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Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 8, episodes 11 and 12, of “The Masked Singer,” “Two-Hour Epic Finale,” which aired Nov. 30 on Fox.

“The Masked Singer” ended its eighth season on a “Glee”-ful note. Singer and actor Amber Riley, known for playing Mercedes Jones on Fox’s “Glee” and more recently for projects including “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and Lifetime’s “Single Black Female,” was revealed as this season’s winner on the Wednesday night finale.

Riley was unmasked as the Harp, beating out the Lambs — who were unmasked as 90s vocal group Wilson Phillips.

“It’s very validating as an artist,” Riley tells Variety about her win. “It can get very discouraging in this industry, especially as a music artist. I’m pretty much a new artist, even though I’ve been in this industry a really long time… to hear all the amazing...

In her show’s first season, Quinta Brunson won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series tonight, making her only the second Black woman to win in the category after Lena Waithe, and the first to win solo. Waithe shared her win in 2017 with Aziz Ansari for an episode of Master of None, titled “Thanksgiving.”

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Quinta Brunson created, writes, and stars in Abbott Elementary, an ABC sitcom filmed in the mockumentary-style. Janine Teagues (Brunson) is a second-grade teacher at the underfunded Abbott Elementary school who is dedicated to helping her students. The ensemble cast includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

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The win marks the second Emmy win of the night for Abbott Elementary, after Sheryl Lee Ralph’s win earlier tonight...

After making history as the first Black woman to receive three Emmy nominations for comedy, Quinta Brunson did it again Monday when she won Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her work on “Abbott Elementary,” the hit ABC series that she also created.

Brunson is only the second Black woman in history to triumph in the category after Lena Waithe’s win in 2017 for co-writing the “Thanksgiving” episode of “Master of None.”

She is also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Janine Teagues, an earnest young teacher at a public elementary school in an underfunded urban district.

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Brunson is also up for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work as co-creator of “Abbott Elementary.”

If the show ends up triumphing in series, Brunson will become just the second Black woman in history to win that prize,...

The Masked Singer is getting a revamp! Fox has announced that season eight will find the contestants competing for a new title -- King or Queen of The Masked Singer. In addition, each episode will feature a new round of masked celebrities and only one contestant will move on. The eliminated contestant will be unmasked will take place in the middle of the episode, and the person will take their place in the new Masked Singer VIP section to watch the rest of the episode.

Themed episodes will include Vegas Night, Comedy Roast, Hall of Fame, Muppets Night, Andrew Lloyd Webber Night, TV Themes, ’90s Night, Thanksgiving, and Fright Night.

Guests this season will include Donny Osmond, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Muppets, Will Arnett, Leslie Jordan, Joel McHale, Tori Spelling, Jon Lovitz,...

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Fox is getting into business with Desperate Housewives and Why Women Kill creator Marc Cherry. The network is also bringing the Farmer Wants a Wife reality format back to the United States.

The two announcements capped Fox’s day at the Television Critics Association on Wednesday. The Cherry project, titled Jenny Is a Weapon, has a script commitment with an eye toward a straight to series pickup. Farmer Wants a Wife, meanwhile, scored a series order and will begin production in the fall and will follow several farmers who “live hundreds of miles away from the nearest Tinder date,” as Rob Wade, president alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, put it.

“I’m really excited about that show,” Wade told The Hollywood Reporter. “I think it’s going to speak to a lot of people. I think it touches on this nostalgia for the past,...

There will be some changes when Season 8 of Fox’s The Masked Singer premieres later this month.

Under the new format announced today by the network, each episode of the celebrity singing contest will feature the usual knock-out performances by elaborately disguised celebrities, but for the first time, only one contestant will move on from each episode. The studio audience will vote for their favorite, and the singer with the least amount of votes will unmask mid-show. That celebrity will get a front row seat in the Masked Singer VIP section to watch the rest of the competition and the second unmasking, and for the first time, won’t have to to wait to find out what celebrity they were competing against.

The Top Two singers then will face off in a Battle Royale performance of the same song. The winner will be crowned the King or Queen of The...

Forget everything you thought you knew about The Masked Singer.

Fox’s celebrity guessing game is undergoing some major changes ahead of its eighth season (Sept. 21, 8/7c), including theme nights and multiple reveals every week.

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Here’s how it’s going to work: Several disguised contestants will compete each week, but only one will move on to the next round of competition.

“The Masked Singer” is changing things up for Season 8. The Fox competition series will have a new format, and only one contestant is going to make it through each episode.

As we know, each episode generally features performances from several of the masked celebrities. This season, only one will move on at the end of the episode (as opposed to only one being eliminated in years past).

In order to add a second elimination, an audience voting element is also being introduced. Halfway through the show, the studio audience will vote for their favorite performance so far, and the contestant with the least amount of votes will be sent home. But, they’ll get to stick around to watch the rest of the competition — and even the second unmasking!

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When Drake stepped onstage to give his acceptance speech for the BMI Songwriter of the Year Award in 2011, one of the names he shouted out — along with his mom, Kanye West, and Andre 3000 — belonged to Phonte. The name of the rapper from the acclaimed North Carolina duo Little Brother probably wasn’t familiar to many of the fans who’d been suffering through a broadcast about music licensing just to see the emergent Canadian superstar. But the plaudit made sense. The melodic marriage of singing and rapping that Phonte...

Emmy winner Lena Waite’s production company has launched a 10-month mentorship lab to help shepherd a new generation of storytellers and executives.

Hillman Grad Productions is now accepting applicants to its inaugural lab, one that provides opportunities for marginalized storytellers to connect, grow and accelerate their careers in television and film

Tuition-free, the program grants 25 fellows the opportunity to enhance creative skills through personalized instruction from industry professionals. The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab consists of three separate tracks: television writing, screen acting and executive development.

“Mentorship has always been important to me. The hope is to populate the industry with people that otherwise wouldn’t have access to it. Our focus will be on craft, how to navigate the industry and how to build community. We’re looking forward to meeting the next generation of storytellers,” Waithe said in a statement.

The program will focus on generating new narratives...

CBS’ The Amazing Race was the most-watched program on a quiet pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday in primetime, drawing 3.94 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic to the first of its back-to-back episodes helping the network to the overall victory in total viewers.

Amazing Race at 8 p.m. was steady with last week and up in viewers. It was followed by a second episode which bumped up a tenth, and a fresh S.W.A.T. which also gained.

ABC and Fox tied with CBS for the top spot in the demo for the night, with four shows tying with 0.6 ratings. ABC’s comedy block included new episodes of The Goldbergs, The Conners and Black-ish, all steady with last week, and American Housewife, which gained a tenth. For Life also grew a tenth.

NBC subbed its Chicago trio for a pair of specials, Woman of Worth...

If This Is Us‘ fall finale was any indication, Rebecca, Randall and the rest of the Pearson family have some hard times coming. So how about a sweet moment of maternal bonding before the tears start anew?

In the exclusive shot above, which comes from a flashback in the NBC drama’s midseason premiere (Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 9/8c), early-1980s Rebecca cradles baby Randall in her arms in The Big Three’s nursery. From the light in the room, it looks like it’s maybe early morning. And Mama Pearson and her son look like they’re sharing the best...

Despite the debut of two films this Thanksgiving holiday weekend, it’s the same story as a week ago — “Frozen II” has won the box office crown and done so in record-breaking fashion. But this record doesn’t mean that “Knives Out” and “Queen & Slim” were left out in the cold. In fact, all three films have plenty to be thankful for this holiday.

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NBC’s Thanksgiving NFL game that saw the surging New Orleans Saints handle their rivals the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday Night Football was easily night’s top-rated and most-watched program, capping a holiday schedule the network kicked off with coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The Saints’ 26-18 victory scored a 5.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 18.17 million viewers in fast-affiliate Nielsen ratings, making it the most-watched primetime Thursday program since NBC’s NFL season kickoff September 5.

Most of the rest of the primetime lineup punted with repeats Thursday night, though ABC’s fresh The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: Magical Holiday Celebration ticked up a notch from last year’s special.

CBS aired all repeats, with Young Sheldon currently topping the night among scripted shows thanks to NFL overrun from the network’s afternoon Dallas-Buffalo game. Fox was the only other network with...

On the surface, a film hyped as a “black ‘Bonnie and Clyde'” written and directed by first-time feature filmmakers, might be considered a less attractive risk to financiers and distributors, especially at the studio level, even in today’s climate of content excess to meet growing demand.

But for writer Lena Waithe and director Melina Matsoukas, who are also producers on the project, the process of packaging “Queen & Slim” was more seamless than usual.

“We didn’t have to chase anyone because they chased us,” Waithe said of the project. Brad Weston’s Makeready studios won an auction to finance the movie in mid-2018, with Universal Pictures handling marketing and distribution under its existing deal with Weston’s company. “We would walk into meetings, and they would say, ‘Here are all the reasons why you should come to us,'” Waithe said. “It was crazy! It ultimately came...

Hey, "Chicago Fire" fans. We had to unfortunately hop on here to deliver some bad news to you guys. It turns out that NBC will not be airing the next,new episode 10 of this current season 8 of Chicago Fire. In fact, NBC won't be airing episode 8 for quite some time because last week's episode 9 was the Fall finale episode. We can officially tell you, right now, that the new episode 8 is currently scheduled to air on Wednesday night, January 8, 2020 at approximately 8 pm central standard time on NBC of course. So, definitely be sure to mark that very important date down on you TV show calendars. So, what is NBC airing instead of Chicago Fire tonight? According to the TV Guide listings, they are airing a Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving special. NBC's official description for it reads like this, "All-things Thanksgiving going back through the 44 seasons of SNL." Then next Wednesday night,...

Walt Disney Animation's Frozen 2 is feasting on record numbers at the midweek box office.

The sequel scored the biggest Tuesday ($20.7 million) and Monday ($12.8 million) ever for the month of November in North America after opening to a November-best $130.1 million over the weekend. The movie is skating past the $170 million mark today after finishing Tuesday with a domestic cume of $163.7 million.

Frozen 2 will have no trouble staying atop the chart over the long Thanksgiving corridor (Wednesday to Sunday) with a royally great $100 million to $120 million for the five days....

Walt Disney Animation's Frozen 2 is feasting on record numbers at the midweek box office.

The sequel scored the biggest Tuesday ($20.7 million) and Monday ($12.8 million) ever for the month of November in North America after opening to a November-best $130.1 million over the weekend. The movie is skating past the $170 million mark today after finishing Tuesday with a domestic cume of $163.7 million.

Frozen 2 will have no trouble staying atop the chart over the long Thanksgiving corridor (Wednesday to Sunday) with a royally great $100 million to $120 million for the five days....

Racial justice and the outrage at its absence courses through the visual and emotional powerhouse that is Queen and Slim. There’s also the exhilaration that comes from watching talents new to movies seize their moment with a passion that pins you to your seat. Director Melina Matsoukas — and artist of Greek and Afro-Cuban heritage — is best known for music videos such as Beyonce’s “Formation”; she also helmed Master of None‘s brilliant “Thanksgiving,” episode of Master of None, the same episode that made screenwriter Lena Waithe the first...

In the wake of the allegations of sexual misconduct against Kevin Spacey, Ridley Scott had to quickly reshoot and re-edit Spacey's role as J. Paul Getty in All The Money in the World -- with Christopher Plummer taking over the part. 

Scott, Plummer, and some of the cast, including Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams, sat down with Et's Kevin Frazier at the film's junket on Sunday to reveal how they pulled off the whirlwind switch, and why Scott was immediately on board with the idea.

The Alien: Convenant director said he recognized a shift in the Hollywood landscape as soon as the Harvey Weinstein allegations came out, and decided when accusations against Spacey were revealed, he had to move fast.

"I knew as soon as they hit Kevin it was going to blow wide open and I contacted my partners and said, 'We should recast this right now. We shoot right now, we'll be out the...

Victor Cruz might not be playing in the NFL this season, but he's still got a big smile on his face ... 'cause he's hooking up with Karrueche Tran!!! The 2 were spotted holding hands in Hollywood Friday on their way to lunch with a friend ... and they definitely look like they're enjoying each other's company. Karrueche and Victor were allegedly seen together on a movie date around Thanksgiving, but this is the first official Pda. As...

Jennifer Garner's latest look proves that less can be more!

On Tuesday, the 45-year-old actress showed up to a screening of her upcoming movie, The Tribes Of Palos Verdes, and opted for a black slip dress by The Row and classic Manolo Blahnik heels.

Keeping the style as simple as possible, Garner paired the dress with a dainty necklace. The mother of three was joined at the screening by J.J. Abrams -- who created Garner's wildly popular series, Alias -- and the film's director Brendon Malloy, who were both dressed in a casual fashion.

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In The Tribes of Palos Verdes, which hits theaters on Dec. 1, Garner plays the mother of two teenagers, Sandy Mason, who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Medina (Maika Monroe), Sandy's daughter, turns to surfing as an escape when things get volatile at home.

"The Tribes of Palos Verdes, the little movie that...

Jennifer Garner isn't looking for love -- at the moment, that is!

The actress revealed in a new interview with news.com.au that she hasn't been on a single date since calling it quits with her ex-husband, Ben Affleck, in June 2015.

"I haven’t been on a date and I am not interested in dating," she explained. "People want to set me up and I am just like, 'No thank you!'"

"I would not have chosen this life for myself or for my kids," she continued. "I would not choose to be single or be in this position. It's something that we are working through."

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When the time does come around to date, however, Garner said she thinks it's important not to "lump all men" into the same category.

"We can't just assume that every man has done something awful or that every man is guilty...

The biggest shock to come from this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” is that Chance The Rapper can apparently exist without his signature hat. He might even thrive without it, which is a fascinating reality to accept. The point is, with or without the hat, Chance The Rapper hosts the best episode of this season so far, the first one to maintain a consistently good quality from top to bottom as well as successfully use the host to their strengths. In fact, Chance The Rapper showed signs in this episode of being the next Justin Timberlake for “Saturday Night Live” in terms of his versatility, gameness, and general sense of humor as a host.

The second biggest shock is that, despite the opening monologue, the “Family Feud” sketch, and some Weekend Update, this year’s Thanksgiving episode is not tied down to the concept of being a Thanksgiving episode.

Jennifer Garner will be cooking up a storm for Thanksgiving.

Et's Cameron Mathison caught up with the 45-year-old actress at the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie, The Tribes of Palos Verdes, on Friday, where they talked about her holiday meal plans.

"Ben's mom, Chris [Boldt], will be in town and she and Ben will take the kids and I'll have crafts set up and I'll have T-Ball, soccer, I'll have anything set up," Garner shared.

"If they will play with the kids and just let me cook, it is heaven for me," she continued. "I will make homemade bread, I'll make stuffing, I'll make a turkey, I'll make gravy, I'll make sweet potato pudding, I'll make pies. Just let me have that day in the kitchen."

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While having her ex-husband take care of their three kids -- Violet, 11, Seraphina, 8, and Samuel, 5 -- Garner adds that...

Another turn of the calendar means another flood of new things to be aware of. Sure, Netflix has an entire slate of fresh programming all to themselves, but even that’s just the tip of the TV iceberg. The fall TV season might be winding down before a massive Thanksgiving reboot, but there are plenty of premieres still left before we get too deep into the end of the year chatter. So warm up your (probably already overheated, actually) DVRs, fill out your mental calendars, and skim through some of the best new shows the month has to offer. Read More:Fall TV Preview: The 25 Most Anticipated New Shows of 2017

(Wondering if you’re all caught up with the big shows from the past few months? Our August, September, and October previews are here to help guide you.)

“Smilf” (November 5, Showtime)

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Chris here. Remember a few short years ago when Gary Oldman, after decades of brilliance, was finally an Oscar nominee for Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy? Well, it looks like he could be prepping another go of awards season, but this time it might be for a performance that finds the actor on the unrecognizable side of his chameleonic abilities. The last time he had this level of makeup on we got his delicious and underrated Dracula, but now Oldman is donning some impressive prosthetics to play Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's period piece Darkest Hour.

Though Joe Wright's previous period work like Atonement and Anna Karenina have sparked with some inventive presentation, for the trailer this looks like a little bit more of the familiar. No matter, considering Oldman is firing on all cylinders for some juicy dramatics as the Prime Minister - the actor is definitely the show here.

Chris here. You may think it's a little early to start prepping for fall film festival season, but New York Film Festival wants to prove you wrong. The festival just announced its opening film and it's one we've heard surprisingly little about: Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying.

The film will be a spiritual sequel of sorts to Hal Ashby's The Last Detail, with Bryan Cranston taking over Jack Nicholson's reins. Cranston stars with Laurence Fishburne and Steve Carell, and the men head off on a coastal road trip after Carell's son dies while serving overseas in Iraq. If this sounds on the treacly side, we can count on Linklater to give it some verve. Plus if Nyff has the confidence in the film to announce its major placement several months away, the Texan filmmaker could have something special coming our way.

The film will open in the...

Amid news that golfer Tiger Woods was arrested for DUI in Florida, focus has been drawn back to the athlete’s other dark moment in the spotlight: his dramatic, infidelity-fueled split from wife Elin Nordegren. After their 2010 divorce, Nordegren gave an interview to People about what transpired. She opened up to People again in 2014 about her life four years later. Both stories are below.

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“Give Daddy kisses,” says Elin Woods, cuddling her two children—one on each hip—in the garage doorway as they return from their father’s house a mile around the corner. In this moment, she and...

Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming original film “Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie.” The detective comedy is written by, directed by and stars actor/comedian Jeff Garlin (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Goldbergs”).

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Here is the official plot summary for the film: Gene Handsome (Garlin) is an La homicide detective who tries to make sense of his life as he solves crime. Handsome’s knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.

“Orange Is the New Black” actress Natasha Lyonne co-stars as Handome’s partner, Detective Fleur Scozzari. Amy Sedaris (“Thanksgiving”), Christine Woods (“Perfect Couples”), Steven Weber (“Wings”), Eddie Pepitone (“The Muppets”), and Leah Remini (“The King of Queens”) round up the cast. The film is co-written by...

Luke Bryan‘s infant niece, Sadie Brett Boyer, died Tuesday, a rep for the singer confirms to People. The infant girl was the daughter of Bo and Ellen Boyer, on Bryan’s wife Caroline’s side of the family.

As of early February, Ellen Boyer had been posting regular Facebook updates about her daughter’s health battles, which included unspecified issues with her kidneys, liver and heart. As of late 2016 — per an update on Bryan’s app — Brett, as the family called her, was being treated at the pediatric cardiac unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Monroe Carell Jr.

Actress, author and comedian Amy Sedaris is heading to TruTV with a new half-hour comedy series. Ahead of the network’s Television Critics Association panel, TruTV has ordered a 10-episode first season of an Untitled Amy Sedaris Project.

The scripted series is created by and will star Sedaris, and follow her as she applies “her sincere yet distinctive brand of silliness to create a rich world that showcases her diverse – but necessary – homemaking skills.”

“I’ve been doing this show in my head for years. It will be terrific to get it on TV so I can free up some wiggle room up in my skull,” Sedaris said in a statement.

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“Search Party” and “People of Earth” have both been renewed for second seasons at TBS, TheWrap has learned. “Search Party” launched its entire first season over Thanksgiving week, drawing more than 1.1 million viewers per episode across all platforms over five days and growing. The dark comedy follows a group of 20-something New Yorkers looking for a college acquaintance who has gone missing. It stars Alia Shawkat, John Early, John Reynolds, Meredith Hagner and Brandon Micheal Hall. Search Party is executive-produced by Michael Showalter, Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers. Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns also serve as executive producers. Turner’s Studio T is producing.

It’s a great pitch: A comedy about bulimia. It sells itself. So well, in fact, that more than one person had the idea. “When I saw ‘The Skinny,’ I had a meltdown,” Angela Gulner, creator and star of “Binge,” told IndieWire. “I was like: ‘My story has been told. There’s no room for it anymore.’ But then I calmed down a little bit.”

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She realized that there was room for more than one eating disorder comedy. The success of Jessie Kahnweiler’s “The Skinny” (the web series premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was co-produced by Jill Soloway) did not mean the failure of “Binge.” Quite the opposite — it meant there was an audience for her story.

Not only that, but such a universal and pressing issue deserves more than one story.

The CW’s Arrow celebrated its 100th episode/contribution to the “Heroes v Aliens” crossover event by drawing 3.5 million total viewers and a 1.3 rating, nearly doubling its most recent numbers to hit one-year highs (since last season’s crossover ep).

To recap #DCWeek thus far:

♦ Supergirl 3.5 mil (+33%), 1.1 (+20% week-to-week)

♦ The Flash 4.2 mil (+40%), 1.5 (+36%)

♦ Arrow 3.5 mil (+84%), 1.3 (+86%)

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Leading out of that, Frequency (1.08 mil/0.3) added a few eyeballs while flat in the demo.

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One week after an 8-year-old Illinois girl was abducted from her grandmother’s front porch, People has learned that the bus she was waiting for in the dark to take her to her church’s weekly Bible study was never coming.

Just hours after Sabrina Stauffenberg waited in vain for the bus, her body was found dumped behind a vinegar plant in the small town of Olney, and a 53-year-old man is behind bars charged with her rape and strangulation.

Sabrina’s pastor tells People that Calvary Baptist Church’s regular Wednesday night Bible study was rescheduled for Tuesday evening...

In “Love Reset,” the final winner of MTV’s “Look Different” campaign, a white teenage boy sees life as a video game, tallying his masculinity points, while ignoring the Indian girl who passes him, ticking off boxes on an impossible imaginary to do list. Both metaphors are apt, speaking volumes about their subjects’ vastly different daily experiences and forcing the viewer to confront the discomfort of both.

“Look Different” is MTV’s anti-bias campaign and filmmaking competition that invited emerging filmmakers to create short films on the topic of privilege – including racial, gender and sexual orientation. Three projects were chosen: “American Male,” about a closeted gay man and the pressures of masculinity, “See Me In My Black Skin,” about a white guy who dons black face for a party and wakes up black, and “Love Reset,” which premieres exclusively on IndieWire.

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Since it's Thanksgiving weekend and your presumably still digesting all that pie, let's stay reflective about gratitude, cinematic and otherwise. You've already heard from positivity-spreading volunteers among our team (Manuel, Jose, Daniel, Murtada, and Chris) so now it's my turn. I shall try very hard to come up with a few new things for which to be thankful since they stole so many of my items! 

Here are 16 things I am deeply grateful for in defiance of how awful 2016 was trying to be to all of us...

- The way Meryl Streep's eyes dart around desperately for validation during her wobbly notes in Florence Foster Jenkins. Girl, I feel you. Same.

- Brave endings that really land through force of vision and artistry from The Fits to The Witch through The Lobster and La La Land...

Stephen Fishbach was the runner-up on Survivor: Tocantins and a member of the jury on Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance. He has been blogging about Survivor strategy for People since 2009. Follow him on Twitter @stephenfishbach.

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“There were just no pawns here. Everyone was the master of the chessboard, and they were all playing a different game.” —Courtney Yates, Heroes vs. Villains

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It’s Thanksgiving and I’m thankful for this week’s Double episode of Survivor. Previously on Survivor Chris, Bret, and Sunday saw Jessica as the biggest threat at Vinaka but the majority of the tribe had already made a decision. Knowing that he was the likely target, Taylor revealed Adam’s secret advantage at tribal. In the end the […]

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Greetings from Chris, lovely readers! This Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for our faithful readers, our feisty team, and our relentlessly kind and passionate leader Nathaniel. In my estimation, this has been a great enough year to just be thankful for such a bevy of riches - but here's a few of the things earning my gratitude:

... the many unsung ensembles hosting their own feasts but especially Don't Think Twice, Little Men, and Love and Friendship.

... André Holland smoking in Moonlight. It's the hottest sex scene of the year and it's between camera and actor. May we all find someone that looks at us the way that the camera looks at Holland...

This couple has even more reason to be thankful this holiday week. Chris Lambton and his wife Peyton Wright Lambton have welcomed their first child into the world just days before Thanksgiving. "Happy to announce the addition to our family Lyla James,"  Chris shared on Instagram Tuesday afternoon. "Baby and mom are both doing great! #BabyLambton @peytonwlambton #imadad." The Hollywood couple is already proud parents to a three-year-old Greater Swiss Mountain Dog named Summit. Just last month, Peyton opened up about her journey to motherhood in a candid blog. At the time, she couldn't help but express her excitement at expanding the family. Story...

[[tmz:video id="0_azhzmnqq"]] Washington Redkins stars Pierre Garcon and Chris Baker were doing a pretty cool thing Monday night, giving away Thanksgiving turkeys ... when suddenly a Huuuge Cowboys fan crashed the party!  The woman -- sporting her Dallas Cowboys beanie -- is hilarious ... getting right up in Baker's face and pledging her allegiance to her squad ... adding, "I look forward to seeing you Thursday!"  The video is great -- the woman talks smack, but does it in a...

James + Semaj is a column where James Franco talks to his reverse self, Semaj, about new films. Rather than a conventional review, it is place where James and Semaj can muse about ideas that the films provoke. James loves going to the movies and talking about them. But a one-sided take on a movie, in print, might be misconstrued as a review. As someone in the industry it could be detrimental to James’s career if he were to review his peers, because unlike the book industry—where writers review other writer’s books—the film industry is highly collaborative, and a bad review of a peer could create problems. So, assume that James (and Semaj) love all these films. What they’re interested in talking about is all the ways the films inspire them, and make them think. James is me, and Semaj is the other side of me.

Political dynasties may find no love from Americans these days, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love our comedy dynasties. Fans of David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris will agree a little nepotism isn’t always a bad thing, as well as those who ate crow when Abby Elliott proved herself worthy of the strings (real or rumored) pulled by her father, “Saturday Night Live” alum Chris Elliott, to get her an audition for the show that started his career. Now, two great comedic families finally join forces as Amy Sedaris and Chris Elliott play the world’s worst parents in “Thanksgiving,” a loopy family comedy that — like its target audience — could use an Adderall.

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At the time of this post, Thanksgiving is just eight days away, and Verizon and Hearst’s Seriously.TV venture is getting into the holiday spirit with a new web series. It’s called Thanksgiving, it follows the members of a dysfunctional family across a single Turkey Day, and it’s now available through Verizon’s Go90 platform.

Thanksgiving is the creation of Bethany Hall (who was a regular on the cult-favorite public-access TV series The Chris Gethard Show) and Daniel Powell (the co-creator of Inside Amy Schumer). To inject some star power into their show, Hall and Powell assembled a top-notch cast. The members of the Morgan and Tuniclif families include Bridey Elliott (who we’ve seen in several web series over the past few years), her real-life father Chris (who is an actor in his own right), and the always-exciting Amy Sedaris.

As with the other comedy shows produced under the Seriously.

“Billy on the Street” is TV’s adrenaline shot. Whether the hijinks come from the show’s growing list of guest stars or the flabbergasted hoards of New Yorkers who become putty in the hands of a raving, microphone-wielding Billy Eichner, it’s a tried-and-true formula that’s birthed four full seasons of Manhattan-set surprises. The kinetic, chaotic game show hasn’t yielded any giant cash prizes or faraway vacations, but every episode turns a few random city folks into potential viral superstars.

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In recognition of the show’s storied history (Fuse’s Season 1 finale featured a member of Blink-182, this season on truTV opens with Jon Hamm, Seth Rogen and Lupita Nyong’o in back-to-back-to-back episodes), we’ve compiled a greatest hits of sorts, singling out some of the “Billy on the Street” moments we keep coming back to.