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'Billions' star on her 'embarrassing' sex scenes
In the first episode of Showtime’s new drama “Billions,” viewers are introduced to Wendy Rhoades as the smart, ambitious, breadwinner wife of a crusading US Attorney. By the end of...
Enough already with all the tragically flawed TV characters
It’s fine if TV heroes have deep, dark secrets — it makes them more human, more complex. Oh yeah — and it helps the actors win Emmys and Golden Globes....
Wall Street's familiar names appear on Showtime's 'Billions'
It’s time for boldface New Yorkers to play Spot Yourself on TV. Showtime’s buzzed-about series “Billions” kicks off tonight, starring Damian Lewis as a billionaire hedge fund owner whose sharp-elbowed...
Giamatti and Lewis square off for a wealth of drama in 'Billions'
The stylish cat-and-mouse game of "Billions," which will eventually pit Emmy winners Paul Giamatti (“John Adams”) against Damian Lewis (“Homeland”), is the first new series of the new year to...
'Judge Judy' at 20-year mark: 'I never don’t have a good time'
I’ve done “The new season interview” dance with Judy Sheindlin many times before, but now it’s different: she’s celebrating 20 years on TV and, at the age of 72, is...
Hedge-fund mogul inspires Showtime series
Showtime has released a trailer for its upcoming series “Billions” — which appears to be inspired by US Attorney Preet Bharara’s pursuit of criminal charges against hedge-fund mogul Steve Cohen....
How one quack doctor almost destroyed Brian Wilson's career
Rock biopics are usually about exaggerating the myth behind the legend. But even though the new Brian Wilson flick “Love & Mercy,” which opens Friday, devotes plenty of time to...
John Cusack and Paul Dano strike good vibrations in brilliant biopic ‘Love & Mercy’
Any biopic that spans decades can be problematic, especially if its leads end up in heavy prosthetic makeup, they way they do in “Jersey Boys." Other films use multiple actors...
Tennis, anyone? Historic King-Riggs match headed for HBO
The one-and-only match between tennis legends Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is going to be recreated for an HBO movie. “Battle of the Sexes” was a 1973 televised match...
Epic Burns doc sheds light on Roosevelt family
No other family has touched so many lives as the Roosevelts. That’s the claim of “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” — the intensive and exhaustive new documentary series by Ken...
The 3 terrifying supervillains in the new 'Spider-Man'
Two years ago, in “The Amazing Spider-Man,” our web-slinging hero spent his time focused on one supervillain, the Lizard. He chased his reptilian foe through sewers, stopped him from tossing...
'Romeo and Juliet' doesn't smell that sweet
Seventh-grade English teachers, rejoice. You have a new movie to show the class that day you come in hung over and can’t deal. This traditional-dress “Romeo and Juliet,” written by...
'All Is Bright' a dim bulb
Titled “Almost Christmas’’ when it debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, director Phil Morrison’s relentlessly depressing and sluggish followup to his delightful “Junebug’’ is worth enduring only for a rare...