Fans of Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham may want to check out Tom Jones, Masterpiece’s retelling of Henry Fielding’s novel from Gwyneth Hughes (Vanity Fair).
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Judy Woodruff will step away from the PBS NewsHour anchor desk on Friday, ending a chapter as one of the most trusted and well respected figures helming a newscast.
She will be handing the anchor duties to Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett, returning the broadcast to a co-anchor format, but Woodruff is not exiting. Instead, she’s embarking on a new assignment, traveling across America to try to make sense of the country’s divisions, which have only worsened in the decade that she has served as anchor. It’s perhaps fitting that she will be doing the assignment for NewsHour, which throughout its run has been dedicated to the type of nuance and in-depth reporting that is meant to inform and enlighten rather than ignite.
On the day she chatted with Deadline, Woodruff was preparing for special coverage of the visit of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, D.C., while much of the town was fixated on the pending release of the January 6th Committee report and the fate of a year-end spending package. What Woodruff had not done is determine exactly what she would say in her signoff.
“Several people have said to me, ‘Well, aren’t you feeling emotional?’ And I guess yes I do,” she said.” Certainly there will be some emotion about it because I’ve been doing this for so long. But I’ve also been pretty busy.” She does plan to assure viewers about her successors and to thank the staff of the show and at WETA-TV, the PBS station that produces NewsHour. And she plans to express gratitude to viewers, a loyal audience that includes one woman who sent in a video of her toddler son humming the NewsHour “bup boom boom” cue in its theme music.
She chatted with Deadline about her career, her next assignment and why she sees
Fans of Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham may want to check out Tom Jones, Masterpiece’s retelling of Henry Fielding’s novel from Gwyneth Hughes (Vanity Fair).
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.On January 12, took full advantage of Throwback Thursday by sharing a photo of four-year-old next to her own childhood photo, presumably taken when Kylie was around the same age. “My love,” Kylie captioned the photos of the two brown-eyed girls wearing the same neutral expression. In the left-hand photo, baby Kylie is wearing a brown bow in her hair while Stormi looks like a little princess in a tiara with purple gem hearts. While the mother-daughter duo recently dressed in for the , this side-by-side shows off their resemblance even more clearly.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret—'s seminal coming-of-age novel.In the 50 years since it was first published, the book has become a cultural touchpoint. It's often referred to as the novel about as a young girl—from groan-inducing sex-ed presentations to the “Mom, I need a bra!” conversation.
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Though the most recent ‘Conjuring’ film, ‘The Devil Made Me Do It,’ didn’t gross nearly as much as the first two films in the franchise, it would be silly to call it a failure. James Wan’s ‘Conjuring’ films, and by extension, the cinematic universe he created, are all made with relatively small budgets and all turn a hefty profit.
The only Yellowstone character who managed to survive John Dutton’s decision to clean house in the governor’s office was Clara Brewer (Lilli Kay), a green behind the ears assistant who becomes an important ally to the family. It’s a dream role for Kay, whose dad Stephen Kay is a director/EP on the drama while her stepmom Piper Perabo plays Summer, Dutton’s current lover.
Jeremiah Green is dead at age 45. His band, Modest Mouse, announced his death via social media on Saturday, December 31.
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PBS will bring back six series and premiere two period dramas in 2023, which includes the debut of Tom Jones on Masterpiece that’s based on the 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling.