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Natasha Lyonne first burst onto the scene in the late '90s with her work in movies like American Pie and But I’m a Cheerleader, but she’s embraced a new level of stardom in the last few years. She took her fame to new levels thanks to her role as Nicky Nichols in Orange is the New Black, and more recently, she’s become known for playing Charlie Cale in Poker Face. It was announced earlier this week that Lyonne would make her directorial debut on Uncanny Valley, a new film that will see her work with Asteria, "an artist-led generative AI film and animation studio." Lyonne recently sat down with Collider’s Christina Radish to talk Poker Face Season 2, and she spoke about the team tasked with bringing Uncanny Valley to life:

"The subject matter is something that’s not too unknown. There’s a lot of information on it.

Natasha Lyonne is set to make her feature-length directorial debut with a new AI-generated movie. Lyonne will be joined by computer scientist and visual artist Jaron Lanier for the project.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed news of Lyonne's Uncanny Valley, a feature film "set in the world of immersive video games"' that plans to make "abundant" use of artificial intelligence. The project is backed by Asteria, a new AI-based studio founded by Lyonne and LA filmmaker/entrepreneur Bryn Mooser. A representative for Asteria said the film will "blend" traditional storytelling techniques with cutting-edge AI tech to create a "radical new cinematic experience."

Uncanny Valley's story will be directed by Lyonne from a script she wrote with Brit Marling, although it wasn't made clear in the original announcement if generative A.I. was involved in creating the script. The story is centered on a teenage girl who becomes entranced with...

Natasha Lyonne has been cast in an undisclosed role in Marvel Studios' much-anticipated The Fantastic Four reboot. Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll, and Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne is known for her distinctive voice and tough persona. Natasha Lyonne could bring the likes of Medusa, Sharon Ventura, Frankie Raye, or Alicia Masters into the McU's The Fantastic Four.

Natasha Lyonne has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four in an undisclosed role, so she could be bringing any number of brilliant Marvel Comics characters into the live-action MCU. Natasha Lyonne first came to prominence in the 1990s with small roles in Everybody Says I Love You, Slums of Beverley Hills, and American Pie, but achieved international recognition for her portrayal of Nicky Nichols in Netflix's Orange is the New Black. Lyonne has recently starred in acclaimed shows Russian Doll and Poker Face, and has become...

The cast of Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four is growing by the day! After announcing the additions of John Malkovich, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson, Deadline says Poker Face and Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne is joining the latest iteration of Marvel’s first family. Fantastic Four stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm-Richards, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm. There is no indication if the Richards’ children, Valeria and Franklin, will appear in the film. The addition of Natasha Lyonne is already sending Fantastic Four fans into a tizzy with theories about who she could play in the film.

WandaVision director Matt Shakman is directing Fantastic Four from a script by Ric Pearson, Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer. Plot details are sparse, though we know Julia Garner is playing Shalla-Bal, a version of Silver Surfer from the comics.

The cast for Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four continues to grow. Russian Doll creator/star Natasha Lyonne has become the latest actor to join the highly-anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe movie.

Per Deadline, Lyonne has joined The Fantastic Four in a mystery role. Her casting comes less than a week after John Malkovich and Ralph Ineson were added to the movie, with the latter set to portray the main antagonist, Galactus. Lynne, who initially came to prominence in the late 1990s with roles in Everyone Says I Love You and American Pie, is best known for her roles in the television series Orange Is the New Black (as Nicky Nichols), Russian Doll (as Nadia Vulvokov), and Poker Face (as Charlie Cale).

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You’ll have to forgive Natasha Lyonne if she’s irritable today. She just quit smoking, which is no small feat for someone who’s so synonymous with the habit that there’s an Instagram account dedicated to the coolness of her taking a drag.

“I’ve been putting it off for so long,” she tells me, pointing to the small Nicorette pack on the coffee table in her East Village apartment. “I’m naturally wired for self-destructive crutches. I fucking love a vice.”

Though she admits there are “immense” consequences of raging nicotine withdrawal, the health benefits far outweigh the discomfort.

“It might be a symptom of being in a pretty decent place,” she offers of her reason for quitting. “In a way, I want to meet that artistically and emotionally. I want to return the favor and say, ‘Ok, maybe I’ll sign up for life for a little bit longer.

Currently starring on Rian Johnson’s Peacock mystery series Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne is slowly becoming one of the biggest names in our current entertainment landscape. Apart from playing amateur sleuth Charlie Cale in 2023, the actress also scored a second season for her personal project Russian Doll, on Netflix, in 2022, and got herself a cameo in Johnson’s second installment of the Knives Out franchise, Glass Onion. With all this exposition, the love for her roles in late '90s cult classics such as The Slums of Beverly Hills and But I’m a Cheerleader has only gotten more widespread online. But the role that really put Lyonne in the limelight was not Russian Doll’s time-traveling party girl Nadia Vulvokov nor But I’m a Cheerleader’s high school queen turned pariah Megan. It’s time we give the proper attention and appreciation to the part that truly made Natasha...

Did you know Natasha Lyonne turned down “American Pie” not once but several times? The actress finally revealed the reason on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

Before deciding to accept the invitation, Lyonne disclosed that she had been invited to join the cast of “American Pie” multiple times. She revealed that she wasn’t exactly able to relate to the film’s pupils’ goal to become virgins, though. She informed Barrymore that “it already happened” for her.

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“I think I just sort of saw it on paper and I didn’t identify with this sort of like, very white, very normal high school experience. Kinda like, ‘Oh! We’re gonna lose our virginity!’ I was like, ‘Honey, it already happened,’” Lyonne told on the show. “I just don’t think I understood the movie.

Talk to anyone involved with Peacock detective series Poker Face long enough and they’ll eventually, invariably invoke the name of one of television’s most iconic characters: Columbo.

Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo (first name unknown but probably Frank) first appeared in the 1968 pilot episode of what would become the beloved long-running gumshoe series bearing his name. As portrayed by veteran actor Peter Falk, Columbo continued the Sherlock Holmes tradition of intensely idiosyncratic problem-solvers. Unapologetically blue collar with his wrinkly beige raincoat and perpetually-lit cigar, the detective would drop into crime scenes like an unassuming transient. Then he would lull murderers into a false sense of security with his benign presence only to then lay down the hammer with a well-placed “just one more thing … ” and ask the question that will close the case for good.

Structurally, Columbo was refreshingly revelatory for its medium. The series...

Natasha Lyonne signed with CAA for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She was previously represented by WME and continues to be repped by 3Arts, Ocean Avenue, Schreck Rose Dapello Adams, and ID.

News of the signing comes a little over a week ahead of the launch of the Peacock series “Poker Face,” in which Lyonne stars and executive produces. The series hails from creator Rian Johnson and is described as a case of the week mystery dramedy. It will debut on Jan. 26.

Lyonne is perhaps best known for her role in the Emmy-winning Netflix series “Russian Doll.” Lyonne co-created, wrote, directed, and executive produced the show in addition to starring as Nadia. She also collaborated with Netflix on the groundbreaking series “Orange Is the New Black,” in which she starred as Nicky Nichols throughout the show’s seven-season run. She also directed an episode in Season 7.

In film, Lyonne is...

The 1999 teen comedy American Pie is one of the most iconic films about sex and dating, but Natasha Lyonne came close to not becoming part of the cast. Known as the first major movie for young actors such as Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, and Mena Suvari, the story follows clueless high school students who want to lose their virginity. Lyonne's bold and knowledgeable character Jessica stands out against the others. The movie grossed over 200 million (via Box Office Mojo) and the scene of Bigg's character Jim having an intimate moment with an apple pie in his kitchen is still surprising years later.

Lyonne played her American Pie role the same year that she portrayed Vivian Abromowitz in the 1998 comedy Slums of Beverly Hills. She continued to play confident and sure of themselves characters, from Megan Bloomfield in But I'm A Cheerleader to Nadia Vulvokov in the Netflix time loop series...

Orange is the New Black would have looked a lot different if the show stuck to the original plan for Danielle Brooks' character, Taystee Jefferson, and only kept her around for two episodes. Thankfully, Brooks' performance wowed the showrunners, and Taystee played a huge role in Litchfield.

But every likable character like Taystee, there's an equally unlikable character like former Co, Sam Healy. From outgoing personalities to toxic mother figures, less likable characters make infuriating decisions that impact more than just themselves while the likable characters are touched audiences' hearts with their journeys and growth.

Natalie “Fig” Figueroa

Natalie "Fig" Figueroa is a completely unlikable character. She is mean and cruel toward the inmates, unable to put herself in their shoes. For the better part of the series, she is selfish and overlooks the poor treatment of the inmates and condition of the prison.

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Two decades before her turn as the gruff-voiced, sardonic Nadia on the existential dramedy “Russian Doll,” a teenage Natasha Lyonne played DJ, the

chirpy narrator in Woody Allen’s 1996 whimsical romantic-comedy musical “Everyone Says I Love You.” Lyonne’s name first appeared in Variety on Dec. 2, 1996, in a review of the Allen film.

In the next few years she went on to star in a number of raunchy teen comedies, including “American Pie,” “But I’m a Cheerleader” and “Scary Movie 2.”

She recently wrapped up her role as Nicky Nichols (aka Junkie Philosopher) on the final season of “Orange Is the New Black.”

“Russian Doll,” which she stars in and co-created alongside Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland, has 13 Emmy nominations and is set for a second season.

When you look back at teenage Natasha Lyonne in “Everyone Says I Love You,” what do you see that’s changed?

I was attending Yeshiva.

Russian Doll actress and co-creator Natasha Lyonne stopped by The Daily Show to reflect on the Netflix series' success and what attracts her to projects with major philosophical themes.

Host Trevor Noah congratulated Lyonne on her three Emmy nominations plus the ironically lucky 13 nods the series gained as well. Lyonne, who co-created the series that's headed for another loop with a second season, has been Emmy nominated just once before — in 2014 for her role as Nicky Nichols in Orange is the New Black.

"It's good also because it's a number I like," Lyonne noted. "...

“I learned on ‘Orange Is the New Black’ that there was something about having a uniform and being able to really move,” says three-time Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne. Her character Nadia in “Russian Doll” — the dark Netflix comedy she co-created — shares her affinity for dark, comfortable clothes with a genderless quality. “I wanted to make sure I wasn’t encumbered by things that would traditionally slow a woman down.”

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“In a gown, I’m looking for something that feels almost like my streetwear — but for a night of activity,” says Lyonne, who scored her first nod for portraying inmate Nicky Nichols on “Orange Is the New Black.” Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, then of Kenzo, created this long-sleeved lace dress for the event. “It’s a lot of people stepping on each other’s dresses, so I liked the tea length and the idea of being mobile. And it was black-adjacent,...

1. “Orange Is the New Black” Season 7 (available July 26)

Why Should I Watch? Well, Season 7 marks the end of “Orange Is the New Black,” which either makes for a compelling argument to get caught up or a reasonable rationale to avoid it altogether. Speaking to the first point, Jenji Kohan’s landmark Netflix original has helped usher in a more diversified TV space, draw attention to a problematic prison system, and provide truckloads of Emmys to the very worthy Uzo Aduba. Toss in the fact it helped elevate more than a few key voices set to shape television’s future, including Stephen Falk (“You’re the Worst”) and S.J. Clarkson (who’s helming the upcoming “Game of Thrones” spinoff), and it’s been a significant series since it debuted in mid-2013. But it’s also a long series. Each season consists of 13 hour-long episodes, and the most recent entries have highlighted Netflix’s bloating problems.

Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne's career has been skyrocketing ever since she stepped into the orange jumpsuit of Nicky Nichols on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black. But the actress, who has been open about her struggles with addiction, took herself out of the spotlight for a number of years to recover.

"I think the simple truth in any conversation about recovery, in general, is things take time," the actress said during The Hollywood Reporter Comedy Actress Roundtable about making a return to Hollywood. "It didn't mean as much on a box office level that I'...

If you’ve been following the gals from Litchfield since Orange is the New Black began streaming on Netflix in 2013, you’ve probably grown fond of some of your favourite characters. From the sassy and scary Galina “Red” Reznikov, to the lovable Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren, and the hilariously downtrodden Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett, Nicky Nichols, and Lorna Morello, there’s someone for everyone.

Show your love of the series before it officially ends with some of these great gifts that will put a smile on any fan’s face.

Natasha Lyonne would be the first to cheerily acknowledge that she was on a real downswing for awhile. "When I first re-emerged, I was embarrassed to walk down the street. People would come up and say, 'I heard you were dead!'" she told Out in 2013. "But I had to remind myself that a lot of the stuff I went through was pretty brutal. I'm definitely thankful that some of the rough patches are behind me." At the time she had just started playing a locked-up drug dealer in Orange Is the New Black. The character of Nicky Nichols was, much like Lyonne—and much like almost all of Lyonne's characters over the course of her 20-plus-year career—blunt and...

Natasha Lyonne has been a star since she was a teenager, from her roles in “Slums of Beverly Hills” (1998), “American Pie” (1999) and “But I’m a Cheerleader” (1999) to her recent turn as prison inmate Nicky Nichols in “Orange is the New Black.” But she outdoes herself in her new Netflix series “Russian Doll,” which starts with a high-concept premise and then spirals out into new, bizarre, absurd and often moving directions. And she’s not only the star of the show, she’s also a co-creator, writer, director and producer.

Lyonne created “Russian Doll” with Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”), and she stars as Nadia Vulvokov, a video game designer celebrating her 36th birthday. But Nadia keeps dying in calamitous ways, and every time she does she returns to the same moment to start again, respawning just like a video game character. Why is she stuck in this time loop,...

Natasha Lyonne may have been in the spotlight for more than 30 years, but the lack of diversity and inclusion within the creative sphere still baffles her.

“Be intersectional in all ways, and it will transition into gender,” the actress-writer-producer-director urged during her keynote at a female and non-binary-centered event outside of SXSW proper Sunday.

Lyonne has become a Lgbtq icon over the years, for roles in the cult classic “But I’m a Cheerleader” (which she recalled being controversial when it was first released — and surprised at the fact that it is still often being talked about in the same manner as it was then) and her seven-season stint as Nicky Nichols on Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.”

In many ways, Lyonne said, “Orange is the New Black” led to “healing around [my] own self-doubt.” While she spoke volumes of enjoying her time on the show, calling her cast mates “chosen family,...

The new Netflix series Russian Doll is the latest in the streaming giant's comedy arsenal. Following a woman who finds herself stuck reliving her 36th birthday party over and over - and dying at the end of every night - the series already has people buzzing. It turns out, though, that it shares quite a bit in common with its fellow Netflix comedy Orange Is the New Black: namely, several cast members!

Russian Doll stars Natasha Lyonne, aka Orange Is the New Black's snarky, sometimes seductive, sometimes romantic Nicky Nichols. Lyonne is a supporting cast member no more: not only does she star as Russian Doll's intrepid protagonist Nadia Vulvokov, but she also created the show herself. It's a new horizon for Lyonne, but it's always so much easier to blaze a new path when you're already surrounded by familiar and friendly faces. That's just what Lyonne has done with her cast,...

Netflix's Russian Doll is the Natasha Lyonne showcase long in the waiting...and an interesting little sci-fi yarn to boot.

Russian Doll co-creator and star Natasha Lyonne has been working as an actor since the age of six when she appeared Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. At age 16 she appeared in Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I Love You. She’s been a part of the American Pie, Scary Movie, and Blade franchises before finally popping up in her now most famous role as Nicky Nichols on Orange is the New Black.

Still for as long as Lyonne has been working, it’s taken a minute to get to this point - where her name and face is displayed prominently over the marketing material for her very own show. In fact, the splash page for Netflix’s Russian Doll currently features Lyonne’s visage no fewer than seven times (though that...

Natahsa Lyonne keeps dying then subsequently reliving her birthday in the trailer for Netflix’s Russian Doll. Lyonne co-created the show with Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland (Bachelorette, Sleeping With Other People).

The trailer opens with Lyonne’s Nadia celebrating her birthday with a raucous party in New York City. It all comes to screeching halt when she is hit by a cab, which suddenly resets her day. She’s aware of the fact that it’s the same day repeatedly, so she keeps trying to avoid her inevitable death...

Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne have signed a first-look television deal with Amazon Studios. Under the pact, the Emmy-nominated duo will create original series for the studio via their new Animal Pictures shingle for Amazon Prime Video.

“Maya and Natasha are proven talents in front of and behind the camera, and we are so excited to tap into this powerful creative brain trust and be in business with these fiercely funny and phenomenally smart women,” said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios.

The deal extends Rudolph’s relationship with Amazon. The Saturday Night Live alum can be seen in the critically-praised Amazon Prime original series Forever, that she also produced, starring alongside Fred Armisen. On the film side, Rudolph stars in Amy Poehler’s upcoming movie Wine Country which will be released in May 2019. Additional film credits include Bridesmaids, The Way Way Back, Maggie’s Plan, Sisters, and Away We Go,...

[This story contains spoilers from the entire sixth season of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.]

Natasha Lyonne has some Orange Is the New Black fan fiction to share about season six.

After what proved to be a major growing-up season for her character Nicky Nichols, the recovering addict — along with viewers — heartbreakingly watched another one of Litchfield's own go down a familiarly hopeless path. Dayanara Diaz (played by Dascha Polanco), who is now facing a life in prison for a murder that only viewers know she didn't commit, becomes hooked on heroin.

"I imagine a ...

Warning: Big spoilers for Orange Is the New Black season six below!

Season six of Orange Is the New Black ties up some lose ends but still leaves us with plenty of questions. Now that Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) has been released from Litchfield, my first thought when the credits rolled on the final episode was, "so, no more Piper?" The series could potentially move on without its leading lady (though she's become less and less important as more characters have taken the spotlight), but we suspect that we won't have to deal with that void. Here are ways that we could see Piper again.

She will visit her fiancée.

When Piper finds out that she is being released from Litchfield just the day before it happens, she can't get a smile on her face because that means she will be away from her fiancée, Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). The...

[This story contains major spoilers from the entire sixth season of Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.]

Alex Vause had a surprise up her sleeve in the Orange Is the New Black finale.

During the supersized, 84-minute season six episode, the Netflix prison dramedy paused its maximum security infighting so it could hold a secret prison wedding for Alex (Laura Prepon) and Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling). Alex — with officiant Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne) and witness Lorna Morello (Yael Stone) in tow — planned the wedding Piper so desperately wanted to have before leaving Litchfield.

"It was a sense ...

The stars of Orange Is the New Black have been in prison as their characters for five seasons with at least two more to go since the show has been renewed through season seven. As they've inhabited these skins, they've come to love certain aspects of their characters. "I've come to love Piper," Taylor Schilling told E! News ahead of the Orange Is the New Black season five premiere. "I love that she keeps trying, just like me." For Natasha Lyonne, her favorite thing about Nicky Nichols stems from the initial description of the character as a "junkie philosopher." "I always liked that description of her…I just liked the idea that she's a character that's...

After dropping out for close to a decade, Natasha Lyonne is finally at peace with her past. Now the Orange is the New Black star teams up with best friend Chloë Sevigny in the new horror shocker

If you’re going to watch anyone stumbling around a dump of a trailer while in the throes of a pus-oozing freak alien pregnancy, let it be Natasha Lyonne. In body-horror movie Antibirth, Lyonne is Lou, a wisecracking wastoid in ripped-up fishnets and shorts, living in her dead dad’s trailer, with Chloë Sevigny as her hard-partying sidekick. What’s wrong with her is unclear. Is she the subject of a government conspiracy, the victim of a blackmarket opioid gone wrong or simply the uterine host for a full-blown alien takeover? Who knows, in this big, trippy mess of a movie. But Lyonne, belly grossly distended with alien progeny ... well, she carries it.

Were there any surprises at this year's SAG Awards?

Check out all of the winners in the TV categories, below, and tell us if you're surprised by those chosen to take home a statue.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Millie Bobby Brown / Eleven

Cara Buono / Karen Wheeler

Joe Chrest / Ted Wheeler

Natalia Dyer / Nancy Wheeler

David Harbour / Jim Hopper

Charlie Heaton / Jonathan Byers

Joe Keery / Steve Harrington

Gaten Matarazzo / Dustin Henderson

Caleb McLaughlin / Lucas Sinclair

Matthew Modine / Dr. Martin Brenner

Rob Morgan / Officer Powell

John Paul Reynolds / Officer Callahan

Winona Ryder / Joyce Byers

Noah Schnapp / Will Byers

Mark Steger / The Monster

Finn Wolfhard / Mike Wheeler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Foy / Queen Elizabeth II – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

John Lithgow / Winston Churchill – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by...

Pregnancy can be challenging and scary for any young woman, but it’s even more frightening when you don’t know how you got pregnant. In the new body-horror comedy “Antibirth,” hard-partying stoner Lou (Natasha Lyonne) wakes up one morning to discover that she’s pregnant despite not having sex in over a year. Living in a small Michigan town, Lou and her best friend Sadie (Chloë Sevigny) try to discover how this could happen in a drug-addled haze, but when a mysterious stranger (Meg Tilly) raises the possibility of something otherworldly, it throws everyone for a loop. Suddenly, Lou starts to lose a grip on reality as the person (or thing) growing inside her begins to distort her mind. Watch the trailer below, courtesy of EW.

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The film is the feature-length debut from writer-director Danny Perez.

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the first eight episodes of Orange Is the New Black season four.] After nearly an entire season without her, Orange Is the New Black brought a fan favorite back in a big way during its newly released fourth season. After disappearing from the Netflix prison dramedy during the beginning of season three, Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne) returned in the fourth episode — a storyline that was kept under lock and key by everyone involved with the Jenji Kohan prison dramedy. "This is a real high-stakes Jon Snow situation I’m in: This whole year, I cannot

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Can it possibly have been a whole year since we last shacked up in Litchfield Penitentiary, with its mattress-less bunks, garden shed full of secrets and Piper's panties-making empire? If you're like us, there's a good chance that you gulped down Season Three of Orange Is the New Black faster than you can say "Admiral Rodcocker." To say that Jenji Kohan's addictive prison comedy/drama is highly bingeable is a huge understatement; but the downside is that 12 months down the line, we're left with a hooch hangover and a...

Yes, that's really Nicky Nichols front and center in the pic above. "Orange Is the New Black" star Natasha Lyonne was flanked on the red carpet on Wednesday night by costars Yael Stone (Lorna, left) and Lea DeLaria (Big Boo, right) at the premiere of her new film, "Addicted to Fresno." All three women looked completely different than their imprisoned alter-egos, shining with some fresh faces, stylish clothes and big smiles. See more of the cast's wild transformations in the gallery above! While Lyonne still had her infamous mane, it looked cleaner and shinier than it appears on "Oitnb," where Natasha plays a recovering drug addict. For Stone, her red carpet look was definitely toned down in comparison with the red lip-lovin' Lorna ... while DeLaria looked comfortable in her denim, blazer and a polo. Fans of the Netflix series were left wondering what happened to Natasha's character after the events...

[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "Addicted to Fresno," is available now On Demand. Need help finding a movie to watch? Let TWC find the best fit for your mood here.] Read More: The 7 Best Things We Learned from Ava DuVernay's SXSW Keynote In the SXSW Narrative Spotlight selection "Addicted to Fresno," Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer paired up on screen for the first time to play two very different sisters. Lyonne, who was recently up for her first Emmy for her performance as the always horny, formerly drug-addicted inmate Nicky Nichols on Netflix's hit show "Orange is the New Black," goes against type to play Martha, the overly optimistic lesbian sister to Greer's Shannon, a deeply troubled woman fresh out of sex rehab. When Martha lands her sister a job as a maid at Fresno Suites, the local hotel in Fresno, CA, things...

Orange Is the New Black season three was almost perfect...except for the fact that Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne) was sent down the road to maximum security after getting blamed for heroin getting into Litchfield. After the first three episodes, fans didn't see her at all (sob!), leaving us all to wonder if she'd ever return to the show. During Orange Is the New Black's 2015 Summer TCA press tour panel, Lyonne fielded questions about her fate in season four like a pro, refusing to give any spoilers away to the room of reporters who wouldn't stop trying to get any hints about her future. "I feel a great deal of solidarity with the cast of Game of Thrones," she joked. When E! News caught up with...

With the recent amount of progress in the LGBT community, from Scotus making same-sex marriage a right to the Boy Scouts ending its ban on gay leaders, the castmembers of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black spoke about how they’ve been on the cusp of this revolution.

Lea DeLaria, who plays Carrie “Big Boo” Black on the Netflix series, said today during the series TCA panel: “What we’ve done is a large part of the LGBT community getting rights, fighting for rights and achieving our rights. It’s been about winning the hearts and the minds of people, and Orange Is The New Black has been an important part of what has happened in our community.”

The openly gay comedienne shared a story with the TCA press corps of how her life has changed since Orange Is The New Black.

“I live in Bushwick, a ghetto in Brooklyn,...

Going to the "max" isn't always a good thing, despite what your extreme sports-lovin' friend may say. Just ask Orange Is the New Black's Natasha Lyonne. Lyonne, who has played inmate Nicky Nichols on the Netflix dramedy, has left the cast as a series regular...if opening credits are to believed. The But I'm a Cheerleader star appeared in the opening credits for episodes one-three of the new season, but after her character—Spoiler Alert—was sent to the maximum security facility after hiding drugs in the electrical office in episode three, her name was removed in subsequent episodes. Sending Nicky to max devastated fans and characters including Red (Kate Mulgrew) and Morello (Yael...

Being an inmate at Litchfield Penitentiary has never looked so Hot! "Orange Is the New Black" stars Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon show some serious skin in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Taylor swaps her orange jumpsuit for a semi-sheer white tank, which she wears without a bra, as her on-screen girlfriend rocks a denim button-down shirt with nothing underneath. In the accompanying article, Schilling and Prepon join costars Laverne Cox, Uzo Aduba, Natasha Lyonne, Dascha Polanco, Selenis Leyva as well as show creator, Jenji Kohan to talk about the success of the series. The famous TV inmates open up about landing their life-changing roles on the uber-popular Netflix show, after struggling to find other work. "We're all grateful for this opportunity to be on a show that's not about how skinny or young you are," Leyva, who plays Gloria Mendoza on the series, explains. "We know what...

As gripping as it is funny, Orange Is the New Black has become one of the most forward-thinking and revolutionary shows on television in just two years' time. The new issue of Rolling Stone (on newsstands this Friday) features stars Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon on the cover and no-holds-barred interviews with the cast, creator Jenji Kohan and memoirist Piper Kerman, whose book inspired the series. Mac McClelland's cover story explores all of the reasons why the series has become mandatory viewing – how it primarily features women in its cast,...

In the SXSW Narrative Spotlight selection "Fresno," Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer pair up on screen for the first time to play two very different sisters. Lyonne, who was recently up for her first Emmy for her performance as the always horny, formerly drug-addicted inmate Nicky Nichols on Netflix's hit show "Orange is the New Black," goes against type to play Martha, the overly optimistic lesbian sister to Greer's Shannon, a deeply troubled woman fresh out of sex rehab. When Martha lands her sister a job as a maid at Fresno Suites, the local hotel in Fresno, CA, things quickly spiral out of control after Shannon accidentally kills a hotel guest following a post-rehab relapse.  In addition to the two funny ladies, "Fresno" features a strong, mostly-female cast that includes Aubrey Plaza as Lyonne's love interest, Molly Shannon, Allison Tolman and Clea DuVall, and was directed by Lyonne's "But I'm a Cheerleader" director Jamie Babbit.

SAG-aftra presented its coveted Actor statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2014 at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

The Actor for a motion picture cast performance went this year to Birdman.

Honored with individual awards were Patricia Arquette, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Simmons for performances in motion pictures and Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis, William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Mark Ruffalo and Kevin Spacey for performances in television.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles.

The Actors for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Downton Abbey” and “Orange is the New Black”. Of the top industry honors presented to actors, only the SAG...

The Screen Actors Guild handed out the 21st annual SAG Awards Sunday night live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Here is a rundown of all the nominees and winners as they are announced. And be sure to re-live our live blog of the show here! Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Steve Carell / John du Pont – "Foxcatcher" (Sony Pictures Classics) Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing – "The Imitation Game" (The Weinstein Company) Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – "Nightcrawler" (Open Road Films) Michael Keaton / Riggan – "Birdman" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) **Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features)** - Winner Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett – "Cake" (Cinelou Films) Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) **Julianne Moore / Alice Howland-Jones – "Still Alice" (Sony Pictures Classics)** - Winner Rosamund Pike / Amy Dunne – "Gone Girl...

Nominees for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2014 in five film and eight television categories, as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard introduced Ansel Elgort (“The Fault in Our Stars,” “Divergent”) and actress/director/producer and SAG Award recipient Eva Longoria, who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors. SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees.

The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et) / 5 p.m. (Pt) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore performance will air immediately following on TNT. The SAG Awards can...

The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations were revealed Wednesday morning, serving as yet another precursor on the long road to the Oscars.

In the film categories, Birdman was the big winner, scoring four nominations, including for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone, as well as the collective ensemble cast. Boyhood followed right in its footsteps with three nods for Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and another ensemble nomination.

The big surprises of the morning’s nominations started with Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler, a bubble contender in a crowded Best Actor race, Jennifer Aniston for Cake, a bubble contender in a disappointingly less crowded Best Actress race, Robert Duvall in the poorly reviewed The Judge and Naomi Watts for St. Vincent (Watts was in Birdman as well, but that must’ve slipped SAG’s minds).

Rounding out the prize for Outstanding Cast, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game,...

As some of you may know, I'm a bit of a jack(ass) of all trades. I follow the film industry for Lr, and critique films. But I'm also an actor, I front a rock band, I'm a DJ, film editor, and director as well. Basically, when it comes to entertainment, there's nothing I don't do. For some time now, I've been mulling over bringing some of my other interests to Lr, and I'll be starting with the SAG Awards. How? Well, I've been a member of SAG for 6 years now and I also am part of the voting process. That means every year I am sent screeners of all the films being considered for awards.

Here's where a new running feature comes into play:

As I start receiving these screeners, I will write special reviews for each one and publish them here. Then, as we near the voting deadline,...

Here is the full list of nominations for the 21st annual SAG Awards, which were announced this morning at La’s Pacific Design Center.

Fox Searchlight topped the film studios with six nominations, led by Alexander Gonzales Inarritu’s Birdman, which nabbed four total nominations: for Outstanding Cast, which is the closest thing the guild has to a Best Picture category; and for star Michael Keaton and supporting actors Edward Norton and Emma Stone. It was joined in the top cast category by IFC Films’ Boyhood, which also got nods for its co-stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette; Searchlight’s Wes Anderson pic The Grand Budapest Hotel; the Weinstein Co’s The Imitation Game; and Focus Features’ The Theory Of Everything. The latter two biopics landed lead noms for Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.

On The TV side, HBO led all networks with 14 noms, thanks to multiple acting...

The Screen Actors Guild announced this year's nominees for the 2014 SAG Awards. The winners will be announced during a live telecast on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 25. The nominees are as follows... Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Steve Carell / John du Pont – "Foxcatcher" (Sony Pictures Classics) Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing – "The Imitation Game" (The Weinstein Company) Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – "Nightcrawler" (Open Road Films) Michael Keaton / Riggan – "Birdman" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett – "Cake" (Cinelou Films) Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) Julianne Moore / Alice Howland-Jones – "Still Alice" (Sony Pictures Classics) Rosamund Pike / Amy Dunne – "Gone Girl" (20th Century Fox) Reese Witherspoon / Cheryl Strayed – "Wild" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in...

The 2014 New York Comic Con came to a close over the weekend (October 12), and once again the cosplayers' costumes were of a very high calibre.

From a Lego Thor to inmates from Orange Is the New Black, here are 17 of the best costumes from the convention:

1. Robbie Savage, is that you under there?! An enthusiastic Comic Con attendee does Marvel's Thor.

2. Two fans of Disney Pixar's 2009 animation Up arrive as the old widower and the young Boy Scout.

3. Awww... Comic Con attendee Charles Canedo makes a cute Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy.

4. Three Orange Is the New Black fans come dressed as inmates Nicky Nichols (played by Natasha Lyonne) and Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) plus rookie prison guard John Bennett (Matt McGorry). We think...

5. Comic Con fan Kerri Nugent poses as Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome villain Aunty Entity. With that hair, for a split second we thought it was...