Dead to Me, Hollywood, Uncut Gems, and More

By Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N'Duka

Ryan Murphy’s latest series,, features an ensemble packed full of stars. Despite all the celebrated performances, there’s no overlooking Jim Parsons’ villainous turn as agent Henry Willson, one of the many real-life people in this revisionist take on history. His portrayal in Netflix's limited drama marks his first on-screen performance since saying goodbye to his longtime role as the highly idiosyncratic yet lovable physicist Sheldon Cooper on, which ended in 2019. 

By Greg Evans

By Angelique Jackson

[This story contains spoilers from Hollywood.] Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's new Netflix limited series Hollywood reimagines how the entertainment industry may have evolved differently if a woman were in charge and people took bold steps to dismantle the biases against race, gender and sexuality back in the 1940s.

Ryan Murphy’s new series “Hollywood” is coming at the perfect time, with most of the world under lockdown with the coronavirus pandemic. For producer and star Darren Criss, there’s a connection to be made between what we’re all experiencing now and the show’s post-WWII setting.

Ryan Murphy’s limited series follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers — Jack Castello (David Corenswet), Raymond Ainsley (Darren Criss), Archie Coleman (Jeremy Pope), Camille Washington (Laura Harrier) and Claire Wood (Samara Weaving) — trying to make it during post-World War II era of Tinseltown.

Patti LuPone has been entertaining audiences for nearly five decades, so why would she stop during a global pandemic? Prior to Broadway's shutdown in response to the coronavirus, LuPone was poised to have quite a spring, both on stage and off.

By Marc Malkin

Netflix might have pressed pause on production its original series and movies as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but the streaming service still has plenty of new content on the way for the month of May. For starters, Ryan Murphy continues his TV takeover with Hollywood, his latest star-studded Netflix series, which arrives on Friday, May 1.

Netflix may be bringing some exciting new titles to its streaming library next month, including Ryan Murphy's Hollywood, Damian Chazelle's The Eddy, and a Michelle Obama documentary, but the streaming service will also say goodbye to some of the movies and shows in its library in May.