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How Josh Hartnett Became a Surprise Guest Star on ‘The Bear’

When Josh Hartnett appeared onscreen in the new season of The Bear, revealing himself as one of this year’s surprise guest stars, fans experienced it as a delightful and seemingly random casting. But, like everything in the world of The…

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Why Ryan Serhant Returned to Real Estate Reality TV With Netflix’s ‘Owning Manhattan’

To be lured back from his hiatus from the reality TV universe after 10 seasons on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing: New York, NYC-based celebrity broker Ryan Serhant knew he wanted to do something different. “I didn’t want to make Million…

Monday, Jul 1

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‘The Bear’ Star Gillian Jacobs on Tiffany’s ‘Past Lives’ Moment, Taylor Swift Easter Eggs and That Fiancé Reveal

After Gillian Jacobs first debuted as Tiffany on season one of The Bear, she didn’t know if she was going to get another shot at the show. The actress recorded a voice memo from her apartment in Marseille, France — she was on location

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‘Interview With the Vampire’ Boss, Stars Talk Finale’s Heart-Wrenching Twist and Season 3

Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) may have completed his second interview with the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) in Dubai, but the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist could not resist

‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Star Emma Laird on Her Character’s Disheartening Season 3 Turn

When watching the Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon co-created series Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount+, viewers see each week that life is tough for the residents in Kingstown. But for some characters of the show about a fictional prison…

Friday, Jun 28

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‘The Bear’ Star Lionel Boyce on Marcus’ Eulogy Scene, Season 3 Cliffhanger and Whether Anyone on the Show Is OK

. When Lionel Boyce sat for his recent profile with The Hollywood Reporter, he had just returned home to Los Angeles from Chicago, where he and the rest of The Bear cast had just wrapped filming on the third season. His memories from the…

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Rosemarie DeWitt on Her Key ‘The Boys’ Role and What She Wasn’t Prepared For

From the first episode of The Boys, audiences knew life would be tough to the nerdish and somewhat awkward child-like protagonist Hughie Campbell (played by Jack Quaid). Devoted followers of the Amazon Prime series know that Hughie’s…

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‘The Bear’: Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Season 3’s Fork in the Road After Fridge Fight

For many The Bear viewers, it’s still hard to shake what Carmy said to Richie while he was stuck in the restaurant’s walk-in refrigerator at the end of season two. And the same goes for the FX hit comedy’s sparring “cousins”

Thursday, Jun 27

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‘The Boys’ Boss on Landing That Surprise A-List Cameo

Leave it to The Boys to tug on viewer heartstrings while horrifying them at the same time. That’s exactly how episode five of season four, “Beware the Jabberwork, My Son,” was supposed to hit, says Eric Kripke, creator

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Eva Longoria Has Been Stressed Watching Streaming TV. So She Pitched ‘Land of Women’

After spending the last decade directing other actors, Eva Longoria is back in front of the camera in the new Spanish-language dramedy Land of Women. The six-part Apple TV+ series is Spanish writer and producer Ramón Campos’ adaptation of…

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‘The Bear’ Star Jeremy Allen White Explains Season 3’s Stunning First Episode

When last we saw him, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) was locked inside a refrigerator during the grand opening of his brand new (technically old) restaurant. Friends and Family Night did not go as planned, as he spent the…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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Why ‘Presumed Innocent’ Is Jake Gyllenhaal’s First TV Show

When Jake Gyllenhaal got to the end of the first episode of Presumed Innocent, he found himself reacting much like viewers of the Apple TV+ limited series hopefully would. He wanted to know what happened next. “Like an audience member, I…

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Biden vs. Trump Rematch: Are You Ready for the Debate From Hell?

Commentary: It's the most — or possibly least — consequential debate ever, starring two aging and entitled candidates most Americans wish would get off the stage.

Tuesday, Jun 25

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‘The Bear’: What to Remember for Season 3

“The Bear is coming.” These four words were among the very last featured in the first season of FX’s The Bear, the Emmy-winning “comedy” about a highly accomplished chef who returns home to Chicago to take over his family’s sandwich shop…

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Meet Jamie Kenna, the Actor Who Brought Laughter to a Dark, Harrowing ‘House of the Dragon’ Set

When Jamie Kenna got off the phone with his agent following an audition for season two of House of the Dragon, he was devastated. He hadn’t booked the role. Ser Alfred Broome, who serves as a knight on Queen Rhaenyra’s black council – and,…

Monday, Jun 24

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The Ladies of ‘Clipped’ on Playing V. Stiviano, Shelly Sterling and Re-Creating the Iconic Barbara Walters Interviews

FX on Hulu’s limited series Clipped is certainly a surprise watch of the summer. Based on the viral Los Angeles Clippers scandal a decade ago, Clipped, the screen adaptation of the hit ESPN 30 for 30 podcast The Sterling Affairs, takes a…

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How ‘House of the Dragon’ Brought That Giant Moment in Westeros History to Life

It’s not easy to track every character in the Game of Thrones universe, particularly on House of the Dragon. All of these Targaryens running around named Aegon. A couple of them named Jaehaerys (rest in peace to both the late king and

Shailene Woodley Isn’t Worried About the Planet. She’s Worried About You.

It seems odd to call someone who is just 32 years old a “longtime environmentalist.” And Shailene Woodley herself dismisses labels like “environmentalist” or “activist.” So … environmental enthusiast? Tree hugger? Whatever you call her,…

“Say It!”: Why TV Weather Forecasters Can No Longer Avoid Climate Change (Guest Column)

“Lemme explain your viewers to you,” The News Consultant said with supreme self-confidence, and everyone on the news team leaned in. He was GQ-chic, in from the Big City, and dominating the small conference room decorated with posters of…

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Krysten Ritter Explains How Her ‘Breaking Bad’ Death Paved the Way for ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’

It’s now been 15 years since Krysten Ritter’s Breaking Bad arc came to a tragic, series-altering end. But that eight-episode run in season two of the beloved AMC series continues to bear fruit for the actor. Last night, she made her return…

Sunday, Jun 23

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Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Stand-Up Comedy Roundtable

The six comedians who gathered for The Hollywood Reporter’s first-ever Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable had plenty to catch up on, from their early days on the circuit to their complicated impulses to make comedy out of tragedy. Perhaps fittingly,…

Saturday, Jun 22

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Hollywood Flashback: ‘Queer Eye’ Hit Fab Status at the Emmys 20 Years Ago

Queer Eye has proven to clean up quite nicely, with the unscripted television franchise having collected 12 Emmy wins from 38 total nominations. It landed its first Emmy for its debut season after initially launching as Queer Eye for the…

Friday, Jun 21

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Behind the Most “Badass” One-Take Scene in ‘Hacks’

Season three of Max’s Hacks begins with a suspended camera pan above the Las Vegas Strip that guides viewers inside Caesars Palace, where it follows a familiar figure through the casino for a gag of a reveal. Captured in one take, the shot…

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Jane Lynch on Walking the Line Between Biting Wit and Saying “Insulting Things”

Chatting with Jane Lynch about The Weakest Link, I set myself up for a dose of the biting humor that keeps audiences tuned in to the NBC game show week after week, when I ask an unfortunately cliché question. “Is there any celebrity guest…

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Sex, Drugs and Party Shootouts: Behind Sofia Vergara’s Drug Lord Breakdown

In Griselda, Sofía Vergara leaves behind her comedic roots and steps into the violent, backstabbing world of her eponymous character, a real-life drug lord becoming increasingly deranged over the course of the six-part miniseries. Episode…

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The Family Trauma That Went Into ‘3 Body Problem’ (Guest Column)

A few months before 3 Body Problem launched on Netflix, I did something I’d never done before. I showed the opening sequence to my mother. The scene depicts a “struggle session,” a public rally where a physics professor is murdered by a…

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A Lesbian Actress Playing an Anti-Gay, Anti-Trans Superhero on ‘The Boys’? Count Her In!

Valorie Curry has played a lot of characters over the years with whom she had almost nothing in common — a murderous cult member in Fox’s The Following, a paramedic who moonlights for the mob in Amazon’s The Tick, a cryptid researcher in…

Thursday, Jun 20

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‘The Acolyte’ Creator Doesn’t Believe Her New Star Wars Series Is “Queer With a Capital Q”

In 2019, Leslye Headland, fresh off two Emmy noms as co-creator of Russian Doll, was walking the blue carpet at the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiere when she was asked if she had any Star Wars ideas of her own. Headland responded…

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Wayne Brady Brings Pansexuality to Reality TV, Along With His Blended Family

It’s Wayne Brady’s first Pride Month since announcing his pansexual identity in August, but not much feels different for the actor and Let’s Make a Deal host. “I think the only difference is my own visible stamp of myself saying, ‘This is…

Lionel Boyce on Breaking Through on ‘The Bear’

On the first day of filming season three of The Bear, Lionel Boyce realized he was being watched. He was in a Chicago neighborhood shooting a scene for the chef-centric series — which also stars Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon…