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<b> When News Becomes Networked: <i>The Morning Show</i> Season 4 Opens the Curtain     </b>

When News Becomes Networked: The Morning Show Season 4 Opens the Curtain

TVSeptember 17, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

The fourth season of The Morning Show marks a return not only to the high-stakes drama of morning television but to a world where the…

<b>Cast Members Dropping Like Sketches: Heidi Gardner Out After 8 Seasons At <i>SNL</i> —Lorne’s Bloodbath Rages On     </b>

Cast Members Dropping Like Sketches: Heidi Gardner Out After 8 Seasons At SNL —Lorne’s Bloodbath Rages On

TVSeptember 1, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

So this just in: Heidi Gardner—the definitive SNL fixture with eight solid seasons under her belt—has officially left the building. And let’s be clear: she’s…

<b>Bill Maher Cheers Gavin Newsom’s Trump Trolling as ‘Very Funny’</b>

Bill Maher Cheers Gavin Newsom’s Trump Trolling as ‘Very Funny’

TVAugust 24, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Bill Maher is no stranger to sharp political commentary, but his recent applause for California Governor Gavin Newsom’s trolling of former President Donald Trump stood…

<b>Kristin Scott Thomas: Elegance, Restraint, and a Career of Enduring Power   </b>

Kristin Scott Thomas: Elegance, Restraint, and a Career of Enduring Power

Film, TVAugust 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Kristin Scott Thomas has always seemed to inhabit a rarefied space in cinema and theater, an actress whose elegance and restraint are as unmistakable as…

<b>Gary Oldman: The Reluctant Antihero Who Keeps Reinventing Himself   </b>

Gary Oldman: The Reluctant Antihero Who Keeps Reinventing Himself

TVAugust 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Gary Oldman has always been an actor defined by transformation. From his earliest days on the stage in London to his most recent turn as…

<b>Review: Slow Horses Returns Sharper Than Ever in Season Five   </b>

Review: Slow Horses Returns Sharper Than Ever in Season Five

TVAugust 22, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Season 5 of Slow Horses continues the series’ remarkable balancing act between espionage thriller and character study, but this time the canvas feels wider, the…

<b>Trey Parker and Matt Stone: The Creative Duo Behind <i>South Park</i>    </b>

Trey Parker and Matt Stone: The Creative Duo Behind South Park

Newsmakers, TVAugust 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have built one of the most distinctive legacies in modern television, a partnership that began in the halls of the…

<b> Julie Delpy Faces Political Turmoil in <i>Hostage </i> </b>

Julie Delpy Faces Political Turmoil in Hostage

TVAugust 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In Hostage, the new Netflix limited series, Julie Delpy steps into the challenging role of Vivienne Toussaint, the French President thrust into a high-stakes crisis…

<b>Suranne Jones Steps Into the Spotlight Again With <i>Hostage</i></b>

Suranne Jones Steps Into the Spotlight Again With Hostage

TVAugust 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Suranne Jones has long been one of Britain’s most versatile actresses, capable of inhabiting roles that range from period melodrama to psychological thriller. With her…

<b><i>Hostage</i> Review: Riveting Performances and Political Intrigue     </b

Hostage Review: Riveting Performances and Political Intrigue

TVAugust 21, 2025by The Hollywood Beat

The five-episode miniseries Hostage, starring Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy, manages to be both tautly entertaining and politically astute, even while leaving viewers wishing there…

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