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‘Interview With the Vampire’ Boss, Stars Talk Finale’s Heart-Wrenching Twist and Season 3
[This story contains spoilers from the season two finale of Interview With the Vampire, “And That’s the End of It. There’s Nothing Else.”] Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) may have completed his second interview with the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) in Dubai, but the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist could not resist […]
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Lisa Kudrow Is Rewatching ‘Friends’ Because of Matthew Perry
For years after Friends, Lisa Kudrow has admitted she could not bring herself to watch reruns of the beloved NBC sitcom, explaining she didn’t want to risk not liking her work on the show. But in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote her upcoming Apple TV+ series Time Bandits, Kudrow — who […]
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‘Eric’ Duo Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann on Exploring Parental Guilt and Grief
[This story contains major spoilers from all six episodes of Eric.] Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann liken their new Netflix limited series, Eric, to being about a parent’s worst nightmare. “It is a fable about the cost of losing sight of what is important, and that is costly to the child within us and the […]
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Sandra Oh on How ‘The Sympathizer’ Became Something Deeper for Her
Sandra Oh has come to realize that with great power comes great responsibility. Since wrapping up her run as Dr. Cristina Yang on the venerable ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy a decade ago, Oh has looked to champion stories that deconstruct and explore the nuances of Asian American identity. Her latest TV project, The Sympathizer, […]
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‘9-1-1’ Star Ryan Guzman Breaks Down That Emotional Finale Goodbye
[This story contains spoilers from the season seven finale of 9-1-1, “All Fall Down.”] Eddie Diaz (Ryan Guzman) has been known to play with fire in his personal life on 9-1-1. But he had always somehow managed to keep his son, Christopher (Gavin McHugh), from getting burned. That all changed in the penultimate episode of […]
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Pair on Letting Go of Derek’s Legacy and a Finale of “Existential Cliffhangers”
[This story contains spoilers from the May 23 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “I Carry Your Heart.”] Caterina Scorsone and Kevin McKidd may not have been part of the original cast of Grey’s Anatomy. But in the last 15 years, between Grey’s and its two spinoffs, Private Practice and Station 19, Scorsone and McKidd have both […]
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‘Mary & George’ Stars Nicholas Galitzine, Tony Curran Break Down That Bloody Ending
[This story contains spoilers from the series finale of Mary & George.] Nicholas Galitzine likens the story of George Villiers — the dashing Duke of Buckingham he plays in Mary & George, based on the real-life lover of King James I of England — to that of Icarus, the Greek mythological character whose unbridled ego […]
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‘Mother of the Bride’ Duo Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove on Navigating Child Stardom, Finding Their Voices on Set and Rom-Coms
On paper, Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove share a lot in common. They both began their professional careers as child models who went on to find early success as actors. While Shields rose to fame in late-’70s and ’80s films (Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon, Endless Love), Cosgrove made a name for herself in the […]
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‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Bosses Unpack Lingering Finale Questions and Muse About More ‘Sandman’ Cameos in Potential Season 2
[This story contains major spoilers from season one of Dead Boy Detectives.] For the better part of the last 30 years, the Dead Boy Detectives — Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) — have specialized in helping ghosts whose cases would otherwise go unsolved. But in reality, these two teenagers — who […]
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‘9-1-1’ Boss: Exploring Buck’s New Sexual Awakening “Felt Like It Was the Right Time”
[This story contains spoilers from season seven, episode five of 9-1-1, “You Don’t Know Me.”] For seven seasons on 9-1-1 and five seasons on its spinoff Lone Star, co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear has consistently found new (and surprising) ways to deepen the relationships in his most successful TV universe to date. But Minear saved […]
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Lou Ferrigno Jr. on Returning to ‘9-1-1’ for Buck’s Bisexual Awakening
[This story contains spoilers from season seven, episode five of 9-1-1, “You Don’t Know Me.”] A couple of months ago, 9-1-1 co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear reached out to actor Lou Ferrigno Jr. — who had guest-starred in three flashback episodes of the second season — about reprising his role as firefighter Tommy Kinard in […]
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‘Mary & George’ Bosses on the Mother-Son Duo That Infiltrated King James’ Royal Court
[This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of Mary & George.] In 2018, while flicking through the LGBTQ+ section of a copy of Time Out magazine, television producer Liza Marshall found a listing for a lecture about the sexuality of James VI and I, who reigned as the king of Scotland from 1567 to […]
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