The Voice, on NBC
Expect more surprises and incredible performances, as a new episode airs tonight. Season 23 is Blake Shelton's last as a coach; he's joined by fellow coach Kelly Clarkson, as well as newcomers Niall Horan and Chance the Rapper.
Late Laughs for the week of Mar. 19 - Mar. 25
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The State Department said that the downed Chinese spy balloons were carrying surveillance equipment capable of intercepting communications — they needed some way of spying on people who still hadn't downloaded Tik Tok.
An owl was recently removed from a college library in Georgia. And this is annoying: now it's saying "Whom."
Your Honor, on Showtime
How will it end? Originally envisioned as a limited series, this legal drama wraps with the Season 2 finale. Bryan Cranston plays ex-judge Michael Desiato, a broken man and grieving father who was coerced into a scheme to take down a crime family.
A world apart: Nat Geo treks to remote restaurants
Kristen Kish (center) in “Restaurants at the End of the World”
Our collective obsession and endless fascination with food continues to change the way it is presented on television.
New Releases for the week of March 19 - 25
Babylon
While transporting an elephant to Los Angeles in 1926, Mexican immigrant Manuel "Manny" Torres (Calva) finds himself at a wild, debaucherous party held at a Kinoscope Studios executive's palatial estate. Manny finds himself captivated by Nellie LaRoy (Robbie), an up-and-coming actress, and befriends waning movie star Jack Conrad (Pitt), who helps Manny secure jobs that allow him to climb the studio system's ranks. Manny quickly gets caught up in the decadence and outrageous excess of the Hollywood scene, in a time when studios are transitioning from silent to sound films.
Director: Damien Chazelle. Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, P. J. Byrne, Lukas Haas, Tobey Maguire. 189 mins. 2022. Comedy.
Seriously Red
Sticking out like a sore thumb in the corporate world, quirky Red (Boylan) famously can't hold a job, and that is reflected in her living situation: she lives in the garage behind her parent’s house. She ends up being fired from a real estate company for becoming too intoxicated at a work event, and for inappropriately dressing up like Dolly Parton. Red volunteers at an open-mic audition for Dolly Parton impersonators at a local gay bar, where she is discovered by Teeth (Barber), a manager for a Kenny Rogers lookalike (Webber), setting the stage for a journey of self-discovery.
Director: Gracie Otto. Stars: Krew Boylan, Daniel Webber, Rose Byrne, Celeste Barber, Bobby Cannavale, Thomas Campbell, Todd Lasance, Tony Barry. 104 mins. 2022. Comedy.
Lullaby
After recently welcoming their son Eli, happily married couple John (Rodríguez) and Rachel (Chaplin) are struggling to maintain a balance between their jobs, relationship and a new bundle of joy. Rachel's mother sends the couple a care package containing items that once belonged to Rachel’s sister, Vivian (Balaban), who lost both her husband and baby under mysterious circumstances. Rachel discovers an ancient hymn in a book, and upon singing the calming lullaby to baby Eli, Rachel unwittingly unleashes the biblical spirit of Lilith (Guloien), who is destined to steal the baby and bring him to the underworld.
Director: John R. Leonetti. Stars: Oona Chaplin, Ramón Rodríguez, Liane Balaban, Mary Ann Stevens, Julie Khaner, Alex Karzis, Spencer Macpherson, Kira Guloien. 89 mins. 2022. Horror.
Despicable Me 3, on NBC
Gru (Steve Carell), Lucy (Kristen Wiig) and the Minions are back. This time, Gru meets his long-lost twin brother, Dru (also Carell), and the two form an uneasy alliance in order to take down a former child star who is out for revenge.
Q: <span>Have any of the cast members of "Glee" actually gone on to have a career in music?</span>
For the multitalented veterans of Fox's hit musical series "Glee," the answer depends on what you mean by "have a career." Because most of them went on to release music at some point in the eight years since the show ended.
Lea Michele, who played Rachel, has probably had the most success on this front. She's released four full albums so far, two of which placed on the prestigious Billboard 200 charts.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?, on CW
Best known for playing Det. Amy Sykes in "Major Crimes," actress Kearran Giovanni joins cast members Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie for a series of spontaneous improv games hosted by Aisha Tyler. Comic Jonathan Mangum also joins them.
Luck be a Henry: TV’s Odenkirk is ‘Lucky Hank’
Bob Odenkirk in “Lucky Hank”
Q: I just had a friend tell me that "Paranormal Activity" is actually the most successful movie of all time. But that's not right, is it? I thought it was "Avatar" or something.
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This company specializes in producing understandable and, yes, even beautiful charts and graphs about popular topics. It recently took on the movie biz, charting the biggest movies of all time, and it illustrated a fascinating fact: if you define "biggest" in relative terms — on return-on-investment as a percentage — then the humble 2007 horror flick "Paranormal Activity" beats everyone. By a lot.