‘Severance,’ ‘The Penguin,’ ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Studio’ Lead Emmy Nominations
Emmy voters showered their love on a number of hot shows of the moment, giving 27 nods to Apple TV+’s Severance, 24 to HBO’s The Penguin and 23 each to Apple’s The Studio and HBO’s third season of The White Lotus. After the nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, HBO and Max led the leader board with a record 142 nods, followed by Netflix’s 120 and Apple’s 79. Shows that run on the Walt Disney’s combined...
Love, Wealth and Social Standing Collide in Season 3 of ‘The Gilded Age’
Tensions are rising and love is blossoming as Season 3 of The Gilded Age nears its midpoint. Will Gladys Russell be forced to marry the Duke to increase her family’s social standing–or will she be able to follow her own heart? Will Marian Brook and Larry Russell be able to openly proclaim their love for each other instead of clandestinely kissing and living with the fear of being found out? Will sisters Agnes van Rhijn and Ada...
Meet Mariska Hargitay’s Mom Jayne Mansfield in a Dramatic Documentary
Most people know Mariska Hargitay from her starring role as Olivia Benson on Law and Order: SVU. And many people know that Mariska’s mom was the movie star Jayne Mansfield, who died tragically in a 1967 car accident when Mariska was only three years old. But the vast majority will not know the shocking truth of Hargitay’s life until they see her new documentary, My Mom Jayne. That’s because Hargitay kept a deep, dark secret for 30...
Take a Joyride with Brad Pitt in ‘F1: The Movie’
Get yourself in the fast lane to your local theater to see F1, preferably in IMAX. The two and half hour film could be Brad Pitt’s Top Gun: Maverick as the Formula One-set saga is brought to you by the same people– producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski–who scored almost $1.5 billion at the box office for Tom Cruise three years ago. F1: The Movie roars onto screens today after a worldwide publicity tour...
‘Materialists’ Teeters Between a Modern Romance and a Fantasy Fable
There’s something inherently material about the love triangle amongst Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in Materialists. They are delicious. Except for often times the character portrayed by Johnson, a successful New York City matchmaker whose own personal life is in shambles. She basically considers herself an eternal bachelorette. It seems Dakota’s Lucy cares more about her client’s personal happiness than her own. And...