If you weren’t an avid reader before, more than likely the pandemic has made you one. The global book publishing market is expected to rake in $92.68 billion this year (up from $87.92 billion in 2020), and projected to cross $100 billion by 2025. That means lots of people are reading books, and it doesn’t look like they’ll be stopping anytime soon. If you’re a fan of celebrity memories, we rounded up an eclectic list of titles to pre-order from Ron Howard, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, Evanna Lynn, Mel Brooks, Stanley Tucci, and more....

So it would be easy to assume that “A Wild Year on Earth,” a new documentary series premiering on BBC America, is another in a long line of programs built around a single hook. Series have taken a continent-by-continent approach, focused solely on underwater life, or leaned into the brutality of certain species’ predatory practices. “A Wild Year on Earth” gathers up all of those angles and assembles them under a calendar-based structure....

Fifty years after Francis Ford Coppola’s Mafia family drama was released, star Pacino is just coming to terms with the level of fame he acquired from the hit film. “It’s hard to explain in today’s world — to explain who I was at that time and the bolt of lightning that it was,” Pacino told The New York Times. “I felt like, all of a sudden, some veil was lifted and all eyes were on me....

In the last few years Johnson became a director, fueled by the “Power Rangers” fandom. Her first feature, 2017’s “The Space Behind,” secured funding through an IndieGoGo campaign sponsored by her fans over the years. “I raised the money by the support of these kids who are now adults who have just followed me on my ride through…all the shows I’ve done,” she said. That debut, “The Space Between,” would secure over $100,000 in funding through the crowdfunding site....

The subject of Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” series reached out to “Saturday Night Live” star Chloe Fineman after her “SNL” impression of convicted con artist Delvey went viral. Delvey, who remotely hosted an art show titled “Allegedly” at the Public Hotel in NYC in May of this year, drew a sketch of Fineman portraying her on “SNL.” Of course, Fineman felt like she had to buy it. “She, on Instagram, made a sketch in ICE....

Heche drove her vehicle into a residential home in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles and suffered severe burns after the wreck caught on fire. Heche remains in a coma and in critical condition. Blood work showed Heche had narcotics in her system at the time of the crash, as ABC News reported. Heche was slated to appear on a Television Critics Association panel for “Girl in Room 13....

At first, branching out into this new territory proves fruitful in “Antlers,” particularly in the film’s opening moments. A father, leaving his son in a pickup truck waiting outside, heads into his job at a local Oregon mine. Right before he and his colleague meet a sinister force deep in those tunnels, their flare and flashlight give off red and green beams colored just this side of neon. It’s a marked change from the muted earth tones that usually make up Cooper’s palette, whether he’s documenting the wide open expanses of the Old West in “Hostiles” or a Pennsylvania steel mill town in “Out of the Furnace....

We’re still waiting on a whole bunch of midterm results, but we know who won Election Night in TV ratings. Tuesday was a Red Wave (of sorts) for the conservative-leaning Fox News Channel, which also claimed first place outright in 2020 and 2018. Fox News drew an average of 7.42 million total viewers last night across primetime (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), according to final Nielsen numbers, more than doubling its closest competitor, ABC (a rounded 3....

Founded in 2012, ATX TV has established itself as the preeminent television festival in America, with its premieres, showrunner panels, and cast reunions. ATX TV is now a year-round business that connects fans with the top creators and performers in the television industry, establishing itself as an essential platform for TV artists to reach industry voices and diehard fans. The company’s management team will remain in place, with co-founders and co-presidents Emily Gipson and Caitlin McFarland continuing to operate the festival....

“Being the Ricardos” takes place over the course of one production week on the set of “I Love Lucy,” during which Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz receive some upsetting news that could jeopardize both their marriage and their careers. Most of the action takes place during rehearsals, with a few scenes at the couple’s home in Chatsworth, California. There are a limited number of flashback scenes as well. The film’s big selling point is seeing Oscar winner Nicole Kidman as comedy icon Lucille Ball....

While Wheatley isn’t ready to share any further details about his mysterious new horror movie, Little White Lies notes the director “describes the film as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the result of a datedness that he perceived in the titles released to VOD that couldn’t take the new status quo into account.” “I’ve said it a lot, but I think I’ve always seen it as there being genres of subject but also genres of budget, and those genres of budget are micro-budget, low-budget, mid-budget, and high-budget, which make for totally different filmmaking experiences,” Wheatley said, adding he shot the 15-day horror film as a palette cleanser and “just to keep [his] head together with lockdown happening....

“God, can you imagine? I mean, it would be quite an extraordinary thing,” Whishaw said about a gay Bond. “Of course I would like to see that. I really believe that we should be working towards a world where anyone can play anything and it would be really thrilling if it didn’t matter about someone’s sexuality to take on a role like this. I think that would be real progress....

As previously announced, the festival is kicking off with François Ozon’s “Peter von Kant,” starring French cinema legend Isabelle Adjani. Meanwhile, Claire Denis’ new film “Both Sides of the Blade” is her first film since 2018’s “High Life,” and stars Juliette Binoche (star of Denis’ “Let the Sunshine In”) and Vincent Lindon (star of Denis’ “Bastards”). Prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-soo returns with “The Novelist’s Film” after winning the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2020 with “The Woman Who Ran....

Below, find our list of seven of the best original shows that you can stream on Prime Video. “Invincible” If you like comic books and superhero origin stories, then you’ll want to check out “Invincible.” The animated series is based on the comics from Robert Kirkman (who is also known for co-creating “The Walking Dead” comic book series). The show is about a teenager adjusting to his newfound powers after inheriting his father’s superhuman strength....

And, against all odds, television — most of it made in the pre-COVID-19 era, only to debut in a landscape where the world had irreparably changed — delivered an opportunity to escape and relate. Long derided as the pedestrian sibling of the entertainment landscape, it was the medium’s very quality of immediate accessibility that allowed it to shine at a time when nothing was certain and nothing made sense. Below, in alphabetical order, are the shows — not limited series, chill out chess freaks who are already scrolling for “The Queen’s Gambit” — that debuted in this brave new world....

When customizing a home theater, audiophiles are often torn between sound quality and space. But for a premium streaming or gaming experience, you need a better audio system than your TV’s internal speakers. That said, a lot of the best speakers are pretty bulky and if you’re pressed for space, they just aren’t a realistic option. Enter the soundbar. Attaching one of these small horizontal speakers to your TV or PC can make a massive difference in sound quality....

The last year has been challenging for students and teachers alike, but graduation season provides an opportunity to celebrate. Maneuvering through a global pandemic and adjusting to distance learning hasn’t been easy, and even though schools are moving closer to returning to in-person learning, this year’s graduates deserve to be honored for beating seemingly impossible odds. To celebrate the class of 2021, we rounded up a bunch of must-have gizmos and gadgets: smartwatches, portable Bluetooth speakers, headphones, computers, and a bunch of other really cool items to gift the graduates in your life....

The fall of “America’s dad” is at the center of W. Kamau Bell’s four-part documentary “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and premieres January 30 on Showtime. “As a child of Bill Cosby, I was a huge fan of all his shows and wanted to be a comedian because of him,” director Bell said in a statement. “I never thought I’d ever wrestle with who we all thought Cosby was and who we now understand him to be....

However primal that feud between money and the law might seem, though, the Chuck/Axe rivalry had reached a breaking point leading up to Season 6. The show had double-crossed and head-faked enough times that, even while still retaining its particular over-the-top joys, the well was beginning to run dry. So rather than try to retool the same dynamic yet again, the show took a different tack and removed Axe and Lewis from the board entirely, putting in his place the man who was introduced as merely a temporary adversary....

The Black List unveiled its annual list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year December 13, as decided by a group of industry peers totaling 375 executives. The announcement came via four videos emceed by Ashley Nicole Black and Gabrielle Dennis of “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” and including appearances from Oscar-winning screenwriters Florian Zeller (“The Father”) and Emerald Fennell (“Promising You Woman”). Also joining the guests was “King Richard” screenwriter Zach Baylin....