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3 hours ago
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What to Stream on TV This Weekend: 'The Gilded Age,' 'A Minecraft Movie,' 'The Waterfront' and More
This week's newest releases on streaming include a couple of Gilded Age dramas (yes, two of those are premiering this week!), Netflix's latest scripted drama and the long-awaited premiere of A Minecraft Movie on Max. Here's what we're looking forward to. It's been nearly two years since the Season 2 finale of HBO's The Gilded Age, and the Julian Fellowes series about New York's upper crust, circa 1885, is finally back. The show premieres on Sunday night; if you've been longing for Christine Baranski's cruel and casual insults, buckle up (your old-timey shoes) and get ready. Apple TV Plus is also getting in on the Gilded era action with The Buccaneers, which is now out. The show, which co-stars Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag and Josie Totah, also welcomes Leighton Meester to the cast this season. If you're looking for a binge-worthy, soapy drama, check out Netflix's The Waterfront, which stars Maria Bello, Holt McCallany and Melissa Benoist. The show's writer, Kevin Williamson, recently revealed that the series is based on his own family and his father's past as a drug trafficker. These shows, plus the release of films like Love Me and A Minecraft Movie are sure to keep everyone busy this weekend -- here's all the info you need to tune in. Read more: Best Live TV Streaming Services of 2025 Best new TV shows and movies to stream this weekend Netflix Netflix The Waterfront (June 19) Scream and Dawson's Creek scribe Kevin Williamson's latest project is the new dysfunctional family drama, The Waterfront, which arrived on Netflix June 19. The ensemble cast includes Holt McCallany as Harlan Buckley, the patriarch of a family whose fishing dynasty has earned them local fame (and infamy). Maria Bello, Jake Weary and Melissa Benoist all co-star as members of the often volatile Buckley family, and the show features appearances from Topher Grace and Dave Annable, too. Netflix America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (June 18) Season 2 of Netflix's America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders premiered on June 18, picking up at the start of the NFL 2024-25 season. The reality series about one of the country's most popular cheer teams depicts everything from the pre-season tryouts to the physically grueling routines these women -- athletes in their own right -- learn so they can perform and cheer on their team. All seven episodes of the new season are now available to binge. Prime Video Prime Video We Were Liars (June 18) We Were Liars is Prime Video's new adaptation of E. Lockhart's acclaimed novel; the eight episode series arrived on June 18, so you can binge the thriller all at once. The series stars Emily Alyn Lind as Cadence Sinclair Eastman, a wealthy young woman born into an old-money family who owns a private island in New England. Cadence has an enviable life, surrounded by a friend group known as the liars, but their idyllic life on the island is disrupted when a mysterious accident changes everything. Max Warner Bros. Pictures A Minecraft Movie (June 20) A Minecraft Movie, the movie responsible for food-covered movie theaters and that "Steve's Lava Chicken" song that was in your head for a month, is out on Max this Friday. (Prepare to get the song in your head again.) The film adaptation of the best-selling video game stars Jason Momoa, Sebastian Hansen, Emma Meyers and Danielle Brooks as four people sucked into a portal that leads them to the Overworld, a land made of cubes and dreams. With the help of Steve (Jack Black), a human who has already spent years in the Overworld himself, they've got to find a way to return to Earth. HBO The Gilded Age, Season 3 (June 22) This season on The Gilded Age, get ready for more new money-old money clashes, romance and drama under the stairs. Season 3 of the Julian Fellowes show that stars Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon is back, and don't forget: This is the season Ada inherits all her dead husband's fortune. Will all that money turn the tables in the van Rhijn household? The new season premieres Sunday, June 22, and new episodes air every Sunday this summer. Apple TV Plus Apple TV Plus The Buccaneers, Season 2 (June 18) For even more 19th-century society drama, Season 2 of the Apple TV Plus series The Buccaneers is also out this week. Loosely based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, the show about five young American women living in London during the Gilded Age returned to streaming on June 18, one episode will drop every Wednesday this summer. Paramount Plus Bleecker Street Love Me (June 16) Kristin Stewart and Steven Yeun star in the post-apocalyptic love story Love Me, which debuted exclusively on Paramount Plus this week. The film, which takes place in 2500 A.D. after humanity has gone extinct, features the relationship between a weather buoy and a passing satellite that communicate after watching uploaded videos of humans (Stewart and Yeun) interacting and, in turn, start to model their own behavior as if they were human. The groundbreaking film combines live-action performances with practical animatronics, animation and game engines, delivering something truly unique. Disney Plus
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3 days ago
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The Gilded Age Season 3 OTT Release: Date, Time, Cast, What to Expect, and More About Carrie Coon-Christine Baranski Show
After successful two seasons, the Carrie Coon and Christine Baranski show is all set to retuen for a new run on HBO and Max for streaming. The Gilded Age season 3 will release on June 22, spanning 8 episodes that will air every Sunday until August 10, when this year's run will conclude. So far, the titles of the first three parts have been revealed to the public. The episodes are set to air at 9 p.m. ET/PT every weekend. Gilded Age season 3 release plans After premiering on June 22, The Gilded Age season 3 will air episode number 18 (first for this season), Who Is In Charge Here?, followed by episodes 19 and 20, What the Papers Say and Love Is Never Easy respectively. The titles for the remaining five episodes are yet to be unveiled. Returning post a year and a half of break, Gilded Age season 3 will tell the story of Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon), Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski), Marion Brook (Louisa Jacobson), and Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), who have a new challenge in front of them, after recent events have spun the wheel for them. It remains to be known what happens once Gladys (Taissa Farmiga) learns of her mother's plans to get her to marry the Duke of Buckingham (Ben Lamb). Who has joined the Gilded Age season 3? Apart from the series regulars, Phylicia Rashad will play Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland, a woman from a Newport family; Brian Stokes Mitchell will star as Black pastor Frederick Kirkland; Jordan Donica as Dr. William Kirkland, and Victoria Clark as Joan Carlton. Other newcomers include Merritt Wever, Bill Camp, Leslie Uggams, Lisagay Hamilton, Jessica Frances Dukes, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hatti Morahan, and Andrea Martin. It is known that the new part will resume from the era after the Opera War, where 'immense economic and social change' is expected. The Russell family stands a chance to come out on top of the social pyramid. Meanwhile, the van Rhijn-Brook family goes through its own set of turmoils as Agnes and Ada butt heads over the title of the 'lady of the house'.
News.com.au
4 days ago
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- News.com.au
Best shows to watch: money and marriage in The Gilded Age; sexy reality TV dating double
From period dramas and reality TV dating shows to travelogues and Oscar-winning movies, there's something for everyone on TV and streaming this week. THE GILDED AGE Monday, Paramount+ Fittingly for a period drama set in an era of immense social and economic change, this third season opens with sisters Ada and Agnes (Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski) struggling to accept their new roles in society and in their own home. After years of being her wealthy socialite sister's plus one at events, the recently widowed Ada now finds herself the one with the invitations and the clout. For Agnes – whose sense of self and purpose is tied to her status – being forced down the pecking order is a shock to the system. On the other side of the street, the new moneyed Bertha (Carrie Coon) continues her ambitious ascent with a plot to marry off her daughter to a cash-strapped duke. Unfortunately for Bertha, her daughter has her heart set on marrying for love and not social climbing. Much like Julian Fellowes' other beloved franchise, Downton Abbey, this series is an addictive glimpse at a bygone time that offers bitingly current social commentary. JOANNA LUMLEY'S DANUBE Thursday, 8pm ABC With a voice as soothing as it is joyful and the inquisitive and courageous spirit of a great explorer, Joanna Lumley takes viewers on yet another globetrotting adventure. This time she's traversing along the Danube. While she may be best known as the beehived, chain-smoking Patsy, the real Lumley is far more down-to-earth than her iconic Absolutely Fabulous alter ego and, at 79 years of age, she remains youthfully eager to learn and take on new experiences. Dressed in sensible trousers and shoes, Lumley tours Germany, sharing historical insights and learning about cuckoo-clock-making with genuine wonder. Just like David Attenborough, Lumley is an inspirational tour guide. WE WERE LIARS Prime Video Just like Revenge, Sirens and the Perfect Couple before it, this thriller unfolds in the summer playground of a wealthy family where, beneath their seemingly glossy lifestyle there is a nasty rot of dysfunction. Here we have the tight-knit foursome of Cadence, Gat, Johnny and Mirren (Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Joseph Zada and Esther McGreggor) who have always enjoyed carefree family vacations together at on the family island until one terrible summer when Cadence is found washed up on the beach. With no memory of how she wound up in the ocean, Cadence slowly begins to piece together what happened. MOONBIRD Thursday, 8.30PM, NITV & SBS On Demand The untamed beauty of Tassie certainly seems to be taking centre stage in many productions these days. Used as a backdrop for the Netflix mystery The Survivors and the ABC drama Bay of Fires, Tasmania's windswept countryside is also used to stunning effect in this film about an estranged father and son (Kyle Morrisson and Lennox Monaghan) trying to reconnect on a weekend away. Recently sober, the father is eager to bond with his son while doing some traditional mutton-birding on a remote Tasmanian Island. Upon discovering the island's native fauna is all but gone it reopens old wounds and bad habits, derailing plans for an idyllic reunion. THE SURFER Stan Twenty odd years ago Nicolas Cage arrived in Australia to film one of the first and lesser-known Marvel films, Ghost Rider. Back then the Oscar-winner was still a bankable box office star. When Cage returned to our shores this time to film this psychological thriller, he, much like the man he portrays, isn't quite the guy he used to be. About to get divorced, Cage's character returns to the small town where he grew up looking to reclaim his lost youth (and the family he neglected in order to further his career). Far from it being a happy homecoming, the man goes to war with a group of local yobbos and their creepy leader (Julian McMahon) and slowly begins to unravel. STRANDED ON HONEYMOON ISLAND Monday, 7.30pm, Channel 7 'Somewhere, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 12 Aussie singles are leaving the toxic world of modern dating behind,' we are told by Jackie O in her opening narration. Instead, professionally-matched participants are marooned (in full wedding finery) with a stranger for 21 days. There are no phones. No luxuries. No support network of family or friends. Only each other … and the cameras. Jackie promises that this new reality show will be an 'experience unlike any other' but essentially it is a strangely compelling mash-up of Married At First Sight and Survivor. Together in the tropics, the pressure of getting to know one another is magnified. And for the bigger personalities of the group – Amy and Mike – that leads to inevitable power struggles. OPEN HOUSE: THE GREAT SEX EXPERIMENT Streaming Tuesday, 6pm, 7Plus There's a lot more to being polyamorous than throwing your car keys in a bowl for a night of frolicking between the sheets with like-minded folk. At a luxury retreat housing a swag of swinging singles, couples flirting with opening their relationships decide (with some expert advice from clinical psychologist Lori Beth Bisbey as well as poolside cocktails and some saucy party games) whether to invite a third – or even fourth – person into their bed. It's a big decision. And not one that everyone can handle. A cocktail of Love Island and MAFS, this British reality series puts monogamy to the ultimate test and features some larger-than-life personalities. AUSTRALIA'S MOST IDENTICAL Tuesday, 7.30pm, Channel 9 After Bridgette and Paula Powers, 51, became viral internet sensations for their unintentionally hilarious interview about a Sunshine Coast carjacking, comes this search for Australia's most identical set of twins. You'd think (after seeing Powers sisters speaking in unison and wearing matching garb) that search is already over because the in-synch pair would have this title in the bag. But this series proves that there's a lot of other matching duos who look – and talk – alike. So, what sets one set apart from the rest? Gold Logie winner Scotty Cam and Olympian Jana Pittman (who are each parents of twins themselves) join experts to put 100 pairs of twins through their paces. First up, a game of 'would you rather?' to see how aligned they are in their core values. ANORA Streaming, Binge Even If, like me, you still feel Hollywood OG Demi Moore was robbed of her Oscar by up-and-comer Mikey Madison (which was sort of like life imitating art for The Substance star), this film is worth a look. Madison plays the titular Anora 'Ani' Mikheeva. Ani is a New York stripper who is coerced into a quickie marriage by a wealthy client while on a bender with him in Vegas. Believing the man's feelings for her are sincere and hoping the marriage will provide an exit strategy from the daily bump and grind, she says 'I do'. Far from being her happily ever after, Ani finds herself facing off with her playboy husband's family who are powerful figures in the Russian underworld. MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA Tuesday, 7.30PM, Channel 10 & 10 Play Hot on the heels of Nornie Bero's visit to the kitchen on Monday (where she shared some of her wisdom about cooking with Indigenous ingredients before setting a Pressure Test drawing on the lessons she imparted), comes Curtis Stone. Now based in the US with his Beverly Hills 90210 wife Lindsay Price, Stone has jetted back to Australia to put the latest batch of contestants through their paces with his signature (easygoing but laser-focused) approach to cooking. The laid-back chef challenges four contestants to recreate his Herb Ricotta Raviolo with Braised Lamb. And yes, it's as tricky as it sounds. The person whose dish looks (and tastes) the least like Stone's original dish will be sent packing. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT … In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Scarlett Johansson confessed that making this movie with Bill Murray wasn't easy. 'Everybody was on tenterhooks around him, including our director and the full crew, because he was dealing with his … stuff' the star divulged. Director Sofia Coppola wrote the character of Bob (a movie star having a midlife crisis) specifically for Murray and spent a year lobbying the reclusive Ghostbusters star into doing it. Loosely inspired by Coppola's feelings of displacement while working in Japan in her 20s, the film explores a platonic romance between Bob and a disenchanted student (Johansson) while they are both at loose ends in Tokyo. Despite his negativity on set, Murray was nominated for an Oscar for his performance while Coppola won for her screenplay.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘The Gilded Age' cast on what to expect in Season 3: feuding sisters, robber barons and a wedding?
'Welcome to the sober circus!' When The Gilded Age returns for its third season on June 22, the fallout from the characters' ongoing power struggles, both large and small, will be immediately felt, revealed the cast at a panel held Saturday at the ATX TV Festival in Austin. More from GoldDerby 'Bridget Jones' star Renée Zellweger's emotional admission: 'I didn't want Mark Darcy to go away' 'It's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover': Christine Baranski on her surging career in her 70s 'One of the things that made it so special was that it wasn't for everyone': 'The Leftovers' EPs and cast on the show's legacy Stars Christine Baranski (Agnes van Rhijn), Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell), and Morgan Spector (George Russell) shared a sneak peek at their upcoming plotlines, as well as plenty of banter about life on the set. 'If there's an overriding theme in this entire Gilded Age show, I think it is how people are coping with change, each character individually coping with tremendous change, and changes that are happening in society at the time,' said Baranski. Temperance has come to 61st Street — 'but not to me!' declared Baranski. With the (literal) change in fortunes, Ada (Cynthia Nixon) has taken over as the head of the household, much to Agnes' consternation. To deal with her grief, she aligns herself with the temperance movement. 'I think if Ada had wanted to change the draperies, Agnes would have had difficulty. So whatever Ada's up to is going to rankle Agnes because it's not her idea,' said Baranski. 'It's not good news for Agnes, but it's great news for Christine, because as an actor, you don't want to play the same thing. If you're playing someone who's firmly convinced that her position is right and then you get toppled, there's so many places you can go comedically and tragically.' SEEWhy 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 won't be eligible for any Emmys this year Baranski thinks Julian Fellowes, who writes The Gilded Age, channels his own personality into Agnes. 'He loves those tough old broads — they are survivors, and they've got the wit and they're made of vinegar,' said Baranski. Added Spector, 'I think he thinks those are the women who are really holding civilization together, and I think he's probably right.' Asked how she nailed Agnes' withering stare, 'Oh god it's so awful to say, I didn't have to work at it,' said Baranski. 'My mother was a tough old broad. And I swear when I watch myself play Agnes, I just see my mom with her glass of Seagram 7 crown.' As for Bertha, 'She's pretty single-minded,' said Coon. 'We know she's determined to marry off Gladys. I'll say without spoiling anything, Bertha usually does get her way. But it doesn't mean there aren't consequences to that.' Coon defends Bertha's single-mindededness in marrying off her daughter. 'She understands the world is not set up for Gladys, and that if Gladys hopes to have any power or influence — the power and influence Bertha would wish to have — she has to be married in a very particular way, married well,' said Coon. 'Because I think what Bertha understands is that you can have puppy love and have a lovely time, but that will not sustain you for 35 years. So I have a lot of respect for what Bertha wants for Gladys, and I do believe it's loving. Does she go about it in a way that seems a little bit blunt? Perhaps. But I do believe she understands something about the world that she wants her daughter to be not just safe but fulfilled.' That's another theme of the third season — the collision between social and business forces that was happening at the time. 'How many women born at a different time would have been running places? And what do you do with that energy?' said Coon. 'Well, you put it into your kids because that's the only place you're allowed to put it.' Added Baranski, 'The men were busy earning money and making money and creating this capitalistic society, but it was the women who were spending the money and creating the culture of the Gilded Age. You could say it was completely over the top and indulgent in income inequality, except that they did create cultural institutions that last to this day. And the robber barons, whatever we think of them, they financed cultural institutions, which is not really true today with our tech barons and our current oligarchs. 'Shame on them for not supporting the arts.' Speaking of robber barons, 'George's story of the season is trying to build the transcontinental railroad,' said Spector. 'I think there's something actually fundamentally relatable about George, even though because of the scale on which he acts, there's a monstrousness to a lot of what he does.' Said Baranski, 'I have to say you are a man on a mission, and these robber barons, they got a lot done.' 'So did Mussolini,' quipped Spector. New cast members will join this season, including Merritt Wever as Bertha's sister, Bill Camp as J.P. Morgan, Andrea Martin as a medium, and Lisagay Hamilton as the suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. 'The thing that I most was gratified by was I had not seen Black middle- and upper-class communities represented in this period,' said Coon. 'The history of that is so fraught because of the way those neighborhoods were bulldozed to make Central Park. And the fact that we see these black actors in their joy, having a ball, getting paired off, with their own history, and yet existing still in a world where Bertha Russell isn't going to look at you, or acknowledge that you're there, to me that's one of the most thrilling parts of the show. To get to see that world sort of brought to life in this Gilded Age period is just something we haven't really seen before. I always thrill to those moments in the story.' Spector acknowledged that the show has been criticized for having 'a lot of drama, but no stakes,' said Spector. 'But there's a real subtle wit in cutting from being in the South, with Denée [Benton]'s character, to then being in our drawing rooms. The show has a kind of ironic wit about it because of that that I think it would lack otherwise.' And while Agnes can be such a 'bitch,' as Baranski acknowledged, she does think she has a point. 'Things will really go awry if you only think in terms of material existence,' she said. 'So I think her heart and her mind and her ethics are very much in the right place, as stubborn as she is. One of the reasons I'd love this show to continue is because I think there is such an exploration to be done in terms of the corruption that goes on, the buying of government influence, and the grotesque displays of wealth sending women into a spaceship.' Joked Spector, 'Christine, you're a firework.' Best of GoldDerby 'I cried a lot': Rob Delaney on the heart and humor in FX's 'Dying for Sex' — and Neighbor Guy's kick in the 'zone' TV directors roundtable: 'American Primeval,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' 'Paradise' 'Paradise' directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on the 'chaos' of crafting 'the world coming to an end' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘It's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover': Christine Baranski on her surging career in her 70s
It's hard to think of two more different characters on television right now than the unapologetically uptight Agnes van Rhijn on The Gilded Age and the unapologetically outspoken Victoria on Nine Perfect Strangers. And the woman playing them both couldn't be happier about it. More from GoldDerby 'One of the things that made it so special was that it wasn't for everyone': 'The Leftovers' EPs and cast on the show's legacy David E. Kelley on the secret of his prolific career: 'Don't ever assume you're smarter than the audience' 'I'm glad I'm still alive': Jon Hamm and John Slattery on 'Mad Men,' 10 years later Christine Baranski has made a career out of scene-stealing performances, from Cybill to The Good Wife, and was recently recognized by the ATX TV Festival with its annual Achievement in TV eXcellence Award. Baranski trained at Juilliard with the dream of being a great theater actor, but then found a mid-life renaissance when she was offered the role of Cybill Shepherd's martini-swilling, sharp-tonuged best friend in Cybill, which earned her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the first season. 'Nobody really starts a Hollywood career in their 40s, but I did,' she said. That then launched her into a 13-year run as the formidable Diane Lockhart on The Good Fight and The Good Wife. 'How did I get so lucky that my first writer that when I took the jump into television was Chuck Lorre?' marveled Baranski, who also credited Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight, The Good Wife) and Julian Fellowes (The Gilded Age) for giving her great material to work with. 'You're looking at one very, very lucky dame.' SEEChristine Baranski ('The Good Fight') feels 'genuine sense of pride' about 'dangerous,' 'emotional' series finale [Exclusive Video Interview] Baranski praised Lorre for giving Maryann witty one-liners unlike she'd ever seen before on television. 'I knew how to deliver those lines because I had done Neil Simon, I had done Tom Stoppard. I'd done Terrence McNally,' she said.' I knew how to do that one-liner thing, but I'd never read a pilot where I thought, 'You know, it's going to be commensurate with theater writing.'' And then the role of Diane arrived. 'I said to the Kings many times, 'Let's avoid the stereotypes about women. Let's avoid the stereotype that just because she's the head of a law firm and she doesn't have children and she's not married, can we just avoid like playing her like she's an unhappy bitch?'' said Baranski. 'I'm proud of the fact that Diane Lockhart was something of a breakthrough. OK, she gets dressed for work, she looks fabulous, and at the end of the day she can drink scotch with the guys and go toe to toe with the men. She's not angry at men. She likes men.' Wearing Diane's high heels impacted Baranski personally as well. 'I always felt like I aspired to be Diane Lockhart,' she said. 'It was a learning curve for me. I was glad to play that character for 13 years because I think I was learning how to be a woman in power.' As for the infamous slap at the end of The Good Wife, she said she avoids social media, 'so I guess there was a big reaction,' she acknowledged. Her concern, though, was more with the performance. 'I didn't want to hurt Julianna [Margulies], for one thing,' she said. 'In terms of the acting moment, I think Alicia had lost her moral compass, and how she manipulated my husband and me, it was ruthless and horrible. For me, the slap was just, 'Wake up.' So it was easy for me. It wasn't a bitch slap.' The end of The Good Fight actually overlapped with the launch of The Gilded Age — a deal Baranski actually had to step in and negotiate for herself, with a letter sent to the head of CBS at the time asking to be allowed to do both, even though she was locked into a contract with CBS. An exception was made — although she was told to be discreet at the time — and then COVID wreaked havoc with the shooting schedule so the productions coincided. 'That was really, really challenging, but you know, I call it a champagne problem.' Signing on for Nine Perfect Strangers was a far easier deal to make — she agreed without even seeing a script, once she knew it was shooting in Europe and costarring Nicole Kidman. 'I've been making the joke in press that it seems like it's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover — otherwise, I don't show up,' she quipped. And now in her 70s, with her choice of roles, she admits she's changed her mind about television. 'Television can open our minds and our hearts,' she said. 'The theater's great if you can afford a theater ticket and get to a play, but you turn on your screen in your living room and the world can open up and your consciousness can open up if it's good writing, and there's so much good writing now.' Best of GoldDerby 'I cried a lot': Rob Delaney on the heart and humor in FX's 'Dying for Sex' — and Neighbor Guy's kick in the 'zone' TV directors roundtable: 'American Primeval,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' 'Paradise' 'Paradise' directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on the 'chaos' of crafting 'the world coming to an end' Click here to read the full article.
