For the past four years, the English actress has been a linchpin of the ensemble cast of Industry. The series —which follows a group of perpetually drugged up and ambition-drunk rookie investment bankers — was created by Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, who cast largely newcomers in an effort to …
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The 2024Emmy Awardsare here — and the stars have come out in full force to celebrate and collect their trophies. This year, Shōgun, thesmash historical dramabased on James Clavell’s 1975 book of the same name, led all nominees with 25, including nods for Outstanding Drama Series and acting nomination for …
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We open on a world bathed in concrete gray. There’s a powerful government, a postapocalyptic class system with a telling name, and an unassuming teenager primed to start a worldwide revolution. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s the underpinning of most popular dystopian young adult franchises, including Uglies, a mid-aughts novel …
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Fans of Wicked will be able to see Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the first part of the musical-turned-film in just two months — and a new date for the second installation was announced on Thursday. Universal Pictures revealed in an X post that Wicked Part 2 will hit …
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James McAvoy almost played a young version of the infamous Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter, the actor revealed in a recent interview this week. Speaking on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused Podcast, McAvoy said that he was “nearly in Harry Potter,” turning down the role of Tom Riddle in the …
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It’s the cutting, age-old story of nurture versus nature versus knifer. The teaser for the Dexter prequel, Dexter: Original Sin, shows the serial killer’s origin story as he’s growing up in Miami circa 1991. The original series ran for eight seasons, following serial killer Dexter Morgan (then played by Michael …
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You can look at HBO’s new The Penguin series as a case of addition at work. It’s an expansion of Matt Reeves’ well-received 2022 The Batman film. It gives star Colin Farrell a larger opportunity to play the show’s criminal title character. And the prosthetics used to turn the handsome …
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The 1975 Stephen King horror classic Salem’s Lot is coming back to life, with a new feature-length adaptation heading to Max on October 3. A new trailer, set against the backdrop of Gordon Light’s 1974 song “Sundown,” gives a peak of what happens when killer vampires descend on the sleepy …
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Famed director Francis Ford Coppola has launched a $15 million libel lawsuit against Variety over the publication calling his behavior during the production of Megalopolis “unprofessional.” In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday against Variety Media LLC and other defendants and obtained by Rolling Stone, Coppola’s …
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As Game of Thrones‘ Tyrion Lannister, Peter Dinklage survived various near-death experiences almost exclusively via his wits —but in his new movie, the enjoyably dark Western The Thicket, he plays Reginald Jones, a bounty hunter who’s a lot less verbal, and a lot more comfortable wielding a knife. Juliette Lewis …
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