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‘Supacell’ Renewed for Second Season at Netflix
Netflix is powering up a second season of Supacell. The streamer has renewed the series about five Black people in South London who unexpectedly develop superpowers. Supacell, created by Rapman, premiered on June 27 and has been a fixture in Netflix’s internal top 10 list of English-language series since its debut. Netflix announced the renewal […]
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‘3 Body Problem’ Creators Played a Fake Script Prank on Eiza González Using ChatGPT
David Benioff and Dan Weiss reveal a prank involving ChatGPT, a swimming pool and Pi that they played on the actress
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Netflix Opening ‘Squid Game’ Live Experience in New York Ahead of Season 2
Are New Yorkers ready to play some red light, green light? Netflix says that it will open “Squid Game: The Experience” in New York City in October, letting people experience the thrill and stress of the popular series firsthand. The live experience will be based at the Manhattan Mall, and feature “Front Man” having participants […]
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ABC Names Second Black ‘Bachelor’ for Season 29
The Bachelor has revealed its next lead. Grant Ellis, 30, a former contestant from the current season of The Bachelorette, has been picked to hand out roses for the 29th season of ABC’s hit reality dating series. The news comes Monday night at the end of the latest Bachelorette episode with star Jenn Tran, whose […]
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Olympics Close With Huge Ratings Gains for NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal will always have Paris — the setting for a huge bounceback for its Summer Olympics efforts. The company says the 2024 Olympics, which closed Sunday with a ceremony from Stade de France and a handoff to the next summer games in Los Angeles, averaged a combined 30.6 million viewers across all platforms for its “Paris […]
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Didi O’Hearn, Longtime A&E Television Networks Executive, Dies at 63
Deirdre “Didi” O’Hearn, a veteran cable executive who spent 16 years at A&E Television Networks and also worked for WeTV and the Food Network, among other channels, died Monday. She was 63. O’Hearn, nominated for six Emmys and a winner of five Golden Eagle Awards, died in hospice care in St. Augustine, Florida, after a […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Peter Morgan on How ‘The Sopranos’ Influenced ‘The Crown,’ Writing All 60 Episodes of the Show and Meeting Tony Blair
Peter Morgan is a playwright, screenwriter and TV series creator and showrunner who has been described by The Guardian as “Britain’s leading contemporary screen dramatist,” and about whom the publication wrote, “There is no one who works quite like him. Actually, there might be nobody who has worked quite like him in British drama since […]
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John Slattery to Star in ‘Rainmaker’ Reboot at USA Network
USA Network has found its star for their reboot of John Grisham’s The Rainmaker. Mad Men alum John Slattery will be leading the yet-to-be-announced cast of the drama from Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television that counts Grisham, along with writer Michael Seitzman (Code Black, Intelligence), Jason Richman (Stumptown, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), David Gernert […]
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Rachael Lillis, ‘Pokémon’ Misty and Jessie Voice Actor, Dies at 46
Rachael Lillis, who voiced the English language roles of Misty and Jessie on the popular Pokémon TV and movie adaptations of the Japanese anime series, has died. She was 46. Veronica Taylor, who voices Ash on the the Pokémon animated series, on Monday announced via social media that Lillis had died Saturday after a battle […]
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MTV VMAs Switch Dates to Avoid Debate Conflict
The 2024 MTV VMAs is moving back a day and will now take place on Wednesday, Sept. 11 instead of the previously announced Tuesday, Sept. 10. The move is an effort to avoid having the VMAs air opposite the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The 2024 […]
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Bill Camp, Merritt Wever Board HBO’s ‘Gilded Age’ for Season 3
The Gilded Age is bringing in a host of new faces for its third season. The HBO drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has added eight actors to its ensemble for season three, which is in production. Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, LisaGay Hamilton, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hattie Morahan, Andrea Martin and Jessica […]
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Peacock’s ‘Hysteria!’ Teaser Brings Demons to the Suburbs
Peacock, fresh off its huge Olympics surge, is transitioning back to its regular offerings — including a 1980s-set thriller revolving around the Satanic Panic of the era. The streamer has released a teaser and set an Oct. 18 premiere date for Hysteria!, a drama in which a high-school heavy metal band decides to capitalize on the […]
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Kit Harington Says “Mistakes Were Made” Making a “Rushed” ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8
"I think there were mistakes made, story-wise, towards the end maybe. I think there were some interesting choices that didn’t quite work"
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35 True-Crime Series to Binge Right Now
There’s no denying the fact that true-crime stories are everywhere — be they in podcasts, TV series or movies — and the craze doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The Hollywood Reporter compiled a list of some of the most recent true-crime series and films available to stream. These hit shows and movies […]
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Where ‘RHONJ’ Left Things in Season 14’s Post- Finale Special
Well, that’s that. When The Real Housewives of New Jersey announced that it was foregoing the traditional reunion special and instead would be closing out season 14 with a finale watch special, viewers of the longtime Bravo reality series were wondering how that would play out. On Sunday night, they got their answer, as the […]
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Aaron Sorkin Says If He Made ‘The West Wing’ Today, People Wouldn’t Recognize “Reasonable” Republican Party
Aaron Sorkin thinks he could still make The West Wing today, but there is one political factor he thinks would be very different than when the series ran 25 years ago: today’s Republican Party. At an event in support of the upcoming book What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and […]
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