Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Robert Vaughn, who became an international TV star in the 1960s playing suave and debonair superspy Napoleon Solo on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” while also playing a role in the era’s anti-war movement, died Friday. He was 83. Vaughn died after a brief battle with acute leukemia, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, confirmed to The Associated […]

“Is the whole world insane?” Kate McKinnon played an exasperated Hillary Clinton in the cold open to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, incredulous at the prospect of holding just a slim lead over Donald Trump despite his unfitness for office. The show placed blame on the media in offering a sketch that mocked network television’s

At the end of Thelma & Louise, the 1991 film for which Susan Sarandon is probably most famous, the two titular characters drive off a cliff instead of surrendering to law enforcement. The decision is lethal, but principled. The film’s final frame shows their blue Ford Thunderbird flying with slow, deadly grace into the Grand

“Supergirl” is an intriguing coming-of-age film about Naomi Kutin, an Orthodox Jewish girl who broke a world record in the sport of powerlifting. In many ways, Kutin’s story is just like everyone else’s: She’s trying to find her way as she transitions into adolescence. But what makes Kutin extraordinary is her dedication to the sport

“Saturday Night Live” saved its funniest barbs for Donald Trump’s allegations of media bias, as the NBC sketch comedy show satirized the third and final debate in the cold open to the show Saturday night. Host Tom Hanks, playing debate moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News, asked Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, whether he would