Amazon Makes Big Play for Faith-Based Content
Amazon MGM Studios is getting spiritual. The company announced Wednesday that it’s brokered a partnership with the recently formed Wonder Project, which bills itself as an independent studio designed to “develop series and films rooted in spirituality.” The latter is led by veteran producer Jon Erwin (Jesus Revolution) and former Netflix and YouTube exec Kelly […]
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Jenna Ortega Approves of These ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Scripts
The Wednesday scripts are in, and star Jenna Ortega is pleased with what she’s seen. “We’re definitely leaning into a little more horror,” the actress teased when asked about the series’ second season on the 2023 Emmy’s red carpet. “Everything is bigger, it’s a lot more action-packed.” According to Ortega, who was nominated for her work in […]
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THR’s Guide to the Emmys: Everything You Need to Know Before Tonight’s Show
Welcome to the time warp. Technically, the awards being doled out live from the Peacock Theater at 5 p.m. PST are the 2023 Emmy awards. The telecast had been scheduled to air back in September, but, like so much else in Hollywood, the Emmys were sidelined by the strikes. Now, four months later, the show […]
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Ike Barinholtz Listened to “Chernobyl Levels of Poison” to Prep for His Spoof of Ignorant Male Podcasters
Ike Barinholtz is going full dumbass. That’s how The Mindy Project writer-star describes his latest character, Chris Chatman, who he’ll play for his newest project, The Chris Chatman Do-Over podcast, beginning Jan. 11. The weekly show, which is being billed as an original improvised comedy, is the second of three installments in a series of […]
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Host Anthony Anderson Braces for the Emmys: “I Didn’t Get This Far by Playing It Safe”
As Anthony Anderson envisions it, the Emmys will be akin to an exclusive dinner party he is inviting viewers at home to attend. He’ll have some of his famous friends join him on the Peacock Theater stage, he teases, along with his mother, Doris, who’s tagged along on any number of her son’s projects. “It’s […]
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Host Jo Koy’s Been Charged With a “Celebratory” Golden Globes — That Doesn’t Mean He Can’t Roast
Host Jimmy Kimmel has five months to prepare for the Oscars. When it comes to this year’s Golden Globes emcee, Jo Koy has less than two weeks. “I haven’t slept,” he acknowledges. “And I’ve never watched this many movies and TV shows in my life.” Indeed, while Koy’s family and friends were off enjoying the […]
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Mandy Patinkin and Wife Kathryn Grody on their Insanely Intimate Family Dramedy That Showtime Shelved
As Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody’s son, Gideon, tells it, his parents’ social media stardom began rather innocently. Grody-Patinkin had moved in with his actor parents early in the pandemic and began interviewing them for what would be a family archive. “I thought they might die from COVID maybe soon-ish, so I was getting them […]
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‘Leave the World Behind’ Director Sam Esmail Explains His Controversial Ending
[This story contains major spoilers about the ending of Leave the World Behind, now streaming on Netflix.] Plenty of people tried to talk Leave the World Behind director Sam Esmail out of his film’s controversial ending — even Esmail tried to talk himself out of his film’s controversial ending. But the filmmaker responsible for projects including […]
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‘Platonic’ Scores a Season 2 at Apple TV+
It’s official: Platonic is returning. Apple TV+ has doled out a second season to the comedy starring Rose Byrne (Sylvia) and Seth Rogen (Will), who play best friends (and only best friends). The duo also serve as executive producers on the series from their former Neighbors director Nick Stoller and his wife, Francesca Delbanco. In […]
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‘Winning Time’ Star Quincy Isaiah on Fame, Therapy and the Cancellation He Saw Coming
Casting Magic Johnson was never going to be easy. In fact, the casting directors for HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty had already seen hundreds of actors before they stumbled upon an audition tape from Quincy Isaiah, a young Michigan native with no IMDb profile to speak of. Showrunner Max Borenstein has […]
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Barbra Streisand Named Recipient of 2024 SAG Life Achievement Award
Barbra Streisand is set to receive the 2024 SAG Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will move to Netflix on Feb. 24. The award is presented annually to an actor who exhibits what the guild describes as the “finest ideals of the acting profession.” In Streisand’s case, it joins […]
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Netflix Taps Chris Rock, Matt Rife and, Yes, Tom Brady for Its Second Comedy Fest
Netflix is eager to laugh again — and flex its dominance in the stand-up arena. The streamer has formally announced a second installment of its Netflix is a Joke Fest, which will be held May 2 to 12, with more than 300 shows across 35-plus Los Angeles venues. The multi-day event quickly became the biggest […]
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