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At the 2025 Nantucket Film Festival, Joanna Calo was one of the three writers honored during the event’s signature celebration, Screenwriters Tribute, hosted by Michael Ian Black.

Calo, a writer on “The Bear” and “Thunderbolts*,” received the Excellence in Television Writing award, presented by “The Bear” star Lionel Boyce; “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy was honored by the Visionary Storyteller Award, presented by writer/director Scott Frank; and award-winning documentary director Alex Gibney was given the Special Achievement in Documentary Stroytelling honor. Calo, whose award was presented by Variety, gave two-time Oscar nominee Frank, a shoutout during her speech.

“This is incredibly surreal,” she said after accepting her award from Boyce. “I was telling Scott that I saw him when I was in college, that he inspired me to come and take a job, and that’s when I became a Pa. Now to be in the same room as him…...

If scandal is the lifeblood of the Ton, then let’s talk about its shady cousin called injustice. After all, one character from Netflix’s Bridgerton has been repeatedly getting shoved into the corner, while the Bridgerton and Featherington siblings cried into their lace handkerchiefs over suitors, scandals, and brand-new gowns.

Yes, we’re talking about Lady Danbury—the woman who has been running the damn show without ever needing to raise her voice. And yet, season after season, this regal icon is pushed to the background, with the spotlight repeatedly getting focused on the young heirs. It’s high time Bridgerton looked closely at the true diamond of every season.

Adjoa Andoh as Lady Agatha Danbury in Bridgerton | image: Netflix Bridgerton has been sidelining Lady Danbury for shallow romantic tropes

Let’s be real—how many more times do we need to watch another brooding Bridgerton fall in love,...

Bridgerton has no shortage of iconic characters, but let’s be honest, Lady Danbury is as iconic as it can get. While the Bridgertons have certainly charmed and wooed the audience, anyone who has even seen a single episode of the Netflix series cannot deny that it is Lady Danbury who is the undisputed queen of Bridgerton!

For three seasons, we have witnessed her change entire rule books, manipulate, and gaslight while being the absolute Og Girlboss!

Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury | Credits: Bridgerton / Netflix

From manipulating the narrative with a flick of her cane to her razor-sharp wit that just keeps getting better, it is high time we give Lady D the credit she deserves.

Lady Danbury: The true Queen of Bridgerton Lord and Lady Danbury in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Credit: Netflix

Most fans of Bridgerton often mislabel Lady Danbury as a ‘mentor’ to the ton...

Charlize Theron’s height of 5 feet 9 ¾ inches (177.2 cm) is considered tall compared to the average height of a South African woman. She wears a shoe size of 9.5 (US) and is significantly taller than both Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh:

Charlize Theron towers over Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh as the trio stuns in their fashionable outfits (Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock)

Taller Than Most, But Never Without Heels: Charlize’s Love for Luxury Footwear

Even though she’s taller than many of her peers, Charlize often opts for luxurious stilettos such as Dior fishnet overlay sandals, adding several more inches to her already commanding presence.

Over the years, she has been featured on Your Next Shoes in brands like Gucci, Maiyet, Burberry, Aquazzura, Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Casadei, and Givenchy, showcasing her love for high-end footwear.

Her ability to effortlessly carry glamorous and minimalist styles makes her a favorite in fashion,...

At 5ft 2 ½ (158.8 cm) with a US shoe size of 6, Britt Robertson knows how to make a stylish statement on the red carpet. Whether she’s stepping out in elegant designer heels or rocking a youthful, edgy look, the actress always puts her best foot forward.

Britt Robertson looks noticeably petite in a bright yellow Christopher Kane Fall 2019 mini dress with voluminous skirts, standing beside Kj Apa, Shania Twain, and Gary Sinise at the I Still Believe premiere on March 7, 2020, at the ArcLight Hollywood (Credit: Faye’s Vision / Cover Images)

A self-proclaimed tomboy growing up, Britt once said, “I tried to play every sport. I wasn’t great at most of them, but at least I tried!”—but when it comes to fashion, she’s clearly mastered the game. From strappy stilettos at the Tomorrowland premiere in Tokyo to bold red-carpet moments at For the People promotions, Britt’s shoe choices never fail to impress.

We know you remember the photos seen on the ‘gram: Chad Michael Murray, shirtless, cowboy-hatted, and doing a body roll. Perhaps you screen-shotted them, too. Alas, no matter how excited you might be for Murray’s resurgence as a Hollywood hunk it’s not enough to make his latest feature “The Merry Gentlemen” even sizzle.

“The Merry Gentlemen” opens with a not-so-merry woman, Ashley (Britt Robertson), an aging Jingle Belle dancer. The pseudo-Rockette is given the boot by her boss, and right before the big holiday season. That’s how Ashley ends up back in her hometown, where she’s promptly deemed “city girl” for ditching the Big Apple.

It’s there where Ashley runs into Luke (Murray), the local bar owner and handyman who — thanks to Ashley’s suggestion — also now moonlights as a shirtless dancer. Seeing his abs inspires Ashley to make a pivot of her own, as...

Kai Winn Adami, played by Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher, was memorable as one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's most insidious villains. With one of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's primary themes being faith, Kai Winn was corrupted by political self-interest and jealousy as the elected spiritual leader of Bajor. As an antagonist, Kai Winn starkly contrasted the way Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) slowly accepted his role as Emissary of the Prophets and embraced Bajor, and how Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) redefined her own personal relationship to the Bajoran faith as DS9's Dominion War raged on.

First appearing in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's season 1 finale, "In the Hands of the Prophets", Winn Adami was a strict, orthodox Bajoran Vedek concerned about Keiko O'Brien's (Rosalind Chao) secular teaching style at DS9's school. After the death of Kai Opaka (Camille Saviola), Vedek Winn...

Geek Girl is a British teen comedy-drama series directed by Declan O’Dwyer. Based on a 2013 young adult novel of the same name by Holly Smale, the Netflix series follows the story of an awkward teen girl Harriet Manners whose life turns upside down when she is suddenly thrust into the fashion world after she is spotted to be a model. Geek Girl stars Emily Carey in the lead role with Emmanuel Imani, Sarah Parish, Liam Woodrum, Tim Downie, Zac Looker, Jemima Rooper, Sandra Yi Sencindiver, and Daisy Jelley starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the impossibly high heels, great fashion, and a cute supermodel in Geek Girl, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Ugly Betty is a teen comedy-drama series created by Silvio Horta. Based on a Colombian telenovela titled Yo soy Betty, la fea by Fernando Gaitán, the ABC...

Despite playing mother and daughter in "Mother's Day," Julia Roberts and Britt Robertson are not related in real life. Julia Roberts is an idol to Britt Robertson, who cited "Pretty Woman" as her favorite childhood movie. Working with Roberts on "Mother's Day" was a dream come true for Robertson, who had a positive experience with the veteran actress.

After the two actresses appeared together in Mother's Day, people began to wonder, is Britt Robertson related to Julia Roberts? Released in 2016, Mother's Day is a romantic dramedy directed by Garry Marshall. The movie takes place in Atlanta, Georgia in the days leading up to the eponymous day, and centers on an ensemble of characters' interconnected storylines, including Roberts' Miranda and Robertson's Kristin. Mother's Day is the third film in Marshall's unofficial holiday movie trilogy, alongside 2010's Valentine's Day and 2011's New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, none of these movies were particularly well-reviewed,...

In a world replete with quick-spreading disinformation and the subsequent, dangerous proliferation of kooky conspiracy theories, the 2021 animated series "Inside Job" — created by Shion Takeuchi (a writer on "Gravity Falls" and "Disenchantment") — was perfectly timed. "Inside Job" posited that every single conspiracy theory you've ever heard — whether it be Reptilians, JFK, the Mandela effect, the flat Earth, or the faked moon landing — were all 100 percent real. Clones were out there, severed heads were being kept alive in labs, and aliens regularly visited Earth. Just like in "The X-Files," ordinary citizens weren't allowed access to this knowledge.

Earth's conspiracies were overseen by a mysterious underground organization called Cognito, Inc., one of six major shadow governments secretly in charge of the world. The other five were the Catholic Church, the Illuminati, Atlantis, the Reptoids, and the Juggalos (tee hee). The central joke of "Inside Job" was that Cognito, Inc. was staffed by flawed,...

Netflix has recently canceled five original TV shows, including two live-action and three animated shows, sparking complaints from subscribers. Most of the canceled shows only made it to one season, which has been a consistent trend with Netflix's cancellations. The streaming service may be risking the potential growth of its shows by canceling them too soon, as many successful TV series took time to find their footing in later seasons.

Netflix has canceled a grand total of five original TV shows in one fell swoop, and it doubles down on one of the biggest complaints from the streaming service’s subscriber base. The streamer has canceled two live-action shows, Glamorous and Shadow and Bone, as well as three animated shows: Agent Elvis, Farzar, and Captain Fall. Shadow and Bone is a fantasy series based on the Y.A. books by Leigh Bardugo; it made it to two seasons before being canceled ahead of a third.

Exclusive: Filming is underway in Los Angeles at Stay Lucky Studios for horror-comedy Thinestra, starring twin sisters Melissa Macedo (Girlboss) and Michelle Macedo (Every Time I Die). Directed by Nathan Hertz in their feature directorial debut, and written by Avra Fox-Lerner, the cast also features Brian Huskey (Veep) Shannon Dang (Kung Fu), Gavin Stenhouse (Kung Fu) and comedian Mary Beth Barone.

Thinestra takes place during a Christmas heat wave in Los Angeles. The story follows Penny, who, unhappy with her full-bodied physique, is on a restrictive diet, brutal workout regimen, & overall wellness binge. One day, at the photo studio where Penny works as a retoucher, an austere model gives Penny a baggie of sketchy diet pills. Soon after, following an awkward Christmas party, Penny loses her conviction & stuffs herself with cookies.

Devastated by her mistake she resorts to taking the strange weight loss drug labeled ‘Thinestra’. That night, Penny starts...

Ireland Baldwin is revelling in motherhood, and a sweet photo she shared on social received a loving comment from her famous father.

On Sunday, the model shared a photo of herself, smiling sweetly as she breastfeeds her 4-month-olf daughter Holland, whom she shares with rapper musician and record producer Rac.

Read More: Hilaria And Alec Baldwin Share Sweet Messages After Ireland Baldwin Welcomes Her First Baby With Boyfriend Rac

In the caption, she wrote, “so many fall dumps to be dumped.”

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Among the various comments to her post is one from her dad, Alec Baldwin, who wrote, “Love you.”

During a January appearance on the “Girlboss” podcast, Baldwin revealed her daughter’s name and the inspiration behind it.

Read More: Ireland Baldwin Reveals ‘Classy’ Name She’s Chosen For Her Daughter

“We’re naming her Holland. I’m Ireland,...

The millennial women-led series is dead. Long live the millennials.

It wasn’t exactly surprising when Freeform’s beloved critically acclaimed “Single Drunk Female” was canceled this month after just two seasons and immediately pulled from Hulu. Sure, Freeform touted the sitcom as the highest-rated original comedy during the New York City Season 2 premiere before the series returned with all new episodes on Hulu in April. But its cancellation is just one of the many reminders that networks don’t invest long-term in women-fronted shows that focus on “messy” millennial women.

While we pour one out for “Single Drunk Female,” it’s best to trace the series back to its roots with Lena Dunham and executive producer Jenni Konner’s explosively disruptive HBO series “Girls,” which celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2022. After that massive hit, why has TV abandoned the generation of people who grew up watching “Girls”?

There are...

Ireland Baldwin is a mom!

The 27-year-old model has welcomed her first child with boyfriend, musician Rac.

On Thursday, Baldwin took to Instagram to share the exciting news by posting a selfie from the hospital bed, in which she smiles next to Rac, whose birth name is André Anjos, while holding their newborn daughter who’s wrapped in a blanket and dons a white toque on her head.

“Holland,” she simply captioned the pic, officially welcoming her daughter to the world.

Read More: Ireland Baldwin Wants To Keep Her Pregnancy Private After ‘Preeclampsia’ Comment Gave Her A Health Scare

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Ireland previously revealed her daughter’s “country name” while appearing on the “Girlboss” podcast in January. She explained that she’s “always loved” the “classy” name since she was young and that it was inspired by actress Holland Taylor.

Holland...

Hey, "Fantasy Island" fans. We're back on here to tell you that Fox has another new episode of Fantasy Island all queued up and ready to air for you guys tonight, May 1, 2023. That's right, guys. Tonight's new episode will be episode 12 of Fantasy Island's current season 2, and we've got some new spoiler info for it. We were able to pick up a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for this new episode 12 straight from Fox's official episode 12 press release. So, we're going to pull it up, right now, and see what it has to say. For starters, there is an official title for this new episode 12 of Fantasy Island season 2. It's called, "Girlboss, Interrupted." It sounds like episode 12 will feature some very interesting, intense, dramatic and emotional scenes as a single mom gets an ability that turns sour on her. Ruby causes Elena to worry quite a bit and more.

Guest star Katie Leclerc in ‘Fantasy Island’ season 2 episode 12 (Photo by Laura Magruder © 2023 Fox Media LLC)

Switched at Birth‘s Katie Leclerc and Charmed‘s Lauren Gaw guest star on Fox’s Fantasy Island season two episode 12. “Girlboss, Interrupted” will air on Monday, May 1, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Roselyn Sanchez leads the cast as Elena Roarke, a descendant of the iconic Mr. Roarke played by Ricardo Montalban in the original ’70s series. Kiara Barnes (The Bold and the Beautiful) plays Ruby Akuda and John Gabriel Rodriguez (Rosewood) stars as Javier.

Episode 12’s guest stars also include Daniella Gomez, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, and April Allyn Brinson.

“Girlboss, Interrupted” Plot: The Island gives single mom Courtney the ability to read minds in order to impress her charismatic boss, Julia. But when Courtney becomes overwhelmed with her new power, she risks everything she has worked so hard for. Meanwhile, Roarke is worried that...

Ahead of the April 6th release of his Netflix dark comedy Beef, Lee Sung Jin has stepped in as screenwriter for Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts, taking over for Black Widow‘s Eric Pearson, Deadline can confirm.

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The project reunites Lee with Beef helmer Jake Schreier, who is once again directing, as well as his show’s star Steven Yeun, who will make his MCU debut in the film in an undisclosed role, as we were first to tell you.

Specifics as to Thunderbolts‘ plot remain under wraps. But the film...

Taylor Jenkins Reid is currently taking Hollywood by storm and honestly, it was only a matter of time. Bookworms have become very familiar with the buzzy author over the years, as her most recent novels debut to fanfare and continue to top bestsellers lists. But lately, Jenkins Reid has also been making waves in the world of streaming TV.

The series adaptation of her novel "Daisy Jones & The Six" is currently airing on Amazon's Prime Video, with two more of her novels slated for adaptation at Hulu ("Malibu Rising") and Netflix ("The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo"). She also has a romcom on the way, with the book-to-movie adaptation of "One True Loves" expected to arrive in theaters this April. All the while, Jenkins has been hard at work penning yet another project: "My Ex-Friend's Wedding."

Set to begin filming later this year, the feature film already has four stars attached,...

Ireland Baldwin is showing off her growing baby bump.

The model stripped nude for the snap, posing with just a towel on her head.

“bb on board,” Baldwin, who has been open about her pregnancy struggles, captioned the photo.

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Her cousin Hailey Bieber was among those commenting, gushing: “Ahhhh.”

Rumer Willis, who is also pregnant, called Baldwin a “gorgeous queen.”

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Baldwin’s snap came after she shared the name of her baby girl with the world on the “Girlboss” podcast.

She said of the moniker she and boyfriend Rac had picked out, “We’re naming her Holland. I’m Ireland,...

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Ireland Baldwin is celebrating six months of pregnancy in style. On Feb. 12, Baldwin shared a photo of herself showing off her baby bump in a bikini on Instagram in honor of Super Bowl Sunday. "6 months!" she wrote in the caption. "Time for a Super Bowl of vanilla ice cream with hot sauce in it. Happy Sunday!"

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Earlier in the year, Baldwin revealed that she and her musician boyfriend, Rac (real name: André Allen Anjos), had already chosen a name for their daughter. In a Jan. 31 episode of the "Girlboss" podcast, the expectant mom opened up about her hopes for motherhood and her baby-name plans.

"We're naming her Holland. I'm Ireland, so another country name because we wanted to keep that consistent," she revealed. "And then I love the actress Holland Taylor. I've always loved...

Ireland Baldwin is ready to share the name of her baby girl with the world.

The expecting mother dropped by the “Girlboss” podcast to discuss motherhood and her expectations.

“What I’m most excited about is really more centered around a lot of things I really wanted in terms of stability as a child myself that I didn’t have,” she began.

Read More: Ireland Baldwin Gets Candid About Her Pregnancy: ‘It’s Hard, Wasn’t Ready For That’

“What’s kind of exciting is I get to raise this little human and do things completely differently than what I was taught was the norm,” she continued. “It’s cool that I get to unconditionally love this person and do my best to make her as equipped for this world and badass as possible.”

When asked about baby names, the star was all-too-happy to reveal she and boyfriend Rac already had a name picked out.

Oscar winning actor, producer and philanthropist Charlize Theron has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

Variety learned Saturday that Theron parted ways with longtime agency WME and that she and her Denver & Delilah production company will now be represented by CAA.

The change in representation comes as Theron prepares for a major 2023, with the release of “The Old Guard 2” for Netflix (which she also produced via Denver & Delilah) and “Fast X” for Universal, her third appearance in the “Fast & Furious” franchise. She most recently starred opposite Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh in Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil,” and made splashy cameos on Amazon’s “The Boys” series and in Marvel Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” playing Clea, a character which could have a lengthy future in the MCU.

Theron founded Denver & Delilah in 2003, with the company getting behind “Monster,” the...

With Gotham Knights taking the world by storm, fans have had the chance to see beloved Batman heroes like Nightwing, Red Hood, and Batgirl taking on the role of keeping Gotham City safe. Yet it's also given the chance for fans to see another particularly underrated hero.

Tim Drake, the genius Boy Wonder, took on the role of Robin after the death of Jason Todd. While he's often overlooked in favor of Dick Grayson or Damian Wayne in other media, Tim is a brilliant character in and of himself. It's why so many memes have been making memes that sum up Tim Drake perfectly.

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Tim became Robin solely because he was a child with the mind of a detective. Having attended the circus performance where Dick Grayson's parents were murdered, he was able to isolate Dick's performance as Robin and identify...

The Podcast Bestie newsletter celebrates its one-year anniversary!

Podcast Bestie is a weekly newsletter and best friend to podcasters seeking jobs, industry info, craft tips, marketing strategies, and creative inspiration.

Founded by Courtney Kocak, who currently hosts two independent podcasts — Private Parts Unknown and The Bleeders — and has produced top podcasts for celebrities and CEOs, including Paypal, Girlboss, and the Bella Twins, the newsletter aims to provide aspiring and indie podcasters with insight and education to help them launch and sustain career-defining audio projects and help them stay competitive alongside an increasingly corporate landscape of podcast majors.

The first issue was published on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Now, one year later, Podcast Bestie has published 47 issues and amassed 2,000 subscribers to date.

In its first year, Podcast Bestie has featured Q&As with industry experts and entrepreneuring podcasters including Anna Hossnieh, Arielle Nissenblatt, Lauren Passell, James Cridland, Jamie Loftus, Jay Clouse, Danielle Desir Corbett,...

The Private Parts Unknown podcast has published its 100th episode, celebrating this milestone with a world-record-holding guest: Lola Jean, a sex educator, fetish wrestler, and the two-time world record holder (as far as she and sex researchers are aware) for volume squirting. Lola Jean even bested science by 50 percent in her latest endeavor.

Private Parts Unknown is a Bourdain-style podcast exploring sex, love, relationships, gender, and seductive subcultures around the world. The show has over 1.5 million downloads to date and has been featured in Business Insider, Men’s Health, and more.

Host Courtney Kocak started the podcast in 2016 when she and her best friend were frustrated with online dating. It was initially called Reality Bytes. In 2019, after four seasons, it evolved into Private Parts Unknown when she and then-co-host Sofiya Alexandra landed a week-long residency in Helsinki, Finland. The name is a nod to Anthony Bourdain’s TV show Parts Unknown,...

Award-winning actress Louise Fletcher has died at age 88.

Deadline reports that news of her death was announced Friday, Sept. 23 by her family via agent David Shaul.

While no cause of death was specified, Shaul told the outlet that Fletcher passed away in her sleep, surrounded by family, at the home she had built from a 300-year-old farmhouse in Montdurausse, France. Earlier on Friday, she said to her family about her home, “I can’t believe I created something so meaningful to my well-being.”

Fletcher won the Best Actress Oscar at the 1976 Academy Awards for her portrayal of sadistic Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, a role that remains her best-known; the character was successfully resurrected in 2020 for the Netflix series “Ratched”, which told the her backstory.

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Louise Fletcher, best known for her Academy Award-winning role as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," has died at the age of 88. Fletcher's family confirmed to Deadline through her agent that she died in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France, on Friday.

Fletcher was born to deaf parents in Birmingham, Alabama, on July 23, 1934. She learned to speak and act from her aunt at the age of 8, and attended the University of North Carolina before a cross-country trip left her marooned in L.A. (per Variety). There, she became involved in acting in a professional capacity, appearing on television in guest spots on shows like "The Untouchables," "Wagon Train," and "Perry Mason." However, her filmography soon went dark in 1963 with the film "A Gathering of Eagles."

Fletcher was one of the interviewees in Peter Biskind's book "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood,...

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Louise Fletcher, the sweet actress from Alabama who won an Academy Award for her turn as the heartless Nurse Ratched — one of the most reviled characters in movie history — in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died. She was 88.

Fletcher died Friday of natural causes at her home in Montdurausse, France, her son Andrew Bick told The Hollywood Reporter. She had survived two bouts with breast cancer.

A daughter of deaf parents — she made one of the most touching acceptance speeches in Oscar history — Fletcher also starred as a psychiatrist in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and played opposite Peter Falk amid the star-studded ensemble in The Cheap Detective (1978).

On television, she portrayed the religious leader Kai Winn Adami on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and received Emmy nominations in 1996 and 2004 for her guest-starring stints on Picket Fences and Joan of Arcadia, respectively.

“Chicago Party Aunt” is an adult animated comedy series. The storyline is told around the character Diane Dunbrowski, a Chicago Aunt who is always happy to party. Diane is like that aunt everyone avoids talking about during Thanksgiving dinner. Besides being the life of the party — every party actually — she models her nephew, Daniel, after the same lifestyle and she has an excuse for everyone who questions her way of life.

The show premiered September 17, 2021, and has aired eight episodes so far with a mixture of great and fair reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. Rest assured, this is one series you could watch and have a hard laugh from start to finish.

Before you run off to watch the show, here’s a little info about its main characters and other relevant info you may want to know.

Who Are the Main Characters of “Chicago Party Aunt?”

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Exclusive: Britt Robertson has been tapped as a series regular on ABC’s new hourlong series The Rookie: Feds, headlined by Niecy Nash-Betts.

Co-created by Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter, The Rookie: Feds stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced in a two-part arc on Season 4 of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack.

2022-23 ABC New Series

Robertson joins Nash-Betts; Frankie Faison, who plays Christopher “Cutty” Clark; and Felix Solis, who guest-starred as Special Agent Matthew Garza in the two Rookie episodes, which served as backdoor pilots for The Rookie: Feds. All three are continuing on the new series as series regulars.

On the new series, Robertson will play Laura Stensen. She is the “black sheep” of a family of brilliant academics and the youngest person ever allowed into the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit. But after discovering that her boyfriend had been cheating on her with her best friend, Laura fell into a slump – how could a criminal profiler miss that the people closest to her were liars? Given a lifeline in Garza’s new unit, Laura’s ready to throw her socially awkward, workaholic, book-smart self-back into the job, hoping to get her mojo back.

ABC New Series Teaser Trailers: ‘Alaska’, ‘The Rookie: Feds’, ‘Not Dead Yet’

Hawley and Winter executive produce The Rookie: Feds with Mark Gordon, Nash-Betts, Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Corey Miller. Entertainment One is the lead studio and international distributor of the series, a co-production with ABC Signature. The Rookie: Feds is set to premiere in the fall, airing in the Tuesday 10 Pm slot behind Bachelor in Paradise.

Robertson most recently shot features The Re-Education of Molly Singer and About Fate. She previously recurred on ABC’s Big Sky, appeared on the Shondaland ABC drama For the People and played the title role in Netflix’s Girlboss, among other credits. Robertson is repped by Innovative Artists.

Fall 2022 Primetime TV Grid: Fox Finally Unveils Schedule & Gives ‘Monarch’ A Sweet Post-NFL Launch Perch; Nets Overall Play It Very Safe – Update...

(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)

While musing over the name for her new business selling cheap thrift store clothing for a mark-up on eBay, "Girlboss" protagonist Sophia (Britt Robertson) muses carefully over the perfect combination of words that will summarize her personality, her brand, her image, and comes up with "White ... b****."

That's not the name she ends up going with, but it's not far off. Created by Kay Cannon ("Pitch Perfect"), the show is loosely ("real loose," as the opening of each...

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Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale) will topline the family comedy The Present, from director Christian Ditter (How to Be Single), which has entered production in Los Angeles.

In the film from Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, then teaming up with his siblings to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control. Fisher and Kinnear are playing the parents in search of reconciliation, with Easton Rocket Sweda (General Hospital), Shay Rudolph (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Mason Shea Joyce (Euphoria) portraying the siblings who just might be the only people who can make that happen.

Ross Butler (Shazam!) also stars in the film...

ABC’s Kay Oyegun drama pilot has found its five therapists. Sendhil Ramamurthy (Never Have I Ever), Johnny Simmons (Girlboss), Rachel Hilson (Winning Time), Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead) and Rahnuma Panthaky (NCIS: Los Angeles ) are set as leads opposite previously announced Marsha Stephanie Blake.

The untitled hourlong project comes from 20th Television and is written and exec produced by This Is Us writer-producer Oyegun.

2022 ABC Pilots & Series Orders

The drama revolves around five therapists in Philadelphia who find unique ways to solve problems in their patients’ lives while grappling with their own. Ellen Roman (Blake), the owner of the practice and a brilliant therapist, has her life shockingly turned upside down when she begins working with a sociopathic patient who may hold the key to the disappearance of her sister five years earlier.

Ramamurthy plays Amit. Big-hearted, instantly likable, gentle, intuitive, well-respected relationship...

Single Drunk Female will be back for another season!

Freeform has renewed breakout comedy starring Sofia Black D'Elia and Ally Sheedy for a second season.

Additionally, the cabler ordered wanderlust dramedy While You Were Breeding, based on the memoir from Kristin Newman (Only Murders in the Building), to series.

"I am thrilled to bring 'Single Drunk Female' back for a second season. Jenni Konner, Simone Finch, and Daisy Gardner created a series that struck a strong chord in such a sincere and authentic way. I cannot wait to see what they have in store for Sam as she continues on her journey to becoming her best self in season two." stated Freeform President Tara Duncan.

"Our programming strategy is rooted in bringing fun and entertaining stories that reflect the high stakes and endless possibilities of new adulthood. As we continue to build our slate of captivating original series,...

If you’re still trying to process this week’s episode of Chicago P.D. after that shocking ending, you’re not alone.

Tensions were high as Burgess and Ruzek headed to court to fight for custody of Makayla.

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The NBC drama previously hinted at a custody battle in the Jan. 5 episode, “Home Safe,” which found the pair rushing to Makayla’s school for footage...

Betty Davis, a soul and funk singer of the 1960s whose growling, raspy vocal style and unapologetically explicit lyrics would influence future performers from Prince and Erykah Badu to Outkast, died today of natural causes at her home in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was 77.

Her death was announced by lifelong friend Connie Portis, who said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Betty Davis, a multi-talented music influencer and pioneer rock star, singer, songwriter, and fashion icon. Most of all, Betty was a friend, aunt, niece, and beloved member of her community of Homestead, Pennsylvania, and of the worldwide community of friends and fans.”

Born Betty Mabry, the North Carolina native moved to New York City at 16 to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. Modeling for such magazines as Glamour and Seventeen, she was drawn to the burgeoning music scene of Greenwich Village,...

“Castle Rock” and “Heavenly Creatures” star Melanie Lynskey is slated to portray the victim of real-life infamous murderess Candy Montgomery in a new Hulu limited series, entitled “Candy.” She will play Betty Gore, the small Texas town teacher, wife and mother who was axed to death on Friday the 13th, June 1980 in her laundry room by her church friend. The titular killer will be played by Jessica Biel.

Three-time Emmy nominee Robin Veith wrote the pilot script of “Candy,” and MIchael Uppendahl will direct it. Both will executive produce. Nick Antosca will serve as executive producer under his banner Eat the Cat along with Alex Hedlund. Biel and Michelle Purple will serve as executive producers for Iron Ocean. Jim Atkinson & John Bloom will serve as consulting producers. The series is from UCP and 20th Television.

Since her aforementioned feature film debut in 1994 opposite Kate Winslet, the native New Zealander has...

While the reviews for Amazon Prime's Cinderella (2021) have been mixed at best so far, one thing that most audience members can appreciate is that the film has fantastic musical numbers. Being directed by Kay Cannon is one thing but another reason these scenes worked likely lies with the choreographer.

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Ashley Wallen has an impressive track record, being behind the tremendous musical numbers of films like The Greatest Showman. He helped ensure that Cinderella would deliver the goods in that department, bringing this jukebox musical to life and making this version of the classic tale unique.

Since the trailer and subsequent clips have dropped from Kay Cannon’s modern reimagining of Cinderella, showing Camila Cabello dreaming of a fashion career rather than a wedding, social media has been quick to dub the film as a “girlboss” take. And Cannon, who in 2017 created a Netflix series coincidently called Girlboss, understands that interpretation based off the trailer, but promises, “when you watch the movie you’ll see that it’s more than that.”

“What I really wanted to do was show that Cinderella wasn’t put in a box and she was choosing herself, and that’s a very brave thing ...

Since the trailer and subsequent clips have dropped from Kay Cannon’s modern reimagining of Cinderella, showing Camila Cabello dreaming of a fashion career rather than a wedding, social media has been quick to dub the film as a “girlboss” take. And Cannon, who in 2017 created a Netflix series coincidently called Girlboss, understands that interpretation based off the trailer, but promises, “when you watch the movie you’ll see that it’s more than that.”

“What I really wanted to do was show that Cinderella wasn’t put in a box and she was choosing herself, and that’s a very brave thing ...

Amazon Studios has released the long-awaited trailer for the studio’s adaptation of Cinderella, starring Camila Cabello in the titular role.

The “modern musical” adds a few twists to the familiar fairy tale. For one thing, it’s now a jukebox musical, featuring Cabello and the rest of the cast — which includes Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, James Corden, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, and Pierce Brosnan — singing pop songs by the likes of Janet Jackson and Jennifer Lopez. And as the trailer shows, there’ve been some key changes to the...

Exclusive: David E. Kelley’s hit freshman ABC drama series Big Sky continues to bulk up its cast with the addition of five high profile recurring guest stars, Michelle Forbes, Britt Robertson, Michael Raymond-James, Ryan Dorsey and Omar Metwally.

They join recently cast new series regular Ted Levine, who plays powerful ranch owner Horst Kleinsasse, and Kyle Schmid, who will recur as his second-born son John Wayne Kleinsasse.

Forbes (The Killing) will play the mother, Margaret. She seems to be the picture-perfect ranch wife who knows her place, likes to bake and loves all of her children equally, but scratch the surface and there’s real steel beneath.

Robertson (For the People) will play the daughter Cheyenne Kleinsasser. Used to be Daddy’s (Levine) girl, but that ended when she grew up, ran off and made some poor life choices. Her brothers don’t weigh her opinion at all, brushing...

Charlize Theron is pushing further into the TV space.

The actor and her Denver & Delilah production banner have inked a two-year first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max, Variety has confirmed.

Under the deal, Theron and her company will develop TV projects for both the premium cabler and the streamer, looking to add to its TV slate which previously included David Fincher’s “Mindhunter,” and “Girlboss,” the series created by Kay Cannon. On the unscripted front, Denver & Delilah produced car series “Hyperdrive.”

Andrew Haas, who recently joined the company, will oversee Denver & Delilah’s television slate. The company was previously under a first-look at Universal Cable Productions.

Theron managers the outfit, which is named after her dogs, alongside her producing partners Beth Kono and Aj Dix. Denver & Delilah’s past feature credits include “Monster,” for which Theron won an Oscar, the Jason Reitman-directed films “Young Adult” and “Tully,” the...

Charlize Theron has signed a two-year first-look TV deal with HBO and HBO Max, a WarnerMedia spokesperson told TheWrap Tuesday.

The multi-year, cross-platform pact will see the “Bombshell” star and her producing partners Beth Kono and Aj Dix develop small-screen projects for the WarnerMedia-owned pay TV channel and newly launched streaming service through their Denver & Delilah production company, with Andrew Haas overseeing the TV series slate.

HBO Max debuted in May and boasts a lineup of originals that includes the first season of anthology “Love Life,” which starred Anna Kendrick, and the Kaley Cuoco dramedy “The Flight Attendant,” among others.

Theron’s Denver & Delilah banner, which previously had a deal with Universal Content Productions, has produced multiple series, including David Fincher’s “Mindhunter,” the now-ended “Girlboss” and the unscripted series “Hyperdrive,” all at Netflix.

On the film side, Denver & Delilah’s recent projects include the Theron-led “Long Shot” and “Bombshell...

Charlize Theron’s Denver & Delilah banner is putting down its TV roots.

The production company has inked a two-year, first-look TV deal with HBO and HBO Max. Under the pact, Theron and her Denver & Delilah partners Beth Kono and A.J. Dix will create and develop new projects for the premium cable network and streaming service.

The company, which previously was housed at Universal Content Productions, has produced multiple scripted series including David Fincher’s Netflix drama Mindhunter, Netflix’s short-lived Girlboss and the unscripted entry Hyperdrive. Andrew Haas, who previously worked with Johnny Galecki at his production company, recently ...

Charlize Theron’s Denver & Delilah banner is putting down its TV roots.

The production company has inked a two-year, first-look TV deal with HBO and HBO Max. Under the pact, Theron and her Denver & Delilah partners Beth Kono and A.J. Dix will create and develop new projects for the premium cable network and streaming service.

The company, which previously was housed at Universal Content Productions, has produced multiple scripted series including David Fincher’s Netflix drama Mindhunter, Netflix’s short-lived Girlboss and the unscripted entry Hyperdrive. Andrew Haas, who previously worked with Johnny Galecki at his production company, recently ...

Netflix has produced many hit TV shows over the past seven years, ever since they started pumping out their own original programming. However, the streaming service has developed a reputation for not letting its series go on for too long. Fans know to be wary of getting attached to their favorite new Netflix shows as they could be unceremoniously cancelled after one or two seasons.

Earlier today, for instance, Hilary Swank vehicle Away was given the chop by the company after just a single outing. This makes it the 56th original series that Netflix has cancelled. That number only includes shows that were original to the platform and produced in-house, so it doesn’t count pick-ups like Lucifer, for example. Those series luckily enough to end on the creators’ own terms, such as House of Cards, are likewise not included. Shows that were axed by Netflix before being picked up elsewhere,...

Netflix have been facing the wrath of their subscribers recently after canceling I Am Not Okay With This and The Society after just one season, despite originally renewing both for a second run. Fans instantly went online to criticize the streaming service for their decision and launch petitions to try and bring them back, but there’s no chance that the company will change their mind.

Having pledged to spend almost $20 billion on original content this year alone, the financial effects that the Coronavirus pandemic is wreaking on the global economy will force Netflix to tighten their belt, which is also reportedly one of the major reasons why expensive sci-fi series Altered Carbon was canned as well.

By churning out so many in-house movies and TV shows on an annual basis, a lot of them are bound to fall through the cracks, and if the projects in question don’t...

Exclusive: Biohackers, the latest buzzy Netflix original series out of Germany, has been renewed after a positive response to Season 1.

The show debuted on the platform globally August 20. It tells a story of revolutionary biohacking technology and intrigue at a German university, focusing on a mysterious student played by Luna Wedler.

Filming will start on Season 2 in the coming months in Freiburg and Munich.

Biohackers was created by Christian Ditter, who serves as showrunner, director and writer. Ditter is a German filmmaker who is established in the U.S. after helming the Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson romcom How To Be Single and the Lily Collins and Sam Claflin romance Love, Rosie, as well as the American Netflix series Girlboss.

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“It’s great that Biohackers will continue. Thematically, the second season will also deal with moral and ethical issues around biohacking and genome editing,...