The best movies, TV shows, music, books and arts of the season

Entertainment

September 3, 2023

Fall preview: The best movies, TV shows, music, books and arts of the season

The Times looks ahead to autumn in our annual fall preview: Here are the movies, TV shows, music, books and arts to circle on your calendars.

Netflix has Oscar hopes for its Diana Nyad biopic. But swimmer's exaggerations cast a pall

The biopic about swimmer Diana Nyad stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in Oscar-buzzed turns. But the film's real-life subject remains hounded by controversy over exaggerated claims.

The weird and wonderful life of L.A.'s most bizarre celebrity photographer

John Verzi was obsessed with celebrities for years, taking 12,500 photos and gathering "the greatest autograph collection ever seen." He kept them all to himself — until his death.

Column: Hollywood studios have already lost the strikes. Now it's time to surrender

As a disastrous summer for the industry's top brass bleeds into fall, it's become clear the AMPTP cannot win the strike. So they should end it now to cut their losses, Mary McNamara writes.

We take an exclusive tour of Hollywood's restored Egyptian Theatre, opening this fall

Hollywood's oldest movie theater was the beginning of everything we associate with glitzy premieres. Now it's reopening, thanks to an unlikely partner: Netflix.

Sara Buckley's social media sex challenge made her a proud baby daddy — to 150 kids

An innocent call to action on Instagram for women to pursue their husbands for seven days birthed some pretty unexpected results on social media and in real life for this Las Vegas comedian.

At festivals like Venice and Toronto, striking actors face 'court of public opinion'

Who can promote films at the major fall festivals, and whether it's PR-savvy to do so, will affect some of the industry's biggest annual events. Here's how.

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