Top summer shows of 2020: From ‘Dirty John’ to ‘Love, Victor’

And while this is Betty Broderick's story (like, it's right there in the name), if you're interested to know a little more about Dan's whole vibe, here's the deal:

After years of slim pickings Amanda Peet has finally found a role to chew on, portraying betrayed wife and convicted murderer Betty Broderick in the second installment of the , USA Network’s anthology true-crime series. “It was very exciting for me to get a part like this at this time,” says Peet, who delivers a career-defining performance.

Following its successful transformation from podcast to limited television series,  is back with a second season — telling another true story of love gone wrong. Here’s everything to know about, which recounts what Oprah Winfrey once deemed one of “America’s messiest divorces.” 

The case of Betty Broderick is back in the headlines. The second season of USA’s Dirty John focuses on the 1989 murders and the controversial case that’s been made into multiple TV movies.

Betty and Dan met at a party when she was just 17 and got married four years later in 1969. Dan became a successful lawyer, they had four kids, and, honestly, life seemed pretty good—from the outside, at least. But Betty and Dan’s marriage wasn’t all sunshine and roses—even before he started cheating on Betty with his assistant, Linda. , Betty would get mad at Dan “all the time”—she once threw a stereo at him and would frequently lock him out of the house.

And Betty was, uhhh, not thrilled. According to a 1990 article, everything changed for Betty once Linda entered Dan’s life: “The people who knew me before 1983 knew the real me. Nineteen eighty-three was like an ax through my life.”

Betty’s crimes went down in the late ’80s, when she suspected Dan was having an affair with Linda—which, to be fair, would piss off most people. But Betty, uh, took Dan’s infidelity pretty badly. By which I mean she rammed her car into his front door, left obscene messages on his answering machine, and —all throughout the course of their insane five-year divorce. Dan even had Betty arrested and briefly committed to a mental hospital, and poor Linda was so freaked out by the whole thing that .

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John Cusack went from actor to intrepid reporter, live-tweeting from the Chicago protest on Saturday and even getting attacked by an aggressive police officer.

A new week is upon us, which means it's a new opportunity to watch new TV. People may say to you, "Are you sitting around and watching TV again?" And all you have to say is, "Yes, but it's new TV." That's it. That's all you have to say. You have now owned that person and can get back to watching TV undisturbed, knowing that you are the victor in that battle of wits. 

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Amanda Peet is opening up about the brand new season of Dirty John, which this time focuses on Betty Broderick.

Some of the world’s biggest performing acts are coming together for a 24-hour fundraising broadcast with OHM Live.

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Britney Spears, 38, continues to dazzle and delight fans with her irresistibly amazing Instagram videos that she posts where the “Toxic” singer always looks to be in the best of moods! That tradition continued on Thursday, May 28, when the mother-of-two shared an IG story of her dancing around in a sexy crop top and tiny white shorts with her blonde hair up in a ponytail to Kim Petras‘ track “Malibu”.  She had a big smile on her face while twirling around in her revealing outfit during a very

British singers Pixie Lott and Dua Lipa lead a host of global stars participating in a 24-hour live stream raising funds for COVID-19 relief efforts around the world.

June is on the horizon, so it's time to start organizing your Netflix queue. Save these titles for when they release, so you have something to look forward to. Highlights on Netflix this month include the return of The Silence of the Lambs to the streaming service, Spike Lee's Vietnam heist movie Da 5 Bloods, two movies starring Edgar Ramirez, and much more.