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Days after a car attack killed a 32-year-old woman in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Trump faced swift criticism for retweeting — and then deleting — an image of a “Trump train” running over a person with a CNN logo on their face.

Trump blasted out the violent image, posted by a supporter who added the caption “Nothing can stop the #TrumpTrain!!,” to his nearly 36 million followers on Tuesday morning.

He quickly deleted the image amid the backlash — but not before it was retweeted by hundreds of followers and captured in screen shots by journalists and critics who called the president’s handiwork “more...

Jay-z has released the official music video for the track “Moonlight” off his “4:44” album and it’s a star-studded affair that reimagines the classic NBC sitcom “Friends” with an entirely black cast. “Get Out” breakout Lil Rel Howery, Jerrod Carmichael, and Lakeith Stanfield play Joey, Ross, and Chandler, respectively, while Tiffany Haddish is Phoebe, Tessa Thompson is Monica, and Issa Rae is Rachel.

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The track made headlines when the album was first released for referring to the infamous “Moonlight”/”La La Land” Best Picture gaffe at the Oscars earlier this year. The hook reads: “We stuck in La La Land/ Even when we win, we gon’ lose/ We got the same fuckin’ flows/ I don’t know who is who.” Speaking with iHeart Radio, Jay Z confirmed the title and the hook was...

Mindy Lahiri will get her happily ever after, and Danny Castellano will be part of it … somewhere.

At the Hulu TCA panel for “The Mindy Project,” Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and executive producer Matt Warburton revealed details about who will return for the rom-com’s final season. Among those names is Chris Messina, who played the father of Mindy’s child and her ex-fiancee.

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But when the sixth season begins on Sept. 12, both Danny and Mindy will have moved on. He will be married to Greta Gerwig’s character Sarah, while Mindy has tied the knot with Ben (Bryan Greenberg). Despite these attachments, Kaling acknowledged that the fans “still hope that Danny and Mindy are the end game, romantically.”

Warburton said the show will give “a little bit of clarity...

Sarah Silverman is on a mission.

“I want to get to the root of humanity in this country,” the comedian told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour.

Silverman, showrunner Gavin Purcell and executive producers Adam McKay and Amy Zvi are still ironing out what her new Hulu talk show, “I Love You, America,” will look like.

But here’s what they do know: “I Love You, America” will be shot weekly in Hollywood and feature an opening monologue, in addition to taped pieces shot around the country. In one early remote, Silverman will sit down with a family in Georgia that has never met anyone Jewish.

“We’re not looking to make them look like assholes,” she said. “We’re exposing the fact that we’re actually the same. We may be listening to two different sets of lies right now.”

In the studio, “I Love You,...

Get ready for more betrayals and bawdy behavior. “Harlots” will be back for another season.

On Thursday, Hulu’s Svp of Content Craig Erwich announced at the Television Critics Association press tour that it had renewed the prostitution drama for a second season. Set in 1760s Georgian London, the series focuses on the how the city became a hub for lucrative prostitution.

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At the center of “Harlots” is Margaret Wells (Samantha Morton), a brothel owner for the people who grew up in the business herself. Her chief rival is Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville), a madam who tries to set her prostitutes apart by giving them education and then charging a pretty penny to her higher-ranking clientele.

When last we left them, Margaret was dealing with her two daughters, who also followed her into the family whoring business.

Netflix’s house may be fuller, but step by step, Hulu is building its own deep library of TV classics.

Next up: Hulu has sealed a deal to stream some of the most popular shows from ABC’s “Tgif” era of family sitcoms: “Full House,” “Family Matters,” “Step by Step,” “Perfect Strangers” and “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper.”

Warner Bros. TV was behind all of those iconic late 1980s and early 1990s family comedies, and Hulu’s new deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution secures the exclusive streaming video on-demand rights to more than 800 episodes.

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The five comedies will see their full library uploaded to Hulu starting Friday (naturally), September 29. Hulu noted that the deal is timely, as “Full House” marks its 30th anniversary and “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” hits its 25th anniversary.

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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