The wider desk
Information, news, and commentary in the field of entertainment — the industry, the week, and the weather around the work.
Providing information, news and commentary in the field of entertainment; providing information, news and commentary in the field of current events relating to entertainment.
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Commentary/Entertainment/Sep 13, 2026
A ceremony on NBC at 8. A night game on NBC at 8:20. Monday pits a trophy show against Arrowhead. Nobody is confused except the recap industry.
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News/Entertainment/Sep 7, 2026
The holiday is real. The offices are closed. The apps are not. Treat the day like a day, not like a campaign.
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Commentary/Entertainment/Sep 2, 2026
Venice, Telluride, Toronto: three weeks of movies, and four months of people talking about having been in the room.
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News/Entertainment/Aug 30, 2026
Festivals start talking. Football takes the remote. The summer leftover gets buried on purpose.
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News/Entertainment/Aug 23, 2026
What actually moved, what was only loud, and what you can ignore.
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News/Entertainment/Aug 21, 2026
A preview of the next three months of 'essential' movies, with the hype already factored in.
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Commentary/Entertainment/Aug 18, 2026
The monologue is not the show. The 40-second excerpt is the show.
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Commentary/Entertainment/Aug 10, 2026
The film year no longer has a season. It has a queue.
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News/Entertainment/Aug 4, 2026
Weekend grosses are a sport now. The sport is mostly spin.
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Commentary/Entertainment/Jul 27, 2026
The floor is still weird and fun. The big rooms are a two-hour trailer.
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News/Entertainment/Jul 15, 2026
Streaming cancellations are not news because they are rare. They are news because they are the business model.
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News/Entertainment/Jun 4, 2026
Shows are still made by people in rooms, even when the app pretends otherwise.
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