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Cynthia Erivo Cast As Aretha Franklin In Season 3 Of Emmy Award-Winning Series ‘Genius’

October 3, 2019 12:36 pm

Every season, the anthology series “Genius” turns its focus to another legendary artist or thinker, giving audiences a detailed look into the life and career of the icon. And along with focusing on the likes of...

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10 TV Shows to Watch in April

Elizabeth MacLeod and Ally Johnson

April 2, 2018 2:30 pm

Features, News

Flowers are blooming, and the grass is turning green. You know what that means — April is here! And with the beginning of Spring upon us, it's now time to clean out your DVR of those HGTV and Food Network shows...

‘Dunkirk,’ ‘I, Tonya’ and ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Big Winners At 2018 ACE Eddie Awards

Gregory Ellwood

January 27, 2018 3:13 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

If it's a Saturday night in Hollywood in January or February there's a good chance a guild award ceremony is going on somewhere. This Saturday night found the American Cinema Editors guild holding the 68th ACE...

Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies

2017 Best Directing For A Limited Series or TV Movie Emmy Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

July 27, 2017 5:17 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

Like David E. Kelley in the Writing category Jean-Marc Vallée should be rewarded for the breadth of his work directing every episode of "Big Little Lies." If not, Ryan Murphy's "And the Winner Is..." from "Feud...

2017 Best Limited Series Emmy Awards Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

March 17, 2017 3:54 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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Is it "Big Little Lies" or is it "Feud: Bette and Joan"? It's almost a coin flip at this point. Our gut says HBO takes the big prize here and Jessica Lange upsets Nicole Kidman in the Lead Actress category. Bu...

‘The Conjuring 2’ Scares Up Top Spot As ‘Warcraft’ Flops [Box Office]

Kevin Jagernauth

June 12, 2016 12:31 pm

News

While none of the sequels this weekend saw as dire a drop off as "Alice Through The Looking Glass" when compared to their originals, Hollywood still hasn't escaped this year's growing concern with lackluster fo...

‘Genius’ Starring Colin Firth & Jude Law Is An Appealingly Earnest Prestige Biopic [Review]

Jessica Kiang

June 7, 2016 5:08 pm

Reviews

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There is a point late on in "Genius," the directorial debut of London theater director Michael Grandage, when literary cause celebre Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) talks to a friend about his doubts regarding his lega...