Meryl Streep Makes Hilarious Cameo In ‘Gilded Age’ Cast Party With Daughter Louisa Jacobson

The Gilded Age will be back for a second go-round. HBO has renewed the praised period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes for a second seasons.

Jimmy Kimmel thinks he knows why his favorite film of the year, Spider-Man: No Way Home got snubbed of an Oscar nomination yesterday. And he’s not happy about it.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticChristine Baranski’s career is so vast and varied — from starring roles in “The Good Wife” and its spinoff “The Good Fight,” to spending decades in New York City theater, to stealing scenes as the “Mamma Mia” franchise’s resident siren — that it’s genuinely shocking when she points out that she’s never been in an onscreen period piece “with wigs, corsets, language, the whole thing.”HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” a glamorous new post-Civil War era drama from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, embodies that “whole thing” and then some. So when Fellowes reached out to offer Baranski a part that occupies what many “Downton” fans will recognize as the Dowager Countess role (i.e.

Booked and busy! Isaac Powell didn’t appear in any episodes of And Just Like That despite being cast as a series regular.

HBO’s The Gilded Age continues to grow from its impressive start, delivering a 15% increase in total viewers from its series premiere.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President“Don’t Look Up” has hit a nerve in a way that’s rare for films to do. That’s partly because it addresses an urgent, hot-button topic — climate change — with a film that’s partly a cry for help, partly a black comedy. The movie, written and directed by Adam McKay, with a story by David Sirota, boasts a starry cast, including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe climate change anthology series “Extrapolations” at Apple has added eight new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively.Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”), Yara Shahidi (“Grown-ish,” “Black-ish”), Diane Lane (“Unfaithful,” “Under the Tuscan Sun”), Heather Graham (“Boogie Nights,” “Wander”), Grammy Award-winner Ben Harper, Judd Hirsch (“Uncut Gems,” “The Goldbergs”), Hari Nef (“Transparent,” “You”), and Neska Rose (“Drama Club”) have all joined the series. This is the second Apple series role announced for Bartlett in recent days, as Variety exclusively reported he would also star in “Physical” Season 2.They join previously announced cast members Meryl Streep, Matthew Rhys, Marion Cotillard, Eiza Gonzalez, Tobey Maguire, Forest Whitaker, Edward Norton, Kit Harrington, Sienna Miller, Gemma Chan, Tahar Rahim, Daveed Diggs, David Schwimmer, Adarsh Gourav, Indira Varma, Keri Russell, Cherry Jones, and Michael Gandolfini.

AJLT fans and questioned Miranda's motivations.But on a Thursday, January 27 appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Nixon said she understands the fans concerns…but hinted that there may be more under the surface to Steve and Miranda's relationship. “I have to say that that's the thing about breakups," Nixon told host Andy Cohen. "You know, oftentimes there is one person that is making the breakup happen and the other person who is reluctant.

reboot,, one absence on the revived series is noticeable — Samantha Jones. The iconic character, played by Kim Cattrall, did not return for the reboot after the actress made it clear that she did not intend to come back to the franchise. The show has explained Samantha's absence by noting that she had a big falling out with Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) after the writer fired her friend as her book publicist. Samantha later moved to London. While on Thursday's episode of , Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda on the series, said she thought «it was great» how Samantha's absence was handled.

reboot,, fans have had mixed thoughts on the HBO Max series, particularly Miranda Hobbes' storyline. Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda, defended the show's choices on a Thursday's episode of . In the reboot, Miranda ends her marriage and relationship with Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) after falling for non-binary comedian and podcast host Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez). Host Cohen asked Nixon if Che's stand-up comedy, which has been featured several times throughout the season, is actually funny.«I and Miranda think it is,» Nixon replied, laughing. Cohen, who had a cameo on the original, also asked if Nixon understands why some fans are upset with the show's treatment of Steve, who has been Miranda's love interest throughout the show and both movies. «I do [understand], but I have to say that that's the thing about breakups.

reboot,, fans have had mixed thoughts on the HBO Max series, particularly Miranda Hobbes' storyline. Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda, defended the show's choices on a Thursday appearance on. In the reboot, Miranda ends her marriage and relationship with Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) after falling for non-binary comedian and podcast host Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez). Host Cohen asked Nixon if Che Diaz's stand-up comedy, which has been featured several times throughout the season is actually funny. «I and Miranda think it is,» Nixon replied, laughing. Cohen, who had a cameo on the original, also asked if Nixon understands why some fans are upset with the show's treatment of Steve, a longtime love interest of Miranda's who lasted through the show and both movies. «I do [understand], but I have to say that that's the thing about breakups.

Zack Sharf Ron Perlman is hitting back against critics of Adam McKay’s Netflix satire “Don’t Look Up,” in which the “Hellboy” favorite stars opposite an ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Timothee Chalamet, Joe Morgan and Mark Rylance. Perlman stars in the movie as Colonel Benedict Drask, a war veteran tasked with flying to space to destroy a comet that’s heading toward the planet. “Don’t Look Up” has become one of Netflix’s biggest original films to date since debuting December 24 on the streaming platforms.“Fuck you and your self-importance and this self-perpetuating need to say everything bad about something just so that you can get some attention for something that you had no idea about creating,” Perlman told The Independent.

If you love a period drama with a touch of class, you won’t want to miss The Gilded Age, the latest offering from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. But forget English stately piles inhabited by toffs like the Granthams – Julian has crossed the pond to America to tell this tale, set at the end of the 19th Century. It was a time when industry and the economy were on the up, creating a wealthy elite to join the old money families of the establishment.The story begins in 1882, when young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a general, moves into the New York home of her “old money aunts”, Ada and Agnes.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAn aura of economic growth and wealth permeates the new drama “The Gilded Age,” premiering Jan. 24 on HBO. Christine Baranski is Agnes van Rhijn, a socialite living in early-1880s New York City with her sister, Ada Brook, played by Cynthia Nixon.

The Gilded Age seems destined to be a hit. After all, American viewers are huge fans of British period dramas—or so it appears. The Tudors, Downton Abbey, , and are just a few of the series to find runaway success focusing on a time that transports us to yesteryear.

creator Julian Fellowes’ newest star-studded historical drama,, is breakout star and daughter of a Hollywood icon, Louisa Jacobson. The 30-year-old actress, whose mother is none other than Meryl Streep, plays Marian Brook in the HBO drama alongside Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski. After her father dies in 1882, Brook is forced to move from rural Pennsylvania to New York City to live with her wealthy aunts, Agnes van Rhijn (Baranski) and Ada Brook (Nixon), who are part of an aging class of high society reckoning with the influx of ambitious and self-made newcomers, including railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his ambitious wife, Berth (Coon). Joining Brook is Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an aspiring writer who finds herself employed by the aunts, as the two get caught up in a social, class and economic war between old money and new money and question whether they should follow long-standing traditions or forage their own paths. And along the way, Brook and Scott develop their own friendship, even though they must navigate racial and age barriers of the time.

Kristin Davis is keeping her late castmate close to her heart.