Elizabeth Harris Aitken, who was married four times, including to two film superstars and a pair of cousins, died aged 85 on Friday April 15.
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Emmy winner Carrie Preston (Claws, Dr. Death) will return to The Good Fight in Season 6—directing one episode, and reprising her fan-favorite role as attorney Elsbeth Tascioni.
The Paramount+ legal drama co-created, showrun and exec produced by Robert and Michelle King is a spinoff of the legal and political drama The Good Wife, which has seen attorney Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) starting from scratch at a new firm, after losing her life savings. Season 6 has Diane feeling like she’s going crazy, struggling with an uneasy sense of déjà vu, with everything from Roe v. Wade to voting rights to Cold War aggressions returning. Meanwhile, the lawyers of Reddick & Associates wonder if the violence that they see all around them points to an impending civil war. As Diane finds herself getting further from reality this season, suddenly she and Elsbeth (Preston) are in a similar headspace.
Preston portrayed Tascioni in 14 episodes of The Good Wife, and reprised the role for a handful of episodes in The Good Fight‘s first two seasons, while directing one, which aired last year. André Braugher and Alan Cumming will also feature in the sixth season of the Emmy-nominated series, which is now in production for a summer return. The show is produced by CBS Studios in association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions. It is distributed worldwide by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
“We couldn’t be more excited to have Carrie Preston back this year,” said Robert and Michelle King in a joint statement, “both as director and Elsbeth Tascioni.”
Preston landed an Emmy and two nominations for her work on The Good Wife, and has also been seen on such series as Claws, Dr. Death, Brockmire, When We Rise, Person of
Elizabeth Harris Aitken, who was married four times, including to two film superstars and a pair of cousins, died aged 85 on Friday April 15.
Two children have died following a devastating house fire in Lancashire. A girl, aged three and boy, aged five were taken to hospital in a critical condition following the blaze in Preston last Friday (8 April).
The “National Treasure” Disney+ series will feature a familiar face. Disney announced on Monday that Justin Bartha will reprise his role as Riley Poole from the two “National Treasure” films in the TV series, albeit in a guest starring capacity.The upcoming live-action “National Treasure” TV series expands the franchise that was first introduced in the 2004 film starring Nicolas Cage as history buff and amateur adventurer Benjamin Gates.
Justin Bartha is bringing Riley Poole back to the small screen.
Disney+’s National Treasure series will see a familiar face as Justin Bartha returns to reprise his role from the movie franchise. Bartha will guest star as Riley Poole and will appear opposite stars Lisette Alexis and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The series is a project from Disney Branded Television’s for Disney+ produced by ABC Signature.
Amanda Seyfried has opened up about the possibility of a second season for her Hulu series, The Dropout.
During today’s Deadline Contenders panel, Better Call Saul star Jonathan Banks jokingly took a swipe at Bryan Cranston about him potentially reprising his role as Walter White.
Queen Elizabeth is honoring her late husband Prince Philip.
Hulu’s terrific hit mini-series “The Dropout” from showrunner/writer/creator Elizabeth Meriwether (“New Girl”), starring Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”), is easily one of our favorite shows of the year thus far. The mini-series was terrific (read our review here), and Seyfried’s performance is outstanding, and surely Emmy bound.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is coming!
newbie Diana Jenkins in the just-released season 12 trailer, setting the tone for what just might be the 90210's most dramatic season yet. The supertease opens up with a montage of the cast's disembodied voices, shrieking, crying and shaking with warning shots like, «She's not who she says she is,» and, «It's my life to burn down.» The entire season 11 lineup — Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais, Sutton Stracke and Crystal Kung Minkoff — returns, joined by Diana as a diamond-holder and a new «friend of» in Sheree Zampino, ex-wife of Will Smith and close pal of Garcelle.
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Bob Chapek, the Disney CEO who is under siege, hopefully does not watch much TV. If he does, he’ll see a succession of fellow CEOs who seem prone to self-destruction — Adam Neumann of WeWork, Travis Kalanick of Uber, Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, etc. — portrayed on buzzy TV series. Viewing these shows back to back, the stolid Chapek might wonder whether the CEO is extinct as a folk hero.
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Carrie Preston (The Good Fight) has signed on to star alongside Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in the Miramax film The Holdovers, from two-time Oscar winner and seven-time nominee Alexander Payne (Nebraska, The Descendants).
Netflix has closed a deal with Skydance to produce a reimagining of the Spy Kids franchise, alongside Spyglass Media, LLC and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (We Can Be Heroes, Alita: Battle Angel), who created the film series and directed all past installments.
Ziwe has her comedy sights set on a particularly controversial dream guest!The late night talk show queen, host of her self-titled series , walked the carpet at this year's Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on Sunday evening, and she spoke with ET's Lauren Zima about who she'd interview on her show if she could pick anyone.«I mean, there’s an infinite amount of people [I'd like to have on], but my number one guest is Elizabeth Theranos,» Ziwe said, referring to Elizabeth Holmes, the infamous founder and CEO of Theranos who was later convicted of criminal fraud and is currently out on bond as she awaits sentencing in September.«I don't think she’s coming to this party,» Ziwe added with a smile. «But if she was, I would love to talk to her.»Holmes is also the subject of the biographical miniseries — starring Amanda Seyfried as the disgraced tech entrepreneur — which is streaming on Hulu.«Emily Ratajkowski is someone I’m interviewing this season so you’ll get to see her on the show,» Ziwe continued. «But you’re going to absolutely gag when you find out who I'm interviewing on this season. Some anonymous people, some very famous celebs, it's going to be great!»As for the look she wore to the always-stylish Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Ziwe stunned in a shiny, purple Sergio Hudson dress that she says she chose due to «comfort.»«This is a comfortable slip dress,» Ziwe said of her chic look.