Behind NBC’s decision to put the Golden Globes on ice for a year

NBC, which has broadcast the Golden Globe Awards show annually since 1996, was slow to recognize the intensity of the highly charged atmosphere over race and diversity and the level of frustration that existed among producers and publicists who had chafed for years under the demands of the free-wheeling group of 86 foreign journalists who […]

Review: Jihadist investigation drama ‘Profile’ is high in tension

Because moviegoing carries inherent risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC and local health officials. Director and co-writer Timur Bekmambetov uses what’s being called the “screenlife format”: We see only what is shown on Amy’s computer screen, as in “Searching” or “Unfriended,” which he […]

Column: Bitcoin, dogecoin, NFTs, GameStop — is this the peak of investment absurdity?

That the mercurial Musk’s tweets can whipsaw investment prices became evident in just the last few days. The cryptocurrency, whose creators had conceived it as a parodic gloss on bitcoin using the shiba inu breed of dog as its icon, had accumulated a mass of followers thanks in part to Musk’s own tweets about it. […]

Review: A tortured franchise returns in ‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw.’ The result will make you scream

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you listen closely, above the blood-curdling screams resounding off concrete torture rooms in “Spiral: From the Book of Saw,” one can imagine the truths behind Rock’s well-aimed punchlines hanging like an orchard above the gruesome cacophony. In case you haven’t seen […]

Review: ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ is a powerful drama about a family on the brink

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. He takes aim but doesn’t shoot — there are children in the house — and instead takes off, fleeing in silent anguish from a situation that he knows no violence could solve. The possibility of violence nonetheless hangs over every stark frame […]

What the end of ‘Ellen’ says about the changing TV business

Industry insiders were not surprised by Wednesday’s announcement. The division, based out of the Warner lot in Burbank, also produces reality programs such as ABC’s “The Bachelor,” and DeGeneres’ game show “Game of Games” for NBC, and sells repeats of Warner Bros. After Oprah Winfrey ended her syndicated daytime program in 2011, “Ellen” became the […]

Courtney Stodden accepts — but doesn’t exactly believe — Chrissy Teigen’s apology

“But the truth remains the same, I have never heard from her or her camp in private. “Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bulls— in front of the entire world,” Teigen wrote. But Teigen didn’t respond until after Stodden, who is nonbinary and uses they/them/their […]

Why is Bennifer 2.0 so exciting? Because last time, we screwed it up

After weeks of rumors about surreptitious meetings in a white SUV, the news broke Monday that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck — the once white-hot couple and glittering tabloid spectacle known as Bennifer — had rekindled their romance after 17 years with a weeklong vacation in Montana. Filmmaker Kevin Smith, who directed the couple in […]

Colton Underwood, first ‘Bachelor’ star to come out as gay, says he was blackmailed

Underwood, a former professional football player, said the incident forced him to come out to his publicist. After appearing as a contestant on “The Bachelorette,” he was cast in “Bachelor in Paradise” , where he had a fling with fellow contestant Tia Booth. The funniest TV show of the year, about a ‘90s girl group […]

Column: Coinbase had a great public stock offering. That doesn’t make bitcoin legit

They were valued at the close of Monday’s trading at $304.54 as the frenzy abated, but that still valued the company at a healthy $60.6 billion. Or maybe not. Sure, some banks have begun to facilitate bitcoin investments: JP Morgan Chase is preparing to roll out a bitcoin mutual fund, for instance. Customers have to […]