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A Social Media Feud Is Threatening the Fate of ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’

Taylor Frankie Paul and Mikayla Matthews have been trading blows for the past few weeks online, discussing topics like domestic violence and sexual abuse on their Instagram Stories and in comments sections.

Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews, Taylor Frankie Paul and Jessi Draper.

How the ‘Summer House’ Finale and ‘In the City’ Premiere Meet This Bravo Moment

The season 10 finale of the flagship series ended with starring couple Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula taking a step toward ending their marriage, and the emotional scene led right into their spinoff series, which is even more revealing about what's to come.

Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke on 'Summer House' season 10.

Deal Lethargy Forces Hollywood Writers to Leave Money on the Table. That Needs to Change

The maddening, creativity-killing lag between the moment a writer shakes hands on an assignment and the moment a deal is actually closed marks a structural failure.

Writers/retro.

‘Hacks’ Goes Full Sitcom — Without Losing Its Bite

As Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) explore doomed romances, the season’s bigger themes of fame, fandom and friendship snap into focus.

Jean Smart and Christopher Briney in "Hacks".

The U.K.’s Channel 4 Got Louder Under Ian Katz. Not Everyone Heard the Same Thing

As the outgoing chief content officer ends his eight-year tenure, the verdict from inside the industry is complicated — and says as much about the state of television as it does about the man himself.

Ian Katz

‘Love Story’ Finale: Ryan Murphy Delivers the Tears I’d Been Dreading

Reviewing "Search and Recovery," the ninth and final episode of Ryan Murphy's FX series about the JFK Jr.-Carolyn Bessette romance, a former 'George' magazine staffer relives the traumatic moment she learned of her friend's tragic death.

Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon in FX's 'Love Story.'

Why You Can’t “Shop the Red Carpet” Anymore

The clothes designers custom-make for movie stars and the fashion they create for the runway have nothing in common. It wasn’t always this way.

Emma Stone Oscars and Louis Vuitton Runway

That Time Matt Bomer Lost His Passport in Japan

The 'White Collar' actor — soon to be seen in Jonah Hill's Apple TV film 'Outcome' — on cherry blossom season, staying at the 'Lost in Translation' hotel and losing his travel documents in one of his "favorite countries in the world."

Matt Bomer in Japan during sakura season. Cherry blossoms.

What Timothée Chalamet Gets Wrong — and Right — About the Death of Opera

Bangkok-based opera director S.P. Somtow on why the genre's future may lie far from where it began: "Opera is going to survive no matter what anyone says."

Somtwo Sucharitkul performing with his Siam Sinfonietta youth orchestra at the 2021 Oldenburg Festival.

Netflix Just Got an Extra $2.8 Billion. Here’s What It Should Spend On

Bringing creators onto the streaming giant dramatically expands ad inventory with content that is inherently monetization-friendly.

film reels on stacks of coins that grow larger across the image

Is Hollywood Dying?

A public relations veteran candidly admits that the industry he's worked in for over 40 years doesn’t exist anymore. But he sees reason for optimism now, too.

Joel McCrea, Robert Warwick, Porter Hall in SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, 1941.

I Have Tourette Syndrome and I Have the N-Word Thrown at Me. I Have Thoughts on BAFTA.

As New York City Public Advocate, I’m in a very visible space with a very visible disability. Here's what I've learned.

Jumaane Williams speaking at a Brooklyn Academy of Music tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 19.

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