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Yahoo
an hour ago
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‘The Gilded Age' cast on what to expect in Season 3: feuding sisters, robber barons and a wedding?
'Welcome to the sober circus!' When The Gilded Age returns for its third season on June 22, the fallout from the characters' ongoing power struggles, both large and small, will be immediately felt, revealed the cast at a panel held Saturday at the ATX TV Festival in Austin. More from GoldDerby 'Bridget Jones' star Renée Zellweger's emotional admission: 'I didn't want Mark Darcy to go away' 'It's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover': Christine Baranski on her surging career in her 70s 'One of the things that made it so special was that it wasn't for everyone': 'The Leftovers' EPs and cast on the show's legacy Stars Christine Baranski (Agnes van Rhijn), Carrie Coon (Bertha Russell), and Morgan Spector (George Russell) shared a sneak peek at their upcoming plotlines, as well as plenty of banter about life on the set. 'If there's an overriding theme in this entire Gilded Age show, I think it is how people are coping with change, each character individually coping with tremendous change, and changes that are happening in society at the time,' said Baranski. Temperance has come to 61st Street — 'but not to me!' declared Baranski. With the (literal) change in fortunes, Ada (Cynthia Nixon) has taken over as the head of the household, much to Agnes' consternation. To deal with her grief, she aligns herself with the temperance movement. 'I think if Ada had wanted to change the draperies, Agnes would have had difficulty. So whatever Ada's up to is going to rankle Agnes because it's not her idea,' said Baranski. 'It's not good news for Agnes, but it's great news for Christine, because as an actor, you don't want to play the same thing. If you're playing someone who's firmly convinced that her position is right and then you get toppled, there's so many places you can go comedically and tragically.' SEEWhy 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 won't be eligible for any Emmys this year Baranski thinks Julian Fellowes, who writes The Gilded Age, channels his own personality into Agnes. 'He loves those tough old broads — they are survivors, and they've got the wit and they're made of vinegar,' said Baranski. Added Spector, 'I think he thinks those are the women who are really holding civilization together, and I think he's probably right.' Asked how she nailed Agnes' withering stare, 'Oh god it's so awful to say, I didn't have to work at it,' said Baranski. 'My mother was a tough old broad. And I swear when I watch myself play Agnes, I just see my mom with her glass of Seagram 7 crown.' As for Bertha, 'She's pretty single-minded,' said Coon. 'We know she's determined to marry off Gladys. I'll say without spoiling anything, Bertha usually does get her way. But it doesn't mean there aren't consequences to that.' Coon defends Bertha's single-mindededness in marrying off her daughter. 'She understands the world is not set up for Gladys, and that if Gladys hopes to have any power or influence — the power and influence Bertha would wish to have — she has to be married in a very particular way, married well,' said Coon. 'Because I think what Bertha understands is that you can have puppy love and have a lovely time, but that will not sustain you for 35 years. So I have a lot of respect for what Bertha wants for Gladys, and I do believe it's loving. Does she go about it in a way that seems a little bit blunt? Perhaps. But I do believe she understands something about the world that she wants her daughter to be not just safe but fulfilled.' That's another theme of the third season — the collision between social and business forces that was happening at the time. 'How many women born at a different time would have been running places? And what do you do with that energy?' said Coon. 'Well, you put it into your kids because that's the only place you're allowed to put it.' Added Baranski, 'The men were busy earning money and making money and creating this capitalistic society, but it was the women who were spending the money and creating the culture of the Gilded Age. You could say it was completely over the top and indulgent in income inequality, except that they did create cultural institutions that last to this day. And the robber barons, whatever we think of them, they financed cultural institutions, which is not really true today with our tech barons and our current oligarchs. 'Shame on them for not supporting the arts.' Speaking of robber barons, 'George's story of the season is trying to build the transcontinental railroad,' said Spector. 'I think there's something actually fundamentally relatable about George, even though because of the scale on which he acts, there's a monstrousness to a lot of what he does.' Said Baranski, 'I have to say you are a man on a mission, and these robber barons, they got a lot done.' 'So did Mussolini,' quipped Spector. New cast members will join this season, including Merritt Wever as Bertha's sister, Bill Camp as J.P. Morgan, Andrea Martin as a medium, and Lisagay Hamilton as the suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. 'The thing that I most was gratified by was I had not seen Black middle- and upper-class communities represented in this period,' said Coon. 'The history of that is so fraught because of the way those neighborhoods were bulldozed to make Central Park. And the fact that we see these black actors in their joy, having a ball, getting paired off, with their own history, and yet existing still in a world where Bertha Russell isn't going to look at you, or acknowledge that you're there, to me that's one of the most thrilling parts of the show. To get to see that world sort of brought to life in this Gilded Age period is just something we haven't really seen before. I always thrill to those moments in the story.' Spector acknowledged that the show has been criticized for having 'a lot of drama, but no stakes,' said Spector. 'But there's a real subtle wit in cutting from being in the South, with Denée [Benton]'s character, to then being in our drawing rooms. The show has a kind of ironic wit about it because of that that I think it would lack otherwise.' And while Agnes can be such a 'bitch,' as Baranski acknowledged, she does think she has a point. 'Things will really go awry if you only think in terms of material existence,' she said. 'So I think her heart and her mind and her ethics are very much in the right place, as stubborn as she is. One of the reasons I'd love this show to continue is because I think there is such an exploration to be done in terms of the corruption that goes on, the buying of government influence, and the grotesque displays of wealth sending women into a spaceship.' Joked Spector, 'Christine, you're a firework.' Best of GoldDerby 'I cried a lot': Rob Delaney on the heart and humor in FX's 'Dying for Sex' — and Neighbor Guy's kick in the 'zone' TV directors roundtable: 'American Primeval,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' 'Paradise' 'Paradise' directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on the 'chaos' of crafting 'the world coming to an end' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
an hour ago
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‘It's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover': Christine Baranski on her surging career in her 70s
It's hard to think of two more different characters on television right now than the unapologetically uptight Agnes van Rhijn on The Gilded Age and the unapologetically outspoken Victoria on Nine Perfect Strangers. And the woman playing them both couldn't be happier about it. More from GoldDerby 'One of the things that made it so special was that it wasn't for everyone': 'The Leftovers' EPs and cast on the show's legacy David E. Kelley on the secret of his prolific career: 'Don't ever assume you're smarter than the audience' 'I'm glad I'm still alive': Jon Hamm and John Slattery on 'Mad Men,' 10 years later Christine Baranski has made a career out of scene-stealing performances, from Cybill to The Good Wife, and was recently recognized by the ATX TV Festival with its annual Achievement in TV eXcellence Award. Baranski trained at Juilliard with the dream of being a great theater actor, but then found a mid-life renaissance when she was offered the role of Cybill Shepherd's martini-swilling, sharp-tonuged best friend in Cybill, which earned her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the first season. 'Nobody really starts a Hollywood career in their 40s, but I did,' she said. That then launched her into a 13-year run as the formidable Diane Lockhart on The Good Fight and The Good Wife. 'How did I get so lucky that my first writer that when I took the jump into television was Chuck Lorre?' marveled Baranski, who also credited Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight, The Good Wife) and Julian Fellowes (The Gilded Age) for giving her great material to work with. 'You're looking at one very, very lucky dame.' SEEChristine Baranski ('The Good Fight') feels 'genuine sense of pride' about 'dangerous,' 'emotional' series finale [Exclusive Video Interview] Baranski praised Lorre for giving Maryann witty one-liners unlike she'd ever seen before on television. 'I knew how to deliver those lines because I had done Neil Simon, I had done Tom Stoppard. I'd done Terrence McNally,' she said.' I knew how to do that one-liner thing, but I'd never read a pilot where I thought, 'You know, it's going to be commensurate with theater writing.'' And then the role of Diane arrived. 'I said to the Kings many times, 'Let's avoid the stereotypes about women. Let's avoid the stereotype that just because she's the head of a law firm and she doesn't have children and she's not married, can we just avoid like playing her like she's an unhappy bitch?'' said Baranski. 'I'm proud of the fact that Diane Lockhart was something of a breakthrough. OK, she gets dressed for work, she looks fabulous, and at the end of the day she can drink scotch with the guys and go toe to toe with the men. She's not angry at men. She likes men.' Wearing Diane's high heels impacted Baranski personally as well. 'I always felt like I aspired to be Diane Lockhart,' she said. 'It was a learning curve for me. I was glad to play that character for 13 years because I think I was learning how to be a woman in power.' As for the infamous slap at the end of The Good Wife, she said she avoids social media, 'so I guess there was a big reaction,' she acknowledged. Her concern, though, was more with the performance. 'I didn't want to hurt Julianna [Margulies], for one thing,' she said. 'In terms of the acting moment, I think Alicia had lost her moral compass, and how she manipulated my husband and me, it was ruthless and horrible. For me, the slap was just, 'Wake up.' So it was easy for me. It wasn't a bitch slap.' The end of The Good Fight actually overlapped with the launch of The Gilded Age — a deal Baranski actually had to step in and negotiate for herself, with a letter sent to the head of CBS at the time asking to be allowed to do both, even though she was locked into a contract with CBS. An exception was made — although she was told to be discreet at the time — and then COVID wreaked havoc with the shooting schedule so the productions coincided. 'That was really, really challenging, but you know, I call it a champagne problem.' Signing on for Nine Perfect Strangers was a far easier deal to make — she agreed without even seeing a script, once she knew it was shooting in Europe and costarring Nicole Kidman. 'I've been making the joke in press that it seems like it's in my contract that I have great clothes, funny lines, and a lover — otherwise, I don't show up,' she quipped. And now in her 70s, with her choice of roles, she admits she's changed her mind about television. 'Television can open our minds and our hearts,' she said. 'The theater's great if you can afford a theater ticket and get to a play, but you turn on your screen in your living room and the world can open up and your consciousness can open up if it's good writing, and there's so much good writing now.' Best of GoldDerby 'I cried a lot': Rob Delaney on the heart and humor in FX's 'Dying for Sex' — and Neighbor Guy's kick in the 'zone' TV directors roundtable: 'American Primeval,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' 'Paradise' 'Paradise' directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on the 'chaos' of crafting 'the world coming to an end' Click here to read the full article.
New York Post
12 hours ago
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- New York Post
What time does true crime docuseries ‘The Mortician' release on HBO and Max?
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. HBO is between big Sunday night shows, with 'The Last of Us' Season 2 in the rearview and 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 still a few weeks away; in between the two shows, the premium cable network is airing a new three-part true crime documentary series. 'The Mortician' is a chilling series that uncovers the dark secrets behind a seemingly respectable, family-run funeral home. The Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena, California, was known for decency and propriety, but in the early 1980s, David Sconce, heir to the Lamb legacy, took control of the business and launched a disturbing campaign to boost profits by exploiting the dead in increasingly unethical and inhumane ways. Additionally, the series will explore the mortuary industry as a whole and illuminate what can happen behind closed doors. The HBO and Max series will feature an exclusive interview with Sconce, who was recently released from prison, plus commentary from Sconce's ex-wife Barbara Hunt; mortician Jolena Grande; mortuary owners Jay Brown and Elie Estephan; journalists Ashley Dunn and David Geary; Lamb Funeral Home victims; former employees and acquaintances of Sconce; and law enforcement and judicial officials. What time does 'The Mortician' come out on HBO and Max? 'The Mortician' comes out at 9 p.m. ET tonight, June 1, on HBO. The episode will release at the same time on HBO's Max streaming service. 'The Mortician' episode guide and release schedule: 'The Mortician' is a three-part documentary series, with the episodes airing over three weeks. Episode 1: June 1, 9 p.m. ET June 1, 9 p.m. ET Episode 2: June 8, 9 p.m. ET June 8, 9 p.m. ET Episode 3: June 15, 9 p.m. ET How to watch 'The Mortician': If you don't have HBO through a cable provider, you'll need a Max subscription to watch 'The Mortician.' Max is available to subscribe to via Prime Video starting at $9.99/month with ads. It costs $16.99/month if you want to go ad-free. That's not the only way to subscribe, though. Sling TV offers some of the best value for money among live tv streaming services, thanks to some great offers. You'll need Sling's Blue plan with a Max add-on to watch HBO live (and you can still stream on-demand with Max). Plus, when you subscribe to Max through Sling, the money-saving never stops! You'll get 50% off your first month, plus $5 off your bill every month after that. Why Trust Post Wanted by the New York Post This article was written by Angela Tricarico, Commerce Writer/Reporter for Post Wanted Shopping and New York Post's streaming property, Decider. Angela keeps readers up to date with cord-cutter-friendly deals, and information on how to watch your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and movies on every streaming service. Not only does Angela test and compare the streaming services she writes about to ensure readers are getting the best prices, but she's also a superfan specializing in the intersection of shopping, tech, sports, and pop culture. Prior to joining Decider and The New York Post in 2023, she wrote about streaming and consumer tech at Insider Reviews
The Irish Sun
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Nepo baby daughter of huge US TV star mom and writer dad stuns in plunging top – can you guess her famous parents?
THIS is the daughter of a very famous Emmy Award winning actress. Her father was also a very famous playwright who starred in films with the likes of Advertisement 8 Lily Cowles is known for high profile roles in a huge sci-fi series Credit: Instagram 8 The actress stars as Isobel Evans in Roswell New Mexico 8 The actress regularly gives fans a behind the scenes look at her life on social media Credit: Instagram Lily Cowles, 37, is the daughter of She is best known for her role as Isobel Evans in The CW sci-fi drama, Roswell, New Mexico . The actress also voices the character Helen Park in the smash-hit game, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. But she's also very active on social media and she regularly posts either throwback images of her childhood, snaps with her mother or promotion for upcoming projects. Advertisement READ MORE ON HOLLYWOOD One post came in the form of a selfie in a plunging and sleeveless jumpsuit. The star held the camera up to make the most of her skinny figure as she gave a gazing look into the lens. Her mother is an internationally recognised actress, having starred in huge productions. She rose to fame playing the role of Maryann Thorpe in the hit nineties sitcom, Cybill. Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Live Blog Breaking Breaking Exclusive The actress went on to star as Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series The Good Wife where she later reprised the role in the spin-off called, The Good Fight. Christine, 73, is also known for her extensive film work as she starred in Chicago alongside the likes of Huge period drama with A-list cast returning to screens - and it's just days away She is also known for her role as Donna's friend and band-mate Tanya in the Mamma Mia film franchise alongside Other high-profile projects have included Into The Woods, Cruel Intentions, and The Big Bang Theory. Advertisement Most recently, fans could see her in the Lord Julian Fellowes penned period drama, The Gilded Age. She stars as the snobby and stubborn old money socialite Agnes van Rhijn, alongside the likes of Before he passed away in 2014, her father had a supporting role in Martin Scorsese's film Shutter Island alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. His first film came in the form of the 1969 comedy-drama, Me, Natalie alongside Al Pacino. Advertisement 8 Lily is the daughter of the late playwright Matthew Cowles and actress Christine Baranski Credit: Getty 8 She's also the daughter of A-list actress Christie Baranski Credit: Getty 8 She regularly appears alongside her mother at exclusive star-studded events Credit: Getty 8 Christine is famous for her role as Diane in the legal drama, The Good Wife and the spin-off, The Good Life Credit: CBS Advertisement 8 Her most recent project sees the actress play a snobby and stubborn old money American socialite in The Gilded Age Credit: HBO
News.com.au
a day ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
First look at hit drama The Gilded Age's highly anticipated new season
Emmy-nominated series, The Gilded Age, is set to return for its highly anticipated third season. After its dramatic Season 2 finale, viewers will get the answers they crave when the period drama returns for another eight-episode season, airing locally on Paramount+ from June 23. The series, which takes place during the US era of the same name, follows the wealthy residents of New York City during the late 1800s, focusing on the conflict that surrounds the new-money Russell family and their old-money neighbours, the van Rhijn family. From day one, we see Bertha Russell (played by Carrie Coon) try to break into the old-money crowd, one social event at a time – and this season, it appears she finally has a chance to elevate her family to unimaginable heights among Manhattan society. Meanwhile, chaos erupts across the street when cranky socialite Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) struggles to accept her younger, much gentler sister Ada Brook's (Cynthia Nixon) new position as lady of the household following the inheritance from her late husband. As the season unfolds, ambition and scandal peaks, but no gains come without great sacrifice. To put it as succinctly as the trailer's tagline, 'Love can conquer all or cost you everything.' 'Agnes doesn't like all this new money – it's all for show,' Baranski told W magazine of her character back in October. 'It doesn't have to do with deep values.' 'People think she's just this grouchy old lady, but I actually think she has a lot to be angry about. She sees society changing toward one where you can buy your way into anything.' And if you loved the Season 2 cliffhanger finale, Coon says there's plenty more where that came from. 'I was really shocked by a couple of the twists we have coming. So that was thrilling,' she told People last August, one month after filming was underway. 'They keep surprising me. I haven't even seen all the scripts yet, so I am eager to be surprised.' She added of filming: '[It was] chiefly exciting because we didn't think we were getting a season 3. The people watching the show really did save it.' 'It's exciting because we have dispatched with all of the exposition, and now it's all storytelling, we don't have to introduce anyone really anymore. And I feel that [writers] Julian [Fellows] and Sonja Warfield have really embraced our very specific pacing, which is quite breathless actually, a lot can happen in an episode.'
