‘Stronger’ Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal Takes First Steps In Boston Bombing Drama
Posted on Thursday June 22, 2017

“I just want people to see how amazing my son is,” says Miranda Richardson’s Patty Bauman in this trailer for Stronger, as the clip makes her case. Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the true story of Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the 2013 terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon. Co-starring as his girlfriend Erin is Tatiana Maslany. The trailer, which includes a realistic depiction of the explosion, lays out the film’s premise: Bauman is waiting at the finish line for his…

‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker On His Affinity For “Idea-Based Dramas� And What’s To Come In Season 4
Posted on Thursday June 22, 2017

An English broadcaster and comedic personality, Charlie Brooker is best known internationally for creating Black Mirror, the BAFTA Award-winning, Netflix original anthology series that has shaken the world with its varied, ever daunting portraits of a technologically-driven near future. In the series—a wide-ranging work of speculative fiction, which has proven prescient more than once—each episode employs a different cast of actors to explore themes linked to the…

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Alexis Bledel To Return As Series Regular In Season 2
Posted on Thursday June 22, 2017

Alexis Bledel will be back for Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale. Gilmore Girls alumna Bledel, who guest-starred in Season 1, will return as a series regular in Season 2, reprising her role as Offglen. The 13-episode second season is scheduled to go back into production this fall and will premiere in 2018. Created by Bruce Miller, the drama series, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was…

HBO Defends John Oliver Over Lump Of Coal Lawsuit From Mocked Mine Owner
Posted on Thursday June 22, 2017

John Oliver knew perfectly well on June 18 when he ridiculed the CEO of Murray Energy Corporation as a "geriatric Dr. Evil" and more that there could be legal blowback, but the Last Week Tonight host drilled in anyway. Now, with a defamation suit filed in West Virginia yesterday against Oliver, HBO and Time Warner by Robert E. Murray and a number of his coal companies, the host's bosses are staking their own claim in his defense. “We have confidence in the staff of Last W…

Leaner ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Resumes Production Next Week
Posted on Thursday June 22, 2017

Production on the stalled season of Bachelor In Paradise will resume next week, according to various cast members’ tweets confirming their participation. ABC will announce a new premiere date in the next few days, informed sources say. And this season is likely to run for two fewer hours to compensate for the halt of production, the sources say. Contacted for comment, a Warner Bros rep declined. The reality series was on track to debut its fourth season August 8, until pro…