The Hunger Games movies, adapted from Suzanne Collins‘ dystopian novels, have left a lasting legacy that we’re still talking about to this day!
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Brent Lang Executive Editor SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” now streaming on Max. Bertha Russell, who never really cared for opera, can now watch Verdi from the best seat in the house. Polite society’s battle royale ended with the New Money triumphing over the Old Guard, as “The Gilded Age” wrapped up its second season on Sunday. Mrs.
Astor’s attempt to steal Bertha’s thunder by getting the Duke of Buckingham to attend the opening night of the Academy of Music instead of the Metropolitan Opera House ended in disaster. After Bertha made the cash-starved royal an offer he couldn’t refuse, he showed up box-side with her at the Metropolitan, gazing at her daughter Gladys as New York’s elite looked on. That left Mrs.
Astor gazing down at row upon row of empty aisles at the Academy. And that’s not the only big moment from an action-packed finale (well, by “Gilded Age” standards, where everything unfolds in the Julian Fellowes HBO drama at the frenetic pace of a leisurely stroll through a botanical garden). The van Rhijn family was saved from social ruin by an unexpected financial windfall, Peggy Scott was forced to sacrifice her dream job, and Marian Brook called off an ill-considered engagement, only to draw closer to the Russell’s son, Larry.
Are wedding bells in their future? To break it all down, and get some hints at what might come in a third season, Variety convened a roundtable of “The Gilded Age” stars Morgan Spector (George Russell), Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell), Louisa Jacobson (Marian Brook), Denée Benton (Peggy Scott), Cynthia Nixon (Ada Forte) and Christine Baranski (Agnes van Rhijn). Has Mrs. Astor been deposed at the end of this season? Is Bertha
.The Hunger Games movies, adapted from Suzanne Collins‘ dystopian novels, have left a lasting legacy that we’re still talking about to this day!
The second series of The Traitors began airing on 3 January, with the first three episodes being released and revealing which contestants were the first to be banished from the castle. Viewers wasted no time in watching the new episodes, with the hit reality show having fans hooked once again. Sonja became the second star to be banished after her co-stars wrongly suspected her to be a Traitor, with the 66 year old revealing herself to be a Faithful upon her exit.
He's back on the cobbles, but will Damon Hay really be able to turn his life around? As the New Year arrived in Weatherfield, so did the bad boy, played by Coronation Street star Ciaran Griffiths. Viewers of the ITV soap were first introduced to the character back in December 2022.
Ever since she first found fame on Coronation Street all the way back in 2008, Michelle Keegan has been delighting audiences with her stunning good looks and charming personality. But over the past 16 years, the brunette stunner has undergone quite the transformation from a fresh-faced Corrie newbie to a stunning Hollywood starlet.
Are you finished with hair and make-up? Well, it’s time to get into costume before you head to set. No surprise then that the Costume Designers Guild revealed their nominees for the 26th CDGA Awards the day after their peers in the Make-Up and Hairstyling guild.
2022 marked a big screen comeback for David Cronenberg with “Crimes Of The Future,” his first movie since 2014’s “Maps To The Stars.” And in the build-up to his 2022 film’s Cannes premiere, Cronenberg already had his next project lined up for bidders. Now it’s time for “The Shrouds” to hit the festival circuit this year.
It’s a safe bet that everyone can easily name their favorite female pop star from the golden age of music in the ’00s. But do you also know who is the wealthiest?
David Steinberg “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” writer and performer David Steinberg pays tribute to Tom Smothers, who died Dec. 26 at age 86. I met Tommy (and Dick) Smothers when we were performing at the Hungry I in San Francisco in the late 1960s. I did standup, and Tommy immediately wanted me to be on the show they were creating because I was a different kind of comedian — like they were.
This year is shaping up to be yet another frenetic one in the international media landscape, with change incoming on numerous fronts. Here, our overseas team breaks down some of the issues we think will define the entertainment and news terrain in 2024.
Boardwalk Empire, the HBO crime drama that graced our screens from 2010 to 2014, transported audiences to the Prohibition Era, offering a glimpse into the lives of characters navigating the complex world of Atlantic City’s organized crime.
Home Alone is a holiday classic.
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith are determined to make it work!
BreAnna Bell “The Gilded Age” will return for a third season at HBO. “We’re so proud of what Julian Fellowes and ‘The Gilded Age’ family have achieved. From the costumes to the production design and performances, the show has captivated so many week after week.
The Gilded Age is returning for a third season on HBO!
HBO has picked up Julian Fellowes‘ The Gilded Age for a third season.
Nearly 20 years after its release, Mean Girls remains a classic teen movie that viewers continue to reference. It’s just that fetch!
British Airways (BA) has U-turned on its decision to remove a sitcom about the British Jewish community from its inflight entertainment package in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.
Jaden Thompson Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the winners of the 2023 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize and 2023 Sloan Student Discovery Prize, who will each receive $20,000 to develop their science-themed screenplays. Justine Beed of USC has won the Grand Jury Prize for her series pilot “La Forza,” while Lara Palmqvist of University of Texas at Austin was awarded the Discovery Prize for her feature script entitled “The Garden.” Beed and Palmqvist were selected from a group of 10 nominees by a jury including Dr.
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events With so many Broadway icons — including Christine Baranski, Kelli O’Hara, Michael Cerveris and Nathan Lane, to name a few — starring in HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” Morgan Spector thinks a musical episode of the series is overdue. “You know what we should do? There’s the British tradition of the Christmas special,” Spector tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “If we could have a Christmas special, then we could have some singing and it would be great.
Chicago Med is full of big talent – and even bigger earnings.