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2015
Apr
26
 
 
The political enemies circle around President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), eagerly pursuing a scandalous story that might throw her out of office. Meanwhile, there’s a White House lawn Easter egg hunt to prepare…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
25
 
 
The red-carpet arrival coverage begins an hour earlier, at 6 p.m. ET, and that’s where you can revel in the odd-couple pairings of Washington correspondents and their invited celebrity guests. The real action, however, begins at 7 ET, when the festivities begin. Cecily Strong from Saturday Night Live is this year’s host – and her opening act, as is customary at this event, is the President of the United States. Unlike many previous chief executives, however, President Barack Ob
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
25
 
 
This 2014 revival of the classic Godzilla character has one of the most improbable casts of any monster movie. Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad is here. So are David Strathairn, who played Edward R. Murrow in Good Night and Good Luck, and Ken Watanabe, the Japanese actor currently garnering rave reviews in the new Broadway revival of The King & I. And French actress Juliette Binoche from The English Patient, and Elizabeth Olsen, younger sister of Ashley and Mary-Kate, who’s about to be
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
25
 
 
Richard Linklater’s 2014 movie about a family is a remarkable film, and a remarkable achievement, in part because of the way it was filmed. Rather than use makeup and special effects to age the cast over a period of years, Linklater gathered them for a few weeks each year, for a dozen years, capturing the changing lives, and looks, of his central characters. Ellar Coltrane plays the boy, Mason, with Patricia Arquette (who won an Oscar) as his mom, Ethan Hawke as his dad, and Linklater&rsqu
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
25
 
 
This season, with male as well as female clones, has started off very powerfully – and tonight’s episode has Helena (Tatiana Maslany) suffering even more abuse, including waterboarding, at the hands of her ruthless captors. Her clone sisters, however, are planning a rescue, a plan that comes with plenty of dangerous risks of its own.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
25
 
 
Once again, BBC America has pushed this talk show outside of prime time, but please don’t forget about it. Last week’s show had Stanley Tucci crying with hysterical laughter – and this week’s features a typically eclectic celebrity-filled couch that boasts Carey Mulligan (pictured), Noomi Rapace, and Amanda Holden of Britain’s Got Talent.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
24
 
 
This final week of Friday night special-effects movies begins with the 1956 sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, a take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest that features not only Walter Pidgeon as a scientist on a remote planet, and a young Leslie Nielsen as his astronaut visitor, but Anne Francis as the scientist’s daughter and Robby the Robot as one of his other memorable creations. And following this film are three you might not necessarily think of when discussing cinematic special effects,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
24
 
 
Diane Sawyer gets two hours of prime time tonight for an exclusive interview with Bruce Jenner, the 65-year-old former Olympic decathlon gold medalist who is breaking his self-imposed media silence to talk about his personal feelings and plans. “My whole life has been getting me ready for this,” he tells Sawyer – and if he’s talking solely about retirement, millions of viewers are likely to be sorely disappointed.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
24
 
 
Tonight’s episode, in addition to the three-person roundtable, features two guests this week who are notably high profile. One is restaurateur Eddie Huang, whose personal memoir is the basis of the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, and the other is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Apr
24
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: This is Part 2 of the season-opening episode called “Like Hell,” and in this episode, Bo and her friends do indeed have one hell of a time. But in what other TV show can you tune in and see both a succubus and a Valkyrie? Except, I suppose, for Keeping Up with the Kardashians…