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Expect performances aplenty on Tony Awards telecast

Those scheduled to appear include Pete Townshend, Nicole Scherzinger, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Bebe Neuwirth. Ariana DeBose will host the proceedings.

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David E. Kelley has made dozens of shows. These are the best and worst.

The writer-producer has created 29 series in the last 35 years, including his new one on Apple TV+, “Presumed Innocent." But they haven't all been winners. Here are my favorites and least favorites.

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Will ‘Trust’ be as inventive as the novel on which it is based?

The HBO miniseries is based on the novel of the same name by Hernan Diaz, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2023.

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‘Presumed Innocent’ is a classic David E. Kelley beach read of a whodunit

One of the hallmarks of this miniseries adaptation of the 1987 Scott Turow novel is that the characters have more dimension and ambiguity. That includes Jake Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich, a liar and a cheat we may find ourselves rooting for.

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AMC to expand Anne Rice franchise with ‘The Talamasca’

Following “Interview With the Vampire" and “Mayfair Witches,” the show will be about the secret society set up to investigate and monitor all the world’s vampires, witches, and werewolves. The group was introduced in Rice’s “The Queen of the Damned.”

Looking like Matt Damon continues to haunt Jesse Plemons

“It has somewhat been haunting me for a little while,” the actor told Jimmy Kimmel of his history of being mistaken for Matt Damon.

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Catch up on ‘The Serpent Queen’ before season 2 arrives

It may appeal to fans of “Game of Thrones”-type stuff. It doesn’t have dragons and CGI spectacles, but it has the same kind of cutthroat court intrigue, dark romantic intensity, big characters, and primitive stylings.

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This week’s TV: ‘House of the Dragon’ returns, a new ‘Presumed Innocent,’ and Sajak says goodbye

When season one of "House of the Dragon" ended, it felt like it was just getting started, so we're looking forward to getting back to it. But first, Jake Gyllenhaal plays an intensely flawed man in “Presumed Innocent."