She Starred as the Iconic “Maxine Shaw,” But Erika Alexander Says Her ‘American Fiction’ Role Is Her Best Yet
Many actors have several key roles in their careers, but Erika Alexander is one of the rare ones who’s had the role of a lifetime. Thirty years ago, she stepped into the character of Maxine Shaw on Living Single — a now-iconic attorney character inspired by her role models Cicely Tyson, Phylicia Rashad, Whoopi Goldberg […]
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Stylists and the Strikes: How Red Carpets Were Impacted in 2023
When SAG-AFTRA announced in July that its members would strike for the first time in more than 40 years, star stylist Jessica Paster looked at a clothing rack in her studio. On it were hanging five red-carpet looks planned for client Emily Blunt. None were worn over the summer: The actress and co-star of Oppenheimer […]
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Kate Micucci Is Cancer-Free After Lung Surgery Earlier This Month: “I’m Excited to Hang With My Little Boy for Christmas”
Kate Micucci says she’s cancer-free after undergoing surgery last week to treat a lung cancer diagnosis. The Raising Hope and Big Bang Theory actress shared the news over the weekend on TikTok, where she confirmed that the surgery “went great” and the results “came back that it worked.” “I don’t need to do any other […]
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‘Silver Dollar Road’ Director Raoul Peck on Doc’s Interrogation of Systemic Racism: “When Was America Great, and For Whom?”
Our ancestors left this here for us,” a member of the North Carolina-based Reels family says in the documentary Silver Dollar Road, referring to the 65-acre waterfront property that had long been their financial and spiritual haven. In the late 1970s, a relative of the Reelses cited a legal loophole to claim that he was […]
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Walter Murch, Kate Amend to Receive ACE Editors Career Achievement Awards (Exclusive)
Renowned three-time Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch — known for films including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part II and The English Patient — and respected documentary editor Kate Amend—who cut Academy Award-winning docs Into the Arms of Strangers and The Long Way Home — will receive Career Achievement Awards at the 74th American Cinema Editors Eddie […]
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Christine Lahti Joins Cast of ‘Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy’ Off-Broadway (Exclusive)
Christine Lahti has joined the cast of Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy, set to open Off-Broadway this winter. The Oscar and Emmy winner will portray Lubja, a supervisor of a professional troll farm who hands down increasingly specific asks to her subordinates, in the office comedy-meets-political satire opening at off-Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre […]
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Hannah Waddingham-Octavia Spencer Action-Adventure Show Lands at Amazon
Consider this Thelma & Louise meets Jack Ryan. Amazon, following an intensive bidding war, has landed the action-adventure show starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer with an eight-episode, straight-to-series order. The untitled show is based on an original idea from Tessa Coates (Feel Good) that was taken out to six of the major streamers, four […]
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Jerry Seinfeld Meets With Families of Israeli Hostages Amid Ongoing Conflict
Jerry Seinfeld is showing support for the families of Israeli hostages after arriving in the country earlier this week. According to multiple local news sources, the comedian and Seinfeld star landed sometime Monday and has since visited the headquarters of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Tel Aviv. The actor, who has been recorded […]
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Why Japan Is on the Precipice of a Content Boom
For the past year and a half, Netflix’s Minyoung Kim, the Asia-based executive commonly credited with building the company’s winning strategy in Korea, hasn’t been spending much time in Seoul. Instead, the content vp who famously greenlit Squid Game has been living full-time in Tokyo, where she has been laying the groundwork for Netflix’s next […]
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‘The Color Purple’ Review: Fantasia Barrino Is the Molten Heart of Spirited Musical Remake
Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks and Colman Domingo also star in Blitz Bazawule’s retelling of the beloved Alice Walker novel, adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway show.
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Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine Board Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’
The A-list cast of Netflix’s Zero Day continues to grow. The limited series starring Robert De Niro has added five actors — Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp and McKinley Belcher III — to its ensemble. Clark Gregg, Gaby Hoffmann and Mark Ivanir have also signed on for guest roles. They join a cast […]
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Fox News Promotes Gillian Turner to Anchor, State Department and Foreign Policy Correspondent
Fox News has promoted Gillian Turner to anchor and state department and foreign policy correspondent. Turner, who joined Fox News in 2014 and has worked as a correspondent and fill-in anchor since 2018, will now cover international and domestic issues at the State Department. Turner has previously covered news events like the Oct. 7 Hamas […]
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‘The Buccaneers’ Renewed at Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is staying on course with The Buccaneers. The tech giant’s streaming service has ordered a second season of The Buccaneers, its period drama based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton. The renewal comes less than a week after the show’s Dec. 13 season finale. “It’s been a complete thrill to watch people […]
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The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2023
A stylish Hitchcock homage, a tender exploration of autism and a hilariously horny holiday special were among favorites of THR's TV critics.
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Who Was Most Popular, Class Clown, Biggest Mean Girl? The 2023 Hollywood Yearbook
Class Superlatives PROM QUEEN AND KING Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce The most talked-about entertainer of the year and the Super Bowl-winning podcaster combined their forces — and audiences — to forge the kind of four-quadrant cultural phenomenon the industry hasn’t seen in ages. Well, except for … MOST POPULAR Barbenheimer Combined global box office gross: $2.4 billion […]
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Comcast Says Hackers May Have Accessed Data on Millions of Xfinity Customers
Millions of Comcast customers may have had some of their data stolen in a hacking incident. The cable giant disclosed in a note to customers that due to a vulnerability in one of Comcast’s software providers, Citrix, “between October 16 and October 19, 2023, there was unauthorized access to our internal systems that we concluded […]
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‘The Crown’: Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville Reflect on the Gravity of Playing Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in Season 6
[This story contains spoilers from episode eight, season six of The Crown, “Ritz.”] Throughout her lifetime, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was known for being a glamorous socialite — a persona that actress Lesley Manville brings to life in the final two seasons of Netflix’s The Crown. Yet in episode eight of the sixth and […]
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Netflix’s Viewership Data Trove Cracks Open the Door for Agents, Too
Netflix’s release of viewing data for virtually its entire library provided the broadest public glimpse to date into the performance of movies and TV series on a streaming service. It could also prove to be a boon to the people who do business with the company. The streamer on Dec. 12 put out a list […]
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