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Daniel Okafor
Daniel Okafor
'What if Trump was actually competent': The Diplomat's scariest character just got a fifth season
Netflix renewed its most politically pointed drama two weeks after the season 4 premiere — fast even by hit standards, and practically unheard of for a show this deep into its run.
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Hannah Whitlock
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Hannah Whitlock
Hannah Whitlock
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MobLand's quietest hired gun spends most of his second season taking a woman out to dinner.
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Hannah Whitlock
Hannah Whitlock
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The heroine of The Social Reckoning got to read her own script before anyone saw the movie, with Aaron Sorkin's notes all over it.
What is Line of Fire based on? NBC's thriller grew out of a president's daughter's own life
Hannah Whitlock
Hannah Whitlock
What is Line of Fire based on? NBC's thriller grew out of a president's daughter's own life
The First Daughter in Line of Fire goes by the codename Sparrow, and one of the show's producers spent eight years answering to Twinkle.
Carrie ending explained: Mike Flanagan rewrites what happens after prom night
Hannah Whitlock
Hannah Whitlock
Carrie ending explained: Mike Flanagan rewrites what happens after prom night
Everyone knows how Carrie's prom goes. Mike Flanagan's Carrie keeps the pig's blood and changes nearly everything that comes after it.
'Bald-headed actor': Variety's Patrick Stewart tribute was so bad readers think a chatbot wrote it
Daniel Okafor
Daniel Okafor
'Bald-headed actor': Variety's Patrick Stewart tribute was so bad readers think a chatbot wrote it
Hollywood's trade paper of record opened its obituary of a knighted Shakespearean with his hairline, edited it without a word, and left the original running in its Australian edition.
Black Mirror vs The Twilight Zone: Charlie Brooker almost copied the one element everyone compares them for
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Black Mirror vs The Twilight Zone: Charlie Brooker almost copied the one element everyone compares them for
Before Black Mirror had aired a single episode, Charlie Brooker seriously considered borrowing the most famous thing about The Twilight Zone.
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Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Is Black Doves worth watching? Six episodes, and Keira Knightley isn't the one everyone talks about
Black Doves is sold as Keira Knightley's spy show, and somewhere around the first shootout it turns into Ben Whishaw's.
House of the Dragon vs A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: critics picked a winner, viewers didn't — until episode 4
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
House of the Dragon vs A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: critics picked a winner, viewers didn't — until episode 4
The Game of Thrones prequel that critics liked most was the one a lot of fans were ready to give up on, and it took a single episode to change their minds.