Twin peek: First look at Kelli Garner as Marilyn Monroe
She may have ditched the red dress for a white bedsheet, but Kelli Garner looks every bit the blonde bombshell in this first-look photo (left) from the upcoming Lifetime miniseries “The Secret Life of...
View ArticleFirst look at Blythe Danner and RIchard Drefuss as the Madoffs
Infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is getting the Hollywood treatment. In this first-look photo from ABC’s upcoming “Madoff” miniseries, Richard Dreyfuss portrays the disgraced financier, with Blythe...
View ArticleLaurence Fishburne plants ‘Roots’ in A&E miniseries reboot
“Black-ish” star Laurence Fishburne will play Alex Haley in A&E’s remake of the 1977 landmark miniseries “Roots.” “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” will tell the story of Haley’s ancestor...
View ArticleNathan Lane to channel F. Lee Bailey in FX ‘OJ’ miniseries
Nathan Lane has been cast as famed attorney F. Lee Bailey in FX’s upcoming OJ miniseries “American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson,” deadline.com reports. Bailey, now 82, was a member of the...
View ArticleOscar winner Anne Hathaway lands limited TV series role
Veteran television producer Mark Gordon (“Grey’s Anatomy”; “Ray Donovan”) has enlisted Oscar winning actress Anne Hathaway to produce and star in a limited series adaptation of Jennifer Steil’s novel...
View ArticleMLB steps to the plate with Babe Ruth miniseries
Major League baseball has announced plans to make a miniseries about the life of legendary Yankees slugger Babe Ruth — aka “The Sultan of Swat,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Babe (top row,...
View ArticleThe O.J. Simpson miniseries is the first must-watch show of 2016
FX network tops its Emmy-winning miniseries “Fargo” with the crazy and riveting “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” premiering Tuesday. Producer Ryan Murphy takes viewers behind the...
View ArticleRichard Dreyfuss: I am the perfect Bernie Madoff!
Richard Dreyfuss is the perfect actor to play Wall Street scoundrel Bernie Madoff. In fact, the Oscar winner was expecting the script for “Madoff,” a two-part miniseries that premieres Wednesday night...
View ArticleWhy ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ fits 2016 like a glove
Here’s a strange blessing for our times: May you live long enough to see a sensationally overblown news event that you can still vividly recall turned into a very good and even powerfully thoughtful TV...
View ArticleBernie Madoff says miniseries about his life is full of lies, just like the...
Turns out Bernie isn’t crazy about “Madoff.” Bernie Madoff, the world’s most notorious Ponzi schemer — who is serving a 150-year federal prison sentence — panned an ABC miniseries about his crooked...
View ArticleJurnee Smollett goes ‘Underground’ for historical role
Jurnee Smollett-Bell is ready for her closeup as Rosalee in “Underground,” WGN America’s 10-part series about the Underground Railroad premiering March 9. “When you first meet Rosalee she is trying to...
View Article‘OJ’ found guilty — of a terrific finale
Even though we know how the story ends, Tuesday night’s season finale of “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson” was a riveting hour — summing up one of the best limited series since...
View ArticleJonBenet Ramsey murder getting the miniseries treatment
Television is having a true-crime moment. A day after Tuesday’s finale of FX’s popular miniseries “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson,” NBC announced a “Law & Order: True Crime”...
View ArticleKatie Holmes steps out as Jackie O
It’s a blast from the past. Katie Holmes is playing Jackie O in an upcoming miniseries, “The Kennedys: After Camelot.” Filming in Toronto on Thursday, the actress stepped out in a quintessentially...
View Article‘Roots’ star’s DNA revelation
British-born actor Malachi Kirby is largely unknown in the US. That’s about to change. Kirby, 26, stars as Kunta Kinte in “Roots,” a four-part reboot of the landmark ABC miniseries premiering Monday...
View ArticleMiniseries charts the action-packed rise of Harley-Davidson
Actor Bug Hall loves motorcycles. So he was psyched for his role in “Harley and the Davidsons,” Discovery’s three-part miniseries about the birth of the iconic motorcycle — and the men who created it....
View ArticleLimited series are the new prestige TV
The rapturous response to Sunday night’s Emmy haul by “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” was a promising development for TV’s creative future. FX’s 10-part, Ryan Murphy-produced limited...
View ArticleTalkin’ smack: ‘The Slap’ changes everything in new NBC drama
Much has changed in adapting NBC’s miniseries “The Slap” (which is based on a 2011 Australian series) for an American audience, but one thing has remained constant — star Melissa George. George...
View ArticleConnie Britton nabs Faye Resnick role in ‘OJ’ miniseries
“Nashville” star Connie Britton has been cast in FX’s upcoming miniseries “American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson” as socialite Faye Resnick, the best friend of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown...
View ArticleTwin peek: First look at Kelli Garner as Marilyn Monroe
She may have ditched the red dress for a white bedsheet, but Kelli Garner looks every bit the blonde bombshell in this first-look photo (left) from the upcoming Lifetime miniseries “The Secret Life of...
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