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‘Cat Person’: Full Cast Includes Geraldine Viswanathan, Michael Gandolfini, Hope Davis & More

October 14, 2021 4:44 pm

By now, the odds are you have read the New Yorker short story “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenia. “Cat Person” was the year’s most downloaded fiction published in The New Yorker, and one of the most widely read ...

‘Succession’ Season Three: Well-Crafted Characters Are The Beating-Heart & Creatives Ooze Confidence [Review]

Brian Tallerico

October 4, 2021 11:03 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

HBO’s “Succession” finally returns this month, over a year after it won the Emmy for Best Drama (along with Writing, Directing, and Best Actor). Concerns that the pandemic-delayed shooting would impact the sho...

‘Succession’: Creator Jesse Armstrong Doesn’t Feel Pressured To “Amp It Up” In Season 3 [TCA]

Gregory Ellwood

September 23, 2021 10:57 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

A little under a year after it was originally expected to return, "Succession" is back for its third season. The 2020 Emmy winner for Best Drama wrangled COVID and the fight over the Roy family legacy will fin...

Janicza Bravo Talks 'Zola' & More [The Playlist Podcast]

Janicza Bravo Talks ‘Zola,’ Charming Villains, The “PR Of Whiteness” & More [The Playlist Podcast]

Rodrigo Perez

August 14, 2021 10:45 am

Features, Interviews, News, Podcasts

"Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” On this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we spoke with writer, director (and actor) Janicza Bravo...

‘Zola’ Trailer: Riley Keough & Taylour Paige Are The Messy B*tches From An Epic Twitter Thread

Edward Davis

March 31, 2021 9:00 am

News, Trailers

Did we ever envision a day when a whole-ass Twitter thread would become a movie? Well, it happened alright; an epic story by A’Ziah King, aka ZOLA, told on Twitter (since deleted) became "Zola." The movie prem...

‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Made A Song About Quarantine Dating And It’s Perfect

Rafael Motamayor

July 31, 2020 3:30 pm

News

It's been a big week for "Succession" fans. First, the HBO series landed several Emmy nominations, including acting nods for most of the core cast, including breakout star Nicholas Braun, who plays fan-favorit...

‘Succession’s’ Nicholas Braun Reminds Us Of The Quiet Genius Of Cousin Greg [Podcast]

Gregory Ellwood

July 6, 2020 12:47 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, Podcasts, Television

In a cast full of unsung heroes there might not be one more important to the tone of HBO's "Succession" than Nicholas Braun. His character, Greg Hirsch (aka Cousin Greg), is the outsider trying to fit in among...

‘Avenues’: Michael Angarano’s Directorial Debut Is A Promising Effort About The Jokes We Use To Mask Grief [Review]

Andrew Bundy

March 15, 2019 3:46 pm

News, Reviews

When a first-time director begins their film with a series of beautifully composed shots of Manhattan, juxtaposed against a backdrop of simple piano notes, one cannot escape an undesirable comparison to Woody A...

‘Avenues’ Trailer: Michael Angarano’s Directorial Debut Follows Friends That Meet In An Off-Chance Encounter

Rodrigo Perez

February 25, 2019 4:29 pm

News, Trailers

Actor Michael Angarano may be only 31 years old, but he's pretty much a veteran of the movie industry by now and has worked a list of terrific filmmakers. Angarano started as a child actor in the late 90s and p...

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‘Succession’ Trailer: HBO’s New Drama Fights For Corporate Power

Christian Gallichio

January 18, 2018 12:11 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Writer Jesse Armstrong (“Peep Show”, “The Thick of It”) returns to TV with the HBO series “Succession." The series, produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, will track the lives of the Roy family, successful ow...

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