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Sweetpea is a dark comedy crime drama series created by Kirstie Swain. Based on the 2017 book of the same name by author Cj Skuse, the Starz series follows Rhiannon, a young woman with a traumatic past leading a quiet life working as an admin assistant at a local newspaper but a chance encounter with a complete stranger turns her life upside down. Sweetpea stars Fallout‘s Ella Purnell in the lead role with Nicôle Lecky, Jon Pointing, Leah Harvey, Jeremy Swift, and Dustin Demri-Burns starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the dark comedy, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Sweetpea here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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You is a psychological crime thriller drama series developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on the...

Brujeria co-vocalist and samplist Ciriaco “Pinche Peach” Quezada has died at the age of 57.

The extreme metal band’s founder Juan Brujo posted the news on Brujeria’s Facebook page along with the following message:

“I never thought I would have to do something like this. This is not easy for me. So here I am with very heart breaking news. This news hurts more then anything else Ive ever announced here before…

Pinche Peach of Brujeria passed away last night from serious heart complications.

As a long term member of Brujeria he was the unmasked face of Brujeria! He was the ‘star’ of all our song videos. Videos like ‘La Migra’ to ‘El Patron del Reventon’.

The band and I will miss you dearly. We love you and loved working with you! You will not ever be forgotten!! He was my best friend, my bro, my bandmate, and my cousin.

Stories about misfits of any kind that come together to form the families they always missed has always been one of cinema's favorite concepts. Isaac Hirotsu Woofter, an award-winning script writer and actor comes with his own take of the concept, bringing together different types of misfits, from various aspects of the (US) society, and placing them in New York.

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Bella is a young woman who cannot stand watching her mentally ill uncle/stepfather torturing her mother. When she realizes he has hidden her college acceptance letter, essentially preventing her dreams of going to art school, she kicks him out of the house, supposedly for the last time. However, when her mother, Yeva, takes him back once more, Bella decides to take her pocket squirrel and head to NYC with no money, no friends, no roof, and too much pride to turn back.

"Don't worry about a thing, Dolores! I took care of it..." Prime Video has revealed the first official trailer for The Horror of Dolores Roach, a series based on a popular scripted fiction horror podcast of the same name. After becoming a podcast hit with two seasons in 2018 and 2019, Amazon and Blumhous decided to adapt it for the screen. When Dolores Roach is released after an unjust prison sentence, she reunites with an old friend who lets her work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is threatened, Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive. The series stars Justina Machado as Dolores, taking over from Daphne Rubin-Vega who voiced her on the podcast. Also starring Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman, Ilan Eskenazi, Jessica Pimentel, Jimmy Alvarez, plus Marc Maron and Judy Reyes. This horror comedy series launches...

"I got scammed, Marlene, that's why we're doing this." Cinedigm has revealed a trailer for an experimental indie film titled Giving Birth to a Butterfly, marking the feature directorial debut of Theodore Schaefer. It first premiered in 2021 at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, and is finally getting a proper release after waiting a few years - it's streaming on Fandor this May. "Pure weirdo magic. Like Donnie Darko meets Twin Peaks." After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a surreal journey as they attempt to track down the perpetrators. Described by The Austin Chronicle as “a strange and fragile story of family, identity, and the unlikely directions of a search for self," Giving Birth to a Butterfly "mixes melancholy and anxiety with a Lynchian touch" and "takes place in a parallel universe that looks and acts like suburbia, just ever so slightly off.

Hundreds Of Beavers Teaser Trailer: "In this silent supernatural epic, a drunken applejack salesman is thrust into the frigid wilderness. Can he go from zero to hero, become North America's greatest fur trapper, and defeat hundreds of beavers?"

After a celebrated World Premiere at FantasticFest 2022, it took to the festival circuit, and will be screening at twelve different festivals in April alone, including Atlanta Film Festival where it's nominated for Best Cinematography, and Fantaspoa in Brazil. Hundreds of Beavers is from writer/director Mike Cheslik and producer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews.



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Abruptio at Panic Fest: "HellBent Pictures is excited to announce the next screening of Evan Marlowe's life-sized puppet horror Abruptio at Panic Fest, Kansas City's celebrated film festival now in its 10th year at the historic Screenland Theater. Comedy, mystery, blood, A-List voices, action, and puppets combine in the first-of-its-kind surrealistic horror/thriller.

Abruptio features the voice talents...

Limited theatrical release planned for May.

Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to Fantasia International Film Festival road movie Giving Birth To A Butterfly, which marks the feature directorial debut of Theodore Schaefer who produced Berlinale selection The Adults.

Annie Parisse plays a woman whose identity gets stolen and bonds with her son’s pregnant girlfriend (Gus Birney) as they search for the perpetrators on a dreamlike road trip. Paul Sparks, Owen Campbell, Jessica Pimentel, and Judith Roberts round out the key cast.

Cinedigm plans a limited US theatrical release in May ahead of a digital release on its indie...

Sounds like the Blue Bloods episode “Lost Ones” risked losing longtime fans with the introduction of a new love interest for Danny Reagan (Donnie Walhberg). In that Season 13 episode, which aired on Friday, January 20, the CBS procedural introduced Jessica Pimentel (Orange Is the New Black) as retiring detective Laura Acosta, who ended up on a date with Danny after he helped her get disability pension approved. But that possible love connection frustrated fans who’d been shipping Danny and his work partner, Det. Maria Baez (Marisa Ramirez) ever since he lost his wife, Linda (Amy Carlson), in a helicopter accident. Jessica Pimentel as Laura Acosta and Abigail Hawk as Abigail Baker on ‘Blue Bloods’ (CBS) “I’m done with @BlueBloods_CBS if they are pairing Danny with that woman,” one viewer tweeted on Friday night. “He and Baez deserve to be together @DonnieWahlberg.” (Wahlberg, for his part, replied to that tweet with a crying-laughing emoji.

The following contains a romantical spoiler from the Jan. 20 episode of CBS’ Blue Bloods.

Well, I was all set to power down the Sony Bravia and hit the hay, when Blue Bloods widower Danny Reagan decided it was time to get himself back out there on the dating circuit — and with a very particular someone.

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Danny’s return to dating,...

Jeorge Bennett Watson as Saint Nick, Marisa Ramirez as Det. Maria Baez, and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’ season 13 episode 11

The murder of a chess hustler becomes incredibly complicated on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 13 episode 11, “Lost Ones.” Directed by Jackeline Tejada from a script by Kevin Reilly and Yasmin Cadet, episode 11 is set to air on Friday, January 20, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.

Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, and Roslyn Ruff.

“Lost Ones” Plot: Danny and Baez’s investigation into the death of a chess hustler...

On Tuesday morning, just before President Biden addressed the United Nations for the first time, more than 80 celebrities and entertainment figures issued an open letter to world leaders calling for them to end “the Covid-19 pandemic now.”

The letter, which mentioned the United Nations General Assembly Session specifically, was posted on the website of Care, an organization dedicated to ending poverty worldwide. It was signed by a raft of boldfaced names, including Eva Longoria, Debra Messing, Alyssa Milano, Anne Hathaway, Malin Akerman, Debbie Allen, Jordana Brewster, Connie Britton, Ciara, Peter Dinklage, Richard Gere, Dolores Huerta, Joel McHale, Iman, Edward James Olmos, Laura Linney, Julianna Margulies, Joel McHale, Idina Menzel, Ana Ortiz, Adam Shankman, Michael Sheen, Adam Shulman and Sarah Silverman. For a full list of signatories, see below.

Specifically, the letter calls Covid “a manmade pandemic of apathy.” It states that “Only 2% of people in low-income countries have received a single dose.

Exclusive: Jessica Pimentel (Orange Is the New Black) is set as a lead opposite Aubrey Plaza, Ramón Rodríguez and Wanda De Jesús in Olga Dies Dreaming, Hulu’s one-hour drama pilot based on the novel by Xochitl Gonzalez.

The pilot for Olga Dies Dreaming, written by Gonzalez and to be directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, tells the story of a Nuyorican brother (Rodríguez) and sister (Plaza) from a gentrifying Sunset Park in Brooklyn who are reckoning with their absent, politically radical mother (De Jesús) and their glittering careers among New York City’s elite in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Pimentel will play Mabel Ortiz, who is as street smart as she is book smart. She loves a good time; the first on a dance floor and the last off. She has opinions and isn’t afraid to express them, and she refuses to take the time to wrap them in a nice bow.

As a parting gift for their fans, Slayer will mark the last leg of their final tour with The Repentless Killology, a combination narrative movie and concert film. The film portion features the trilogy of videos that filmmaker Bj McDonnell made for “You Against You,” “Repentless,” and “Pride in Prejudice” — all off the band’s Repentless album — with a beefed-up storyline connecting them.

The concert film features the band’s entire Los Angeles Forum performance from August 5th, 2017. The video release will come out digitally and on Blu-ray on November 8th.

Say it ain't so! The end of Orange Is the New Black is almost here, and on Thursday, the cast came together to celebrate the show's seventh and final season at the NYC world premiere. The group - which included Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Uzo Aduba, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Brooks, Laverne Cox, Yael Stone, Selenis Leyva, Jason Biggs, Jackie Cruz, Jessica Pimentel, and Diane Guerrero - served their best looks as they hit the red carpet, and we almost shed a tear at the mere thought that this might be the last time we see the cast all together.

Ahead of the premiere, Danielle (who is currently expecting her first child) shared a photo of her red carpet evolution on Instagram, reflecting on her first-ever Oitnb premiere. "It was my first carpet Ever and my teeth wouldn't stop chattering because I was sooo nervous. All these pictures hold a story...

The inmates of Litchfield Prison could only dream about the kind of mass exit experienced by the cast of Orange is the New Black yesterday, though they no doubt would not feel the same sadness.

“Oitnb series wrap!,” wrote Taylor Schilling on her Instagram page, one of many cast members posting their public goodbyes on social media as the seventh and final season of the Netflix prison comedy-drama wrapped yesterday. “Whoa. My heart is full and achey and so overflowing with gratitude I’m a little dizzy.”

“This is a family,” wrote creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan as the caption of a photo of cast and crew posing on the prison set. (See it and all social media messages below).

The social media farewells actually began in the days building up to yesterday’s wrap, with some cast members marking their own final days of filming over the past week or so.

“The kids need a future,” a city council member tells Dorothea (Tyne Daly) half way through the first of Patrick Wang’s two-part A Bread Factory: “they need to learn about the world.” Forty years prior to the exchange, Dorothea and her partner Greta (Elizabeth Henry-Macari) bought a bakery in the fictional upstate New York town of Checkford, and turned it into the Bread Factory, an arts center the married couple has fought hard to keep afloat through the years. Cash and funds have historically been finite and resources volatile—but while stage director Dorothea and actress Greta powered through the decades with indomitable determination and grit, the creation of a bigger arts institute in the opposite side of town, led by a couple of world-renowned Chinese performance artists, May Ray (Janet Hsieh and George Young), is poised to spell the end of the Factory’s illustrious work. The center...

The ladies in orange are back but things aren’t looking quite the same. Netflix has released the trailer for the upcoming season of Orange is the New Black. Check out the season 6 trailer below.

Following the women’s take over of the Litchfield Penitentiary in season 5, the women have been taken out of their “home” and put into a new maximum security prison. The women will have to adapt to the new the ways of the prison which means more rules, less freedom and new inmates. How will they manage? Will they stick together or fall apart?

The trailer starts off with a Good Morning, Vietnam reference followed by Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba) quickly realizing that she’s no longer home and out of her comfort zone. The next we see are bits and pieces of what problems the ladies will face adjusting to a maximum security prison – even...

We want to kick off the first weekend in February with something gothic, a little sexy, and definitely mysterious. Today, we’re bringing you the full album stream of dark synthwave group Valhall’s upcoming release Grimoire. Featuring “Orange is the New Black” star Jessica Pimentel as a guest violinist on the track “Ormens Offer”, the Swedish […]

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When it comes to rewarding the best comedic cast on television, the SAG Awards often simply go with the biggest cast. Recent winners like “Orange is the New Black” (2014-2016), “Glee” (2009), “Desperate Housewives” (2004-2005) and “Ally McBeal” (1998) all prevailed thanks in part to having the most cast members on the voting ballot. Interestingly enough, all four of these were also hour-long dramedies, which suggests SAG voters are more apt to give the prize to large casts when they’re also in large productions.

What does this statistic mean in terms of predicting the 2018 SAG Awards? “Orange is the New Black” once again boasts the biggest comedy cast with a record-setting 45 men and women nominated for the Netflix prison series. That’s up from 37 cast members in 2016, 34 in 2015, and 40 in 2014. Of this year’s other nominated ensembles, Netflix’s “Glow” consists of 18 cast members, followed by HBO’s “Veep” at 15, ABC...

“This does not end well.”

Gloria is the first to say it, but we all knew things weren’t looking good as soon as Orange Is the New Black’s fourth season closed on Daya pointing a gun at Humphrey’s head.

VideosOrange Is the New Black Season 5: Watch the Premiere’s Harrowing Opening Sequence Now

The Season 5 premiere, “Riot Fomo,” picks up right where things left off. After firing a shot into the air to get her fellow inmates to quiet down, Daya puts a bullet in Humphrey’s leg, most likely hitting a vein. The prisoners...

Here at Et, we're obsessed with a lot of things -- and for the week of June 5 to June 11, this is what we're most excited about:

Why We're Obsessed With 'Cosby Unraveled' Podcast

A firestorm of controversy surrounds comedian Bill Cosby after multiple allegations have surfaced accusing him of sexual misconduct, with alleged incidents dating as far back as 1969. As opening statements in his sexual assault trial are set to begin today, a Philadelphia radio station, Whyy, has produced a new podcast, Cosby Unraveled, exploring "the heights of his influence, and the causes of his downfall." The podcast, hosted by Annette John-Hall, will make the case that America's once-beloved TV dad is still a quintessential part of Philadelphia (Cosby's hometown), despite his legal woes. New episodes will be produced in real time as the trial progresses. Listen to the three-minute podcast trailer here.

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ER alum Anthony Edwards will be casting judgment in Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.

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The actor will star in the first installment of producer Dick Wolf’s anthology series as Los Angeles judge Stanley Weisberg, who oversaw the murder trial of brothers Lyle (Miles Gaston Villanueva) and Erik Menendez (Gus Halper), our sister site Deadline reports. The show’s cast also includes Edie Falco (The Sopranos) as defense attorney Leslie Abramson.

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders premieres this fall on NBC.

Jessica Pimentel, whose character Maria Ruiz has grown into a key part of the storyline on Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black, has been made a regular for the upcoming Season 5 which premieres June 9. Ruiz’s character challenged Taylor Schilling's Piper in Season 4. Season 5 takes place in real time over the course of three days and chronicling the inmates’ fight for redemption, resolution and respect after Poussey’s death sparked a riot at the end of last…...

We're officially a month away from the return of Orange Is the New Black and to keep fans on their toes, Netflix unveiled the official trailer for Season 5.

The latest sneak peek shows the Litchfield ladies ready to fight for justice and willing to go to any lengths to achieve it.

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"If we want to turn this place right, we have to speak as one united group," says inmate Maria Ruiz (Jessica Pimentel) to the women who are more than ready to rally against the system.

Taking place in real time over the course of just three days, the fifth season will pick up right after last season's finale, which saw Daya (Dascha Polanco) is seen pointing a gun at an officer while her fellow inmates surround and cheer her on. Fired up from the shocking death of Poussey ([link...

Double feature are sequels to In The Family, The Grief Of Others.

Patrick Wang and Vanishing Angle announce don Tuesday that Tyne Daly, Janeane Garofalo, James Marsters, Nana Visitor, and Brian Murray have joined the cast of double feature project A Bread Factory (Parts One and Two).

The two films are currently shooting in Hudson, New York and are sequels to Wang’s In The Family and The Grief Of Others.

Matt Miller and Daryl Freimark are producing A Bread Factory (Parts One and Two).

Wang wrote the screenplays and directs the comedic dramas set in a small-town community arts centre, which he said created a good setting “for thinking about many big themes: art and commerce, globalization, gentrification, changing social institutions, and new technology.”

Additional key cast members include Glynnis O’Connor, Jessica Pimentel, Amy Carlson, and Trevor St. John, and opera star Martina Arroyo and real-life couple Taiwanese television personality Janet Hsieh and Singapore star George Young...

Tyne Daly and Janeane Garofolo are set to topline The Bread Factory (Parts One & Two), the latest feature from writer-director Patrick Wang.

James Marsters, Nana Visitor and Brian Murray are also set to star in the features, which are dramedies set at a community arts center.

The ensemble cast also includes Glynnis O’Connor, Orange Is the New Black's Jessica Pimentel, Blue Bloods' Amy Carlson and Trevor St. John, as well as opera singer Martina Arroyo, Taiwanese television personality Janet Hsieh and Singapore star George Young.

Matt Miller and Daryl Freimark will produce the sequels, which are currently filming in New York.

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Were there any surprises at this year's SAG Awards?

Check out all of the winners in the TV categories, below, and tell us if you're surprised by those chosen to take home a statue.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Millie Bobby Brown / Eleven

Cara Buono / Karen Wheeler

Joe Chrest / Ted Wheeler

Natalia Dyer / Nancy Wheeler

David Harbour / Jim Hopper

Charlie Heaton / Jonathan Byers

Joe Keery / Steve Harrington

Gaten Matarazzo / Dustin Henderson

Caleb McLaughlin / Lucas Sinclair

Matthew Modine / Dr. Martin Brenner

Rob Morgan / Officer Powell

John Paul Reynolds / Officer Callahan

Winona Ryder / Joyce Byers

Noah Schnapp / Will Byers

Mark Steger / The Monster

Finn Wolfhard / Mike Wheeler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Foy / Queen Elizabeth II – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

John Lithgow / Winston Churchill – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by...

Tonight at the SAG Awards, “Orange is the New Black” beat out all other comers for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The ensemble cast includes Uzo Aduba, Alan Aisenberg, Danielle Brooks, Blair Brown, Jackie Cruz, Lea DeLaria, Beth Dover, Kimiko Glenn, Annie Golden, Laura Gómez, Diane Guerrero, Michael J. Harney, Brad William Henke, Vicky Jeudy, Julie Lake, Selenis Leyva, Natasha Lyonne, Taryn Manning, James McMenamin, Adrienne C. Moore, Kate Mulgrew, Emma Myles, Matt Peters, Lori Petty, Jessica Pimentel, Dascha Polanco, Laura Prepon, Jolene Purdy, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Nick Sandow, Abigail Savage, Taylor Schilling, Constance Shulman, Dale Soules, Yael Stone, Lin Tucci, and Samira Wiley.

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There was some tough competition to be had in this category, with veteran “The Big Bang Theory” having been nominated six times with no wins,...

A dark season is yielding great results for Orange Is the New Black.

The cast of the Netflix dramedy won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday.

Most of the large cast took to the stage to accept the award, and Taylor Schilling used the opportunity to boast of the ensemble’s diverse group in the wake of Donald Trump‘s executive order that temporarily bans all refugees from entering the U.S..

“We know that it’s gonna be up to all of us and...

The 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 29. The awards, presented by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-aftra), allows the acting community to pay tribute to the year’s finest performances in film and television. Check out the complete categories and winners below.

2016 SAG Life Achievement Award:

Lily Tomlin

Television Awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Veep” as Selina Meyer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

William H. Macy – “Shameless” as Frank Gallagher...

It's just after 6 p.m. on a Friday, and Duff's – a noisy heavy-metal bar adorned with autographed memorabilia and jagged-looking instruments in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – has just opened its doors to the sober, work-weary masses. In the center of the room, a woman clad in a black dress and high heels is headbanging atop a carpet adorned with Iron Maiden's corpse-mascot Eddie. The music is "Bleed," an angular, machine-gun–like aural assault that's little over seven minutes long, by Swedish extreme-metal growlers Meshuggah. Bargoers sip their beer in the back,...

Orange Is The New Black episode “Power Suit” sees Maria Ruiz emerge as the leader of a new Dominican gang in the prison, while Piper enlists some muscle to keep her out of trouble. Orange Is The New Black Recap Ruiz Leads The Dominicans In flashback, we learn that Ruiz’s (Jessica Pimentel) father used to be a big-time […]

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What an outrageously abundant year it's been for great TV — and we're only halfway through. 2016 has been a small-screen gold rush so far, from low-key comedies to mega-glitz miniseries, the Battle of the Bastards to the City of the Broads, hilarious fake news to horrifying true history — with dragons and spies and crooks and drunks. When two of the year's best shows are totally different takes on the same 1994 murder trial, you know all bets are off.

So here's a salute to the 10 best TV shows of 2016 so far:

The...

Hours before the fourth season was set to drop on Netflix, the Orange Is the New Black cast was in high spirits for its New York City premiere, which doubled as a reunion since their shoot six months ago. "I literally keep jumping all over the carpet because I want to hug my friends!" Jackie Cruz told The Hollywood Reporter outside the Sva Theatre in Chelsea on Thursday night. Jessica Pimentel echoed before the bash at the Top of the Standard, "Some of us don't even get to work with each other on set, and when we do, it's four

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Men plan, God laughs, then Netflix releases 13 episodes of a show all at once. My intention was to watch between four and six episodes of the new season of Orange Is the New Black, write an advance piece on where the show stands as it enters its fourth season, then watch the rest after it debuts tomorrow (technically, tonight at midnight Pacific) and do a spoiler-filled piece after I had seen the whole thing(*). (*) The last couple of summers, I tried — as an experiment to marry my usual episode-by-episode approach with the Netflix binge model — to review two episodes a week, but it ultimately proved unsatisfying. By the time I was writing about the season's midpoint, most of the readers had long since finished the whole thing and forgotten the granular details. So this time out, I'm going to do what I've done for several binge/streaming series lately, and...

We all knew that Piper's (Taylor Schilling) panty empire was doomed to fail, right? But her downfall will be disastrous for the Orange Is the New Black gang.

Catch up on all this week's Mega Buzz!

As teased in the trailer for Season 4, Piper is feuding with Maria (Jessica Pimentel). When Piper

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[Youtube "c6O9rfoz0f8"] Litchfield Penitentiary is about to get a real and bloody shake-up! In an exclusive sneak peek at the new season of Orange Is the New Black, Piper (Taylor Schilling) reveals, "I have been at Litchfield for a while now, and I've started to feel unsafe lately." There are 100 new inmates, and the prison is in serious need of more correction officers, but once Joe Caputo (Nick Sandow) hires more staff, a whole new line of defense shows up - and not the good kind.As for Piper, she has every right to be scared. In the clip, a very angry...

[Youtube "c6O9rfoz0f8"] Litchfield Penitentiary is about to get a real and bloody shake-up! In an exclusive sneak peek at the new season of Orange Is the New Black, Piper (Taylor Schilling) reveals, "I have been at Litchfield for a while now, and I've started to feel unsafe lately." There are 100 new inmates, and the prison is in serious need of more correction officers, but once Joe Caputo (Nick Sandow) hires more staff, a whole new line of defense shows up - and not the good kind.As for Piper, she has every right to be scared. In the clip, a very angry...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards presented its coveted Actor statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2015 at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

Honored with individual awards were Leonardo DiCaprio, Idris Elba, Brie Larson and Alicia Vikander for performances in motion pictures, and Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Queen Latifah, Kevin Spacey and Jeffrey Tambor for performances in television.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor for a motion picture cast performance went this year to Spotlight, while the Actors for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Downton Abbey” and “Orange is the New Black”.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler presented Carol Burnett with the 52nd Life Achievement Award, following a filmed salute to the comedic trailblazer,...

In naming Spotlight one of the best ensembles of 2016, we said, “Tom McCarthy’s procedural moves with the precision of a fine timepiece. Rarely does one find a film where all is tune, from the pacing, writing, direction and acting. Highlighting the heroic work of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, the group is headed by Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton) who risks life long friendships to get the story right. His team includes Mike Rezendes (played by a compulsive Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Caroll (Brian d’Arcy James). Encouraged by a Boston outsider, editor Marty Baron (Live Schreiber), the team undertakes a long-term investigation of abuses in the Catholic Church. In the mix are the lawyers on both sides, played by Stanley Tucci and Billy Crudup. Rightfully overshadowing that other journalism docudrama, James Vanderbilt’s incompetent Truth, the difference here amongst many things is perhaps access:...

Nominees for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2015, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

SAG-aftra Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris introduced Anna Faris (Mom, The House Bunny) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hurt Locker), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors® live on TNT, TBS, truTV, sagawards.tntdrama.com and truTV.com. Prior to that, SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Jason George announced the stunt ensemble nominees during a live webcast on sagawards.tntdrama.com. A replay of both announcements is available for viewing on sagawards.tntdrama.com.

The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-aftra with Screen Actors Guild Awards,...

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A morning full of eye-opening surprises, the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced.

The standout nods were the inclusion of Straight Outta Compton, Beasts Of No Nation, Sarah Silverman, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Idris Elba and two for Dame Helen Mirren.

Not among the perceived hopefuls called were Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, The Martian and The Hateful Eight.

Two nominating panels – one for television and one for film – each composed of 2,200 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year’s nominees.

Some of the Sags choices were head-scratchers to be sure, but we’re thinking that the Oscar picks may be very different when The Academy announces their nominations next month live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. Pt at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

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Idris Elba and Helen Mirren lead actor nominations with three nods each.Scroll down for full list of film and TV nominations

Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo has led the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards with three nods for lead actor Bryan Cranston, supporting actress Helen Mirren and the ensemble cast. The Martian and The Hateful Eight were shut out.

Set in 1947, the film centres on Dalton Trumbo (Cranston), who was Hollywood’s top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Cranston will go up against Johnny Depp for Black Mass, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl.

Films that secured two nominations included Beasts Of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight - whose outstanding cast nod will only strengthen its status as best picture Oscar frontrunner — and Steve Jobs.

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The 22nd annual SAG Awards nominations were announced this morning and it's full of surprises! Sylvester Stallone, loved by critics and the National Board of Review for his performance in "Creed," was ignored. So was Kristen Stewart's supporting performance in "Clouds of Sils Maria." Matt Damon, who was so good and carried "The Martian" from start to finish, was also missing from the list.

But here's what I love about the SAG noms. First, Sarah Silverman's first dramatic performance in "I Smile Back" was embraced. And I'm also happy with the inclusion of "Room's" Brie Larson and the fantastic child actor, Jacob Tremblay. The endearing "Carol" also received noms for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and Saoirse Ronan's performance in the beautiful "Brooklyn" also received a nomination.

The big winner of the SAG noms is Bleecker Street's "Trumbo." Missing from earlier critics awards (see here...

The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be presented January 30, 2016 on TNT and TBS. So you have a little over a month to check out "Trumbo," "The Big Short," "Carol," and a bunch of other movies and TV shows that may not have been on your radar before awards season.

The 2016 SAG Awards nominations were just announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 (the day before the Golden Globe nominations). Here's the full list, including a crapload of cast names, since that's just how it works with the SAG Awards:

Movies

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bryan Cranston / Dalton Trumbo – "Trumbo" (Bleecker Street)

Johnny Depp / James "Whitey" Bulger – "Black Mass" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Leonardo DiCaprio / Hugh Glass – "The Revenant" (20th Century Fox)

Michael Fassbender / Steve Jobs – "Steve Jobs" (Universal Pictures)

Eddie Redmayne / Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe – "The Danish Girl" (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor...

Nominees for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were unveiled this morning in Hollywood, with a fair amount of surprises to be had. Leading the pack is Trumbo, which picked up three nominations, then a large batch of films behind it with two each: Beasts of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight, and Steve Jobs.

Perhaps most surprising is no mention of The Hateful Eight, which has one of the year’s best ensembles. Also of questionable note is the inclusion of Helen Mirren for Woman in Gold, a film all but forgotten (we suppose Harvey Weinstein’s campaigning indeed worked). There’s also the welcome nods to Michael Shannon in 99 Homes and Sarah Silverman in I Smile Back, as well as an ensemble nod to Straight Outta Compton. Check out the full list of nominees below ahead of the ceremony on Saturday, Jan.

Early in the new season of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," a prisoner gets fed up with her counselor making assumptions about her. "You don't know my story!" she bellows at him. We know it, though, thanks to this remarkable and generous show. "Orange," whose third season premieres Friday at 12:01 a.m. Pacific, has been all about taking its characters — who are marginalized as inmates at a federal women's prison, and are part of a medium that's often marginalized or simplified its depictions of women and/or minorities — figuring out what their stories are, and telling them in as vibrant and human a fashion as possible. Two years ago, the series started out by showing us the world of the Litchfield prison through the eyes of spoiled urbanite Piper (Taylor Schilling). This was on the one hand a safe move by Jenji Kohan, since Piper's background made her...

SAG-aftra presented its coveted Actor statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2014 at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

The Actor for a motion picture cast performance went this year to Birdman.

Honored with individual awards were Patricia Arquette, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Simmons for performances in motion pictures and Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis, William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Mark Ruffalo and Kevin Spacey for performances in television.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles.

The Actors for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Downton Abbey” and “Orange is the New Black”. Of the top industry honors presented to actors, only the SAG...

The Screen Actors Guild handed out the 21st annual SAG Awards Sunday night live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Here is a rundown of all the nominees and winners as they are announced. And be sure to re-live our live blog of the show here! Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Steve Carell / John du Pont – "Foxcatcher" (Sony Pictures Classics) Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing – "The Imitation Game" (The Weinstein Company) Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – "Nightcrawler" (Open Road Films) Michael Keaton / Riggan – "Birdman" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) **Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features)** - Winner Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett – "Cake" (Cinelou Films) Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking – "The Theory Of Everything" (Focus Features) **Julianne Moore / Alice Howland-Jones – "Still Alice" (Sony Pictures Classics)** - Winner Rosamund Pike / Amy Dunne – "Gone Girl...

Nominees for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2014 in five film and eight television categories, as well as the SAG Awards honors for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard introduced Ansel Elgort (“The Fault in Our Stars,” “Divergent”) and actress/director/producer and SAG Award recipient Eva Longoria, who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors. SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees.

The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et) / 5 p.m. (Pt) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore performance will air immediately following on TNT. The SAG Awards can...