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The first trailer for ““Master of None Presents: Moments in Love” hints the new episodes will mostly be a two hander between Lena Waithe and Naomi Acki, the rising star who played Jannah in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and won a BAFTA Award for her supporting turn in the second season of “The End of the F***ing World.” Ackie is joining the “Master of None” franchise as Alicia. The new season “chronicles the relationship of Denise and her partner Alicia and is a modern love story that intimately illustrates the ups and downs of marriage, struggles with fertility, and personal growth both together and apart,” reads Netflix’s synopsis....

The violent attack left 19 elementary school students and two adults dead, with multiple other victims being treated in hospitals for injuries sustained. The gunman died after being shot by responding officers, according to local police. McConaughey, who shut down rumors that he would be running for governor of Texas late last year, took to social media to address the mass shooting. “As you all are aware there was another mass shooting today, this time in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas,” McConaughey wrote....

As revealed on the Backstage podcast (via The Playlist), Keaton ultimately walked away from the role on “Batman Forever” that went to Val Kilmer because he and Schumacher disagreed about where the character was headed — far from haunted vigilante and more toward the character’s comic-book origins. “It was always Bruce Wayne. It was never Batman,” Keaton said about how he understood his character. “To me, I know the name of the movie is Batman, and it’s hugely iconic and very cool and cultural iconic and because of Tim Burton, artistically iconic, [but] I knew from the get-go it was Bruce Wayne,” said the actor....

“They’re a bunch of losers,” he said in an interview over Zoom. “They’re disorganized. This is what happens when corruption rots every element of your society.” That takeaway extends in part from the most explosive sequence in “Navalny,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and recently became available on HBO Max. The movie’s big moment finds its activist subject tracking down the Russian agents who poisoned him and tricking them into confessing over the phone....

By looking at trends and the latest developments, Streaming Wars Report: Indie Edition offers a snapshot of what’s happening overall and day-to-day in streaming for the indie set. Check out the latest Streaming Wars Report for updates to the bigger players in the industry. The pleasures of 2020 have been limited, a theme that will likely carry over to a muted holiday season not nearly as resplendent with the usual festive bounty....

HBO didn’t quite reach “second and third place combined” numbers, but it stands as the clear overall leader after the nominations dust settled. Netflix was the only other service to crack triple digits, getting to 105. Depending on how you value the breadth of distribution, that’s an average of 3 nominations across 35 projects, compared to the average of nearly 6 for HBO/HBO Max’s 24 nominated series, movies, and specials....

But the episode also ends on a wonderful musical high, the crashing cymbals and blasting organ of “Get It While You Can” adding momentum to a rotating 360-degree shot that switches between Lyonne and Sevigny and back again. Janis Joplin’s rendition of the gleeful soul track isn’t really for either mother or daughter. It’s for us. It’s a celebration of the fact that “Russian Doll” is back and weirder than ever....