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<b>Amanda Knox Finds Her Voice Through Storytelling and Resilience   </b>

Amanda Knox Finds Her Voice Through Storytelling and Resilience

Newsmakers, TVAugust 21, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Amanda Knox has endured a level of public attention that few could imagine surviving. As a student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, she was arrested…

<b>Monica Lewinsky Steps Into Spotlight as Producer of Amanda Knox Miniseries     </b>

Monica Lewinsky Steps Into Spotlight as Producer of Amanda Knox Miniseries

Newsmakers, TVAugust 20, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Monica Lewinsky has spent much of her adult life navigating the weight of public scrutiny. Once unwillingly thrust into the global spotlight in the late…

<b>The Jeffrey Epstein Story Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon — and Neither Is <i>A Very Royal Scandal</i>, the Three-Part Miniseries on Amazon   </b>

The Jeffrey Epstein Story Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon — and Neither Is A Very Royal Scandal, the Three-Part Miniseries on Amazon

TVAugust 20, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

In November 2019, BBC’s Newsnight aired what quickly became one of the most talked-about royal interviews in history. Prince Andrew sat down with journalist Emily…

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell and Tandy Culpepper Discuss <i>Capote vs. the Swans</i> and <i>Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist</i> on The Hollywood Beat    </b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell and Tandy Culpepper Discuss Capote vs. the Swans and Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on The Hollywood Beat

TVAugust 20, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Capote vs. the Swans is a stylish, dramatic miniseries. It tells the story of Truman Capote at the height of his fame and the beginning…

<b>Spike Lee’s Kaepernick Docuseries Dropped by ESPN Amid Creative Standoff   </b>

Spike Lee’s Kaepernick Docuseries Dropped by ESPN Amid Creative Standoff

Newsmakers, TVAugust 18, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Spike Lee’s ambitious docuseries on Colin Kaepernick has been shelved after months of anticipation, marking a dramatic halt for a project once touted as a…

<b>Tristan Rogers, Veteran <i>General Hospital</i> Actor, Dies at 78    </b>

Tristan Rogers, Veteran General Hospital Actor, Dies at 78

Newsmakers, TVAugust 16, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Tristan Rogers, the Australian-born actor who became a fixture of daytime television as the roguish and resourceful Robert Scorpio on General Hospital, has died at…

<b>USA Network Returns to Scripted TV with John Grisham’s <i>The Rainmaker </i>   </b>

USA Network Returns to Scripted TV with John Grisham’s The Rainmaker

Newsmakers, TVAugust 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

After years of focusing on reality and sports programming, USA Network is staging a scripted comeback with The Rainmaker, a thrilling new legal series adapted…

<b>Netflix’s <i>America’s Team</i> Chronicles the Rise, Reign, and Risks of Jerry Jones’s Dallas Cowboys Dynasty   </b>

Netflix’s America’s Team Chronicles the Rise, Reign, and Risks of Jerry Jones’s Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

TVAugust 14, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

From the very first episode of America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys, it’s clear that this is not just a straightforward recounting of football…

<b>Opinion: Idris Elba Should Be The Next James Bond</b>

Opinion: Idris Elba Should Be The Next James Bond

Newsmakers, TVAugust 5, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

For nearly two decades, the conversation about who should succeed Daniel Craig as James Bond has simmered with intrigue, fantasy casting, and fierce fan debates….

<b>Lisa Johnson Mandell And Tandy Culpepper Review Two Comedies: <i>The Residence</i> & <i>And Just Like That</i></b>

Lisa Johnson Mandell And Tandy Culpepper Review Two Comedies: The Residence & And Just Like That

TVJuly 27, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

By Tandy Culpepper and Lisa Johnson Mandell Netflix’s limited series The Residence flips the White House on its side—and its head—with a juicy comedic whodunnit…

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