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"Movie: The Artist" This best-picture Oscar winner is an affectionate tribute to movie history, with director Michel Hazanavicius going so far as to make it a silent film. Jean Dujardin also earned a statuette as an actor who fears what the dawn of talking pictures may mean for his career — and who falls for a chorus girl (Berenice Bejo) whose star is rising. John Goodman also stars. "Movie: Val" Fans of Val Kilmer will get an up-close- and-personal look at the mercurial "The Doors" and "Batman Forever" actor in this documentary from first- time directors Leo Scott and Ting Poo, which uses home movies, on-set clips and footage shot by Kilmer himself to chronicle a life lived to extremes and reveal what it means to be an artist and a complex man. (ORIGINAL) "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" Season 3 of this crime caper from Germany finds Moritz (Maximilian Mundt) alone and desperate as he struggles to hold onto power as CEO of MyDrugs while reuniting with Dan (Damian Hardung) and Lenny (Danilo Kamperidis), whose condition is deteriorating, for one last job. Bjarne Madel and Lena Klenke also star. (ORIGINAL) The STREAM Scene Where all the top choices can be found in one place! "The Simpsons: The Good, the Bart and The Loki" (Available now) The long-running Fox series meets the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this animated short that finds Loki (voice of Tom Hiddleston) banished to Springfield, where he joins forces with Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) to fight against his toughest adversaries. "Simpsons" regulars Dan Castellaneta and Yeardley Smith are also in the voice cast. (ORIGINAL) Page 8 August 2 - 8, 2021 InFocus "Truth Be Told: Season 2" (Apple TV+ — season premiere, Aug. 20) The second round of this original drama series follows investigative reporter-turned-true crime podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer, "The Help") as she takes on a case that deeply involves a childhood friend, media mogul Micah Keith (Kate Hudson, "Almost Famous"). Christopher Backus, Alona Tal, David Lyons and Katherine LaNasa are among cast returnees.

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