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Music Box Films debuts Venice prize winner Familiar Touch, a fresh take on the process of aging, at Film Forum in NYC ahead of limited national expansion. Written and directed by Sarah Friedland in her feature debut, it stars Tony-winning stage actress Kathleen Chalfant as Ruth, an older woman with dementia who enters an assisted living facility where she must contend with new faces, routines and surroundings as her own identities and desires shift.

Ruth resists identifying with her aging neighbors but connects with care workers there (Carolyn Michelle and Andy McQueen) and is drawn towards her son (H. Jon Benjamin), whom she mistakes for a suitor. A former cook, Ruth finds agency preparing meals in the facility kitchen. She slides into younger selves as she embraces the sensory experiences of the community’s activities and daily life. But when the reality of her situation sinks in, Ruth feels betrayed...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our TIFF 2023 coverage. The Queen of My Dreams opens in theaters on June 20.

The apple rarely falls far from the tree and religion too often convinces said apple and tree of the opposite. This is the case with Mariam (Nimra Bucha) and Azra (Amrit Kaur) in Fawzia Mirza’s Pakistani-Canadian dramedy The Queen of My Dreams. Both are / were rebellious in their youth, desperate to cut a path that they desired beyond the boundaries of Islam or their parents. And yet both discover they are confined by those same boundaries through culture, generational trauma, and guilt.

That said, this isn’t a somber affair. Not really. Yes, it revolves around the untimely death of Azra’s father / Mariam’s husband Hassan (Hamza Haq), but the tragedy itself is as much a means to expose the cracks in this faltering mother-daughter relationship...

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Adults is a comedy series created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw. The FX series is set in Queens, New York City, and it revolves around a group of friends living together as they struggle with the responsibilities of adulthood and romantic relationships. Adults stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, coming-of-age theme, and relatable characters in FX’s Adults, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Broad City is a comedy series created by Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. The Comedy Central series is set in New York City, and it follows best friends Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler as they struggle with their day-to-day life in the city. Broad City stars Jacobson, Glazer, Hannibal Buress, Paul W. Downs,...

Margaret Atwood recalls MGM’s straight-to-series order in 2016 to adapt her dystopian classic novel The Handmaid’s Tale as a Hulu series as being a touch risky.

“It was a gamble. And the gamble paid off. Anybody approaching me earlier who said we wanted to make a film about The Handmaid’s Tale, I would have said, ‘Who’s going to watch that?’” she told the second annual Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Canada gala at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto on Thursday.

“When it came out, a certain number of people felt it was illuminating because, surely, the United States would never, ever do such things,” the acerbic Canadian author, poet and activist said as she picked up the Icon Award at the Ritz Carlton. She talked about the success in adapting her 1985 dystopian novel just as Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale has reached the climax for its sixth and final season,...

Exclusive: Wscripted has unveiled its fifth Cannes Screenplay List, in partnership with global streamer and distributor Mubi.

The 2025 list showcases projects from 14 female and non-binary filmmakers and screenwriters seeking producing and financing partners. (scroll down for full list).

Among the nominees is Emmy-nominated Kenyan American filmmaker Peres Owino, who co-wrote Netflix’s African Queens – Njinga and Queen Cleopatra, and is now developing feature film The Basket Weaver, from her own original screenplay.

The list also features New York writer, comedian, and singer-songwriter Liz Nico and L.A.-based trans writer, director and artist Jules Byrne, whose debut feature Summer of 69 premiered at this year’s SXSW as a Hulu original film. The pair are collaborating on rom-com feature Jane Hates Miranda.

Further nominees include Filipina American actor, filmmaker, and Sundance fellow Kristine Gerolaga, with horror feature Lamok.

Spearheaded by Wscripted’s founder and CEO Ellie Jamen, Wscripted’s Cannes...

Reneé Rapp is seemingly dissing her old job in her newly released single, “Leave Me Alone.”

The actress and singer, who played Leighton Murray on the HBO series The Sex Lives of College Girls before departing the series during season three, appeared to throw shade at the show with the lyrics on one of the songs, which dropped Wednesday.

“I took my sex life with me, now the show ain’t fucking / Leave me alone, bitch, I wanna have fun,” Rapp sings in the second verse.

The Hollywood Reporter reached out to HBO Max and Rapp’s reps for comment, as she has yet to confirm if she’s directly referencing the show in said lyric.

“Leave Me Alone” is her first music release since her debut album Snow Angel dropped in 2023. Her sophomore album, Bite Me, is also set to release Aug. 1.

After first debuting Leighton during season one...

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Overcompensating is a teen comedy-drama series created by Benito Skinner. The Prime Video series follows Benny, a closeted former high school football star, as he arrives in college and befriends an outsider in an attempt to fit in. Overcompensating stars Benito Skinner, Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam Dimarco, and Rish Shah. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, touching drama, and compelling characters in Overcompensating, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Love, Victor (Hulu) Credit – Hulu

Love, Victor is a teen romantic comedy-drama series created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. Based on the young adult 2015 novel of the same name by Becky Albertalli, the Hulu series is set in the world of 2018 film Love, Simon and it follows Victor, a teen gay boy as he transfers to a new high school and...

Unfortunately, it's the season for television show cancellations, and we're going to start hearing about a lot of them. The broadcast networks will be pruning their lineups to make way for the new fall schedules, a process that has already begun. But over in the streaming world, that process happens year round, not just in May. So far, there have been a number of cancellations in 2025.

It's not all bad news, though. Plenty of streaming shows have already been renewed for new seasons this year, like Severance, Running Point, The Studio, School Spirits, Paradise, and more. Many streaming favorites are still awaiting word on their fates, but for some unlucky shows, their fates have already been decided... and it's not good news.

While there are many more cancellations worth getting heated over, like Prime Video's Clean Slate and Apple TV+'s Mythic Quest, these four cancellations were some of the...

As Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale builds towards its series finale, Margaret Atwood, who wrote the 1985 novel on which the popular TV drama starring Elisabeth Moss is based, will be honored by The Hollywood Reporter at its Women in Entertainment Canada event on May 29 in Toronto.

The Canadian author, poet and activist will receive the Icon Award at this year’s second annual Wie Canada gala ceremony. Atwood wrote the Handmaid’s Tale book on which the Hulu TV series, from creator Bruce Miller, is based. Her follow-up 2019 novel, The Testaments, is currently being adapted as a sequel series.

The Handmaid’s Tale explores the complicated lives of handmaids who are sex slaves forced to give birth for infertile elite couples. Cultural and political observers have noted that the themes and concepts of the Canadian-born author’s celebrated novel are eerily familiar in today’s climate that sees the Donald Trump...

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Dying for Sex is a comedy-drama miniseries created by Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether. Based on the podcast of the same name by Wondery and Nikki Boyer, the FX on Hulu series follows Molly, a middle-aged woman who is unhappy with her marriage and has never experienced an orgasm. When she is diagnosed with breast she decides to end her marriage and live out her sexual desires. Dying for Sex stars Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, David Rasche, Kelvin Yu, Rob Delaney, Jay Duplass, and Sissy Spacek. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, feel-good story, and compelling characters in Dying for Sex, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Sex Education (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Sex Education is a British teen sex comedy-drama series created by Laurie Nunn. The Netflix series is set in the fictional town of Moordale,...

There's some bad news for fans of the Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls, but it's news that fans have likely been processing for quite some time. After being canceled by Max after three seasons in March, Warner Bros. failed to find a new home for the series to continue with season 4. It's an unfortunate end to this story which held a lot of promise.

Following the show's cancellation, co-creator and showrunner Justin Noble shared that it wasn't the "outcome I saw coming," since the Mindy Kaling-produced series had maintained popularity on the streamer through its season 3 run. Even if Max wasn't able to keep the series around, fans probably expected other streamers to see the potential in the series enough to save it.

Unfortunately, in an expansive interview with Deadline chatting about the state of various series, Warner Bros. Television chairman and CEO Channing Dungey...

The Sex Lives of College Girls star Amrit Kaur will receive the Breakthrough Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Canada gala in Toronto on May 29.

The second annual event will see Kaur receive the honor as a rising star in entertainment and media. Kaur is best known for playing Bela Malhotra on the Max comedy series from creators Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble.

She also starred in the coming-of-age dramedy The Queen of My Dreams from director Fawzia Mirza, playing a Pakistani Canadian girl struggling to bridge the chasm between herself and her mother. Named a rising star at the Toronto Film Festival in 2023, Kaur is a member of Gracemoon Arts Company, an ensemble of actors based in Italy, the U.S. and Canada and which opened an off-off Broadway theatre in New York City in July 2024.

THR’s Wie Canada gala will also see Tantoo Cardinal...

School's out for good for The Sex Lives of College Girls. Warner Bros Television Group CEO Channing Dungey recently revealed that the acclaimed teen comedy series had failed to find a new home in the month following its cancelation on Max.

The disappointing renewal update was shared during a wide-ranging interview with Deadline, who asked Dungey if she could see The Sex Lives of College Girls make the jump to Netflix, similar to how The Sandman spinoff Dead Boy Detectives moved from Max to Netflix during its production. "I don’t think so. We were very much hoping to find a new home for that one, and I think we’ve now come to the end of the road, which is disappointing, because it’s a show that we really love," Dungey stated. "I’m so proud of the three seasons that we did at Max but I don’t...

Classes and hookups will not resume on The Sex Lives of College Girls, which has failed to secure a new home after it was cancelled by Max in March.

“We were very much hoping to find a new home for that one, and I think we’ve now come to the end of the road, which is disappointing, because it’s a show that we really love,” Warner Bros. TV Group Chairman Channing Dungey told our sister site Deadline. “I’m so proud of the three seasons that we did at Max, but I don’t think there’s going...

It’s an abstinence-only ending for The Sex Lives of College Girls, after efforts to resurrect the canceled Max series have proved futile. Back in March, the network told the comedy drama to get off (not in a good way), axing it after a three-season run. Since then, Warner Bros. Television, the folks behind the project, started working hard to secure another set of episodes that would carry on the story of the young group of friends. Unfortunately, the Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble co-created title just can’t seem to seal the deal with any other prospective buyers, making this the end of the road.

In a statement released with the heartbreaking announcement, Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. TV Group chairman told Deadline,

“We were very much hoping to find a new home for that one, and I think we’ve now come to the end of the road, which is disappointing,...

It’s the end of the road for The Sex Lives Of College Girls. Following the ensemble comedy’s recent cancellation by Max after three seasons, producing studio Warner Bros. Television shopped it around. But its attempts to find a new home for the series, co-created and executive produced by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, were unsuccessful.

“We were very much hoping to find a new home for that one, and I think we’ve now come to the end of the road, which is disappointing, because it’s a show that we really love,”Warner Bros. TV Group chairman Channing Dungey told Deadline in an expansive interview. “I’m so proud of the three seasons that we did at Max but I don’t think there’s going to be more of College Girls.”

As Deadline reported at the time of Max’s cancellation last month, Wbtv was believed...

Max has cancelled The Sex Lives of College Girls after three seasons. The comedy series, which followed a group of friends navigating college life, will not be returning. Here’s the Lowdown: Season three, which premiered in November, will be the show’s last. The series starred Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, and Alyah Chanelle Scott. Reneé Rapp, […]

The Sex Lives of College Girls Cancelled by Max: No Season Four...

After three seasons on Max, the streamer has opted not to renew The Sex Lives of College Girls for a fourth season.

Following news of the show’s cancellation, co-creators Justin Noble and Mindy Kaling have taken to social media to honor the series.

Noble shared an Instagram post in which he said there are “discussions with some new potential homes for the show,” adding, “But regardless of what happens, I’m proud of this show and the work that so many incredibly talented people put into it.”

The showrunner said this was “not the outcome that I saw coming,” noting the series was “listed as the most watched or second most watched scripted show on the entire platform, for about 70 straight days.”

“I can’t help but mention that it feels like there are fewer and fewer comedy series every month — and we are living in an era where we need that comedy badly,...

Two months after The Sex Lives of College Girls ended its third season, Max has canceled the raunchy comedy series that centers around four roommates at Essex College in Vermont. Per Deadline, the Warner Bros. series, co-created by and executive produced by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, is looking for a new home.

Warner Bros., the producing studio behind The Sex Lives of College Girls,is reportedly seeking a way to take the show to a fourth season, possibly with Netflix, as Kaling has a long relationship with the streamer. However, the move may be a long shot. Deadline stated that a rep for Warner Bros. Television declined to comment on the matter.

The Sex Lives of College Girls starred Reneé Rapp, Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Renika Williams, Christopher Meyer, and Ilia Isorelýs Paulino.

The Departure of one of the Series Stars May Have Been its Downfall...

Max has decided to cancel the excellent The Sex Lives of College Girls after three seasons. Created by Mindy Kaling, The Sex Lives of College Girls debuted on Max in November 2021 and followed the journey of four new freshman suite mates attending the fictional Essex College, played by Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Alyah Chanelle Scott, and Reneé Rapp. While Rapp left in the second episode of Season 3, Mia Rogers and Gracie Lawrence joined the show to fill out the sophomore year setting, which will seemingly act as the last.

Variety confirms that Max has officially canceled The Sex Lives of College Girls after three seasons. The series is reportedly being shopped to other platforms for a possible Season 4, but Warner Bros. Television did not comment on the situation. The news comes nearly two months after the Season 3 finale, now seemingly the series finale, aired on Jan. 23, 2025.

The Sex Lives of College Girls...

The Sex Lives of College Girls is shuttering its school doors at Max after three seasons on the streamer. Max will not be producing additional episodes of the coming of age drama, co-created and produced by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble.

Despite the show’s cancellation on Max, announced Tuesday, Warner Bros. Television is looking to keep the show alive on neighboring streamers. Kaling, for example, has a working relationship with Netflix. She co-created the Kate Hudson-starring series Running Point, released on Netflix last month, and the popular drama Never Have I Ever.

On Tuesday afternoon, Max left many viewers stunned when it canceled The Sex Lives of College Girls.

The comedy series was rare in that it was genuinely funny, with powerhouse performances from its leads, Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Reneé Rapp, and Alyah Chanelle Scott.

Simply put, the series cut through a world with a lot of TV, which rarely happens.

(Tina Thorpe/Max )

The cancellation occurred mere months after the conclusion of the third season, leaving everyone wondering where the series could go next.

Instead of the cliffhangers we were accustomed to with the first two seasons, most storylines were closed up reasonably well, hinting that creatives were unsure about the show’s prospects.

Teen-focused series on Max don’t tend to stand the test of time, as evidenced by the Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars reboots being scrapped after their sophomore seasons.

(Katrina Marcinowski/HBO Max)

As a result,...

The Sex Lives of College Girls has been canceled by Max.

On Tuesday (March 18), it was announced that Max will not pick up the show for a fourth season. The show’s producers are reportedly attempting to re-home the series with Netflix, according to Deadline.

Creator Mindy Kaling has an established relationship with Netflix, as she has co-created and executive produced shows Never Have I Ever and Running Point with the streaming service.

Keep reading to find out more…

Renee Rapp, who played Leighton Murray, departed The Sex Lives of College Girls during season 3. This is believed to have impacted the show’s drop in viewership and critical response, potentially attributing to Max’s decision to cancel.

The series premiered on Max in 2021, and the season 3 finale aired in January 2025. It also stars Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Christopher Meyer, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Renika Williams, Gracie Lawrence, and Mia Rodgers.

The Sex Lives of College Girls has been canceled after three seasons on Max, but the show will attempt to find a new home. Co-created by Mindy Kaling, the dramedy series follows four first-year roommates at the fictional Essex College in Vermont, focusing specifically on their sexually active lifestyles as they navigate the complexities of early adulthood. The Sex Lives of College Girls' cast includes Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Gavin Leatherwood, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, and many more.

Now, the show has come to an end, at least for now. According to Deadline, The Sex Lives of College Girls has officially been canceled at Max after three seasons, but Warner Bros. Television has reportedly been exploring options to keep the show alive, with Netflix being a possible landing spot, but is considered a long shot due to the complexities of such a move. Wbtv declined to comment on the report.

The Sex Lives of College Girls has been canceled after three seasons at Max, but production company Warner Bros. Television is exploring finding a new home for the series, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

The Mindy Kaling co-created coming-of-age comedy’s most recent season wrapped in January and saw the departure of original castmember Reneé Rapp, who left two episodes into the latest run.

Sex Lives ran a mostly cliffhanger-free third-season finale leading some viewers to wonder if this was the end of the show, even though the characters were only midway through their sophomore year and the series was pretty consistently near the top of Max’s top 10 list of most-viewed shows (though that didn’t translate to making Nielsen’s wider top 10 streaming charts).

Co-showrunner Justin Noble, who oversaw the show with Kaling, insisted at the time that the episode wasn’t meant to wrap up the series.

“Sex Lives of College Girls” has been canceled at Max, Variety has confirmed.

The series aired for three seasons at the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service. Season 3 of the show debuted in November, with the season finale airing on Jan. 25. The show itself originally premiered on Max in 2021.

Mindy Kaling co-created the series with Justin Noble under her overall deal with studio Warner Bros. Television. Per the official logline, it “follows a group of college students at New England’s prestigious Essex College.”

Reps for Wbtv declined to comment, but according to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the studio is currently shopping the show to other outlets.

The cast for Season 3 included Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Christopher Meyer, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Renika Williams, Gracie Lawrence, and Mia Rodgers. Reneé Rapp was a series regular for the first two seasons, but only recurred in Season 3 and...

Exclusive: Essex College is closing its doors at Max as the streamer has canceled The Sex Lives Of College Girls after three seasons. But all is not lost for the ensemble comedy co-created and executive produced by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble. I hear producing studio Warner Bros. Television has been looking for ways to keep the show going, with Netflix, where Kaling has a longstanding relationship, believed to be a long-shot new home prospect given the complexities of a potential move. A rep for Wbtv declined comment.

It’s been almost two months since Season 3 of The Sex Lives Of College Girls ended its run on Max. The writing had been on the wall — possibly impacted by the departure of original cast member Reneé Rapp a few episodes in, the comedy’s third season could not match the critical and fan response as well as the viewership of the first two,...

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Euphoria is a teen psychological drama series created by Sam Levinson. Based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, the HBO series follows a group of teenage students as they struggle with various issues like modern sexuality, substance issues, mental illness, love, and friendship. Euphoria stars Zendaya, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Storm Reid, Hunter Schafer, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Colman Domingo, Javon Walton, Austin Abrams, and Dominic Fike. So, if you loved the intense drama, relatable storylines, and compelling characters in Euphoria, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Skins UK is a British teen comedy-drama series created by Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain. The E4 series is set in Bristol, England,...

Editor's Note: Spoilers ahead for 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' Season 3.The Sex Lives of College Girls has officially wrapped up its third season, and quite a bit has changed in just 10 episodes. This season said a touching goodbye to Leighton (Reneé Rapp) and saw the introduction of two new characters: Kacey (Gracie Lawrence) and Taylor (Mia Rodgers). It also saw the start and end of several relationships through Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) and Isaiah (Devin Craig), Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) and Eli (Michael Provost), Bela (Amrit Kaur) and Arvind (Nabeel Muscatwalla), and Kimberly and Brian (Michael Hsu Rosen).

[This story contains spoilers from the third season, including the finale “Essex Strong,” of The Sex Lives of College Girls.]

Gracie Lawrence’s Kacey joined Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls in the third episode of the show’s third season as a transfer student assigned to a four-person suite with Bela (Amrit Kaur), Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) after Reneé Rapp’s Leighton transferred to MIT.

Initially in a long-term relationship with Calvin (Tyler Barnhardt), with the pair ostensibly saving themselves for marriage, promise rings and all, Kacey quickly discovers that Calvin is cheating on her. As she gets involved with the school’s drama department, she meets Cooper (Roby Attal), who she ends up losing her virginity to in the penultimate episode of the season before he breaks up with her in the season finale, saying their relationship is moving too fast.

The heartbreak leads to an emotional breakdown for the seemingly confident character, with her roommates...

Editor's Note: Spoilers ahead for Season 3 of 'The Sex Lives of College Girls'The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 finale wasn’t intended to be the series finale, but if you watched the final episode thinking the show had just come to an end, you wouldn’t be the only one. As series co-creator Justin Noble recently told TV Line, the episode wasn’t written with the show’s potential cancellation in mind, but more so with the intention of avoiding cliffhangers by giving the girls a positive, joyful end to the season. It's true Bela (Amrit Kaur), Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott), and Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) went through a lot this season, dealing with breakups, academic hurdles, and mental health struggles, so it’s nice to see them end the season on a high note.

[This story contains spoilers from the third season, including the finale “Essex Strong,” of Max’s Sex Lives of College Girls.]

If Sex Lives of College Girls fans are worried that that season three finale, which ended with the series’ main characters looking happy as they relaxed together in their dorm suite, was meant to be a series finale or a signal that their beloved show could end part-way through sophomore year, co-showrunner Justin Noble insists that wasn’t the intention.

“No one told us to, like, wrap up the show or anything like that,” he said, explaining that his approach to ending the season was more about his personal preference than any sort of dictate.

“I think just me as a creator, I’m losing interest in cliffhangers,” Noble told The Hollywood Reporter about the mostly cliffhanger-free finale. “I think it’s longer than ever between seasons for logistical reasons within the industry, and frankly, I don’t think audiences like cliffhangers the way that they used to. I think intrinsically,...

Editor's Note: The following contains major spoilers for 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' Season 3.The third outing of Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls has reached its conclusion. Chronicling the first half of the girls’ sophomore year, Season 3 is full of drama, self-discoveries, and well, sex. This time around, the core cast faced a shake-up with the exit of Reneé Rapp’s Leighton, leaving Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), Bela (Amrit Kaur), and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) to explore life in her absence while adding new roommate Kacey (Gracie Lawrence) to the mix. The season is a mixed bag of elements, but the charisma of the girls never makes their stories a burden to watch.

It’s a hazy, overcast morning in New York City, and Amrit Kaur is getting ready for a busy day of interviews in support of her series, The Sex Lives of College Girls. Wide-eyed and ready for what Thursday throws her way, the 31-year-old has an infectious energy that makes it easy to see she’s grounded and enthusiastic. Having just wrapped up breakfast and sharing how she loves heading back home when she can, Kaur is every bit of the Torontonian as you would imagine. Growing up in Markham, the actress is a major foodie and speaks about her love for Federick, a beloved Indian-style Hakka Chinese restaurant that is more than just a staple to those from the Greater Toronto Area — it’s a rite of passage.

Spoiler Alert: This post spoils the finale of The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3.

Another semester at Essex College has come to an end in the finale of Season 3 of The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Showruner Justin Noble directed the Season 3 finale, which ends on a very different note compared to the Season 2 finale which had some tension brewing between Pauline Chalamet’s Kimberly and Alyah Chanelle Scott’s Whitney as well as some uncertainty for Amrit Kaur’s Bela.

“Very intentionally, this is a finale that chooses joy. These girls have come into their sophomore year of school. They’ve been challenged severely, and it felt only right that we should show the wins for all these young women who succeed in all these different ways,” Noble told Deadline. “The title for this episode was in the works for a while, it’s called ‘Essex Strong,’ and...

Essex College is back in session with new shenanigans and chaos for the four roommates Kimberly Finkle (Pauline Chalamet), Bela Malhotra (Amrit Kaur), Leighton Murray (Reneé Rapp) and Whitney Chase (Alyah Chanelle Scott).

Sophomore year presents an endless array of parties and other events to attend at Essex, which means plenty of opportunities for needle drops in Season 3 of the series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble.

The first episode starts off strong with a Chappell Roan song followed closely by a Cher anthem in a fun night out for the girls.

Find the full Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 soundtrack below:

Episode 1 – “Welcome Back to Essex”

“BET” by Mette “For Keeps” by Preston Pablo “So Much” by Louis La Roche “Un Deux Trois, Ça Va?” by Teddi Gold “Don’t Stop (Gimme Some)” by Hotline “Talk to Me (feat. Bambie” by Fabich & Jafunk “Super Graphic Ultra Modern...

Ask the average pop culture fan about Mindy Kaling and they’ll likely respond about her career as a writer, actor, and general celebrity. They’ll probably credit her, to varying degrees, for a range of projects she’s been on or behind the scenes of since “The Office,” but maybe not the specifics of her work as producer.

Kaling became a producer on “The Office,” but in 2012 founded Kaling International at the same time that she launched her own sitcom, “The Mindy Project.” Since then, the company has produced original titles across film and television, from the aforementioned single-cam sitcom to recent hits like “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” which concluded its third season on Max. To celebrate another season, we decided to revisit every Kaling International title as a primer or refresher for those interested in her work.

As a producer, Kaling has also championed projects that...

Another semester has come to an end for our favorite college girls with The Sex Lives of College Girls season 3 finale hitting Max on Jan. 23. It's been a challenging season for Kimberly, Whitney, and Bela as they said goodbye to their friend and roommate Leighton, who went off to Boston, and said hello to their much different new roommate Kacey.

Going into the season finale, the girls had each been tested in their own way. Kimberly continued to feel overwhelmed by the prospect of her future goals and how her current actions could have an impact. Whitney struggled with her status as a college athlete and her mental health. Kacey grappled with the loss of her virginity, and Bela pushed against conventions to accept her sexuality.

But after watching The Sex Lives of College Girls season 3 finale, fans might be wondering whether the Max original series will be back for season 4. No spoilers yet,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 Episode 10, “Essex Strong”] The Sex Lives of College Girls brought about a new chapter as the ladies rang in sophomore year in Season 3, but the finale ushered in a new era for the students of Essex as they closed out their first semester. In a season that opened with the departure of fan-favorite Leighton (Reneé Rapp), The Sex Lives of College Girls managed to settle the audience in with some fresh faces as Kacey (Gracie Lawrence) and Taylor (Mia Rodgers) found themselves woven into the inner circle that still included Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott), and Bela (Amrit Kaur). In the finale, all of the women experienced their own breakthroughs as Whitney confronted the athletic department at Essex for their poor treatment of students, Kimberly realized she could be the change she wanted to see in the world if she was...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 finale. Proceed at your own risk!

Sophomore year has certainly been eventful for The Sex Lives of College Girls.

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In Thursday’s Season 3 finale, Bela...

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “The Sex Lives of College Girls” Season 3, Episode 10.

“The Sex Lives of College” wrapped up Season 3 with an unexpected reveal: A coming out story for Amrit Kaur’s Bela.

Despite only dating guys throughout her time at Essex, Bela’s romantic interest is piqued by Hailey (Melinda Belle Adams), the host of the storytelling show she joined in last week’s episode. After kissing Hailey at a party, Bela officially comes out as bisexual to her roommates — a twist showrunner Justin Noble said hasn’t been in the works since Season 1, but one that doesn’t surprise him.

“Bela has always been this character who’s down to try anything, do anything,” Noble told TheWrap, adding that many sheltered teens like herself have “massive discovery journeys” in college. “I wanted Bella to be a counterbalance to the story we did with Leighton (Reneé Rapp...

Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “The Sex Lives of College Girls.”

For once, the sex lives of the college girls in “The Sex Lives of College Girls” are going all right.

Bela (Amrit Kaur) has the most surprising evolution of the quartet: In the finale, after three seasons of maximally obsessing over sex with men, she spontaneously kisses her new friend Haley (Belle Adams), then gleefully comes out as bisexual to all of her friends the next day. There’s a slight hiccup when her mom (Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier) shows up to a comedy show at which she planned to publicly announce her queerness. But later, she holds hands with Haley in front of her mom, who reacts with nothing but love and acceptance.

After Essex police officers break up a peaceful protest about an offensive speaker appearing on campus, Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) leads...

Though “Sex Lives of College Girls” fans know Gracie Lawrence as Kacey, a theater nerd and the new fourth roommate in Season 3, things could have been much different.

“She was a finalist to play Kimberly in Season 1,” co-creator and executive producer Justin Noble says, adding that Lawrence was in the final three under consideration for the role, which eventually went to Pauline Chalamet. But two seasons later, as the minds behind “Sex Lives of College Girls” conceptualized Kacey for the small screen, Lawrence’s audition once again stood out.

“She’s so funny and charming,” Noble says, comparing Lawrence’s take on Kacey to a “cute little Reese Witherspoon character” who rounds out the rest of the cast.

Lawrence, a singer-songwriter and actor also known for her band, Lawrence, which she co-leads with her brother Clyde, had previous credits on Showtime’s series “Billions” and the Netflix film “Moxie.”

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Gracie Lawrence takes center spot in a group photo at the NewFest screening of The Sex Lives of College Girls held at The Center on Thursday (January 16) in New York City.

The 28-year-old singer and actress was joined by two of her co-stars, Ruby Cruz and Mia Rodgers, as well as writer, director and executive producer Justin Noble, who co-created the series with Mindy Kaling.

That same day, a brand new episode of the Max series dropped that day. Titled “Pics,” as Kacey (Lawrence) readies herself for a special date, Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) takes her first nude. Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) goes after what she needs, and Bela (Amrit Kaur) turns a roadblock with Arvind (Nabeel Muscatwalla) into new material.

If you missed the exciting news, it was just announced this week that Gracie will be making her Broadway musical debut in the new musical Just in Time.

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Season 3 of The Sex Lives of College Girls has seen some big changes, from Reneé Rapp's departure to the introduction of two new characters in Kacey (Gracie Lawrence) and Taylor (Mia Rodgers). But as a result of these changes, Whitney's (Alyah Chanelle Scott) character has slipped through the cracks, and with just two episodes remaining, the show still has no idea what to do with her character. Both Bela (Amrit Kaur) and Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) have more clearly defined arcs in Season 3, but Whitney's is all over the place, introducing new conflicts that are either quickly resolved or abandoned completely. In Season 3, the time The Sex Lives of College Girls spends fleshing out its new characters comes at the expense of Whitney’s development and speaks to a larger problem with the series’ lack of cohesion and connectivity to the previous seasons.

In “Young Werther,” director Jose Avelino Gilles Corbet Lourenco has a tough task. How to distill the eighteenth-century Goethe classic and transpose it into the modern times where the rules of morality and relationships have undergone dramatic shifts? Would the same hero remain a fitting protagonist placed in a much different temporal context? Would his anxieties and desires ring with equal fervor and intensity?

The director must have foreseen a direct, too-faithful adaptation of the text would only spawn a slew of difficulties. What’s needed instead is levity and insouciance galore to pad the repurposing into the modern times. The bleakness of the text is reframed through a lens that has a mix of whimsy and self-awareness. The hero of the film can see to some extent the degree of his folly in his romantic pursuit. He is bullish and seems to know the task of his chasing would always be tricky.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3, Episode 7. Proceed at your own risk!

On this week’s The Sex Lives of College Girls, Whitney planted a kiss on someone, and it was not her boyfriend! Well, not her current one.

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Season 3 of The Sex Lives of College Girls has already seen the departure of one main character and the introduction of two new ones. In just the second episode of the season, the show said an emotional goodbye to Leighton (Renée Rapp) when she decided to transfer to MIT. Essex wasted no time in assigning a new roommate to Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott), Bela (Amrit Kaur), and Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet). In the very next episode, they met Kacey (Gracie Lawrence), who has already had multiple storylines of her own and even some character development as well.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls, Season 3, Episode 5, “Parents Weekend 2.”] The Sex Lives of College Girls hosted its second parents weekend at Essex, bringing the families of Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), Bela (Amrit Kaur), and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) together again with some fresh faces in the mix. While Whitney’s mom Carol (Nicole Sullivan) was able to make it, her dad was missing this time around, whereas LeRoy McClain entered the scene as Whitney’s dad with her mom bowing out of this parents’ weekend dinner. Bela’s parents were present as they were for the last gathering, and newbies Kacey (Gracie Lawrence) and Taylor (Mia Rodgers) tagged along with Kacey’s mom (played by guest star Missi Pyle). The night was filled with obstacles, though, as Bela lied to Arvind (Nabeel Muscatwalla) about her parents being in town, making for an awkward run-in at the restaurant. Meanwhile, Whitney discovered that her dad ...