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Creator Julian Fellowes reveals reasons he is ending 'Downton Abbey' [Exclusive Video]
7 hours ago
"From about series four, we knew where we wanted to end up with the principle arcs, but lesser stories keep coming in and decorating it," admits "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes during our recent webcam interview (watch below). Indeed, the upcoming sixth season will be the last for this award-winning drama series, of which he has written every episode. -Break- As he explains, "It's the basic reality of anything you do on television is there is always someone who's going to be incredibly unsatisfied. I don't think you should let that hold you back too much. The truth is, in the end you can only do your best. You can only make the show that you want to see." And, as executive producer, he knows it is the right time to stop: "Certainly, we didn't want to go on and on and on and on because we wanted to leave »
Allison Williams dishes 'Peter Pan' risks and 'Girls' relationships (Exclusive Video)
7 hours ago
During our recent webcam chat (watch below), Allison Williams reveals she was introduced to the world of acting as a little girl when she watched a tape of the TV version of the musical "Peter Pan" with Broadway vet Mary Martin in the title role. When she saw that Captain Hook and Mr. Darling were both played by Cyril Ritchard, "it occured to me that that was a job you could have, that you could be that one human being that plays different people, puts on different costumes. So It was definitely part of what fueled me to become an actor. Because that just looked like the most fun in the world; as it is, I can now say.” -Break- On playing the boy who never grows up on "Peter Pan: Live," the actress admits, “It was the hardest I ever worked on anything, harder than getting into college… I »
Will 'Vikings' finally conquer the Emmys this year?
7 hours ago
Hey, Emmy voters: It's time to pay more attention to "Vikings." This past third season was its best yet, according to TV critics, who gave it 100% score at Rotten Tomatoes and 81 at Metacritic. The History channel drama has so far received some (limited) love from the TV academy. The first season earned three nominations: Best Sound Editing (which it lost to “Boardwalk Empire”), Best Visual Effects in a Supporting Role (which it lost to “Banshee”) and Best Main Title Design (which it lost to “Da Vinci’s Demons”). Last year, it contended twice for Best Visual Effects in a Supporting Role, but lost that prize to “Black Sails.” So, we know that the show is on Emmy’s radar but will voters finally open the floodgates to “Vikings” for its most successful, season to date? Below, we take a look at its best chances. -Break- Emmy voters love to shower a show with repe. »
Ken Kwapis takes on terrorists and God in 'Happyish' (Exclusive Video)
8 hours ago
During our recent webcam chat (watch below), director Ken Kwapis admits that his the new Showtime comedy “Happyish” has "a lot of things in it that are very provocative, outrageous and challenging for a lot of viewers but I think the real challenge is trying to keep it real, and keep it human. I never want the show to seem farcical.”He gives as an example a scene from the pilot directed when Bradley Whitford’s character “mentions casually that ‘you gotta hand it to Osama Bin Laden, the man knows about branding.’ It’s an outrageous line, but the goal is to not make it sound farcical; the goal is to make it seem like this is what these kind of guys actually talk like in the advertising agency. So that’s the goal, taking the most outrageous material and make it seem as real as possible." -Break- As »
'Game of Thrones' season finale: Who will win and who will die?
8 hours ago
"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die," rasped Cersei back in Season 1. And it's this battle of life vs. death that remains one of the most prominent themes in "Game of Thrones." Though there have only been a few minor deaths this season, I'm predicting we'll see many more before the final credits roll. After reading my analysis, make your predictions for next week's season finale and you could win our prize of a $100 Amazon gift certificate. It's fun and easy, so start now by scrolling down and predicting who will die next. -Break- Who will die on 'Game of Thrones'? See exclusive predictions Ser Meryn Trant vs. Arya "The Dance of Dragons" saw Arya straying from her duties as a faceless man to follow Ser Meryn Trant around Braavos. You'll remember that in Season 1, Meryn was the knight of the Kingsguard dispatched to take Arya into custody, »
Benito Martinez on breaking 'set of rules' for character on 'American Crime' [Exclusive Video]
8 hours ago
“He has a set of rules that he lives by” says Benito Martinez about Alonzo Gutierrez, the grieving father he plays on "American Crime," who is trying valiantly to keep his kids safe and away from the perils that lay just outside his door in a rough part of town. In our video chat below, the actor revisits the challenges of bringing this character to life in the critically acclaimed limited series created by Oscar-winning writer John Ridley ("12 Years a Slave"). -Break- Related video: Felicity Huffman on playing 'damaged goods' in 'American Crime' “These are rules that will get him by and solve all his problems, and of course when these problems happen, these rules don’t apply, these rules don’t work. Being completely honest is not the right way sometimes.” Martinez drew from personal experiences to play the over-protective father in scenes w »
Claire Foy on fate of outspoken Anne Boleyn in 'Wolf Hall' [Exclusive Video]
8 hours ago
"Even in the end when she is waiting to be executed, she's very true to herself. She doesn't pander to anyone or anything like that. I think she's already a solid, strong person from beginning to end," reveals actress Claire Foy about her real-life role as Queen Anne Boleyn in the limited series "Wolf Hall." This six-part saga aired in the U.S. on PBS under the umbrella of "Masterpiece" programming. In her recent interview with Gold Derby (watch below), Foy discusses in-depth her character, the second wife of King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). While she was outspoken, her failure to produce a male offspring was eventually her downfall and led to a public beheading. She adds, "History would have been very, very different if she had a son... That's all he wanted, and he was such a maniac for having (that). He wanted to continue the line as the throne would be safe. »
Alison Bechdel and Tony winning 'Fun Home' producers on possibility of a film (Video)
18 hours ago
"There's definitely been interest in a film," said "Fun Home" producer Kristin Caskey, addressing the press with fellow producers Barbara Whitman and Mike Isaacson after winning the Tony for Best Musical. "It's really just trying to figure out what's best for it ... [Alison Bechdel, who wrote the graphic memoir on which the musical was based,] was approached quite often about doing a film, and at that point sort of loved the idea of theater because if it was bad it would just go away, so I think now with the result of this she might be open to putting it down on film." -Break- Tony Awards winners: Show by show Bechdel soon joined the producers on the press room stage and described the experience of turning her life story into a Broadway show. "I haven't really been able to make sense of it yet," she said, "even though I've had a lot of time to get used to it. It's incredible. It's a very p. »
John Cameron Mitchell wins Special Tony, reflects on 'Hedwig' and the closet (Video)
19 hours ago
"When I first was acting, I thought I had to be in the closet to be an actor, but it felt like a lot of work. I didn't mind being directed during work, but not during life," said John Cameron Mitchell about deciding to live openly. He created and starred in the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" in 1998, but wasn't eligible to win a Tony when it first came to Broadway in 2014. After stepping back into the title role from January to April 2015, he was awarded a Special Tony Award. -Break- Tony Awards winners: Show by show "At first, when 'Hedwig' came out, it was a little too much for [my mom] to handle," Mitchell remembered, "but she's seen it reflected in the faces of the people who have seen it. She sees that it's now not so scary. I think that's what happened to Broadway too. Broadway was a little »
Andre Holland on character's 'furnace of rage' on 'The Knick' (Exclusive Video)'
21 hours ago
“He knows what he wants and he has a wonderful way of not making things any more complicated than they need to be,” says “The Knick” actor André Holland about Steven Soderbergh, who directs every episode -- a rarity in American television -- of the 1900-set hospital drama on Cinemax. “You have to come prepared (a hundred percent prepared) because sometimes, you may only do one or two takes of a scene,” Holland explains in our recent webcam interview (watch below), adding, “He may combine two or three scenes together to make it one long shot.” -Break- Juliet Rylance on her surprisingly "reckless" character in "The Knick" Holland plays Dr. Algernon Edwards, who joins the eponymous Knickerbocker Hospital as its first black surgeon under Clive Owen’s Dr. John Thackery in the pilot, which aired last August. The racism that Algernon experiences builds what Holland calls &l »
Tony Awards: Alex Sharp, Ruthie Ann Miles and Richard McCabe win for Broadway debuts
21 hours ago
Three performers -- Alex Sharp, Richard McCabe and Ruthie Ann Miles -- won Tony Awards for their Broadway debut. These victories put them in a freshman club that now has 90 members. -Break- Sharp, who won for his portrayal of socially awkward genius Christopher Boone in "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," is the fifteenth Best Actor (Play) champ to take home the trophy for his first time on Broadway. He joins: Paul Scofield for "A Man for All Seasons" (1962); Cliff Gorman for "Lenny" (1972); John Kani and Winston Ntshona (joint nomination) for "Sizwe Banzi is Dead/The Island" (1975); Tom Conti for "Whose Life is it Anyway?" (1979); Harvey Fierstein for "Torch Song Trilogy" (1983); Jeremy Irons for "The Real Thing" (1984); Ralph Fiennes for "Hamlet" (1995); Stephen Dillane for "The Real Thing" (2000); Jefferson Mays for "I Am My Own W..." »
'Billy's Birthday' episode of 'The Comedians' is Emmy gift for Billy Crystal'
23 hours ago
Six-time Emmy champ Billy Crystal now has the perfect episode that could win him his seventh trophy. The recently-aired "Billy's Birthday" segment of "The Comedians" has that perfect mixture of empathy, comedy, range, impact, and screentime that appeals to Emmy voters. This FX program that premiered in April already has an in with TV academy members of all ages as it's about a veteran comedy legend (Crystal) and a rising young star (Josh Gad) battling over their new TV variety series. It's similar in style to both "30 Rock" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and makes fun of the entertainment industry, as did other Emmy favorites such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Murphy Brown," "Seinfeld," and "Frasier." -Break- Watch dozens of Emmy contender video chats including Josh Gad "Billy's Birthday" is t »
Honeysuckle Weeks on spending 'third of my lifetime' in 'Foyle's War' (Exclusive Video)'
23 hours ago
Honeysuckle Weeks has played the part of Samantha Stewart (Wainwright), trusty aide to a detective, in Anthony Horowitz's period drama "Foyle's War" since 2002. As she says in our webcam chat (watch below), "it's a third of my lifetime, a part of my life when I have had the most changes happen, marriage, children, illness, the usual slings and arrows that life besets you with." -Break- The first six seasons were set in a seaside town during WWII and followed a police detective (Michael Kitchen) and his assistant as they solved crimes. The final two took the pair to post-war London where they become ensnared in the mysterious world of espionage. Foyle made an unlikely spy and spent as much time navigating the labyrinth that is Mi-5 as he did righting wrongs. And while Sam found herself a fellow, rising politican Adam Wainwright, and got hitched, she continued to keep her hand in the game. »
Tony winner Richard McCabe ('Audience') introduces America to Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Video)
8 June 2015 9:33 AM, PDT
"American audiences generally haven't heard of Harold Wilson, and why should they really? It was British politics," said actor Richard McCabe about his unexpected Tony Award win for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "The Audience," in which he plays a British prime minister less familiar to international audiences. -Break- Tony Awards winners: Show by show He adds, "The only people they recognize are Thatcher and Churchill and Tony Blair. But what [playwright Peter Morgan] has done some wonderfully with the play is written such a rich, warm, engaging character, which is a very flattering version of Harold Wilson, although he was very much a man of the people. But much like he's written a very flattering, warm, endearing portrait of Her Majesty. She is all things to all men. So really all I had to do was say the lines." Below, watch McCabe's complete press Q&A: --W...' »
Tony winner Christian Borle ('Something Rotten') on chasing mice, mocking Shakespeare (Video)
8 June 2015 8:47 AM, PDT
Asked whether he felt bad mocking William Shakespeare in the comedy musical "Something Rotten," actor Christian Borle answered, "Not in the least, it seems to have done quite well." Playing the Bard won him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical; it's his second victory in three nominations. He last won for his featured role in the play "Peter and the Starcatcher." -Break- Tony Awards winners: Show by show He also clarified a reference in his acceptance speech to chasing mice: "Roger Rees was my director in 'Peter and the Starcatcher,' and he knew that I was maybe a little ambitious trying to land every single joke and gag in that show, and his big note to me was, you don't have to chase every mouse on stage. You can let a couple of them go. So it was just a note about restraint, which I »
Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford celebrates groundbreaking women on Broadway (Video)
8 June 2015 8:15 AM, PDT
"I think to make a life for yourself in the theater takes great perseverance," said actress Annaleigh Ashford after winning Best Featured Actress in a Play at the Tony Awards for the revival of "You Can't Take It With You." -Break- Tony Awards winners: Show by show In a big year for women in theater, which also included the first female writing team to win a Tony for Best Score (Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron for "Fun Home"), Ashford says, "I believe the theater is also a place for change, it's also a grounds where conventions can be broken, and it's so funny that so many women are breaking those conventions this year. Two years ago, Cyndi Lauper won the Tony for Best Score, and she was the first woman to win Best Score, and I remember that being such a milestone. It's great to continue to see women continuing the trend. »
Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles ('King and I') gets emotional over her mother's sacrifices (Video)'
8 June 2015 8:01 AM, PDT
"Growing up, it was just me and my mom," Ruthie Ann Miles remembered about the years before she became a surprise Tony-winner for "The King and I." "In hindsight, my mom is my everything. She's a single mom, she worked three jobs. She didn't always have time for me. She wanted me to be more than she was, and she pushed me hard, and it was hard to deal with, but now I see that she sacrificed. Those weren't just three jobs, she was sacrificing her life so that I could go to college. -Break- Tony Awards winners: Show by show Playing Lady Thiang in the classic musical wasn't the first time Miles played a woman wedded to power. She previously played Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos in the off-Broadway musical "Here Lies Love." But director Barlett Sher made sure she knew that this was a very different kind of woman: "When I auditioned, »
Sam Heughan ('Outlander') on being tortured, raped and broken
8 June 2015 7:24 AM, PDT
When it came to enacting the role of a victim of torture and rape in the season finale of "Outlander," Sam Heughan admits, "I was really looking forward to it. To go to these dark places at the end of the season was really kind of a gift for an actor -- to see their limits and their boundaries. -Break- "Up until the second half of the season, my character had been on the periphery," Heughan adds in our webcam chat (watch below.) "We didn't really know an awful lot about Jamie." Tobias Menzies on 'Outlander's' rape and what Black Jack is doing in hell now But TV viewers learned something devastating about Jamie when he was sodomized by "Black Jack" Randall (Tobias Menzies) in a prison cell. Momentarily at least, Jamie took pleasure in it and this self-realization is what finally broke his spirit. "These horrific things »
Sam Heughan ("Outlander") on being tortured, raped and broken
8 June 2015 7:24 AM, PDT
When it came to enacting the role of a victim of torture and rape in the season finale of "Outlander," Sam Heughan admits, "I was really looking forward to it. To go to these dark places at the end of the season was really kind of a gift for an actor -- to see their limits and their boundaries. -Break- "Up until the second half of the season, my character had been on the periphery," Heughan adds in our webcam chat (watch below.) "We didn't really know an awful lot about Jamie." Tobias Menzies on 'Outlander's' rape and what Black Jack is doing in hell now But TV viewers learned something devastating about Jamie when he was sodomized by "Black Jack" Randall (Tobias Menzies) in a prison cell. Momentarily at least, Jamie took pleasure in it and this self-realization is what finally broke his spirit. "These horrific things »
Tony Awards performance: Kristin Chenoweth drives 'On the Twentieth Century' (Video)
8 June 2015 6:00 AM, PDT
Tony Awards co-host Kristin Chenoweth did double duty as she also led the cast of her hit show "On the Twentieth Century" in a rollicking medley of merry tunes. This is the first rialto revival for the 1978 tuner, with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics from Betty Comden and Aldoph Green, who based their book on the 1932 farce by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur ("The Front Page"). -Break- Join the fiery debate over the Tony Awards going on right now in our red-hot forums Among those also showcased in these performances of “Life Is Like A Train,” “On the 20th Century,” “I’ve Got It All” and “Babette,” is Featured Actor nominee Andy Karl. He lost as did Chenoweth with the show going 0 for 5 in all. »
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