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News, reviews and analysis from WSJ, including books, movies, art, food, music, history, television and theater.

A tribute to Rob Reiner’s life and legacy, revisiting 50 classic Meathead quotes from All in the Family that helped shape ...

California doughnut shops lead national rankings with everything from classic glazed favorites to inventive flavors found across the state.

Premature identifications can ruin lives, as in the case of Richard A. Jewell, a security guard who helped shepherd dozens of ...

Though network content restrictions remained firmly in place compared to TV programming today, popular shows advanced what could be aired publicly. Meanwhile, creative talent began to use the medium ...

Reiner’s “All in the Family” role didn’t just capture the arguments of its time. It gave us a preview of our own.

Some people might describe 2025 as "sloppy" in more ways than one. Merriam-Webster's editors picked “slop” as the 2025 Word ...

The confluence of two seemingly unrelated news events in recent days — the first one roiling Hollywood and media from coast ...

Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.

Some of the nation's largest restaurants boast of decades-long survival through economic downturns, stiffer competition, and ...

The confluence of two seemingly unrelated news events — the first one roiling Hollywood and media from coast to coast, the other playing out before the Supreme Court — was nothing short of uncanny.