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TV Today: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Light Up Netflix
It's ladies night on Netflix as Jennifer Lopez gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at her life today in the new...
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Posted Wednesday 5/05/21 at 2:21AM EDT
Amy Tan jokes she was on “the path to obscurity" when Robert Redford's late son convinced her to do an American Masters documentary
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, which PBS released this week, was the last completed work from James Redford, who was in...
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Posted Saturday 4/03/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Former Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinson's American Masters documentary pulls back the curtain on his personal life, including alcoholism and drug use
At 93, Severinson is the last surviving star of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Doc Severinsen’s Triumphant Post-Carson Career Is the Inspiration We Need Now
PBS is generating a lot of to-do for Hemingway, the next big thing from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, arriving...
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Posted Saturday 3/27/21 at 4:54AM EDT
American Masters celebrates legendary American choreographer Twyla Tharp
The PBS documentary Twyla Moves follows Tharp during the early days of lockdown as she develops a new virtual work...
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25 Great TV Shows You May Have Missed in 2020
“What a great year 2020 was for …” is one of those rare statements that leaves the Internet nearly silent.
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Posted Tuesday 7/28/20 at 8:20PM EDT
Alicia Keys to produce a PBS American Masters documentary on Black entertainers
American Masters: How It Feels To Be Free will tell the story of six groundbreaking Black entertainers: Lena Horne, Abbey...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
Mae West's American Masters documentary is not half as scandalous as the actress' 1959 biography
The PBS documentary film Mae West: Dirty Blonde, produced by Bette Midler, looks at how the iconic and groundbreaking classic...
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Posted Thursday 5/28/20 at 6:37PM EDT
Hollywood icon Mae West, a pioneer for on-screen sexuality, is getting the American Masters treatment
West became the highest-paid actress in America in the 1930s, leaving an indelible mark on Hollywood with her unapologetic embrace...
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Posted Wednesday 5/13/20 at 1:53PM EDT
Pioneering African-American opera singer Marian Anderson is getting the PBS American Masters treatment
American Masters – Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands will capture the life of the pioneering opera singer,...
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Made My Black History Month
I used to criticize TV’s practice of scheduling all its black-themed programming in a single month (the shortest of the...
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Posted Monday 7/29/19 at 1:49PM EDT
Rita Moreno will be the subject of a PBS documentary produced by Norman Lear and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Rita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go For It, premiering in 2020, will be part of PBS' American Masters...
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Posted Monday 1/14/19 at 8:28AM EST
James Watson loses titles after reiterating his controversial views on race on PBS' American Masters
In the recent PBS documentary American Masters: Decoding Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA -- who previously apologized...
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Posted Monday 7/23/18 at 11:01PM EDT
Ted Williams is the rare sports hero who's getting the American Masters treatment
Jon Hamm narrates the story of the baseball icon in Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, airing Monday...
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Posted Monday 11/27/17 at 4:53PM EST
A Mister Rogers documentary is coming out next year
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, from director Morgan Neville, will debut in theaters in summer 2018 offering an intimate portrait...