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This image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Kim Matula, as Jane Curtin, Emily Fairn, as Laraine Newman, Gabriel La Belle, as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott, as Rosie Shuster, and Matt Wood, as John Belushi in a scene from “Saturday Night.” (Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures via AP)

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Steve! traces Steve Martin’s career from 1970s stand-up to his recent collaborations with Martin Short and the popular Only Murders in the Building.

His ’70s stand-up was so good it inspired Jerry Seinfeld: How Steve Martin became a comedy legend

Morgan Neville’s two-part series traces Steve Martin’s career from 1970s stand-up to his recent collaborations with Martin Short and the popular Only Murders in the Building.

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Indigenous art is riding a new wave of popularity. One Hollywood star is helping

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Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Steve Martin reunite on season two of Only Murders in the Building.

‘Love at first sight’: How Martin, Short and Gomez became TV’s hottest property

The two comedy legends had never heard of Selena Gomez before she was cast in their hit series Only Murders in the Building. Now they share a unique chemistry.

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Pop star and actor Selena Gomez (at right) creates sparks with Steve Martin and Martin Short via some witty, cross-generational banter.

This Steve Martin series is billed as a comedy-mystery, but it is so much more

Only Murders in the Building offers plenty of laughs, but there’s real heart to the story, too.

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Only Murders in the Building uncovers a killer in shocking season finale

It is one of the year’s most enjoyable shows, mixing its detective elements with light humour, and the finale didn’t disappoint.

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Many Hollywood portryals of fathers are a myth, and a bit dangerous for us to expect this.

Without my dad, I longed for the Hollywood ideal of fatherhood

When I was younger, I yearned for the kind of unconditional love from a jovial father figure I saw in movies. But I think it’s a myth, and a bit dangerous for us to expect this.

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This image released by HBO shows Jeremy Strong in a scene from “Succession.” Strong was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding leading actor in a drama series on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (HBO via AP

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Florence Henderson sings Happy Together with a group of Frackles on The Muppet Show.

The Muppet Show finally available to stream – but now it comes with a warning

Inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational... and inappropriate? The Muppet Show has lit the lights on the streaming stage, but it comes with a caveat.

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