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on Tuesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” “So I said, ‘Oh, finally they’re getting me in a James Bond movie,” he went on. “I thought, ‘Yes, of course!’But, he was disappointed to learn that, “There was no script and there was no James Bond movie.”The competition series “007: Road to a Million,” (premiering Nov.

Succession star Sarah Snook has described the threat of AI against actors and other industries as “terrifying”.The actor, who is best known for playing Shiv in the HBO series, discussed the ongoing Hollywood actors’ strike during an interview with the BBC.When asked by broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg about what she’d like to see resolved as a result of the strike, Snook expressed her concerns over the impact artificial intelligence could have on the profession.“The main thing for me that I find terrifying is AI,” Snook said. “It’s just such [an] uncharted landscape and we need pretty stringent rules in place in order to protect, not just the acting industry, but across the board.“If we can set a precedent for other industries in regards to how AI is utilised, then that’ll be huge.”Snook raised the spread of viral deepfake clips of actors like Tom Cruise, explaining how this technology could be exploited by companies.“It’s uncanny,” Snook said.

Succession star Alan Ruck has been involved in a car accident that ended with his pickup truck crashing into an LA pizzeria.Law enforcement officials told TMZ that several vehicles were involved in collision at the intersection of La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard at around 9pm on Tuesday night (November 1).As a result of the accident, the Succession and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off star’s electric Rivian ended up crashing into the side of Raffallo’s Pizza. Video footage shows the vehicle stuck in the side of the building’s damaged brick wall.Other footage shows what appears to be Ruck, after the crash, talking on his phone next to the restaurant.The owner of a restaurant close to Raffalo’s told KTLA that Ruch appeard to be more concerned and distressed about the wellbeing of other people involved in the crash.“I asked him, ‘Are you okay?’ And the first thing out of his mouth was, ‘Is everyone (else) okay? I think I hit someone.

“Succession” star’s pricey electric vehicle slamming into a Los Angeles pizza parlor.Ruck, 67, was reportedly behind the wheel of his sporty Rivian truck around 9 p.m. when he collided with the restaurant, located at the intersection of LaBrea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, NBC reports.

Game Of Thrones.In his memoir, Putting The Rabbit In The Hat, published two years ago, the Succession star addressed a number of near misses in his career, which included the opportunity to play Robert Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series.READ MORE: ‘Succession’ season four, episode one recap: deals, drama and divorce“I’m often asked if I was offered a role in Game of Thrones – reason being that every other bugger was – and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon,” he wrote.The actor explained that he turned down the role because the money wasn’t great and the character got killed off early.“There’s always been a tendency of American productions to treat British actors differently from American actors,” he said. “In other words, to get them cheap.”Cox also rejected the part of the governor in Pirates Of The Caribbean, a role that eventually went to Jonathan Pryce.

Succession.The actor and director, who has helmed Netflix’s four-part documentary on David Beckham, explained how his role playing Hugo Baker in the HBO series helped him secure interview time with the former Manchested United manager.When asked if David or Victoria Beckham had watched the series in an interview with The Big Issue, Fisher replied: “I don’t think Victoria had but David definitely watched Succession.“Ironically, we’d been trying to get Sir Alex Ferguson – and when he finally agreed to do it, he said he’d only talk for 30 minutes and only about certain things blah, blah, blah. But as soon as he sees me, he’s like, ‘You’re Hugo from Succession, holy shit!’”Fisher explained that Logan Roy actor Brian Cox and Ferguson are friends, which allowed him to extend their interview time for the documentary series.“Brian had given me a copy of his autobiography to give to Fergie,” Fisher added.

Succession.Last week (September 21), Murdoch announced he was stepping down as chairman of both companies, with his eldest son Lachlan taking over the role.Speaking to the BBC about Murdoch’s decision to anoint Lachlan over his siblings Elisabeth and James, Cox joked: “I think he’s been watching too much Succession, clearly.”Cox plays Logan Roy in the HBO series, which is inspired by the Murdochs and other media mogul families. In the series, Logan Roy leads media company Waystar Royco, as his children vie to become his successor.“He’s probably the most tenacious human on God’s earth,” Cox said about Murdoch.

They’ve lost more titles.The drama surrounding Prince Harry, 39 and Meghan Markle, 42, has prompted the baby names “Harry” and “Meghan” to decline in popularity in Britain, according to an analysis by the UK-based BabyCentre.“Crashing down from 13th place to number 23, the previously popular name Harry seems to have had a negative reception from parents this year. Meghan and alternate spelling Megan have also dropped in registrations,” the site wrote, referencing the couple’s “explosive and somewhat controversial” Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan” and Harry’s January memoir “Spare.”The Post reached out to reps for the couple for comment.BabyCentre revealed that several of the top baby names of 2023 have been influenced by culture trends and Hollywood happenings.

With “Succession” over, HBO has an opening for its next premier drama. There are couple of candidates for the slot already, like “The Last Of Us” and “The White Lotus.” But if “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong had cut the show’s final season in two, as he considered doing at one point, HBO wouldn’t have a gap to fill at all.

Succession fans are making the same joke after Lachlan Murdoch was appointed the new chairman of News Corp and Fox Corporation.As announced on Thursday (September 21) in a note to employees, media mogul Rupert Mordoch said he was stepping down as chairman of both companies, with his eldest son Lachlan set to take over.Rupert Murdoch, who will transition into the role of chairman emeritus for both firms in mid-November, wrote in a note (via the Guardian): “For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change. But the time is right for me to take on different roles.”Murdoch has been married four times and has six children, the majority of which have followed their father’s footsteps in working for the family business.Succession creator Jesse Armstrong previously confirmed the HBO series is partially based on the Murdochs, along with other media mogul families like the Redstones and Mercers. In the series, family patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) leads media company Waystar RoyCo, as his children vie to become his successor.“The amazing thing about this stuff is that it’s everywhere,” Armstrong told The New York Times in 2019.

Rotten Tomatoes for its 25th anniversary, asked users to submit their top TV shows. Some of the usual suspects landed high including The Sopranos and Stranger Things, with more surprising entries such as Dark.But the top spot went to drug crime drama Breaking Bad. Game Of Thrones followed in second place, The Sopranos in third, while The Office (US) and Stranger Things landed fourth and fifth.Top 10 – greatest TV shows of the last 25 years:01. Breaking Bad02. Game Of Thrones03. The Sopranos 04. The Office (US)05. Stranger Things06. Better Call Saul07. The Wire08. Succession09. Lost10. DarkFurther down the Top 25 list is Chernobyl, The Bear, Parks And Recreation, The Mandalorian and more.

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong appears to have settled a debate that emerged regarding the fourth episode of the show’s final season.Following the death of business magnate Logan Roy (Brian Cox), an important typed document was found that appeared to name his son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) as his successor as chief executive of the family’s media empire, WayStar Royco. However, there was a line in ink that started under Kendall’s name but moved up through it, prompting debate over whether his name was underlined or crossed out.At a Financial Times event in London yesterday (September 3), Armstrong suggested what the actual answer to the question was, which he would have definitively known since he was the one who drew the line itself on the paper.“This is the sort of thing I would have hated to do while we were still doing the show,” Armstrong said.

George R.R. Martin has named which television episode he considers as the best finale “in the history of television”.The renowned author – most famed as the creator of the Game Of Thrones universe – took to his website to share a blog update with his fans, explaining which are his favourite television episodes over the past quarter of a century.This was prompted after Vanity Fair published an article, naming a Game Of Thrones episode as one of the 25 episodes it considers to be “perfect” from the last 25 years.The episode in question was the penultimate episode to the show’s second season, Blackwater, which aired in May 2012 and centred around the character Stannis Baratheon, as he leads his army into a battle to claim King’s Landing.“I have never claimed to be perfect… but if the good folks at VANITY FAIR want to say so, who I am to argue,” the author wrote on his page, sharing a link to the complete list.“Of course, they are not actually saying I am perfect.

Succession actor Crystal Finn was hospitalised after being attacked by otters in a recent incident.Finn, who played ATN producer Lauren Pawson in the fourth and final season of the hit HBO show, recounted the traumatic incident, which occurred back in July, in a new interview.She told the San Francisco Chronicle: “I felt something on my backside and on my leg. I started looking around and yelling out and [the otters] popped up right in front of me.

actress Crystal Finn is opening up about a scary incident during a trip to the Plumas National Forest in Northern California last month.The actress, who played Lauren Pawson in the season 4 «America Decides» episode of, revealed that she was attacked by otters while swimming in the forest's Feather River.«I felt something on my back side and on my leg,» Finn told the of the attack.She continued, «I started looking around and yelling out and [the otters] popped up right in front of me. Then they dove down and started going at me again.

the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday. “I started looking around and yelling out and (the otters) popped up right in front of me. Then they dove down and started going at me again.”Although Finn isn’t sure why she was assaulted, she thinks it may have been a mother protecting her offspring, as she spotted three of them just moments after being bitten.

If you can predict anything for the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards its that the final season of “Succession” is as close to a lock as possible to win Outstanding Drama Series. With the Emmy ceremony potentially being delayed due to the ongoing guild strikes all the way to, yes, January, it doesn’t look like Jess Armstrong and his stellar cast will get to celebrate a fitting goodbye to the HBO mainstay anytime soon.

Succession star Sarah Snook has explained what she believed prompted Shiv to vote against Jeremy Strong’s Kendall in the HBO show’s series finale.In an interview with Variety, the actor suggested that Shiv decided to sabotage Kendall’s chances of taking control of media conglomerate Waystar Royco after seeing her brother put his feet up on the desk of their late father, Logan (Brian Cox).Shiv’s decision ultimately left the company in the hands of Alexander Skarsgård’s tech mogul Lukas Matsson, while her husband and the father of her unborn child, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), assumed the role of CEO.“I’ve spoken with friends of mine who love the show, and I quite like being able to dissect it with them,” said Snook in the interview. “I have heard that people thought that Shiv was thinking 10 steps ahead, and that if Tom’s going to get the CEO-ship and she’s got a kid with Tom, then the closest she can be to it is by saying ‘No’ [to Kendall] in this moment.“But I think it’s just pure instinct,” she continued.

Succession actor Sarah Snook has spoken about one scene that was cut from the hit show’s finale. Spoilers below.In season four, episode 10 of the HBO drama, titled ‘With Open Eyes’, the show reaches a dramatic climax when the Roy siblings – Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Shiv – participate in a board vote which will determine the leadership and future of Waystar Royco.Moments before Snook’s character, Shiv, is about to vote for her brother Kendall as the new CEO and her late father’s successor, she gets cold feet and exits the room mid-meeting.An explosive argument with the siblings ensues, during which she tells her brother: “I love you, but I can’t fucking stomach you.” She also tells Kendall that she can’t vote for him because he’s killed someone, referring to the moment in the season one finale when he gets into a car accident with a waiter from Shiv’s wedding.Shiv leaves the confrontation and votes against her brother, which means that Lukas Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) GoJo deal goes ahead and Shiv’s husband Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) becomes the new CEO.In a new interview with Variety, Snook revealed one extra scene was filmed twice that depicted her character returning to the conference room to cast her vote, rather than it lingering on the two brothers after the argument becomes physical.She explained: “The way that [director] Mark Mylod runs the scenes, he will let it run.

Breaking Bad has been crowned the best TV show of the past 25 years on a list compiled by Rotten Tomatoes.To mark its 25th anniversary, the website asked approved critics to rank their top five TV shows released in the last 25 years. The votes were then tallied and compiled into a top 25 list.Perhaps unsurprisingly, Breaking Bad came out victorious, beating runner-ups The Sopranos and The Wire in second and third place respectively. Mad Men and Succession complete the top five, with the latter coming to an end this year with its fourth season.Despite its controversial last season, Game Of Thrones finished in seventh place – placing ahead of shows like Lost, Fleabag and Atlanta.You can check out the entire top 25 below.1. Breaking Bad2. The Sopranos3. The Wire4. Mad Men5. Succession6. The Leftovers7. Game Of Thrones8. Twin Peaks: The Return9. Lost10. Six Feet Under11. Fleabag12. Ted Lasso13. Better Call Saul14. BoJack Horseman15. Curb Your Enthusiasm16. Atlanta17. Stranger Things18. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel19. The Office US20. The West Wing21. The Americans22. Parks and Recreation23. Arrested Development24. Watchmen25. ChernobylA list was also compiled running down the top 25 movies from the past 25 years, where Mad Max: Fury Road claimed the top spot.

Emmys have been announced – check out the full list below.The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards are currently scheduled to take place Monday September 18 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.As reported by Variety, however, it’s expected the ceremony will be delayed to either November or January due to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) is expected to join the WGA in strike action this week unless a deal is reached by Wednesday (July 12), which would put all major Hollywood events on pause.The Emmy nominations were announced by Television Academy chairman Frank Scherma and Yvette Nicole Brown on Wednesday (July 12) in a livestream.

Hollywood may be bracing for a potential second work stoppage later today, but this morning was a joyous one for many with the announcement of the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy Chair Frank Scherma revealed a slew of nominees led by “Succession” with 27 nominations, “The Last of Us” with 24 mentions, and “The White Lotus” with 23 nominations.

It’s always a strange time in Hollywood, but it’s an understatement to say everything is really off-kilter right now. Obviously, the Writers Guild strike has brought a majority of television and film production to a halt.

Brian Cox has a semi-secret side hustle — as the voice of McDonald’s. In fact, the distinctive-sounding Scottish actor has another voiceover gig with the Golden Arches this week, now that he has some time to spare — the hit HBO comedy-drama series drew to a close in May with its fourth season. Cox, who can be heard on television singing the famous “Ba da ba ba ba” jingle, told People he actually sings “all the time,” and would love to give his pipes more of a workout professionally.

The members of the Television Academy will reveal the 2023 Primetime Emmy Award nominations on Tuesday, July 12. This morning, the members of the Television Critics Association (including this writer) revealed the nominees for the 2023 TCA Awards.

Does anyone else think it’s a little quiet out there? And it’s not just because the writers are on strike. After a few years of almost too much television to watch, especially around Emmy deadline season, the first half of 2023 has been relatively… quiet.

she did it again.Britney Spears is making a comeback, but not in quite the way you’d expect. This time, the Grammy Award-winning pop icon’s music is taking the Broadway stage in “Once Upon A One More Time.”Expect to hear Spears’ songs like never before at the legendary Marquis Theatre.The musical takes some of her chart-topping hits — including “Womanizer,” “Lucky,” “Circus” and  “Toxic” — and spins them into a reimagined fairytale following Cinderella, Snow White and other storybook staples as they find that happily ever after isn’t what they thought.As you may expect, Britney classic closely tie into the storyline — one of our favorite moments was when “Oops I Did It Again” lands right when the princesses discover that they may share a suitor in common.Plus, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the show features a “Succession” star AND “American Idol” Season One runner-up Justin Guarini.Does this sound like a musical you “wanna go” to?Well, at time of publication, we found tickets going for downright reasonable prices.In fact, some mezzanine seats were spotted at just $65 before fees on Vivid Seats.

Brian Cox certainly chose a bold ice breaker when he met Meryl Streep. The star opens up about a conversation he says he once had with the legendary actress, which certainly seemed to have caught her attention. While interviewing Emily Blunt for 's Actors on Actors series, talk turns to Blunt's breakthrough role opposite Streep in 2006's . «I loved it,» Cox says of the film.

This article contains major spoilers for the ‘Succession’ finale.Succession star Kieran Culkin says he disagrees with creator Jesse Armstrong’s interpretation of how Roman Roy feels at the show’s end.The lauded HBO show’s dramatic finale aired last month (May 28), with Culkin’s character Roman and his brother Kendall (Jeremy Strong) betrayed by sister Shiv (Sarah Snook), who backtracked on her pact with her brothers and cast the deciding vote to sell Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) GoJo company.After the finale, Armstrong shared his thoughts on the characters’ headspace after the events of the finale, saying: “In a reductive, brutal way, Roman ends up exactly where he started. He is that guy still. And he maybe easily could have been a playboy jerk with some slightly nasty instincts, and some quite funny jokes.“He could’ve stayed in a bar, being that guy.

sparked by a squabble over Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton’s RSVP. (The issue: why was he still on the guest list, despite having declined?) The party-planning duo and activist investor Peltz are now locked in competing lawsuits: he’s suing them for the $159,000 deposit he paid while the pair has fired back with a countersuit that seeks $50,000 in damages. The tussle continues. That unseemly public spat serves as a reminder that the air-kissing world of party planning isn’t as carefree and glamorous as it strains to appear.