Tag: Unorthodox
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The Calling Trailer: Barry Levinson’s Psychological Crime Thriller Pushes A Detective To The Brink
“Bad Banks,” “Unorthodox,” and “Keep Breathing” star Jeff Wilbusch is trying his hand at the crime thriller, starring as hopeful NYPD detective Avraham “Avi” Avraham in David E. Kelley and Barry Levinson’s new crime drama for Peacock, “The Calling.” Originally announced under the title “The Missing,” the new series is an adaptation of Israeli crime…
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Wins the Best Limited Series Emmy — the First Streaming Series to Top the Category
At the time of last year’s Emmys ceremony, a seven-episode literary adaptation about the tumultuous life of a fictional chess prodigy might not have been an obvious awards mainstay. Yet, after a year when “The Queen’s Gambit” never really waned in its quest for TV’s highest prize, the Netflix show finished its calendar-spanning run by…
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High-Profile Harvey Weinstein Movie ‘She Said’ Lands Thanksgiving 2022 Release in Theaters
Universal’s high-profile Harvey Weinstein movie She Said will open in theaters on Nov. 18, 2022, the beginning of the lucrative Thanksgiving corridor and in the hearts of awards season, the studio announced Thursday.The movie stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, whose landmark 2017 exposé helped…
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‘The Good Lord Bird,’ ‘Unorthodox’ & ’76 Days’ Win 2021 Peabody Awards
In the never-ending battle for prestige streamer dominance, today was a good day for Showtime. The Viacom division took two prestigious Peabody Awards for its limited series “The Good Lord Bird” starring Ethan Hawke and the news program “Vice on Showtime: Losing Ground.” Another Viacom production, MTV Films “76 Days,” won in the Documentary category.Read…
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Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan to Play NY Times Reporters Who Broke Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Almost four years after journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor dropped the explosive New York Times report outing Harvey Weinstein as a serial sexual predator, a Hollywood movie is finally being spun out of the story that changed the industry forever. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are set to star as Twohey and Kantor in…
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The Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix in 2021
Over a year into lockdown, and we’ve all likely exhausted our existing Netflix queues. Whether you devoured “Tiger King,” “Unorthodox,” or “Bridgerton,” Netflix had many worldwide hits with its original content — this, in a year, aided by viewers with exponentially more time at home. But those popular titles are just the tip of the…
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Anya Taylor-Joy Wins Her First Major Acting Award with Golden Globe for ‘Queen’s Gambit’
Anya Taylor-Joy is officially a top acting award winner thanks to the Netflix sensation “The Queen’s Gambit,” which earned the rising actress the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Limited Series. Taylor-Joy won the Globe over fellow nominees Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”), Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”), Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”), and Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”).…
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‘Unorthodox’: How Shira Haas Crafted Her Riveting Performance in the Netflix Drama
Imagine delivering a career-defining performance in a language you don’t even speak. That was the challenge presented to Shira Haas, the Israeli actress whose galvanizing turn propels “Unorthodox,” a four-part Netflix limited series about a young woman who leaves her Hasidic community behind.As the courageous lead character Esty, who abandons everything she knows in her…