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Mark Duplass wanted to veer away from shows like 'Euphoria' for 'Penelope': Lead character is 'incredible role model'
"We’re all at war right now: culturally, socially, politically," said Mark Duplass. "When you're out camping and backpacking, everyone is there to support you."
'The Morning Show' star shocked 'how normal and approachable' Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon were
“I’m really impressed by their leadership as producers. I get the sense that coming of age in Hollywood in the 90s, they might not have had the best bosses all...
'Last Stop Larrimah' doc investigates missing person — in town of 11 residents
“I knew I didn't want it to be a generic true-crime [documentary], where it’s just spooky the whole time ... these residents are colorful people." --Filmmaker Thomas Tancred
Bridget Everett didn't want to make 'Somebody Somewhere' about 'judgment or politics'
Comedian Bridget Everett said that she wanted to focus on more mature characters who are still finding their feet in her new HBO series “Somebody Somewhere” -- since many other...
HBO lands Bridget Everett biographical comedy ‘Somebody Somewhere’
It is inspired by the Kansas native's life.
Mark Duplass dishes on new docuseries about comedians with Asperger's
Mark Duplass wasn’t sure, initially, that he’d be able to make his new docuseries “On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us” because it wasn’t about a murder. “If you’re watching a...
How Ray Romano balances 'comedic genius' with dramatic chops
How does an inherently funny guy get into a dramatic mindset? “Normally I have to prepare and, like, put on headphones and listen to sad music and think of bad...
You'll want to check into Duplass brothers' wacky 'Room 104'
Expect the unexpected when you check into HBO’s “Room 104.” The new anthology series by brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (“Togetherness,” “Tangerine”) abandons the single-genre focus normally associated with anthologies...
NYC's rats finally get their own HBO show
Everyone in New York really does secretly want to be in show business — even the roaches. They’re in luck. Now Gotham’s rats, pigeons, bedbugs and other assorted creatures have...
The trans women who could change Oscars history
This summer, a little movie called “Tangerine” came out. It was a scrappy, low-budget comedy shot on an iPhone 5s. Its plot concerned two sex workers in Hollywood trying to...
Schlocky horror flick 'The Lazarus Effect’ is dead-off
Ladies, don’t you hate it when your fiancé brings you back from the dead? Professor Olivia Wilde does not take it at all well when Mark Duplass uses their experimental...
Duplass brothers tackle suburban malaise in ‘Togetherness’
Brothers Jay and Mark Duplass have built a prolific independent film career, writing, directing and/or producing more than 20 movies together (“Cyrus,” “Jeff, Who Lives at Home”). Their new HBO...
TV watch list: VH1 loves the ’90s, again, with new ‘Hindsight’
“Marvel’s Agent Carter” Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ExUzmhCm0c It’s 1946 and Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) must battle workplace misogyny at the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve) while...
Sci-fi rom-com 'The One I Love' is a one-twist flick
Like many movies that premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, “The One I Love” has plenty of story — for a 30-minute TV episode, in this case of “The Twilight...