Tag: Hacks
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Hacks Showrunners Tease What’s Next For Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance In Season 2
HBO Max’s “Hacks” is one of the best new comedies on television, and the Emmy-winning series is set to return for a second season sometime in the (hopefully near) future. Now, in an extensive interview with Variety, the series’ showrunners dropped hints about what legendary comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) will be up to when…
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Tales Of The Walking Dead Adds Olivia Munn, Danny Ramirez, And More
There is some new casting information out for the upcoming AMC anthology series spinoff “Tales of the Walking Dead.” According to EW, Olivia Munn, Danny Ramirez (“The Falcon & The Winter Soldier), Jessie T. Usher (“The Boys“), Loan Chabanol (“Fading Gigolo“), and Embeth Davidtz (“Ray Donovan”) are all about to face off with the undead.This…
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Jean Smart’s SmartAngel Entertainment Acquires Life Rights to Country Star and LGBTQ Activist Chely Wright (Exclusive)
Fresh off her recent Emmy win for the comedy series “Hacks,” Jean Smart is ramping up development at her production company, SmartAngel Entertainment. Smart and her producing partner, Angeliki Giannakopoulos, have acquired the rights to the real-life stories of two individuals who challenged the status quo and took a stand to make a difference for…
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The Daily Stream: ‘Hacks’ is a Worthy Entry in the Jean Smart-issance
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Show: Hacks Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Against her better judgment, legendary Las Vegas stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) hires Ava…
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‘Hacks’: How the Story of Deborah and Ava’s Relationship Was Told with the Camera
Right from its opening shot — a 90-second oner (really multiple shots stitched together) that follows comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) from behind as she walks backstage after finishing her Vegas stand-up routine — “Hacks” announces its filmmaking intentions. As the audience watches Deborah’s interactions and the way she moves through her surroundings, character is…
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‘Hacks’ Creators Discuss Appreciating Jean Smart and Loving Las Vegas
[Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for “Hacks” Season 1.]There’s something invigorating talking to the creators of a new, delightful TV series, so it should come as no surprise that talking with Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, creators of HBO Max’s “Hacks” was a joy unto itself.It’s also unsurprising that the trio…