O’Shea Jackson Jr. (pictured) stars as Ice Cube in this 2015 dramatization of the rise of the rap group N.W.A. – which is noteworthy, as is the family resemblance, because his father, O’Shea Jackson Sr., is Ice Cube. Corey Hawkins plays Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell portrays Eazy-E – and Paul Giamatti plays the white guy music manager who sees the potential in their angry stage presence and defiant lyrics. If you don’t know what N.W.A. stands for, you’ll know as soo

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THE ODD COUPLE By David Bianculli

TCM has found several excuses to play this 1968 screen adaptation of the classic Neil Simon comedy – but who’s complaining? Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau star.

2016

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CONCUSSION By David Bianculli

Will Smith, who’s already starred in one big-screen biopic as Ali, plays a different kind of fighter here, set against a different type of violent professional sport. In this 2015 movie, the pathologist who first argued about the causal link between on-field concussions and subsequent player brain injuries and damage.

2016

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THE 68TH PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINATIONS: ‘GAME OF THRONES’ AGAIN RULES BUT FX IS BIGGEST GAINER IN MAJOR CATEGORIES By Ed Bark

HBO’s Game of Thrones led all programs in Emmy nominations for the third straight year while FX’s The Americans is among the Best Drama Series contenders for the first time...

2016

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NETFLIX'S 'STRANGER THINGS': AN ODE IN THE MODE OF 'E.T.' By Ed Bark

“The Duffer Brothers,” as they’re identified in the credits for Stranger Things, are twins with a jones for otherworldly events, secretive, diabolical authorities and, in this particular case, the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial...

2016

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2016 BRITISH OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

Yesterday, in the first round of this year’s British Open, Phil Mickelson came within a coulda-made-it putt of shooting a 62 – which would have been the lowest score in any round of any major championship in history. As is, he walked off with an eight-under-par 63, setting himself up for a day two that promises to be much less friendly, weather-wise. Golf Channel provides live coverage until 4 p.m. ET.

2016

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STRANGER THINGS By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Winona Ryder stars as the mother of a missing boy in this new Netflix series, an eight-part supernatural thriller set in Indiana in 1983. For those old and warped enough to remember the 1991 TV series Eerie, Indiana, this may seem like a super-nostalgic blast from the past. And that may be a fair description of what series creators Matt and Ross Duffer, currently of Fox’s Wayward Pines, are after. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

2016

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BENGAZI By David Bianculli

This rarely televised action-adventure film is about a trio of adventurers who band together in search of Nazi gold hidden in the African desert. I mention it mostly because when you hear the movie’s title these days, it’s usually referring to another government subcommittee investigation.

2016

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Next week, Bill Maher will do a couple of shows live from the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Tonight, still in Los Angeles, his scheduled guests include Republican consultant Frank Luntz (pictured, with Maher), and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

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20 STORIES THAT SHOOK THE WORLD IN 20 YEARS By David Bianculli

Twenty years ago, NBC went into partnership with Microsoft to create a new cable network, and even gave Microsoft top billing, by launching MSNBC in 1996. The partnership didn’t last, but the network and its name did. Tonight, in a prime-time special, MSNBC looks at 20 key news events from as many years, as reported and commented upon by the MSNBC staffers at the time.

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