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Four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe is set to team up once more with Brazil’s Bárbara Paz in near-future drama, “Cuddle,” Paz’s fiction feature debut.

Dafoe was an associate producer of the documentary “Babenco: Tell Me When I Die” (2019), which Paz directed as an ode to her late husband, Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco and which represented Brazil at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Dafoe’s ties to Paz and Babenco began with “My Hindu Friend,” Babenco’s semi-autobiographical 2015 swan song, in which Dafoe portrayed a dying filmmaker closely modeled after Babenco himself and Paz played a small but pivotal role.

In “Cuddle,” Dafoe plays Dante, a professional cuddler who offers platonic comfort to strangers craving connection. His clients range from the overwhelmed to the emotionally fragile, people searching for human touch in a world where affection has become rare and transactional. Behind his calm exterior, Dante struggles with a painkiller habit and a lonely existence,...

Last week, HBO announced that The Last of Us scene-stealer Kaitlyn Dever would be campaigning as a guest star, as opposed to a supporting actress, for the zombie apocalypse drama. That left an opening in Gold Derby's Best Drama Supporting Actress Emmy odds that has since been filled by ... drumroll, please ... her costar Isabela Merced.

Dever plays Abby, a soldier who seeks revenge against Joel (Pedro Pascal) in Season 2 for the death of her father in Season 1. Since Dever has only appeared in two episodes (so far), she's eligible to compete as a guest star for The Last of Us because of the TV Academy's "less than 50 percent" ruling. The 28-year-old will also be on the Emmy ballot for Apple Cider Vinegar in Best Limited Series/Movie Actress.

Merced is another newcomer to The Last of Us this year, playing the free-spirited Dina, the romantic interest of Ellie (Bella Ramsey...

Apple TV+ has revealed its Emmy submissions for Severance with Adam Scott submitted for Best Drama Actor and Britt Lower for Best Drama Actress, Gold Derby has learned.

Ben Stiller, Jessica Lee Gagné, and Uta Briesewitz will be submitted for the Best Drama Directing, while creator Dan Erickson will be in the Best Drama Writing category.

The show’s other main cast members will run in the supporting categories: Michael Chernus, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken in Best Drama Supporting Actor, and Patricia Arquette, Sarah Bock, Dichen Lachman, and Jen Tullock in Best Drama Supporting Actress.

The show also has eight contenders in the Guest Actor/Actress categories:

Robby Benson, John Noble, Michael Siberry Jane Alexander, Sydney Cole Alexander, Sandra Bernhard, Gwendoline Christie, Merritt Wever

Three years ago, in its debut season, the series about office workers who sever their workplace memories from their personal ones earned...

The Emmy race for Best Drama Actor just received a shot of adrenaline.

For the first time since Gold Derby's 2025 Emmys predictions center opened in February, Noah Wyle is leading the odds in this topsy-turvy category. The Pitt star has overtaken Adam Scott (Severance), who has been in the No. 1 position since early March. Before that, Gary Oldman (Slow Horses) was the frontrunner.

Max's real-time hospital drama has been on a major upswing since its final episodes streamed in April. In one buzzed-about moment, Wyle's character, Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, had a mental breakdown after a concert shooting brought dozens of patients into his emergency room, including his quasi-stepson's new girlfriend. Wyle is a five-time Emmy nominee for ER (1995-99), but this would be his first win.

For Best Drama Series, The Pitt is now tied with The Last of Us in second place, both behind Severance. Taylor Dearden as...

ABC has picked up the drama pilot “Rj Decker,” based on Carl Hiaasen’s 1987 novel “Double Whammy.”

The one-hour pilot hails from writer and executive producer Rob Doherty, with Paul McGuigan attached to direct and executive produce. Hiaasen is also executive producing along with Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman of Timberman/Beverly Productions. 20th Television is the studio.

The official logline for the series states:

“Rj Decker, disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con, starts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of South Florida, tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife, and a shadowy new benefactor, a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally… or his one-way ticket back to prison.”

This marks the latest attempt to adapt a Hiaasen novel for television in recent years. Apple TV+ currently has the series...

Ben Stiller frequently engaged with Severance fans during the airing of the hit Apple TV+ show. The actor/director says that he found the interactions with the show’s fans “inspiring,” because he didn’t have the chance to do that growing up. Stiller has directed 11 episodes of the series and acts as the show's executive producer.

Season 2 of Severance earned a huge fan following, with people soon taking to social media to comment on theories, romantically pair together their favorite characters, and predict what they thought would happen in the season finale. Stiller was often seen liking and interacting with these fan posts, which were sometimes as fun to follow as watching the show itself.

During a Sxw panel the filmmaker said the huge critical and fandom reception is a testament to the show because audiences had so many options to choose from. “In this day and age, it...

Following the conclusion of “Severance” Season 2, Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette will portray Maggie Murdaugh in the upcoming Hulu series “Murdaugh Murders.” For Arquette, it’s a story that’s “always” been fascinating.

“To be married to someone who turns out to basically be a malignant narcissist is so interesting to me,” Arquette told Variety at the “Severance” Season 2 FYC event on Saturday in Los Angeles. “The way they have this kind of enchanted life together and how completely destroyed everything got. It was such a sad, rotten American tale.”

The series is based on the reporting of journalist Mandy Matney, creator of the “Murdaugh Murders” podcast, and will revolve around the powerful Murdaugh family that became accused of fraud and murder. Arquette’s character, Maggie Murdaugh, was found dead along with her son, Paul Murdaugh, in 2021. While playing a character like Maggie who is no longer alive proves a great challenge,...

The stars of the hit sci-fi thriller Severance reconvened Saturday night for a hilarious grilling by Conan O’Brien.

The Q&a, at Apple TV+’s FYC space at the Hollywood Athletic Club, started with a few mishaps, including a missing chair for O’Brien and a shortage of microphones, which left Ben Stiller, the show's executive producer and primary director, without an amplification device. “Really? You guys have to share a mic?” O’Brien asked with a trademark incredulity when Severance costar Tramell Tillman passed his microphone to Stiller. “It’s Apple! They make a billion dollars a second, and they had to find me a chair at the last minute, and you two are sharing a mic.” Over loud laughter from the crowd, Stiller joked, “They spent all the money on the rooms upstairs.” O’Brien nodded before quipping, “It’s the tariffs.”

O’Brien explained that, as an old friend of Stiller’s,...

The world of "Severance" might look similar to our own, but a closer peek at its technology adds layers to the show's central mystery. The most glaringly obvious example of this is the computers used by the Microdata Refinement (Mdr) team on the severed floor at Lumon Industries, which appear more retrofuturistic than dystopian. This might not make sense at first, as Lumon has mastered the ethically dubious, highly controversial severance procedure, highlighting the technological leaps that have already been achieved by this society. But the computers used to carry out the "mysterious and important" work at Lumon aren't sleek or ergonomic — they're nostalgic, almost surreal in design, with a bulky trackball lodged beside the dual-toned keyboard. The narrative themes of corporate hegemony and manipulation (which were partly inspired by "The Stanley Parable") can be gleaned solely from these designs, as these keyboards feature every button except Ctrl and Esc.

Netflix has a strong Emmy hand to play this TV awards season, positioning the seventh season of its flagship anthology series “Black Mirror” for a major awards run — and this time, the dystopian drama might be among its most formidable contenders yet.

Confirmed exclusively to Variety, the streamer is submitting three standout performances for lead acting honors in the limited or anthology series or TV movie categories: Paul Giamatti for the melancholic and moving “Eulogy,” and Chris O’Dowd and Rashida Jones for their resonant turns in the sociopolitical two-hander “Common People.” It’s a bold push that signals high hopes for a season already being hailed as a return to form — and possibly the series’ strongest outing since its Emmy-winning heyday.

Giamatti’s performance as Phillip, a solitary man navigating grief through digital means in “Eulogy,” has generated both tears and buzz. The 46-minute episode explores the ethics of AI-driven memorials,...

Willem Dafoe has signed on to star in “The Souffleur,” an English-language dark comedy directed by rising Argentinian director Gastón Solnicki. Magnify has boarded worldwide sales (excluding Austria) ahead of the Cannes Film Market. Variety has been given exclusive access to a first-look image for the film (below), which is currently in post-production.

“The Souffleur” sees Dafoe playing the tenured hotelier of Vienna’s InterContinental Hotel. Upon learning that his cherished hotel is about to be sold to an Argentine developer who plans to demolish and reconstruct the landmark completely, he wages a personal vendetta against the new owner. “Spiraling into absurd paranoia, his profound unraveling begins to manifest in his surroundings — the hotel pipes become blocked, the clocks go haywire and his trademark soufflés refuse to rise,” reads the synopsis. The movie shot on location in Vienna at the InterContinental Hotel.

Willem Dafoe in “The Souffleur.”

Dafoe stars alongside Solnicki,...

Exclusive: Mina Sundwall (Lost in Space) has been tapped for a major recurring role in Hulu’s upcoming limited series about the Murdaugh murders.

The as-yet untitled true crime drama series comes from showrunner Michael D. Fuller, who co-created the project with Erin Lee Carr.

The series is based on the true story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s “stranger-than-fiction family drama”, drawn from reporting by journalist Mandy Matney, creator of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, and insider knowledge from years spent following the case.

Sundwall will play Brooklynn White, Buster Murdaugh’s (Will Harrison) girlfriend, who’s meeting the family during a vacation in the Bahamas.

Sundwall joins previously announced Jason Clarke as Alex Murdaugh, Patricia Arquette as Maggie Murdaugh, J. Smith-Cameron as Marian Proctor, Johnny Berchtold as Paul Murdaugh, Will Harrison as Buster Murdaugh and Brittany Snow as Mandy Matney, along with Noah Emmerich, Kathleen Wilhoite, Tommy Dewey Madeline Popovich,...

An Emmy favorite has made a category decision that could have a huge impact on this year's awards. Gold Derby has exclusively learned that Allison Janney will submit as Best Drama Supporting Actress for the second season of The Diplomat. She is already a seven-time winner in acting categories at the Primetime Emmys, so an eighth win would tie her for the record with TV Hall of Fame inductees Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Janney joined the Netflix series for its second season, which began streaming on Oct. 31. She only appeared in two episodes as U.S. Vice President Grace Penn, giving her the option to submit either as a guest actress or supporting actress.

Her role in The Diplomat previously earned nominations for supporting actress at the 2025 Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. She was also nominated at the SAG Awards against costar Keri Russell despite the Screen Actors Guild...

Two of the stars of The Last of Us are on the rise this week in Gold Derby's Emmy predictions.

Pedro Pascal, whose beloved character Joel had a brutal run-in with a golf club in the second episode of Season 2, has jumped from fourth place to third place in Best Drama Actor. Meanwhile, series newcomer Isabela Merced, who plays the free-spirited zombie apocalypse survivor Dina, has ascended from ninth place to eighth place in Best Drama Supporting Actress. This would be Pascal's fourth career Emmy bid after receiving three in 2023 for The Last of Us, Saturday Night Live, and Patagonia; Merced is seeking her first nomination.

Series lead Bella Ramsey is still in second place in Best Drama Actress, behind only Kathy Bates (Matlock), who has claimed the No. 1 position since we began tracking the 2025 Emmys. Ramsey's defiant character Ellie must now learn how to survive without her father figure in her life.

Did Johnny Depp stand up for Patricia Arquette? (Photo Credit – Wikipedia)

The name Johnny Depp drips with drama almost as reliably as it does with box office gold. Every now and then, controversy seems to follow him like a shadow, long before and far beyond the chaos with Amber Heard.

Legal troubles have peppered his past as well, with flashes of aggression, scuffles with paparazzi and arrests that kept tabloids fed. As recently as January 2024, he faced new heat when Lola Glaudini claimed he verbally assaulted her while filming Blow, reigniting the question of who the real Depp is behind the makeup and movie magic.

Captain Jack with a Conscience

But for every sordid headline, there’s a softer counterpoint that scrambles the narrative. This same man who’s tangled with police and courts has also lent his voice, literally, to causes that reach far beyond the red carpet. In...

Apple TV’s Severance, starring Adam Scott, finished its second season in March 2025. The second season came three years after the first one, answering several questions and spawning many new theories. This sci-fi thriller show follows the employees of Lumon Industries as they sign up for an experiment to separate their personal and professional identities, dubbed “innies” and “outies,” respectively.

The characters on the show are quite layered, with their own share of secrets. One of these characters is Ms. Harmony Cobel, played by Patricia Arquette. The finale episode of Severance season 2, titled Cold Harbour, dropped a hint that Mark could be Ms Cobel’s son. So far on the show, we have seen the “innie” and “outie” versions of the characters; however, their families, especially Mark’s, have been a mystery.

Severance theory explored: Could Ms. Cobel be Mark Scout’s real mother on the show? A still from...

Nicolas Cage is a Hollywood star with a wildly diverse and intense career, and his filmography is anything but ordinary. But somehow, his off-screen life happens to be even more cinematic, with equally unpredictable turns.

For example, his whirlwind romance with Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, who carried the weight of his legacy on her shoulders. While it was brief, Cage made a shocking admission about it years later. So, here’s everything you need to know about the ex-couple.

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Before their names were tied together, Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley were two artists who were walking on parallel paths. Their worlds collided in October 2000, at punk legend Johnny Ramone’s birthday party, and sparks flew between the two (via InStyle).

At the time, Cage was still married to actress Patricia Arquette,...

It's often hard to nail down just which of Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese's films is his absolute best. Some say it's GoodFellas, whose stars are still keeping busy in Hollywood today. One of the supporting players, the late Louis Eppolito — aka "Fat Andy" — would go on to star in other films after a career in real-life law enforcement. And as it turns out, he was convicted for having actual ties to the mob, making his GoodFellas appearance all the more ironic. His wild story is the inspiration for Mob Cops, out now, and MovieWeb recently caught up with Jeremy Luke, the actor who portrays Eppolito in Lionsgate's new film.

Luke recalled a scene from Mob Cops where he found himself utterly channeling Eppolito's moment of on-screen glory from an entirely separate gangster movie. "I was in the Chinese restaurant, I go, 'How you doing?' And I grabbed the glass — because this character,...

Gerald McRaney is the latest addition to the Murdaugh family limited series in the works at Hulu, Variety has learned exclusively.

Previously announced cast members include Jason Clarke, Patricia Arquette, J. Smith-Cameron, Johnny Berchtold, Will Harrison, Brittany Snow, Noah Emmerich, Kathleen Wilhoite, and Tommy Dewey. The series is based on the true story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh as well as the reporting of Mandy Matney, journalist and creator of the “Murdaugh Murders” podcast. Clarke will play Alex, while Arquette will play Maggie. Snow will star as Matney.

The Murdaugh family were powerful players in the Lowcountry region of South Caroline, wielding great legal and political influence. But for the better part of a decade, the family has been accused of involvement in a variety of crimes, ranging from fraud to murder. In addition to the “Murdaugh Murders” podcast, they have been the subject of multiple docuseries and news specials.

Exclusive: Hulu is rounding out the recurring cast for its upcoming limited series about the Murdaugh Murders, adding Madeline Popovich (The Christmas High Note), Jessi Case (9-1-1: Lone Star), Jim O’Heir (Running Point), Mark Pellegrino (American Rust), Nicholas Cirillo (The 4:30 Movie), Patch Darragh (Obsession) and Ryan Paynter (The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat). The as-yet untitled true crime drama series comes from showrunner Michael D. Fuller, who co-created the project with Erin Lee Carr.

The series is based on the true story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s “stranger-than-fiction family drama”, drawn from reporting by journalist Mandy Matney, creator of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, and insider knowledge from years spent following the case.

Popovich plays Mallory Beach, a bright, endearing young woman who’s best friends with Paul’s girlfriend, Morgan.

O’Heir plays Dick Harpootlian, a braggadocious, old-guard State Senator and defense attorney, Dick is hired by Alex to...

Apple TV+’s science fiction psychological thriller Severance, which stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, and others, is rated as one of the most-watched and critically acclaimed shows. Fans had to wait almost two years for the second season of the show, but the wait was worth it. With just two seasons and an extraordinary storyline, direction, and performances, Severance has managed to garner a ravenous fan base.

The idea of individuals not carrying the burden of their work to the outside world and not thinking about the outside world while working is not only intriguing but also raises questions about labor, identity, and how corporate authorities tend to have control over their employees. After a pathbreaking second season, Severance is going to be back for a third season, and here’s everything we know about the show.

Creator Dan Erickson gives a hopeful update about Severance...

The new, gender-flipped Disney+ series version of Holes has just announced its cast and some character details. It's shaping up to look very different indeed from the 2003 adaption of the famous book by Louis Sachar.

First off, Shay Rudolph of The Baby-Sitters Club will be playing the main character, who is no longer a boy named Stanley but a girl named Hayley.Deadline has the details on her: she will be "full of heart and tired of her family’s belief that fate is fixed; her arrival will inject new hope and optimism into her campmates."

Greg Kinnear will play The Warden, a gender-flipped version of the sinister character played by Sigourney Weaver in the original movie. He has what seems like a good reason for having delinquent girls come out to Camp Yucca (Camp Green Lake in the original) to dig holes, but he has a dark secret. Aidy Bryant will play Sissy,...

Disney+ has set the main cast for the pilot of the “Holes” TV series adaptation, Variety has learned.

The project, which Variety exclusively reported on in January, will star: Greg Kinnear, Aidy Bryant, Shay Rudolph, Flor Delis Alicea (“Love the Skin You’re In”), Anire Kim Amoda, Noah Cottrell, Iesha Daniels and Sophie Dieterlen in their television debuts, Alexandra Doke, and Maeve Press.

Full character descriptions can be found below.

Unlike the book “Holes,” the show will feature a female protagonist and mostly female characters, whereas the book followed teenager Stanley Yelnats as he is sent to a juvenile detention camp for boys in Texas.

The official logline for the show states, “In this reimagining of the beloved 1998 book from Louis Sachar, a teenage girl (Rudolph) is sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden (Kinnear) forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose.”

Disney Branded Television is behind the pilot.

Exclusive: Peter Berg’s next film looks to be in a full-on sprint towards production as sources tell Deadline that Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis are set to star in the director’s next film The Mosquito Bowl for Netflix. They join Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård in the pic, which falls under Berg’s deal with the studio that he recently reupped.

Based on Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the film is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.

Berg penned...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Through the Valley”, the second episode of “The Last of Us” Season 2, now streaming on Max.

Kaitlyn Dever delivered a chilling, emotionally devastating performance in Sunday night’s episode of HBO/Max’s “The Last of Us,” immediately propelling her into the center of the Emmy conversation. The acclaimed actress was featured prominently in what may be the season’s most talked-about hour, and has industry insiders debating about her category placement ahead of the official submission deadline.

Variety has learned exclusively that Dever qualifies for the guest actress in a drama series category, as she appears in fewer than 50% of the season’s eligible episodes. However, a final decision has yet to be made. HBO/Max awards strategists, along with Dever’s team, are still weighing whether to submit her in guest actress, where she would compete against co-star Catherine O’Hara, or...

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

The State of the Race

It feels even more fair to say this year that the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series race is the most brutal acting category. “The White Lotus” Season 3 alone could fill all eight nomination slots, and there is an argument to be made that it’s deserved. Star Natasha Rothwell reprised the role she had already been...

The Hulu series about the notorious Murdaugh family has added three new cast members.

Variety has learned that Noah Emmerich, Kathleen Wilhoite, and Tommy Dewey are all set for roles in the untitled series.

Previously announced cast members include Jason Clarke, Patricia Arquette, J. Smith-Cameron, Johnny Berchtold, Will Harrison, and Brittany Snow. The series is based on the true story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh as well as the reporting of Mandy Matney, journalist and creator of the “Murdaugh Murders” podcast. Clarke will play Alex, while Arquette will play Maggie. Snow is set to appear as Matney.

The Murdaugh family were powerful players in the Lowcountry region of South Caroline, wielding great legal and political influence. But for the better part of a decade, the family has been accused of involvement in a variety of crimes, ranging from fraud to murder. In addition to the “Murdaugh Murders” podcast, they have...

Noah Emmerich (The Big Cigar), Kathleen Wilhoite (Yellowstone) and Tommy Dewey (Saturday Night) have joined Hulu’s upcoming limited series about the Murdaugh Murders. The true crime drama series comes from showrunner Michael D. Fuller, who co-created the project with Erin Lee Carr.

The as-yet untitled series is based on the true story of Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s “stranger-than-fiction family drama”, drawn from reporting by journalist Mandy Matney, creator of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, and insider knowledge from years spent following the case.

Emmerich will play Randy Murdaugh. Strait-laced and by the book, he is the antithesis to his wild card younger brother Alex in life and in the legal profession. Their wildly different approaches have led to a lifetime of locking horns as they jockey for their father Randolph’s affection and approval.

Wilhoite portrays Gloria Satterfield. The Murdaughs’ loyal and doting housekeeper for decades, Gloria helped raise Buster and Paul from infancy.

Severancefans wondering what it would be like to be a macrodata refiner at the mysterious and important Lumon Industries may have just gotten one step closer. Per CNET,a company is making a replica keyboard just like Mark S., Helly R., Irving B., and Dylan G. used in the macrodata refinement department on Lumon’s severed floor.

Atomic Keyboard has replicated the macrodata department’s blue keyboard with no detail unnoticed. For now, those interested in purchasing the keyboard can sign up for preorder alerts on the Atomic Keyboard website. Although not yet available to purchase, the keyboard was originally set to cost $399, but due to tariffs, the price is not yet confirmed.

Per the description on Atomic Keyboard’s website, the keyboard is one “both your innie and outie will enjoy,” referring to the severed nature of Lumon’s macrodata refiners, who underwent a procedure to separate their work and home lives.

Just days after The Pitt's first season hung up its stethoscope, Noah Wyle's Emmy odds continue to rise.

The Best Actor contender, who plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, received rave reviews for the storyline in which he had a mental breakdown after losing yet another patient while working an all-day shift. One month ago, Wyle ranked in fifth place to win Best Drama Actor among the Gold Derby odds, but buoyed by positive word-of-mouth for his performance on The Pitt, he's now in the No. 2 position to claim his first career statuette. He previously received five supporting Emmy bids for ER (1995-99).

The only person standing in Wyle's way, according to the Gold Derby predictions, is Severance star Adam Scott. Lest we forget, Scott also received a goat-load of kudos following the finale of his show, particularly for the scene in which the "innie" and "outie" versions of his character,...

One of the greatest television spin-offs ever, which has since become the de facto flagship series for the "Law & Order" franchise, is "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Commonly referred to simply as "Svu," the show focuses on police detectives investigating especially heinous crimes in and around New York City. Given the nature of their law enforcement specialization, the characters in "Svu" often face darker, more sexually oriented crimes than the other "Law & Order" shows. The series has gone on to become one of the longest-running scripted primetime television shows of all time, eventually exceeding its predecessor.

Running since 1999, "Svu" is an American television institution, and it has earned that distinction through excellently crafted characters and cases. Whether it's the fan-favorite duo of Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) or newer generations of detectives, "Svu" has maintained a steadily impressive level of quality. For those that are...

If you're still wanting more Brittany Snow after watching The Night Agent season 2 earlier this year on Netflix, well, you're going to get it! Just not from the next season of the hit action series. Rather, the actress who deserved much more screen time in the blockbuster drama has landed a leading role in a high-profile limited series coming soon to Hulu based on a real-life tragedy.

Deadline reported that Brittany Snow has scored the leading role in Hulu's limited series based on the Murdaugh Murders Podcast by Mandy Matney. The series currently doesn't have an official title, but Snow will play journalist Mandy Matney, who investigates the murders of the Murdaugh family, a story that gripped the nation in 2021 through the case's trial in 2023. Snow celebrated her role on social media:

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being strangely underutilized in the second season of The Night Agent,...

Brittany Snow is heading to Hulu in a new true crime series!

The 39-year-old Pitch Perfect actress has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming untitled limited series about the Murdaugh family murders.

If you are unaware, the Murdaughs were a powerful family in South Carolina and for the past decade, were accused of involvement in a variety of crimes, ranging from drugs to fraud to murder.

Keep reading to find out more…The upcoming series is based on Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s stranger-than-fiction family drama, a riveting account drawing from countless hours of reporting by Mandy Matney – journalist and creator of the popular Murdaugh Murders Podcast – as well as exclusive insider knowledge from years spent following the case,” according to Deadline.

Brittany will play Mandy Matney, “a journalist with a sunny smile and a suspicious view of the world. When Mandy starts searching for a story with teeth,...

Exclusive: Brittany Snow has joined the cast of Hulu’s Murdaugh Murders limited series from showrunner Michael D. Fuller, who co-created the project with Erin Lee Carr.

The as-yet untitled project is based on Maggie and Alex Murdaugh’s stranger-than-fiction family drama, a riveting account drawing from countless hours of reporting by Mandy Matney – journalist and creator of the popular Murdaugh Murders Podcast – as well as exclusive insider knowledge from years spent following the case.

Snow will play Mandy Matney, a journalist with a sunny smile and a suspicious view of the world. When Mandy starts searching for a story with teeth, she stumbles upon the news of a girl missing as a result of a boat crash. Mandy uses her keen instinct to unravel the complicated layers of the Murdaugh family and ensure that the guilty party is brought to justice.

She joins the previously announced...

Of all the wild twists in the Severance Season 2 finale, the incredible marching band performance conducted by Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) has emerged as a definite highlight. It has been the subject of countless fan edits, gifs, and memes, and is also beloved by the Apple TV+ show’s cast. Both Tillman and his costar Britt Lower told Gold Derby it was their favorite finale moment on the red carpet ahead of the Severance For Your Consideration event and panel at New Jersey’s Bell Works complex on Saturday. Moderator Stephen Colbert also expressed admiration toward the marching band sequence, while noting its "fascistic" undertones.

“It’s funny bc we weren’t specifically looking for a musical performance, because we’d had a fairly memorable music/dance scene in the first season, and we weren’t actively trying to go and replicate that,” Severance creator Dan Erickson said during the panel.

Modern horror reimaginings of classic films aren’t all that uncommon, and the latest to fall into this genre just got a thrilling new look. We’re elated to partner with The Avenue and Atlas Distributing as part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event to unveil a new image from Witchboard, the upcoming film starring Jamie Campbell Bower. Witchboard is a reimagining of the 1986 film of the same name, but it will feature an entirely new cast. The film tells the story of an ancient witchboard that unleashes a long-dead witch who wreaks murderous mayhem in present-day New Orleans. In addition to Bower, Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Melanie Jarnson, Charlie Tahan, and Antonia Desplat will also star in the film, which was written by Chuck Russell and Greg McKay, with Russell directing. The reimagining is inspired by Kevin Tenney’s classic Witchboard screenplay and will be released on August 15.

The...

Arguably the most talked-about moment (that didn't involve a death or tainted coconut milk) from Sunday's The White Lotus finale was when Carrie Coon's Laurie delivered her "I have no belief system" monologue to Kate (Leslie Bibb) and Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) on their final night in Thailand. The awards buzz immediately started on social media, with fans suggesting it was a "give me that Emmy" type of speech. Take a look:

this monologue!!! Carrie Coon said "give me that Emmy!!!!"#WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/5oOKlD5vaN

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Coon is a two-time Emmy nominee for Fargo (2017) and The Gilded Age (2024), but she has yet to win a statuette. On The White Lotus, Laurie, Kate, and Jaclyn are childhood friends who embark on a weeklong stay in Thailand, which quickly devolves into bickering, gossiping, and jealousy.

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Hulu has been offering entertainment for the masses since it joined the streaming wars in March 2008. Like many streaming services, the platform aims to be a one-stop shop for people looking for nostalgic favorites and new content that they can watch on demand. It even offered the Academy Awards streamed live in 2025, which unfortunately turned into an embarrassing failure. 

However, Hulu still continues to strive in its mission of offering the best content possible, and that includes several Hulu Original series that stand out in the very crowded streaming landscape. This catalog contains a wide range of genres offering something for everyone, and there also plenty of genre mashups that create fresh, intriguing content that stand out from the rest. 

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Two weeks after the Severance Season 2 finale first hit Apple TV+, the cast, crew, and fans all got to take a victory lap at a special event at New Jersey’s Bell Works office park. The building complex, which has served as a stand-in for Lumon’s main office building and first floor on the show, was filled with hundreds of Severance fans, cast members, and award voters on Saturday. The entire complex was decked out in Lumon-style decor, from “missing” posters for Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman) to recreations of the “Mammalians Nurturable” and “Macro-Data Refinement” workspaces. Actors walked around dressed like Lumon employees, and talked like them too. Guest star Gwendoline Christine even dressed as her character, Lorne, and participated in the performance art (see a photo below).

The entire main cast of the show (save for Patricia Arquette), creator Dan Erickson, and director and executive producer Ben Stiller...

The work the macrodata refiners do on the severed floor in the Apple TV+ series Severancemay be mysterious and important, but the vehicles the characters drive also fall into that category. In the series, technology plays a huge role, specifically in the development of a procedure called severance that enables a person to split their work lives and home lives by placing a chip into their brain. Characters are also seen using smartphones, but notably, they drive cars that are decades old.

In an interview with BuzzFeed, Severance creator and showrunner Dan Erickson answered the question of why characters like Mark (Adam Scott), Harmony (Patricia Arquette), and Irving (John Turturro) drive such retro cars. For instance, Harmony drives a white Volkswagen Rabbit, which could be a reference to Alice in Wonderland, in addition to being a car from the 1980s. Per Medium, the model that Harmony drives dates to 1982. Mark...

In Season 2 of the Apple TV+ hit series Severance, viewers were able to get more of an in-depth look at the world outside of the severed floor of Lumon. The show follows a group of macrodata refiners who have had a procedure to separate their brain into two halves - an “innie” who goes to work at Lumon and an “outie” for their outside selves.

Season 2 brought with it more glimpses of the outside world, including the town of Kier, P.E., which Lumon built for its workers, and the town of Salt’s Neck, where Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) grew up and learned the ways of Kier. The second season also brought with it inspiration from another mind-blowing series, David Lynch’s Twin Peaks (1990-1991).

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In a BuzzFeed interview, Severance creator and showrunner Dan Erickson talked about the inspiration behind Season 2 and its company town of Kier,...

Severancefans were left with a nearly three-year gap between the April 8, 2022, Season 1 finale and the premiere of the Apple TV+ show’s second season this January. With the Season 2 finale having premiered on March 21, and the show officially renewed for a third season, Severance creator and showrunner Dan Erickson hopes it won’t take as long to create the third installment of the dystopian sci-fi thriller.

The critically acclaimed Severance follows the lives of workers at a mysterious company called Lumon, whose “innies” and “outies” have different personalities and identities, keeping their work lives and personal lives separated.

While there is no release date for the third season, given that the show was just renewed, Erickson told Entertainment Weekly he hopes Season 3 comes sooner than the three years it took for the second season. “I would love to finish the show before I’m 70,” Erickson said. For reference, Erickson is 41 years old.

Hulu’s highly anticipated scripted series, Murdaugh Murders, has brought on familiar faces to tackle one of the most shocking true crime sagas in recent American history. Among the latest additions are Reacher alum Johnny Berchtold and relative newcomer Will Harrison, who's quickly making his presence felt with his film debut in A Complete Unknown. The Murdaugh Murders case became a nationwide sensation following the investigations into a web of corruption and gruesome killings tied to the once-powerful Murdaugh family. Berchtold and Harrison round out the cast for the series, which previously cast Jason Clarke (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) as the family patriarch, Alex Murdaugh, and Patricia Arquette (Severance) as his wife, Maggie Murdaugh.

With a family name etched in the annals of South Carolina history for decades, the Murdaugh family produced three generations of legal luminaries that bestrode the state’s legal landscape like behemoths,...

Exclusive: William Fichtner and Eric Lange are set for key recurring roles, rounding out the cast of Apple TV+’s limited series Lucky, starring and executive produced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Production is currently underway in Los Angeles.

Created by Jonathan Tropper based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel, Lucky stars Taylor-Joy as the eponymous heroine. She is a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.

In addition to Taylor-Joy, cast is led by Annette Bening, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Timothy Olyphant, Drew Starkey, Clifton Colins Jr. and Mo McRae.

Lucky is produced by Hello Sunshine and Tropper Ink, and is created by Tropper under his overall deal with Apple TV+. He serves as co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Witherspoon EPs alongside Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media. Taylor-Joy executive produces through her production banner Ladykiller. Jonathan Van Tulleken will direct several episodes, including the pilot, and serve as executive producer.

Fichtner’s upcoming projects include Season 2 of Netflix’s Beef and Anne Rice’s The Talamasca. He has been seen in films including Armageddon, Crash, Black Hawk Down, and The Dark Knight and on TV in Prison Break, Mom, and ABC’s The Company You Keep, among others. Fichtner is repped by Principal Entertainment LA, Thruline, Innovative Artists, and Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern Llp.

Lange received a Critics Choice Award nomination for his role in Showtime’s Escape At Dannemora opposite Patricia Arquette. He’s currently a series regular in Prime Video’s upcoming comic-thriller series El Gato opposite Diego Boneta. He’ll next be seen in MCU’s Thunderbolts premiering May 2, and also will recur in Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller series Invasion in its upcoming third season. He’s repped by Trademark Talent and Innovative Artists.

One Severance star has opened up about her thoughts on the critically acclaimed Season 2 finale. Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller threw audiences for a loop when Mark (Adam Scott) ultimately chooses to stay at Lumon with Helly (Britt Lower) instead of leaving with Gemma (Dichen Lachman). This choice was made despite Mark working all season to break Gemma out of Lumon. However, his innie couldn’t contain his love for Helly. During a recent interview with Dazed to speak about the Season 2 finale, Lachman pulled back the curtain on her relationship with Mark, and even though he ultimately decided to stay with Helly, she still believes the two have a familiarity despite the severance barrier keeping them from fully knowing each other:

“I think in all of the iterations of Gemma’s innies, in their subconscious, they know each other. It’s why Mark makes the tree in season one.

Robin Wright will be feted at this year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She will receive the Festival’s Crystal Nymph Award, which is bestowed for career achievements and creating a lasting impact on the TV industry.

Rising to fame for her role as Buttercup in The Princess Bride, Wright’s on-screen work includes roles in Forrest Gump and House of Cards. Her portrayal of Claire Underwood in the Netflix series won her a Golden Globe and multiple Emmy Award noms. Wright’s recently announced projects include The Girlfriend for Prime Video.

Wright also directs and produces. In TV she has directed episodes of series including Ozark and Tell Me Lies. She will be in Monte-Carlo in June to receive the award, which is given during the Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s closing ceremony.

“I’ve had the chance to live an incredible career in television and I am deeply honored to receive this distinction,...

The Ugly Stepsister, the first horror feature from Emilie Blichfeldt, is set to arrive in theaters on April 18, and the film just got an exciting new look. Collider is thrilled to partner with distributors IFC Films and Shudder to help promote its upcoming premiere by releasing a new poster for the film showing what appears to be a ballet shoe dipped in blood stepping carefully onto the carpet. The upcoming film will see Blichfeldt make her directorial debut after starring in other projects such as Nr. 24 (Sjur Vatne Brean) and Kruppel 16 (Johannes Blumenthal). The Ugly Stepsister is billed as a gorgeously crafted, twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, and it earned strong reviews out of Sundance earlier this year, including from Collider’s own Therese Lacson, who scored the film an 8/10 in her review.

The Ugly Stepsister follows Elvira (Lea Myren) as she prepares to earn the prince...

Hulu's upcoming Murdaugh Murders series is rounding out its cast. The most recent additions include Reacher's Johnny Berchtold and A Complete Unknown's Will Harrison.

The Murdaugh Murders is based on the true story of Alex Murdaugh, who was jailed for killing his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul. The series is also said to be using information from journalist and podcaster Mandy Matney. Per Variety, Berchtold and Harrison will be joining Patricia Arquette and Jason Clarke as the titular Murdaughs, while J. Smith Cameron has been cast as Marian Proctor.

Harrison will appear in the series as Buster Murdaugh. "The golden boy of the Murdaugh family, Buster's well on his way to following in the legal footsteps of his father Alex, and grandfather, Randolph," the official character description reads. "Buster's also the apple of his mother Maggie's eye, a lifelong source of tension with his younger brother Paul.

With its macabre one-liners, revolving door of guest stars, and endless imagined homicides, "CSI" is one of the most recognizable network TV franchises of all time. Yet, despite well over a decade of success and extensive rerun appeal, the Anthony Zuiker-created property actually went off the air for a five year period. In 2016, the last "CSI" show that was still going, "CSI: Cyber," bowed out after just two seasons, and the TV world of the crime saga that began at the turn of the millennium went temporarily dark.

Like so many procedurals before it, "CSI" did eventually come back, offering up the Paula Newsome and Matt Lauria-led "CSI: Vegas" in 2021. That series returned to the show's trend of focusing on a different city (past hits have included "CSI: New York" and the infamously punny "CSI: Miami"), but it wasn't enough to save it. "Vegas" was canceled in 2024 after three seasons,...

Fresh off the massive success of SeveranceSeason 2, actress Britt Lower is set to headline a new prison break series for Netflix alongside a star-studded cast.

Per Deadline, Lower will lead the cast of I Will Find You, a new prison break thriller series based on Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel of the same name for Netflix. Lower joins a stellar cast which includes the talents of Sam Worthington, Milo Ventimigilia, Erin Richards and Logan Browning. I Will Find You follows "David Burroughs (Worthington), an innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son who receives evidence that his child may still be alive — and must break out of prison to find out the truth," per the official logline. Coben created the adaptation alongside showrunner Robert Hull, who served as an executive producer for Gotham, which ran for five seasons.

Lower will reportedly portray Rachel Mills in I Will Find You,...