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John Lithgow, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton Among 2025 Olivier Awards Winners
The 2025 Olivier Awards, held Sunday at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter, saw big wins for actors like John Lithgow, Lesley Manville...
HBO Billy Joel Documentary To Open Tribeca Festival
This year’s Tribeca Festival in June will open with the world premiere of HBO‘s two-part documentary Billy Joel: So It Goes. The announcement was made Sunday by festival co-founder...
Jay North Dies: ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star Was 73
Jay North, the former child actor who starred as the titular troublemaker on Dennis the Menace, has died. He was 73. Following a years-long battle with cancer, the actor...
Michael Fassbender Says ‘The Agency’ Season 2 “Just Doesn’t Let Up” – Contenders TV
The four stars of The Agency — Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright and Jodie Turner-Smith — were hesitant to spoil anything, just like their characters keep secrets and...
‘Severance’ Creative Team On Building The World Of Lumon Industries: “There Are So Many Layers” – Contenders TV
Some of the unsung heroes of Apple TV+’s hit series Severance — casting director Rachel Tenner, production designer Jeremy Hindle and composer Theodore Shapiro — dug into the behind-the-scenes work...
How ‘Paradise’ Star Sterling K. Brown’s Executive Producer Role Allowed Him To Collaborate with Choice Creative Partners – Contenders TV
For Paradise star and executive producer Sterling K. Brown, having a deeper creative stake in an overall series has come with meaningful benefits. “I do make more money now,” Brown joked...
‘Mid-Century Modern’ Star Nathan Lane: A Gay Sitcom “More Important Than Ever” While “All Our Rights Are Under Threat” – Contenders TV
The three stars of Mid-Century Modern are united in their belief that a gay-themed sitcom lands as a welcome antidote to what they all described as an increasingly hostile political climate...
‘Dope Thief’ Star Brian Tyree Henry & Showrunner Peter Craig Talk Building A DEA Themed “Love Story” And Working With EP Ridley Scott — Contenders TV
Brian Tyree Henry confessed to breaking his own cardinal rule of not returning to television in order to star in Apple TV+’s crime drama Dope Thief. The Atlanta breakout...
How ‘Cross’ Pumped Fresh Blood Into A Familiar Character By Leaning In To Challenges Facing Race & Modern Policing – Contenders TV
When it came to adapting and reinventing novelist James Patterson’s beloved Alex Cross for television, Cross showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins and star/producer Aldis Hodge agreed that the literary character’s...
Martin Scorsese’s Yes Opened Doors To All ‘The Studio’ Cameos, Ike Barinholtz & Producers Say – Contenders TV
The Studio producers Ike Barinholtz and James Weaver said Martin Scorsese agreeing to play himself in the premiere episode made it easier to get other celebrity cameos in the...
Jessica Biel & Elizabeth Banks Say They Felt An Instant Sibling Bond As ‘The Better Sister’ Co-Stars — Contenders TV
They’re not related, but from the first time they sat down to discuss their roles in Prime Video’s domestic thriller, The Better Sister, Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks clicked in...
