Magnum and Higgins help out a nun on CBS’s Magnum P.I. season four episode 11, “If I Should Die Before I Wake.” Directed by Lin Oeding from a script by Gene Hong and Andrew Jackson, season four episode 11 will air on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT.
Jay Hernandez returns to lead the cast as Thomas Magnum. Season four also stars Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins, Zachary Knighton as Orville “Rick” Wright, Stephen Hill as Theodore “TC” Calvin, Tim Kang as Det. Gordon Katsumoto, and Amy Hill as Kumu.
Bobby Lee, Betsy Phillips, Leif Gantovoort, Lindsay Pulsipher, Ramon De Ocampo, and Jeanne Sakata guest star.
“If I Should Die Before I Wake” Plot: A nun hires Magnum and Higgins to investigate a mysterious and large cash donation made to a parishioner undergoing medical treatment at the church. Also, Jin’s (Lee) new dog walking business takes a dramatic turn, and Rick nervously prepares to reconnect with Suzy (Phillips).
Magnum P.I. is a modern take on the classic series centering on Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. A charming rogue, an American hero and a die-hard Detroit Tigers fan, Magnum lives in a guest cottage on Robin’s Nest, the luxurious estate where he works as a security consultant to supplement his P.I. business.
The “majordomo” of the property is Juliet Higgins, a beautiful and commanding disavowed MI:6 agent whose second job is to keep Magnum in line, with the help of her two Dobermans. When Magnum needs back-up on a job, he turns to his trusted buddies and fellow POW survivors, Theodore “TC” Calvin, a former Marine chopper pilot who runs Island Hoppers, a helicopter tour business, and Orville “Rick” Wright, a former Marine door-gunner-turned-impresario of Oahu’s coolest nightclub and the most connected man on the island.
Suspicious of Magnum’s casual attitude and presence at his crime scenes, Detective Gordon Katsumoto finds that he and Magnum are more alike than either of them care to admit. One of Magnum’s biggest supporters is Teuila “Kumu” Tuileta, the unofficial “House Mom” and cultural curator of Robin’s Nest. With keys to a vintage Ferrari in one hand, aviator sunglasses in the other, and an Old Düsseldorf longneck chilling in the fridge, Thomas Magnum is back on the case!
Netflix just released the official trailer for the upcoming third season of the reality competition series Too Hot To Handle. Season three also just dropped a batch of photos featuring the contestants as they via for the grand prize.
The series is set to launch all 10 episodes on January 19, 2022.
Laura Gibson and Charlie Bennett developed Too Hot to Handle, with Amelia Brown, Saul Fearnley and Ros Coward for Thames Productions, and Jonno Richards for Talkback serving as executive producers.
Netflix’s official synopsis for season three:
“It’s a new year, and it might be snowing outside, but the third season of Too Hot to Handle is back and steamier than ever. It’s time to meet a brand new batch of horned-up hellraisers who have just arrived for what they think will be the sexiest vacation of their lives. But with Lana watching, will this wild cast be able to stick to the rules and abstain from any kind of sexual contact (or self-gratification) in order to form meaningful connections, and keep that prize money as high as their sex drives? The pressure’s on, because this season, the stakes are even greater… with the biggest prize fund on offer, ever.”
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ABC dropped a new trailer for their upcoming multigenerational family drama Promised Land during the network’s virtual Television Critics Association winter presentation. The trailer introduces the Sandoval family, led by John Ortiz as Joe Sandoval, who are huge in the wine industry.
The season one cast also includes Cecilia Suárez as Lettie Sandoval, Augusto Aguilera as Mateo Flores, Christina Ochoa as Veronica Sandoval, and Mariel Molino as Carmen Sandoval. Tonatiuh plays Antonio Sandoval, Andres Velez is Carlos Rincón, Katya Martín is Juana Sánchez, Rolando Chusan is Billy Rincón, and Bellamy Young stars as Margaret Honeycroft.
Matt Lopez writes and executive produces, with executive producer Michael Cuesta directing the first episode. The ABC Signature production is also executive produced by Adam Kolbrenner and Maggie Malina.
Promised Land premieres on Monday, January 24, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT. ABC also announced the first two episodes will be available to stream on Hulu on January 25th, making the new family drama the first series to release an episode on Hulu prior to its network debut.
Per ABC: “Promised Land is an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.”
Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Alan Ruck, and Sarah Snook star in ‘Succession’ (Photo by Peter Kramer / HBO)
Members of the Screen Actors Guild have thrown their support behind The Power of the Dog and House of Gucci. The 2022 SAG Awards nominations were just announced and the cast of Jane Campion’s mesmerizing Western and Ridley Scott’s deep dive into the Gucci family earned three nominations each.
On the television side, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and HBO’s Succession each earned five nominations. And while there were a lot of the usual suspects appearing on the nominee list, Paramount Network’s Yellowstone was a surprise entry. The gritty family drama from Taylor Sheridan finally made an appearance on an awards list after four seasons, with the series picking up an Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series nomination.
Netflix’s Squid Game entered the SAG Awards record book as the first foreign language series to make the list of nominees. Squid Game‘s nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (Lee Jung-Jae), Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (Jung Ho-Yeon), and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series categories.
Winners will be announced during the SAG Awards ceremony on February 27, 2022 airing on TNT and TBS.
FILM NOMINEES:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JAVIER BARDEM / Desi Arnaz – “BEING THE RICARDOS”
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Phil Burbank – “THE POWER OF THE DOG”
ANDREW GARFIELD / Jon – “TICK, TICK…BOOM!”
WILL SMITH / Richard Williams – “KING RICHARD”
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Macbeth – “THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JESSICA CHASTAIN / Tammy Faye Bakker – “THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE”
OLIVIA COLMAN / Leda – “THE LOST DAUGHTER”
LADY GAGA / Patrizia Reggiani – “HOUSE OF GUCCI”
JENNIFER HUDSON / Aretha Franklin – “RESPECT”
NICOLE KIDMAN / Lucille Ball – “BEING THE RICARDOS”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
BEN AFFLECK / Uncle Charlie – “THE TENDER BAR”
BRADLEY COOPER / Jon Peters – “LICORICE PIZZA”
TROY KOTSUR / Frank Rossi – “CODA”
JARED LETO / Paolo Gucci – “HOUSE OF GUCCI”
KODI SMIT-McPHEE / Peter Gordon – “THE POWER OF THE DOG”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
CAITRÍONA BALFE / Ma – “BELFAST”
CATE BLANCHETT / Dr. Lilith Ritter – “NIGHTMARE ALLEY”
ARIANA DeBOSE / Anita – “WEST SIDE STORY”
KIRSTEN DUNST / Rose Gordon – “THE POWER OF THE DOG”
RUTH NEGGA / Clare – “PASSING”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BELFAST
CAITRÍONA BALFE / Ma
JUDI DENCH / Granny
JAMIE DORNAN / Pa
JUDE HILL / Buddy
CIARÁN HINDS / Pop
COLIN MORGAN / Billy Clanton
CODA
EUGENIO DERBEZ / Bernardo Villalobos
DANIEL DURANT / Leo Rossi
EMILIA JONES / Ruby Rossi
TROY KOTSUR / Frank Rossi
MARLEE MATLIN / Jackie Rossi
FERDIA WALSH-PEELO / Miles
DON’T LOOK UP
CATE BLANCHETT / Brie Evantee
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Yule
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / Dr. Randall Mindy
ARIANA GRANDE / Riley Bina
JONAH HILL / Jason Orlean
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Kate Dibiasky
MELANIE LYNSKEY / June Mindy
SCOTT MESCUDI / DJ Chello
ROB MORGAN / Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe
HIMESH PATEL / Phillip
RON PERLMAN / Benedict Drask
TYLER PERRY / Jack Bremmer
MARK RYLANCE / Peter Isherwell
MERYL STREEP / President Orlean
HOUSE OF GUCCI
ADAM DRIVER / Maurizio Gucci
LADY GAGA / Patrizia Reggiani
SALMA HAYEK / Pina Auriemma
JACK HUSTON / Domenico De Sole
JEREMY IRONS / Rodolfo Gucci
JARED LETO / Paolo Gucci
AL PACINO / Aldo Gucci
KING RICHARD
JON BERNTHAL / Rick Macci
AUNJANUE ELLIS / Oracene “Brandi” Williams
TONY GOLDWYN / Paul Cohen
SANIYYA SIDNEY / Venus Williams
DEMI SINGLETON / Serena Williams
WILL SMITH / Richard Williams
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“BLACK WIDOW”
“DUNE”
“THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS”
“NO TIME TO DIE”
“SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS”
TELEVISION NOMINEES:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
MURRAY BARTLETT / Armond – “THE WHITE LOTUS”
OSCAR ISAAC / Jonathan – “SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE”
MICHAEL KEATON / Dr. Samuel Finnix – “DOPESICK”
EWAN McGREGOR / Halston – “HALSTON”
EVAN PETERS / Det. Colin Zabel – “MARE OF EASTTOWN”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
JENNIFER COOLIDGE / Tanya – “THE WHITE LOTUS”
CYNTHIA ERIVO / Aretha Franklin – “GENIUS: ARETHA”
MARGARET QUALLEY / Alex – “MAID”
JEAN SMART / Helen Fahey – “MARE OF EASTTOWN”
KATE WINSLET / Mare Sheehan – “MARE OF EASTTOWN”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
BRIAN COX / Logan Roy – “SUCCESSION”
BILLY CRUDUP / Cory Ellison – “THE MORNING SHOW”
KIERAN CULKIN / Roman Roy – “SUCCESSION”
LEE JUNG-JAE / Seong Gi-hun – “SQUID GAME”
JEREMY STRONG / Kendall Roy – “SUCCESSION”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
JENNIFER ANISTON / Alex Levy – “THE MORNING SHOW”
JUNG HO-YEON / Kang Sae-byeok – “SQUID GAME”
ELISABETH MOSS / June Osborne/Offred – “THE HANDMAID’S TALE”
SARAH SNOOK / Shiv Roy – “SUCCESSION”
REESE WITHERSPOON / Bradley Jackson – “THE MORNING SHOW”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
MICHAEL DOUGLAS / Sandy Kominsky – “THE KOMINSKY METHOD”
BRETT GOLDSTEIN / Roy Kent – “TED LASSO”
STEVE MARTIN / Charles-Haden Savage – “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING”
MARTIN SHORT / Oliver Putnam – “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING”
JASON SUDEIKIS / Ted Lasso – “TED LASSO”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
ELLE FANNING / Catherine – “THE GREAT”
SANDRA OH / Ji-Yoon Kim – “THE CHAIR”
JEAN SMART / Deborah Vance – “HACKS”
JUNO TEMPLE / Keeley Jones – “TED LASSO”
HANNAH WADDINGHAM / Rebecca Welton – “TED LASSO”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE HANDMAID’S TALE
ALEXIS BLEDEL / Emily Malek
MADELINE BREWER / Janine Lindo
AMANDA BRUGEL / Rita Blue
ANN DOWD / Aunt Lydia Clements
O-T FAGBENLE / Luke Bankole
JOSEPH FIENNES / Commander Fred Waterford
SAM JAEGER / Mark Tuello
MAX MINGHELLA / Commander Nick Blaine
ELISABETH MOSS / June Osborne/Offred
YVONNE STRAHOVSKI / Serena Joy Waterford
BRADLEY WHITFORD / Commander Joseph Lawrence
SAMIRA WILEY / Moira Strand
THE MORNING SHOW
JENNIFER ANISTON / Alex Levy
SHARI BELAFONTE / Julia
ELI BILDNER / Joel Rapkin
NESTOR CARBONELL / Yanko Flores
STEVE CARELL / Mitch Kessler
BILLY CRUDUP / Cory Ellison
MARK DUPLASS / Charlie “Chip” Black
AMBER FRIENDLY / Layla Bell
JANINA GAVANKAR / Alison Namazi
VALERIA GOLINO / Paola Lambruschini
TARA KARSIAN / Gayle Berman
HANNAH LEDER / Isabella
GRETA LEE / Stella Bak
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Laura Peterson
JOE MARINELLI / Donny Spagnoli
MICHELLE MEREDITH / Lindsey Sherman
RUAIRI O’CONNOR / Ty Fitzgerald
JOE PACHECO / Bart Daley
KAREN PITTMAN / Mia Jordan
VICTORIA TATE / Rena Robinson
DESEAN K. TERRY / Daniel Henderson
REESE WITHERSPOON / Bradley Jackson
SQUID GAME
HEO SUNG-TAE / Deok-su
JUN YOUNG-SOO / Game Operator Voice
JUNG HO-YEON / Kang Sae-byeok
KIM JOO-RYOUNG / Mi-nyeo
LEE BYUNG-HUN / Front Man
LEE JUNG-JAE / Seong Gi-hun
OH YOUNG-SOO / Oh Il-nam
PARK HAE-SOO / Cho Sang-woo
ANUPAM TRIPATHI / Ali
WI HA-JUN / Hwang Jun-ho
SUCCESSION
NICHOLAS BRAUN / Greg Hirsch
JULIANA CANFIELD / Jess Jordan
BRIAN COX / Logan Roy
KIERAN CULKIN / Roman Roy
DAGMARA DOMINCZYK / Karolina Novotney
PETER FRIEDMAN / Frank Vernon
JIHAE / Berry Schneider
JUSTINE LUPE / Willa
MATTHEW MACFADYEN / Tom Wambsgans
DASHA NEKRASOVA / Comfrey Pellits
SCOTT NICHOLSON / Colin
DAVID RASCHE / Karl Muller
ALAN RUCK / Connor Roy
J. SMITH-CAMERON / Gerri Kellman
SARAH SNOOK / Shiv Roy
FISHER STEVENS / Hugo Baker
JEREMY STRONG / Kendall Roy
ZOË WINTERS / Kerry Castellabate
YELLOWSTONE
KELSEY ASBILLE / Monica Dutton
WES BENTLEY / Jamie Dutton
RYAN BINGHAM / Walker
GIL BIRMINGHAM / Thomas Rainwater
IAN BOHEN / Ryan
EDEN BROLIN / Mia
KEVIN COSTNER / John Dutton
HUGH DILLON / Sheriff Donnie Haskell
LUKE GRIMES / Kayce Dutton
HASSIE HARRISON / Laramie
COLE HAUSER / Rip Wheeler
JEN LANDON / Teeter
FINN LITTLE / Carter
BRECKEN MERRILL / Tate Dutton
WILL PATTON / Garrett Randle
PIPER PERABO / Summer Higgins
KELLY REILLY / Beth Dutton
DENIM RICHARDS / Colby
TAYLOR SHERIDAN / Travis
FORRIE J. SMITH / Lloyd
JEFFERSON WHITE / Jimmy Hurdstrom
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE GREAT
JULIAN BARRATT / Dr. Vinodel
BELINDA BROMILOW / Aunt Elizabeth
SACHA DHAWAN / Orlo
ELLE FANNING / Catherine
PHOEBE FOX / Marial
BAYO GBADAMOSI / Arkady
ADAM GODLEY / Archbishop
DOUGLAS HODGE / Velementov
NICHOLAS HOULT / Peter
FLORENCE KEITH-ROACH / Tatyana
GWILYM LEE / Grigor Dymov
CHARITY WAKEFIELD / Georgina
HACKS
ROSE ABDOO / Josefina
CARL CLEMONS-HOPKINS / Marcus Vaughan
PAUL W. DOWNS / Jimmy Lusaque, Jr.
HANNAH EINBINDER / Ava Daniels
MARK INDELICATO / Damien
POPPY LIU / Kiki
CHRIS McDONALD / Marty Ghilain
JEAN SMART / Deborah Vance
MEGAN STALTER / Kayla Schaeffer
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
JENNA LYNG ADAMS / Darshani
SARAH BAKER / Mindy Kominsky
CASEY THOMAS BROWN / Lane
MICHAEL DOUGLAS / Sandy Kominsky
LISA EDELSTEIN / Phoebe
ASHLEIGH LaTHROP / Breana
EMILY OSMENT / Theresa
HALEY JOEL OSMENT / Robbie
PAUL REISER / Martin
GRAHAM ROGERS / Jude
MELISSA TANG / Margaret
KATHLEEN TURNER / Roz
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
AARON DOMINGUEZ / Oscar
SELENA GOMEZ / Mabel Mora
JACKIE HOFFMAN / Uma Heller
JAYNE HOUDYSHELL / Bunny
STEVE MARTIN / Charles-Haden Savage
AMY RYAN / Jan
MARTIN SHORT / Oliver Putnam
TED LASSO
ANNETTE BADLAND / Mae
KOLA BOKINNI / Isaac McAdoo
PHIL DUNSTER / Jamie Tartt
CRISTO FERNÁNDEZ / Dani Rojas
BRETT GOLDSTEIN / Roy Kent
BRENDAN HUNT / Coach Beard
TOHEEB JIMOH / Sam Obisanya
NICK MOHAMMED / Nathan Shelley
SARAH NILES / Dr. Sharon Fieldstone
JASON SUDEIKIS / Ted Lasso
JEREMY SWIFT / Leslie Higgins
JUNO TEMPLE / Keeley Jones
HANNAH WADDINGHAM / Rebecca Welton
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“COBRA KAI”
“THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER”
“LOKI”
“MARE OF EASTTOWN”
“SQUID GAME
Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross in ‘black-ish’ season 8 (ABC/Richard Cartwright)
ABC hosted the final Television Critics Association (TCA) panel for black-ish on January 11, 2022, and it was both a hilarious and heartfelt send-off for the critically acclaimed comedy that’s finishing up its run at the end of this, its eighth season. The virtual TCA winter press conference featured the series’ stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross along with series creator/executive producer Kenya Barris and showrunner/executive producer Courtney Lilly.
Tracee Ellis Ross did her best to hold her emotions in check as she reflected on not only the years spent with the black-ish cast and crew but also the wide variety of important topics the show touched upon over its eight-season run.
“I think we covered a lot. I think we probably could have gone another 10 years, and I think that’s one of the beautiful things about black-ish and the DNA of the show that Kenya established from the start, and that Courtney was able to pick up, is that this was a show that was character-driven,” said Ross. “It was really about this family. It was about the Johnsons and that means they were navigating the world that we all live in, in a timely way. There’s a never-ending amount of topics for us to discuss that are a part of the wallpaper of our lives that we’re all trying to make sense of and navigate.”
Ross added, “I think we did that incredibly beautifully in the topics that we covered, from Juneteenth, to police brutality, to postpartum depression, to just being a family…we did incredibly well. I feel like we leave with a whole bunch of joy and pride about how we handled everything.”
black-ish has a plethora of big-name guest stars scattered throughout the final season, with former First Lady Michelle Obama setting the celebrity bar high with her appearance on the season eight premiere. Courtney Lilly credits Tracee Ellis Ross with that particular “get,” noting that Tracee and Mrs. Obama are friends. “Literally, it was something we wanted to do for a long time,” explained Lilly. “The opportunity presented itself and it came down to just like, ‘Hey, will you send a text to your friend and see if she’s interested?’”
“Courtney, let’s backtrack. You came up with a great idea that I thought was very worthy of bringing to Michelle,” interjected Ross.
While that’s true, Lilly pointed out other showrunners aren’t fortunate enough to have that sort of ability to reach out to Michelle Obama. “I’m sure there’s also a lot of TV writers that would love to come up with a great idea for us to call on Mrs. Obama, and they don’t have the in. And honestly, it’s just how this stuff works. Like, you know, Magic Johnson – we were doing an episode with the Lakers that we were really excited about and Anthony was our hookup for that, getting us into the practice facility and knowing everybody. Tracee and Anthony, essentially, know everybody.”
During the TCA panel, Kenya Barris recalled the origin of the series and what he initially set out to do with this half-hour primetime comedy.
“I think what we wanted to do was say something that you know, as much as we grew up loving The Cosby Show, we felt like The Cosby Show happened to be Black, and we wanted to do a show that was absolutely, positively, just outwardly Black. I think that was something that we felt like we weren’t going to be able to do so we were like, ‘If we get on, we’ll be lucky to stay on a season, so let’s just go for it,” said Barris. “And one season turned into two which now is into our eighth. I never in a million years imagined that it would become what it’s become, and, you know, our lives, and what we’ve done, and how it’s allowed us all to grow, would grow into what it’s grown into.”
Unlike her experience on Girlfriends, Tracee Ellis Ross and her co-stars were aware black-ish was ending going into the show’s final season. Ross has spoken about the grieving process she went through after leaving her Girlfriends character Joan Clayton behind, and while saying goodbye to Rainbow Johnson will be difficult, it will be a little less traumatic since black-ish didn’t come to an abrupt, unexpected end.
“We didn’t know (Girlfriends) was ending; we didn’t get a wrap party; we didn’t get a finale; none of that. So, it’s been a beautiful end to black-ish. We knew the end was coming. I walked into it with a very open heart and very present from the full season. And in our last episode, Anthony will tell you, there were a lot of tears from me. They just kept coming,” confessed Ross. “He was like, ‘Are you seriously crying again?’ And I would be like, ‘Yeah, I am.’ And then, we got a wrap party right after and I was able to have that experience. And then, from the end of production, we now get a full rollout of our show. So, I’ve had the process to be present for an end, and I think it has changed the grieving process because I’ve had the ritual of an end.”
“But, you know, just watching that video package, I get emotional. It’s been a huge part of my life. I’ve been pretend-married to Dre Johnson for a really long time and had children. I’ve had a hundred children,” said Ross, laughing. “Rainbow Johnson has had a hundred children and a dog that disappeared, and it’s going to be hard to let go of such an important and special time. I mean, I saw those people every day. And not just our cast, our crew. We had the most incredible crew for all those years. They are people that you come to love and become your family. So, you know, I miss Anthony already.”
Barris agreed. “I think that we were, like Tracee said, lucky enough to know this was our final season,” said Barris. “You know, shows don’t go this long anymore and so it was kind of like the end has been near. We kind of felt it for some time. But I do agree with Tracee. We feel like we could have (gone) on much longer. So, I think the conversations were like, ‘How do we sort of…?’ It was more of an homage to the show and a proper goodbye to the audience who stood by us for so long, and to really try to give them a chance to say goodbye and take a walk with this family.”
Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross in ‘black-ish’ (ABC/Eric McCandless)
Tracee Ellis Ross admitted she knew she was going to have a difficult time making it through the final episode. “For me, honestly… I mean, Anthony knows I didn’t think I was going to be able to get through our final scene. I think rehearsal was a mess. I was like, ‘I can’t even do it.’ The final scene that we shot, the final scene of the show was just…yeah.”
“I had already emotionally checked out by then,” joked Anderson.
“The final episode, by the way, Anthony was so quiet. I kept leaning behind his back and I would say to people, ‘He’s very emotional. He doesn’t know how to process. He’s dealing with things,” revealed Ross.
“That’s another great thing about Tracee and my relationship,” said Anderson. “No matter where I was or whatever emotional state I might have been in, all it took was just a touch from Tracee on my shoulder, on my hand, on my knee, as we were sitting at the table or the counter, and I knew that it was all going to be all right. That’s all that it took to calm me down and bring me back, and to reel me back in.”
Ethan Hawke’s celebrating the lives of Hollywood icons Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in the documentary The Last Movie Stars set to air on CNN+, a subscription service launching later this year. The documentary, told in six chapters, explores the personal and professional lives of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward through archival interviews with the couple as well as new interviews with fellow actors.
“Exploring Woodward and Newman through their 50-year love affair has proven more rewarding than I could have imagined. Their work, philanthropy, and lives serve as a kind of North Star, illuminating what a substantive, meaningful life can look like,” said The Last Movie Stars director Ethan Hawke.
Oscar winner Martin Scorsese is on board the project as an executive producer along with Executive Vice President for Talent and Content Development for CNN Worldwide Amy Entelis and Senior Vice President for CNN Films Courtney Sexton. Emily Wachtel and Lisa Long Adler of Nook House Productions, Ryan Hawke of Under the Influence Productions, and Adam Gibbs produce, and Mario Andretti is a co-producer.
“Ethan’s brilliant vision illuminates what fascinates us about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman in a film worthy of their talents and passions,” stated Amy Entelis. “We look forward to sharing this unique, multi-chapter story with CNN+ subscribers.”
CNN Films and CNN+ released the following description of The Last Movie Stars:
Woodward and Newman occupy a unique space in the Hollywood pantheon. Thrilling to watch on screen, they lived intriguing lives beyond the cameras, much of which was kept private by intention, until this film. Early in the pandemic, one of Woodward’s and Newman’s daughters, together with Nook House Productions, approached Hawke about directing a documentary about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. The four-time Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke, who had previously directed the highly-acclaimed documentary feature, Seymour: An Introduction, formally boarded the project as director.
Central to The Last Movie Stars is a long-abandoned project that Newman commissioned from friend and screenwriter Stewart Stern. At Newman’s request, Stern interviewed Elia Kazan, Sidney Lumet, Karl Malden, Sidney Pollack, Gore Vidal, Jacqueline Witte, Joanne Woodward, and others for a planned memoir. Newman was also interviewed by Stern. They discussed his youth, his first marriage, his romance and life with Woodward, his personal demons, and the gut-wrenching loss of his son, Scott.
In addition to archival interviews with Woodward and Newman, Hawke enlisted actors Karen Allen, George Clooney, Oscar Isaac, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Zoe Kazan, Laura Linney, Sam Rockwell, and others to voice segments of the original transcribed interviews for The Last Movie Stars. Hawke also interviewed several of Newman’s daughters for insights into their parents. In Hawke’s contemporary interviews with Sally Field, Melanie Griffith, and Martin Scorsese, they discuss what made Woodward’s and Newman’s singular careers, and relationship, so inspiring. The result, delivered in six chapters of varied lengths, is a thoughtful, revealing film of lives well and fully lived.
Woodward and Newman are enduring symbols of smoldering cool. Their joint and individual credits read like an actor’s master class: Cool Hand Luke, Hud, The Three Faces of Eve, Winning, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Glass Menagerie, Rachel, Rachel, and more.
Woodward and Newman seemed to slip the burdens of searing celebrity and blazed a unique trail. Though their intense romantic relationship was a perennial obsession of fans and Hollywood press, they successfully refocused their fame towards their art, racing, social justice, and human rights, and balanced demanding careers with a fulfilling marriage. During the course of their lives together, they also raised hundreds of millions of dollars for causes they believed in, and, were active in civil rights and the environment, inspiring legions of other artists to follow in their footsteps.
New Line Cinema and HBO Max didn’t release a synopsis for KIMI, but the two-minute trailer lays out the story fairly well. Zoë Kravitz (soon to be seen in The Batman) stars as a “voice stream interpreter” who believes she’s overheard a murder, with the film’s title referring to an Alexa-like device that listens to everything…24/7.
Speaking with IGN, Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh explained his attraction to David Koepp’s script. “I love thrillers, generally speaking. It’s the kind of movie that I like to watch. And so when the opportunity comes along to make a thriller that has something underneath it that keeps it from being single-use plastic, then I’m interested,” said Soderbergh.
In addition to Zoë Kravitz, the cast of KIMI includes Byron Bowers (No Sudden Move), Jaime Camil (Schmigadoon), Erika Christensen (Traffic), Derek DelGaudio (Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself), Robin Givens (Riverdale), Charles Halford (Logan Lucky), Devin Ratray (Side Effects), Jacob Vargas (The 33), and Rita Wilson (Mamma Mia!).
Steven Soderbergh’s creative team includes production designer Philip Messina (the Che films), costume designer Ellen Mirojnick (Logan Lucky, Behind the Candelabra), and composer Cliff Martinez (Contagion, Traffic).
The R-rated thriller will premiere on HBO Max on February 10, 2022.
Can you own too many houseplants? The trailer for season two of Hulu’s adult comedy series Dollface proves it is definitely possible. The lengthy trailer arrived one month out from the premiere of season two and shows Jules is ready to move on with life following the events in season one.
Season two consists of 10 episodes and will premiere on Friday, February 11, 2022.
The cast is led by Kat Dennings as Jules Wiley and Brenda Song as Madison Maxwell. Shay Mitchell stars as Stella Cole and Esther Povitsky plays Izzy Levine.
Jordan Weiss created the series and executive produces along with Kat Dennings, Nicole King, showrunner Michelle Nader, and LuckyChap Entertainment’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Josey McNamara. Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan also serve as executive producers.
Hulu released the following description of Dollface season two:
“Season two follows Jules (Kat Dennings) and her best friends – post-pandemic, post-heartbreak, heading toward turning thirty. Having successfully reunited with her friends (Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell, and Esther Povitsky), Jules must now balance keeping their group together as the women navigate work, love, and a deeper relationship with each of themselves.”
Poster for ‘Dollface’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Hulu)
NBC’s The Blacklist continues its ninth season with an episode that finds a tennis player’s death pivotal to the plot. Season nine episode eight, “Dr. Razmik Maier,” will air on January 13, 2022.
Season nine will be moving to Fridays at 8pm beginning February 25th.
In addition to James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, the season nine cast includes Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler, Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Laura Sohn as Alina Park, and Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper.
“Dr. Razmik Maier” Plot: The death of a professional tennis player leads the Task Force to a doctor who may be fixing the odds for a major sports betting syndicate. Red digs deeper into Dembe’s betrayal. Ressler struggles with sobriety.
Season 9 Description, Courtesy of NBC:
“In the two years following the death of Elizabeth Keen, Raymond Reddington (Spader) and the members of the FBI Task Force have disbanded – their lives now changed in unexpected ways and with Reddington’s whereabouts unknown. Finding themselves each at a crossroads, a common purpose compels them to renew their original mission: to take down dangerous, vicious and eccentric Blacklisters. In the process, they begin to uncover lethal adversaries, unimaginable conspiracies and surprising betrayals that will threaten alliances and spur vengeance for the past, led by the most devious criminal of them all – Raymond Reddington.”
Karina Arroyave as Merce Xiu and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in ‘The Blacklist’ season 8 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu, Ruben Flores as Herman Deleon, and Karina Arroyave as Merce Xiu in season 9 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)Karina Arroyave as Merce Xiu and James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)Karina Arroyave as Merce Xiu in season 9 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)Karina Arroyave as Merce Xiu in season 9 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)James Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington in season 9 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)Diany Rodriguez as Weecha Xiu in season 9 episode 8 (Photo by: Will Hart/NBC)
Paramount+’s The Offer, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Godfather, will premiere on Thursday, April 20, 2022. The announcement of the premiere date for the limited event series was accompanied by a short teaser video and the unveiling of a new poster.
Per Paramount+, the series will kick off with the release of the first three episodes. Additional episodes of the 10 episode season will be released on subsequent Thursdays.
The cast of the drama includes Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt, and Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo. Dan Fogler plays Francis Ford Coppola, Burn Gorman is Charles Bluhdorn, Colin Hanks is Barry Lapidus, and Patrick Gallo is Mario Puzo.
The limited series is based on Oscar winner Albert S. Ruddy’s personal experiences while making The Godfather. Emmy nominee Michael Tolkin (Escape at Dannemora) created and wrote The Offer, with Nikki Toscano (Hunters) also writing, executive producing, and serving as the showrunner. In addition, Ruddy, Teller, Russell Rothberg, and Leslie Greif executive produced. Rocketman‘s Dexter Fletcher directed multiple episodes and was also involved as an executive producer.
