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Jharrel Jerome Towers as 13-Foot Giant in Absurdist ‘I’m A Virgo’ Trailer
Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome looms big as a 13-foot-tall black man in Oakland, California in the official trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s coming-of-age dark comedy I’m A Virgo, which was released on Tuesday. The absurdist series created, written and executive produced by Boots Riley has Jerome’s character, Cootie, having to navigate life as a giant […]
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Alex Borstein on Love for Midge in Series Finale and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s’ Depiction of Imperfect Women
[This story includes major spoilers for the series finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.] The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ended the only way it ever could have: Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) and Susie (Alex Borstein) still friends and laughing together 50 years after they met. The final episode, “Four Minutes,” of the Emmy-winning series from creators Amy […]
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Daniel Dae Kim’s ‘Butterfly’ Lands Amazon Series Order
Butterfly is taking flight at Amazon. The retail giant and streamer has handed out a series order to the scripted drama series based on the Boom Studios graphic novel of the same name with Daniel Dae Kim set to star and exec produce. The six-episode series is described as a spy thriller that explores family […]
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How Ike Barinholtz’s Dad Landed at the Lovable Center of Amazon Freevee’s ‘Jury Duty’
Alan Barinholtz was 40-plus years into his Chicago-based legal career when his actor son, Ike, called with an opportunity: A friend of a friend was in search of a retired or semi-retired lawyer or judge with improv experience for an upcoming TV series. Might he be interested? All Alan would need to do was put […]
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John Goodman Named Jury President at 2023 Monte-Carlo TV Festival
Emmy-winning Roseanne star John Goodman will head up this year’s jury at the 2023 Monte-Carlo TV Festival, the festival announced Thursday. The tireless and versatile film and TV actor, whose credits range from voicing Sully in Monsters, Inc. to supporting roles in several Coen Brothers’ films (Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski) to a […]
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‘Bosch: Legacy’ Nabs Third Season at Amazon Freevee
Bosch: Legacy, the spinoff series in the Bosch franchise, has earned a third season renewal from Amazon Freevee, the free ad-supported television platform, ahead of its second-season premiere this fall. Bosch: Legacy follows Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver, as a retired homicide detective turned private investigator on the next chapter of his career. The series […]
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Amazon Sending 100 Prime Video Series and Movies to Freevee Streaming Service This Year
Original movies and TV shows from Amazon Prime Video are about to get a lot more accessible. Amazon says that it will take 100 Amazon Originals from its Prime Video SVOD service and make them available on Freevee this year. Among the projects making the move to Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service are The Wheel […]
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U.S. Digital Giants to Finance Local Content After Canada’s Online Streaming Bill Becomes Law
Canada’s Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act, is set regulate digital platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify for the first time after it became law. Another round of lobbying in Ottawa will now take place as the CRTC, the country’s media regulator, is tapped to hammer out a new framework to ensure foreign streaming giants subsidize […]
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Amazon Records $3.2B Profit Amid Ads Business Expansion, Corporate Layoffs
Amazon reported a net profit of $3.2 billion in the first quarter, thanks in part to a fast-growing advertising business and strong performance from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The strong quarter also came amid substantial layoffs at the tech giant, which has said it will lay off about 27,000 employees by the end of the […]
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‘Citadel’ Review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden in the Russo Brothers’ Big, Basic Amazon Spy Series
The stars play members of a secretive and endangered spy organization in the long-in-development thriller.
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Brian Cox Boards James Bond Game Show ‘007’s Road to a Million’
Brian Cox has his next villainous act after leaving his character Logan Roy behind on Succession — the Emmy-winning actor has boarded Amazon Studios’ unscripted competition series 007’s Road to a Million. The British game show from 72 Films and MGM Alternative will be done in collaboration with James Bond franchise producers EON Productions and will […]
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‘Dead Ringers’ Review: Rachel Weisz Delivers a Stunning One-Two Punch in Amazon’s Unsettling Drama Series
Identical twin doctors explore childbirth and fertility innovations in Alice Birch's six-part adaptation of David Cronenberg's 1988 film.
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