‘Bookie’ Co-Creator Chuck Lorre Wants To Continue Exploring This Morally Gray World
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 2 of Bookie.] Summary Season 2 of the Max series 'Bookie' follows a veteran bookie and his ex-NFL football player friend, dealing with legalizing sports gambling and challenging clients. Show co-creator…
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“Loads of the Story Was Abstracted”: Editor Irfan Van Tuijl on Mad Bills to Pay
Still from Mad Bills to Pay. Joel Alfonso Vargas has adapted his short May It Go Beautifully for You, Rico into the feature-length Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo), part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s…
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‘The Night Agent’s Showrunner on Peter’s Emotional Scars and What’s To Come in Season 3
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of The Night Agent.] Summary In the Netflix series 'The Night Agent,' Peter Sutherland faces increasing paranoia and stress due to the challenges of being a Night Agent. Season 3…
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“We Wanted to Get Across a Sense of the Overbearing Heat”: DP Rufai Ajala on Mad Bills to Pay
Still from Mad Bills to Pay. Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) is director Joel Alfonso Vargas’s feature adaptation of his short film May it Go Beautifully for You, Rico. The film follows Rico, his family…
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The Queens of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Promised an “Unforgettable” Season 17
The time has come for a brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race! Now celebrating its seventeenth season of the flagship franchise, fourteen sickening queens are about to show the world why they have the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent…
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“There Are No Good Harnesses, Clips and Clamps That Keep a Drone on a Dog”: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady on Their Sundance Doc Premiere, Folktales
Still from Folktales. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. For Jesus Camp and Detropia directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, a film can be born from the most inconspicuous of things, like something they have overheard, or a phrase that stayed with…
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Rebecca Wisocky on Hetty’s Power, Relationship Surprises, and What’s Ahead in ‘Ghosts’ Season 4
Over four seasons, Rebecca Wisocky has made Ghosts’ Lady of the House, Hetty Woodstone, one of the most simultaneously silly and dramatic characters on television. From helping her great great great niece with dicey business advice from beyond the grave…
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“I Just Wanted to Make Art with My Friends”: Producers Luke Patton & Joe Camerota on Didn’t Die
Still from Didn't Die. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. In Meera Menon’s Sundance Midnights selection Didn’t Die, a podcast host in a post-apocalyptic finds herself faced by challenges both familial and professional. Didn’t Die was produced by Menon; her husband, co-writer, VFX supervisor…
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Jared Douglas Battles Misconceptions Toward Loggers on ‘The Last Woodsmen’
Discovery Channel has been host to an array of heavy-hitting docuseries that tackle unique worlds and industries. Like Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush before it comes The Last Woodsmen. Taking viewers into the unique industry of logging, The Last Woodsmen…
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“The Story Is Like a Lot of My Peers, Friends and Family”: Director Rashad Frett On His Sundance Competition Drama, Ricky
Image from Ricky. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Rashad Frett arrives at Sundance with his debut feature, Ricky, following work as a combat medic, a stint in business school, and directing an independent TV pilot he called “a Connecticut version of…
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'Common Side Effects' Creators on Their Adult Swim Show & Our Broken Health Care System
'Common Side Effects' co-creators Joe Bennett and Steve Hely break down their incredible new Adult Swim comedy thriller and how it speaks to our times. It premieres Feb. 2 on @AdultSwim and next day on Max. Disclaimer: This story is…
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Corinne Olympios Keeps It Hot in the Kitchen on ‘Worst Cooks in America’
First, she was in a house with villains. Now, she's living it up in a kitchen with a stacked lineup of villains on the latest season of Worst Cooks in America. Though she may have been painted as a villain…
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