Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality game show based on the sensational 2021 South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting. Netflix hide caption
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Jussie Smollett arrives at the BET Awards on June 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. An appeals court on Friday upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of the actor, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption
In Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly, brilliant spy who's in charge of a group of failed British spies. The series is based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels. Herron says Lamb might not have "a heart of gold" but he does have "a moral code." Apple TV+ hide caption
Gary Oldman had 'free rein' in spy thriller 'Slow Horses' — now back for Season 3
Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as chairman of Revolt, following multiple allegations against him of sexual assault. Here, Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Producer Marty Krofft arrives at the premiere of "Land of the Lost," at Gramuan's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on May 30, 2009. Krofft, one of the producing pair that put "H.R. Pufnstuf" and the Osmonds on TV, has died at 86. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption
Jon Batiste unveiled his first symphonic composition, American Symphony, at New York's Carnegie Hall on September 22, 2022. An eponymous documentary by Matthew Heineman follows his life with his wife. Netflix hide caption
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of 'two extremes' in American Symphony
A U.K.-based law firm said at least two contestants felt "unwell" after standing for hours in cold temperatures during a taping for Squid Game: The Challenge. The reality competition was inspired by the hit South Korean drama. Pete Dadds/Netflix hide caption
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The Peanuts gang celebrates Thanksgiving, but why is Franklin by himself on one side of the table? Allstar Picture Library Limited/Alamy hide caption
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Michael Cera return as the voices of Ramona Flowers and Scott Pilgrim in Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. COURTESY OF NETFLIX hide caption
In Leo Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems. Netflix hide caption
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Ibram X. Kendi speaks during the Netflix film Stamped From the Beginning. Netflix hide caption
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Godzilla attacks the Golden Gate Bridge in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Apple TV+ hide caption
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Matthew Perry's Friends co-stars — (L-R) David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc — paid tribute to him on social media this week. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
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'The Crown' shines in its final season — just remember it's not the History Channel
'The Crown' shines in its final season — just remember it's not the History Channel
Pūteketeke are pictured in Lake Alexandrina on South Island, New Zealand, in this undated handout photo. Leanne Buchan/Reuters hide caption
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Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World Resort on March 3, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Disney Dreamers hide caption
Outside Fox studios in Los Angeles, production assistant Allie Palm and SAG-AFTRA actress Desiree Woolfolk say they can't wait to get back to work. Mandalit del Barco/NPR hide caption