David Lidsky

The ‘Transparent’ series finale is a joyful, cathartic song and dance even for casual fans

‘Transparent’ fans mourn the end of the critically acclaimed show, along with the Pfeffermen family, with the release of its musical series finale on Amazon Prime Video.

What it means that Samuel L. Jackson is the new voice of Alexa

Can WeWork survive?

Reported layoffs and cuts won’t be enough to get to profitability, sources say.

Reports: WeWork CEO Adam Neumann may not be CEO for much longer

Seventy years of highs and lows in the history of machine learning

From the birth of the phrase “artificial intelligence” to the eve of quantum supremacy.

What we talk about when we talk about Lana Del Rey’s ‘Norman F___ing Rockwell’

We trace the historical debate around the artist Norman Rockwell and his complicated legacy to gain insight into the complicated singer’s last album.

Disney scraps a Josh Gad Muppets project, and we have questions about its care of Kermit and company

The checkered history of the Muppets under Disney’s ownership continues.

Apple TV+ will debut at a bargain price, putting pressure on Netflix, Disney, and all other streamers

The iPhone giant is leaning into its hardware to ramp up quickly in the streaming wars.

Ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame is running for Congress, and her campaign video is fast & furious

HGTV’s ‘A Very Brady Renovation’ is a very comforting reunion

The Brady kids, who have never been off television for too long, return to recreate their TV home inside the house that stood in for its exterior 50 years ago.

Will Netflix pull its Bill Gates docuseries after the latest news about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein?

The Netflix docuseries ‘Inside Bill’s Brain’ purports to tell us how the Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks. Is it now tainted by new revelations about Gates’s ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein?

Netflix’s ‘Great British Baking Show’ is back—without these 7 classic character types

The popular competition show returns—as a weekly series—but in skewing younger, it loses several essential components to its success.

Disney blames ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ and ‘Stuber’ for earnings miss, will kill new ideas in response

CEO Bob Iger declared that Fox is going to be just like Disney now, which is not a good thing if you ever want to be surprised at the movies again.

Netflix’s subscriber growth stalled—and it’s bad news for Disney, HBO, and everyone else

Three reasons why Netflix’s second-quarter earnings report is more problematic for its rivals than for the streaming giant.

Meet Matt Mason, the Mattel toy that brought space to life for boomer kids—and then disappeared

Mattel found savvy expats from the effort to get astronauts on the Moon to create the interplanetary future everyone dreamed of . . . for kids to play with in their sandboxes.

On the Moon, the astronauts snacked on sweet Slim Jims right inside their helmets

Pillsbury developed high-protein Space Food Sticks at the request of NASA, then tried to get people on Earth to eat them.

Here’s how to get your free Krispy Kreme Moon-landing tribute donut

Why the Moon landing matters, 50 years later

We owe our current digital age to the 1960s Space Race. What will today’s Space Race herald for the future?

Luxury cinemas are fighting Netflix with steak tartare, expensive booze, and gourmet popcorn

The phenomenon of a luxe night out with a brew and a view extends from the big city to big sky country.