Capital Radio 8-14: Remembering Robbie
What turned out to be practically a memoriam edition of Capital Radio began with salutes to David LaFlamme of It’s a Beautiful Day, who died Aug. 6 at 82, and…
Monday TV: Men Tell All on ‘Bachelorette’
Charity faces Xavier ,who was cut after a pre-Fantasy Suite dinner after he admitting he cheated on his last longterm girlfriend multiple times, on tonight’s Men Tell All episode of…
Sunday TV: Those Terrible ‘Telemarketers’
A couple of guys who spent time in a New Jersey telemarketing call center, who surreptitiously started shooting videos came up with an eye-opening whistle-blowing three-part documentary series “Telemarketers” (HBO,…
Film Review: ‘The Seeds of Vendana Shiva’
It’s hard not to immediately warm to the Indian activist Vandana Shiva, who traded in her studies of biotechnology into a one-woman campaign against industrial farming, genetically moderated organisms, and…
Saturday TV: Finding ‘Hip Hop Treasures’
The curators of the Universal Hip Hop Museum — a group that includes LL Cool J, Ice T and Yo-Yo, are on the lookout for “Hip Hop Treasures” (A&E, 10…
Friday TV: Gal Gadot in ‘Heart of Stone’
Gal Godot, who has been flitting between “Wonder Woman” roles and “Fast and Furious” appearances, stars in the new action film “Heart of Stone” (Netflix, streaming), portraying elite agent Rachel…
Thursday: Retelling the OxyContin Story
Matthew Broderick plays the villain Richard Sackler in yet another dramatization of the opioid crisis. “Painkiller” (Netflix, streaming) is a six-episode limited series based on the book of the same…
Wednesday: History of Women in Hip-Hop
As the 50th anniversary of hip-hop approaches, here’s a four-part documentary series on the role of women, who have been there since the beginning. It’s fun to see early pioneers…
Tuesday TV: ‘Only Murders in the Building’
The agreeable mystery comedy “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu, streaming) returns for its third season with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez blending their penchant for true crime…
‘Succession,’ ‘The Bear’ Take TCA Awards
“Succession” won program of the year and, for the third time, outstanding achievement in drama in the TV Critics Association’s 39th annual TCA Awards announced Monday. The Chicago based restaurant…