Seija Rankin

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Seija Rankin

FX’s newest series, Adults, is a hangout comedy that follows a group of 20-somethings sharing a house in Queens. It follows the tradition of Friends for obvious narrative reasons. Also, like Friends, its cast is made up of (relatively) new-to-the-scene young actors who were painstakingly chosen from across the comedic spectrum (standup, improv, sketch, and TikTok) and then asked to perform the chemistry of longtime friends. In the case of Adults, the group was essentially perfect strangers.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Seija Rankin

[This story contains spoilers from the season four finale of Hacks.] At the end of Hacks‘ fourth season, Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) find themselves in a new place on their long, often tumultuous, on-again off-again relationship journey. After an erroneously published obituary blames Deborah for Late Night‘s demise, they’re not just on-again, they’re united in a joint mission for the first time: to get back at the network establishment.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Seija Rankin

King Princess’ first inkling that she might end up an actor came from a deck of tarot cards (“You’re going to act,” the clairvoyant informed her). The second clue was the WME agent who kept calling and calling. In other words, the signs, both celestial and otherwise, were all there — she just wasn’t quite ready to see them. “I ignored everyone for as long as I could,” says the indie pop star, born Mikaela Straus.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Seija Rankin

Yes, Andor is a Star Wars show with political overtones, the story about a rebel army slowly building and organizing to fight a fascist oppressor. Yes, there are laser gun battles and TIE fighters flying. But, as guests at a THR Frontrunners panel spotlighting the acclaimed Lucasfilm show learned, it’s also a show about love.

4 weeks ago | hollywoodreporter.com | Seija Rankin

Tom Francis first discovered his talents while listening to Oasis. The British-born actor, who is currently starring (alongside Nicole Scherzinger) in the Broadway run of Sunset Blvd., was seven years old. The album was Don’t Believe the Truth. “I became absolutely obsessed with the band, and there’s a song that closes the album called ‘Let There Be Love,’ and I remember sitting down with my guitar and figuring out how to play and sing it,” he explains to The Hollywood Reporter.