Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
We Confess! Our Guiltiest Entertainment Pleasures of 2024
The Hollywood Reporter’s staff spends plenty of time watching, dissecting and, yes, even enjoying prestige TV and Oscar-worthy cinema — but sometimes we just needed to close those blinds and hit this junk food.
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Javier Bardem’s Monster Year: From José Menendez to ‘Spellbound’
The 'No Country for Old Men' star went dark, then silly, for Netflix this year, going from the terrifying patriarch in Ryan Murphy's Menendez drama to playing a singing purple people eater in Vicky Jenson's animated feature.
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Freedom for Menendez Brothers Unclear as New D.A. Weighs Resentencing
Incoming Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman may not feel as strongly about freeing the admitted parent killers as his predecessor.
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‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ Roars Into Awards Season With 3 Golden Globes Nominations
Whether the polarizing series will help the case of the real-life Menendez brothers remains to be seen as the Los Angeles DA is reviewing the case.
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Menendez Brothers’ Possible Release Delayed Past Thanksgiving as Gov. Newsom Punts Clemency Decision
Los Angeles will have a new district attorney next month and California's governor has decided to wait for him to take office before moving ahead with the closely watched case.
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George Gascón Loses Los Angeles District Attorney Race
All eyes are on Nathan Hochman, L.A. County's new top prosecutor who'll decide whether to continue to support resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez.
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‘Monsters’ and ‘Grotesquerie’ Director Max Winkler Just Wants to Be Part of the Conversation
The filmmaker on his run of Ryan Murphy hits, what they're doing with 'Monster' season three and his indie feature frustrations: "I've made enough movies that nobody's seen to tell you how good it feels to get to a reaction in real time."
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Ryan Murphy Not “Unsurprised” by Public Advocacy for the Menendez Brothers Following ‘Monsters’ Series
The co-creator talked about his motivation for telling their story and the lengthy casting process for finding his Lyle and Erik Menendez at a Netflix FYC panel in Los Angeles on Nov. 2.
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Nobody Wants This’ Grows in Second Week
'Monsters' stays at No. 1 overall, and 'Love Is Blind' rejoins the charts with the start of a new season.
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Menendez Brothers Attorney Wants Them Released Before Holidays as DA Gascón Supports Clemency Bid
Another route to freedom for the incarcerated brothers has opened up and it will come down to Gov. Gavin Newsom, potentially before Thanksgiving.
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George Gascón’s Re-election Hail Mary: Freeing the Menendez Brothers
The Los Angeles DA’s soft-on-crime rep is a big reason he’s expected to lose his bid. So why is he showing last-minute leniency to the convicted killers?
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Monsters’ Jumps 40 Percent in Second Week
'Nobody Wants This' and 'Inside Out 2' have big premiere weeks on the Nielsen charts.
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