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    The Best Actors of 2020

    In a year of tragedy and isolation, the best screen actors gave us more than just diversion. Here are Great Performers 2020: “High Fidelity” is on Hulu ● Photograph by Christopher Anderson To love Zoë Kravitz is to fear two minutes of screen time a pop. The longer she’s got, the smokier and more incandescent […] More

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    We’re Not Used to Seeing Women Act This Way

    These women rewrote their own stories in brilliantly revealing new ways. They can’t afford to be anythingless than comp etent. Masks Off The biopic. What an awful genre. What an awful name for a genre. Awful because it sounds like medicine. Awful because it’s too easy to confuse the actor for the person they’re playing, […] More

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    Natalie Desselle, Comedic Heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve,’ Dies at 53

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyNatalie Desselle, Comedic Heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve,’ Dies at 53Her role as Halle Berry’s uproarious stardom-seeking sidekick helped define a decades-long career in film and TV.Natalie Desselle got her foot in the door as an actress by cold-calling one of the few Black managers in Hollywood. Credit…Mpi20/MediaPunch, via IPX, via Associated PressBy More

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    The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in December

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyThe Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in DecemberOur streaming picks for December, including ‘The Prom,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ and ‘Your Honor.’‘The Prom’Credit…NetflixBy More

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    What’s on TV This Week: A Bee Gees Documentary and ‘Couples Therapy’

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyWhat’s on TV This Week: A Bee Gees Documentary and ‘Couples Therapy’“The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” debuts on HBO. And a pandemic-focused “Couples Therapy” special airs on Showtime.From left, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb and Barry Gibb, as seen in “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.”Credit…Ed Caraeff/Getty Images, via HBOBy More

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    Warren Berlinger, Film and Television Character Actor, Dies at 83

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyWarren Berlinger, Film and Television Character Actor, Dies at 83Mr. Berlinger, who had dozens of roles in a career that spanned more than six decades, appeared in “Happy Days” and “The Cannonball Run.”Warren Berlinger from a 1978 episode of the television series “Operation Petticoat.”Credit…Walt Disney Television via Getty ImagesBy More