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‘Extras’

Hey, remember a time when Ricky Gervais wasn’t really, really annoying? Me neither, but hopping back and checking out HBO and the BBC’s Extras might help jog your memory. The series, created by Gervais and Stephen Merchant, was their follow-up to The Office. And while the story of folks woking on the periphery of Hollywood was never as dark and hopeless as the prior series (the American version whittled off some of those rough edges), there are still are plenty of classic scenes that will bring you to tears of laughter. In particular, check out the episodes where Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan guest-starred for some of the best individual bits of comedy on TV, ever.

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‘Working Girl’

There are several reasons to watch Working Girl while it's still streaming on Hulu, and it's not just because of the outrageous '80s hair Melanie Griffith and Joan Cusack sport for most of the movie. Griffith stars as Tess, the sweet, often underestimated secretary working in business who's been looking for a leg up in a male-dominated business....

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‘Lady in the Lake’

Apple TV+'s latest star-studded TV show is Lady in the Lake, an ambitious adaptation of Laura Lippman's novel of the same name starring Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, Mikey Madison, and David Corenswet. The series follows two very different heroines in 1969 Baltimore. Maddie Morgenstern (Natalie Portman) is a disaffected Jewish housewife who is...

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‘Find Me Falling’

Find Me Falling, which began streaming on Netflix on Friday, stars Harry Connick Jr. as a misanthropic rock star named John Allman who moves to the island nation of Cyprus in order to get away from all the pressure and fame. Unfortunately, John failed to do his research. As he quickly learns—after he yells at a trespasser to get off his...

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