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As the outcome of competing streamers begins to look more and more like traditional cable by the day, a single place to access your live sports and news, classic movies and the newest shows has never been more desirable. While some streamers are offering bundled deals as an alternative to a la carte streaming services, […]

Carol Goldwasser, a casting director known for her work shaping young talent on shows like “Hannah Montana,” died Dec. 5 at her home in Palm Springs after surgery. She was 67. Goldwasser’s death was confirmed to Variety by her friend, manager Theodore Gekis. Goldwasser worked in Los Angeles and New York for over two decades, […]

If you don’t remember that story about Everett Dutschke, a Mississippi karate instructor who mailed ricin to President Obama in 2013 and then attempted to frame Elvis impersonator/conspiracy theorist Kevin Curtis for the crime, don’t worry. The new Netflix three-part docuseries “The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga” covers every inch of the stranger-than-fiction […]

Every once in a while, Sebastian Maniscalco’s stand-up persona creeps into his performance on Max’s “Bookie.” But rather than ask him to tone it down, executive producers Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay welcome the occasional slip. “He bailed us out,” Bakay says of an upcoming episode of “Bookie,” which returns to Max with ten more […]

“Cross,” the James Patterson adaptation starring Aldis Hodge, debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, with 1.36 billion minutes watched during the week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 17. All eight episodes of the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on Nov. 14, meaning the show was only available for four days during […]