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Although “Conclave” takes place in Vatican City, director Edward Berger and production designer Suzie Davies didn’t want to get overly caught up in the minutiae of the actual location. The film, about the fictional selection of the next pope, needed to feel like a thrilling drama, not a documentary. “You research it, you acknowledge it,…

“Saturday Night” is the story of a team anxious to meet a deadline. It’s Oct. 11, 1975, and a band of misfit comedians, crew members and musicians sweat through the 90 minutes leading up to the first episode of “Saturday Night” (the word “Live” wouldn’t enter the title until the 1977-78 season). Overseeing the madness…

The wait is over. This year marks the return of several major series that were put on pause for a variety of factors, including the dual Hollywood strikes. Cliffhangers are ready to be resolved, or new ones are about to emerge. Old characters are returning, and perhaps we’ll meet some new ones too. But alongside…

Comedian, actress, writer, musician, podcaster, and roast master mommy Nikki Glaser has had an eventful year. Treasured in comedy for her unfiltered takes on sex, relationships and personal insecurities, Glaser’s fearlessness has earned her a dedicated fan following. But this year has been somewhat different for several roasty reasons. “Winning” Netflix’s live “Roast of Tom…

When Sean Baker was about to release his acclaimed “Anora,” he pondered the harsh reality of putting out an art-house movie — even a much-anticipated one — in 2024. “Sometimes I tweet about my film,” the writer-director told The Times in early October, “and the first question that comes back is: When will it be…

In the pantheon of stand-up comedy’s living legends, few names carry more weight than Fluffy. Though Gabriel Iglesias found major success using the moniker that has stuck with him for the majority of his career, he wasn’t really a fan of it at first. “It made me think of a cat or pillows or comforters…

On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, traveling from London to New York, breaking it apart and sending it to Earth. Flora Swire, a 23-year-old Englishwoman, was among the 270 killed (including 11 on the ground). Her father, physician Jim Swire, became a spokesperson for families pressing…

Today I’m going to … get engaged: YouTube star MrBeast is engaged to fellow influencer Thea Booysen, a.k.a. the future MrsBeast. The “Beast Games” host, 26, who is the most-subscribed-to YouTuber, proposed to his girlfriend of two years on Christmas Day and revealed on New Year’s Day that they were affianced. “Ya boy did a…

In 1967, Brenton Wood looked as if he was on the cusp of mainstream success. The Compton crooner’s single “The Oogum Boogum Song” became a hit and ranked 34th and 19th on the Billboard’s Hot 100 and Top Selling R&B Singles charts, respectively. A few months later, Wood debuted his second hit, “Gimme Little Sign,”…

Despite the dismantling of the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to regulate broadband internet service, state laws in California, New York and elsewhere remain intact. This week’s decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, striking down the FCC’s open internet rules, has little bearing on state laws enacted during the years-long tug-of-war over the…