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On Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, hair and makeup designers Mia Neal, Sergio Lopez-Rivera and Matiki Anoff worked to transform Viola Davis into the titular Georgia singer known as the "Mother of the Blues," capturing at the same time the essence of her world, and the racial dynamics of her era. Directed by George C. Wolfe…

Selena: The Series is the latest Netflix series to get the ratings treatment. The Selena Quintanilla drama was watched by 25M households around the world in the first 28 days after its December debut. This comes after a spate of data from the streamer, which earlier this week revealed that 41M households watched…

George Clooney’s seventh film as a director, The Midnight Sky, landed on my Top 10 list for 2020, actually in the Top 5 for that matter, and there is a reason for that. It not only is an enormously challenging film to shoot — half taking place in an outer-space setting, and the other half in the worst weather…

Phoebe Dynevor has gone from little-known British TV actress, to a fixture in 63 million households around the world thanks to her breakthrough performance in Shondaland’s Netflix smash Bridgerton. Now she’s hoping to remain a fixture in Season 2, but admits filming under Covid-19 safety protocols will be…

It has been 11 years since Sophia Loren, the great Italian star and one of the only surviving icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, last graced the screen. And longer still since she last took a leading role. After her Oscar-winning heyday in the '50s and '60s, Loren turned to the only passion that could match her love for…

Netflix has slotted Monday, February 15 for the premiere of Kevin James’ NASCAR comedy series The Crew. (The date just happens to follow the Daytona 500 on February 14). The streamer also unveiled the first trailer and announced new guest cast members Paris Berelc (Alexa & Katie, Hubie Halloween) and Bruce McGill (Nati…

Adventurer Bear Grylls has signed up for two new Netflix interactive specials, starting on February 16 with Animals on the Loose: A You Vs. Wild. The You vs. Wild franchise is an interactive experience with multiple choices, where a user can direct the course of the story. In Animals on the Loose, for example, you…

Netflix announced today on social media that two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson and Alisha Weir are joining the Working Title feature Matilda based on the popular musical stage play version of Roald Dahl's classic story. Matilda follows a young bookworm prodigy who battles with her parents and nemesis headmistress…

EXCLUSIVE: Karamo Brown, host of Emmy-winning series Queer Eye, has joined the upcoming fourth and final season of Netflix’s Dear White People in a recurring role. Season 4 is slated to premiere in 2021. Details of Brown’s character are being kept under wraps. Based on Justin Simien's acclaimed debut indie feature, Dea…

Showbiz stocks firmed Thursday despite a sharp spike in unemployment claims last week and ahead of a speech where President-elect Joe Biden will unveil hefty new government spending to help the economy weather Covid-19 and measures to speed up vaccinations. The package is said to be worth $1.9 trillion dollars and…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Holland Taylor is set as a lead opposite Sandra Oh in Netflix’s The Chair, a new six-episode half-hour dramedy starring and executive produced by Killing Eve's Oh and co-starring Jay Duplass (Transparent, Outside In). It hails from Amanda Peet (The Romanoffs) and Game of Thrones creators David…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is teaming up with The Batman writer-director Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho and Burn director Mike Gan on the Black List survival thriller previously known in industry circles as Dead Of Winter. Burn producer Sukee Chew is also producing the untitled project for her management and production banner…