[WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for the series finale of “Succession.”] After four seasons, “Succession” has come to an end — and Waystar RoyCo has a new CEO. In the 90-minute series finale, creator Jesse Armstrong wrapped up a string of conflicts, but ultimately had the goal of answering the question everyone has been … Read more
He’s keeping viewers on their toes. Mike White, who is the creator of the hit HBO series, “White Lotus,” revealed that he’s open to having an “all-stars” season of the show, bringing together characters from the different seasons into one. “It would be easy to just be full-on anthology, but I think it’s more fun … Read more
Miranda Otto, who plays the heroic Eowyn in “The Lord of the Rings” movies, takes a darker turn as a sinister cult leader in the new Hulu series “The Clearing.” “I’m really fascinated by cults,” Otto, 55, told The Post. “My auntie was actually in the [Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh] cult in the ’80s, when I … Read more
This show’s first viewers didn’t find it to be worth idolizing. The upcoming HBO show “The Idol” — starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel Tesfaye, aka “The Weeknd,” who is also a co-creator — is not getting glowing reviews from its debut at Cannes, where it screened its first two episodes on Monday. “The Idol,” or … Read more
BAFTA Awards 2023 has been announced. This year’s British Academy Television Awards have been announced at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 14 May. ‘Titanic’ fame veteran actress Kate Winslet has received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the popular drama series ‘I Am Ruth’. This is Kate’s first BAFTA award. The award … Read more
In the 1980s, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone competed for roles, and now Schwarzenegger says he’s jealous of one of Stallone’s more recent roles. He told the Hollywood Reporter he would “absolutely” like to collaborate with “Yellowstone” showrunner Taylor Sheridan, just as Stallone already is with “Tulsa King.” “I think he’s very talented,” Schwarzenegger said … Read more
Saddle up the horses for one last ride. It’s official: “Yellowstone” is ending this fall. At least, in its current incarnation. On Friday, Paramount announced that “Yellowstone” will end with the second half of Season 5, which will premiere in November. This news comes amid rumors flying of a feud between creator Taylor Sheridan, 52, … Read more
The Yiddish word Bupkis can be loosely translated into English as “nothing” — which is the comedic point of Pete Davidson’s eponymous, semi-autobiographical series premiering May 4 on Peacock. Think of “Bupkis” as a “Seinfeld”-type “show about nothing” … but writ large. “I think our goal was to capture the relentless and absurd reality that … Read more
She’s flicking away the haters. Author J.K. Rowling issued her own snarky response to those who said that they would not watch the upcoming “Harry Potter” by saying that she will take precautions by “laying in a large stock of champagne.” The embattled author tweeted the sarcastic comment after saying that several people were already … Read more
That’s schowbiz! Broadway legend Patti LuPone claims she wasn’t able to join the cast of the Apple TV+ musical comedy series “Schmigadoon!” because a producer told her she was “too old.” “I wanted to be in ‘Schmigadoon!’ – and I was too old,” LuPone, 73, explained to Mashable in a new interview. When the interviewer probed for … Read more
Let the “Game of Thrones” reign continue. HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery’s newly rebranded Max streaming service has ordered a previously rumored “Game of Thrones” prequel series, “A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight” The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Dunk and Egg” books, according to Variety. “Game of Thrones” premiered in … Read more
Peacock released the first look at “The Continental: From the World of John Wick” on Wednesday, also revealing that the long-awaited project will arrive in September. The three-part prequel stars Mel Gibson — though he is absent from the 45-second trailer — Colin Woodell and Mishel Prada, but not John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves. Woodell … Read more
Harry Potter could soon be returning to Hogwarts. Warner Bros. Discovery is on track to close a deal that would bring the long-rumored “Harry Potter” television series for HBO Max to the small screen. As first reported by Bloomberg, the show would be based directly on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling novels, with each season focusing on … Read more
Bob Odenkirk pivots effortlessly from his “Better Call Saul” bleakness to the world of small-town college academia in “Lucky Hank,” a pleasant AMC series that chugs along to the beat of its own foibles. He plays William Henry “Hank” Devereaux Jr., a once-semi-successful novelist who’s now chairing the English Department at underfunded Railton College somewhere … Read more
Chris O’Dowd said he can relate to Dusty Hubbard, his character on his new Apple TV+ series “The Big Door Prize,” because he’s at a similar place in his life. “It did feel like a middle-aged story, and I was feeling very f–king middle aged,” the Irish-born O’Dowd, 43, told The Post. “It felt like this … Read more
Hollywood veteran Steven DeKnight is soft-pedaling shocking comments he made about “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega being “toxic” and “entitled.” DeKnight tweeted a semi-apology to Ortega for his prior statements — on Wednesday, suitably enough — about Netflix’s 20-year-old breakout star. “I can’t stress this enough: She’s an amazing talent,” said DeKnight, 58, who’s produced and scripted … Read more
“Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega is being condemned as “entitled” and “beyond toxic” by veteran Hollywood producer and filmmaker Steven DeKnight. DeKnight blasted on-set antics revealed by Ortega on Dax Shepard’s podcast “Armchair Expert” — including admissions that the 20-year-old behaved in an “unprofessional” manner on the set of the Netflix show and changed lines that … Read more
Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, an associate history professor at The New School, is accusing the team behind a popular Hulu limited series of using exclusive reporting from her Spotify podcast without citation or payment. In an interview with The New York Times published Friday, Petrzela explained that she believes that content from her podcast, “Welcome … Read more
Bob Costas had a rough playoff outing. Costas joined Bill Maher on the comedian’s “Club Random” podcast and admitted that he didn’t have a great performance in the ALDS, where his play-by-play of the Yankees series was widely panned. “This past October I did the Yankees and the Guardians in the Division Series and I … Read more
The Weeknd’s co-created HBO series “The Idol” is reportedly a darker and more “disturbing” version of “Euphoria,” as that series’ creator, Sam Levinson, has joined the project as director and is allegedly ramping up violence and sex. In a Rolling Stone story published Wednesday, many of the 13 anonymous sources claiming to be close to … Read more