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Nicole Kidman Wants to Play Outside the Lines in Trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Special Ops: Lioness’
The latest series from the 'Yellowstone' creator debuts July 23 with a cast that includes Zoe Saldaña and Morgan Freeman.
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Reneé Rapp Departing Max’s ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
The actress will appear in a handful of episodes in the comedy's third season.
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Fox Sets Animation Premiere Dates for Fall, Including Dan Harmon’s ‘Krapopolis’
The Sunday night block is the first piece of scheduling the network has released for the 2023-24 season.
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Miss America CEO Responds to Doc Delving Into Bullying, Body Shaming and Misogyny of Beauty-Queen Culture
When Robin Fleming posted on her LinkedIn that “the first 90 days as CEO of Miss America Organization has been a whirlwind,” she wasn’t lying. Over the past six years, America’s oldest beauty pageant nearly crumbled under the weight of its former executive leaders. In 2017, CEO Sam Haskell, once exalted for reviving the program […]
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Nicole Kidman Wants to Play Outside the Lines in Trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Special Ops: Lioness’
“You up for playing outside the lines?” Nicole Kidman asks an undercover agent in the first full trailer for Special Ops: Lioness, the latest series from Taylor Sheridan to hit Paramount+. While Sheridan is best known now for his Yellowstone franchise, this trailer offers a reminder that he was also the writer behind Denis Villeneuve’s […]
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Reneé Rapp Departing Max’s ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
Max’s comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls is saying goodbye to one of its core quartet of suitemates. Renee Rapp will exit the series during its upcoming third season. The actress and recording artist will appear in a few episodes, but as a recurring guest star rather than a series regular, that sets up […]
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Fox Sets Animation Premiere Dates for Fall, Including Dan Harmon’s ‘Krapopolis’
Fox has put the first piece of its 2023-24 schedule in place. The network, which announced a slate of shows at its upfront in May — but not where or when they would air — has set premiere dates for its Sunday animation block in the fall. New series Krapopolis, from creator Dan Harmon, will join […]
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‘Twisted Metal’ Trailer Showcases Anthony Mackie, Mayhem
Peacock has released a trailer for its forthcoming series Twisted Metal — two of them, actually, one of which is billed as a “clean version” and bleeps out a number of profanities. But if you’re interested in a series based on the Twisted Metal video game series, a few curse words probably aren’t going to […]
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‘Minx’ EP Paul Feig on HBO Max Cancellation and Why He’d Rather Release Shows on Linear TV
Last May, Ellen Rapoport’s workplace comedy Minx — which caused a bit of a stir thanks to its pilot episode’s parade of private parts — was met with a resounding show of support in the form of a season two renewal at the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer, then named HBO Max. But by December, amid a somewhat unprecedented […]
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Jonnie Davis Exits as ABC Signature President
Jonnie Davis, a longtime studio fixture at Fox and Disney, is stepping down from his role as president of ABC Signature. Davis informed his Disney colleagues of his decision to depart the studio behind Grey’s Anatomy in a memo to staff Friday with the recently installed Disney Television Studios president Eric Schrier sending an internal […]
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Aaron Paul Talks Traumatic ‘Black Mirror’ Episode, ‘Breaking Bad’ Reunions and Why He Gravitates to Heavier Roles
[This story contains spoilers for the Black Mirror season six episode “Beyond the Sea.”] Aaron Paul’s live-action debut on Black Mirror has been five-and-a-half years in the making. In December 2017, Paul had a voice cameo on one of Black Mirror’s signature episodes, “USS Callister,” as series creator Charlie Brooker wanted to add another wrinkle […]
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Ariana Madix Joins ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Cast After Scandoval Controversy
Ariana Madix is continuing her post-Scandoval re-emergence by booking a gig on Dancing With the Stars. The Vanderpump Rules star joins season 32 of the ABC ballroom dancing competition series, meaning she will pull double duty this summer to film both DWTS and the Bravo reality series, which is currently in production on its 11th […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: NBCUniversal Shake-Up and Emmy Nominations Preview
Welcome to the 221st episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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“The Best Gift Ever”: Ayo Edebiri and Robert Townsend on Playing Father and Daughter in ‘The Bear’
[This story contains mild spoilers to The Bear season two.] For as long as Ayo Edebiri can remember, Robert Townsend has been a part of her life. “He literally was my dad for a period,” says The Bear star, referencing the pioneering actor and director’s role as Robert Peterson on the WB sitcom The Parent […]
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Ryan Murphy, With 3 Shows in Production, Threatens to Sue Writers Guild Strike Captain (Exclusive)
Ryan Murphy, in a letter from his attorney to the leadership of the Writers Guild of America, threatened litigation against Warren Leight, an East Coast strike captain and Strike Rules Compliance Committee member who has subsequently forfeited those positions. The flap started June 21, when Leight, a former Law & Order: SVU showrunner and playwright, alleged in […]
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‘Bachelorette’ Star Charity Lawson on Getting Called “Classless,” Show Diversity and Why Her Season Has Been “A Little Overwhelming”
[This story contains spoilers from season 20 of ABC’s The Bachelorette.] Charity Lawson has been getting to see a different side of an early front-runner during her current stint as star of The Bachelorette. The 27-year-old child and family therapist from Columbus, Georgia, was a standout on Zach Shallcross’ season of The Bachelor earlier this […]
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‘Reservation Dogs’ Return Home in Season 3 Trailer
A new trailer for the the third — and final — season of Reservation Dogs sees the group returning home after finally making it to California. The critically acclaimed FX series from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi centers on four Indigenous teens (Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis and Lane Factor) living in rural Oklahoma and dealing […]
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‘The Bear’: Inside Sydney’s Food Tour and Season 2’s Love Letter to Chicago
[This story focuses on The Bear season two, episode three “Sundae” but contains some full-season spoilers.] Midway through its second season, The Bear loads the viewer up with an abundance of high-profile actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Odenkirk and John Mulaney, to name just three. And while the bone-chilling holiday episode (titled “Fishes,” as in […]
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph on ‘The Idol’ Finale Plot Twist: “In a Weird Way, it’s Feminine Empowerment”
[This story contains spoilers from The Idol finale.] After five episodes, Sam Levinson’s latest drama The Idol has come to an end. But the controversy surrounding the hotly debated Max series created with Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Reza Fahim continues. After four episodes of building a narrative that appeared to be about a young […]
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