JonBenet 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 ArticleHow TV miniseries are solving Hollywood’s woman problem
It’s a good time to be a woman on TV — in premium scripted dramas, at least. In the past several months, we have been treated to a rich display of actresses playing wonderfully complex roles in three...
View ArticleWhy do Westerners join ISIS? Miniseries seeks to answer
We’ve all read or heard about people of different nationalities, both men and women, recruited to join ISIS and embark on a reign of terror in the name of the Islamic State. “The State,” a four-part...
View Article‘House of Cards’ star tackles ‘true cost of war’ in gripping miniseries
National Geographic’s new miniseries “The Long Road Home” shines an empathetic, often harrowing spotlight on the soldiers and their families back home forever impacted by “Black Sunday” — April 4,...
View ArticleKingsley Ben-Adir cast as Barack Obama in James Comey miniseries
EXCLUSIVE: Billy Ray has found his Barack Obama for the CBS Studios miniseries adaptation of the James Comey bestseller “A Higher Loyalty.” Kingsley Ben-Adir has been set to play the former U.S....
View Article‘Howards End’ star: Miniseries is perfectly timed for #MeToo
Philippa Coulthard, who stars in the miniseries adaptation of “Howards End,” says she ignored the Merchant Ivory film — with permission from Emma Thompson, who won an Oscar for the 1992 movie. “I...
View ArticleBen Whishaw dishes on ‘warped’ political scandal behind new series
Ben Whishaw says he entered “a gray zone” when he met Norman Scott, the man he portrays in “A Very English Scandal.” The three-part Amazon series, premiering June 29, recounts Scott’s destructive...
View ArticleBen Stiller premiers miniseries about ‘Shawskank’ prison escape
CANNES — Showtime’s limited series “Escape at Dannemora” marks a departure for Ben Stiller as a director, by design as he tackled eight hours of the stranger-than-fiction story of the 2015 prison break...
View ArticleIs Dracula based on a real person?
Dracula is the most famous vampire in pop culture but some might be surprised to learn that the character is inspired by a real person. Here’s all you need to know about the real Romanian prince who...
View ArticleMarcia Gay Harden schools the men in Nat Geo historical series ‘Barkskins’
Marcia Gay Harden had some interpretive freedom regarding Mathilde, the strong-willed innkeeper she plays in "Barkskins," Nat Geo's new historical drama set in 1690s New France.
View ArticleHow a serial cougher scandalized the UK version of ‘Millionaire’
Here's one Charles and Diana scandal you've probably never heard about.
View ArticleHere’s when Showtime plans to air ‘The Comey Rule’
The miniseries will air on Sunday, Sept. 27, and Monday, Sept. 28.
View Article‘Skins’ actress Kathryn Prescott severely injured when hit by NYC truck,...
Actress Kathryn Prescott, known for her roles in the British television show ‘Skins’ and the film ‘A Dog’s Journey,’ was seriously injured after being hit by a cement truck in New York.
View ArticleJoan Rivers bio series starring Kathryn Hahn scrapped by Showtime
“Trailblazer. Adored. Cruel. Diva. Joan Rivers had a life like no other," the original logline for “The Comeback Girl” had teased.
View ArticlePodcaster claims Hulu’s Chippendales series ripped her off: ‘Troubling’
"I am glad this case is being reported because it raises important questions about attribution and creative ethics," Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela said.
View ArticleJessica Chastain needed a ‘bit of a breather’ from Oscar Isaac friendship
Chastain and her "Scenes from a Marriage" co-star had trouble divorcing themselves from the divorce drama.
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