Interview

Director

Showrunner Kahane Cooperman on Amazon’s The New Yorker Presents

The New Yorker Presents, a 10-episode half-hour series that debuted February 16 on Amazon Prime, brings the venerable magazine, The New Yorker, to life through a cinematic smorgasbord of short documentaries, narrative films, poetry readings, animated spots and more based on the publication’s content. Produced by award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Condé Nast Entertainment, The New Yorker Presents boasts a distinguished crew and cast,

By  |  March 2, 2016

Interview

Actor

All Hail the Camera Operator in new Game of Thrones Season 6 Featurette

Game of Thrones stars Sean Savage, Ben Wilson, David Morgan, and David Worley are prominent figures in this new featurette HBO has just released. No, you've never heard of them, but these camera operators are crucial members of the GOT production team. You can think of the camera operator as a translator between what the director sees in his head and what you and I see on our screens.

By  |  March 1, 2016

Interview

Costume Designer

Girlfriends’ Guide Divorce‘s Costume Designer – Part 2

In Part 1 of our discussion with award winning costume designer Cynthia Summers, we discussed how Summers made her way from Vancouver, British Columbia to defining the style for such iconic shows as The L Word and Bones.

Here we will focus on Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, the hit series on Bravo.  Our conversation with Cynthia Summers is slightly edited for length.

By  |  February 23, 2016

Interview

Costume Designer

Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce‘s Costume Designer Cynthia Ann Summers

Much of our image of contemporary fashion and style and its link to a specific geography has been shaped by film and television. For New York, the iconic television series Sex and the City created a look that sustains to this day. For L.A., it has been Showtime’s breakthrough series, The L Word, and now the Bravo television hit, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.

By  |  February 23, 2016

Interview

Actor, Producer, Screenwriter

Judd Apatow Brings the Love to Netflix

The warts and all view of relationships we know and love from Judd Apatow’s comedies is set to become bingeable with today’s premiere of his Netflix series Love. Love follows dorky nice guy Gus (Paul Rust) and freewheeling tough girl Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) as they embark on a relationship. The half hour comedy series was created, written and executive produced by Apatow, Rust and Lesley Arfin. It was originally conceived as a film by husband and wife team Rust and Arfin (who was a writer on the Apatow-produced Girls) and Apatow helped them develop it into a TV rom-com about a slow-burning romance.

By  |  February 19, 2016
Game of Thrones Season 6 Teaser Toys With Fate of Jon Snow (Again)

It's the first and last question every Game of Thrones fan has had since season five ended with Jon Snow being knifed by his very own Night's Watch brothers—is the bastard of Winterfell really dead? As we've written before, HBO has masterfully teased out the "Is he or isn't he" question since last season ended, and with season 6 premiering on April 24, we'll finally have our answer soon.

By  |  February 16, 2016
Watch the First Four Minutes of The Walking Dead Mid-Season Premiere

If you just can’t wait until this Sunday, AMC has released the first four minutes of The Walking Dead’s mid-season premiere. Titled “No Way Out” (couldn’t this be the title for 90% of the episodes?), the premiere will focus on Rick and co.’s attempts to march out of Alexandria disguised as walkers when a “sudden noise draws walkers towards them with what could be fatal consequences.” 

The cast has already hinted at a major character’s death in these final eight episodes of season 6.

By  |  February 11, 2016

Interview

Actor

Jane Fonda Honored With The Coolidge Award for Excellence in Film

After a career spanning 1960 to the present, Jane Fonda may be entitled to be called an icon or Hollywood royalty. But when the two-time Oscar winner, author, heath and fitness entrepreneur, activist and humanitarian was in Boston recently to be feted by the independent, non-profit Coolidge Corner Theater, she was the opposite of regal.

Yes, Fonda dressed in elegant, bejeweled black and exuded a classy professionalism. But she engaged with audiences at a fundraising dinner and at 

By  |  February 10, 2016

Interview

Actor

Check Out the Full-Length Trailer for Fuller House

The first full-length trailer for Netflix’s Fuller House is here, transporting us back to the ‘90s – an era that seems so much more sane, even if at the time it surely didn't.

Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber visited Ellen this morning and following a discussion with the talk show icon, shared an exclusive new clip. The trailer reunites most of the original Tanner clan (plus Kimmy Gibbler) and welcomes a few new faces (Kimmy’s daughter and DJ’s sons to mention but a few). 

By  |  February 9, 2016
Whales in Space? New Star Wars Rebels Clip Says YES

In this new clip from the Star Wars Rebels episode “The Call,” your beloved Ghost crew, led by Ezra and Kanan, are in a part of deep space that Captain Ahab and Ishmael may have felt at home in ("Moby-Dick" reference, y'all)—if those aren't space whales, then honestly what could a space whale possibly be? 

For those of you not obsessed with "Moby-Dick," there's a reason Melville picked the sperm whale as his titular monster (aside from hearing the reports of the whaleship Essex,

By  |  February 9, 2016
February Party TV: From the Super Bowl to the Oscars

The month may be short, but February is the biggest month of the year for television gatherings. Sunday night kicked off a month of small screen festivities as American audiences joined together in a celebration of wings and chili in what will be, when the chip dust settles, this year’s most watched night on television – Super Bowl 50. From the Broncos stingy defense to that guy wiping sweat off Chris Martin's forehead, Coldplay's lead singer, with a rainbow print hankie,

By  |  February 9, 2016

Interview

Props

Lightsabers, James Bond’s Aston Martin and Scarlett Johansson: Your Friday Video Roundup

From James Bond’s car to StarWars.com’s list of the 10 best lightsabers, we’ve got your Friday video roundup here. 

Yesterday, StarWars.com’s editorial staff released this video of their ranking of the 10 best lightsabers in the galaxy—do you agree with their assessment?

Oh James, you should have thought of this before you got behind the wheel of your tricked-out Aston Martin in Spectre.

By  |  February 5, 2016

Interview

Special/Visual Effects

Star Wars, The Revenant & Game of Thrones Shine at Visual Effects Society Awards

A bear, a dragon and a scavenger from Jakku walk into a bar. This start to a bad joke also functions as a decent (okay, not really) summation of the big winners at the 14th Annual VES Awards, the annual celebration that recognizes the real people behind the surreal, photoreal, and out-of-this-world visual effects that are such a huge part of the entertainment industry. The now infamous bear attack suffered by Hugh Glass (Leonadro DiCaprio) in The Revenant won the Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature.

By  |  February 5, 2016
The Walking Dead Drops New Teaser, Hints at Major Character’s Death

After a mid-season hiatus, The Walking Dead returns on February 14 with the final eight episodes of season 6.  Let's take a quick walk down memory lane, then we'll get to the new teaser in which a certain beloved character hints at a major death.

Seth Gilliam as Father Gabriel – The Walking Dead. Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC​

When we last left Rick Grimes'

By  |  February 4, 2016
Star Wars: Episode VIII‘s Connection to Game of Thrones & More

Let’s see how much Star Wars: Episode VIII news we can pack into this post. 

The Star Wars: Episode VIII & Game of Thrones connection…

No, we're not talking about the news that GOT's Gwendoline Christie, who had a small role in The Force Awakens as Captain Phasma, is back for Episode VIII, but we might as well start there.

By  |  February 3, 2016

Interview

Actor

HBO’s Animals Trailer Reveals a new Breed of Comedy

The Duplass Brothers, Mark and Jay, are on fire. The second season of Togetherness, the brothers’ hit couples-centric dramedy (drama-comedy) television series for HBO, will premiere on February 21 – starring Mark. Jay can be seen in the critically acclaimed, Emmy nominated Amazon Prime Original comedy-drama series, Transparent.

Last week their “Duplass Brothers Production” released the trailer for what will certainly be their next success,

By  |  February 2, 2016

Interview

Actor

Actor Alex Jennings On The Lady in the Van, his New Netflix Show & More

Alex Jennings is no stranger to playing real-life characters on stage or on screen. He was Prince Charles in Stephen Frears’s 2006 movie The Queen with Helen Mirren and is playing The Duke of Windsor in Peter Morgan’s upcoming 10-episode series The Crown for Netflix — a role that just might make this longtime star of the British stage better known to audiences stateside.

The Duke of Windsor became King Edward VIII 

By  |  January 27, 2016
Behold the Bleak Game of Thrones Season 6 Teasers

By the end of season five, things were bad for just about every major house in Westeros. The major players in the Starks, Lannisters and Targaryens houses spent season five in various states of mutilation, rebellion and exile. And now with three new teasers, GOT is reminding us just how bad things truly are for these once proud Westeros powerhouses.  

For the Starks, when have things not been bad?

By  |  January 25, 2016

Interview

Actor, Screenwriter

10 Episodes to Get Caught up on the X-Files Before Sunday’s Premiere

Thanks to its hefty publicity campaign, you’re probably aware that Fox has announced an official revival of the beloved science fiction show X-Files. And while reboots might strike fear in the hearts of many, this ground-breaking, well-reviewed and highly-rated show seems fitting, considering it changed the landscape of television before the cable explosion and putting the network on the map. It premieres this Sunday, January 24, at 10ET/7PT. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SmJUBT5q0

Most importantly,

By  |  January 22, 2016
You Can Watch SyFy’s The Magicians Pilot

Syfy's been in a giving mood. During Christmas, they shared an early look at the pilot episode for their new fantasy series The Magicians. Don't worry if you missed it, because SyFy has just put the pilot online for your viewing pleasure. 

Here's a quick primer: The Magicians is based on the trilogy of novels by Lev Grossman, critical and commercial hits. The series followed Quentin Coldwater (it's impossible not to describe him as a grownup Harry Potter),

By  |  January 19, 2016