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Viola Davis was 'terrified' playing Michelle Obama in Showtime's 'First Lady'

Viola Davis doesn't come across as an actor who's easily intimidated. So it's a bit surprising to hear her reveal how daunted she was by the task of playing Michelle Obama in "The First Lady," which celebrates the life of three White House icons.

Tribune News Service

Showtime series skims the surface of three compelling women’s stories in ‘The First Lady’

The writing is often clunky, obvious and filled with Big Picture Messaging, and too many of the supporting characters are one-note caricatures.

Chicago Sun-Times

The First Lady review – star-studded series is a third-rate disappointment

The series on three first ladies falls flat despite a stacked cast, including Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt

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Viola Davis opens up about weight gain post-pandemic

‘I turn 56 and I don’t know what fits anymore’

The Independent UK

‘The past does not define you’: a gang member turned activist looks back

Lorine Padilla, former ‘first lady’ of New York’s Savage Skulls gang, reflects on her life in a new documentary about strength and adversity

The Guardian - US

Bellator 277: Ex-champ Rafael Carvalho steps in for Tony Johnson vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov

Next week's Bellator return to its Northern California home base has a former champion as a late addition to the lineup.

USA Today Sports Media Group

With Jeremy Kennedy out, Aaron Pico needs new opponent for Bellator 277

The first fight on Aaron Pico's new Bellator deal won't come without a hiccup.

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Television Q&A: Will there be another season of 'City on a Hill'?

You have questions. I have some answers.

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‘Yellowjackets’ star Liv Hewson adores Van just as much as we do

“I just wanna make sure she’s okay,” Hewson says of the lovable goalie who became a queer icon on Showtime’s hit show.

Mic

Christina Ricci Returns To The Addams Family In Tim Burton-Directed Netflix Series 'Wednesday'

Christina Ricci is back in the Addams Family franchise via the new Tim Burton-directed Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) series “Wednesday,” although not as the creepy and kooky clan’s morose daughter.

Benzinga

What to stream: Follow 'Bridgerton' Season 2 binge with these shows

Season 2 of Netflix’s smash hit series “Bridgerton” hits the streaming service on Friday, and we could all use a dose of the frothy, frilly fantasy right about now. Produced by Shonda Rhimes and created by Chris Van Dusen, the series is based on the books by Julia Quinn, set…

Tribune News Service

Jake Paul could sign with new broadcaster for summer boxing return

YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul had been fighting on Showtime Boxing in the United States for his last two bouts, but is now a free agent and could move to a different network

Daily Mirror

'Winning Time' began as the seminal book on the Showtime Lakers; it's Hollywood now

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Pearlman wouldn't believe it. His book becoming — actually becoming — a television series? For real? Nope. No way.

Los Angeles Times

‘Winning Time’ review: Gratuitous nudity, the Showtime Lakers and Magic Johnson get the TV treatment from Adam McKay

Early in the first episode of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” soon-to-be team owner Jerry Buss, played in all his tacky-huckster glory by John C. Reilly, is reclining on a water bed at the Playboy mansion. A female companion is curled up asleep in the crook…

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The Guardian - US

‘It’s kind of a tragedy’: behind the battle for power at Uber

In the new series Super Pumped, Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings ‘ruthless’ Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick to life along with his extreme highs and lows

Chicago Tribune

‘After Yang’ review: Showtime’s exquisite bit of futurism with Colin Farrell asks what androids really dream of

They’re known as “techno-sapiens.” In order to raise their adopted Chinese daughter, a struggling Anglo tea shop owner and a Black businesswoman — married but growing ever-more-faintly distant from each other — go to a discount retail outlet known as Second Siblings and buy a used techno, a companion wired…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Super Pumped’: Showtime’s slick series on the CEO of Uber really goes places

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays founder Travis Kalanick as a possessed version of the Energizer Bunny, outlasting and out-jerking everyone in his path.

Sports Illustrated

Kentucky Coach John Calipari Makes Cameo Appearance on Showtime‘s ‘Billions’

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Salon

How does a Black man reckon with Cosby?

W. Kamau Bell appeared on "Salon Talks" to discuss dealing with Cosby's legacy, and how you can't erase any of it

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Work in Progress,’ Showtime series made in Chicago, canceled after two seasons

Lilly Wachowski, an executive producer of the show starring Abby McEnany, calls the decision ‘a major bummer.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Comedian’s series examines conflicted feelings about Bill Cosby

In his Showtime project, former Chicagoan W. Kamau Bell tries to lead ‘the whole conversation’ about Cosby as both cultural leader and alleged abuser.

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz: With the docuseries ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ on Showtime, director W. Kamau Bell dares you to look away

In Season 2 of “The Cosby Show,” there’s an episode titled “Happy Anniversary” wherein the entire Huxtable family gathers in front of their living room staircase to perform a lip-synced version of the slinky rhythm and blues classic “Night Time is the Right Time.” It’s an exuberant moment, created to…

The Guardian - AU

Yellowjackets star Liv Hewson: ‘Being adored by gay people on Twitter is all I’ve ever wanted’

Showtime’s thriller-comedy is a huge success, and the 26-year-old Australian its breakout star. What’s it like being the fan favourite?

Tribune News Service

Showtime cancels 'American Rust'

PITTSBURGH — It looks like we won’t be finding out how the citizens of Buell, Pennsylvania, dealt with the fallout from the violence that defined the last few months of their lives — at least not on Showtime.

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: From 'Blair Witch Project' to 'Yellowjackets,' Eduardo Sánchez is still happily lost in creepy woods

Any "Blair Witch Project" obsessives who started combing the "Yellowjacket's" finale frame by frame the moment they heard it was directed by Eduardo Sánchez can stop now. The Showtime series may tick many of the boxes that made Sanchez and Daniel Myrick's first film a cultural icon — one half…

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