The Gilded Age
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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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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HBO Releases First Footage of ‘Last of Us’ Season 2 and ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
HBO released preview footage of several eagerly anticipated new and returning series — including the second season of The Last of Us and first season of Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. The trailer (below) ran before the second-season finale of House of the Dragon, and also included footage from The […]
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Emmys: Best Drama Series Field Almost Entirely Different From 2023
The 2024 Emmy Awards will feature a best drama series field that’s almost entirely different than the nominees for the last awards. But rather than a wholesale changing of the guard, the nearly unprecedented turnover is more a function of the way TV works now. Of last year’s eight drama series contenders, two — HBO’s Succession […]
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Carrie Coon on Her ‘Gilded Age’ Character: “I Love That People Don’t Like Her”
On HBO’s The Gilded Age, Carrie Coon stands out among the stacked ensemble cast (she was just one of 34 players to receive a SAG Award nom for best drama ensemble this year), in part because her lead role of Bertha Reynolds allows her to play a rare kind of character on TV these days: […]
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‘The Gilded Age’ Hairstyling Head on Crafting Period-True ‘Dos: “I’m Constantly Chasing After Wigs”
h en Sean Flanigan joined The Gilded Age as the hairstyling department head in its first season, he drew inspiration directly from the real-life, late 19th century New York figures that influenced the HBO period drama, like Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy) and Alva Vanderbilt, after whom Carrie Coon’s character, Bertha Russell, is fashioned. “We follow […]
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In ‘The Gilded Age,’ Socialites Waged War Using Opera Houses
At the end of season two of The Gilded Age, a battle between two opera houses — the Metropolitan Opera and the Academy of Music — comes to a head, with Bertha (Carrie Coon) emerging victorious at last, gazing out over the star-studded premiere she facilitated. In order to re-create the opening of the Met […]
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Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham Talk Their ‘Fargo’ Reunion in ‘Lake George’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 8’
Lake George co-stars Carrie Coon and Shea Whigham are actors’ actors. They’re highly regarded by their peers, and they elevate every project they’re a part of, whether it’s an indie, a blockbuster or a prestigious cable series. And as soon as the audience sees them on the big or small screen, they immediately know they’re […]
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‘The Gilded Age’ Casting Directors Share What Makes Theater Stars “Pop” on the HBO Period Drama
While hosting the 39th Artios Awards in March, comedian Alex Edelman cracked a fitting joke about casting directors Bernard Telsey and Adam Caldwell. As Telsey recalls it, Edelman said, ” ‘You know how Bernie and Adam cast The Gilded Age, don’t you? They stand in front of Bar Centrale,’ which is a famous theater bar, ‘and […]
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‘The Gilded Age’ Stars Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon on Their On- and Off-Screen Relationship
The Gilded Age stars Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon go way back — they first shared the Broadway stage in 1984, when the Tony-winning Baranski played mother to Nixon in Tom Stoppard’s acclaimed play The Real Thing. “Who’s this young, gifted, charming woman?” Baranski recalls of first working with Nixon, who — nearly 40 years […]
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‘The Gilded Age’ Nabs Season 3 Renewal at HBO
HBO will continue chronicling The Gilded Age. The period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has scored a third-season renewal at HBO. The pickup comes just four days after The Gilded Age’s second-season finale on Dec. 17. “We’re so proud of what Julian Fellowes and The Gilded Age family have achieved,” said Francesca Orsi, […]
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‘The Gilded Age’ Finale: Denée Benton Loves That She Got “an Opportunity to Be Messy” in Season 2
[This story contains spoilers from the season two finale of The Gilded Age.] In HBO’s period drama The Gilded Age, the character of Peggy Scott (Denée Benton) offers a solitary glimpse into the life of the Black upper class in New York City in the 1880s. Yet in season two, that contextual lens is expanded […]
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