BOSTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Celebrity chef and former television star Mario Batali appeared in a Boston courtroom on Friday, where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf to a criminal charge that he forcibly groped and kissed a woman at a restaurant in 2017.

BOSTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Celebrity chef and former television star Mario Batali is due in a Boston court on Friday to face a criminal charge that he forcibly groped and kissed a woman at a restaurant in 2017.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - In retrospect, it was only a matter of time before reboot and revival fever manifested as verbatim repeats -- but if TV's gonna go there, bringing back eerily timely shows like "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" is the way to do it.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movies like "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Love, Simon" and "Deadpool 2" helped increase the numbers of gay and bisexual characters in Hollywood movies last year.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - There's something to be said for a TV show that knows exactly what its lane is and fulfills its duties enough to hold together.

LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - "Game of Thrones" may have been lauded for strong female characters but men still took the limelight with about three quarters of speaking time, according to a new analysis of the blockbuster television series.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke -- a.k.a Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains -- is now officially done with the series that made her a household name.

LONDON (Reuters) - "Downton Abbey" fans got a glimpse on Tuesday of the television period drama's upcoming movie adaptation, with a new trailer showing the central Crawley family preparing for a royal visit to their sprawling countryside home.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Television, lately, has had a particular fixation on the closed-ended crime story -- narrative limited series that follow famous cases, using familiar figures to fulfill our desire for catharsis through justice.