Weiss editor in chief of CBS News, the company announced Monday. The …
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‘Gone Before Goodbye’ review: Reese Witherspoon’s debut novel
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOver the last decade or so, publishers of American genre fiction have borrowed a page from Hollywood’s playbook by essentially packaging novels like films, grafting together collaborators from two different …
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Kimberly Hébert Gregory dead: Actor in ‘Vice Principals’ was 52
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKimberly Hébert Gregory, who was best known as the brash principal in HBO’s “Vice Principals,” has died. She was 52. A cause of death was not immediately reported. Gregory’s former …
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Dua Lipa, pop’s disco sophisticate, rides her ‘Radical Optimism’ into the Forum
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn a pop era where personal messiness is the oxygen of fame, Dua Lipa is the rare unfazed professional. Just as Taylor Swift and Charli XCX’s (extremely asymmetrical) feud spilled …
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ movie: Swifties flock to L.A. theaters
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOnly Taylor Swift could compel hundreds of Angelenos to spend their Saturday morning at a listening party film screening for an album they’ve already heard. “The Official Release Party of …
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‘Gilmore Girls’ at 25: L.A. fans get a taste of Stars Hollow
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLauren Perlmutter is a “Gilmore Girls” superfan. She’s watched the show on a loop for the past 10 years. It’s mostly been in chronological order, and sometimes just in the …
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Taylor Swift can’t stop (over)sharing about Travis Kelce
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTaylor Swift has a lot to be happy about — including a ring she says she could watch “like it’s a TV.” The “Bejeweled” pop star hit “The Graham Norton …
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‘Bone Lake’ review: Vacationing couples duel in heavily borrowed horror film
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jonesp]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s horror film “Bone Lake” announces itself with a startlingly cheeky opener and closes with a bloody gore-fest, the song “Sex and Violence” by U.K. punk …
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The Writers Guild helped bring Kimmel back. Here’s what its new president plans next
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOn the day that Michele Mulroney was elected president of the Writers Guild of America West, writers won a significant victory. After writers protested ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” …