There are so many wonderful cast members in the fourth season of “Only Murders in the Building” that it becomes like a great comedy party with different talented artists throughout the soiree riffing on what they do best. A show that pushed the star throttle forward in a third outing that added the most acclaimed actresses of all time in Meryl Streep and one of the most likable comedy actors ever in Paul Rudd has not let up on bringing familiar faces into the fold.

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Can Charles, Oliver, and Mabel handle a Hollywood mystery? The popular trio faces their most surprising case in the new season of “Only Murders in the Building.” Hulu’s hit series picks up where Season 3 left off, seeing Charles’ stunt double Sazz shot. It’s up to the trio to find out who was the target of this shocking event. Meanwhile, the podcast hosts must deal with a movie adaptation and its stars. 

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Everyone’s favorite podcasters are back. Today, following Prime Video’s impressive TV Upfronts presentation to advertisers, Disney’s similarly flexing Upfront showcase featured many updates from the world of many of their properties. One of the first major teasers that arrived was from Hulu and the fourth season of their hit comedy, “Only Murders In The Building.”

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Spoilers!

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Is it possible we have a snub or even two in the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category? The Ladies may be searching high and low for two nominees to round out the field, but the gentlemen face a somewhat more competitive race. And that’s a big emphasis on “somewhat.” One thing is for sure, last year’s winner, Jeremy Allen White, will absolutely be nominated again and is once again the frontrunner for his performance in season two of “The Bear.” Comedy legend Martin Short should also earn his third nod for “Only Murders in the Building.” Beyond those two actors, however, things may or may not get interesting.

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“He’s the most idolized comedian ever,” Jerry Seinfeld says glowingly in “STEVE! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces,” an oddly shaped documentary that takes until its second half to elucidate what it’s really about and make the audience care. Featuring an epic (and overlong) three-hour runtime broken into two halves and told from two perspectives, ‘Then’ and ‘Now,’ they’re almost seemingly made by two different filmmakers, and only part two is genuinely captivating.

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“He’s the most idolized comedian ever,” Jerry Seinfeld says in the new trailer for “Steve!” a new documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville Neville (“20 Feet from Stardom,” “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”) about the beloved American national treasure Steve Martin. “He reinvented stand up,” another off-screen talking head says, and you know you’re in store for a doc that sounds and looks like it’ll be as entertaining as it is ebullient in its praise of the “Only Murders in The Buildings” star.

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The second season of “Only Murders In The Building” was undeniably entertaining, but it felt a bit like treading water after the breakthrough success of the freshmen year, especially in its disappointing final few chapters. Perhaps understanding that the Emmy nominee needed a jolt of creative energy from outside the building, the producers have really turned up the star quality in the upcoming third season, casting two household names in major roles: Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd.

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Going into Season 3, “Only Murders in the Building” didn’t really need to make a big splash. Whatever the series was doing over the course of the first two seasons has been working incredibly well, with ‘Murders’ earning acclaim, a load of fans, and plenty of awards trophies. But a splash has been made for Season 3, with Meryl Streep joining the cast.

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As seen in the trailer for “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3, there’s a new death for the trio of amateur sleuths to investigate.

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It’s Oscar night; trailers and teasers are coming. The first big one of the night is Hulu‘s “Only Murder In The Building,” which has unveiled its first teaser trailer for season three and has also given us the first look at Meryl Streep in the celebrated comedy series. “Ant-Man” star Paul Rudd makes an appearance too.

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This season’s first teaser will air tonight during the 95th Oscars® and shows a sneak peek at guest star and Oscar®-winner Meryl Streep in the new season. 

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Even though it’s now 35 years old, John Hughes‘ 1987 film “Planes, Trains, And Automobiles” remains a classic comedy and maybe the best Thanksgiving movie ever made. It may even be Hughes’ most beloved film, too: a controversial pick, but certainly in the running. Now, in the lead-up to Turkey Day, Vanity Fair wants fans of the film to check out a long-lost deleted scene from the film that sees John Candy and Steve Martin at the height of their odd-couple chemistry.

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Even as he flirts with retirement, Steve Martin finds himself in a late-career renaissance thanks to the Hulu comedy “Only Murders In The Building.” The show notched Martin three Emmy nominations this year, and as of last month, there’s a third season on the way. But there’s another upcoming project about Martin on the way, too, from documentary extraordinaire Morgan Neville.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neville and A24 are hard at work on a two-part feature film on Martin’s life and career.

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There was a sense after the first season of Hulu’s hit “Only Murders in the Building” that this would be a tough act to follow. How many murders can there be in the Arconia? And much of the charm of that season relied on the renewed chemistry between two comedy veterans and their unexpected straight woman from another generation. How do they pull that trick again? Co-creators Steve Martin and John Hoffman were smart to get a second season up and going quickly, doing so in a way that almost makes it feel like a seamless continuation of Season 1 instead of another story altogether.

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After months of goading in the form of sneak peaks and teaser trailers, the official trailer in anticipation for the return of the Hulu hit, ‘Only Murders In The Building,’ is finally here. Fronted by the trio of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, and created by Martin and John Hoffman, the 10-part first season of ‘Only Murders’ was released last year to huge commercial and critical acclaim.

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Hulu has a hit on its hands with “Only Murders In The Building.” Both critics and audiences loved the show’s first season about a trio of true-crime aficionados that create a podcast about a death in their Upper West Side apartment building. And the show indeed shines as a charming, parodic take on a murder mystery, with Steve Martin and Martin Short at their late-career best.

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Can Coach Lasso go back to back at the Emmys? Jason Sudekis easily won the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series trophy in 2021 for “Ted Lasso.” This year, he arguably has more competition from “Barry”‘s 2018 and 2019 winner Bill Hader, “Atlanta”‘s 2017 winner Donald Glover and “Only Murders in the Building”‘s comedy legend Steve Martin.

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After a critically acclaimed first season, “Only Murders In The Building” returns this summer. So, it’s time to check out the first look at season two of Hulu’s acclaimed comedy series, “Only Murders in the Building.” The show’s first teaser will air tonight during the 94th Oscars® and shows a sneak peek at Cara Delevingne and Oscars co-host Amy Schumer in the new season. “Only Murders in the Building” returns on Tuesday, June 28th.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

This week’s new streaming and disc guide (okay, it’s mostly a disc guide) is a back-breaker – which is unsurprising, with the holidays approaching, and the hunt for gift ideas already heating up.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

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This week brings a quartet of all-timers to 4K Blu-ray, along with a handful of ‘90s faves, some classic comedies, and a new Criterion box for a recently departed indie innovator. 

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“Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films”: The passing last week of this Black cinema icon makes what was already one of the year’s best box sets feel even more valuable.

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Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” reunites the incredible comedy duo of Steve Martin and Martin Short, whose prodigious talents are both a blessing and a curse to this murder mystery sitcom. On the one hand, they are both able to elevate thin material with such ease that the show is a pleasant, breezy watch. Just spending time with the stars of “Three Amigos” and “An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life” can create more moments of amiable charm in one episode than most other shows produce in a season.

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With eight top 10 singles over the past decade, including a no. 1 smash just two years ago, it’s hard to imagine why Selena Gomez would want to return to television. The 29-year-old first came to cultural prominence as the star of the Disney Channel series “The Wizards of Waverly Place” in the late 00s. Despite a few sporadic appearances here and there, for the past decade, she’s mostly focused on her music, philanthropy, and producing projects for others such as “13 Reasons Why.” That all changed over the past twelve months.

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The world’s obsession with true crime is kind of out of control, right? Between Serial, dozens of other podcasts and Netflix series that often go on four episodes too long, true crime mania is a little much. But that’s kind of the premise of “Only Murders In The Building,” a new Hulu show from Steve Martin and his creative partners, about: what if three strangers living in an apartment building were so obsessed with true crime they started DIY investigating a murder that takes place in their apt complex?

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It’s not the exact same thing, but you know, now that Woody Allen is essentially persona non grata in culture (for the rest of his days?), there is an opening for neurotic New York stories with a “Manhattan Murder Mystery” element to them. Maybe that’s where Steve Martin, Dan Fogelman, and John Hoffman enter, the creators of Hulu‘s new series, “Only Murders In The Building.” How well do you know your neighbors?

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If you’re a fan of comedy that grew up in the ‘80s or ‘90s, especially, you are probably pretty familiar with the names Steven Martin and Martin Short. These two men have been at the top of their comedic game for decades now. Based on those two names alone, you should get excited for the upcoming Hulu series, “Only Murders in the Building.”

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However, as seen in the first teaser for ‘Only Murders,’ the series is also set to appeal to a younger audience with the third member of the cast, Selena Gomez, who joins the aforementioned duo as a group of true-crime obsessors that join forces to solve a crime that is very close to home.

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“Eyes Wide Shut” is a significant film in the career of the legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. It’s the final film that was completed before his death, and it’s also a project that the director held near and dear to his heart for decades prior, attempting to get it made 30 years before it was finally released. And apparently, over that time, Kubrick had a pretty eclectic list of actors he was interested in to lead the erotic feature.

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Selena Gomez has been tapped to take the very coveted spot in the new Hulu comedy series “Only Murders in the Building” alongside comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short.

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Back in January, Hulu gave a straight-to-series order to “Only Murders in the Building” which is based on an idea by John Hoffman (“Grace and Frankie“) and Martin (as in Steve), who will also write the show.

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