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Interview: ‘Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans’ Player Rizo Velovic on 50 Days in Fiji
Rizo Velovic has been watching and talking about Survivor since he was eight years old. The lifelong fan got an opportunity to live his dream on Survivor 49, falling in the final four fire-making challenge. Just shortly after, production pulled him aside for a Zoom call with Jeff Probst, who invited him to join the […] More
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Interview: Director Olivia Newman Talks Octopuses and ‘Bringing Remarkably Bright Creatures’ to Life on Netflix
Olivia Newman wanted Marcellus, the giant Pacific octopus at the heart of Remarkably Bright Creatures, to feel like just another character in the world of the film, as grounded and real as anyone else on screen. The solution, arrived at after ruling out trained octopuses and physical puppets, was CGI built from tens of hours […] More
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Interview: Crafting the Chaos of ‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ with Writer and Executive Producer Anthony King
Writing a television show is complicated enough, but writing one where the lead actor does not know he is on a television show is something else entirely. Anthony King, Executive Producer and Writer on Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, has earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Episode Seven, “Mergers […] More
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Interview: Tiffany Ervin on the Evolution of Her ‘Survivor’ Game from Seasons 46 to 50
Tiffany Ervin made her Survivor debut on Season 46, where a defeated and disunited Yanu tribe barely squeezed through to the merge and a chaotic Tribal Council sent her home at the final eight with a Hidden Immunity Idol still in her pocket. But when the call came to join the landmark 50th season alongside […] More
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Interview: Elle Fanning on Inhabiting Whimsy and Resilience in ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’
Margo may have money troubles, but Elle Fanning still brings the whimsy. Margot’s Got Money Troubles, based on Rufi Thorpe‘s beloved novel, follows Margot Millet (Fanning), a young woman navigating single motherhood, financial chaos, and a larger-than-life cast of characters orbiting her life. At the center of it all is Fanning, delivering a performance full […] More
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Interview: Creator Haley Z. Boston on Writing and Crafting the Dread of Marrying the Wrong Person in ‘Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen’
Haley Z. Boston has a background in writing horror across Brand New Cherry Flavor and Cabinet of Curiosities, but when writing the pilot for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen all the way back in 2021, she could not have imagined the very good things that were going to happen when the show began […] More
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Interview: Weronika Tofilska Talks Directing Horror and the Operatic Quality of ‘Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen’
Weronika Tofilska (Baby Reindeer, Love Lies Bleeding, His Dark Materials) had never directed a horror project before Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. What drew her in was not just the genre itself, but the way Haley Z. Boston’s scripts had a modern edge that used horror, comedy, and drama to tell a complex […] More
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Interview: Alex Bonifer and the Emotional Reality of Building Toward the Finale of ‘Jury Duty: Company Retreat’
In Jury Duty: Company Retreat, Alex Bonifer plays Dougie Jr., the bleach-blond, big-hearted son of a CEO who is set to take over Rockin’ Grandmas hot sauce with his dad’s retirement. The show places its cast in a real-time environment alongside an unsuspecting non-actor, Anthony Norman, who serves as the season’s hero, and the whole […] More
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Interview: Wendy Braun Talks Playing the Villain Opposite the Hero of ‘Jury Duty: Company Retreat’
Wendy Braun had five weeks of rehearsal and studied the language of private equity to prepare for the role of a villain in Season Two of the acclaimed reality hoax comedy series, Jury Duty: Company Retreat. Despite all that prep, she was still walking into a completely unpredictable situation and had to make it all […] More
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Interview: Building the Ensemble of ‘Beef’ Season Two with Casting Director Jeanie Bacharach
Casting director Jeanie Bacharach has spent her career drawn to character-driven work, from her early roots in theater to an impressive recent run of television credits, including Black Mirror, Dying for Sex, and Presumed Innocent. For Beef Season Two, she faced the particular challenge of assembling a brand new ensemble for an anthology series that […] More
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Interview: Costume Designer Olga Mill on Dressing the Class Divide in ‘Beef’ Season Two
Costume designer Olga Mill has built a reputation working in contemporary settings, a register that demands a particular kind of finesse, since everyone has a personal relationship with the clothes they wear every day. Her credits include First Reformed, Hereditary, Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Love Lies Bleeding, and now she brings that same sharp […] More
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Interview: Colleen Atwood on the Evolving Wardrobe of ‘Wednesday’ Season Two
Colleen Atwood is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated costume designers, with a career spanning decades and four Academy Award wins to her name for Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Alice in Wonderland, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Long known for her transformative collaborations with director Tim Burton, Atwood has designed some of […] More











