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Best Shows of 2024

From 'Shogun' to 'The Peguin' to 'Industry,' here are the best TV shows of the year.

By Alison Herman, Aramide Tinubu

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A Night in the Writers Room

Drama series panelists from 'Rings of Power,' 'Dune: Prophecy,' 'Matlock' and more break down what pride they take in their shows.

By Joe Otterson

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Mark Eydelshteyn attends The Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on December 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Season 2 Casts ‘Anora’ Star Mark Eydelshteyn

Mark Eydelshteyn has been cast in Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” Variety has learned. Eydelshteyn is the first confirmed cast member for the new…

By Joe Otterson

‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘Med’ and ‘P.D.’ Set Crossover Event on NBC in January

NBC’s One Chicago franchise has set its first crossover episodes in five years. The three-part event will air on Jan. 29 beginning at 8 p.m. Though “Chicago Med” typically…

By Selome Hailu

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‘The Six Triple Eight’ Review: A Battalion of Black Women Makes History in Tyler Perry’s Best Film Yet

Tyler Perry has dedicated the past quarter-century of his career to giving voice to Black women on stage and screen. With “The Six Triple Eight,” the self-made mogul — who…

By Peter Debruge

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's CONCLAVE, a Focus Features release. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All Rights Reserved.

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Final Golden Globes Predictions

The 2025 Golden Globe nominations will be revealed Monday, and 'Conclave,' 'Emilia Perez' and 'Wicked' are expected to lead.

By Clayton Davis

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Women’s Impact List

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Critics Pick
‘Queer’

Daniel Craig infuses William S. Burroughs with a winning vulnerability in Luca Guadagnino's bold adaptation of Burroughs' ahead-of-its-time novel: a tale of addiction that's also a love story.
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‘The Order’

Jude Law and Nicholas Holt star in Justin Kurzel's rigorously authentic and suspenseful drama about the white-supremacist cult of the 1980s — a movement that's only grown more darkly relevant.
‘Moana 2’

The songs lack that Lin-Manuel Miranda magic, but this more dutiful than inspired sequel has vibrant monsters and a flow of movement that keeps your eyeballs dancing.
‘Y2K’

Jaeden Martell and Rachel Zegler star in Kyle Mooney's listless satirical sci-fi disaster comedy: a 1999 youth-nostalgia flick that turns into...an attack-of-the-computers zombie movie.

‘Interior Chinatown’

'Interior Chinatown' Struggles to Turn an Allegorical Novel Into a Show
‘Dune: Prophecy’

HBO Prequel Series 'Dune: Prophecy' Capably Tailors the Epic Franchise to Television
‘Landman’

Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' Gives the West Texas Oil Fields the 'Yellowstone' Treatment
'The Day of the Jackal’

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch's 'The Day of the Jackal' Is an Exhilarating Assassin Thriller

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!