On Friday, April 12th, the Dance Theatre of Harlem hosted their most anticipated event of the year, The Vision Gala.
Anna Glass, Janet Jackson, Robert Garland at The Vision Gala
Credit/Copyright: Dance Theatre of Harlem
The event honored esteemed ballet dancer Misty Copeland with the Arthur Mitchell Vision Award and civic leaders and philanthropists Terri Prettyman Bowles and Alvin Bowles with the Virtuoso Award. The organization raised $1.3 Million to further their mission of providing arts education, maintaining a world-class school, and presenting a ballet Company of African American and other racially diverse artists.
“Let’s continue to dance, to dream, and to build a world where every child has the opportunity to discover their passion and reach for the stars through dance,” Misty Copeland said on stage while accepting her award.
The honorary committee included Peg Alston, Reginald Van Lee, Susan Taylor, Derrick “D Nice” Jones, Jalen Rose, Kenny Leon,...
Anna Glass, Janet Jackson, Robert Garland at The Vision Gala
Credit/Copyright: Dance Theatre of Harlem
The event honored esteemed ballet dancer Misty Copeland with the Arthur Mitchell Vision Award and civic leaders and philanthropists Terri Prettyman Bowles and Alvin Bowles with the Virtuoso Award. The organization raised $1.3 Million to further their mission of providing arts education, maintaining a world-class school, and presenting a ballet Company of African American and other racially diverse artists.
“Let’s continue to dance, to dream, and to build a world where every child has the opportunity to discover their passion and reach for the stars through dance,” Misty Copeland said on stage while accepting her award.
The honorary committee included Peg Alston, Reginald Van Lee, Susan Taylor, Derrick “D Nice” Jones, Jalen Rose, Kenny Leon,...
- 4/17/2024
- Look to the Stars
The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date, but we’ve learned from The Hollywood Reporter this afternoon that the film will Not be releasing in theaters at all.
As we suspected, Salem’s Lot will be a straight-to-streaming release for the Max streaming service. THR notes, “No date was given, but sources believe a fourth quarter release is likely.”
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate.
For what it’s worth, Stephen King has recently tweeted praise for the film.
King wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.
As we suspected, Salem’s Lot will be a straight-to-streaming release for the Max streaming service. THR notes, “No date was given, but sources believe a fourth quarter release is likely.”
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate.
For what it’s worth, Stephen King has recently tweeted praise for the film.
King wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.
- 3/12/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date here in 2024, and Stephen King has once more taken to Twitter this week to ask the big question: What’S The Deal?!
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date.
King tweets tonight, “Between you and me, Twitter, I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything. Who knows. I just write the fucking things.”
The concern from horror fans is that Dauberman’s Salem’s Lot will be trashed completely by Warner Bros., a...
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date.
King tweets tonight, “Between you and me, Twitter, I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything. Who knows. I just write the fucking things.”
The concern from horror fans is that Dauberman’s Salem’s Lot will be trashed completely by Warner Bros., a...
- 2/20/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The groundwork was laid for Nicole Newnham’s Oscar-contending documentary The Disappearance of Shere Hite back when the director was just a girl.
“I was 12 years old when I discovered The Hite Report in my mother’s nightstand drawer,” the filmmaker has written, “sneaking it to read for myself, to learn about the world of female sexuality, a world that remained cloaked in shame and mystery for me as for so many others.”
For a time, The Hite Report: A National Study of Female Sexuality could be found in nightstand drawers or displayed less surreptitiously on bookstore shelves and in library stacks across the country, its author a fixture on talk shows and top of mind in the zeitgeist. Interest in her work was by no means limited to the U.S.: Hite’s study was translated into more than a dozen languages.
‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’
Newnham...
“I was 12 years old when I discovered The Hite Report in my mother’s nightstand drawer,” the filmmaker has written, “sneaking it to read for myself, to learn about the world of female sexuality, a world that remained cloaked in shame and mystery for me as for so many others.”
For a time, The Hite Report: A National Study of Female Sexuality could be found in nightstand drawers or displayed less surreptitiously on bookstore shelves and in library stacks across the country, its author a fixture on talk shows and top of mind in the zeitgeist. Interest in her work was by no means limited to the U.S.: Hite’s study was translated into more than a dozen languages.
‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’
Newnham...
- 12/3/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is still without a release date, but we did get a bit of an update on Halloween night earlier this week. According to the latest reports, Warner Bros. is toying with the idea of bringing Salem’s Lot straight-to-streaming sometime in 2024.
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date. If this week’s latest update is accurate, the film will be debuting on the Max streaming service in the coming months.
Taking to Twitter this week, Stephen King himself has shared his honest thoughts on Gary Dauberman’s adaptation of his classic novel. And it sounds like he’s (mostly) a fan.
King tweets, “The Warner Bros remake of Salem’s Lot,...
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date. If this week’s latest update is accurate, the film will be debuting on the Max streaming service in the coming months.
Taking to Twitter this week, Stephen King himself has shared his honest thoughts on Gary Dauberman’s adaptation of his classic novel. And it sounds like he’s (mostly) a fan.
King tweets, “The Warner Bros remake of Salem’s Lot,...
- 11/2/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of the biggest questions this year in terms of horror releases remains: Where’s the Salem’s Lot remake? According to Variety, the Gary Dauberman-directed Stephen King adaptation may be heading to Max, the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming platform.
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date.
While a Warner Bros. spokesperson told Variety, “No decision has been made about the film’s future distribution plans,” the outlet cites that “the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike has created a growing need for Max content.” That makes Salem’s Lot a prime candidate, considering how long the adaptation has been shelved.
Perhaps, with vocal support from fans, Salem’s Lot may yet head to theaters as Evil Dead Rise did earlier this year.
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate altogether. As of now, Salem’s Lot still doesn’t have a release date.
While a Warner Bros. spokesperson told Variety, “No decision has been made about the film’s future distribution plans,” the outlet cites that “the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike has created a growing need for Max content.” That makes Salem’s Lot a prime candidate, considering how long the adaptation has been shelved.
Perhaps, with vocal support from fans, Salem’s Lot may yet head to theaters as Evil Dead Rise did earlier this year.
- 10/31/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Lizzy Caplan is lying. Well, let’s rephrase that: Lizzy Caplan is selectively truth-telling. Lounging in a gray Texas Longhorns T-shirt and yellow-green leggings, Caplan has such a stripped-down, let’s-talk-about-it approachability, you would think we were having a late-night sleepover chat instead of a cross-continental Zoom. But before I tell you what Caplan’s not telling me, I’ll begin by saying that the ocean between us has no effect on the quality of conversation. We are digging into everything — Caplan’s blizzard of a work year, parenting a...
- 4/29/2023
- by Rachel Brodsky
- Rollingstone.com
The new adaptation of Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman is currently missing in action, originally set for release in September 2022 before more recently being bumped to April 2023. As we learned over the summer, the WB/New Line movie is now without a release date entirely, and we’re waiting to hear more on that.
In the meantime, star Lewis Pullman (The Strangers: Prey at Night) has offered up some thoughts on Salem’s Lot in a chat with ComicBook.com, teasing the faithfulness to Stephen King‘s novel. How faithful is the new adaptation? According to Pullman, quite faithful.
Pullman tells the site, “Gary Dauberman, the director, is really keen on doing justice to the book. But also, the previous adaptation was a two-parter, because it’s such a hefty book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters. So there are some parts where Gary had...
In the meantime, star Lewis Pullman (The Strangers: Prey at Night) has offered up some thoughts on Salem’s Lot in a chat with ComicBook.com, teasing the faithfulness to Stephen King‘s novel. How faithful is the new adaptation? According to Pullman, quite faithful.
Pullman tells the site, “Gary Dauberman, the director, is really keen on doing justice to the book. But also, the previous adaptation was a two-parter, because it’s such a hefty book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters. So there are some parts where Gary had...
- 11/3/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In the midst of many big time changes over at Warner Bros., we’ve learned tonight that the Salem’s Lot remake from WB/New Line has been bumped from release yet again.
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, and now the film has been undated altogether.
It’s likely that Warner Bros. is trying to figure out what to do with the movie, and whether to bring it to theaters or to streaming on HBO Max. We’ll report more as we learn it.
James Wan produced for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) writing the script and also directing the new movie.
Salem’s Lot 2023 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”
In Salem’s Lot 2023, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns...
Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, and now the film has been undated altogether.
It’s likely that Warner Bros. is trying to figure out what to do with the movie, and whether to bring it to theaters or to streaming on HBO Max. We’ll report more as we learn it.
James Wan produced for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) writing the script and also directing the new movie.
Salem’s Lot 2023 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”
In Salem’s Lot 2023, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns...
- 8/24/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Not many actors can claim a breakthrough performance as impressive as that of Isabelle Fuhrman. In 2009, she took the horror world by storm as Esther, a sweet little Russian girl with a big secret. Orphan was a surprise hit thanks in large part to Fuhrman’s shockingly nuanced performance as an escaped murderer posing as an innocent child.
Fuhrman transitioned this notoriety into a coveted role in the high-profile adaptation of The Hunger Games where she plays another psychotic killer named Clove. Though she’s worked steadily since then, many of Fuhrman’s projects have flown under the radar of mainstream audiences. This month’s release of Orphan: First Kill, William Brent Bell’s prequel to the original film, sees the actress cleverly reprise the role that made her famous. Once again, she shines as Lena/Esther in a fantastically fun film destined to become a camp classic.
But between these more noteworthy roles,...
Fuhrman transitioned this notoriety into a coveted role in the high-profile adaptation of The Hunger Games where she plays another psychotic killer named Clove. Though she’s worked steadily since then, many of Fuhrman’s projects have flown under the radar of mainstream audiences. This month’s release of Orphan: First Kill, William Brent Bell’s prequel to the original film, sees the actress cleverly reprise the role that made her famous. Once again, she shines as Lena/Esther in a fantastically fun film destined to become a camp classic.
But between these more noteworthy roles,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you want to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design, it’s best to pick a project for which you can create frilly dresses from a bygone era. Since its introduction at the 1948 Academy Awards, this category has favored period pieces, including last year’s winner “Little Women.” Voters love to reward the creative forces behind such films, especially those that are about the aristocracy including recent champs “Marie Antoinette” (2007), “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2008), “The Duchess” (2009), “The Young Victoria” (2010), and “Anna Karenina” (2013). (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscars predictions for Best Costume Design.)
By the way, none of those films even competed for Best Picture. Indeed, only 20 of the most recent 71 Best Picture champs also won this award. Among these was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004). Fantasy films such as this often boast Oscar-winning costumes, including 2019 winner “Black Panther,” and recent champs “Alice in Wonderland...
By the way, none of those films even competed for Best Picture. Indeed, only 20 of the most recent 71 Best Picture champs also won this award. Among these was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004). Fantasy films such as this often boast Oscar-winning costumes, including 2019 winner “Black Panther,” and recent champs “Alice in Wonderland...
- 3/4/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Brace yourself — Emmy campaign season gets underway next weekend, starting with a unique For Your Consideration double bill for Fox’s “Prodigal Son” and Hulu’s “Castle Rock” on Saturday, Feb. 29.
Warner Bros. TV is behind the event, which will pair “Prodigal Son” star Michael Sheen and “Castle Rock” star Lizzy Caplan on the same stage. There’s method to their madness, of course: The Fyc shindig also doubles as a “Masters of Sex” reunion.
Sheen and Caplan spent four seasons on “Masters of Sex,” the Showtime period drama that starred the duo as respective sexuality researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
Sheen now plays incarcerated serial killer Martin Whitly on “Prodigal Son,” up for Emmy consideration in drama categories, while Caplan portrayed the Stephen King character Annie Wilkes in Season 2 of the anthology series “Castle Rock,” up for limited series consideration.
A rep for Warner Bros. TV said the studio,...
Warner Bros. TV is behind the event, which will pair “Prodigal Son” star Michael Sheen and “Castle Rock” star Lizzy Caplan on the same stage. There’s method to their madness, of course: The Fyc shindig also doubles as a “Masters of Sex” reunion.
Sheen and Caplan spent four seasons on “Masters of Sex,” the Showtime period drama that starred the duo as respective sexuality researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
Sheen now plays incarcerated serial killer Martin Whitly on “Prodigal Son,” up for Emmy consideration in drama categories, while Caplan portrayed the Stephen King character Annie Wilkes in Season 2 of the anthology series “Castle Rock,” up for limited series consideration.
A rep for Warner Bros. TV said the studio,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Masters of Sex alumna Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins (Here and Now), Garrett Hedlund (Mosaic) and Eighth Grade star Elsie Fisher are set to lead the Season 2 cast of Hulu’s psychological horror series Castle Rock, from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King. Also set as series regulars are Yusra Warsama (Assassin’s Creed: Origins), Barkhad Abdi (Blade Runner 2049) and Matthew Alan (13 Reasons Why).
In Season 2, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Caplan), Stephen King’s nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock.
Caplan’s Annie Wilkes is a nurse and superfan battling to overcome mental health issues.
Robbins is Reginald “Pop” Merrill. The Patriarch of Stephen King’s iconic crime family, Pop is dying of cancer and at a reckoning with his family.
Hedlund plays John “Ace” Merril. Castle Rock’s legendary bully, Ace is taking over his uncle Pop’s...
In Season 2, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Caplan), Stephen King’s nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock.
Caplan’s Annie Wilkes is a nurse and superfan battling to overcome mental health issues.
Robbins is Reginald “Pop” Merrill. The Patriarch of Stephen King’s iconic crime family, Pop is dying of cancer and at a reckoning with his family.
Hedlund plays John “Ace” Merril. Castle Rock’s legendary bully, Ace is taking over his uncle Pop’s...
- 3/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Wahlberg's August action flick is coming to Blu-Ray and Digital this fall! For more on all the bonus content, see within...
August's action spectacular, Mile 22, blew audiences away with its non-stop action and well-choreographed fights. Now, Mark Wahlberg's action flick, starring Ronda Rousey, Lauren Cohen, Iko Uwais, and John Malkovich will find its way to Digital October 30, 2018 and Blu-ray/DVD on November 13, 2018. For more on what the home versions will include and our review of the film, see below...
In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg plays James Silva, an operative of the CIA’s most highly-prized and little-known unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must transport an asset (Uwais) who has vital information to an airfield for extraction before the enemy closes in. “Loaded with edge-of-your-seat action”, Mile 22 is the perfect film for fans of fast-paced combat cinema.
August's action spectacular, Mile 22, blew audiences away with its non-stop action and well-choreographed fights. Now, Mark Wahlberg's action flick, starring Ronda Rousey, Lauren Cohen, Iko Uwais, and John Malkovich will find its way to Digital October 30, 2018 and Blu-ray/DVD on November 13, 2018. For more on what the home versions will include and our review of the film, see below...
In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg plays James Silva, an operative of the CIA’s most highly-prized and little-known unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must transport an asset (Uwais) who has vital information to an airfield for extraction before the enemy closes in. “Loaded with edge-of-your-seat action”, Mile 22 is the perfect film for fans of fast-paced combat cinema.
- 9/13/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Apple just ordered a double dose of Lizzy Caplan.
The Masters of Sex alumna has been tapped to co-star in the thriller Are You Sleeping, which received a 10-episode order from the tech giant’s forthcoming streaming service in May.
Based on the novel by Kathleen Barber and executive-produced by Reese Witherspoon, Are You Sleeping explores America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts and challenges viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage.
Per our sister site Deadline, Caplan has signed on to play twin sisters Josie and Lanie, whose lives have taken different paths.
The Masters of Sex alumna has been tapped to co-star in the thriller Are You Sleeping, which received a 10-episode order from the tech giant’s forthcoming streaming service in May.
Based on the novel by Kathleen Barber and executive-produced by Reese Witherspoon, Are You Sleeping explores America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts and challenges viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage.
Per our sister site Deadline, Caplan has signed on to play twin sisters Josie and Lanie, whose lives have taken different paths.
- 6/7/2018
- TVLine.com
Former Masters of Sex star Lizzy Caplan has been tapped for a lead role opposite star Octavia Spencer in Are You Sleeping, Apple’s upcoming 10-episode thriller drama series from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and the scripted drama venture of Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content.
Are You Sleeping, created and written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman based on the true-crime novel by Kathleen Barber, provides a unique glimpse into America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts and challenges its viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage.
Caplan will play twin sisters Josie and Lanie, whose lives have taken very different paths. I hear she has a one-year deal. Spencer plays the investigative reporter behind a hit true-crime podcast that reopens the case of Josie and Lanie’s father’s murder.
Are You Sleeping is executive produced by Spencer via her Orit Entertainment,...
Are You Sleeping, created and written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman based on the true-crime novel by Kathleen Barber, provides a unique glimpse into America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts and challenges its viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage.
Caplan will play twin sisters Josie and Lanie, whose lives have taken very different paths. I hear she has a one-year deal. Spencer plays the investigative reporter behind a hit true-crime podcast that reopens the case of Josie and Lanie’s father’s murder.
Are You Sleeping is executive produced by Spencer via her Orit Entertainment,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Lizzy Caplan is headed for the X-Men universe.
The actress is in negotiations to star in Gambit opposite Channing Tatum, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The film is set to be directed by Gore Verbinski and star Tatum as the New Orleans-based mutant with the power to manipulate kinetic energy and whose weapons include a staff and a deck of playing cards.
Caplan earned an Emmy nomination for her work on Showtime's Masters of Sex, which ran for four seasons from 2013-16 and saw her play researcher Virginia Johnson. The actress stars in the upcoming sci-fi film Extinction, opposite Michael Pena, and has...
The actress is in negotiations to star in Gambit opposite Channing Tatum, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The film is set to be directed by Gore Verbinski and star Tatum as the New Orleans-based mutant with the power to manipulate kinetic energy and whose weapons include a staff and a deck of playing cards.
Caplan earned an Emmy nomination for her work on Showtime's Masters of Sex, which ran for four seasons from 2013-16 and saw her play researcher Virginia Johnson. The actress stars in the upcoming sci-fi film Extinction, opposite Michael Pena, and has...
- 11/20/2017
- by Aaron Couch,Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’ve arrived at a major turning point not only in Masters of Sex, but in Masters and Johnson’s history. In four seasons the show has covered the first half of the partners’s history from 1957 to when they marry in 1971. The core of their relationship hasn’t been a typical love affair, it’s been the intimate partnership they could achieve with no one else. It’s not as if they haven’t tried to connect with other people. Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson have just never been able to give themselves up completely, either personally or professionally, with anyone else. For the
Masters of Sex Season 4 Finale: Foresaking All Others...
Masters of Sex Season 4 Finale: Foresaking All Others...
- 11/14/2016
- by Araceli Aviles
- TVovermind.com
Bill has never been the most romantic man.
He's often clinical in his approach to sex, relationships, and love. However, there's one person from Bill's past who may have seen a different side of Bill.
On Masters of Sex Season 4 Episode 7, Bill wrote a letter to his first love, Dody, in the hope that she would finally answer a question he's been carrying around for years.
Elsewhere in the episode, Virginia and Nancy went undercover at a retreat, and the clinic may finally be taking steps forward to expand its research.
We've seen Bill's relationships with both Libby and Virginia, but we haven't seen the man he was when he was with Dody. The way he described their youthful love is when I have a hard time imagining.
Who is this woman that captivated Bill? From what we've seen of her, she appears to be beautiful, smart, and able to joke around with Bill.
He's often clinical in his approach to sex, relationships, and love. However, there's one person from Bill's past who may have seen a different side of Bill.
On Masters of Sex Season 4 Episode 7, Bill wrote a letter to his first love, Dody, in the hope that she would finally answer a question he's been carrying around for years.
Elsewhere in the episode, Virginia and Nancy went undercover at a retreat, and the clinic may finally be taking steps forward to expand its research.
We've seen Bill's relationships with both Libby and Virginia, but we haven't seen the man he was when he was with Dody. The way he described their youthful love is when I have a hard time imagining.
Who is this woman that captivated Bill? From what we've seen of her, she appears to be beautiful, smart, and able to joke around with Bill.
- 10/24/2016
- by Amanda Steinmetz
- TVfanatic
Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson have a long and complicated relationship. After finally hitting rock bottom, has Bill finally learned to let go?
Even though he appeared to find some clarity in Masters of Sex Season 4 Episode 1, I'm not betting on Bill's revelation lasting too long.
The world is quickly changing around them, but Bill and Virginia always seem to find their way back to one another.
We caught up with the estranged duo several weeks after the events of Masters of Sex Season 3 Episode 12. Bill was trying out an overgrown beard and drinking himself into a stupor, while Virginia rambled on about her husband Dan and slept with a bartender.
It's unclear what happened with Dan and Virginia after they boarded that plane, but he was nowhere to be found. It's possible they never got married or they did get hitched and Dan turned out to not be the man Virginia thought he was.
Even though he appeared to find some clarity in Masters of Sex Season 4 Episode 1, I'm not betting on Bill's revelation lasting too long.
The world is quickly changing around them, but Bill and Virginia always seem to find their way back to one another.
We caught up with the estranged duo several weeks after the events of Masters of Sex Season 3 Episode 12. Bill was trying out an overgrown beard and drinking himself into a stupor, while Virginia rambled on about her husband Dan and slept with a bartender.
It's unclear what happened with Dan and Virginia after they boarded that plane, but he was nowhere to be found. It's possible they never got married or they did get hitched and Dan turned out to not be the man Virginia thought he was.
- 9/12/2016
- by Amanda Steinmetz
- TVfanatic
The TV calendar resets itself this month, with networks getting their dependable properties out of mothballs and shining up their brand-new programming for a grand debut. As students sullenly trudge back into classes, TV starts to get good again, following a long, blistering summer with a cavalcade of series premieres from well-pedigreed creators. While some of cable's edgiest returning programming turns up the sex and violence once again, budding visionaries such as hip-hop polymath Donald Glover, Selma director Ava DuVernay, and frequent Louis C.K. collaborator Pamela Adlon all get their...
- 9/6/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Masters of Sex‘s Virginia Johnson and Bill Masters have always been very forthright and non-judgmental about sex. And in Season 4, portrayer Lizzy Caplan says, the world is finally going to catch up to them.
“Now we’re in the swinging ’60s, and everybody is f–king everybody,” Caplan joked during a Television Critics Association panel Thursday. “All of a sudden, the world is reflecting a lot of the stuff these two people were doing behind closed doors.”
RelatedMasters of Sex Stages Getting On Reunion, Recruits Corey Reynolds as Niecy Nash’s Husband in Season 4
Caplan and co-star Michael Sheen,...
“Now we’re in the swinging ’60s, and everybody is f–king everybody,” Caplan joked during a Television Critics Association panel Thursday. “All of a sudden, the world is reflecting a lot of the stuff these two people were doing behind closed doors.”
RelatedMasters of Sex Stages Getting On Reunion, Recruits Corey Reynolds as Niecy Nash’s Husband in Season 4
Caplan and co-star Michael Sheen,...
- 8/11/2016
- TVLine.com
Take a look @ new footage from the TV series "Masters of Sex", Season 4, debuting September 11, 2016 on Showtime, starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan:
Developed by Michelle Ashford, based on author Thomas Maier's biography "Masters of Sex", the series is set in the late 1950's and early 1960's, following 'Dr. William Masters' (Sheen) and 'Virginia Johnson' (Caplan).
"'Masters Of Sex' explores the research and the relationship between the pioneering researchers of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Masters Of Sex" Season 4...
Developed by Michelle Ashford, based on author Thomas Maier's biography "Masters of Sex", the series is set in the late 1950's and early 1960's, following 'Dr. William Masters' (Sheen) and 'Virginia Johnson' (Caplan).
"'Masters Of Sex' explores the research and the relationship between the pioneering researchers of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Masters Of Sex" Season 4...
- 8/8/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Previously: 'Masters of Sex' Season 3, Episode 6: The Trial and Error of 'Two Scents' The Syllabus In Howard Hawks' antic comedy, "Monkey Business" (1952), buttoned-up chemist Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant) ingests an elixir of youth and spends a freewheeling afternoon with buxom secretary Lois Laurel (Marilyn Monroe). The experience, he relates later, is one of "maladjustment, idiocy and a series of low-comedy disasters," but this screwball spirit unfortunately fails to translate to tonight's "Masters of Sex." Culminating with a scene in which Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) aims his recent cruelty at erstwhile partner Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), the episode fails to make hay from its droll premise, preferring instead a bewildering blend of squeamish humor, strange secrets, and slight camp. "Monkey Business" may be designed as a mischievous double entendre, but it blares its tired understanding of the battle of...
- 8/24/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
"I see the sets as characters," "Masters of Sex" production designer Michael Wylie says, and though the expression is as common in Hollywood art departments as sexual dysfunction was in midcentury St. Louis, one glance at Wylie's Emmy-nominated work on Showtime's period drama is enough to know he means it. Wylie spoke to Toh! recently about five key sets from the series, created by Michelle Ashford and starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as pioneering sex researchers Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson. Read More: "Emmy Watch: 'Masters of Sex Is One of the Best Shows on Television. Will Voters Notice?" Washington University HospitalMuch of the action in the series' first season, which opens in 1956, takes place in the offices and corridors of Washington University Hospital's obstetrics department, where renowned physician Bill Masters (Sheen) embarks on a controversial, off-the-books sex study with the help of his new assistant, former nightclub.
- 8/12/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Previously: Review: 'Masters of Sex' Season 3, Episode 4: The Anxiety of 'Undue Influence' The Syllabus Midway through "Matters of Gravity" -- funny, poignant, sexy, poetic "Matters of Gravity" -- Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) and Dan Logan (Josh Charles) conduct an experiment with Betty Dimello (Annaleigh Ashford) and Lester Linden (Kevin Christy). As electrodes measure the beat of Lester's heart, he identifies in one fragrance hints of attraction, memories of rejection, notes of defeat. "Is failure an emotion?" Lester asks, when tasked with describing how the scent makes him feel. "That would be my emotional response to this." It's a tossed-off line from a secondary character, petering out before the period in an attempt at comic relief, but Lester's response to the scent echoes the central thrust of tonight's tightly focused episode. "Matters of Gravity," to wit, is a chronicle of failure:...
- 8/10/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
Some thoughts on tonight's "Masters of Sex" coming up just as soon as I sell an airplane to the Amish... * The Marriage of convenience remains a dominant theme of the season, even in an episode where George is absent. We see Libby trying very hard to convince her new best friend Joy to stay in her marriage, because if this woman can walk away from a marriage that isn't perfect but is still vastly better than her own, then what excuse does Libby have to still be with Bill, other than vanity? Barton Scully returns, no longer living with Margaret, but now with a new female companion who either doesn't know or doesn't care about his sexual orientation. (Even if rumors of it forced him out of his job as provost.) Bill tries desperately to make a match with an academic institution to help make "Human Sexual Response" a nationally-recognized textbook,...
- 7/27/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Masters of Sex made a bold return Sunday. The Showtime drama’s season three opener was less about sex and more about the consequences that accompany it — kids, that is. It’s now 1966, four years from when we last saw Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) at the conclusion of season two, and they’re getting ready to publish their groundbreaking book, Human Sexual Response. Both are still struggling to meet the demands at home, however — a part of their lives the premiere chose to focus heavily on. For starters, Virginia’s children have grown up considerably: she accidentally walks
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- 7/17/2015
- by Bryn Elise Sandberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Syllabus On "Masters of Sex," the blink of an eye can herald a whole new era. "Parliament of Owls" opens in 1965, four years after the conclusion of Season 2. But longtime lovers and professional collaborators Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), in Boston to publicize their forthcoming book, "Human Sexual Response," have barely opened the floor to questions when the series fires up the time machine once more. Though not nearly as delicate as last season's gorgeous, regretful triptych "Asterion," the episode transports us to a weekend at the lake four months earlier, amidst the chaos that erupts when Virginia, Bill, his wife, Libby (Caitlin FitzGerald), and a gaggle of fast-growing children navigate the shoals of human sexual response in all its forms. Read More: Watch: 'Masters of Sex' Season 3 Trailer Takes the Revolution on the Road Introduction to Intimacy with Bill Masters From...
- 7/13/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
When we rejoin Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson, there’s been a time jump to 1965 and the couple is in Boston to present their sex-study findings. Both are nervous about the press conference the next day, where an emboldened Virginia (Lizzy Caplan) confidently says, “We are the sexual revolution.” What’s most interesting about the show is that as season three opens, we now see how Masters and Johnson’s home lives have been affected by their work process and the fact that they’re now inextricably bound to each other professionally and sexually. Bill (Michael Sheen) is more distant than ever from.
- 7/13/2015
- by Diane Gordon
- The Wrap
Take another look @ Season 3 footage from Showtime's "Masters Of Sex", plus new images of actress Lizzy Caplan aka sexologist 'Virginia Masters' in the July/August 2015 issue of "Playboy Magazine":
"I think I drank 'Grey Goose', kept in the freezer from the night before and mixed into a bottle of 'Vitaminwater'," said Caplan about her first nude scene in the TV series "True Blood".
"...it was a surprisingly delicious cocktail. I drank the entire bottle and had to get my stomach pumped. I was encouraged to get loose. For that 'True Blood' scene I had to walk across a room wearing only tiny panties and climb on a guy, and that was it.'
"Unfortunately that's not an option on 'Masters', even for the more intimidating nude scenes, because they're always in the middle of the day, with nine pages of intense dialogue.
"Because I was mainly known for doing comedy,...
"I think I drank 'Grey Goose', kept in the freezer from the night before and mixed into a bottle of 'Vitaminwater'," said Caplan about her first nude scene in the TV series "True Blood".
"...it was a surprisingly delicious cocktail. I drank the entire bottle and had to get my stomach pumped. I was encouraged to get loose. For that 'True Blood' scene I had to walk across a room wearing only tiny panties and climb on a guy, and that was it.'
"Unfortunately that's not an option on 'Masters', even for the more intimidating nude scenes, because they're always in the middle of the day, with nine pages of intense dialogue.
"Because I was mainly known for doing comedy,...
- 7/10/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
It’s Showtime for Emily Kinney. The former Walking Dead star is set to recur in the third season of the network’s Emmy-nominated drama Masters of Sex in what sounds like quite a different role for the actress. According to TVLine, Kinney will be playing Nora, a former neighbor of Bill and Libby Masters (Michael Sheen and Caitlin Fitzgerald) and also a volunteer that will serve as a “sex surrogate” volunteer in Masters and Virginia Johnson’s (Lizzy Caplan) ongoing research. In addition to her role as Beth on The Walking Dead, Kinney’s other recent TV credits include roles on The Flash, Forever, and Cinemax’s The Knick. Masters of Sex‘s third season finds Masters and Johnson dealing with the glare of the national spotlight in 1966 as their much anticipated study is finally unveiled. Masters and Johnson’s work will have a profound impact on contemporary relationships,...
- 7/7/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
Sneak Peek new Season 3 footage from Showtime's "Masters Of Sex", plus new images of actress Lizzy Caplan aka the series' sexologist 'Virginia Masters' in the July/August 2015 issue of "Playboy Magazine":
"I think I drank 'Grey Goose', kept in the freezer from the night before and mixed into a bottle of 'Vitaminwater'," said Caplan about her first nude scene in the TV series "True Blood".
"...it was a surprisingly delicious cocktail. I drank the entire bottle and had to get my stomach pumped. I was encouraged to get loose. For that 'True Blood' scene I had to walk across a room wearing only tiny panties and climb on a guy, and that was it.'
"Unfortunately that's not an option on 'Masters', even for the more intimidating nude scenes, because they're always in the middle of the day, with nine pages of intense dialogue.
"Because I was mainly known for doing comedy,...
"I think I drank 'Grey Goose', kept in the freezer from the night before and mixed into a bottle of 'Vitaminwater'," said Caplan about her first nude scene in the TV series "True Blood".
"...it was a surprisingly delicious cocktail. I drank the entire bottle and had to get my stomach pumped. I was encouraged to get loose. For that 'True Blood' scene I had to walk across a room wearing only tiny panties and climb on a guy, and that was it.'
"Unfortunately that's not an option on 'Masters', even for the more intimidating nude scenes, because they're always in the middle of the day, with nine pages of intense dialogue.
"Because I was mainly known for doing comedy,...
- 6/29/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Come July 12, Lizzy Caplan will break her own record.
That date is the third season premiere of Masters of Sex, the Showtime series in which Caplan stars as sex-research pioneer Virginia Johnson. But the day also officially marks the first time that Caplan, who got her TV start in 1999’s Freaks and Geeks, will have been a series regular on a series lasting longer than two seasons.
Video Watch Masters of Sex‘s Season 3 Trailer
“Party Down was the only other show I did that went more than one season, but those were 10-episode seasons and we shot them in 10 weeks,...
That date is the third season premiere of Masters of Sex, the Showtime series in which Caplan stars as sex-research pioneer Virginia Johnson. But the day also officially marks the first time that Caplan, who got her TV start in 1999’s Freaks and Geeks, will have been a series regular on a series lasting longer than two seasons.
Video Watch Masters of Sex‘s Season 3 Trailer
“Party Down was the only other show I did that went more than one season, but those were 10-episode seasons and we shot them in 10 weeks,...
- 6/25/2015
- TVLine.com
The age of the TV anti-hero may be drawing to a close, but the TV anti-heroine is just getting started.
This week, as we welcome back Piper Chapman and her fellow prison inmates (with binge-viewers catching up with the third-season launch of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" last Friday), and as we're introduced to Ani Bezzerides -- Rachel McAdams new morally ambiguous cop on Season 2 of HBO's "True Detective," debuting this Sunday -- TV viewers are becoming fully invested in dramas whose female leads are every bit as complicated, fascinating, charismatic, dangerous, and messily human as the Don Drapers and Tony Sopranos of the recent past.
The end of "Mad Men" last month seemed to mark the end of an era, and not just the 1960s as
experienced by the ad gurus at Sterling Cooper. With the departures from our screens in recent years of Don Draper, Jax Teller...
This week, as we welcome back Piper Chapman and her fellow prison inmates (with binge-viewers catching up with the third-season launch of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" last Friday), and as we're introduced to Ani Bezzerides -- Rachel McAdams new morally ambiguous cop on Season 2 of HBO's "True Detective," debuting this Sunday -- TV viewers are becoming fully invested in dramas whose female leads are every bit as complicated, fascinating, charismatic, dangerous, and messily human as the Don Drapers and Tony Sopranos of the recent past.
The end of "Mad Men" last month seemed to mark the end of an era, and not just the 1960s as
experienced by the ad gurus at Sterling Cooper. With the departures from our screens in recent years of Don Draper, Jax Teller...
- 6/19/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
A lot more than just the date will be changing in the world of Masters of Sex when the series begins its third season this July. Although the show is doing a time jump between its Season 2 finale and its Season 3 premiere, as we now find Michael Sheen’s Bill Masters and Lizzy Caplan’s Virginia Johnson releasing the results of their infamous study and dealing with all the attention it brings them in 1966, it’s what’s happening between the two of them on a personal level, not a professional one, that may have changed the most. As you can see in the all-new trailer for Masters‘ third season, Bill and Virginia remain very much linked to their spouses (or ex-spouse, in her case), while still more connected to each other than ever; however, neither Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald) or George appear to be in the dark anymore about what’s going on…...
- 6/9/2015
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
What’s to watch now that Mad Men is gone for good and Game of Thrones and Orphan Black are nearly done for the season? Showtime is happy to remind you that Masters of Sex is still to come this year. Season 3 picks up with Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) in 1966, right at the heart of […]
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- 6/9/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
It's 1966 and the sexual revolution is heating up - thanks, in part, to the stunning sex study completed by Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson.
Season 3 of Showtime's "Masters of Sex" begins five years after last year's finale, with collaborators/lovers Bill (Michael Sheen) and Virginia (Lizzy Caplan) ready to take their published study on the road.
Still in the picture is Bill's wife, Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald), though she seems to have undergone her own sexual awakening over the years. As the trailer shows, she was always curious about "what it felt like ... with you" - meaning Libby!
This season introduces a major new character played by former "Good Wife" star Josh Charles. Daniel Logan is a businessman looking to sell the "smell of sex" in a bottle, and his relationship to the couple - particularly Virginia - becomes complicated. We'll also meet Virginia's parents, as played by Frances Fisher and Michael O'Keefe.
Season 3 of Showtime's "Masters of Sex" begins five years after last year's finale, with collaborators/lovers Bill (Michael Sheen) and Virginia (Lizzy Caplan) ready to take their published study on the road.
Still in the picture is Bill's wife, Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald), though she seems to have undergone her own sexual awakening over the years. As the trailer shows, she was always curious about "what it felt like ... with you" - meaning Libby!
This season introduces a major new character played by former "Good Wife" star Josh Charles. Daniel Logan is a businessman looking to sell the "smell of sex" in a bottle, and his relationship to the couple - particularly Virginia - becomes complicated. We'll also meet Virginia's parents, as played by Frances Fisher and Michael O'Keefe.
- 6/9/2015
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
One of Masters Of Sex‘s favorite couples is back. Heléne Yorke, who recurred heavily on Season 1, is returning for the upcoming third season of the period drama. Yorke plays Jane Martin, the seemingly unassuming hospital secretary who became Virginia Johnson’s (Lizzy Caplan) first major recruit for her sex study with Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen). Jane went on to star in the video footage for the study, earning the affection of the aspiring filmmaker hired to shoot it, Lester (Kevin Christy). The duo’s quirky chemistry and budding romance were a highlight of Masters Of Sex‘s first season but that was shelved in Season 2 because Yorke was unavailable, co-starring in Bullets Over Broadway on stage. (Yorke only appeared in the second season premiere.) Back then, Masters Of Sex creator/executive producer Michelle Ashford said that the producers would try to bring Yorke back when possible, maybe in...
- 5/1/2015
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Preacher‘s congregation is quickly growing, and Elizabeth Perkins is its newest member.
The Weeds actress has joined AMC’s drama pilot in a co-starring role, opposite recently announced lead Dominic Cooper, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actress to Star in Preacher
Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s 1990s comic, Preacher focuses on Rev. Jesse Custer, a conflicted Texas preacher who embarks on a journey to find God. Perkins will play Vyla Quinncannon, Jesse’s strong-willed mother who owns the local slaughterhouse.
Since ending her run on Weeds, Perkins has appeared on The Closer,...
The Weeds actress has joined AMC’s drama pilot in a co-starring role, opposite recently announced lead Dominic Cooper, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actress to Star in Preacher
Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s 1990s comic, Preacher focuses on Rev. Jesse Custer, a conflicted Texas preacher who embarks on a journey to find God. Perkins will play Vyla Quinncannon, Jesse’s strong-willed mother who owns the local slaughterhouse.
Since ending her run on Weeds, Perkins has appeared on The Closer,...
- 4/17/2015
- TVLine.com
Showtime
As the title suggests, Masters Of Sex definitely contains a lot of… well… sex. But this show is more than just a porno in disguise.
Of course, the show does have its sexy moments, especially in the first few episodes, some of which is very explicit. Despite its nakedness, the show is about what sex does to people, and what society thought of people that were open about sex. After all, this it is set in the 1950s – sex is practically a sin.
It’s based on the true story of Dr William “Bill” Masters and Virginia Johnson’s research on human sexual response. In a nutshell, they investigated what happens to the body during sex. How? They watched random participants both having sex and ehem… masturbating. Seriously, this actually happened.
It’s a show for science nerds, romance lovers, and just about anyone who wants to know about sex.
As the title suggests, Masters Of Sex definitely contains a lot of… well… sex. But this show is more than just a porno in disguise.
Of course, the show does have its sexy moments, especially in the first few episodes, some of which is very explicit. Despite its nakedness, the show is about what sex does to people, and what society thought of people that were open about sex. After all, this it is set in the 1950s – sex is practically a sin.
It’s based on the true story of Dr William “Bill” Masters and Virginia Johnson’s research on human sexual response. In a nutshell, they investigated what happens to the body during sex. How? They watched random participants both having sex and ehem… masturbating. Seriously, this actually happened.
It’s a show for science nerds, romance lovers, and just about anyone who wants to know about sex.
- 12/16/2014
- by Ginny Alexander
- Obsessed with Film
From "Mean Girls" to "Masters of Sex," Lizzy Caplan is everywhere we want to be and in everything we want to see. That might include next year's sequel to the surprise hit "Now You See Me," which the actress is currently in talks for.
Isla Fisher was one of the few the lone women holding down the fort in 2013's "Now You See Me," which co-starred Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Mélanie Laurent. Fisher, who appeared in the acerbic 2012 comedy "Bachelorette" with Caplan, had to bow out of the sequel because she's pregnant. Daniel Radcliffe will also appear in "Now You See Me 2" as the son of Michael Caine's character's Arthur Tressler.
Of course, whether or not Caplan joins the film depends on her "Masters of Sex" schedule. Her performance as researcher Virginia Johnson has won over viewers and critics alike,...
Isla Fisher was one of the few the lone women holding down the fort in 2013's "Now You See Me," which co-starred Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Mélanie Laurent. Fisher, who appeared in the acerbic 2012 comedy "Bachelorette" with Caplan, had to bow out of the sequel because she's pregnant. Daniel Radcliffe will also appear in "Now You See Me 2" as the son of Michael Caine's character's Arthur Tressler.
Of course, whether or not Caplan joins the film depends on her "Masters of Sex" schedule. Her performance as researcher Virginia Johnson has won over viewers and critics alike,...
- 10/15/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Transparent, Season 1
Created by Jill Soloway
Released on September 26, 2014 by Amazon Studios
I imagine my feelings after finishing Transparent’s incredible first season were much like many people’s feelings after Orange is the New Black premiered. It is wholly original and seems to exist as a result of the ways online streaming has opened up the medium of television to previously unrepresented characters. I was enamored both with the show’s characters and the way it approached issues of gender identity and sexuality. I needed to keep binge watching.
Transparent follows the Pfefferman clan, a tightly knit Jewish family living in Los Angeles, as their lives are changed by one member’s brave announcement. Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) comes out to her family as a woman, despite being their father and going by the name Mort for all of their lives. Pfefferman matriarch Shelly (Judith Light) confronts this new knowledge...
Created by Jill Soloway
Released on September 26, 2014 by Amazon Studios
I imagine my feelings after finishing Transparent’s incredible first season were much like many people’s feelings after Orange is the New Black premiered. It is wholly original and seems to exist as a result of the ways online streaming has opened up the medium of television to previously unrepresented characters. I was enamored both with the show’s characters and the way it approached issues of gender identity and sexuality. I needed to keep binge watching.
Transparent follows the Pfefferman clan, a tightly knit Jewish family living in Los Angeles, as their lives are changed by one member’s brave announcement. Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) comes out to her family as a woman, despite being their father and going by the name Mort for all of their lives. Pfefferman matriarch Shelly (Judith Light) confronts this new knowledge...
- 10/9/2014
- by George Morvis
- SoundOnSight
Masters of Sex's second season found Masters and Johnson exploring sexual dysfunction (including Bill's), Libby Masters getting involved with St. Louis' racial politics, and the show entering the Kennedy era. In the final scene of the season, against the backdrop of the JFK's inauguration, Masters (Michael Sheen) and Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) are resolutely moving forward with their work, but not without having endured a series of personal and professional failures of a sort. The CBS feature about them made sex an implication rather than a focus, presenting it as squeaky clean rather than scientifically rigorous. When Bill concocted a...
- 9/29/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside TV
“Masters of Sex” wrapped up an alternately excellent and frustrating second season tonight. I reviewed the finale here , and I had a long talk with “Masters” creator Michelle Ashford about the various big decisions of season 2, including the time jump, fictionalizing more aspects of the Masters and Johnson story and… Cal-o-Metric? All that coming up just as soon as I’m a doctor who also went to medical school… When you and I spoke briefly in the summer during the TCA field trip to your set, you said you had not originally expected going into writing the season to return so close to when season 1 ended. Why did you ultimately decide to do that? Michelle Ashford: I used the first season as kind of a year. It was setting the series up and so I thought, “Let’s take a year and see what these people are all about.
- 9/29/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "Masters of Sex" coming up just as soon as she's a man and I'm a woman... "I can't twinkle! I can't fuck!" -Bill As we get close to next week's season finale, "One for the Money, Two for the Show" does a better job than many recent episodes of suggesting that all the disparate aspects of the series are part of the same show. For one week, at least, Libby's time at Core and even Langham's weird relationship with Flo felt thematically connected to the study, to Bill and Virginia's relationship, and to the other things the show is ostensibly about, as characters in all corners of the show had to deal with the problem of feeling invisible to the ones they care about. The CBS news editor has no little to no use for Lester and his cinema verite aspirations. Flo tries to engage Langham...
- 9/22/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep on Masters of Sex? Sounds good to us! "I think Meryl Streep and I should play a pair of sex therapists," says Allison Janney, who won an Emmy this year for her work on the Showtime series. "We can be like Helen Hunt's character in The Sessions. We can help people who can't have orgasms have orgasms. That would be pretty cool." (The Oscar-nominated The Sessions chronicled the real-life story of a poet paralyzed from polio who hired a sex surrogate to lose his virginity.) Lizzy Caplan, who stars on Masters of Sex as Virginia Johnson, wants to book Susan Sarandon to play her mother. "Susan, be my mom!" Caplan said at BAFTA's Emmys...
- 9/1/2014
- E! Online
Tonight’s Emmy Awards looks to be one of the most competitive shows in recent years. Newcomer Orange Is the New Black makes a play against comedy vets Modern Family and Veep, while Breaking Bad and True Detective duke it out for the top drama honors. Check back here regularly to see a continuously updated list of the winners.
Also below, find a selection of winners from this year’s Creative Arts Emmys, which were held last Saturday, Aug. 16.
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC
Downton Abbey • PBS
Game Of Thrones • HBO
House Of Cards • Netflix
Mad Men • AMC
True Detective...
Also below, find a selection of winners from this year’s Creative Arts Emmys, which were held last Saturday, Aug. 16.
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC
Downton Abbey • PBS
Game Of Thrones • HBO
House Of Cards • Netflix
Mad Men • AMC
True Detective...
- 8/25/2014
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside TV
That old saying about “three’s a crowd” doesn’t apply to Emmy statuettes on your mantle. Which is exactly why Homeland‘s Claire Danes will be hoping to score her third consecutive win as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2014 ceremony.
Related Emmys 2014: What Should Win Best Drama Series? Take Our Poll!
Coming off the Showtime thriller’s uneven third season, though, Danes is hardly a lock. Among her competitors are 2011 champ Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), who got left off the ballot in 2013 but roared back into contention this year with the CBS drama’s jaw-dropping,...
Related Emmys 2014: What Should Win Best Drama Series? Take Our Poll!
Coming off the Showtime thriller’s uneven third season, though, Danes is hardly a lock. Among her competitors are 2011 champ Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), who got left off the ballot in 2013 but roared back into contention this year with the CBS drama’s jaw-dropping,...
- 7/29/2014
- TVLine.com
Masters of Sex is back to give you satisfaction.
After last season's finale interruptus, Showtime's period drama returnsSunday at 10/9c to finish what Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) started. The doctor had just declared to his sex research partner Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) that she is the one thing he cannot live without.
Photos: The most revealing red carpet looks ever
How will this revelation play out in Season 2? Read on to see what Masters, Johnson and the rest are up to:
Read More >...
After last season's finale interruptus, Showtime's period drama returnsSunday at 10/9c to finish what Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) started. The doctor had just declared to his sex research partner Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) that she is the one thing he cannot live without.
Photos: The most revealing red carpet looks ever
How will this revelation play out in Season 2? Read on to see what Masters, Johnson and the rest are up to:
Read More >...
- 7/12/2014
- by Hanh Nguyen
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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