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15 Years Later, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Co-Creator Talks Casting Secrets, TV Romances and Building a “Timeless” Supernatural Franchise
It’s been 15 years since audiences were first introduced to Mystic Falls and its vampires, love triangles and teenage drama. And still, The Vampire Diaries holds a special place for many viewers. Vampire Diaries premiered on The CW on Sept. 10, 2009, and ran for eight seasons,. Now, to celebrate the milestone anniversary, showrunner Julie Plec […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ Creator Jac Schaeffer Took Steps to Prevent a Repeat of ‘WandaVision’ Fan Theory Commotion
[The following story engages with Agatha All Along’s marketing campaign and does not contain major spoilers.] Jac Schaeffer’s WandaVision wasn’t supposed to kick off Marvel Studios’ foray into television on Disney+, but that pandemic-related pivot in early 2021 ended up going so well that the showrunner spun off her wildly successful series into the Kathryn […]
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‘Bel-Air’ Costume Designer on “Epic” Season 3 Finale Wardrobe, Including Hilary’s $25K Wedding Dress
For two seasons, QueenSylvia Akuchie has been the costume designer for Bel-Air, which means she dresses the majority young adult cast of the Peacock drama as well as the guest stars from the original The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sitcom who’ve appeared on the series, like Jospeh Marcell, who made a cameo in season three’s […]
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In a Patriotic New Memoir, Wilmer Valderrama Extols the Possibilities of the American Dream
In An American Story: Everyone’s Invited (Sept. 17, Harper Select), Wilmer Valderrama traces his roots from humble beginnings as a Venezuelan immigrant who spoke no English when his parents enrolled him in Mulholland Middle School in Van Nuys, California; to overnight superstardom as the lovable horndog Fez on That ’70s Show; to, at 44, an […]
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Michael Sheen Talks Becoming Prince Andrew for ‘A Very Royal Scandal’: “It’s a Hall of Mirrors With Him”
Michael Sheen confesses it was daunting becoming Prince Andrew in Amazon Prime Video’s A Very Royal Scandal, a series following the infamous BBC interview with the Duke about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sheen (Good Omens, Twilight, Masters of Sex) stars alongside Ruth Wilson (The Affair, Luther), playing British journalist Emily Maitlis, after […]
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‘Bel-Air’ Star on His Version of Carlton Finally Growing on Viewers
Olly Sholotan takes his opportunity to portray Carlton Banks on Peacock’s Bel-Air seriously. “This is the only dream that I’ve had since I was a kid,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve always wanted to create art for a living, so being able to do this is the biggest blessing of a lifetime.” Unlike the […]
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Aaron Pierre Physically Transformed to Make ‘Rebel Ridge,’ ‘Foe’ and ‘Genius: MLK/X’ in a Single Year
In Jeremy Saulnier’s action-thriller Rebel Ridge, Aaron Pierre portrays Terry Richmond, an ex-marine who finds himself at odds with local law enforcement in the fictional small town of Shelby Springs. Don Johnson stars opposite Pierre as Sandy Burnne, a corrupt police chief who quickly learns his badge doesn’t strike as much fear as he anticipated […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ EP Mary Livanos on the Ever-Changing Title Gag and Following Up a Chart-Topping Single
2013 indie darling Short Term 12 managed to collect a number of notable talents before their careers reached another level, and Agatha All Along executive producer Mary Livanos happens to have her own Marvel-related connection to it all. Besides names like Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield and Kaitlyn Dever, Short Term 12 marked the beginning of […]
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How the ‘Perfect Couple’ Director Talked Her Mutinous Cast Into That Choreographed Dance
As unexpected choices go, few in recent TV memory approach the opening title sequence to The Perfect Couple. Netflix’s six-part adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s Nantucket-set novel kicks off with a suspicious death on the eve of a wedding — casting doubt on every have and have-not in the deceased’s orbit. But before they get to the […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ Star Joe Locke on His Role’s Secrecy: Spoiling “Would Ruin the Whole Point of the Show”
With a name like Joe Locke, the 20-year-old star of Agatha All Along was practically born to play his top-secret role that’s currently regarded as “Teen.” The marketing for the Kathryn Hahn-led series establishes that Locke’s character is an Agatha Harkness fanboy who breaks Agatha free of the spell that Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) cast on […]
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Kevin Hart Hopes ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Will Be “the Big Thing of the Year”
In the opening monologue of the first episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams, played by Kevin Hart, lays the foundation for Peacock’s eight-part limited series (which is now streaming its first three episodes). “You know they burned Atlanta to the ground,” Chicken Man tells his friend, who runs a […]
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Tomas Alfredson on Remaking Ingmar Bergman’s Steamy Infidelity Drama ‘Faithless’ as a TV Series
The story of Faithless, the new six-part TV series from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is familiar to European arthouse fans. Renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with the great love of his life, the actress Marianne Vogler, 75, and forced to reflect on the painful consequences […]
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‘Tulsa King’ Writer Terence Winter on Season 2 Changes: “This Is Where the Fun Starts”
The Emmy winner on the Paramount+ hit's new season, a possible New Orleans spinoff, and working with Sylvester Stallone: "This is basically who he is, right?"
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‘The Rings of Power’ Creators on Making Tom Bombadil Cool: “I Get Chills When He Says That”
"There's a good balance here between the wise, sage, ancient Tom and the Tom who's just messing with you," say #TROP showrunners.
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‘Only Murders in the Building’ Star Michael Cyril Creighton on How Season 4 Is Reinventing the Series and the Secret They Keep on Set
[This story includes spoilers from Only Murders in the Building seasons three and four.] Only Murders in the Building was originally set to include a lot less of Michael Cyril Creighton’s now-beloved character, Howard Morris. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the season four premiere, the actor revealed he was initially cast […]
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‘Tell Me Lies’ Star Grace Van Patten Is No Longer Shy About Her Relationship, Both On and Off the Screen
When Tell Me Lies debuted in the fall of 2022, no one was sure how it would do. The Hulu series, about a toxic relationship between two students at a fictional college, was the first project to come out of Emma Roberts’ adaptation-focused first-look deal at the streamer and featured a cast of relatively unknown — at […]
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