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‘Get Millie Black’ Creator on What Mattered Most and If He Wants to Do Another Season
Marlon James says the finale of the HBO crime drama starring Tamara Lawrance ends with "a lot of unfinished stories."
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Jamie Foxx Reveals “Mystery Illness” in Netflix Special
"I don't remember 20 days," says Foxx in 'Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...', where he details the health scare that kept him out of the spotlight.
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John Legend on Bringing ‘Rhythm + Flow’ to Netflix and the Controversy Over This Season’s Winner
Legend and producing partner Mike Jackson speak to The Hollywood Reporter about their hip-hop reality competition series: "I could see this being in so many different countries, different languages."
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‘Get Millie Black’ Is Not Your Typical Detective Show
Star Tamara Lawrance and Award-winning author Marlon James explain how HBO's five-episode miniseries set in Jamaica is much more than what it appears.
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‘The Madness’ Star Colman Domingo Talks Triggering Parallels and Why He Wants a Season 2
In his first series leading role, Domingo plays a fugitive framed for murder who makes what the actor describes as a "breakthrough" decision in the season finale.
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‘The Madness’ Bosses on Colman Domingo Thriller Hitting Home in Trump 2.0 Era — and That Ending
"If it's done dramatically and if it's done entertainingly, I don't think it's a taboo subject to talk about what screws us up as a country and what makes us great," says creator Stephen Belber of the Netflix series.
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‘Matlock’ Director on How Kathy Bates and Their CBS Hit Are Subverting the Age Trope
Executive producer Kat Coiro talks to The Hollywood Reporter about finding both depth and lightness in the law procedural with a twist that turns "the perception of older women on its head."
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‘American Sports Story’ Boss on How He Made His Aaron Hernandez Series Watchable
"Why would someone with all that success do something like this?" That is the question showrunner Stu Zicherman and team set out to tackle with the 10-episode FX limited series, which concluded Tuesday night.
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‘American Sports Story’ Star Jaylen Barron on Why Shayanna Jenkins Stands by Aaron Hernandez When He’s Tried for Murder
"I don't think there was a right choice that she could make," Barron, who portrays the fiancée of the late Hernandez in the FX limited series, tells The Hollywood Reporter about the penultimate episode.
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Architect of Lil Jon’s Viral DNC Cameo To Help Celebs Boost Social and Political Impact
Former Rock the Vote mastermind Ashley Spillane has announced a new entertainment division to her civic engagement firm Impactual.
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‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’ Director Steven Canals and Key Cast on Why Odin Lloyd’s Death Hit So Hard
Josh Rivera, who plays Aaron Hernandez, and J. Alex Brinson, who plays Lloyd, talk to The Hollywood Reporter about filming the intense and triggering "Odin" episode in the FX true-crime series.
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Kathy Bates and ‘Matlock’ Boss on Bringing Nuance to #MeToo Conversation With Powerful Episode
"The privilege of being listened to is very real. And that’s why we want to put more and more examples on the screen to say, ‘This is not okay,'" says Jennie Snyder Urman of centering an episode around sexual harassment and generational bias.
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