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Secret agents going rogue is such a common trope that sometimes we wish that people like Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne would just follow their orders for change. When Daniel Craig started playing James Bond in 2006, it seemed like Bond went rogue on nearly every single mission, including most of Quantum of Solace, at least half of Skyfall, and basically, the first two-thirds of No Time To Die. Pierce Brosnan’s Bond went rogue in Die Another Day, too, with a full beard and no shirt, declaring “I’m checking out” from a hospital. And of course, Connery’s Bond was on an unsanctioned revenge mission at the start of Diamonds Are Forever.

But the most compelling Bond-goes-rogue movie of them all to this day remains Licence to Kill, which in 1989, would become the unintended swan song from Timothy Dalton’s fierce take on the character.

On June 13 of that year,...

Director Alan J. Pakula has a knack for adapting crime thriller novels to films, and I guess he does a pretty decent job of doing so. Klute and Pelican Brief were some of his films that I personally enjoyed watching, but his 1990 release, Presumed Innocent, takes the cake for me. It is a compelling courtroom drama that has the cynical quality of being a noir thriller. Now that Apple TV+ has announced a series based on the same novel written by Scott Turow, I thought it would be best to revisit the classic and go through the narrative in a detailed manner. So let’s find out what happened in the film so that you know what to expect from the Jake Gyllenhaal starrer series of the same name.

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What happened between Carolyn and Rusty?

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Roma Downey, the star of Touched By An Angel, is returning to television. Her return is in time for the 30th anniversary of Touched By An Angel which also starred the late Della Reese and the late John Dye. The new series has been titled The Baxters.

No One Has Forgotten Touched By An Angel

Even after several decades, no one has forgotten Touched By An Angel. This wildly popular show starred Roma Downey as the angel Monica. Della Reese, who passed away at the age of 86 in 2017, portrayed Tess. Tess the “supervising angel.” The Angel of Death was portrayed by John Dye. At the age of 47, he passed away from acute methamphetamine intoxication.

Fans of Touched By An Angel have been hoping for a reboot for a very long time. Sadly, this doesn’t appear to be possible. “That’s not a bad idea, unfortunately, we see all these...

Mason faces mounting challenges in defending the Gallardos as the murder trial takes a dark turn. Mason's pursuit of the truth uncovers a shadowy figure behind the murder, complicating the case. Paul's past actions come back to haunt him as he delves into the seedy underworld for answers.

A Perry Mason season 2, episode 5 recap will need to cover the ongoing trial of the Gallardos, Paul's (Chris Chalk) interrogation of a suspect with the help of an unexpected ally, and Perry Mason's (Matthew Rhys) discovery of a major clue. Season 2 of Perry Mason has seen the classic cast from the original Perry Mason meet a new cadre of characters, as Mason attempts to solve a murder case involving Mexican American brothers, Rafael Gallardo (Fabrizio Guido) and Mateo (Peter Mendoza), against the late (and detestable) oil scion Brooks McCutcheon (Tommy Dewey).

In the previous episode, Perry Mason, season 2, episode 4, Mason has discovered,...

Lydell launches a media campaign against Perry, using a radio host to attack him and the Gallardo brothers. Perry and Della take weekend vacations, where Perry meets Teddy's teacher and Della spends time with her romantic partner. Paul finds the murder weapon near the Gallardos' home, causing Perry to panic and question his defense of his clients.

Perry Mason season 2, episode 4, titled "Chapter Twelve", sees the Los Angeles detective finding out a new troubling piece of information in the Brooks McCutcheon murder case. The hard-boiled noir series Perry Mason is an HBO original and the origin story of the famed detective from the 1960s. Perry Mason begins with the titular lawman working as a low-rent private eye, but by season 2, he has established a law firm in Los Angeles with his partners Della (Juliet Rylance) and Paul (Chris Chalk), and their first case is a murder that is not as simple as it seems.

Perry Mason and his team are preparing for a thrilling finale as they zero in on a case in the penultimate episode of season 2. Pete confesses to Perry about stealing a gun from his office, leading to a brawl and apologies, but ultimately realizing they need to work together. Della confronts Ham about his blackmail and discovers that he has been coerced into falsely accusing two Mexican American brothers of murder.

In Perry Mason season 2, episode 7 "Chapter Fifteen", the penultimate episode of season 2, Perry (Matthew Rhys) and his colleagues zero in on the case they've been hunting in preparation for a thrilling finale. HBO's hard-boiled noir series Perry Mason premiered in June 2020, with season 2 following in March 2023. The second season finds Perry and co. months after solving the Dodson case. Perry, Della (Juliet Rylance), Paul (Chris Chalk), and Pete (Shea Whigham) have set up a firm and, despite hoping to...

Billy Joel is making the Grammys a family affair!

The 74-year-old music legend hit the red carpet with his wife Alexis Roderick and their kids Della, 8, and Remy, 6, at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Billy is one of the performers of the evening, and is set to perform his new song “Turn the Lights Back On.”

The track is his first original single in 17 years! It was co-produced by Freddy Wexler, Parisi and Emile Haynie, and has already climbed into the Top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.

Make sure to tune in Tonight for the Grammys, hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth time. The show is airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ starting at 8pm Et. Check out the full list of nominations, led by Sza with a whopping nine nods!

It’s the day of the 2024 Grammy Awards and we’ll be bringing you all of the red carpet arrival photos throughout the evening!

So many celebs are expected to be in attendance at music’s biggest night on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

The Recording Academy hands out so many awards each year that they can only give out a certain amount during the televised show. The rest are handed out during an afternoon awards ceremony, so some celebs have been there all day!

Make sure to tune in Tonight for the Grammys, hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth time. The show is airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ starting at 8pm Et. Check out the full list of nominations, led by Sza with a whopping nine nods!

Head inside to check out the full list of celebs attending the Grammys…

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If you didn’t already know that Billy Joel has two daughters under the age of 10, now you do, as does everyone who attended his Madison Square Garden residency Tuesday night (December 19th). For his final show before Christmas, the singer welcomed his youngest kids Della and Remy — plus family friend Elvis Costello — on stage as special guests.

Dressed like very chic North Pole elves, eight-year-old Della and six-year-old Remy sang “Jingle Bells” for the Msg audience as their father performed piano accompaniment. It was a big evening for Christmas tunes (according to Setlist.fm), as the Piano Man also tore through covers of “Deck the Halls,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and “Silent Night.”

Costello emerged in the latter half of the set, performing his own “Pump It Up” with Joel as well as a duet version of Joel’s “Allentown.” Afterwards, Joel shared a sweet Instagram post thanking “some...

Since his first appearance in Erle Stanley Gardner's 1933 book "The Case of the Velvet Claws," Perry Mason has remained consistently popular due to several film, TV, and radio adaptations. But when HBO decided to reboot the private investigator turned criminal defense lawyer for the 21st century, they naturally put a new spin on the character and those around him. The hardboiled, pulpy debut season of "Perry Mason" ended with Matthew Rhys' P.I. embracing the role of a lawyer for which he's so well known, accompanied by his new lead investigator Paul Drake (Chris Chalk) and legal assistant turned co-counsel Della Street (Juliet Rylance).

But rather than Drake being the droll P.I. of previous iterations, the HBO show's version is a conflicted and embattled former LAPD street cop, struggling to support his family and navigate the treacherous landscape of a deeply racist 1930s Los Angeles. And whereas the...

This article contains spoilers for "Perry Mason" through season 2, episode 5, "Chapter Thirteen."

In its first season, HBO's pulpy, hardboiled version of "Perry Mason" introduced us to a version of Erle Stanley Gardner's famous criminal lawyer who had yet to become the formidable figure we know from previous iterations of the character. In this show, Mason is a war vet and private investigator who struggles with horrific memories of his wartime mercy killings, fights to keep hold of his family's farm, and reluctantly takes on the role of attorney after John Lithgow's E.B. Jonathan takes his own life. It's all a bit grim, really.

But with season 2, "Perry Mason" has put supporting characters front and center. While the gritty, somber tone is still there, the violence has been toned down a bit, and there are some genuine moments of joy. Many of those moments come from Juliet Rylance...

Matthew Rhys is back in the first trailer for HBO’s Perry Mason season 2. Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason novels formed the basis for the legendary television series starring Raymond Burr as the (almost) unbeatable defense lawyer. In 2020, Perry Mason got a very gritty period-set reboot, starring The Americans’ Rhys as Gardner’s complicated-but-heroic attorney. Then in July 2020, HBO announced that Perry Mason would be back to tackle another case in season 2.

It’s unfortunately taking quite awhile for Perry Mason season 2 to be delivered after that 2020 announcement. But now the second season is indeed officially on the way, with a premiere date set for March 6, 2023. And fans can finally catch their first glimpse of what’s in store for Perry Mason season 2, thanks to a new trailer just released by HBO. See the clip in the space below:

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Showtime has announced that the Emmy-nominated drama “Yellowjackets” will return for Season 2 on March 24 for all streaming and on-demand Showtime subscribers, before making its on-air debut on March 26 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. Produced by studio Entertainment One, the series is currently in production in Vancouver.

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the series stars Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress. Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell have also joined the second season as series regulars, along with Elijah Wood in a season-long guest arc. Season 2 also stars Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole and Kevin Alves.

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Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO Season two of the HBO Original drama series Perry Mason debuts Monday, March 6 (9:00-10:00p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.

Season 2 cast: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham.

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Perry Mason is back on the case. HBO has released the official teaser trailer for season 2 of the drama series, which stars Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason, the iconic criminal defence lawyer.

The second season of Perry Mason begins months after the Dodson case from the first season has ended as the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. “When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far-reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty,” reads the official synopsis.

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In addition to Matthew Rhys returning as Perry Mason, the second season of the HBO series also stars Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange,...

Perry Mason will be back on the case next March, when the HBO drama finally returns for Season 2 two and a half years after its freshman run wrapped up in August 2020. The series is slated to premiere Monday, March 6 at 9/8c on the premium cabler (and HBO Max), it was announced on Wednesday.

In the upcoming episodes, “months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered,” per the official synopsis. “When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and...

The fan-favorite detective Perry Mason will solve another mystery come the New Year, as HBO has finally set a release date for its period mystery drama. A new trailer for the upcoming season sees Della and Paul nudging Perry to uncover another mystery as the former tells him, “Guilty or not, everyone deserves a defense.” The thrilling new clip eloquently brings out the murder mystery set against the socio-political backdrop of America in the 1930s.

Perry Mason will be back on the case in 2023.

HBO announced Wednesday that the second season debuts Monday, March 6 (9:00-10:00p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered," HBO teases in the logline.

"When the Da goes to the city's Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty."

Matthew Rhys returns to headline the second season.

The cast also includes Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, and Fabrizio Guido.

The Perry Mason cast is rounded out by Peter Mendoza, Mark O'Brien,...

HBO’s critically acclaimed drama Perry Mason returns for a second season on Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt. The premiere date announcement was accompanied by a compelling teaser trailer in which Della Street declares there’s power in the truth and that everyone deserves a defense. Della also warns Perry he’s not ready for another murder trial. Mason disagrees.

“Maybe I like stacked odds,” says Perry.

Matthew Rhys (The Americans) returns as the titular character. The season two cast also includes Juliet Rylance as Della Street, Chris Chalk as Paul Drake, Shea Whigham as Pete Strickland, Eric Lange as Detective Holcomb, and Justin Kirk as Hamilton Burger. Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham also star in the upcoming season.

Matthew Rhys in ‘Perry Mason...

When you watch enough movies and shows, you start to pick up on certain little recurring trends. Chief among them has to be the instinct to create new adaptations of classic, pulpy characters ... but with a dark, brooding, and adult-only sheen layered on top. After all, how else would you know to put the "prestige" in prestige television?

Well, as eye-rolling and clichéd as this tendency may be, I'm here to admit that I'm a complete and total hypocrite, because I happily ate that up and asked for more when HBO gave the same exact treatment to the classic character of Perry Mason. Initially a 1957 legal drama on CBS, with the eponymous private investigator played by Raymond Burr and based on the books and short stories written by author Erle Stanley Gardner, creators Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald saw fit to make a new "Perry Mason" adaptation -- this time,...

“There’s power in the truth.” HBO has shared the first teaser for Perry Mason Season 2, as well as the official premiere date for the lauded crime drama’s highly anticipated new episodes. Perry Mason Season 2 premieres Monday, March 6, 2023 on HBO at 9/8c, bringing Matthew Rhys back as the eponymous Los Angeles detective turned defense attorney. HBO said in October that the season would debut in February 2023. The network’s December 7 announcement reiterated that Season 2 will pick up months after the events of Perry Mason Season 1. In Season 2, months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry (Rhys), Della (Juliet Rylance), and Paul (Chris Chalk) find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them...

Returning for its second season on March 6, 2023, “Perry Mason” debuted its first teaser trailer Wednesday, setting star Matthew Rhys on a gritty new murder mystery conspiracy featuring the scion of a powerful oil family

HBO’s logline for the upcoming installment is as follows: “Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.”

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Perry Mason is back on (another) case.

Emmy winner Matthew Rhys reprises his detective role for HBO’s “Perry Mason,” with the second season premiering two years after the reboot premiered. Per the official synopsis, months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far-reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.

Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Diarra Kilpatrick, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, Shea Whigham, and Wallace Langham round out the cast.

Executive producers include lead star Rhys,...

Season two of the HBO Original drama series Perry Mason debuts Monday, March 6 (9:00-10:00p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

Season 2 logline: Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.

Season 2 cast: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham.

Season 2 credits: Executive producers (in alphabetical order), Jack Amiel,...

CSI fan favorite Wallace Langham will join HBO’s Perry Mason in the second season.

Langham will recur as Melville Phipps, a Los Angeles native and attorney for a very wealthy oil baroness. He works well under women and acts as a caretaker when necessary.

Here’s the logline for season 2 of the drama that stars Matthew Rhys in the title role: Months after the end of the Dodson trial, Perry’s (Matthew Rhys) moved off the farm, ditched the milk truck, he’s even traded his leather jacket for a pressed suit. It’s the worst year of the Depression, and Perry and Della (Juliet Rylance) have set the firm on a safer path pursuing civil cases instead of the tumultuous work that criminal cases entail. Unfortunately, there isn’t much work for Paul (Chris Chalk) in wills and contracts, so he’s been out on his own. An...

Wallace Langham has signed on to the cast of “Perry Mason” Season 2 at HBO.

Langham joins a cast that includes returning series star Matthew Rhys as well as Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Diarra Kilpatrick, and Eric Lange among many others.

In Season 2, months after the end of the Dodson trial, Perry’s (Rhys) moved off the farm, ditched the milk truck, he’s even traded his leather jacket for a pressed suit. It’s the worst year of the Depression, and Perry and Della (Rylance) have set the firm on a safer path pursuing civil cases instead of the tumultuous work that criminal cases entail. Unfortunately, there isn’t much work for Paul (Chalk) in wills and contracts, so he’s been out on his own. An open-and-closed case overtakes the city of Los Angeles, and Perry’s pursuit of justice reveals that not everything is always as it seems.