Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.
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An off-beat family makes some ‘Big Mistakes’ in this clever crime farce
A new Netflix comedy series by and starring Dan Levy is a wild inversion of Schitt’s Creek. Where that show started out cartoonish and grew warmer, Big Mistakes is a frolic that grows more hellish.
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Oscar Isaac struggled with ‘Beef.’ So he turned to ‘Frankenstein’ for help
In Season 2 of Beef, Isaac plays Josh, a country club manager whose life is unravelling. He got into character by imagining how Victor Frankenstein would feel trapped inside Josh’s “small life.”
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‘Beef’ is less rare in Season 2, but still well done
The hit Netflix series brings in a new cast that includes Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, and even more beef.
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Meet the billionaires who control your media
What happens when tech billionaires control the media you consume?
With the help of his father, Paramount CEO David Ellison’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery has gained him a roster of franchises and networks, from Looney Tunes to CNN. But the sale hasn’t come without serious concerns, from data privacy to the rising costs of streaming services to what this means for workers in the entertainment industry.
Brittany is joined by Mandalit Del Barco, NPR culture correspondent, and David Folkenflik, NPR media correspondent, to cut through the corporate drama and figure out what this deal means for all of us.
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Sinners vs. One Battle After Another: who should win Best Picture?
Melania Trump’s multi-million dollar “infomercial”
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‘Songs from the Hole’: The story behind JJ’88’s documentary and visual album
The visual album and documentary Songs from the Hole tells the story of James Jacobs, the hip-hop artist JJ’88, as he reflects on his coming-of-age within California’s state prison system.
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Netflix acquires Ben Affleck’s AI company
Affleck’s company helps filmmakers build their own AI models that take care of time-intensive details.
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CNN has endured turmoil for years. With Warner Bros. sale, things will get bumpier
In the corporate battle over parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s fate remains up for grabs. President Trump wants a say in what happens next.
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Elizabeth Warren says both bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery are bad for consumers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.
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‘The Abandons’ is a sudsy soap opera dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat
On the surface it’s a gorgeous, hardscrabble Western, awash in stark landscapes, grubby faces, bar fights and banditry. But scratch away the grime, and you expose the pure, glitzy soap opera beneath.
