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'White House Plumbers' exploits absurdities of Watergate

Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 08:18 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

In May 2017, comedian John Oliver tauntingly coined the phrase " Stupid Watergate " to refer to then-President Donald Trump's ever-growing list of scandals at the time, including his reported dealings...

Steve Austin 'vulnerable' in 'Stone Cold Takes on America'

Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 08:17 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin missed out on many seemingly mundane experiences during his legendary, bloodied, broken-bodied rise to becoming one of the most popular wrestlers of all time. But the Texas...

How 'Perry Mason' captured 1930s Los Angeles, race divisions

Monday, 1 January 2024, 08:15 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

Early in the second season finale of "Perry Mason," the titular character pulls up on his motorcycle to Los Angeles City Hall and pauses for a long moment. He stares up at the edifice, as if sizing up...

The Pink Ladies get their origin story in Paramount+ series

Sunday, 31 December 2023, 08:13 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

Four years before Frenchy, Rizzo and Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets, a group of friends at Rydell High leaned into their image of "bad girls," called themselves the Pink Ladies and created a...

Beavis and Butt-Head return as wonderfully moronic as ever

Saturday, 30 December 2023, 08:14 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

The 1990s are making a comeback, with scrunchies acceptable again, "Night Court" back on TV and fanny packs and flannel all the rage. But it's not the '90s until two of the most idiotic teenagers...

Women run the fictional world of ABC's 'General Hospital'

Friday, 29 December 2023, 08:46 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

As "General Hospital" marks its 60th anniversary, much remains the same for the longest-running scripted series in production in the United States. A hospital is still the backdrop for the soap opera,...

Apple TV+'s 'Silo' is a look at a future of life underground

Friday, 29 December 2023, 07:31 Last update: about 6 months ago Associated Press

Dystopian storytelling goes underground this month with the arrival of Apple TV+'s "Silo," a gripping, ambitious tale of Earth's last population living far below the surface. Something terrible...

A great read turned into a dream role for Jennifer Garner

Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 12:17 Last update: about 9 months ago Associated Press

If you devoured Laura Dave's novel " The Last Thing He Told Me," you're not alone. The book spent 65 weeks as a New York Times Best Seller and one of those readers who couldn't put it down was...

'Fatal Attraction' series attempts to balance affair blame

Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 15:53 Last update: about 10 months ago Associated Press

" Fatal Attraction," the 1987 thriller film, introduced a female character (played by Glenn Close) who has a fling with a married man (played by Michael Douglas) and then obsesses and stalks him and...

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