Tag: Jury Duty
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Juror No. 2 Cast, Plot, Director, And More Info
Move over, “Jury Duty,” there’s another twist-filled jury story in town. This time it’s “Juror No. 2,” the upcoming movie from veteran filmmaker Clint Eastwood. Eastwood is in his 90s now, but age hasn’t stopped the prolific actor-turned-filmmaker from working on new stories to bring to the silver screen. Though the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike means…
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James Marsden On His ‘Jury Duty’ Role of a Lifetime and the Day He ‘Lost It’ Laughing
Though his long career has been full of box office hits, critically acclaimed projects and some truly scene-stealing performances, James Marsden landed the role of a lifetime on the Amazon Freevee series “Jury Duty” playing … James Marsden.It is, however, an exaggerated (we hope) version of himself, due to the premise of the show —…
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‘Jury Duty’: Cody Heller on the Magic of Ronald Gladden
When it comes to the main reason why Amazon Prime Video’s Emmy-nominated comedy series Jury Duty worked, no one can deny that it came down to Ronald Gladden. The man at the center of the series, who didn’t even know it, was undoubtedly the best part of the production. While everyone surrounding him was a…
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Showrunner Cody Heller on the Trials and Tribulations of Making ‘Jury Duty’
[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers about Jury Duty.]In all honesty, Jury Duty never should have worked. The documentary-style comedy series chronicling the inner workings of an American jury trial was actually entirely fake, with only one particular juror, Ronald Gladden, not let in on the joke. Everyone around him, including the other jurors,…
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Emmy Nominations 2023: See the Full List
As Hollywood grinds to a halt with the ongoing WGA strike and potential SAG-AFTRA strike, the 2023 Emmy nominations were announced as planned on July 12. Television Academy Chair Frank Scherma and actor Yvette Nicole Brown presented the nominations live from Los Angeles.This year’s Emmys follow a spate of TV finales from acclaimed series like…
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‘Jury Duty’ Doesn’t Need a Second Season
Nobody can deny that Jury Duty is one of the most unexpectedly heartwarming shows we’ve been given in recent years. The semi-scripted smash-hit centers on Ronald Gladden, an unsuspecting civilian who signs on to do a documentary about jury duty, not knowing that every other jury member is a paid actor. The other “jurors,” including…