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After The Phantom Menace hit theaters in 1999, it was supposed to be a return to the galaxy far away that would satisfy fans waiting nearly two decades for more Star Wars content. However, the film’s reception wasn’t exactly stellar, and the two sequels didn’t fare much better. Natalie Portman, who played Padmé Amidala, found herself in the spotlight, not just for her role but for the harsh criticism of her acting.

Despite being the only major female lead in the trilogy, the backlash was hard to escape. At just 16 years old, Portman struggled to cope with the critiques of her performance, especially when many dismissed her abilities as an actress. It wasn’t long before she took a step back from the industry to process it all and reevaluate her next move.

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This week’s list includes Southern sitcom charm, real-time British tension, and a wilderness murder mystery that delivers.

I’m not too cool for school — I love TV and I love Netflix. The company almost single-handedly changed how we watch TV, and while there’s been a bit of industry pain in the process, for a guy like me who loves stories, there are more quality TV shows out there than ever before. And Netflix has a bunch of them, from dark thrillers to wild rom-coms to big final seasons of culturally relevant shows. Wondering what they are? Wonder no more. Here’s my personal ranking of the seven best shows streaming on Netflix right now.

Top 7 TV shows streaming on Netflix right now:

No. 7: ‘Leanne’

No. 6: ‘Adolescence’

No. 5: ‘Squid Game’

No. 4: ‘Too Much’

No. 3: ‘The Hunting Wives’

No. 2: ‘Wednesday’

No. 1: ‘Untamed’

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Natalie Portman is hard at work on her new Netflix movie!

The 44-year-old Oscar-winning actress left a brownstone as she filmed scenes for her upcoming movie Good Sex on Tuesday afternoon (August 12) in New York City.

For her time on set, Natalie sported a T-shirt and red pants.

Mark Ruffalo was also seen filming scenes outside of the brownstone.

Written and directed by Lena Dunham, Good Sex “centers on a pragmatic couples therapist named Ally (Portman), who after spending a decade in a failed relationship and now turning 40, reluctantly dips her toe back into the New York dating scene. But, per Netflix’s logline, Ally gets more than she bargained for when she meets two men, one in his twenties and one in his fifties, who show her there is no set formula for good sex.”

Check out the full cast here!

Keep the friendship, romance, and drama going with these perfect follow-ups.

“And Just Like That…” it’s over with Season 3. I don’t think there’s any controversy in saying the show isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it did surprise my wife and me. I thought it did a pretty great job showing what life, friendship, and identity shifts look like in your fifties. Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte are all dealing with huge changes — breakups, reinvention, parenting teenagers, even just figuring out how to dress in a world that’s moved on. And while the series just wrapped with the Season 3 finale on Thursday, Aug. 14 (the third season will be its last), there are a few other shows that scratch the itch this show did. So, if you’re wondering what to watch next, here are a few options.

And Just Like That… December 9, 2021

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Netflix has a reputation for canceling a lot of shows, but that's not exactly a fair representation of how the streamer does business. Sure, Netflix cancels a lot of shows, but lately, the streamer has handed out way, way more renewals than cancellations. Still, there are more than a few Netflix shows waiting to be renewed or canceled.

I've shared a list of five Netflix shows still on the chopping block while Netflix makes the decision to renew or cancel them. I also added some predictions. Spoiler alert: things are looking good for most of the shows on the list!

Let's get the list started with one of the most popular Netflix shows of the summer of 2025, The Waterfront!

The Waterfront The Waterfront. (L to R) Jake Weary as Cane Buckley, Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley in episode 105 of The Waterfront. Cr. Dana Hawley/Netflix © 2025

The Waterfront premiered on Netflix...

If you’re still reeling from the Season 1 finale of Prime Video’s Overcompensating, don’t worry, Wally Baram is here to tee up a much-needed redemption arc for our Carmen. (The series hasn’t been renewed for Season 2 yet, but can’t a couple of girls dream?)

To start, perhaps the entire mess Carmen created by outing Benny and kissing his crush wasn’t even her fault! As Baram explains, if you rewatch the scene, you’ll see it was Miles who kissed Carmen, not the other way around. Ultimately, Baram thinks everything could eventually be smoothed over by...

The first trailer for HBO's new crime drama series, Task, has been released. The upcoming miniseries serves as Brad Ingelsby's follow-up to his Emmy-winning hit Mare of Easttown, which also aired on HBO.

Mark Ruffalo co-leads Task as an FBI agent heading a task force dedicated to putting an end to a string of violent robberies in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia. Tom Pelphrey plays the unsuspecting family man behind the robberies, while Emilia Jones, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Thuso Mbedu, Fabien Frankel, Alison Oliver, Raúl Castillo, Silvia Dionicio, Phoebe Fox, and Martha Plimpton round out the ensemble cast. Check out the trailer and poster for Task below.

Poster via HBO

Task marks Ruffalo's third project for HBO, after the 2014 television film The Normal Heart and the 2020 limited series I Know This Much Is True. The former depicted the rise of the HIV-aids crisis in New York City in the early 1980s,...

John Malkovich has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s “Prodigies.”

Malkovich will guest star in the upcoming romantic comedy series, which stars Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri as two ex-child prodigies who have been together since they were children. Malkovich reunites with Edebiri after the pair starred in A24’s “Opus,” where Malkovich played ’90s pop superstar Alfred Moretti and Edebiri played journalist Ariel Ecton.

In addition to Sharpe and Edebiri, Malkovich joins “Prodigies” cast members Andrene Ward-Hammond, Yumi Asō, Tobias Menzies, Rina Sawayama, Sophia Di Martino, Reece Shearsmith, Nabhaan Rizwan, Meera Syal and Lolly Adefope.

Billed as an unusual take on a classic romantic comedy, “Prodigies” follows Didi (Edebiri) and Ren (Sharpe) in their early 30s as they start to question whether their very ordinary existence is living up to the extraordinary promise of their childhood, and, inevitably, they find themselves asking the same questions of their relationship,...

Exclusive: Sources are telling us that Apple TV+ is in early development on an untitled series exploring female identity and modern motherhood written and executive produced by Emily Ratajkowski and author Stephanie Danler with Lena Dunham executive producing under her Good Thing Going label.

Ratajkowski is attached to star and the project reps her screenwriting debut following her New York Times best-selling debut book My Body. A24, which is behind HBO’s Euphoria, is serving as the studio. A24 also made the Sophia Coppola-directed movie On the Rocks starring Bill Murray and Rashia Jones with AppleTV+.

The project also reps a reteam between Ratajkowski and Dunham, who are coming off of the Netflix series Too Much. Dunham co-created that show which follows New York workaholic Jessica who moves to London after a break-up, planning to be alone, but falls for Felix. Ratajkowski plays Wendy Jones on Too Much.

In addition to Too Much,...

Lena Dunham says her fixation on the “Scandoval” cheating scandal that rocked Vanderpump Rules pushed her to pitch a dramatic “mini-movie” of the reunion episode to Bravo host Andy Cohen during the 2023 writers strike, The Independent reports.

Appearing on the Shut Up Evan podcast, the writer-director recalled becoming “so obsessed” with the fallout that she treated the reality-tv transcript “like Shakespeare” and admits she “abused” Cohen’s phone number to lobby for the project. The strike hiatus, she argued, presented a window to “turn chaos into art” while most scripted sets were dark.

Dunham’s casting wish-list paired Andrew Scott with Jennifer Lawrence—Scott as the embattled bar owner Tom Sandoval and Lawrence as Ariana Madix, whose nine-year relationship collapsed when Sandoval’s affair with Rachel Leviss became public.

She imagined prestigious actors delivering the reunion’s expletive-laced dialogue “with all the passion and virtuosity of theatre,” according to Entertainment Weekly.

For Lena Dunham, there’s no such thing as “too much” reality TV. The beloved filmmaker even wanted to adapt the viral “Vanderpump Rules” for the big screen, especially after the “Scandoval” of it all.

“Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 revealed the explosive affair between co-stars Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss; Sandoval’s ex Ariana Madix confronted both cast members during the Season 10 reunion in 2023. The episode was Emmy-nominated.

While the scandal shocked audiences at the time, Dunham was looking to add a high(er)brow twist with the help of her fellow Bravo bingers, Andrew Scott and Jennifer Lawrence.

“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” Dunham said during the “Shut Up Evan” podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.

Lena Dunham is sharing an idea she had for a project that never came to light.

According to the 39-year-old Too Much creator, she wanted to make a “really serious” production of Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval‘s breakup. The split, which played out at a dramatic Vanderpump Rules reunion, was dubbed “Scandoval” by fans.

Lena was a guest on Evan Ross Katz‘s Shut Up Evan podcast where she talked about her ideas for the movie.

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“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” Lena explained her idea on the podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.”

Lena went on to say that she imagined casting Jennifer Lawrence as Ariana and Andrew Scott as Tom.

Lena Dunham once pitched a “Scandoval” movie to Andy Cohen, with Andrew Scott and Jennifer Lawrence starring as Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval from Vanderpump Rules. On the July 29 episode of the Shut Up Evan Podcast, the Girls star, 39, shared her wild idea with host Evan Ross Katz. Dunham recounted her affinity with reality TV during the SAG-AFTRA writers’ strike during their chat, explaining she was particularly fond of Vanderpump Rules. “I literally became so obsessed that I thought—what can we do while the writers’ strike is down?'” Dunham told Katz. “We should do a reenactment of the reunion in which Ariana confronts Tom and then takes Rachel/Raquel [Leviss] to town with trained actors.” The Too Much creator continued, “We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare.

Although Vanderpump Rules is preparing to move on from ‘Scandoval‘ with its rebooted Season 12, Lena Dunham isn’t quite ready to let go.

The Too Much creator recently shared her vision for a film based on the shocking affair between Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss that was unpacked during the Bravo reality show’s Season 10 reunion in 2023, as Sandoval’s estranged ex Ariana Madix had the chance to confront them both.

“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” said Dunham on the Shut Up Evan podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.”

Although Cohen didn’t greenlight Dunham’s pitch, he did host a live reading of the explosive ‘Scandoval’ reunion on Sirius Xm’s Radio Andy,...

Exclusive: Henry Eikenberry (Euphoria) and Roberta Colindrez have joined the cast of Peacock’s The Five Star Weekend in recurring guest roles. Bekah Brunstetter created the project based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling novel The Perfect Couple.

The Five-Star Weekend centers on Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes, impeccable taste, and warm demeanor, who suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death exposes the cracks in Hollis’s picture-perfect life — her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter, and her growing pursuit of validation from her followers.

To overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her 20s, 30s, and one surprise fifth star. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop,...

An American lives out her British dream in an uninspired yet competently assembled trifle from The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris

Call it the Bridgerton effect, which itself was arguably the result of The Crown effect, but the Netflix algorithm is currently aimed toward the UK with moonier eyes than usual. Last month saw Lena Dunham recount her days as an American getting to grips with the realities of London in Too Much, and as production begins on yet another adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, here comes the sudsy romance My Oxford Year where the object of affection is England itself.

One might assume that a university-set film directed by The Inbetweeners creator Iain Morris would be a ribald comedy geared toward a younger male crowd, but My Oxford Year, based on a novel by Julia Whelan, picks sentiment over sauce. It’s a frothy, throwaway fantasy about another American hoping...

Natalie Portman is spending the day on set!

The 44-year-old Oscar-winning actress was seen carrying a coffee and her script as she arrived at a park to film scenes for her new movie Good Sex on Thursday afternoon (July 31) in New York City.

Natalie was seen wearing a gray T-shirt and denim shorts as she was joined on set by co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Rashida Jones.

Written and directed by Lena Dunham, Good Sex “centers on a pragmatic couples therapist named Ally (Portman), who after spending a decade in a failed relationship and now turning 40, reluctantly dips her toe back into the New York dating scene. But, per Netflix’s logline, Ally gets more than she bargained for when she meets two men, one in his twenties and one in his fifties, who show her there is no set formula for good sex.”

Check out the full cast here!

Audacy Podcasts today announced that it has partnered with award-winning writer, director, actor, and producer Lena Dunham and writer, historian, and curator Alissa Bennett to handle sales and distribution for their critically acclaimed podcast The C-Word, bringing the previously paywalled podcast to all major podcast platforms for free for the first time.

The first three episodes of “The C-Word” will be re-released on all podcast platforms on Thursday, July 31, 2025, and one episode will be re-released every Thursday thereafter.

“The C-Word” is an in-depth exploration of culture's most discussed women—their lives, legacies, and why society is so hell-bent on labeling them "crazy.” Through deeply researched storytelling and candid conversations, Dunham and Bennett unpack how society’s obsession with labeling women has shaped pop culture, media narratives, and public perception. “The C-Word” explores a wide range of figures with empathy, wit, and cultural insight, including Lindsay Lohan, Judy Garland, Mariah Carey,...

If you’re still not over Lena Dunham’s latest, these picks will ease the heartbreak.

Rom-coms are my go-to genre — always have been. There’s just something about falling in love with a show at the same time the characters are falling for each other. And when it ends? Total heartbreak. That’s the vibe with “Too Much,” Lena Dunham’s new series about a heartbroken American and a low-key London musician who find themselves tangled in a love story neither of them planned for. It’s quiet, honest, and a little awkward (in the best way), with the kind of emotional pull that sneaks up on you. So if that ending left you feeling adrift, here are a few more shows that might just fill the gap and get you back in love.

Too Much July 10, 2025

When a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London hoping for a love story,...

Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells will star and executive produce a TV adaptation of the comedy classic “Stay Tuned,” which is in development at Hulu, TheWrap has learned.

The project from Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan and Greg Lessans is loosely based on the 1992 movie starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber. The series would follow Rannells and Gad as they find themselves trapped on the wrong side of the screen and forced to navigate their way through TV’s most binge-worthy obsessions.

Cahan serves as showrunner on the potential series, reuniting with Rannells after previously working together on Showtime’s “Black Monday.” 20th Television is the producing studio. Executive producers include Goldsman and Lessans for Weed Road Productions, Gad, Rannells, and Morgan Creek’s James G. Robinson & David Robinson, and Aaron Semmel.

Rannells is a Grammy Award-winning and two-time Tony Award nominated actor who starred in Jim Rash’s film “Miss You, Love You,...

Exclusive: Hulu is developing Stay Tuned, a comedy series headlined and executive produced by Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.

Loosely based on the 1992 cult classic film of the same name starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber, Stay Tuned was created by Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan, and Greg Lessans, with Cahan set as showrunner. In the TV series take, Rannells and Gad will find themselves trapped on the wrong side of the screen and forced to navigate their way through TV’s most binge-worthy obsessions.

Gad and Rannells executive produce alongside Goldsman and Lessans via Weed Road Productions, Morgan Creek’s James G. Robinson & David Robinson, and Aaron Semmel.

Morgan Creek produced the movie, directed by Peter Hyams, which stars Ritter and Dawber as a suburban couple who are unwittingly transported into their television by a satanic emissary and must survive 24 hours of being bounced from one dangerous situation to another...

Natalie Portman’s starring role in Netflix’s upcoming rom-com, Good Sex, has just reached legendary status, all thanks to a surprise late-night cameo during a Madison Square Garden concert. While the film is in production, Portman unexpectedly popped up on stage during Role Model’s New York City concert on July 28 while the song Sally, When the Wine Runs Out was being performed (via ABC).

The singer, whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury, even shared the clips and images on his Instagram, while videos of them dancing together went viral like wildfire across social media. Dressed in a white tee, denim shorts, and white sneakers with her hair let down, the Oscar-winning actress looked every bit chic and iconic as she danced along to the song.

The two will star together in Netflix’s Good Sex, where Pillsbury will make his acting debut. With production underway in New York...

Angie Han Once upon a time, when broadcast ruled the roost, summer was a fallow time for TV. The traditional season would end in the spring, to start up again in the fall; it wasn’t that there were no new shows, but they’d be exceptions in a sea of reruns. Of course, that’s all changed in the past couple of decades, with cable and streaming moving the industry to year-round programming. Now there’s always something fresh to watch, whether it’s sweater or flip-flop weather.

Or … is there?

Technically, yes, we still got hundreds of hours of new TV the past few months: starry launches like Apple TV+’s Murderbot and Netflix’s Sirens and Too Much; new seasons of recent hits like Netflix’s Squid Game, Peacock’s Poker Face and FX/Hulu’s The Bear; revivals of older smashes like Showtime’s Dexter (in...

Natalie Portman surprised the audience by dancing with Role Model mid-show in New York, sparking a frenzy on social media.

Natalie Portman has once again drawn media attention with an unexpected appearance on stage at Madison Square Garden during Role Model’s concert. The 44-year-old actress joined the singer as he performed his viral track ‘Sally, When the Wine Runs Out’, sending the crowd into a frenzy and triggering a wave of reactions online.

A video of the moment went viral on TikTok and was quickly shared on Instagram, boosted by one of the artist’s fan pages. Role Model himself – real name Tucker Pillsbury – reposted the clip on his Instagram Stories with the caption “Sally Portman”, a playful nod to the song’s central character.

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Natalie Portman opened 2025 by starring opposite John Krasinski in Fountain of Youth, the action thriller from Guy Ritchie. Now, only a few months later, one of her next projects just took a major step forward. Netflix has officially confirmed that Good Sex, the romantic comedy in which Portland stars alongside Tucker Pillsbury, aka Role Model, has officially begun production. This comes after Role Model brought Portman out onto the stage last night during his show at Madison Square Garden while he was playing “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out.” Role Model has brought out other stars in the past during the same performance, such as Renée Rapp, Dylan Minnette, and Bowen Yang. Good Sex also stars MCU star Mark Ruffalo, Parks & Rec alum Rashida Jones, rom-com icon Meg Ryan, and even Tramell Tillman, who has made a name for himself thanks to his role in Severance.

Good Sex follows Ally,...

Exclusive: Corey Fogelmanis (I Wish You All the Best) has landed a role in The Adventures of Cliff Booth, Netflix’s David Fincher-directed sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 Oscar winner Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, sources tell Deadline.

Reps for Netflix declined to comment. Character details are under wraps, as is the film’s plot. Brad Pitt leads the ensemble, reprising his role as Cliff Booth, who in this film transitions from stuntman to Hollywood fixer. As previously announced, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino and Jb Tadena will also star. Fincher directs from from a script by Tarantino.

Fogelmanis will next be seen leading I Wish You All the Best, a coming-of-age drama marking the directorial debut of Tommy Dorfman, on which we were first to report. Starring alongside Lena Dunham, Alexandra Daddario and Cole Sprouse, the actor plays Ben, a reserved, non-binary teen...

Last week on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Steve Buscemi — from… well, everything — revealed that long before he was famous, he often found himself in rooms with casting agents and directors unable to connect at all.

“I was always hot and cold,” Buscemi explained. “I never knew if I should wing it, cause sometimes I’d be good if I went in the room and I didn’t really prepare. And then, the next time I’d do it, I would fail.”

And Buscemi has auditioned for the best of the best — including “Rain Man” filmmaker Barry Levinson when he was working on the 1987 movie “Tin Men.” He decided he had to “really prepare” for the meeting. “And I studied the sides, the script, and went in there and did my reading… did my audition, and he looked at me and went, ‘That was really good. That’s really good,...

Summer might be blockbuster movie season, but just because “The Fantastic Four” and “Superman” are duking it out at the box office doesn’t mean Netflix stops delivering binge-worthy new shows, and July is no different.

From “The Hunting Wives,” the addictive new murder mystery soaring up the TV Top 10, to the 2010s throwback hacker thriller “Mr. Robot,” here’s a hand-picked list of the best new shows streaming on Netflix.

Margo (Malin Akerman) and Sophie (Brittany Snow) in “The Hunting Wives” (Credit: Lionsgate) “The Hunting Wives”

In the mood for a twisty, sexy thriller? “The Hunting Wives” delivers. When progressive Bostonian Sophie O’Neill (Brittany Snow) lands in East Texas, she is taken aback by the rough-and-tough party crowd of the Maple Brook housewives. Her husband’s billionaire boss’ wife, Margo (Malin Akerman) shows her the ropes and pulls Sophie out of her comfort zone. But when a murder takes place in the town,...

This chaotic romantic dramedy lives up to its title in the best way. Lena Dunham and Megan Stalter’s team-up feels like ‘Frances Ha’ on Instagram Live: raw, insufferable, and kind of genius. At the center of Lena Dunham’s sharp, sugar-sad 2025 Netflix series ‘Too Much’ is Megan Stalter’s Jessica Salmon, a woman who, in the first episode, breaks into her ex-boyfriend’s apartment using a gnome to break the window. Throughout the series, Jessica copes with her recent breakup with Zev (played by ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ alum Michael Zegen) by stalking his new girlfriend, Wendy Jones (Emily Ratajkowski), on Instagram. After a move to London, fueled by her obsession with British pastoral love stories from the Jane Austen ilk, she meets a British rock star, Felix (played by the ever-charming Will Sharpe), in a pub bathroom. After accidentally lighting herself on fire with a candle following a...

Netflix's Too Much has claimed a spot on the platform's Top 10 TV shows, despite having left critics and audiences divided. The comedy series, created by Lena Dunham and Luis Felber, was released on Netflix on July 10th, 2025. It stars Megan Stalter as Jessica, a hard-working New Yorker who travels to London to get some alone time after a breakup, but meets Indie artist Felix (Will Sharpe) instead.

Too Much has officially snuck its way onto Netflix's global Top 10 TV shows, claiming the #10 spot for the period of July 14th to July 20th. It's currently the only adult comedy on the list, but the raunchy series has critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes torn. While critics have collectively granted Too Much an 82% score, the audience score sits at only 57%.

What Too Much's Netflix Top 10 Spot & Rt Scores Mean For The Rom-Com Series Even Positive Reviews For Too Much Are Mixed...

Netflix audiences were enthralled by the mysterious death of a woman in Yosemite National Park in Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith’s Untamed last week.

The series debuted on July 17 and quickly racked up 24.6M views, putting it at No. 1 on the English-language TV list. That’s quite a strong start — and a rejuvenation of that chart, which was looking a little lackluster last week. This also marks the second No. 1 debut for Mark L. Smith this year, after American Primeval hit the top spot in January.

Once again, true crime was also top of mind for Netflix viewers. Amy Bradley Is Missing took second place, amassing 12.2M views from July 14 to 20.

The Sandman Season 2 also picked up another 3.3M views, good enough for third place. As Deadline previously reported, the series took a bit of a viewership hit from the first season, which finished its second week of availability with around 11.5M views.

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Eric Bana’s “Untamed” debuted to an impressive audience in its opening weekend, climbing to the top of Netflix’s most-watched TV list.

After premiering on Thursday, July 17, “Untamed” tallied up 24.6 million views on Netflix in its first four days on the streamer, leading the top 10 list of the week’s most-watched English-language TV shows for the week of July 14. “Untamed” marks the second No. 1 debut this year for co-creator Mark L. Smith after “American Primeval” debuted atop the list in January.

Viewership for “Untamed” more than doubled that of “Amy Bradley Is Missing,” which took the No. 2 slot on the list with 12.2 million views. Viewership slid down significantly for the rest of the titles on the top 10 TV list, including “The Sandman” Season 2, which scored third place with 3.3 million views,...

You just never know who you’re going to bump into while out in New York City!

After wrapping production for the day on her new movie Good Sex, Natalie Portman ran into Taylor Swift‘s younger brother Austin Swift while out on a walk on Monday afternoon (July 21) in NYC.

The two were seen chatting and laughing with a group of friends before continuing on with their walks.

Natalie, 44, was seen wearing a black T-shirt and denim shorts while Austin, 33, sported a maroon plaid shirt and black pants.

The Oscar-winning actress has been in NYC for the past few weeks filming the new Netflix rom-com.

Good Sex is written and directed by Lena Dunham and follows a therapist that finds herself torn between two very different romances as she tries to find love in New York City. Check out the full cast here!

Argentine thesp Javier Drolas, best actor winner of Argentina’s Silver Condor for his role in coming-of-age drama “The Good Intentions,” has joined Colombian actor-producer-writer Marcela Mar, in the upcoming “Imperfect” (“Imperfecta”), a Spanish-language adaptation of Polish-Canadian author Jowita Bydlowska’s bestseller “Drunk Mom: A Memoir.”

Hailed by Lena Dunham as an “intense, complex and disturbing story, bravely and beautifully told,” the story, a reflection on the mental health of mothers during pregnancy and postpartum, follows Jo, a 42-year-old photographer, who has her first baby and celebrates the joy of motherhood with her husband and friends. But one drink awakens an old addiction and she struggles to stay in control, protect her role as a mother and keep her life from falling apart.

”Imperfect” is slated to shoot during the last quarter of the year, with Sofía Oggioni attached as DoP.

Reflecting on her own experience as a mother, Mar...

The Paris Texas “Lidia” Mules have become one of the buzziest shoes of 2025. Madelyn Cline recently wore the nude pair at the Los Angeles premiere of I Know What You Did Last Summer, but it’s Emily Ratajkowski who’s truly championing the style.

Jump to Emily’s Paris Texas Mule Looks:

1. Too Much: Netflix’s Newest Rom-Com Series 2. The “It” Heel of 2025: Paris Texas Lidia Mules 3. Y2K Glam: Tom Ford for Gucci Snakeskin Mini Dress 4. Sleek Throwback: Capri Pants & Emily Dawn Long Blazer 5. Off-Duty Cool: Sporty Bode Raglan Tee 6. More of Emily’s Iconic Shoe & Style Moments

While promoting her new Netflix series Too Much, the model and actress has worn the chic heels on three different press appearances: CBS Mornings, The Today Show, and Late Night with Seth Meyers. And with each appearance, Ratajkowski has proven her fashion prowess, effortlessly styling the versatile heels in fresh,...

“Girls” always seems to surge back into the cultural conversation, particularly since Lena Dunham’s new series “Too Much” premiered on Netflix earlier this month. In the near-decade since “Girls” aired its HBO finale, its cast has gone on to become film and TV stalwarts. Among the most prolific, of course, is Andrew Rannells — who appeared with Dunham on “Too Much,” giving fans the Hannah and Elijah reunion they were waiting for.

“Too Much” might’ve been the latest project pairing Dunham and Rannells, but it was far from the first. Actually, according to none other than Judd Apatow — “Girls” executive producer (among other things) — we now know exactly what the first scene they shot together was… and it’s a biggie.

In the scene — from way back in 2012 — Hannah and Elijah, her former college boyfriend, have a contentious (and hilarious) conversation about Elijah’s sexuality, focusing on how much...

With the latest rom-com on Netflix, “Too Much,” the platform is betting on an original concept, bringing in tested talent who have already proven their worth, particularly on HBO. Leveraging known talent who have built their own following is one tool that can help an original concept get off the ground initially.

As of July 11, one day after its premiere, “Too Much” had 22.3 times the average series demand in the U.S., tracking ahead of demand for both “Hacks” and “The White Lotus” at the same point in their first season. To be fair, both HBO series took advantage of a weekly release schedule, which helped to build anticipation going into the finale, while all episodes of the first season of “Too Much” were dropped on Netflix at once. We still need time to get a full picture of how the show is performing, but it is certainly in a...

If you still remember the loud snap of Adam whipping off a condom after having sex with Hannah in the second episode of “Girls” — followed by a full episode of Hannah repeating that she always uses condoms but is nonetheless terrified that she’ll die of AIDS — you have Caren Spruch to thank for that.

Spruch is the national director of arts and entertainment at Planned Parenthood. Her job is to help screenwriters and directors create accurate and sensitive on-screen representations of abortion and other reproductive health issues, in addition to galvanizing prominent industry figures to publicly endorse Planned Parenthood and its goals. With credits ranging from 2014’s “Obvious Child” to 2020’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” this work is a niche she built for herself after starting out in the organization’s public policy department. “I thought, ‘Well, everyone says Hollywood is so liberal, but we don’t have famous celebrities speaking out,...

If you’re looking for a new comedy to check out, Too Much on Netflix could be right up your alley. Lena Dunham created the series, bringing Emily Ratajkowski back to our screens.

Caution: We’re going into Spoilers for Too Much season 1 in this post.

Many will remember that Ratajkowski stepped away from the acting life “forever” in 2023. She fired her entire team and made it clear that she was done making herself “digestible to powerful men in Hollywood.”

Well, when her friend Dunham had a project for her, she decided that this was the right way to make her comeback, but what are the chances of her coming back for Too Much season 2? Ratajkowski has shared her thoughts with Variety about whether that could happen.

Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe in Too Much on Netflix Emily Ratajkowski is interested in Too Much season 2

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Popular British doll Sindy is preparing to break out of her box and onto the big screen in a new live-action musical feature that threatens to rival Greta Gerwig's mega-hit Barbieand give Margot Robbie's Mattel toy some stiff competition. The 2023 film broke the mold of traditional Hollywood blockbusters and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Its worldwide gross reached $1.4 billion at the box office, while it also received wide critical acclaim, proving that there is an audience out there eager to discover why life in plastic is so fantastic.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, A2R2 Productions – the production company launched by Alien: Romulus star Archie Renaux and producer Arjun Rose last year – has acquired the film rights to Sindy, the fashion doll created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys in 1963 as a rival to the US counterpart. The team are reportedly planning to bring her story to the big screen via a "bold,...

Sindy, the popular British doll that emerged from Pedigree Dolls & Toys in the 1960s as a rival to America’s iconic Barbie, may soon be singing her way onto the big-screen.

A2R2 Productions — the production company launched last fall by actor Archie Renaux and manager-producer Arjun Rose — has acquired rights to adapt Sindy and they’ve set plans for a “bold, feel-good live-action musical that mixes heart, humor and high fashion,” the team confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Rose, who dabbled in music with a live performance series called Laughing Boy that featured the likes of Ed Sheeran and Jessie J, will produce along with Renaux. The British talent was last seen on the big screen in Alien: Romulus. Daniel Hulme, a leader in the tech and artificial intelligence space who currently serves as chief AI officer at Wpp, joins the team as executive producer.

It’s early days...

Janicza Bravo and Lena Dunham first met while making Camping — Dunham was the creator of the short-lived HBO series, while Bravo was part of the ensemble cast — but it wasn’t until the pandemic hit two years after its cancellation that their friendship took off. “We had the same outlook,” Bravo says with a laugh. “I’m already a little antisocial, so it only encouraged me to be even more afraid of being around people. Lena and I trusted each other’s isolation style so we started to hang out.” Dunham was also in the beginning stages of her relationship with her now-husband Luis Felber, and soft-pitched Bravo her idea for a show based (loosely!) around their romance. “She said she wanted me to be in it, and that was a no-brainer because I would say no to anything she asked,” says Bravo.

The idea eventually became Too Much, the...

Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones are having a good time on the set of their upcoming rom-com!

Natalie, 44, and Rashida, 49, were spotted filming their upcoming film Good Sex in New York City on Tuesday (July 15).

The pair of actresses were spotted grabbing food at a hot dog cart as well as sitting together on a bench to enjoy their food and have some laughs. Natalie looked sleek and stylish in a black and white outfit detailed with a thin bow while Rashida made a statement in her outfit with a patterned jacket over a simple black dress.

Good Sex is written and directed by Lena Dunham and follows a therapist that finds herself torn between two very different romances as she tries to find love in New York City.

Check out the full cast to see who’s in the movie with Natalie and Rashida!

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First, the good news about this year’s Emmy nominees: Queer, Black, Asian and Latino performers made history. The less good news: Overall representation is down for people of color, especially for folks of Asian and indigenous descent.

Of the 92 total performers nominated in the acting categories, 24 of them are people of color, a dip from 2024, when Asian, Latino and Black actors made significant strides, with 30 nominees.

This year, members of the LGBTQ community did well across all categories. Bella Ramsey picked up their second Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for HBO’s “The Last of Us,” becoming the only nonbinary performer to be twice nominated for acting Emmys. This bit of history builds on Ramsey’s own milestone from 2023, when they became the first openly nonbinary actor to be nominated in a lead acting category.

Queer actors were particularly well represented in the supporting actor in a comedy series category,...

It's once again Emmy Awards season with the 2025 nominations being announced on Tuesday, July 15. Even though FX on Hulu's smash-hit and award-winning series The Bear just released its fourth season last month, the comedy-drama series also earned 13 nominations for last year's third season. The new nods add to the show's record-setting wins in 2024, but one of the show's talented star's just made some Emmy nominations history of their own with an amazing achievement.

The Bear star Ayo Edebiri landed her third consecutive Emmy nomination for her acting performance. After winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the first season, Edebiri has now been nominated in the Lead Actress category for seasons 2 and 3. But for season 3, Edebiri earned not one but two nominations, this time also scoring a nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for the season 3 episode "Napkins."

Ayo Edebiri matches...

[This story contains major spoilers from the first season of Too Much.]

Lena Dunham knows that going into business with a romantic partner — let alone someone you have only known for a short period of time — is not for everyone. But a few years ago, about a month into their courtship, the Girls creator approached her partner, British-Peruvian indie musician Luis Felber, with an unexpected proposal: “Will you make a show with me?”

At the time, Dunham and Felber, who had met on a blind date set up by a mutual friend, were still getting to know each other. They had yet to hold hands in public, much less call each other girlfriend and boyfriend. They had barely seen — or heard about — the other person’s work. (Despite having a mother and a sister who were big fans of Girls, Felber admits he had never watched the HBO dramedy, and has only screened a couple episodes to date.)

Since moving to the U.

Korean media is still taking Netflix by storm as KPop Demon Hunters and Squid Game led the service from July 7 to 13.

The most-watched title on the platform last week, KPop Demon Hunters racked up 24.2M views to put it back atop the English films list.

Meanwhile, Squid Game Season 3 topped the non-English TV charts with another 15.9M views. The third installment has managed 122.2M views since its release on June 27, already making it the third most popular non-English series on Netflix, behind only Seasons 1 and 2 of the Korean drama. Speaking of, both prior installments were also back on the weekly Top 10 list as well.

It was quite a quiet week on the English TV side of things, with Season 2 of The Sandman taking the top spot. The episodes, which premiered on July 3, amassed 5.9M views in its first full week. This is a decline for the series, considering Season 1 finished...

The sensation that is “KPop Demon Hunters” is showing no signs of slowing down — in its third full week of release on Netflix, the animated film jumped to the No. 1 slot once again with 24.2 million views. That’s as many views as the film got in its first week of release, showing that subscribers are catching on to the viral hit as its soundtrack dominates the Billboard charts.

Oh yes, “Golden” — one of many bops featured in this story of a KPop trio who make music and hunt demons — is currently the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts. The soundtrack logged 96.3 million streams in its third week.

The Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation original is officially one of the streamer’s biggest movie hits of the year.

Elsewhere, the debut of Lena Dunham’s “Too Much” — her first TV series since HBO’s “Girls” — failed to crack the Netflix Top...

Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for “Too Much.”

Emily Ratajkowski has returned to acting after making headlines in 2023 for firing her team and leaving the business. At the time, she lamented the feeling of making herself “digestible to powerful men in Hollywood,” so it’s no surprise that her first new project is not only created by a woman, but by her friend: Lena Dunham.

“Too Much,” Dunham’s new Netflix comedy series, follows Jessica (Megan Stalter) in the months following her breakup from her ex-boyfriend Zev (Michael Zegen). Ratajkowski plays Wendy, Zev’s new girlfriend, who is an influencer, and the constant stream of Instagram photos from Zev and Wendy’s happy life together drives Jessica crazy. She drunkenly breaks into their New York apartment to confront them one night, while Wendy does tell Jessica she seems crazy, she’s surprisingly calm and generous during the encounter.

Throughout the series,...

This may be the first and last time we ever say this, but this week's Pilot TV Podcast is both figuratively and literally Too Much. Yes, not only do we have four guests — specifically The Walking Dead: Dead City’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Scott Gimple [25:31 — 35:19 approx.] Karen Pirie’s Lauren Lyle and Emer Kenny [53:34 — 1:07:34 approx.] — but we also review four shows, including — you guessed it — Lena Dunham's Too Much on Netflix.

Elsewhere on the reviews front this week, James Dyer, Boyd Hilton, and Kay Ribeiro enrol at The Institute on MGM+, get Bookish on U&Alibi, and boldly go with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 on Paramount+. And that's not all — nuh-uh! The team also take a trip down memory lane as this week's listener question has the gang reconsidering favourite TV ads of yore, and on the news front there's Slow Horses' Season 7 renewal, The Morning Show Season 4 trailer,...