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Ten years ago, Cord Jefferson was blogging for Gawker. Now, his directorial debut, American Fiction, is almost guaranteed a Best

Writer-director Cord Jefferson was told to make his characters “Blacker.” Instead, he wrote the scathingly hilarious satire “American Fiction.”

Variety profiles elite business managers of 2023, who detail modern challenges while continuing to build wealth for their clients.

Closer Media has hired veteran producers Joey Marra and Nate Matteson to lead non-fiction and scripted divisions, respectively.

Girl Talk is the stage name of DJ and electronic musician Gregg Michael Gillis. In the aughts, Girl Talk became briefly famous, and a little bit infamous, for long-form mash-up albums, in which he’d superimpose vocals from a rap track onto a recognizable pop or rock hit. He’d then move briskly from sample to sample, picking up on small phrases and shared rhythms, composing in stream of consciousness. The albums are—in ways sometimes rapturous and sometimes banal—compl...

Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix show is an exhausting mashup. Even worse, it’s not scary.

No not HBO, nor TBS or TNT or Cartoon Network or DC Universe: These are the best original series from Max itself.

THR’s critics rank the best TV shows of the 21st century so far, including ‘Sex and the City,' 'The Wire,' 'Insecure,' 'Reservation Dogs' and more.

From Atlanta to The Office, these are the episodes that the makers of shows like Abbott Elementary and Bob’s Burgers can’t get enough of.

From classic bottle episodes to daring formal experiments, these are the best installments of television that stand up entirely on their own.