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As we move closer to the end of 2024, now is the perfect time to look back at some of the worst shows of the year. It has been a fruitful year for TV watchers, particularly those who prefer to stream their series. We’ve seen an interesting mix of new shows and the anticipated return of old favorites. Still, this doesn’t mean they have all been winners.

Before we share which shows have been the most disappointing, let’s give recognition to some of the many series we’ve enjoyed the most. At the top of my list, I have Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent, Prime Video’s Fallout, and Hulu’s The Bear season 3. I know Netflix’s Baby Reindeer also received a lot of attention, as well as the returning Prime Video favorite, The Boys with season 4. Which shows have made it to your favorites list so far?...

It was no small feat to get “Saturday Night Live” off the ground at NBC, and as a result, the cast of “Saturday Night” is pretty huge. In many cases, the actors also look eerily similar to the people they’re playing.

Hitting theaters everywhere on Oct. 11 after a limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” tells the story of the 90 minutes right before the first-ever episode of “SNL.” It’s chaotic and at the time, even Lorne Michaels couldn’t explain what the show was going to be.

Below, you’ll find the cast of “Saturday Night” alongside what their real-life counterparts looked like back then.

Sony/Getty Images Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle)

Lorne Michaels is the creator and, to this day, producer of “Saturday Night Live.” He’s played in “Saturday Night” by Gabriel Labelle, who had his breakout role in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.

Starz and BritBox first announced their new bundle in August, and now it’s ready for customers.

The long-awaited combination of Starz and BritBox has finally arrived. The two streamers first announced in August that they would combine to create a new package at a discounted price, and as of Friday, customers are officially able to sign up. Cord-cutters can subscribe to BritBox and Starz together for a price of just $15 which is 25% off the regular price of the two services.

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Today, Starz and BritBox launched a complementary bundle that allows new customers the ability to access both digital platforms easily from a single subscription through the Starz site. A first-of-its-kind for the platform, the offering provides customers with a seamless way to access the vast, premium libraries of both networks.

The launch coincides with the debut of new series from Starz and BritBox, offering audiences access to Starz’s extensive lineup of premium action, thriller, and female-driven programming alongside BritBox’s expertly curated selection of classic and contemporary British television.

“Partnerships have always been key for us as a complementary premium service, and we are excited to now offer bundles through our own retail platform,” said Alison Hoffman, President of Starz Networks. “We believe this expanded offering adds value for adult audiences seeking prestige, high-quality premium programming and provides an incredibly seamless and low-friction consumer experience.”

“It’s a transformative time in the industry,...

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days may be over, but there are still streaming deals to be found!

On Thursday, Starz launched a new bundle with BritBox to help you save on your streaming subscriptions. Here’s everything you need to know about the offer.

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The new bundle is available to purchase for just $14.99/month. Typically, a BritBox subscription goes for $8.99/month,...

Fresh off the premiere of its new Fox drama “Murder in a Small Town,” Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment shingle is ramping up its development slate — next via a first-look pact with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles. Future Shack and Coles have multiple projects in development, including a take on MSNBC anchor Katy Tur’s memoir “Rough Draft.”

Wachtel and Coles are also shopping the drama “Base Camp,” which looks at the crowded — and dangerous — queue to get to the top of Mt. Everest. Playwright and screenwriter Anchuli Felicia King is the scribe behind that project.

Additionally, Future Shack and Coles have two more scripts in the works at 20th Television. Coles, who was previously chief content officer at Hearst, was the inspiration for the Freeform drama “The Bold Type,” which she also executive produced. “She’s a phenomenal producer, but primarily a magazine editor and tastemaker,...

Starz has a current deal available exclusively for Prime Video customers that reduces the price to less than $3 per month.

The tale of Claire Randall, the time-traveling nurse who finds love hundreds of years before she was even born, is about to come to a close. Claire, Jamie and the rest of the characters who bring “Outlander” to life will have to bid farewell to audiences soon. Actors from the series took to social media on Saturday to announce that Season 8 — which will be the show’s last — had wrapped filming. That may be bittersweet for fans of the show, but they can also look forward to the premiere of Season 7, Part 2 of “Outlander” on Friday, Nov. 22 on Starz. The streamer is offering a special deal to customers who sign up through Prime Video, it is just $3 per month for your first two months of service, which will take you...

In honor of Nicholas Galitzine‘s 30th birthday on September 29, 2024, let’s celebrate his fashion style by revisiting many of his red carpet looks in our new photo gallery (see below). The English actor achieved super-stardom when he appeared in Prime Video’s 2023 telefilm “Red, White & Royal Blue,” which received an Emmy nomination for Best TV Movie. A sequel to the queer romantic comedy has been ordered, with Galitzine returning as Prince Henry and Taylor Zakhar Perez back as First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz.

Galitzine is also known for playing Jeff in “Bottoms” (2023), Luke in “Purple Hearts” (2022) and Prince Robert in “Cinderella” (2021). More recently, the actor starred as George Villiers in “Mary & George” (2024) and as Hayes Campbell in “The Idea of You” (2024). The red carpet photos below depict him at premieres, events and receptions for some of these heralded projects.

According to his biography, the actor’s full name...

Ever since he appeared in the Netflix original movie "Purple Hearts" in 2022, British actor Nicholas Galitzine has become a major breakout star ... but that doesn't mean he aced all of his early auditions. In fact, he says one of those auditions was so awful that he still cringes just thinking about it.

During a roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter in June 2024 — which also featured Jon Hamm ("Fargo"), Matt Bomer ("Fellow Travelers"), Clive Owen ("A Murder at the End of the World"), Callum Turner ("Masters of the Air"), and David Oyelowo ("Lawmen: Bass Reeves") — Galitzine and his contemporaries started talking about auditions, and despite being one of the youngest performers at the table, Galitzine had a lot to say. After the others shared some stories, THR brought up Galitzine's recent film "The Idea of You" and the fact that his co-star Anne Hathaway said he could have "chemistry with a lamp,...

Watch popular shows and movies from Starz all weekend long with this no-cost preview from Directv.

Does your weekend viewing schedule need a little spicing up? Worried that all you’ll have to watch is the latest original movie from Lifetime or (exasperated sigh) the last week of the NFL preseason? Worry no longer, because Directv is offering customers of its satellite and internet-based services free access to Starz all weekend long. If you’re not a Directv Stream customer yet, you can sign up for a five-day free trial of the service and get free access to Starz from Thursday, Aug. 22 through Sunday, Aug. 25.

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The live-action version of Masters of the Universe locked Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man in May after being stuck in development hell for years. The film adaptation found a home at Amazon MGM Studios after both Sony and Netflix passed over the film. The latest update from the film has confirmed Riverdale fame Camila Mendes in the role of Teela, the Captain of the Royal Guard.

Camila Mendes as Veronica in Riverdale | credits: The CW

Fans are not happy with the casting in the series as both actors have no major action projects nor do they have a massive box office appeal. The film brought in Travis Knight of Kubo and the Two Strings fame as the director. The script is being written by Chris Butler.

Fans Are Not Happy With Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes As The Leads In Masters of the Universe Nicholas Galitzine in a still from Purple Hearts...

In the third episode of the Starz limited series “Mary & George,” Julianne Moore’s Mary, Countess of Buckingham, who is hell-bent on amassing power among the royal ranks, makes her first visit to the court of King James I (Tony Curran). When she arrives in a garish purple silk gown, her face painted a ghastly white and cheeks crudely rouged like a clown, the courtiers point and laugh. Absorbing their scornful looks, she makes her way to Lady Hatton, a formidable adversary played by Nicola Walker, who quips, “Who dressed you? A prostitute?”

Well, yes, in fact.

Nicola Walker (center) (Starz)

In an earlier scene, we see Mary’s sex worker confidante Sandie (Niamh Algar) help her get into costume. Mary is no fool. Though it’s never spelled out explicitly, it is strongly suggested that she plotted her fashion faux pas to attract the attention of the king...

The trend of streamers bundling together to increase value and engagement continues.

The Great Bundling Craze is continuing to sweep across the streaming landscape. The biggest streamers in the marketplace like Netflix, Disney+, Max, Hulu, and others have all joined new bundles in 2024, and now smaller streamers are getting in on the trend. As part of its quarterly earnings report on Thursday, Lionsgate Entertainment announced that it was adding its direct-to-consumer service Starz to a new streaming bundle with BritBox, which should make its way to customers by the end of 2024.

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The new combination of Starz and BritBox will be available sometime “next quarter.

The “House of the Dragon” Season 2 finale gave viewers a sneak peek at Prince Daeron Targaryen, and we’ll be seeing a lot more of the as-of-now-unseen third brother when the “Game of Thrones” spin-off series returns.

The final moments of Season 2 Episode 8 delivered a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it glimpse at Daeron’s blue dragon named Tessarion, and showrunner Ryan Condal confirmed in a Monday press conference that fans will officially meet Daeron in Season 3, which is slated to begin filming in early 2025.

If you need a refresher on who Dareon is, he is the fourth child and third son of Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Viserys (Paddy Considine), though he has not been depicted on screen thus far in “House of the Dragon.” His existence was confirmed in Season 2, when Otto (Rhys Ifans) mentions traveling down to Oldtown, where he says Dareon was living. In Season 2, Gwayne Hightower describes Dareon as a...

Now is a good time to lock in three months of Starz for less than $15 total.

It looks like the stars are aligned for a price increase for the Starz streaming service. Based on a social media post, it appears that as of Sept. 5, 2024, the price of the premium channel streaming service will be bumped up $1 from $9.99 to $10.99 per month. The increase comes less than a year since Starz lowered its annual subscription price. Starz – owned by Lionsgate - offers a solid range of original shows and top-quality movies, and unlike many other streaming services these days, remains ad-free.

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Starz normally costs $9.99 per month, but this deal will allow you to stream it for three months for less than $15 total!

The Starz are shining brightly over the streaming world these days. Starz offers a fantastic range of original shows and top-quality movies from Lionsgate, and unlike many other streaming services these days it’s still ad-free! Normally, new customers have to pay $9.99 per month for Starz, but thanks to a limited-time deal you can sign up now for only $4.99 per month for three months. That’s a savings of 50% over the course of those three months, and by their end, you’ll likely be so in love with Starz that you won’t be able to leave once the three months are over!

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Outlander‘s spinoff Outlander: Blood of My Blood is crossing over with the flagship series in some fun behind-the-scenes photos, particularly in the form of a Fraser family photo. As previously reported, Blood of My Blood, the prequel series that will tell the love stories of Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) and Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) parents in 18th-century Scotland and World War I England, has officially wrapped filming and new celebratory photos continue to be unleashed by the stars. The most recent set of images and video come from star Tony Curran, who recently appeared in Starz‘s other period series Mary & George. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Curran (@tonycurran) Curran is set to play Lord Lovat, the grandfather to Outlander‘s Jamie Fraser and father to his father, Brian (Jamie Roy). As fans of the series will recall, Lord Lovat was mentioned in...

Una serie sobre la dinastía de la icónica cerveza.

“House of Guinness”, la nueva serie creada y escrita por Steven Knight, el creador de “Peaky Blinders”, ha comenzado su rodaje y ya conocemos el reparto completo.

La serie se presenta como una historia épica inspirada en la familia Guinness, una dinastía europea que se hizo famosa por la bebida que elaboran. Ambientada en el Dublín del siglo Xix y en Nueva York, la historia reimagina el periodo inmediatamente posterior a la muerte de Sir Benjamin Guinness, el hombre responsable del extraordinario éxito de la fábrica de cerveza Guinness, y las trascendentales repercusiones de su testamento en el destino de sus cuatro hijos adultos, Arthur, Edward, Anne y Ben, así como en un grupo de personajes dublineses que trabajan e interactúan con el fenómeno que es Guinness.

La serie está protagonizada por James Norton (“Mujercitas”), Jack Gleeson (“Juego de Tronos”), Niamh McCormack...

The Decameron is a medieval black comedy series created by Kathleen Jordan. Based on the 14th-century Italian short-story collection of the same name by author Giovanni Boccaccio, the Netflix series is set in 1348, when the Black Death was destroying Florence. It follows the story of a few nobles who lock themselves away with servants in a countryside villa. In the beginning, everything goes swimmingly but soon something turns their retreat into a fight for survival. The Decameron stars Zosia Mamet, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Tanya Reynolds, Amar Chadha-Patel, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Karan Gill, Tony Hale, Douggie McMeekin, and Jessica Plummer. So, if you love the wild comedy and historic setting in The Decameron, here are some similar shows you could watch next.

The Great (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Hulu

The Great is a historical dark comedy-drama series created by Tony McNamara. The Hulu series follows the story of a...

House of The Dragon Heats Up: Blacks Seek New Riders, Alicent in Crisis, and Daemon’s Harrenhal Mystery! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

House of The Dragon Season 2 is racing toward its conclusion, and the story gets more thrilling each week. The series has already aired six episodes of the new season, and only two more are left in the pipeline.

From Aemond rising to power to the smallfolk turning against the Greens and to the Blacks claiming a new dragon, a lot has already happened, and the viewers can not wait to watch when House of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 7 premieres.

House of The Dragon Season 2 Episode 7: Release Date and Time

The seventh episode of House of The Dragon Season 2 will be released on HBO on Sunday, July 28th at 6 pm Pt / 9 pm Et. The episode will be simultaneously released for streaming on Max. Directed by Loni Peristere, the episode has a runtime of 67 minutes.

With several Emmys stalwarts not eligible for nominations this year, it was expected that there would be a number of surprises among the 2024 Emmy nominations.

But while some series and stars broke through, other anticipated nominees from new shows didn’t fare as well as they’d hoped.

Despite a big awards push, Showtime’s The Curse failed to receive any Emmy nominations, with star Emma Stone among the awards hopefuls not nominated. Similarly, the Nicole Kidman-fronted Expats for Amazon’s Prime Video was also left out of this year’s nominations. And HBO’s The Regime only earned one nod, for its costumes, leaving stars Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant snubbed.

Other acclaimed actors who failed to receive nominations include Kelsey Grammer, not nominated for his Frasier revival after the original series was a regular Emmy winner; Abbott Elementary supporting players William Stanford Davis and Chris Perfetti; The Gilded Age...

Will France crumble under the strain of religious strife? That’s the situation facing Queen Regent Catherine de Medici in “The Serpent Queen” Season 2, which debuts on the Starz streaming service at 12 midnight on Friday, July 12, followed by its linear premiere on the Starz cable channel at 8 p.m. Et. Catherine’s son has come of age, but his rule has been anything but serene, and it may fall to the Serpent Queen to set things right again. Watch “The Serpent Queen” Season 2 premiere with a Subscription to Starz.

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In Season 2 of ‘The Serpent Queen,’ Catherine de Medici has been relegated to the position of Queen Regent. Her...

The early Prime Day streaming deals continue! If you’re hoping to catch up on Mary & George, or want to binge Bmf and the Power franchise, you’ll need to sign up for Starz. Below we’re rounding up everything you need to know about the Starz free trial, how to watch Starz for free and, of course, a major limited-time Prime Day deal to get Starz for just 99¢/month.

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Starz is an incredibly well-named streaming service, because viewers can find some of the biggest stars in Hollywood streaming on-demand on the platform. Viewers can see names like Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Keanu Reeves, and many more of the best actors and actresses working in shows and movies found on Starz, and for just $9.99 per month, the streamer offers good value as well. But for a limited time, new customers can enjoy 40% off their first month of Starz, getting access for only $6 for 30 days of streaming.

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Julianne Moore (May December), Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) and Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) have been set to topline Netflix’s Sirens, a female-driven, dark comedy limited series created by Emmy-nominated writer and showrunner Molly Smith Metzler (Maid) and executive produced by LuckyChap.

An adaptation of Metzler’s play Elemeno Pea, which she wrote at The Juilliard School, the show centers on Devon, who thinks her sister Simone has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell. Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention. When Devon tracks her sister down to say Wtf, she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be. Told over the course of one explosive weekend at The Kells’ lavish beach estate, the show is billed as an incisive, sexy, and darkly funny exploration of women,...

Julianne Moore, Milly Alcock, and Meghann Fahy are all set for lead roles in the upcoming Netflix limited series “Sirens.”

Variety exclusively reported in February that the dark comedy series was coming to Netflix. It hails from “Maid” creator Molly Smith Metzler and is based on her play “Elemeno Pea.”

The series is told over the course of a weekend at a lavish beach estate. Per the official logline, “Devon (Fahy) thinks her sister Simone (Alcock) has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell (Moore). Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention. When Devon tracks her sister down to say Wtf, she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be.”

Moore is one of the most celebrated actresses of her generation. She has received five Academy Award...

Netflix has found the three leads for its upcoming limited series Sirens.

Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock will star in the series, which comes from Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler and LuckyChap, which also produced Maid. Fahy (The White Lotus) and Alcock (House of the Dragon) will play sisters drawn into the world of a wealthy socialite (Moore) in the dark comedy.

Netflix also announced that Nicole Kassell (Watchmen, The Americans) will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer of Sirens.

The description of Sirens reads: “Devon (Fahy) thinks her sister Simone (Alcock) has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell (Moore). Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention. When Devon tracks her sister down to say Wtf, she has no idea what...

What a time for fans of TV shows that fall under the umbrella of “History, But Make It Cheeky.” Series such as Mary & George, The Buccaneers, The Great, The Serpent Queen, and Harlots have made themselves right at home en masse, dramatizing both obscure and well-known stories for contemporary audiences. When executed well, they offer a sprightly, self-aware counterpoint to traditional, deeply earnest costume dramas; think of them as scions of the marriage between Masterpiece Theatre and A Knight’s Tale.

“Bridgerton” star Florence Hunt, Jim Sturgess and Australia’s Teresa Palmer have joined the cast of “Mix Tape,” a music-themed drama series. The Australian-Irish co-production shot in Sydney in May and is now underway in Dublin.

The series is adapted by Irish writer Jo Spain from the popular and critically-acclaimed novel of the same title by Jane Sanderson. It is directed by Australia’s Lucy Gaffy.

“’Mix Tape’ will take viewers back in time to that intoxicating feeling of first love [and be] a classic all-encompassing romance set to a banging nostalgic soundtrack,” said producers.

The series is produced by Subotica and Aquarius Films, with Boat Rocker overseeing international distribution. In Australia, it will play on Binge, a streaming service operated by local market pay-tv leader Foxtel.

Palmer will portray Alison and the U.K.’s Sturgess (“Cloud Atlas”) plays Daniel, two friends now living on opposite sides of the planet, who...

Deadline’s TV Talk podcast is back for another season, taking listeners all the way to the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony September 15. Today’s podcast is the end of our Phase 1, but, like Arnold said, we’ll be back.

It’s less than a month until the nominations are revealed for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.

There are sure to be some surprises, but even before the first names are announced, the spotlight will be on the always high-quality Limited Series category. Today, Deadline Executive Editor and Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten and Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond look at who will get one of the five slots in the competitive category.

Just look at the some of the contenders in this plethora of riches.

There’s Netflix’s massive hit Baby Reindeer, HBO’s True Detective: Night Country with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, the latest FX’s Fargo,...

Wherever I go, when I tell people that I work as an editor for Gold Derby, they never fail to bring up their latest binge-fest and how obsessed they were with it. “Ripley” occupied that space for several weeks, replaced by “Baby Reindeer,” then “Fellow Travelers.” Before that, I ran into a bunch of “Lessons in Chemistry” fans, and friends who were absolutely obsessed with “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.” “Fargo: Season 5” and “True Detective: Night Country” also had, and continue to have, legions of followers. And of course, “Shogun” consumed people for a good long while.

The point is that Best Limited Series has grown the past few years into the hottest and most prestigious Emmy category, and that’s especially true in 2024 with the depletion of the Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series due to the 2023 strikes and the departure of shows like “Succession” and “Ted Lasso.

Summer is coming, and there’s no better time to check out the stars… or in this case, the Starz. For a limited time, you can get an incredible deal on the premium cable channel’s subscription streaming service via Prime Video Channels. For three months — the entire duration of summer — you can pay just $5.97 to stream prestige TV shows like “Outlander,” “Power Book II: Ghost,” ‘Bmf,” and more as well as hit films including “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” and “Expend4bles.” This is a limited-time offer, so make sure that you take advantage before the end of June.

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A lot of the work of making a great TV show is done in the casting. Characters with compelling, dynamic relationships are ultimately a huge part of what keeps our attention on the big or the small screen. So, given that Emmy voting has just begun, IndieWire wanted to reach out to some of television’s top casting directors to ask them to nominate one outstanding work from this past year.

Not so unlike seeing 10 great, different actors give 10 great, different interpretations of a role and then somehow having to pick just one, the casting directors who responded to us were quick to point out how many shows have made revelatory casting choices in the last year. “Baby Reindeer,” “Eric,” “Only Murders In The Building,” “Shogun,” and “What We Do in the Shadows” all received warm praise in multiple email threads about our casting directors’ choices, and luckily, most of...

Julianne Moore seems to be having a blast in limited series “Mary & George” (Starz). But carrying a seven-part period royal dramedy is not easy. The Oscar-winning film actress (“Still Alice”) rarely does television (“Lisey’s Story”) — she started her career as a regular on “As the World Turns” — but Mary Villiers, the Machiavellian court-scheming mother of the series, was irresistible.

Moore was attracted to showrunner D.C. Moore’s scripts, she said during a recent interview with IndieWire over Zoom. “That very first scene where you find her giving birth to this child and saying, ‘Why should I keep you? Your life’s gonna be worthless?’ was arresting,” Moore said.

“The character leapt off the page,” she continued. “This person who didn’t seem to have any kind of filter at all. She speaks everything that she’s feeling, which is unusual. It had this tone to it that was almost comedic at times,...

Exclusive: Studiocanal, The Picture Company, Entertainment 360 & Zaftig Films are out to buyers on a TV series based on the acclaimed 2021 documentary The Lost Leonardo, about how a crumbling painting depicting Christy in the Renaissance called The Salvador Mundi was restored and found to possibly be the final work of Leonardo Da Vinci around the time the master painter did the Mona Lisa. Juliane Moore will star as Dianne Modestini, an art restorer who saw something special in the painting, and painstakingly restored it. She and everyone else were surprised to watch it go from a $1000 estate sale item to the priciest painting ever bought, fetching $450 million by the time the auctioneer banged the gavel at the New York auction house Christie’s.

In between the restoration and sale, there were numerous mysterious twists, turns and controversies from the underbelly of the fine art world. But it all started with...

“I did a play years ago called ‘Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off,’ about Mary Queen of Scots, who was King James’ mother,” reveals BAFTA nominee Tony Curran, who plays King James I in the Starz Limited series “Mary and George.” “In that play I played King James’ father, Lord Darnley, who got assassinated, got blown up. So, I knew a bit about his history. He never really had a mother because she was taken away by Queen Elizabeth when he was a baby and she was imprisoned before she was executed. Having your mother decapitated and your father assassinated, it was a bit of a tough start for old King James.”

“Mary and George” is an audacious historical psychodrama about a treacherous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of King James I. Starring Oscar winner...

There’s a sexier side to the story of King James I in D.C. Moore’s “Mary & George,” a psychological drama on Starz where the titular mother (Julianne Moore) and her son (Nicholas Galitzine) deceive, lie, and fornicate their way to becoming one of the most powerful families of the 17th century. The brilliance of the bingeable series is how it blends the history of the British royals with modern touches to craft a visual tapestry that’s equal parts eloquence and seduction. “When I read the scripts, what I loved was the tone,” said cinematographer Alexander Dynan. “It’s different than any other period piece and it felt like it could really appeal to a contemporary audience.”

Oliver Hermanus helmed the first three of the show’s seven episodes, and filmmakers drew inspiration from early conversations with the director. “Oliver builds these books of images, and in them,...

Turns out, the one thing everybody gathered for The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Drama Actor Emmy roundtable has in common is the fact that they’ve all lied to land a job.

“All the time,” jokes Nicholas Galitzine, of both Starz’s Mary & George and Prime Video’s Red, White & Royal Blue, when the question is first posed.

Fellow Travelers‘ Matt Bomer is similarly quick to confess. “I absolutely figure skate, I play ice hockey. Rollerblade. Yes, years of experience,” he says through laughter.

The lies vary, of course; as do the consequences. But all six of the men gathered on this April afternoon at the Georgian Hotel cop to at least one lie — and perhaps unsurprisingly, it rarely ended well. Clive Owens (Monsieur Spade, A Murder at the End of the World) said he could ride a horse — a lie that came back to bite him when...

Starting this particular June weekend of Pride events off with a bang was Friday night’s first annual Critics Choice Association’s Celebration Of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television, an awards gala that packed the main ballroom of L.A.’s Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel with each table’s settings sporting a rainbow pride flag among other festival decorations. The lively event brought out a host of honorees and starry presenters delivering lots of stirring and heartfelt remarks. Comedian and Actress Sherry Cola hosted the expertly paced presentation.

Sasha Velour, Stephen Warren, Jaida Essence Hall, guest, Charlize Theron, Johnnie Ingram, Priyanka, Latrice Royale and Peter LoGreco (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Among the previously announced honorees were Nathan Lane for Career Achievement; Star Trek legend George Takei (who is also leading Sunday’s L.A. Gay Pride parade) for the Social Justice Award; MIchaela Jae Rodriguez for...

Every casting director auditioning Brits in their 20s has Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall on their wish list these days, as evidenced by the fact that both have auditioned for roles that ended up going to the other. This conversation — about Galitzine’s “Mary & George,” the Starz series about George Villiers’ affair with King James I, and Netflix’s “One Day,” starring Woodall as Dexter, who falls in love with his best friend over two decades — marks their first time meeting in person. The heartthrobs’ rapport is immediate, thanks to Instagram DMs they’ve already shared about how, as Galitzine puts it, “a lot of acting prep is very pretentious and twat-y.”

Nicholas Galitzine: We just found out that we support rival football teams.

Leo Woodall: We already kind of hate each other.

Galitzine: The fact that you support Chelsea tells me a lot about who you are as a person.

Over the past few years, the period drama genre has experienced a true renaissance on both streaming platforms and broadcast television. Those who have always loved these shows have had the time of their lives getting into the new titles, and those who never paid too much attention to them may find themselves drawn into the obsession.

If you haven't watched many period dramas and want to see some that are fun to watch and feel relatable, check out the list of 8 most beginner-friendly shows below and see what the genre has to offer.

Harlots (2017-2019)

One of the aspects of life that many shows only briefly touch on is the way aristocrats treated the prostitutes they visited. Harlots focuses on them and follows Margaret Wells, a woman who runs a brothel in 18th century London and does everything in her power to ensure a better future for her own daughters.

Dana Strong, CEO of Comcast-owned Sky Group has promised customers of the U.K. media conglomerate will continue to receive Warner Bros Discovery content on Sky platforms, saying that discussions with the studio to extend their content agreement are ongoing.

“We’ve been a partner with Warner for a very long time,” said Strong, adding that they’re “in conversation” about the future of their deal.

The deal, which primarily covers HBO content such as “Succession” and “And Just Like That,” is set to expire next year. Given the rise of studio-owned streamers, at the beginning of the multi-year output deal it seemed it would be unlikely to be renewed, with Wbd focusing on funnelling exclusive content to its own streaming offering Max.

As the rollout of Max has floundered in some territories and the general streaming landscape has shifted, studios such as Disney and, presumably, Wbd, are instead...

Sky subscribers will have access to Warner Bros Discovery’s (Wbd) content “in every scenario,” Dana Strong has said, as she stressed conversations continue between the two key players over one of the industry’s most talked about partnerships.

Acknowledging that a question was coming on the Wbd relationship, the Sky CEO told the Deloitte and Enders Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference that “it’s all just about how we integrate [the two] and how we work together going forwards.”

“We work really well with Warner and we work really well together,” she added. “We are in conversations with them. Regardless, in every scenario, Sky customers will have Warner shows on Sky platforms in some way. It’s really just about how we integrate that and how we work together going forwards.”

As Wbd streamer Max is rolled out around the world, the Sky-wbd partnership that has seen the likes of Succession...

Comcast-owned European pay-tv, media and telecom giant Sky has made a full-court press to lock down sports rights longer-term due to the benefits of sports content, CEO Dana Strong told a London conference on Tuesday.

During a fireside chat at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, she was asked about Sky’s sports strategy. “I am pretty passionate about sport,” and Sky has “extraordinary strength” in the field, she said.

About 18-24 months ago, “we really decided to double down and go long on sport,” Strong shared. That has helped build “a strategic moat” around sports, she said. “Sport matters because it is resilient,” more so than other forms of linear TV. It matters to consumers and communities, she added.

Also, “we have a very, very sophisticated monetization machine for sport,” including pay-tv and streaming, Strong also argued. “Sky likes to be culturally relevant” and be part of “moments,...

France has never had trouble getting people to fall in love with its many pleasures: the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, and the island majesty of Mont Saint-Michel. It sells itself, which is probably why it is such a sought-after backdrop for television series.

But in the last year, France has been shown even more love than usual, as more than half a dozen shows, all vying for Emmy attention this season, explored the country through the ages. And no, this wasn’t some elaborate promotion for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

From the 1600s to the modern day to a post-zombie apocalypse future, no cultural stone went unturned on TV this year, giving viewers even more reason to book their next (hopefully zombie-free) vacation.

This list of shows doesn’t even include the second seasons of Netflix’s teen romance “Heartstopper” (eligible for Children’s...

There is a wealth of period costumes cross the categories for Emmy voters to think about this season.

In limited series, Oscar-winner Colleen Atwood built 200 to 300 leather jackets for AppleTV+’s World War II drama “Masters of the Air.” “It took six months to get them built,” Atwood says. Procuring the right elements was a global process that included getting era-specific zippers from Japan and sheepskin from Scotland and England.

Atwood also explained the unconventional aging process of the garments, saying that “once they were built, we had to shear the inside so they weren’t as thick, and then we put them in a vat of rocks inside a cement mixer to beat the leather up.”

“Shōgun” (now competing in drama series) costume designer Carlos Rosario built over 2,000 costumes for the 10-part show set in feudal Japan.

Rosario found himself limited by what primary sources were available, but he...

Before landing his latest big role as He-Man in the live-action Masters of the Universe movie from Amazon MGM and Mattel, actor Nicholas Galitzine took on a slew of roles in projects that happened to come out pretty close together. If you’re wondering where you’ve seen him before, it may have been alongside Camila Cabello in Prime Video’s Cinderella (2021), as a different royal Prince Henry in the adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s Red White & Royal Blue (2023) with the streamer or even as Harry Styles-inspired Hayes Cambell of the boyband August Moon in his latest flick The Idea of You (2024) alongside Anne Hathaway.

The actor has done most of his popular projects with Amazon MGM, but he also appeared as serious Marine Luke in Netflix’s Purple Hearts (2022) alongside Sofia Carson, and he played antagonist football player Jeff in Emma Seligman’s Bottoms (2023). For his small-screen work,...

While we're all enjoying the new season of Doctor Who, led by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson as the 15th Doctor and Ruby Sunday, it's always a pleasure to take a trip down memory lane. However, not every episode of the show has been all sunshine and rainbows.

If anything, Doctor Who has always been the show that reminds viewers of the saddest parts of life. From the war in which the Doctor himself played a major role to the deaths of some of our favorite companions, there has been no shortage of heartbreaking episodes. Here are 10 newschool Doctor Who episodes that hurt every Whovian the most.

Deep Breath (S8E1)

It's always hard for viewers to adjust to the new Doctor, but it's an even harder task for the in-universe companion. Clara's reaction to the new incarnation of the Doctor, portrayed by Peter Capaldi, was shocking and heartbreaking,...

It feels like the movie has been in the works forever, but the live-action Masters of the Universe movie is finally taking shape at Amazon MGM.

Bumblebee's Travis Knight is set to direct, while writer Chris Butler (who worked with Knight on the animated Laika) is penning the screenplay. David Callaham, Aaron Nee and Adam Nee all contributed to earlier drafts.

As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, the big news today is the fact we have a He-Man: Nicholas Galitzine.

He's best known for starring in Amazon's romcoms Purple Hearts, Red, White & Royal Blue, and The Idea of You, and recently received praise for his work alongside Julianne Moore in Mary & George. Black Adam star Noah Centineo was previously attached to the role but exited in 2021.

While not confirmed, Sacha Baron Cohen has been rumoured to be in the running to play Skeletor.

"We’re thrilled to...

Following the huge success of his Prime Video rom-coms The Idea of You and Red, White & Royal Blue, Nicholas Galitzine is staying in business with Amazon MGM, as he’s been tapped to star as He-Man in the live-action Masters of the Universe flick from the studio and Mattel Films.

While long-awaited, details as to the film’s plot are under wraps. Based on the iconic franchise from Mattel, it’ll be directed by Travis Knight, who is working from a script by Chris Butler. David Callaham, Aaron Nee and Adam Nee worked on an earlier draft.

Masters of the Universe will be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch, as well as Mattel Films’ Robbie Brenner. Previously in development at Sony and Netflix, the film will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide on June 5, 2026.

Centering on the battle between the heroic He-Man (aka Prince Adam...