Dec 26 Watch 8:48 Film critics look back at 2025 and name their picks for the year's best By Jeffrey Brown, Simon Epstein The holidays are a great time to catch up on the year’s best films, whether streaming at home or heading to the theater. Jeffrey Brown sat down with two film critics who shared their top picks. It’s part of our… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 5:22 How a small town in Rhode Island is connected to 'It's a Wonderful Life' By Anne Azzi Davenport and Pamela Watts, Michael Jones, Rhode Island PBS Watching the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become a holiday tradition for millions of families. One small town in Rhode Island believes it helped inspire the beloved movie. Pamela Watts of Ocean State Media has the story for… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 7:44 Proposed Warner Bros. sale prompts concerns among Hollywood's creative community By Jeffrey Brown, Azhar Merchant Paramount is engaged in a battle to buy Warner Bros., but Netflix's proposed $83 billion offer is still considered the favorite, for now. Talk of this deal has triggered widespread fears in Hollywood about what this could mean for the… Continue watching
Dec 17 The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime broadcasting home ABC By Jake Coyle, Associated Press ABC will continue broadcasting the event until 2028, which will mark the 100th Oscars. This shift announced Wednesday represents a significant move for one of television's marquee events. S… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 5:21 Remembering Rob Reiner's life and iconic career By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Daria Nastasia, Jackson Hudgins Authorities in California arrested the younger son of Rob and Michele Reiner after the couple was found dead this weekend. The "When Harry Met Sally" director and his wife were found with stab wounds Sunday in their Los Angeles home. Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 6:39 What Netflix's deal to buy Warner Bros. means for one of Hollywood's oldest studios By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant, Jenna Bloom Netflix has struck a nearly $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO Max, beating out Paramount and Comcast after a bidding war. If finalized, it would unite the world’s largest streamer with one of Hollywood’s oldest studios. The… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 10:12 Documentary 'Thoughts and Prayers' explores industry built around school security By Amna Nawaz, Azhar Merchant A new documentary on HBO Max looks at how gun violence has led to lockdown drills in schools becoming a universal part of childhood in America. Those drills and the creation of active shooter preparedness products, now a $3 billion… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 7:55 Netflix's 'A House of Dynamite' sparks discussion about nuclear threats By Geoff Bennett, Mary Fecteau, Jenna Bloom This week’s top-streaming film on Netflix tackles a long-running Hollywood theme. The threat of a nuclear attack and the discourse around "A House of Dynamite" has struck a nerve with audiences and with military defense experts. Geoff Bennett spoke with… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch 5:12 'Morbidly Curious' explores the fascination with horror movies and the macabre By Stephanie Sy, Mary Fecteau On Halloween night, chances are you'll be watching something spooky, and you’re far from alone. Horror is the fastest-rising film genre in the U.S., more than quadrupling its market share in the past decade. The new book, "Morbidly Curious," delves… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 8:03 Nicholas Sparks teams up with M. Night Shyamalan to co-author supernatural love story By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Nicholas Sparks, author of "The Notebook" and "A Walk to Remember," has built a career writing love stories that explore the resilience of the human heart. His latest novel, "Remain," was co-written with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and blends Sparks’s… Continue watching