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‘The Crown’ Star Khalid Abdalla Built His Dodi Fayed Portrayal From a 17-Second Audio Clip
Before the writers of The Crown dove into the romance of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed for season six (Part 1 of which is currently streaming on Netflix), the creators built up a narrative around the film producer’s life as the son of billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed. For many, it was their first glimpse into who […]
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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Director Matt Shakman on Leading a Second Film Franchise to TV and Those Exhausting ‘Fantastic Four’ Rumors
[This story contains mild spoilers for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’s second episode, “Departure.”] It hadn’t occurred to Matt Shakman until now that Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and WandaVision both handed him a similar assignment. In each case, the sought-after director had to lead a successful film franchise into television for the first time and explore […]
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Max Cuts Prices 70 Percent for Black Friday Sale
Max is offering an early holiday gift for new subscribers — and making an aggressive move to bump its fourth-quarter numbers amid the streaming wars. Starting Monday, Max is launching a Black Friday sale slashing its rates 70 percent for its ad-supported plan to just $2.99 a month for six months. The offer is open […]
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‘Rick and Morty’ New Voice Actors Speak Out: “A Literal Dream Come True”
The duo behind Rick and Morty’s new voice leads are breaking their public silence on what it’s been like to take over two of the most popular characters in animation. Ian Cardoni (Rick) and Harry Belden (Morty) beat out thousands of candidates vying to take over the titular roles that were previously voiced by series […]
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Elizabeth Debicki on Filming ‘The Crown’ Closure Scene With Dominic West After Princess Diana’s Death: “It Absolutely Destroyed Me”
[This story contains spoilers from the first four episodes of season six of The Crown.] A question that has lingered around The Crown since its introduction of Princess Diana in season four is how the fictional drama will deal with the real-life death of the Princess of Wales in 1997. The storyline comes to a […]
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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Team on Adapting the Spectacle of the MonsterVerse for Television
[This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.] Monarch: Legacy of Monsters‘ team knows there are big expectations behind their entry in the Legendary monster franchise, home to Godzilla, King Kong and more Titans. But during a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter following their New York Comic Con panel […]
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‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’: Meet the Anime’s Complete Voice Cast
Scott Pilgrim and the Sex Bob-ombs are back, alongside Ramona Flowers and her League of Evil Exes in Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. All eight episodes of the anime adaptation — and in some ways, expansion — of the beloved Scott Pilgrim universe released on Friday, nearly 20 years after the graphic novel and 13 […]
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Edgar Wright Talks the Long Road to ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ and the Key to Franchise Storytelling
When filmmakers suffer disappointments at the box office, they often take comfort in other theatrical flops that still stood the test of time, such as Blade Runner and The Shawshank Redemption. Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World now has the surprisingly good fortune of being one of those examples. In the summer of 2010, […]
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‘The Crown’ EP on Creative Choices to Dramatize the Story of the Royal Family: “They’re Not Mistakes, They’re Decisions”
[This story contains mild spoilers from the first four episodes, Part 1, of the final season of The Crown.] Though it’s hard for Suzanne Mackie to imagine taking on another 10-year project like The Crown, the executive producer of the Netflix historical drama never once hesitated to be a part of the making of the […]
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The Boy Who Captured JFK From His Parents’ Basement
Ashton Gleckman had just completed his sophomore year of high school when his parents agreed to yank him out. By that time, their child prodigy was already scoring documentaries and running his own YouTube channel of original compositions from their Indiana home. As Gleckman tells it, he was given a guitar at age 6, and […]
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Inside ‘Fargo’ Creator Noah Hawley’s Austin Work Space
Noah Hawley had his sights set on being a rock star. In fact, the man who went on to create Fargo, Legion and FX’s upcoming Alien, started his career as a singer-songwriter with a band in his native New York City. Eventually, he tired of van-life and moved on, ultimately settling into a career behind […]
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It’s the Bravo-conomy, Stupid!
Jennifer Aydin, a Real Housewives of New Jersey castmember, works the Glam Stage at BravoCon like a QVC pitchwoman. “Do you ever go to a plastic surgeon, and they put in filler and move it around?” she asks her rapt crowd, clutching a U-shaped pillow. “That’s because it moves. Sleep with one of these, and […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Creatives Go Behind the Scenes of the Apple TV+ Series: “It’s All Just One Big Soufflé”
The Morning Show wrapped its third season Nov. 8 — a moment showrunner and executive producer Charlotte Stoudt admits was an emotional one for members of the creative team, who gathered to watch the season finale at Hollywood’s Linwood Dunn Theater. “It’s really thrilling to watch the show with an audience,” said Stoudt. “It’s not the […]
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‘Upload’ Creator on Ingrid and Nora’s Journeys, Tapping Into the Horror Genre and AI Timeliness in Season 3
[This story contains spoilers from Upload‘s third season, including season finale “Flesh and Blood.”] In the season three finale of Upload, Nora (Andy Allo), Nathan (Robbie Amell), Ingrid (Allegra Edwards) and the other characters win some, lose some and face a whole new set of challenges. A season-long effort to hold Freeyond accountable for its […]
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Noah Hawley Has Been Offered the World, But ‘Fargo’ Keeps Calling
For the past 15 years or so, Noah Hawley has called Austin, Texas, home. Sure, he’s spent long stretches elsewhere — Calgary for FX’s Fargo, Bangkok for his forthcoming series Alien — but home, where his wife and two children (ages 16 and 11) reside, is 1,400 miles from Hollywood. And, as Hawley sees it, […]
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‘Loki’ EP Kevin R. Wright Says Tom Hiddleston’s Finale Performance Felt Like a Sendoff
[This story contains spoilers for season two, episode six, “Glorious Purpose.”] Now that Loki season two has closed the TVA Handbook on Loki’s story, the question remains as to whether Tom Hiddleston has bid adieu to the MCU. It’s hard to imagine a better ending for the former God of Mischief, and since Loki‘s potential […]
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