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‘Supacell’ Renewed for Second Season at Netflix
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Christine Baranski Has a Promising ‘Mamma Mia 3’ Update
During a break from shooting season three of 'The Gilded Age,' the Emmy nominee discusses becoming pals with King Princess on the 'Nine Perfect Strangers' set and the future of the Abba Cinematic Universe.
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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 during the filming of season one.
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Seth Meyers Talks Tim Walz Nomination, and Being Early on “Republicans Are Weird” Trend: “I Made a Whole Career Out of It”
During his "A Closer Look" monologue on Monday, Meyers reviewed a whirlwind list of news events he missed while 'Late Night' was on a three-week hiatus.
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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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Christine Baranski Has a Promising ‘Mamma Mia 3’ Update
Christine Baranski puts in the work. The 16-time Emmy nominee, up for her latest trophy as supporting actress in a drama for The Gilded Age, is spending her summer filming the HBO series’ third season shrouded in all the stifling accoutrement that the period piece requires. During a day off from production, the actress emphasized […]
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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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Seth Meyers Talks Tim Walz Nomination, and Being Early on “Republicans Are Weird” Trend: “I Made a Whole Career Out of It”
Seth Meyers addressed Tim Walz being named as Kamala Harris’ running mate on Monday night, following his show’s hiatus. Late Night with Seth Meyers returned on Monday after a three-week break; The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had been off for two weeks. During his “A Closer Look” segment on Monday, Meyers reviewed a whirlwind […]
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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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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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What the ‘House of the Dragon’ Cast Starred in Before the ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff
It’s a temporary farewell to Westeros as House of the Dragon aired its Season 2 finale on Aug. 4, and Season 3 isn’t expected to begin production until early 2025. But that doesn’t mean that the HBO show’s cast won’t remain top of mind. Whether you were Team Black or Team Green, there are some […]
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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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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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‘Percy Jackson’ Teases Season 2, Reveals New Cast at D23
Percy Jackson and the Olympians has begun filming its second season, but its stars took a pause to appear at Disney’s D23 fan event Saturday — where they revealed a few new actors will be joining the cast. Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri and Leah Sava Jeffries appeared on stage alongside fellow series regulars Charlie Bushnell […]
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‘Umbrella Academy’ Cast Explain Series Finale and Saying Goodbye to Final Timeline
[This story contains major spoilers from Umbrella Academy season four.] Faced with one last existential threat to the universe, Netflix’s Umbrella Academy went out with a bang. Standing together for one last time, the beloved group of superheroes set aside their sibling rivalry and agreed on one thing: In order to save the world, they […]
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‘House of the Dragon’: Every Episode (So Far), Ranked
Eighteen episodes and two seasons into its run, House of the Dragon is already almost over. Sure, it will take years and years for the series to reach the end of its planned four-season arc, but the halfway point is the right point to take a beat and take stock of all that’s come before. […]
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Lisa Vanderpump Series Renewed at Hulu, With ‘VPR’ Alum Stassi Schroeder Joining Cast
After a divisive 11th season of Vanderpump Rules following the aftermath of Scandoval, some fans asked for a shakeup, questioning if bringing back fan-favorite Stassi Schroeder could give the series the boost it needed. It turns out Schroeder is returning to reality TV — but it’s not at Bravo. As part of a new development […]
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