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Only Fools and Horses, the legendary British sitcom created by John Sullivan, remains a timeless comedy gem. First hitting screens in 1981, it revolves around the Trotter brothers, Del Boy and Rodney, as they chase dreams of striking it rich through hilariously ill-fated schemes. Living in Peckham, South London, the duo operates their market trading business out of a beaten-up yellow Reliant Regal three-wheeler van.

Del Boy, the older sibling, is a cheeky, quick-witted wheeler-dealer with grand ideas of becoming a millionaire. Rodney, on the other hand, is more level-headed and forever frustrated by his brother’s far-fetched plans.

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The show isn’t just about laughs, it’s about family, friendship, and everyday struggles. Alongside Del and Rodney are unforgettable characters like their Grandad, and quirky friends including Trigger, Boycie, and Denzil. From slapstick comedy moments to touching emotional scenes, the series beautifully balanced humor and heart.

Exclusive: Fresh off his Emmy nomination for Hacks, Christopher Lloyd has been set to return for Universal Pictures and 87North’s action sequel Nobody 2.

The Back to the Future legend joins Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, and Sharon Stone in the next installment.

Timo Tjahjanto is set to direct the film from a screenplay by Derek Kolstad, Aaron Rabin, Odenkirk, and Umair Aleem. Universal is due to release the film in theaters on August 15, 2025.

Nobody, a box office hit in 2021, followed Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk), a docile family man who slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled, leading him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss. Lloyd played Hutch’s father and a retired FBI agent, and will return in that role.

Plot details are being kept under wraps on the sequel but the project reunites the producers of the original: Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, known for The Fall Guy,...

It’s always a good time to be in the Sarah Paulson business, but that’s especially true this year. The acclaimed performer recently scored her first-ever Tony Award nomination for her performance in “Appropriate” and she is widely predicted to land double Emmy Award nominations for her guest acting appearances in the FX comedy series “The Bear” and Prime Video drama series “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” If that were to happen when the 2024 Emmy nominations are announced in July, Paulson would join a select few performers to receive concurrent guest-acting nominations since the categories were standardized in 1989.

So far, only 10 actors have received guest-acting nominations in the comedy and drama categories in the same year. The most recent example is Harriet Walter, who collected nominations last year for roles in “Succession” and “Ted Lasso.” Walter is the only person to have achieved this double-dip twice: She was a previous double nominee in 2022.

Before Walter,...

Upon sweeping the four main drama acting categories at the 2021 Emmy Awards, “The Crown” stars Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor, Gillian Anderson, and Tobias Menzies all joined a special roster of lead or supporting TV academy honorees who were not part of their shows’ original casts. As members of the expansive Netflix series’ second of three distinct ensembles, this quartet and their co-stars were replaced ahead of season five by a new group of actors, some of whom could be added to said exclusive winners club later this year.

According to Gold Derby’s odds, the performer from the sixth and final season of “The Crown” with the best shot at Emmy glory is supporting female frontrunner Elizabeth Debicki. She played the role of Princess Diana for two seasons, finishing the job started by younger season four cast member Emma Corrin. The characters embodied by predicted nominees Imelda Staunton (Queen Elizabeth II...

Hacks season 3 adds six stars to its guest cast. The new guest stars are Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace, and Tony Goldwyn. The characters that the guest stars will be playing are currently unknown.

Hacks has added a cavalcade of new guest stars for its upcoming season. The HBO dramedy, which has already aired two seasons, follows an unlikely friendship that forms when Las Vegas comedy icon Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) hires the considerably younger Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) as a writer to help revive her act. The show, which also stars Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Megan Stalter, and Paul W. Downs, has become a major critical success, winning six Emmys and two Golden Globes so far.

Per Variety, the cast of Hacks season 3 is growing. Six new guest stars have been added, namely Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace, and Tony Goldwyn.

This year’s Best Drama Guest Actress category at the Emmys is a tightly-knit affair with only two shows — “Succession” and “The Last of Us,” both HBO projects — reaping nominations. “Succession” landed three bids for Harriet Walter, Hiam Abbass, and Cherry Jones, while “The Last of Us” produced nominations for Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, and Anna Torv.

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Torv, like her co-star Reid and “Succession” contender Abbass, is a first-time Emmy nominee after working in the industry for years. She features in three episodes of “The Last of Us” as Theresa “Tess” Servopoulos. Her nominated episode is “Infected,” which is the second episode of the series and features the character’s climactic death (Torv also appears in the third episode during flashbacks). As such, this is an emotional Emmy...

Happy Emmy season, “you clock-watching fucks” — Logan Roy is still leading the way.

Brian Cox has submitted his performance as Logan Roy, the recently departed Waystar Royco CEO on HBO’s “Succession,” into the lead actor (drama) category. Cox’s team exclusively confirmed to Variety that the actor’s iconic turn as the bold father and media mogul will be considered alongside his two co-stars, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin, who opted to switch into the category for the show’s fourth and final season.

Cox’s character died in the third episode of this season, “Connor’s Wedding,” which left many pundits speculating the Scottish actor, who received two previous noms in the lead drama actor field, would downgrade to either the supporting actor or guest categories. That won’t be the case, which puts the drama series uniquely positioned to make history in several ways.

With Cox, Culkin...

Cherry Jones could score three Emmy nominations this year for her supporting turn on the Apple TV+ limited series “Five Days at Memorial” and her guest appearances on “Poker Face” and “Succession.” It’s those double guest bids, though, that would put her in rarefied air as the three-time Emmy winner would become the 11th person to earn drama and comedy guest acting nominations in the same year.

Since the guest categories as we know them were standardized in 1989, 10 people have pulled off this feat. Jack Gilford was the first, getting shortlisted that very year for “The Golden Girls” and “thirtysomething.” In 1991, Colleen Dewhurst won comedy guest actress for “Murphy Brown” and was nominated in drama for “Road to Avonlea.” Gwen Verdon snagged noms in 1993 for her guest spots on “Dream On” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” while Marlee Matlin followed in 1994 with bids for “Seinfeld” and “Picket Fences.

Growing up, I knew Sarah Polley as both Beverly Cleary's lively, imaginative heroine, Ramona Geraldine Quimby in the 1980s "Ramona" TV series, and then as the equally spirited Sara Stanley on the '90s Canadian (and Disney Channel) TV period drama staple, "Road to Avonlea." Nowadays, of course, Polley is better known for her celebrated efforts as a writer-director on the relationship dramas "Away from Her" and "Take This Waltz." Her latest venture behind the camera, "Women Talking," has even secured a Best Picture nod at the 2023 Academy Awards ceremony, in addition to landing Polly a nomination for her adapted screenplay.

Based on Miriam Toews' 2018 novel of the same name (which was itself inspired by horrifying real-life events), "Women Talking" takes place in an isolated Mennonite colony circa 2010. When it's discovered the men have been drugging and sexually assaulting the community's women in their sleep, the local authorities intervene,...

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The headline "women-directed" drama migth be jarring, but absolutely necessary. Sarah Polley has been a well-known actress that has made her mark in the acting world. She has been a child actress by appearing in the show ‘Road to Avonlea.’ As she got older, she was recognized in movies such as ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (2004). Around 2006, she released her debut film ‘Away From Her.’ Around 2011, she made her second film ‘Take This Waltz,’ which features Michelle Williams as a suburban housewife who is bored from her marriage to a loving but neglecting husband (played by Seth Rogen). A year later, she made her first documentary ‘Stories We Tell,’ which focuses on the enigmatic tales of her enigmatic mother which have been told by her friends and family members that knew her the best. Ten years later, she returned to the director’s chair by making ‘Women Talking,...

Photo: 'Women Talking' The headline "women-directed" drama migth be jarring, but absolutely necessary. Sarah Polley has been a well-known actress that has made her mark in the acting world. She has been a child actress by appearing in the show ‘Road to Avonlea.’ As she got older, she was recognized in movies such as ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (2004). Around 2006, she released her debut film ‘Away From Her.’ Around 2011, she made her second film ‘Take This Waltz,’ which features Michelle Williams as a suburban housewife who is bored from her marriage to a loving but neglecting husband (played by Seth Rogen). A year later, she made her first documentary ‘Stories We Tell,’ which focuses on the enigmatic tales of her enigmatic mother which have been told by her friends and family members that knew her the best. Ten years later, she returned to the director’s chair by making ‘Women Talking,...

Three top film costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, November 10, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix)

Synopsis: An unhappily married aristocrat begins a torrid affair with the gamekeeper on her husband’s country estate.

Bio: Emma Fryer’s career has included “Grantchester,” “The Tunnel,” “The Great,” “Alex Rider” and “Close to Me.

The only thing better than receiving one Emmy nomination is receiving two Emmy nominations. But earning multiple bids in the same year as a performer is not as uncommon as one might think, especially with television moving toward shorter seasons and limited series still rising in popularity. This has allowed actors to appear in more projects throughout the year, giving them additional chances to be recognized. But there’s another reason it happens too: guest appearances.

So far, 10 performers have been nominated in both the drama and comedy guest categories in the same year. The first to do it was Jack Gilford, who in 1989 was nominated for his work on the comedy “The Golden Girls” and the drama “thirtysomething.” He was followed in 1991 by Colleen Dewhurst, who was nominated for her appearances on “Murphy Brown” and “Road to Avonlea,” winning for the former. In 1993, Gwen Verdon was nominated for her...

It was an unusual ceremony, in which an Emmy rule change pitted series regulars against one-episode guest stars. In addition, two of the most awarded comedies of all time battled it out, a favorite drama lost the top spot and one of the most celebrated talk shows of all time finally received a top honor. This was also the last year that the Big Four networks received all the nominations for Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series. We’re throwing it back three decades to August 30, 1992, when Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley and Dennis Miller hosted the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards on Fox. Read on for our Emmys flashback 30 years ago to 1992.

Between 1989 and 1992, “Cheers” and “Murphy Brown” volleyed the Best Comedy award back and forth. This was “Murphy’s” year, winning in this category for the second and final time. The other sitcoms up were “Brooklyn Bridge,” “Home Improvement” and “Seinfeld.

“I was petrified,” admits rising star Emma Laird about her initial trepidation about working alongside Jeremy Renner on “Mayor of Kingstown,” “I truly think he’s one of the most incredible actors ever, and so I really had to make sure I said hi to him, getting all that nervousness out before I stepped on set with him,” she shares, adding for our recent webchat, “he was really my mentor in a way, whether he knows it or not, and I have so much love for him and I’m so excited that I get to go back and work with him.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

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“Mayor of Kingstown” was co-created by “Yellowstone” creator and Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan (“Hell or High Water”) and Hugh Dillon (who also co-stars on the show as sardonic Detective Ian Ferguson). It follows the McLusky family,...

Emmy voters have no problem rubber-stamping certain winners, sometimes for years on end, but they won’t get to if they award a certain combo of lead drama acting champs. Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) and Regé-Jean Page (“Bridgerton”) are contending for their performances on one season of their respective shows, so this is the only chance for voters to anoint them — at least in lead.

Never in the lead drama acting categories have there been winners for one season’s worth of work on an ongoing series. There have been winners for shows that were canceled after one season (see: Ron Leibman for “Kaz” in 1979) and even a winner for a guest appearance (Christopher Lloyd for “Road to Avonlea”) in 1992, the one year guest stars were allowed to compete in the regular acting races.

In Corrin’s case, we always knew she’d be “one and done” after Season 4 due...

Dianne Wiest is set to star opposite Jeremy Renner in the Paramount Plus series “Mayor of Kingstown” from Taylor Sheridan, Variety has learned.

The series follows the McLusky family – power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality, the series provides a look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. Wiest will play Miriam, the McLusky family matriarch who teaches at the Kingstown Women’s Prison.

Wiest is a two-time Academy Award winner for both “Hannah and Her Sisters” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” with Wiest also winning a Golden Globe for the latter film. She is also a two-time Emmy winner for her roles in “Road to Avonlea” and “In Treatment.” She most recently starred in the CBS comedy series “Life in Pieces” and in the features “I Care a Lot...

In 2017, the popular Anne Of Green Gables books were brought to Netflix in the form of a daring adaptation by Moira Walley-Beckett. Anne With An E is based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's story but is considerably darker and grittier while still capturing the essence of Anne's dreamy, bold, and imaginative character.

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Avonlea is home to many quirky characters who each behave in a certain way because of the way they've been brought up. Villains are not simply villains, and even the purest of characters have a complicated past and decision-making process. Here, the characters of Anne With An E are arranged according to which Chinese zodiac signs they emulate.

The story of Anne Shirley has been told and retold since the 1908 publishing of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel, Anne Of Green Gables. The CBC and Netflix production Anne With An E is the latest adaptation of Anne’s adventures in Avonlea, and the series finale left fans hoping for the announcement of a fourth season.

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Anne With An E has been praised by critics and audiences for its willingness to tackle sensitive universal topics, including identity, social justice, the status quo, prejudice, and mental health. The importance of friendship and family and the hardships that come with them are at the core of the story, as well. Here’s a look at which Anne With An E episodes are ranked in the top and bottom five on IMDb...

“Black Mirror’s” Emmy journey this season has had more twists than a “Black Mirror” episode. After getting permission to stay in the Best TV Movie category, despite its submission “Smithereens” being five minutes short of the new 75-minute requirement, the show was shunted to drama last week. That means instead of the limited/TV movie acting races, “Black Mirror’s” Season 5 stars can now choose to enter in drama lead, supporting or guest. And if any of them or Netflix are torn, take it from us: Go guest.

Current Emmy rules stipulate that performers who appear in less than 50 percent of a show’s season are eligible to compete in guest, but are not required to, so they can pick whatever category they want. But to put it bluntly, guest is arguably where all “Black Mirror” actors belong. The show is an anthology series with a different cast every episode.

Great Scott! Three-time Emmy winner Christopher Lloyd is set to guest-star on CBS’ NCIS.

TVLine has learned that the onetime Taxi driver (for which he netted two of his Emmy wins) will appear in a springtime episode of TV’s most watched drama as Joe Smith, a 95-year-old former Navy sailor who served on the USS Arizona when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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In any period drama, the story cannot get by without a few romances along the way. Anne With An E is no different. While most of these relationships are just school-ground crushes, they still are core parts of the show. It really helps show the childlike heart of it all. Anyway, with so many people in danger of diseases, fire, and other small-town perils, romance goes a long way to brighten everything up.

Related: Anne With An E: Everything You Need To Know About Anne Shirley

With all the joy most of these couples bring, it's time to stack them against each other to see who has the best romance in the show. After all, gossip is pretty serious in a place like Avonlea and Mrs. Lynde truly needs some good relationships to gossip about. Here are the 10 Best Couples, Ranked.

In a world of high drama, high violence TV, the Canadian darling Anne With An E prefers to serve up wholesome, historical community stories with modern twists. Sure, there are traumatic and heartbreaking moments. However, in the end, Avonlea comes together as a town to try to make things better.

The only reason this little northern town feels so lovely is because of the people in it. So many families, even the ones with bullies for children, are still at their core decent neighbors. It's refreshing in a television era where kings and queens reign and so does patricide. But, some of these families are a lot better than the others and they deserve recognition for the good they do.

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“Anne of Green Gables” returns for its final installment of the planned trilogy with “Fire and Dew,” in which Canada’s famed literary orphan starts taking the first steps into adulthood. Having fully embedded herself with the Cuthberts at Green Gables, Anne Shirley (Ella Ballentine) leaves home to seek out better opportunities and higher learning in Charlottetown.

The adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s novel “Anne of Green Gables” was split into three chunks, which means the first movie was buoyed by Anne’s discovery of a new life filled with wonders, while the second followed her hilarious scrapes as she truly became part of the Avonlea community. Thus, the final movie carries the burden of concluding the story. That is reflected in how the energy feels dialed down, but it is also about Anne being more of an adult, and thus the fun of her mishaps and outlandish imagination are missing.

Canadian actor-director Albert Millaire, who had a five-decade career in Quebec film, TV and theater, died Wednesday in Montreal. He was 83. 

"It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mr. Albert Millaire," his Montreal agency Premiere Role said on its Facebook page without specifying the cause of death. "His charisma, strong personality, unforgettable voice, integrity and involvement in all artistic spheres will remain in the memory of all those who had the chance to rub shoulders with him."

Born in Montreal in 1935, Millaire studied at the Quebec Dramatic Arts Conservatory ...

Anne Shirley Cuthbert’s adventures in Avonlea will continue. Netflix and CBC announced that it has renewed the heartwarming series based on the “Anne of Green Gables” novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The updates series, which addresses progressive themes such as bullying, sexism, Lbqt-identity issues, and abuse, will return for a 10-episode season. Season 3 will begin shooting in Prince Edward Island and Ontario this winter.

When last we left Anne (Amybeth McNulty), she was in far better shape than at the end of Season 1 when two con men posing as boarders infiltrated Green Gables. Instead, the second season concluded on a more hopeful note after quite a bit of drama. Avonlea’s first-ever female teacher got to stay in town, Gilbert has returned, Gilbert’s friend Sebastian got married (which means Avonlea will have its first black residents), and Anne’s gay schoolmate Cole moved to live with Aunt Josephine in Charlottetown,...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday.

This week’s question: Which series should win for best costume design at the Emmys? This includes nominated series or anything you think had been snubbed. Period and/or contemporary apply.

Soraya Nadia McDonald (@SorayaMcDonald), The Undefeated

I really enjoy the costuming of “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” which I frankly think is in a league of it’s own. However, I’d also include “Glow” in this conversation, both for the wrestling costumes as well as the civilian clothes everyone wears in their free time. “Glow” captures the sort of grungy, abject tackiness of the ‘80s in a way that’s really well-calibrated. You can look at the way Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie are costumed, and it tells you so much about their relationship to each other and where each woman’s character is in her career,...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Season 2 of “Anne With an E,” including the finale “The Growing Good of the World.”]

The first clue of the feminist direction “Anne With an E” would take in Season 2 is in the episode titles. Each is a quote by George Eliot, the nom de plume of writer Mary Anne Evans, a woman who broke the rules to make it in a man’s world during Victorian times. Although Season 1 had hinted that Anne (Amybeth McNulty) would be fighting back against gender norms and even received an Eliot novel from Aunt Josephine (Deborah Grover), this year, multiple stories converged to send a firm message about what women can do.

The main storyline in the finale “The Growing Good of the World,” in particular challenged the town of Avonlea to embrace change in the form of the female schoolteacher Miss Stacy (Joanna Douglas). Even though her teaching methods were unorthodox, and therefore suspect...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Season 1 of “Anne With an E,” including the finale.]

It’s been more than a year since “Anne With an E” graced the streaming shores of Netflix. The latest adaptation of the L.M. Montgomery period children’s book “Anne of Green Gables” takes the titular heroine to much darker places thanks to series creator Moira Walley-Beckett, who’s known for her writing on “Breaking Bad.” Even though the only Blue Sky found on “Anne With an E” is overhead, the show still puts an edgy spin to the optimism and purity seen in the novel.

In part, these darker sequences serve to give a more realistic picture of what Anne’s life was like growing up as a young woman during Edwardian times as an orphan. But the show also ventured into new territory and explored issues such as sexism, bullying, and prejudice.

As Netflix returns to Avonlea for Season 2, here...

For two decades, Sarah Polley has been desperately trying to adapt Margaret Atwood's book about a young woman who was abused, mistreated and silenced in the mid-1800s. By the time the 38-year-old actor-turned-writer/director brought the author's 1996 historical novel Alias Grace to the small screen – the six-hour miniseries began streaming on Netflix in early November – she had no idea she'd end up discussing the very same issues taking place in the 21st century. "I was imagining when I did press for [this], I would be introducing this as a conversation,...

“She feels like prey. She lives in a completely predatory world. Her job is to not respond to endless amounts of harassment and violence.”

This is how writer and producer Sarah Polley describes the central character of the Netflix/CBC miniseries “Alias Grace.” This is also a statement that makes the based-on-real-events story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a 19th-century Canadian woman who spent years in prison after being convicted of murder, infinitely relatable to many women yesterday and today, but hopefully less so tomorrow.

“I think a lot of what [‘Alias Grace’] explores is what it meant to be a woman and how much it meant to be a young woman at that time, but also what it means to be a young woman at any time, when especially it’s exaggerated in Grace Marks’ case,” Polley told IndieWire. “I think a lot of women can relate to that, right now...

In light of the recently amplified conversation surrounding sexual harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood, Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel, Alias Grace, feels at once timely and timeless. The new six-part Netflix miniseries, set in 19th-century Canada, tussles with a lot of the same themes that are making headlines today: female agency, abortion, immigrant rights and class tensions.

Adapted by Sarah Polley for the screen, Alias Grace weaves in and out of the life of Grace Marks, an Irish immigrant and servant girl who finds herself thrust into the public spotlight as a “celebrated murderess” after her master and his mistress are brutally killed at their farm. Grace and stableman James McDermott are both convicted of the crime. But while McDermott (Kerr Logan) is hanged, Grace is sentenced to life imprisonment. A church committee sets out to prove her innocence, citing hysteria or psychological issues (Grace cannot recall committing the murders), enlisting the help of Dr. Simon Jordan (Edward Holcroft), a physician...

Vulture Watch: How long will Anne Shirley stroll the shores of Avonlea's Lake of Shining Waters? Has the Anne with an E TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Anne with an E season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? Streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, Anne with an E stars Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Dalila Bela, Corinne Koslo, Aymeric Jeff Montaz, Helen Johns, Lucas Jade Zumann, Christian Martyn, Kyla Matthews, Philip Williams, Lia Pappas-Kemps, Miranda McKeon, and Jonathan Holmes. A TV show adaptation of Lucy Maud Mongomery’s Anne of Green Gables novel series, Anne with...

Once Netflix decided to change the title of its “Anne of Green Gables” reboot from plain old “Anne” (ugh!) to “Anne with an E,” it proved itself to be a true “kindred spirit” to the poor literary orphan girl.

The beloved character from Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Canadian children’s novel “Anne of Green Gables,” on which the series is based, insists upon that particular spelling of her name because of its elegance. That insistence is also indicative of Anne Shirley’s boisterous personality, which demands that she be heard, that people pay attention, that she is special. Fortunately, Netflix listened and along with settling on a fitting title, the streaming service has also crafted a unique adaptation that is simultaneously faithful to the source material in appearance and story, while expanding the story to comment upon the ills of 1900s rural Canadian society. Showrunner/writer Moira Walley-Beckett (“Breaking Bad,...

It’s a feminist re-imagining in Netflix’s latest series.

Last Tuesday, Netflix released the first full-length trailer for their new series, Anne. Working with Canadian network CBC, the eight-episode series is an adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s early 20th century novel Anne of Green Gables. However, don’t expect this to be a word-to-screen adaptation; Anne’s showrunner and writer Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad) has said in a statement that she “wanted to chart some new territory,” admitting that the series “is not a period piece with a glossy veneer.”

For those unfamiliar with the novel off of which Anne is based, Montgomery’s work begins with the two siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, played R. H. Thomson and Geraldine James in the series, who decide to adopt an orphan boy to help them with their farm, Green Gables, in the fictional town of Avonlea that’s located in Prince Edward Island, Canada...

Anne, the CBC's upcoming Anne of Green Gables TV show adaptation, has cast three key characters from the book series. Dalila Bela will play Anne's bosom friend Diana Barry. Fans of Once Upon a Time may remember her as young Guinevere in season five of the ABC drama.Corinne Koslo has landed the role of Avonlea gossip, Mrs. Rachel Lynde. Finally, Lucas Jade Zumann will play Gilbert Blythe. You may have caught him as Lucas Hicks, in a pair of season four Chicago Fire episodes. The trio joins previously announced cast members Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, and R.H. Thomson.Read More…...

Netflix’s Anne has found its titular redhead. Raspberry cordial all around!

Newcomer Amybeth McNulty (photo above) will play Anne Shirley in the upcoming series adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s classic novel Anne of Green Gables, the streaming video service announced Friday.

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Per the series’ official description:

Anne is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s who,...

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” — Anne Shirley, “Anne of Green Gables”

Let’s hope Netflix keeps it that way. Upon learning the news that the streaming service is rebooting the beloved Canadian children’s book series from the 1890s into another TV show, fans simultaneously cheered and feared. Both Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “Anne” novels and the 1980s miniseries adaptations are some of the most beloved Canadian exports ever (sorry not sorry, Justin Bieber). Much is at stake here, and Netflix, showrunner/writer Moira Walley-Beckett and director Niki Caro cannot, dare not mess this up.

Read More: ‘Anne of Green Gables’: Netflix Announces ‘Breaking Bad’ Writer Moira Walley-Beckett as Showrunner

Caro – the “Whale Rider” filmmaker who will direct the two-hour first episode – clearly has experience telling the story of a young, plucky girl. But she also...

Revealing itself as a kindred spirit, Netflix has picked up the CBC's Anne TV show -- a reboot of Anne of Green Gables TV series, based on the Lucy Maud Montgomery novel. The eight-episode series is set in Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, Canada, a fictionalized town inspired by Montgomery's hometown of Cavendish. Reign's Megan Follows starred in the CBC's 1985 live-action Anne of Green Gables mini-series.Moira Walley-Beckett, of Breaking Bad and Flesh and Bone, is executive producing with Miranda de Pencier, Alison Owen, and Debra Hayward. Niki Caro is directing. Susan Murdoch is producing. Production on Anne is slated for September in Ontario, Canada. Casting is yet to be announced.Read More…...

Netflix and Anne Shirley are set to become kindred spirits. The streaming giant will co-produce a new “Anne Of Green Gables” series with everyone’s favourite Prince Edward Island redhead. CBC, which aired the original “Anne Of Green Gables” mini-series with Megan Follows and the 1990s’ “Road To Avonlea” starring Sarah Polley, will co-produce along with […]...

[caption id="attachment_42505" align="aligncenter" width="533"] Green Gables Farmhouse in Cavendish, Pei.(Attribution: Chensiyuan at the English language Wikipedia)/caption]

Canadian network CBC has announced a new mini-series, Anne. It is a remake of the CBC's 1985 Anne of Green Gables, which starred Megan Follows as Anne Shirley. Moira Walley-Beckett of Breaking Bad and Flesh and Bone, will produce with kindred spirits, Miranda de Pencier, Alison Owen, and Debra Hayward.

Based on the classic Lucy Maud Montgomery novel of the same name, the story is set in the the fictional town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The author's home town Cavendish inspired the setting. There is no word on casting, yet. A hard act to follow -- Follows currently plays Catherine de' Medici on The CW's Reign.

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Actor Peter Coyote won Best Narrator at the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday, Sept. 12. He lent his voice to PBS's "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" and was specifically awarded for "Episode 1: Get Action (1858-1901)." He was previously nominated for Best Drama Guest Actor in 1991 for "Road to Avonlea" but lost to David Opatoshu ("Gabriel's Fire"). This was the first ever Primetime Emmy for the veteran character actor. (He did win a News and Documentary Emmy in 1993 for Best Historical Program for "The Pacific Century.") -Break- Creative Arts Emmys: 'Game of Thrones' wins record 8, 'Ahs: Freak Show' takes 5 All voice-over performances used to compete in one category at the Emmys, but starting in 2014, the award was split into two races honoring the best character performances (including actors in animated shows like "The Simpsons," "Family G..."...

Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie, known to legions of fans as Gilbert Blythe in the CBC version of "Anne of Green Gables," died April 15 of a reported brain hemorrhage. He was 48.

Crombie was plucked from relative obscurity to play Blythe in the CBC miniseries, based on the novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, which launched in 1985 and starred Megan Follows as the titular orphan. He reprised the part in 1987 for the "Anne of Avonlea" TV movie, in 1992 on the spinoff series "Avonlea," and in 2000 for another movie, "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story."

In addition to that iconic role, Crombie was a well-known stage and improv performer, especially in his native Canada, and he also starred in a Broadway staging of the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" in 2006. His most recent television credit was a guest-starring role this year on CBS drama "The Good Wife."

Kevin Sullivan, the producer of the "Anne" miniseries and movies,...

With Ryan Gosling's 34th birthday on Nov. 12, we're looking back on his time in the Hollywood spotlight. He's been winning hearts and weakening knees for two decades, charming fans on screen and off with his witty one-liners and swoon-worthy smirk. Back in the early '90s, he captured the crowd's attention at a talent show before bringing his smooth moves to The Mickey Mouse Club. From there, Ryan became a teen heartthrob, a romantic leading man, and a fan favorite so lovable that people actually petitioned for him to be People's 2011 Sexiest Man Alive. Most recently, Ryan became a dad. Actually, let's rephrase that - Ryan is officially a hot dad. In honor of his approaching birthday, go all the way back to Ryan's adorable days on the Disney channel to see his heartthrob evolution from adorable crooner to Hollywood's hottest Dilf. Source: Getty/Valery Hache/Afp He had the moves early on.

Canada is awesome, eh! Seriously, as an expat living in Canada, I can attest to Canada being one of the greatest countries in the world. While Canada has produced countless wonderful television shows (Kids In the Hall, Road to Avonlea, Due South, Forever Knight, Big Wolf on Campus, etc, etc), sometimes the Canadian entertainment CV […]

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Actor Leslie “Les” M. Carlson, who starred in four David Cronenberg films including Videodrome during his 38-year career in film, television, and the stage, died May 3 after a battle with cancer at his Toronto home, under hospice care. He was 81. South Dakota-born Carlson began his screen career in the 1970s, with turns in films including 1974′s Deranged and the sorority slasher classic Black Christmas. Cronenberg cast him as Spectacular Optical Corporation head Barry Convex in 1983 sci-fi horror Videodrome, for which Carlson earned a Genie Award nomination. He’d go on to act in three more Cronenberg films: The Dead Zone, The Fly, and 2000′s Toronto Film Festival short Camera. Carlson’s credits also include films High-Ballin’, A Christmas Story, Rolling Vengeance, and K2, as well as TV appearances on 21 Jump Street, The X-Files, Highlander, Babar and the Adventures of Badou, Rookie Blue, and a recurring run on Disney’s Road To Avonlea.

When Sarah Polley decided to make a documentary about the mother she lost as a girl of 11, she had no idea of the extraordinary family secret she would unearth. The acclaimed Canadian film-maker talks about the often painful burden of exploring the lives of loved ones – and why she thinks marriage is a 'crazy and optimistic' institution

As I fly to Canada to meet Sarah Polley, I think about the glimpses of her in Stories We Tell – her first full-length documentary feature, which bowled over critics at Sundance and the Venice film festival and has won Canada's Film of the Year award. She looks like a contemplative Madonna on screen, with long, fair hair. She listens more than she talks. She encourages her family to speak. Her film may be her story – but she gets others to tell it. Michael Polley, her British-born father – an actor who worked for an...

"Stories We Tell" opens today and has quickly earned some of the year's best reviews, scoring 91 on MetaCritic and 93% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes. It's the third film and first documentary from director Sarah Polley, who was previously better known for her work as an actor in the TV series "Avonlea" and films including "The Sweet Hereafter," "Go," and "Dawn of the Dead." After helming three shorts, she made a successful feature filmmaking debut in 2007 with the drama "Away from Her," which earned Polley an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and Julie Christie a Best Actress bid as a woman in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Her second film, "Take This Waltz" starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, flew under the radar when it was released in 2012, but with such rapturous reviews for "Stories," could she be primed for a return trip ...

Beginning her career at the young age of 6, Sarah Polley has grown up in the film industry with leading and supporting roles in a variety of film and television projects, from Road To Avonlea and The Sweet Hereafter to John Adams and Splice. With 2006′s Away From Her, Polley also proved herself equally adept behind the camera as well, garnering her a new set of fans. For her next project, however, Polley chose to pursue a different venue, deciding to turn to documentary filmmaking in an attempt to explore family roots. Titled Stories We Tell, this documentary now has a trailer, which can be seen below.

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Today, we're featuring Colleen Dewhurst in 1990. Duhurst was known most for theatre roles , and for a while as the Queen of Off-Broadway. She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene ONeill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. She was also renowned for her television work playing Marilla Cuthbert in the Kevin Sullivan TV movie adaptations of the Anne of Green Gables series and her reprisal of the role in the subsequent TV series Road to Avonlea.