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Charlie Daniels, the Southern singer and songwriter behind hits like “The Devil Went Down To Georgia,” has died. As Variety reports, the musician died of a hemorrhagic stroke in Hermitage, TN. He was 83.

There’s no real discussion of the year’s best podcasts so far without addressing the apocalyptic elephant in the room: Many series were compelled to pivot their content to coronavirus-related storytelling beginning in March, while others bent over backwards to explain themselves as they released non-COVID-related…

After his gonzo turn in last year’s worst movie, John Travolta is here to toy with his onscreen persona once more, this time as a foul-mouthed Hollywood “coach” in Kevin Hart’s new Quibi series.

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: With Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch moving from July to October, we’re singling out other ensemble comedies to watch instead.

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Palm Springs—like a handful of great movies before it—imagines what might happen if you found yourself stuck in an endless loop, living the same day over and over again. If that sounds a little too close to our current, quarantined reality, well, that part was unintentional. Lucky for us, Palm Springs offers up plenty…

American Girl dolls are meant to represent every kind of “American girl” from across the country, past and present. In order to help the company achieve this goal, a guy who goes by Adam The Creator has shared a fake ad for a custom-made version of the doll, created to mark an unavoidably prominent demographic in 2020…

Spotify will launch a new podcast exploring the origins and evolution of the U.S. edition of The Office in celebration of the NBC sitcom’s 15th anniversary. Even better? It’s being hosted by Brian Baumgartner, who stole countless scenes as accounting lug Kevin Malone.

After her exhilarating battle with Cindy in “Shiv Part One,” Courtney is forced to take a breather this week, and Stargirl mostly follows suit. This is the first episode of the season that hasn’t dramatically expanded Stargirl’s mythology or introduced a major new player, which leaves it feeling just a little flat.…

Just last week, Tom Hanks rightfully tsk-tsk’d citizens refusing to adhere to the most basic guidelines to avoid the spread of COVID-19. America’s dad wasn’t mad. He was just disappointed. That disappointment continues this week as Hanks spoke with The Guardian about his upcoming film Greyhound, which was sold by Sony…

It was a year ago last February when songwriter Ryan Adams was hit with allegations of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by seven different women, including Phoebe Bridgers, This Is Us star Mandy Moore, and one woman who says she was only 14 when they were involved. Since then, the FBI launched an investigation…

Two phenomena have emerged during the many months of quarantine most of us are still sticking to: Lots and lots of people are playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons and lots and lots of people are getting dangerously horned up. We suppose it was inevitable that these trends would merge into an unexpected hybrid form.…

Nick Cordero, beloved star of such Broadway productions as Waitress, Bullets Over Broadway, and Rock Of Ages, has died at the age of 41 following a protracted battle with COVID-19. The actor’s passing was announced by his wife, Amanda Kloots, who had been documenting her husband’s struggles over the past several…

There’s something comforting about yet another reminder that, no matter what else happens in the world, the “Steamed Hams” meme will continue. The classic Simpsons scene has mutated into all sorts of forms over the years, turning into everything from a Lego-animated short film and custom-made Mario level to a variety…

“Le Rêve Impossible” is the title of the penultimate episode of Lodge 49, but it could just as easily have been the name of this effortlessly beguiling AMC series (though you’d have to trade the Pynchon reference for Man Of La Mancha). A show without an obvious hook or overwhelming star power was bound to get lost in…

The Kissing Booth was born of that starry-eyed summer in 2018, when Netflix’s fresh crop of throwback rom-coms reminded a weary nation what it means to love like an irrational teenager. Sure, it was thought by many to be the “bottom of the barrel” alongside To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Perfect Date, and …

It’s been almost 30 years since Bill Murray lived life on repeat for his sins and our enjoyment, but the Groundhog Days are still coming. It can leave a fan of that ’93 classic feeling a bit like Bill himself, forever waking to “I Got You Babe”: Wait, haven’t we done this before? Yet for every dozen inferior…

Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer best known for his immersive work on Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns, has died. A lawyer for Morricone confirmed to CNN that the composer died in a Rome hospital after falling and breaking his leg. He was 91.

In back-to-back episodes, Perry Mason attempts to find an answer to a question that has plagued viewers of premium cable shows since such things were first created: How many great actors does it take to mask the fact that there’s not a lot going on beneath the surface? Call it the Case of the Exemplary Cast.

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, July 6. All times are Eastern.

How many members of the Tail can you name? It is a part of my job to learn the names of television characters so I can include accurate details in these reviews, and yet, I struggle to recall the names of the few members of the Tail who have been explicitly given names. This is not a failure on my part to care about…