Television

October 2, 2020

‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’

PARIS — The old story of the American ingénue who moves to Paris, succumbs to the city’s sensual pleasures (usually by way of a French lover) […]
September 30, 2020

How the Show ‘Alone’ Sparked a Solo Trip and a Tough Realization

This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences. When I […]
September 29, 2020

What That Viral Clip of Vin Diesel’s Song Debut on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ Says About the Moment

There are many uncanny elements to life during the pandemic, though many of them (Zoom classes, FaceTime births, D.J. sets on Instagram Live) have become almost […]
September 27, 2020

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Became a Pop Culture Icon

Ruth Bader Ginsburg lived a storied life. In 1972, she became the first tenured female professor at Columbia Law School. In 1980, she was appointed to […]
September 18, 2020

Carole Baskin of ‘Tiger King’ Gets Her Own Show

Carole Baskin, the animal rights activist who gained national attention while sparring with exotic tiger keepers on the popular Netflix documentary “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and […]
September 11, 2020

Back to School With Tan France

Three years ago at an Embassy Suites in Glendale, Calif., Antoni Porowski spotted his soon-to-be co-star Tan France in the hotel’s gym. Mr. France was wearing […]
September 11, 2020

Larry Wilmore Doesn’t Miss Late Night, but He’s Back Anyway

Back when Larry Wilmore was about to introduce “The Nightly Show,” his short-lived late-night series on Comedy Central, he saw a tweet from an angry prospective […]
September 4, 2020

Reed Hastings on Netflix, Hollywood and the Future of Streaming

Does it feel good to be the man who killed Hollywood? “No,” said Reed Hastings, who nurtured Netflix into the Godzilla of the entertainment world. “But, […]
September 2, 2020

Jane Fonda, Star of Fire Drill Fridays, Has New Book Out

I wanted to be schooled by Jane Fonda. There was a decent chance that we would get into a Megyn Kelly-type dust-up, where I waded into […]
August 28, 2020

The 2020 Party Conventions Gave New Meaning to Political Theater

The largely virtual format of the Republican and Democratic national conventions meant that even more than usual, the messages were embedded within the visual presentation. Here […]