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‘Africa’s Great Civilizations’

Africa’s Great Civilizations will re-write everything you think you know about African history. Historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes viewers on a comprehensive journey of the continent, starting at the beginning of human life and ending with the effects of colonialism on the continent. However, in between those points, Gates drops us in on a myriad of sophisticated cultures that never probably popped up in your AP World History textbook. We meet Amanirenas, the warrior queen of Meroe who defeated Augustus Caesar after Cleopatra had already fallen. We hear tales of Timbuktu and Axum. We learn about all of the scholarship, wealth, and culture that was thriving all over Africa in the same centuries that Europe was stumbling through darkness. In short, we get a beautiful look at a complex continent.

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‘Alex Edelman: Just For Us’

Already a special Tony Award winner, comedian Alex Edelman's latest special is now an Emmy winner as well. Edelman just took home the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for Just For Us, which was filmed live at Broadway's Hudson Theatre in NYC and released following the sold out run on Max. In the stand-up special, Edelman details ...

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‘Kevin Can F*** Himself’

Kevin Can F*** Himself takes the network sitcom model and turns it on its head. Schitt's Creek star Annie Murphy plays Allison McRoberts, a Massachusetts native who, by all means, looks and acts like the typical sitcom wife we've come to know on network television. But the AMC drama offers an inside look at the life of this uncovered trope as it...

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‘Heels’

Heels is the textbook definition of a hidden gem. Airing from 2021 to 2023 on Starz, the Stephen Amell-led sports drama centers on a family-owned independent wrestling promotion in a close-knit Georgia community. The show’s small-town setting, abiding reverence for local sports, and evocative instrumental score elicit some serious Friday Night...

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‘Kinds of Kindness’

Director Yorgos Lanthimos followed his twisted—but ultimately sweet—Oscar-nominated film Poor Things with a film that is not very sweet at all, and I think that's beautiful. Kinds of Kindness, which is now streaming on Hulu, is an anthology film consisting of three shorts, all of which star Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret...

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‘The Old Man’ Season 2

FX's The Old Man has always been a different kind of spy thriller, least of all because its ass-kicking action star is the 74-year-old Jeff Bridges. No, The Old Man flips the conventions of the drama by making the stakes personal. Once again, "Dan Chase" (Jeff Bridges), a retired elite CIA operative finds himself fighting not to save the world or...

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‘Juliet, Naked’

Juliet, Naked is a sweet comedy that deserves much more hype. With a stacked leading trio of Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd and Ethan Hawke, the film tells the story of rockstar Tucker Crowe (Hawke), who mysteriously disappeared at one of his shows years earlier, puzzling die-hard fans — one of whom, Duncan (O'Dowd), just can't let go of his obsession...

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‘Emily In Paris’ Season 4, Part 2

Emily (not) in Paris? Our favorite American marketer-turned-French phenom returns for the second part of the Netflix hit series' Season 4, and as teased previously by the streamer, she's taking a Roman holiday. While we can only hope a fifth season is in store, Seasons 1-4 are available to stream now, chock full of outrageous outfits and an...

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