Cinema News: 'Long live TCM' and other great Entertainment reads

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August 6, 2023

Long live TCM! Our culture would be worse off without movies on TV

Without Turner Classic Movies and other channels for movies on TV, we'd lose the instructive pleasures of the happy accident, the unexpected discovery.

AM radio served the country for 100 years. Will electric vehicles silence it?

Bipartisan legislation that would require car manufacturers to keep the AM band in their dashboards is moving forward. It's also united an unusual coalition representing conservative talk radio hosts, immigrant communities and rural workers.

How the Universal Studios tram tour defined the modern theme park

The most important theme park ride ever created? It may just be the Universal Studios tram tour, which dates to the silent film era. Once primarily a behind-the-scenes tour, the trek has evolved to define the modern theme park.

'Star Trek' made its first ever musical episode, but was it any good? Our writers discuss

For the first time in its 57-year existence, "Star Trek" made a musical episode. Our television critic and 'Star Trek' fan Robert Lloyd discusses the episode with reporter and musical theater lover Ashley Lee.

Taylor Swift delivers emotional catharsis and anthems galore in epic, three-hour-plus show

Taylor Swift kicked off six sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium, and The Times' Mikael Wood and Suzy Exposito were there to provide a full rundown.

She's 'Black, fabulous and on TV.' Niecy Nash-Betts is living her full self

"It is not lost on me that being in the best relationship I've ever been in in my life comes with a side order of the best moment in my career," the Emmy-nominated "Dahmer" actor says.

An actor's heart problems highlight health insurance concerns amid SAG-AFTRA strike

The SAG-AFTRA strike is showing how industry uncertainty leads to actors losing their health insurance or not qualifying in any given year.

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