Prestige Junkie
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The Santos & Whitaker Moment You Missed on ‘The Pitt’
Isa Briones and Gerran Howell reunite to tell me about deleted scenes and what’s next for their characters
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Dan Levy’s ‘Big Mistakes’ & Crime’s New Comedy Boom
The Schitt’s Creek creator and Taylor Ortega on their Netflix caper — part of a spree of shows on the wrong side of the law
Latest Prestige Junkie stories
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🎧 ‘The Pitt’: Patrick Ball’s 15-Year Overnight Success
‘I’ve done a lot of things to survive,’ the actor tells me
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How ‘Ponies’ Beat the System by Not Compromising
Susanna Fogel and David Iserson first refused an HBO note that would’ve changed everything. Plus: Is ‘Michael’ an Oscar contender?
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Teen Heartthrob to ‘Hacks’: How Christopher Briney Won Jean Smart’s Heart
The ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ star on playing an unlikely romantic match
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🎧 Power, Delusion & Matthew Macfadyen’s Post-‘Succession’ Bet
The Emmy winner plays a real-life presidential assassin in Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’
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The Documentary Dilemma: Must-See Films, Hardly Seen
At Full Frame, packed theaters and standing ovations reveal what’s working — if only the rest of the business followed
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Sepideh Moafi on ‘The Pitt’ Twist She’s Been Hiding All Season
The actress explains her character’s emotional ending, and what comes next
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🎧 Jean Smart’s Perfect Exit (Again)
Why five seasons may be her sweet spot — but leaving ‘Hacks’ is more complicated
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‘Reggie Dinkins’ & Erika Alexander Lead TV’s 22-Minute Comedy Reset
The ‘Living Single’ icon and serial scene stealer is back as the antidote to bad vibes
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9 Cannes Movies I Can’t Wait to See — Even as American Films Lag
Neon is all over the just-announced lineup. Plus: Why the Oscars had to stay in March
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🎧 Steven Soderbergh on Art, Commerce & Legacy
The renaissance filmmaker on his new film, ‘The Christophers.’ Plus: An early Emmy season primer
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The Spinoff Trap: ‘Testaments’ Puts Emmy’s Old Habits to the Test
From ‘Better Call Saul’ to ‘House of the Dragon,’ voters rarely reward the follow-up
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Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and the Art of Promoting Everything at Once
‘The Drama’ costars have two more blockbusters together this year — a flex, and a warning, about modern stardom
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🎧 Recklessly Early Oscar Predictions for 2027
From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to ‘The Odyssey,’ it’s never too soon to start thinking about next year’s top contenders
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‘The Comeback’ vs. ‘Hacks’: A Battle of Hollywood’s Last Women Standing
Lisa Kudrow and Jean Smart’s characters are ruthless commentary on aging, AI and the humiliations — and triumphs — of staying relevant
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‘Love Story’ Brings the Emmy Race Back to the ’90s
Breakout stars, buzzy controversy and Naomi Watts’ Jackie O — why the FX series could be a major contender this spring
Prestige Junkie from Katey Rich tracks the intersection of awards, culture and industry power — the breakthroughs, contenders, campaigns and conversations shaping film and TV.