We used to think scams were just for rubes and suckers. Slick grifters cheated the unsuspecting.That was before Bernie Madoff bilked the wealthy. It was before Elizabeth Holmes.Her company, Theranos, drew prominent backers. “Rupert Murdoch, I think, invested $125 million,” said Alex Gibney, whose HBO documentary is Monday … three days after one on ABC. Read more…
Fiction, it seems, is way more fun than real life. That’s because you can rewrite the ending.
Marcia Clark disliked the real ending of the O.J. Simpson murder trial: She lost; he won.
But now she’s helping write and produce a fictional tale that sounds familiar, with a twist. Read more…
It’s been 14 months since we had a new “Better Things” episode, but don’t despair. The season-opener (Feb. 28) indicates the show is better than ever.
Yes, Pamela Adlon says, show-business has plenty of frazzled, fractured people.There’s ambition and despair. There’s “that angry air that hangs over so many.”And yes, she’s always wanted to be in the business.“I grew up on sound stages with my dad,” she said. Don Seagall had a successful decade, writing comedy scripts; his daughter savored it all. Read more…
A brief sampling — Josh Groban singing “Bridge Over Troubled Water” at Madison Square Garden — makes one thing clear: This powerhouse singer is in the hands of skillful TV people. Groban’s concert is Monday on most PBS stations, a key element to their pledge drives.
For Josh Groban, this all happened in a sudden swoosh.
He was, he says, a teen-ager with a “blissful naivete,” belting out show tunes at home and in class. Suddenly, he was with two important Davids (Foster and Kelley) and a Rosie (O’Donnell). He became a music star and now a key to the latest pledge drive. Read more…
At times, this show is merely kinda-good, in a stop-and-start, hit-and-miss way. But it soars Read more…
This may have been last season’s best new show, but it almost got lost in Read more…
As the Academy Awards wrap up, viewers have the usual question: Where can we see the winners? Answers vary: “Green Book” is still in theaters, “Roma” is on Netflix, some things have sort of disappeared. But Read more…
This new season of “Documentary Now” ripples with offbeat wit. Here’s the story I sent papers, keyed to the film that airs Wednesday (Feb. 27). Read more…
Best-bets for July 26: sharks, zombies & rich guys 
Best-bets for July 25: stars of “SNL,” WNBA 
Best-bets for July 24: moon, movies and murder 
