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Barbie Ferreira Calls Her ‘Euphoria’ Exit a Mutual Decision
Barbie Ferreira is addressing her exit following Euphoria‘s second season and the negative attention it garnered both in the press and among fans. While appearing on the latest episode of Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, the Nope actress opened up about her decision to leave the show, which had brushed up rumors that there were […]
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HBO, Lily-Rose Depp Deny On-Set Turmoil on ‘The Idol’
HBO is disputing a report that its forthcoming drama series The Idol was beset by problems during filming. A Rolling Stone story published Wednesday and citing 13 sources close to the show reports that the drama, co-created by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson and music star The Weeknd (whose real name is Abel Tesfaye), was plagued by […]
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DGA Awards: Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan Take Top Honor for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
The Directors Guild of America revealed its winners for the 2023 DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles Saturday night, with Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan taking home the top prize for Everything Everywhere All at Once. To kick off the ceremony, Lesli Linka Glatter, the DGA’s president, offered welcome remarks before […]
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Full Scope PR Expands by Hiring Publicist Jennifer Curran, Aligning With Digital Rep Chelsea Durgin
Full Scope PR is making moves. The West Hollywood-based firm, which launched earlier this year as a partnership between veteran reps Jack Ketsoyan and Pia Malihi, has hired publicist Jennifer Curran as managing director and struck a partnership with digital talent manager Chelsea Durgin to help build Full Scope’s digital talent management department. Both execs will […]
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‘The Idol’ Teaser Reveals Ensemble Cast, New Footage
A new teaser for HBO’s upcoming series The Idol introduces audiences to its ensemble cast, led by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp. Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan, Moses Sumney, Jane Adams, Dan Levy, Jennie Ruby Jane, Eli Roth, Rachel Sennott, Hari Nef, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Dean, Ramsey, Anne Heche and Hank Azaria round […]
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The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp Go on a Wild Ride in First Teaser for HBO Series ‘The Idol’
It’s all about money, drugs and orgies in the first trailer for Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Sam Levinson’s new HBO series The Idol. Dropping Sunday, the minute-and-a-half teaser features the first footage from the upcoming show starring Lily-Rose Depp, which is pitched in the trailer as being “from the sick and twisted minds” of […]
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The Weeknd-Sam Levinson HBO Series Getting Overhauled
An HBO music-industry drama from Grammy winner The Weeknd and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson is getting remixed. HBO says the series, titled The Idol, will “adjust” its cast and crew to fit a new creative direction for the show: “The Idol’s creative team continues to build, refine, and evolve their vision for the show and […]
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‘Euphoria’ Helmer Sam Levinson on Creative Approach to Season Two: “My Writing Process is Pretty Bizarre”
It seems as if everyone has thoughts to share this year about season two of Euphoria, so much so that The New York Times cited the “extraordinary discourse” about the show in a finale recap that focused on creator Sam Levinson. He’s among the few that haven’t engaged in the swirl over the course of […]
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Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in Adrian Lyne’s ‘Deep Water’: Film Review
The director returns after a 20-year absence to the familiar territory of high-gloss adultery and its fallout in this Patricia Highsmith adaptation, premiering on Hulu.
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HBO Defends “Complex Shoots” on ‘Euphoria’
HBO is defending its hit high-school drama Euphoria. Following the season two finale of the Sam Levinson series starring Zendaya, the Daily Beast published claims of a “toxic production,” following up on an earlier Feb. 23 report detailing “messy behind-the-scenes drama.” In the story published on Friday, several unidentified sources spoke to the outlet about […]
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Angus Cloud on Facing “Consequences” in the ‘Euphoria’ Season 2 Finale
[This story contains spoilers to the season two finale of HBO’s Euphoria, “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name.”] Angus Cloud was walking down the street in Manhattan when he got cast for Euphoria. Though he had attended Oakland School of the Arts, he had no acting credits to […]
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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Euphoria’ Season 2 Finale Embraces the Series’ Messy, Surrealist Self
The buzzy second season's last episode swerved, careened, staggered and lurched to the finish line, in true Sam Levinson style.
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