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NYC LGBT
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 hours ago

Gilgo Beach Killer Told His Wife That He Murdered 7 Women in Their Home

Rex Heuermann confessed to murdering eight women, seven of whom he claimed were killed in his home, according to his ex-wife's account.
Django
fromEsquire
9 hours ago

We Finally Know Why 'Marshals' Killed Off Kayce Dutton's Wife

Marshals faced legal constraints leading to the decision to kill off Kayce's wife, Monica, despite fan backlash.
Silicon Valley
fromVulture
1 day ago

The Audacity Recap: Completely Typical

Duncan's struggle with his neurodivergent identity reveals the absurdity of tech culture's obsession with genius and the myth of the visionary billionaire.
#euphoria
Television
fromThe New Yorker
2 days ago

"Euphoria" Has Become a Thrilling, Disturbing Horror Show

Euphoria's third season amplifies its extreme portrayal of a nihilistic America, focusing on chaotic relationships rather than traditional character development.
fromVulture
5 days ago

Margo's Got Money Troubles Recap: Our Love is Mentally

Margo's love for her son Bodhi is palpable, with Elle Fanning portraying her emotional journey as she navigates financial struggles and personal challenges.
Humor
Film
fromVulture
5 days ago

Margo's Got Money Troubles Series-Premiere Recap: Ruined My Life So Pretty

Margo's Got Money Troubles follows an idealistic college girl navigating unexpected challenges after an affair leads to pregnancy.
London music
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Mariska Hargitay stars in Every Brilliant Thing,' while an animated hit heads to the stage

Mariska Hargitay will make her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing starting May 26, succeeding Daniel Radcliffe.
fromVulture
1 week ago

DTF St. Louis Series-Finale Recap: You Can't Hold the Sun in Your Hand

Clark's breakdown at the community pool symbolizes the emotional weight of male loneliness, contrasting the facade of the all-American family with genuine human connection.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

"Big Mistakes" Is a Crime Show for the Girls and the Gays

You two are like pieces of white bread. You can get away with anything in this country.
NYC LGBT
fromThe Independent
1 week ago

Netflix users say same thing about 'essential' true-crime documentary

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson on Netflix is so good. I've followed this case since day one, and I'm so glad they finally did a documentary that honours her life and brilliance as an athlete, not just the tragedy.
Film
Books
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

Netflix's New Crime Thriller Is So Deep in Sicko Territory It's Almost Funny

Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's adaptation of his Harry Hole novels struggles to translate complex narratives into a coherent screen format.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Pitt review ER fans have been waiting for a brilliant show like this

The Pitt is set in almost real time over a single shift in the overstretched emergency department of a busy Pittsburgh hospital, showcasing the chaos and urgency faced by healthcare professionals.
Medicine
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island Series-Premiere Recap: Happy As a Clam

Bravo's first new addition to the franchise in four years, Real Housewives of Rhode Island, promises to fill the New Jersey-shaped void in our hearts.
Television
Podcast
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

The Provocation of The Pitt

Cultural recommendations include The Pitt, upcoming films, and notable books, reflecting a diverse range of entertainment interests.
Television
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

TV's Failing Cure For Middle-Aged Malaise

Imperfect Women exemplifies the decline of the 'messy-mom thriller' genre despite initial viewership success.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Apple TV's Star-Studded New Thriller Is for Fans of The Housemaid

Imperfect Women is the latest adaptation to aim for the audience that turned out early this year for The Housemaid: people with an appetite for entertainment that picks apart the domestic lives of the 1 percent, finding something stinky inside the pretty shell of catered parties, volunteer "jobs," and perfectly beribboned gift bags.
Women in technology
Portland
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Weirdness, paranoia and extremity': why HBO's Neighbors is TV's most fascinating show

Local reporting reveals how property threats can bring out the worst in people, as shown in the docuseries Neighbors.
#summer-house
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

'Derry Girls' creator returns with a gleeful riff on the murder mystery

Netflix's How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is a tonally complex crime comedy that prioritizes character and atmosphere over traditional plot mechanics, following three middle-aged Belfast women investigating their estranged friend's suspicious death.
NYC food
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

The Yellowstone Creator's Ridiculous New Show Takes on ... Wealthy Coastal Elites?

Taylor Sheridan's new Paramount+ series The Madison satirizes wealthy Manhattan elites through exaggerated ignorance of basic concepts, contrasting their incompetence with idealized Montana life.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

I wrote The Sopranos to get over my mother wishing me dead': David Chase on his mob masterpiece and his new LSD epic

David Chase's creation of The Sopranos transformed HBO into a leader in prestige television.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

'Scarpetta' is a captivating murder mystery and a high-wire balancing act

Scarpetta alternates between two timelines with different actresses portraying Kay Scarpetta, supported by strong ensemble performances from established television actors.
fromVulture
1 month ago

Strip Law Strips Other Law Shows for Parts

Strip Law centers on Lincoln Gumb (Adam Scott), a down-on-his-luck lawyer who was recently fired from his family firm by his dead mother's former law partner, Steve Nichols (Keith David). Gumb's new firm, which is staffed by his wayward teenage niece Irene Gumb (Aimee Garcia) and a disbarred old eccentric named Glem Blorchman (Stephen Root), is on the verge of going out of business because Gumb's unflashy lawyering style can't keep the attention of Vegas's overstimulated judges and juries.
Law
Television
fromBustle
1 month ago

Kerry Washington's New Thriller May Have A Shocking Twist

Apple TV's Imperfect Women follows three women navigating an affair and murder, exemplifying the 'good for her' genre where morally gray female characters make questionable choices in response to difficult circumstances.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Real Reason We're Obsessed With the Series "Tell Me Lies"

Tell Me Lies reveals unresolved attachment wounds through a nostalgic early-2000s college drama, prompting viewers to recognize patterns of desire, denial, and emotional damage.
US news
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Guthrie Case Is a Made-For-TV Horror

Media-driven true-crime fascination alters public expectations and attention, intensifying national focus on Nancy Guthrie's apparent abduction and complicating real-world justice.
DC food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

DTF St Louis review an addictive tale of middle-age, swinging and murder

A weatherman introduces his sign language interpreter friend to a hookup app, setting off a dark comedy exploring infidelity, desire, and middle-aged dysfunction in St. Louis.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

What If the Gang from Derry Girls Grew Up to Solve Mysteries?

In the Netflix series, three longtime Belfast friends must revisit their childhood trauma to unravel the mystery of a fourth friend's disappearance- raucous Northern Irish hijinks ensue.
Podcast
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Fictitious Capital of HBO's Industry

In the fourth season of Industry, everyone has a story to sell: a neutered fund or loveless marriage, shamed husbands, a life aimless after retirement, a payment-processing firm hampered by its ties to porn and sex work. These labels seem to indicate mistaken priorities or misplaced trust. But they are just narratives to be refined or redefined. Everything is up for grabs if you tell the right story.
Television
Television
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Nicole Kidman's New Crime Show Is Surprisingly Captivating-and Goes Unexpected Places

Nicole Kidman stars as Kay Scarpetta in Amazon Prime's new series adaptation, blending family drama with forensic investigation as Kay confronts a murder matching a serial killer she caught 25 years ago.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

What We Hide review opioid-crisis thriller sees sisters pick up the piece and hide their mother's dead body

A fatally overdosed mother called Jacey is unceremoniously bundled into a trunk at the start of this southern US-set drama; the uncredited actor who plays her should probably have a word with her agent, as the role is surely in contention for a world record as the least likely to boost your career. Jacey is just one of the drug casualties littering director Dan Kay's underpowered film about the US's super-strength opioid crisis, as her two bereaved daughters desperately tread water in the aftermath.
Film
Television
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Neighbors" Captures the Drama That Follows You Home

HBO's docuseries 'Neighbors' explores escalating homeowner disputes fueled by security cameras, firearms, and erosion of social civility.
Television
fromBustle
1 month ago

Prime Video's Scarpetta Is Here To Save Your Spring Watchlist

Prime Video's Scarpetta, starring Nicole Kidman as forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, premieres March 11 with all eight episodes, following her investigation into a potentially wrongful conviction from 27 years ago.
Television
fromEsquire
1 month ago

You Should Read the True Crime Story That Inspired HBO's 'DTF St. Louis'

HBO's DTF St. Louis, a prestige drama based on a true murder case involving a dentist, weatherman, and poisoned drink, has evolved into a standalone story diverging significantly from its source material.
Television
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

'DTF St. Louis' Review: HBO's Stellar Suburban Murder-Mystery Is More Than Meets the Eye

Steven Conrad's 'DTF St. Louis' uses a murder-mystery framework to explore whether motive determines guilt and whether understanding why an event occurred is essential to knowing what happened.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

DTF St. Louis Series-Premiere Recap: Life is Short, Have an Affair

Modern thrillers reveal murders upfront then unravel the seductive path to violent demise, with DTF St. Louis exemplifying this dark-comedy thriller format through David Harbour's complex character Floyd Smernitch.
Television
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

'Imperfect Women' On Apple TV: Why This Kerry Washington Thriller Is Already So Buzzy

Imperfect Women is a limited psychological thriller on Apple TV, premiering March 18, adapted from Araminta Hall’s novel, starring Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, Kate Mara.
Television
fromInverse
2 months ago

Anya Taylor-Joy Is Leading Apple's Most Exciting New Crime Thriller Series

Anya Taylor-Joy will star in Apple TV's Lucky, a thriller adaptation of Marissa Stapley's novel co-produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jonathan Tropper.
#tell-me-lies
Television
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Severance to Run At Least Four Seasons, with Potential for Spinoffs: Report

Severance is confirmed for Season 4; creators aren't pursuing Season 5 but are open to expansions, and Apple Studios now owns the series and its IP.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Why "Tell Me Lies" Is a Show Worth Sitting With

What the show captures so well is the price we're willing to pay to stay comfortable, especially inside relationships that feel like oxygen. The college campus, where most of the show's drama plays out, is a particular kind of pressure cooker. In a certain small world, with certain people, during a certain window of time, the need to make things work can override almost everything else.
Television
Television
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Schitt's Creek Coming to HBO Max in Memory of Catherine O'Hara

HBO Max will begin streaming Schitt's Creek on February 7 with an in-app continuous playlist; O'Hara's films are also appearing across other streaming services.
Television
fromFortune
1 month ago

'The Pitt': a masterclass display of DEI in action | Fortune

HBO's The Pitt demonstrates how diversity, equity, and inclusion practices embedded in healthcare institutions directly save lives by addressing systemic disparities in patient care.
Television
fromRoger Ebert
2 months ago

FOX's "Memory of a Killer" Can't Remember Why It Exists | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

A hit-man with early-stage Alzheimer's attempts one last job while maintaining a suburban family life, creating tension between memory loss and violent secrets.
Television
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

These Sacred Vows review: This cut-price Irish riff on 'The White Lotus' is an unholy mess

These Sacred Vows is a holiday-resort murder comedy-drama that echoes Sunset Boulevard and The White Lotus but suffers from thin characters and unconvincing plotting.
Television
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Eilis O'Hanlon: Does the world really need another documentary about Lucy Letby? Netflix thought so

Netflix's series on Lucy Letby raises privacy and public-interest tensions while revisiting contested evidence in a high-profile neonatal murder conviction.
fromJezebel
2 months ago

HBO Max makes streaming Schitt's Creek its bailiwick

This is also a great opportunity for those who missed Schitt's Creek during its initial run on the CBC in Canada and Pop TV in the U.S. Created by Eugene and Dan Levy, the series follows temporarily embarrassed millionaire video-store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his high-maintenance soap-opera star wife Moira (O'Hara), and their idiot kids David (Dan Levy) and Alexis (Annie Murphy).
Television
Television
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

One of the Best Shows on TV Rises to New Heights of Depravity

Industry portrays finance professionals whose relationships are defined by transactionalism, equating intimacy with career- and money-driven exchanges.
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

Captain Jason and Daisy Kelliher Struggled to Keep Up with the RHOSLC Ladies

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City charter on Below Deck Down Under created chaos for the crew, causing injuries, severe seasickness, constant demands, and tensions.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Vanished review even Kaley Cuoco can't save this desperately daft mystery caper

Kaley Cuoco stars in Vanished as archaeologist Alice, who becomes entangled in mystery and peril while navigating a relationship with Tom in a luxury hotel setting.
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

Kiernan Shipka Unpacks the Consequences of Her Industry Threesome

Tender replaces Pierpoint as a banking-focused company, and Hayley becomes romantically and politically entangled with new CEO Henry and Yasmin, altering company power dynamics.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Steal review you long for Sophie Turner to triumph in this wild thriller

Armed criminals use prosthetics to coerce pension-trading staff into executing a 4bn hi-tech trading heist, producing tense twists and a celebrated heroine.
fromBustle
1 month ago

Exclusive: Laetitia Hollard Reveals How 'The Pitt' Made This Harrowing Episode

When Laëtitia Hollard showed up for medical boot camp with her fellow on-screen nurses ahead of filming The Pitt Season 2, she didn't realize the show's doctors would be doing their prep on the same day. "It was literally everybody there. ... Noah [Wyle]'s leaning on his chair, squeezing a stress ball," she tells Bustle over Zoom. "It gave '80s cool-kid corner from a movie. And I was walking in like the geek with my notebook, like, 'Hi, guys!'"
Television
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Tell us your favourite confusing TV show

Submit favourite confusing-but-entertaining TV shows via an encrypted form; responses can be anonymous and data will be used only for the feature.
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

The Pitt Recap: Lessons Learned

Robby and three young clinicians cope together amid diverted ambulances from Code Black Westbridge, revealing subtle growth and Santos's defensive coping under pressure.
Television
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Pat Stacey: Corrie star Beverly Callard's 'Fair City' stint kicks off with some truly inept writing

Coronation Street, Emmerdale and EastEnders portray separate, self-contained versions of England, preventing characters from crossing over between those soap universes.
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

Ted Lasso Gets Kicked Back to Apple TV

Ted Lasso returns for a fourth season on Apple TV with Jason Sudeikis, focusing on Ted coaching a second-division women's soccer team.
Television
fromVulture
2 months ago

This Serial-Killer Thriller Looks So Kidmanian

Nicole Kidman headlines Scarpetta, a Prime Video detective series premiering March 11, playing retired medical examiner Kay Scarpetta returning for one final case.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Eternally spellbinding': the TV shows that baffle you but you can't get enough of

Catterick, Monkey Dust, The OA, and Mrs Davies deliver surreal, darkly comic, and increasingly bizarre narratives blending crime, dreamlike animation, sci‑fi, and oddball humor.
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