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Friday, Dec. 4, 2020
A "Shameless" Perspective On The Pandemic From EP John Wells
The coronavirus outbreak that delayed the taping of "Shameless" is woven into the 11th and final season of the Gallagher saga. It seems inevitable, given the outsized share of hardships the family has met and, sometimes, overcome. It also reflects executive producer John Wells' intention that the...
Friday, Dec. 4, 2020
Former J. Crew President/Creative Director Jenna Lyons Builds "Stylish" Reality TV Brand At HBO Max
Former J. Crew President Jenna Lyons knows a thing or two about building a brand, but now she's ditched corporate life to build her own. Lyons started working as a J. Crew designer right out of school and took the brand from a floundering preppie catalog to a more upscale but accessible style hub...
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020
Lola Lott Reflects On charlieuniformtango Reaching A Milestone, Shares Plans For The Future
Founded in 1995 by Lola Lott, principal/CEO, and Jack Waldrip, senior editor, charlieuniformtango has broken new ground and become a longstanding comprehensive production solution. With bases of operation in Dallas and Austin, the company directs, produces, shoots, edits, scores, mixes, animates,...
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020
Eva Green Reflects On Her Role In Director Alice Winocour's "Proxima"
Movies about astronauts and space are so often also about estranged fathers and sons. So it's a welcome respite that in the new film "Proxima," now available to rent on demand, the focus is on a mother, played by Eva Green, and her grade school age daughter, Stella, who she must leave behind for...
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020
Google's Annie Jean-Baptiste Talks About Inclusion
As the head of product inclusion at Google, Annie Jean-Baptiste works to help ensure that the company's products -- from photos to search to everything else -- are built with everyone in mind, including women, underrepresented minorities, and people of different ages, abilities, geographic...
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020
Hugh Laurie Takes A New Turn In Writer-Producer David Hare's "Roadkill" For PBS
On screen, Hugh Laurie has been by turns irascible ("House"), villainous ("The Night Manager") and a comedic delight ("Jeeves & Wooster"). In a conversation about his latest project, PBS' "Roadkill," he proved equally versatile. Laurie was thoughtful and charmingly wry and self-deprecating,...
Monday, Oct. 26, 2020
Sterling K. Brown On Speaking Out, Invite To "West Wing" Reunion, Hiatus From "This Is Us"
Season five of NBC's "This Is Us," debuts Tuesday and viewers will get to see the Pearson family as they navigate both the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. Sterling K. Brown, who plays Randall Pearson, says he can relate to how his character — a Black man who was adopted into a white...
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
Billy Porter Delves Into Gay Rights Movement Via HBO Max's "EQUAL"
Billy Porter is busy, pandemic or not. He's just appeared in a virtual play about nurses on the front lines. His series "Pose" is returning to production. He's soon to appear in the "Cinderella" remake. He's writing a memoir — a project he calls the hardest thing he's ever done. And starting this...
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
Adam McKay Reflects On HBO Doc. "537 Votes," Preps Return To Comedy With Netflix's "Don't Look Up"
Adam McKay was head writer at "Saturday Night Live" during the 2000 election — a heady era for the sketch show that saw the phrase "strategery" become lodged in the nation's consciousness, Darrell Hammond's Al Gore explain his "lockbox" and a blue-suit clad Will Ferrell dance as Janet Reno. But one...
Friday, Oct. 16, 2020
Julie Taymor Delves Into The Life Of Gloria Steinem
Director Julie Taymor, known for such lauded features as Frida and Across The Universe as well as the stage adaptation of The Lion King , now brings her discerning storytelling eye to the life of journalist, feminist and activist Gloria Steinem in The Glorias (Roadside Attractions, LD Entertainment...