David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78
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David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Lynch, a painter turned avant-garde filmmaker whose fame, influence and distinctively skewed worldview extended far beyond the movie screen to encompass TV, records, books, nightclubs, a line of organic coffee and his Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, has died. He…

Rashida Jones, MSNBC President, Steps Down
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Rashida Jones, MSNBC President, Steps Down

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The president of MSNBC, Rashida Jones, is stepping down from that position, the company said on Tuesday, a major change at the news network just days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. Rebecca Kutler, senior vice president of content strategy at MSNBC,…

Why Do TV Title Sequences Have So Much … Stuff?
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Why Do TV Title Sequences Have So Much … Stuff?

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Have you noticed that there’s a lot of stuff on TV lately? I don’t mean sitcoms and dramas. I mean stuff. Matter. Material. Substances. Particularly in opening title sequences of TV series, where all manner of effluvia flows, wends and re-forms, through the…

He’s the N.F.L. Player. She Gets the Autograph Requests.
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He’s the N.F.L. Player. She Gets the Autograph Requests.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As he waited for a call from his agent in September, Isaac Rochell, a professional football player looking for a team, watched the National Football League’s opening weekend games on television with his infant daughter. His wife needed a baby sitter. Allison Kucharczyk,…

‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends
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‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In my reading of your career, around 2010, a real change happens. You started doing fewer of the big, broad comedies and instead made films like “Greenberg,” “While We’re Young” and “The Meyerowitz Stories.” You did “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and…

Hoda Kotb Departs NBC’s ‘Today’ Amid Lots of Praise and Tears
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Hoda Kotb Departs NBC’s ‘Today’ Amid Lots of Praise and Tears

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The morning had already been packed with tributes when the “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie looked at her longtime colleague, Hoda Kotb, and teased another surprise. “Well, listen, we have one final guest this hour who really wanted to wish you well on your…

Opinion | ’Squid Game’ Season 2 Has an Essential Twist That Perfectly Mirrors Our Moment
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Opinion | ’Squid Game’ Season 2 Has an Essential Twist That Perfectly Mirrors Our Moment

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It would have been easy to take the successful high-concept premise of “Squid Game” — hard-luck contestants compete to the death in a sadistically kiddie-themed battle royale — and simply replicate it for Season 2. After all, the show’s first season, which appeared…

Britt Allcroft, Who Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to TV, Dies at 81
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Britt Allcroft, Who Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to TV, Dies at 81

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britt Allcroft, a British producer, director and writer who adapted the antics of a cheerful, impetuous locomotive into a TV series, “Thomas & Friends,” that became a sprawling franchise and a longtime favorite of children and adults, died on Dec. 25 in Los…