Some creative geniuses should not be asked to explain how they do it. Shangri-La, a four-part documentary that debuts at 9 p.m. ET Friday on Showtime, adds Rick Rubin to that list...

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NEW SPECIALS REVISIT THE FIRST WALK ON THE MOON By David Hinckley

Something like half a billion people gathered around TV sets in 1969 to watch a moment that remains an exhilarating testament to what humans can do when they don’t waste so much of their energy fighting each other. So it should surprise no one that television will spend many hours this month revisiting that event...

2019

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SEASON 3 BRINGS ON THE FALLOUT OF 'DIVORCE' By David Hinckley

For those who might see the termination of a marriage as a means of making life less uncomfortable and stressful for all concerned, HBO’s Divorce continues to argue that it doesn’t necessarily work out that way...

2019

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SEASON 2 OF 'THE SIMPLE HEIST' IS AN IMPROVEMENT By David Hinckley

The Simple Heist asks us to be a bit more tolerant of its indulgences in Season 2, which happily doesn’t make it any less fun...

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