EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has become the latest to board Apple TV+’s drama adaptation based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel The Buccaneers.
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series “Walker,” (currently in its third season), which is itself a modern reboot of the classic show “Walker, Texas Ranger.” “It’s so refreshing to dive into something that takes place in reality, where you don’t just have superpowers or magic. You have to rely on humanity [and] it’s an exciting difference,” McNamara, 26, told The Post. McNamara previously starred in the supernatural drama “Shadowhunters,” as well as the superhero series “Arrow” and “The Flash” (and she also appeared in “Batwoman” and “Supergirl”). “I’m a Midwestern girl myself, and there’s a certain nostalgia that comes with a Western,” she said.
“It’s a world within our own that has a fantasy that somehow exists within reality. That’s part of what we’re bringing to ‘Walker: Independence.’ But what really attracted me was the opportunity to take a genre that has so many tropes and aspects that people expect, and [to] see how we can do the unexpected.” After Abby’s husband dies, she travels to the town of Independence, Texas, where she meets an eclectic mix of residents, including con artist Hoyt Rawlins (Matt Barr) and seeks justice for her husband’s death. “Something that was in the forefront of my mind is just the tenacity that it takes to survive in this world,” she said.
“Especially for a woman like Abby, who comes from Boston society and a world with as much comfort as you could get in 1870, suddenly in the first 15 minutes of our show, her entire life goes up in flames and she has to start over.“I come from a family of women where it was never a question of ‘family or career.’ It was ‘choose the life you want to have, and work hard for it.’ And that’s exactly what Abby does. Her entire life blows up and she has a choice: she can become a victim
.EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has become the latest to board Apple TV+’s drama adaptation based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel The Buccaneers.
Shaughna Phillips is pregnant with her first child.The Love Island star, 28, took to Instagram to share her happy news, and labelled her pregnancy as "Our greatest chapter yet". It's unclear whom she's expecting a child with as she's keeps her partner out of the limelight. At the start of the video, Shaughna shows herself getting and ultrasound before it pans to show a pregnancy test saying the reality TV star was three weeks along.
Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican opponent Herschel Walker faced off in a live debate in Savannah on Friday, October 14. The candidates discussed abortion access, voting rights, the 2024 election, nuclear threats, student loans, health care, inflation, the minimum wage, and the Atlanta Braves, but LGBTQ rights were missing from the debate.
Katherine Dow Blyton was "very emotional" reading the script for Harriet Finch's death. The 'Emmerdale' star's character became the first fatality of the ITV soap's epic storm week during Monday night's episode (17. 10.
Emmerdale’s explosive 50th anniversary episode left viewers on the edges of their seats after an explosive hour long episode on Sunday - and it seems that it’s only going to get more intense in the coming days. During the storm, a quad bike explosion left fans shocked as they feared for the lives of Kim Tate and Harriet Finch. While viewers wait to see the fate of the characters, and see what else Emmerdale writers have in store for the 50th anniversary special, we take a look at what life for Katherine Dow Blyton, who plays Harriet, is like off screen.
It’s a high stakes showdown in a high-profile and extremely expensive Senate race that’s among a handful across the country that will determine if Republicans win back the chamber’s majority. First-term Democratic Sen.
Manchester City footballer Bernardo Silva has welcomed a “new family member” with his girlfriend Ines Degener Tomaz.
“You can’t win ‘em all.” And while most were shocked by his choice of words, Seth Meyers wasn’t too phased, joking on Tuesday’s “Late Night” that Herschel Walker can’t even keep track of his kids.In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Musk was asked about being disowned by his teenage transgender daughter. First, he blamed “neo-Marxists” for their estranged relationship, but was mostly cavalier about it, saying in full, “[The relationship with my daughter] may change, but I have very good relationships with all the others.
reported that Walker, who has been vocally anti-abortion, paid for a girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, including images from the woman of a “Get Well” card Walker reportedly sent along with his check covering the expenses. Later in the week, it was reported again by The Daily Beast that the woman leveling the accusations did actually have a child with Herschel Walker in 2011 — though he reportedly encouraged her to have an abortion then, too.
reported that Walker, who has been vocally anti-abortion, paid for a girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, including images from the woman of a “Get Well” card Walker reportedly sent along with his check covering the expenses. Later in the week, it was reported again by The Daily Beast that the woman leveling the accusations did actually have a child with Herschel Walker in 2011 — though he reportedly encouraged her to have an abortion then too.
oldest person to travel to space – but the experience left him in tears.In October 2021, the “Star Trek” alum embarked on the adventure of a lifetime with the help of Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin. The Amazon empire founder credited the actor with igniting his interest in space travel.The 91-year-old was one of four crew members aboard the New Shepard rocket for the NS-18 mission. It took off from Launch Site One in West Texas.
Saturday Night Live opened with a Bowen Yang hosted game show, So You Think You Won’t Snap, as contestants were challenged to not go out of their minds in rage as they are reminded of some of the week’s most unnerving news headlines.
Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker's campaign fired political director Taylor Crowe on suspicion of leaking to members of the media, two Republican sources with knowledge of the events confirmed to Fox News Digital. The decision comes a month before the 2022 midterm election, with Walker responding to a report that he urged an unnamed former girlfriend to get an abortion, and reimbursed her $700 for the procedure. Walker denies the report.
Katherine Langford has been tapped to lead an upcoming Starz thriller series. According to editors at The Hollywood Reporter, the 13 Reasons Why star has been cast as the titular character of the new psychological drama The Venery of Samantha Bird.
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Selome Hailu Starz has greenlit psychological thriller series “The Venery of Samantha Bird” and cast Katherine Langford in the title role. The eight-episode drama follows Samantha Bird as she visits family in New England, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart and falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance. But underneath their fever dream lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. “The Venery of Samantha Bird” portrays addictive love and the repercussions that a relationship has on the families in a small town. Langford is best known for starring as Hannah Baker in “13 Reasons Why” on Netflix, with other prominent roles including Meg Thrombey in “Knives Out,” Leah Burke in “Love, Simon,” Mara Carlyle in “Spontaneous” and Nimue in “Cursed.”
Kat McNamara has revealed new show Walker Independence is "more dangerous" than Jared Padalecki's Walker.Exclusive: 9-1-1's Oliver Stark opens up about vulnerability and why it's okay to cryThis is very much a women-focused CW show with dramatic music, marginalized voices getting center stage, and a love triangle.WATCH: Trailer for Walker: Independence Set in the late 1800s, Walker Independence is an origin story of The CW series Walker, itself a reboot of Texas Walker Ranger. It follows Abby Walker, an affluent Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West. When Abby finally arrives in the town of Independence, where her husband was set to be Sheriff, she encounters diverse residents who all have their own secrets.