Disney Plus’ ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ Is a Transporting Family Adventure: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRonan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein — first his coverage in The New Yorker in 2017, then his metacoverage of what it took to get that story in his 2019 book “Catch and Kill” — helped to crystallize and define a moment in American cultural life.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” is a master class in extending a slight premise boundlessly outward. That series, based on Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s film, imagines a comic universe in which ancient vampires make their way through humdrum lives stripped of Transylvanian glamour in modern New York City.

Kelly Ripa and her family have been enjoying a tour of Europe as they belatedly celebrate her youngest son Joaquin's graduation.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticChristopher Duntsch, the onetime Dallas neurosurgeon whose butcher-like techniques killed two patients and permanently injured more, feels made to exist at the center of a work of fiction; perhaps, to our eye, he might seem to belong to the realm of make-believe more than to our real world. That creates a problem for “Dr.

Beyonce is in the Illuminati and Michael Jackson faked his death. But a new hilarious conspiracy theory surrounding Kelly Ripa’s feet is unlike any other.

Kelly Ripa is responding to a strange criticism she's received for her recent family photos.

Kelly Ripa, 50, is clearing up the bizarre rumors that she only has one foot. The Live with Kelly and Ryan co-host took to her Instagram Stories on Monday, July 5 to call out her followers for claiming that Kelly was missing a foot in an Instagram from her family vacation to Europe.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticYour inclination towards “Schmigadoon!,” at least in its early going, will likely be determined by your reaction to its title.If you think it’s a clever, charming wink to “Brigadoon” — the Lerner and Loewe musical about an enchanted village, don’t you know? — then you may very well be along for the ride from the first moment.

Kelly Ripa has a close-knit family who she often talks about on Live with Kelly and Ryan.MORE: Kelly Ripa prepares for bittersweet end of an era in her familyThe mother-of-three loves nothing more than spending quality time with them during her time off work, and had reason to celebrate over the weekend as she marked her father's birthday.Kelly took to Instagram to pay tribute to her dad, Joe Ripa, alongside a photo of the pair of them on the beach together. VIDEO: Kelly Ripa reveals emotional

David Benedict “The whole point is to combine two complementary or contrasting thoughts in the same moment. Two feelings in the same moment.” Johann Sebastian Bach, the 18th century’s uncontested genius of Western music, is explaining counterpoint, the defining characteristic of his revolutionary work, to his son and pupil Carl.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterWell, they made a sequel to “The Boss Baby.” The 2017 DreamWorks film, extremely loosely based on Marla Frazee’s children’s book series, bet big on the appeal of a dyspeptic, super-intelligent, black-suited infant speaking with the voice of Alec Baldwin while doing un-babylike things, and it was a bet that paid off handsomely, to the tune of half a billion in worldwide box office and an Oscar nomination.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“RuPaul’s Drag Race” features some of the most irreverent and boundary-pushing talent in entertainment. But, at its core, it’s a show that is deeply in love with old-school television.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKinology, Gregoire Melin’s indie sales outfit which has four films competing at Cannes, has boarded “Argonuts,” a Pixar/Dreamworks-style family animated feature made by TAT, the team behind “The Jungle Bunch.” Budgeted north of 10 million euros ($12 million), “Argonuts” is set in a magical yet hostile world of Greek mythology and follows the action-packed journey of Pathie, a young super smart and adventurous mouse, and her mate Sam who set off to fight

the books on which the Disney+ series is based. The whimsical family friendly adventure series follows four orphaned children recruited by an enigmatic boarding school known as the Institute — where a Willy Wonka-esque benefactor named Mr.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterPerhaps best known for his comedic work on “Veep” and “Arrested Development,” Tony Hale has also been prolific in programs for younger eyeballs over the years, from “Toy Story 4″ and “Forky Asks a Question” to the adaptation of his 2014 book, “Archibald’s Next Big Thing.” Although he continues to work in adult fare (“Eat Wheaties!” and the upcoming “Being the Ricardos”), his recent slate is populated with family-friendly fare: “I Heart Arlo,” the “Rugrats” revival,

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Sex/Life,” Netflix’s new series about marital dissatisfaction and monogamy, sets out to ask several big questions. By the end, it’s only proved one thing to the viewer’s satisfaction: That it takes hard work to pull off satisfying trash.Inspired by the book “44 Chapters About 4 Men” by BB Easton and created by Stacy Rukeyser, “Sex/Life” is at least at first organized around the diary kept by Billie Connelly (Sarah Shahi).

very.Schaal plays Number Two, the right hand woman to the eccentric Mr. Benedict (Tony Hale).

Hallmark is already gearing up for the fall.Tom Everett Scott () and Mía Maestro () will star in adapted from the 2017 novel by best-selling author Phaedra Patrick, for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, ET can exclusively reveal. Ella Ballentine also co-stars.The movie, which has officially begun production, will premiere in the fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment has beefed up its Cannes slate with a pair of acquisitions that will have their debut screenings at the fest’s 2021 market.

David Benedict “We are paying you to stay awake and care.” That sounds like an admonition to the audience at the National Theatre’s new production, “Under Milk Wood.” But in fact it’s sensible Susan Brown’s unnamed character’s line to a member of the junior staff of the care-home for the elderly at which she is a supervisor. He’s been asleep on the job again and she’s unhappy because it has meant poor Mr.