Eric Deggans
Stories
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Television
Creators Of FX's 'Pose' Talk About New Revelations On Show
The award-winning FX series, Pose, chronicles the lives of LGBTQ characters in New York's underground ballroom culture. The show's co-creators discuss an episode where a transgender woman is murdered.
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Television
Showtime Takes On The Rise And Fall Of Fox News' Roger Ailes In 'The Loudest Voice'
Showtime's The Loudest Voice, stars Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes, the political media expert who built Fox News from the ground up. The miniseries debuts June 30.
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Television
Impact Of Ava DuVernay's Netflix Series: 'When They See Us'
The resonance of the Netflix series about the Central Park Five reached a high point when the Oprah Winfrey Network aired a discussion with Winfrey and the 5 men wrongfully convicted of rape.
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Television
Review: 'Big Little Lies,' Season 2
HBO's hit drama Big Little Lies wasn't supposed to have a second season. But after last year's debut earned Emmy and Golden Globe awards, HBO announced a second installment.
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Race & Identity
Horrors And Humanity In Ava DuVernay's Gripping 'When They See Us'
Ava DuVernay's powerful Netflix series shows a system that frequently fails men of color — and the costs of that system to a famous group of boys who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Television
'Deadwood' TV Movie Offers A Fitting Conclusion After The Series Was Canceled
Almost 13 years after its finale, HBO's Deadwood is back as a TV movie. Created by David Milch, the foul-mouthed characters inhabit an illegal mining camp in the Dakotas where their dramas unfold.
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Television
Review: 'Game Of Thrones' Fails To Deliver Epic Ending
After eight extraordinary seasons, HBO's "Game of Thrones" aired its final episode Sunday night. Our reviewer says the show had a "good ending", but "not a great one."
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Television
'Catch 22' Review: A 'Beautiful' And 'Horrifying' Adaptation Of The Anti-War Novel
Hulu premieres a six-part limited series based on the classic Joseph Heller novel about the absurdities and horrors of WWII. It's executive produced by George Clooney, who also directs two episodes.
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Television
Nick Hornby's 'State Of The Union' Is A 10-Minute Dramatic Comedy Inside A Local Pub
10 episodes, 10 minutes each, with a couple talking about their marriage in a London pub just before their therapy sessions. Chris O'Dowd and Rosamund Pike star in State Of The Union.
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Television
PBS' 6-Episode 'Les Misérables' Miniseries Focuses On The Story Instead Of Music
PBS premieres a new version of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, starring Dominic West of The Wire and The Affair. This version has no music and tries to be closer to the source material.