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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jane Seymour Reveals if 'Dr. Quinn' Co-Star Joe Lando Would Ever Appear on 'Harry Wild' (Exclusive)
Jane Seymour is, well, an icon. Born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg, Seymour has had some iconic roles, including that of Bond girl Solitaire in Live and Let Die and as the titular figure in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. One of the roles she played has become a cult classic movie, Somewhere in Time. I would wager to say every woman over 30 knows this movie about a present-day playwright (Christopher Reeve) who becomes obsessed with a woman from the 1920s. As he's doing research, he discovers he somehow was there back in that time period. If you've never seen it, you should check it out. It's free to stream on Tubi. Even though she is now 74, the ageless Seymour doesn't seem to be slowing down. She currently stars as the titular character in Harry Wild, a former literary professor with a knack for solving mysteries. She teams up with teen Fergus Reid (Rohan Nedd) to solve crimes the police detectives can't. Seymour sat down with Parade to talk about the new season of Harry Wild. 🎬 🎬 What can viewers expect in Season 4 of ?The new season of Harry Wild has some wonderful backgrounds and stories. We explore the world of horse racing, there is a great one in the ballroom dancing world, where some bizarre things go on that Harry, of course, enjoys because she actually likes to dance, and we have a serial killer who makes their decisions with a toss of a coin. We also see what's going to happen with Harry B (Lochlann O'Mearáin), and we see what's going on with Fergus and Lola (Rose O'Neill). What was your favorite episode of the new season of ?I think one of my favorite episodes might be the one that takes place in the convent with an order of silent nuns (Episode 402 "For Whom the Bell Tolls"). Somehow, Harry and Fergus have to figure out how to interrogate a group of nuns that have taken a vow of silence. I'm sure Dr. Quinn fans would love to see Joe Lando guest star on . Who would you like to see as a guest star on the show?Along with the viewers, I would love to have Joe Lando in an episode of Harry Wild. If there's any possibility, it's something we would love to happen in the future, and if I don't get to work with him on Harry Wild, I'm always looking for something really great to do with him elsewhere. Related: Get the Scoop on Season 4 of Jane Seymour's Acorn TV Mystery Series What kind of mysteries would you like to see Harry and Fergus solve in future episodes of ?As for future adventures for Harry and Fergus, the great thing about working with Dave Logan and Jo Spain is they always come up with a new and extraordinary world that they can investigate, and they never cease to amaze me. Every time I read a new script, I go 'Wow! That is something else I hadn't even thought of.' Can I think of one specific world I would like for them to get into? Maybe medicine, because I'm always intrigued by medicine, something in the medical world. Related: Take a look at this Parade exclusive sneak peek from the upcoming episode, "Murder on the Dance Floor". In this episode, when two performers go missing from a dance school, Orla (Aoife Mulholland) and Lola persuade Harry to investigate. Take a look at some select images from this week's brand new episode of Harry Wild. New episodes of Harry Wild drop on Mondays on Acorn TV.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Harry Wild Renewed for Season 5 at Acorn TV
Acorn TV continues to be wild about Harry, and has renewed the Jane Seymour-led mystery series for a fifth season — ahead of this Monday's Season 4 finale. The Harry Wild renewed was announced this evening at the 2025 ATX Television Festival in Austinm Texas, during a conversation with series star and executive producer Seymour, who plays the titular amateur detective. More from TVLine The Chi Renewed for Season 8 Hacks Renewed for Season 5 at Max Yellowjackets Renewed for Season 4 'I am honored to have the opportunity to continue to bring Harry Wild to life for another season and am excited for her to solve a new batch of layered mysteries deeply rooted in literature with my castmates,' Seymour said in a statement. 'It has been so rewarding to work with everyone on this production and I'm thrilled to embark on another season with my Acorn TV family.' In Season 5 of Harry Wild, Harry is 'back with her most sensational and thrilling ride yet, including murder mysteries in the world of whiskey-making, theatre and musical-tattoos,' the official synopsis reads, 'not to mention a gang of middle-aged lady burglars and a murder close to home.' The Season 4 finale streams this Monday, June 2, and a special will air in December. Harry Wild is created and written by David Logan, along with writer Jo Spain, and executive-produced by Logan, Spain, Seymour, Daniel March, Klaus Zimmermann, James Gibb, David McLoughlin, Catherine Mackin, Bea Tammer, Frank Seyberth and Claus Wunn. Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
Wall Street Journal
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘The Better Sister' Review: Jessica Biel's Savvy, Soapy Mystery
'No movie gets better after the first five minutes,' a film critic friend once observed, without adding 'Alas.' What about television? Judging by 'The Better Sister,' a series can start out being stupid and obvious and eventually make fun of the stupid and the obvious, all the while upscaling its own genre. Which genre? The multi-part, premium-cable mystery series centered on a female protagonist—or several—with the crimes at hand being subordinate to the relationships, and the relationships bordering on the psychotic. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon have specialized in these projects—acting, producing or doing both in the likes of 'Big Little Lies,' 'Little Fires Everywhere,' 'The Undoing' and 'The Perfect Couple,' the productions always based on a popular book. The men are feckless, the money abundant. The women are valiant and, even when trashy, sympathetic.
Forbes
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Netflix's ‘Secrets We Keep' Ending Was Not Great
Secrets We Keep I've reported that Netflix's new mystery series, Secrets We Keep, has put up an impressive 100% critic score so far. I started the show and found it intriguing, but when I reached the end of its six-episode arc, I found the story ultimately lacking in the end. Spoilers follow. The problem with Secrets We Keep is that it gives you very obvious clues about who the perpetrator is, and as it turns out, it was not a red herring at all. The show was practically shouting at you what happened. During the course of the show, we see the dead-eyed Oscar, son of Katarina and Rasmus, repeatedly taking creepshot videos of everyone from the girls at his school to his neighbors having sex with a literal drone cam. It seemed way too obvious that the perpetrators were either of the men, Rasmus or Mike, and Oscar would be the 'twist' ending as the real villain. And…he was. That was it, he was the one who assaulted Ruby and got her pregnant. Not exactly a mind-blowing revelation since it was pretty clearly telegraphed from episode 1. Secrets We Keep The second 'twist' attempts to be a hint that his mother, Katarina, not only knew about the assault the whole time but likely had gone so far as to cover it up by murdering Ruby outright before she could make a claim. But the whole point of the series is that Oscar can get away with this as there is no actual evidence. Katarina destroyed the video (and presumably it was deleted from Oscar's phone) and he was going to get the 'rich kid doesn't have consequences' ending where even the police say that these cases rarely go anywhere even with testimony from a victim. There's also this idea that Ruby killed herself by what, walking into a lake? Did she just swim out there and drown? There was clearly no evidence she tied anything to her or anything like this. It also just seems ludicrous that Katarina would wait an hour or so and go murder Ruby to protect her son. We also know that Ruby wasn't even reporting this, she was simply trying to find a different family. I guess the idea is that Katarina is so unhinged that she could be this reactionary, but the entire ending seems muddled and the whole series broadcasting Oscar as the perpetrator wasn't well done. If you're reading this, I suppose you already watched the show. Let me know what you think in the comments, but no, I don't believe this is a 100% level series. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
New York Times
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Poker Face' Returns With New Mysteries and Old Friends
Natasha Lyonne has been acting since childhood, but she is not a 'nepo baby.' (She wanted to be one, she joked, but 'they're telling me it's too late, and that's unfortunate.') What she does have in lieu of famous parents, however, is a universe of famous friends ready to heed her call. 'I don't have parents or kids,' she said. 'I'm just always trying to create some sort of an old-fashioned caravan on-the-road family band that is a real town-to-town pickup sport where we get to reunite.' That much is evident in the second season of the Peacock mystery series 'Poker Face,' debuting on Thursday. The show stars Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a reluctant crime solver who can tell when someone is lying. The mystery-of-the-week structure allows Lyonne, who is also an executive producer, to call on her closest pals to guest star as victims or suspects. The upshot is that viewers are treated to mini reunions from the stars of cult classics like 'Slums of Beverly Hills' (1998) and 'But I'm a Cheerleader' (2000). One episode features Lyonne's 'Slums' love interest, Kevin Corrigan, as a Teamster on a film set that turns into a crime scene. Another has her character's brother from 'Slums,' David Krumholtz, as a kind father to a boy accused of killing a pet gerbil. Later, her 'Cheerleader' co-star Melanie Lynskey plays an unsuspecting do-gooder roped into a scheme at a hotel bar. Clea DuVall, Lyonne's girlfriend from that same comedy, directs an episode that also stars Lynskey's husband, Jason Ritter; DuVall also played Charlie's sister in the first season. In real life, Lyonne and Lynskey planned DuVall's wedding reception. These are some of Lyonne's favorite people, she said. 'I ended up an old man and a workaholic, so the only place I see them is on the road from gig to gig,' she added. Rian Johnson, the 'Poker Face' creator, said the show's casting process is somewhat chaotic, with new crime stories each episode that require new actors to bring them to life. Often the ability to text friends is a convenient means to an end; the nostalgia factor is incidental. 'It's not so much a conceptual 'Let's do this reunion or that reunion,'' he said. 'It's just that people love Natasha, and people who are in her life stay in her life.' Because Charlie moves from town to town in 'Poker Face' and guest stars appear only briefly as the kooky people she encounters, Lyonne said, she and Johnson tried to slot actors into roles that aren't necessarily their usual milieus. (Lynskey, for one, was happy she got to play a semi-normal woman given her recent feral turn in 'Yellowjackets.') 'All these rock star giants can probably do practically anything if given a chance,' Lyonne said. 'They don't have to sustain it for seven seasons or even an hour and a half.' The show also features other friends Lyonne has amassed over her career. Her 'Orange Is the New Black' co-star Adrienne C. Moore appears in one installment; Becky Chin, an assistant director of 'Poker Face,' worked on 'Orange' and on Lyonne's Netflix series 'Russian Doll.' But for the actors who met Lyonne back in the '90s, there's a forged-in-fire quality to their partnerships. Lynskey said that during the making of the director Jamie Babbit's pink-saturated satire 'But I'm a Cheerleader,' in which Lyonne plays a girl sent to a gay conversion camp, she, Lyonne and DuVall were in a 'crazy place' emotionally. (DuVall in an interview described the three of them as ''90s scumbags who were bopping around.') Babbit wrangled them for a film that is now regarded as a queer touchstone. 'None of us were really content or happy,' Lynskey said. 'For us to be adults in our mid-40s who survived and are working and able to make choices about what we want to do and who we want to do it with, it feels very, very powerful to us to have come from this place of desperation for a long time.' These days, saying yes when Lyonne calls is a no-brainer, said Corrigan, who also starred with Lyonne and Lynskey in 'Detroit Rock City' (1999), a '70s period piece about a bunch of kids who want to attend a KISS concert. 'She left me a message after I had gotten the offer to be in 'Poker Face,' saying, 'Hi, Corrigan, so, I'll have the usual,'' he said. 'It was like, 'Yeah, I'll be there to serve it up.' Lyonne also directed and co-wrote Corrigan's episode, about a movie shoot at a funeral home gone wrong. He said it was like 'witnessing the arrival of all that potential' he first saw in 'Slums,' Tamara Jenkins's coming-of-age story about a Jewish family in Los Angeles struggling to make ends meet. 'To be clear, I was madly in love with Kevin Corrigan,' Lyonne said. 'I mean, it was 1998, we all were. We still are.' In 'Slums,' Krumholtz played the annoying older brother of Lyonne's character. The shoot was intense, and he still thinks of her as family. 'She is sort of the closest thing to my biological Hollywood sister,' Krumholtz said. His 'Poker Face' turn was also a homecoming in another way: It was directed by Adam Arkin, an executive producer of the series, who is the son of Alan Arkin, who played the father in 'Slums.' 'It wasn't lost on me that fans would watch this episode and recognize the reunion and then in a nostalgic way romanticize 'Slums of Beverly Hills,'' Krumholtz said. 'And it's a movie that should be romanticized.' Even for people on set who aren't technically part of the reunions, it can be heartwarming to watch them happen. 'The rotating cast of this show means it is a little bit like an episode of 'This Is Your Life,'' Johnson said. 'I definitely feel emotions when I see, like, Clea and Natasha working on set together.' Lyonne is just happy to be in a place where she can call on her buddies and give them a fun gig and credit in the process. 'I'm so grateful to be the guy who knocks,' she said. 'As a self-made teenager doing the family taxes at 12 years old, maybe it's capitalism that grinds into us this concept of competition instead of collaboration. We think it's each man for himself and, like, that's America, that's showbiz, kid. But it's actually not, is it?'
