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Hannah Whitlock
October 26, 2026 6:23 pm
Who are the Russells based on? The Gilded Age merged two robber barons and one ballroom war
Julian Fellowes says George Russell is "in a way" Jay Gould. The rest of the family comes from the Vanderbilts, and Bertha's big ball comes from a story even the museum that tells it calls apocryphal.
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Hannah Whitlock
October 26, 2026 5:46 pm
Avatar: Seven Havens main villain explained: the Faceless are the least of the Havens' problems
Avatar: Seven Havens spent its first stretch setting up masked desert raiders as the threat. Nine episodes in, the raiders look like the most reasonable people in Ellora.
Tatiana Santos
October 26, 2026 5:08 pm
What happened to Boo in Fleabag? Fleabag blames herself for the death — and she's right to
Boo didn't mean to die, and Fleabag didn't mean for her to. The show never lets that count as an excuse.
Hannah Whitlock
October 26, 2026 4:29 pm
Who is Chimera on Mistletoe Murders? Emily coined the name herself
Hallmark's coziest Christmas mystery has a terror cell in its heroine's past. The most uncomfortable detail is that the cell's name was hers to begin with.
Tatiana Santos
October 26, 2026 3:52 pm
Do they end up together in Extraordinary Attorney Woo? It takes a cat analogy from Jun-ho to settle it
Woo Young-woo breaks up with Lee Jun-ho two episodes before the end because she's sure she can't make him happy. He wins her back with a metaphor about cats, and she accepts by correcting it.
Tatiana Santos
October 26, 2026 2:36 pm
Resident Playbook vs Hospital Playlist: how the spin-off ties into Yulje
Hospital Playlist followed five professors in their forties at Yulje Medical Center. Resident Playbook moves down the ladder to first-year residents at a Yulje branch, and the old band keeps dropping by.
Hannah Whitlock
October 26, 2026 1:56 pm
Who is returning in Hollywood Arts? The biggest Victorious name is in the show without being in it
Tori Vega never walks onto the screen in Hollywood Arts, and the school still keeps her locker the way she left it.
Tatiana Santos
October 26, 2026 1:17 pm
What happened to Jung-hwan after Reply 1988 ended?
Reply 1988 spent most of its run building Kim Jung-hwan up as the boy who'd marry Deok-sun, then handed her to Taek. Ten years later the show threw a reunion, and Jung-hwan spent it with his TV parents again.
Daniel Okafor
October 26, 2026 12:52 pm
Holland Taylor's Two and a Half Men pay story sounds like every office job, fans say
The actress told a podcast she went four Emmy nominations without a raise. The top comment under the news is from a man who has never been to Hollywood and knows this story by heart.
Hannah Whitlock
October 26, 2026 12:41 pm
What happened to Lala on NCIS: Origins? Three seasons in, she and Gibbs finally stopped pretending
The third season of NCIS: Origins opens with Gibbs and Lala kissing, and a phone call about a case ends it.