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Mint
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Domhnall Gleeson reveals John Krasinskis 'big advice' before taking on The Office spinoff
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Domhnall Gleeson seems to have revealed the "big advice" he got from John Krasinski before joining The Office spinoff, The Paper. The 42-year-old Irish actor, while speaking to People, said Krasinski -- who played Jim Halpert in the original hit comedy -- encouraged him to take the role without hesitation. "He was wonderful. I mean, his big advice that he gave me was to do it," Gleeson told People. Gleeson went on to share that Steve Carell, another star from The Office, supported his decision too. "And the same with Steve Carell, another just wonderful actor who I'd worked with before. And their advice was, if it's Greg Daniels, you should do it because getting to work with him is a treat that not many people get to have," he added. "And I'm so happy I did it because I think we have something really lovely. So I'm thrilled with it," he further added. Gleeson also shared that hearing such positive things from both actors made a big difference. "I mean, I like to think I would've got there on my own anyway, but certainly if [John] and Steve had been like, 'Don't do it, it's a nightmare,' I would've hightailed it, but they could not have been more positive about it, and I'm delighted I listened to them," said the actor. Earlier this month, NBC announced that The Paper will premiere in September on Peacock. According to People, the new mockumentary-style show follows the team at a struggling Midwestern newspaper called The Truth Teller. Gleeson stars alongside The White Lotus actress Sabrina Impacciatore, with The Office's Oscar Nunez returning as Oscar Martinez. At NBC's Upfronts in May, Gleeson described the cast as "a wonderful ensemble of underdog characters that are banding together to keep journalism alive." (ANI)
Forbes
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
ESPN Debuts Women-Led Sports Show ‘Vibe Check' On Disney+
When sports broadcasters Elle Duncan, Andraya Carter and Chiney Ogwumike took the stage May 14 for Disney's Upfronts presentation announcing new programming, it marked a new era for ESPN—one led by women. The trio of ESPN veterans announced they will anchor Vibe Check, a new studio show launching on Disney+ in late June. In a media landscape still dominated by male viewpoints, Vibe Check will bring women's voice to the forefront, showcasing sports analysis and conversations on their terms. 'Sports is the great equalizer,' Mike Foss, ESPN's senior vice president of Sports Studio & Entertainment, said. 'Women play sports. Men play sports. Women are fans of sports. They talk about sports.' Vibe Check's arrival comes at an explosive time for women's sports. ESPN viewers spent 54% more time watching women's sports in 2023, including WNBA, college basketball, gymnastics and volleyball, Duncan said at the Upfronts launch. Vibe Check will offer three episodes a week, ranging from about 30-45 minutes, providing analysis, behind-the-scenes access and informed opinions across all sports. It joins SC+ on the Disney+ platform, which launched March 3 as a daily digital version of SportsCenter. 'There's been a ton of energy around ESPN programming within Disney+,' Foss said. 'In those collaborations with Disney, they wanted more original programming, and specifically sports programming within studio. The idea emanated both from the great traction that SC+ has received, along with our ability to deliver high-quality sports studio programming.' While Duncan, Carter and Ogwumike are the show's primary hosts, Foss Vibe Check will feature many of ESPN other respected female voices, including Hannah Storm, Laura Rutledge and Holly Rowe. Topics for the show will reflect the hosts' connection with and commitment to women's sports, but Foss said Vibe Check will be more broadly focused and curated around its panelists' interests in all sports. 'If there's an opportunity, and seasonally speaking it's relevant to discuss women's volleyball, we're absolutely going to fit that in,' Foss said. 'Right now, the WNBA season just began, so if we were to do a show today, that's going to be basketball heavy. 'It's looking at the sports calendar and being able to measure the events that are resonating with fans.' The decision to anchor the show with women might generate some skepticism, but Foss said the show is rooted in the talent and interests among ESPN's anchors and analysts. 'The thesis behind the show is not rooted in a gimmick,' he said. 'We have people who are passionate about sports, and my belief is that you put those people in positions to showcase their passion and their authenticity.' While the launch of a new talk-format show may be questioned at a time that legacy panels like 'Around the Horn' are being sunsetted, Foss said the interest in sports has never been higher. 'Fandom is at an all time high,' he said. 'The vessels that we create to reflect that need to be a reflection of the time that we're in right now.' ESPN's goal now is to match the level of fandom with offerings that meet consumers where they are and where they are going. That includes a future focused on direct-to-consumer offerings and a commitment to digital on-demand engagement. 'It's being in tune to your audience and understanding what your audience wants,' he said. 'For me, it's creating [shows] with the right inputs and lessons that we've learned along the way but then being very open to what it could become.'
Business Upturn
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
The Diplomat Season 3: Release date speculation, cast and plot details – Everything we know so far
By Aman Shukla Published on May 19, 2025, 18:30 IST Last updated May 19, 2025, 11:48 IST Netflix's gripping political drama The Diplomat has captivated audiences with its intense storytelling and stellar performances. With Season 2 leaving fans on edge, anticipation for The Diplomat Season 3 is at an all-time high. Here's everything we know so far about the release date, cast, and plot details for the upcoming season. The Diplomat Season 3 Release Date Speculation While Netflix has confirmed that The Diplomat Season 3 will premiere in 2025, an exact release date remains under wraps. Several reports indicate a likely debut in Fall 2025, aligning with Netflix's announcement during its annual Upfronts presentation. The Diplomat Season 3 Cast: Who's Returning? The core cast of The Diplomat is set to return. Expected cast members for Season 3 include: Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, the skilled but embattled U.S. ambassador to the UK. Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, Kate's husband and a cunning political player. David Gyasi as Austin Dennison, the UK Foreign Secretary. Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn, whose role expands in Season 3. Bradley Whitford, a new addition, playing Grace Penn's husband, reuniting with Janney for a dynamic on-screen pairing. The Diplomat Season 3 Potential Plot While specific plot details for The Diplomat Season 3 are scarce to avoid spoilers, the show is known for its intricate blend of political intrigue, personal drama, and global crises. Season 2 ended with significant cliffhangers, leaving Kate Wyler navigating treacherous diplomatic waters and personal betrayals. Season 3 is expected to pick up these threads. Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
7 new shows with the most Emmy potential after Upfronts
You've probably heard about several new shows this week. Upfronts—the mid-May period when networks pitch their new offerings to advertisers—wrapped up on Wednesday. And while the list of new projects isn't as robust as it once was in today's fractured media landscape, a handful of titles unveiled this week—whether newly announced or accompanied by fresh footage (most trailers shown to advertisers haven't been publicly released yet)—do sound promising. And if everything works out, maybe they'll find themselves on the doorstep of the Emmys in a year's time (or later). Here are seven shows from Upfronts that have the most Emmy potential. More from GoldDerby 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' revival finds new slayer, HBO's 'Task' trailer, Anna Sawai joins hot A24 crime thriller, and more news 'It keeps me on my toes': 'St. Denis Medical' star Allison Tolman on walking a fine line between zany and 'incredibly heartfelt' 'Forever' creator Mara Brock Akil on updating Judy Blume - and finding 'real intimacy' - in the age of social media (HBO) The last two times Mark Ruffalo worked with HBO? He won an Emmy both times. The last time Brad Ingelsby worked with HBO? Three of his actors won Emmys. So what we're saying is Task has the makings of an Emmy success. Ingelsby, who created Mare of Easttown, returns to the Philadelphia suburbs with this limited series about an FBI agent (Ruffalo) who heads a Task Force to end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey). Let's hope Kate Winslet shows up at the end to start an initiative. Task premieres in September. Disney/Daniel Delgado (Hulu) Glen Powell's football comedy will finally, uh, kick off on Sept. 30. Based on the character created by Eli Manning on Eli's Places, the series stars Powell as Russ Holliday, a quarterback who believes his career has been nuked and subsequently disguises himself as Chad Powers to join a college team. Powell, who won a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the Hidden Figures cast, has been the It Guy of the moment for several years now and feels like he's on the precipice of individual industry recognition, so Chad Powers could be thing that opens the floodgates. If nothing else, he seems like a solid bet for a Golden Globe nomination at least. Scott Gries/NBC (NBC) The 30 Rock gang is back. Well, sort of. Producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock are reuniting with Tracy Morgan for their own comedy about a disgraced football star. Morgan plays the titular running back, who plans to rehabilitate his image to enter the Hall of Fame. Daniel Radcliffe plays the filmmaker who moves in with him to document the journey. The pedigree is there — Fey and Carlock have 12 Emmys combined — for voters to bite. Of note, however: Neither has been nominated since 2020, for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend (in which Radcliffe appeared). Fey could break that duck this year with The Four Seasons. Reggie Dinkins, which could air as early as the fall, being a network series could hurt it — Fey and Carlock's Mr. Mayor for NBC was overlooked by the TV Academy — but NBC did produce a Best Comedy Actor nominee just four years ago with Kenan Thompson for Kenan. NBC (Peacock) Not to be confused with the Ron Howard film of the same name, The Paper, which premieres in September, is the Office spinoff that is not set at a paper company but a (news)paper. Created by Office showrunner Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, The Paper is a mockumentary chronicling the offices of a fledgling Ohio newspaper called The Truth Teller. Domhnall Gleeson stars alongside The White Lotus Emmy nominee Sabrina Impacciatore, while The Office's Oscar Núñez reprises his role as Oscar Martinez. The Office "only" won five Emmys from 42 nominations during its nine-season run, including Best Comedy Series in 2006, but it has remained a pop culture fave, so don't be surprised if The Paper hits. Peacock has also already tasted Emmy gold with wins for The Traitors and Judith Light (Poker Face). Eli Ade/MGM (Prime Video) The Creed-verse is expanding into TV. Produced by Michael B. Jordan, Delphi is set at the titular boxing gym and will focus on the young athletes training in the ring. Marco Ramírez (La Máquina) will serve as showrunner as well as executive producer. No word yet on a release date. The Creed films have been huge successes, and if Delphi lands (a punch), Emmy voters might take notice too. In terms of the film trilogy's Oscar record, Sylvester Stallone received the franchise's sole nomination for his supporting turn in the first film. Leon Bennett/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Untitled Dan Levy comedy (Netflix) Move over, Roses. Dan Levy is back with another small-screen family. The four-time Emmy winner — all for Schitt's Creek — will star in, executive-produce, and serve as showrunner for a new comedy about "two deeply incapable siblings who are blackmailed into the world of organized crime." Taylor Ortega (The Four Seasons, Another Simple Favor) and four-time Emmy champ Laurie Metcalf will star alongside him. The series is co-created by Levy and Rachel Sennott. Production on the eight episodes begin later this year, so it's unclear when the series will air, but this is Levy's first major series since Schitt's Creek swept the Emmys in 2020. Michael Buckner for Variety (Fox) Of Fox's three new scripted series, Memory of a Killer, which premieres midsesaon, sounds the most intriguing. Inspired by the Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer (La Memoire Du Tueur), the thriller follows a hitman who develops early onset Alzheimer's. Patrick Dempsey is making his TV return in the lead role and is looking for his Emmy nomination since 2001 for Once and Again (no, he was never nominated for Grey's Anatomy). The series' broadcast home could hold it back. The last time Fox generated a Best Drama Actor nominee was in 2011 for House star Hugh Laurie. But broadcast did earn a win in the category in the past decade, when Sterling K. Brown prevailed for NBC's This Is Us in 2017. Will Memory of a Killer be as big as This Is Us though? Best of GoldDerby 'I do think that I burned down the cabin': How 'Yellowjackets' star Steven Krueger pulled off Coach Ben's mental and physical decline 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' star Charles Edwards on his tragic death scene: 'He did single-handedly withstand Sauron' 'It keeps me on my toes': 'St. Denis Medical' star Allison Tolman on walking a fine line between zany and 'incredibly heartfelt' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Forever' creator Mara Brock Akil on updating Judy Blume — and finding ‘real intimacy' — in the age of social media
Since its publication in 1975, Judy Blume's young adult novel Forever... has stirred controversy for its frank exploration of teenage sexuality. By the same token, it's been an important touchstone for young readers navigating the thorny terrain of first love. It was an important book for Mara Brock Akil, a TV veteran who has re-interpreted it for Netflix for a new adolescent audience. "Judy Blume was a first for me as a reader," Akil tells Gold Derby. "I think I became a writer because I was a reader first, and I was immersed in her world." Forever, which explores two teenagers navigating sex and intimacy for the first time, had a particular impact on Akil and her friends because "someone was willing to tell us the truth." Blume's book served as "our modern-day internet" for its young readers, explaining love, dating, and everything that comes with it. So when Blume finally made her work available for adaptation, "my middle-school hand just flew up in the air." More from GoldDerby Adam Scott, Ben Stiller, Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette and every 'Severance' Emmy submission 7 new shows with the most Emmy potential after Upfronts 'I do think that I burned down the cabin': How 'Yellowjackets' star Steven Krueger pulled off Coach Ben's mental and physical decline Yet when Akil saw the list of books Blume was willing to lend out to filmmakers, the producer was dismayed to see Forever wasn't on it. "Judy thought perhaps it was a little past its time," Akil recalls, "that the children today had moved way beyond where the book was." And in a way, Blume is right. "You can find anything and everything on the internet these days," Akil says, "but what's still missing, and maybe missing even more, is deeper connection, real intimacy, honesty." At a time when an abundance of technology has led to "an epidemic of loneliness," Akil thought, "what we need now more than ever is connection and love," and to help "young people navigate that part of the story." Akil's version of Forever places the story in 2018 Los Angeles, centering it on Black teenagers Keisha Clark (Lovie Simone) and Justin Edwards (Michael Cooper Jr.). Akil mined inspiration not just from her own adolescence, but from raising her own teenage son. From that observation came an understanding that for as much as things change, they stay the same. "At the end of the day, most love stories are about miscommunication," Akil explains. "It's just about what are the obstacles in that miscommunication." In the case of today, it's cell phone, the internet, and social media. "One minute it can connect you, and the next minute it can devastate you. Whether it be true or not, you feel like your life is on a global stage, that any mistake you make, your life is over." At the same time, "there's ways in which it can bring you together." The phone provides an important connection for Keisha and Justin, who feel out of place at the almost exclusively white public schools their parents have sent them to. Setting the story in 2018, Akil places it between the murders of Trayvon Martin and George Floyd, which heightened the sense of angst not just for Keisha and Justin, but for their parents as well. The "catastrophic parenting styles" within Keisha and Justin's households stems from a worry about whether "the kid was going to come home or not," Akil explains. That fear, in turn, "is creating unneeded and unnecessary anxiety within their relationship." All of these elements "are the interesting things that help this plot flourish around that very simple premise of miscommunication in a love story, and us rooting for them to finally get on the same page because we see that they're good for each other." That rooting factor hinges upon casting the right leads, and Akil found them in Simone and Cooper Despite her youth, Simone has a fairly robust resume that includes Greenleaf, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and Manhunt. "She's been working at her craft as an actress for a long time," Akil says of Simone, who just earned a Gotham nomination for her performance in Forever. Pairing her with Cooper, a relative newcomer who has been "waiting to get in the game," turned out to be "magic." To bring out the best in her young stars, Akil turned to Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Regina King, who has "given us such layered, beautiful, nuanced characters" throughout her acting career, and could do the same as a director. Having someone with experience both in front of and behind the camera was crucial to helping the stars feel comfortable. That was crucial for the sex scenes, which required "a language that felt honest to the story, and not distracting." Akil is the creator of such TV hits as Girlfriend, The Game, and Being Mary Jane. She earned her first Emmy nomination in 2024 for producing the documentary Stamped from the Beginning. Although her work has primarily centered on black characters, Akil finds that ultimately, she's just writing about people. "The majority of us wake up every morning not thinking about our race, our gender, our orientation," she states. "We think about how near and far am I to my dreams?" In the case of Forever, Keisha and Justin are "old enough to start thinking about their future as it relates to college," but at the same time are concerned with "who loves me? Who's thinking about me throughout the day?" Those everyday problems "are some of the most dramatic ideas in most people's lives." Ultimately, Akil believes that "the best way we get to know ourselves, and figure out who we are, is when we can find safe, loving relationships that allow us to carve out more of who we are, and to lead us back to our higher selves." When it comes to Keisha and Justin, "these two young people made a good choice in choosing each other," because it "freed them of themselves to get closer to who they are." All eight episodes of Forever Season 1 are streaming on Netflix. SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby 'I do think that I burned down the cabin': How 'Yellowjackets' star Steven Krueger pulled off Coach Ben's mental and physical decline 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' star Charles Edwards on his tragic death scene: 'He did single-handedly withstand Sauron' 'It keeps me on my toes': 'St. Denis Medical' star Allison Tolman on walking a fine line between zany and 'incredibly heartfelt' Click here to read the full article.
