It's a cold, wet January night in Albuquerque, and Giancarlo Esposito is relieved he finally doesn't have to hide that he's on the set of the AMC series "Better Call Saul." He used to have to sneak into town with his head down, his face buried in a pulled-down baseball cap. When fans of the "Breaking Bad" star would still manage to spot him in the airport, he'd lie to them, claiming he was in town to get a cleanse at the Ayurvedic Institute. He e... Full Story on Variety.com →
Carrie Coon on What She's Learned From 'The Leftovers' and Moving on to 'Fargo'
Unreadable. That word comes up frequently when producers talk about why they cast Carrie Coon: Onscreen, it's hard to know what her characters are thinking. That enigmatic quality has landed her two prominent roles this month — returning for the final season of HBO's "The Leftovers" (pr …
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Reboot Mania Makes Its Way to Reality TV
Some of them haven't been gone long enough to be missed — but all of them are returning. Reboot mania has spread to the unscripted series arena. Everything from A&E Network's "Biography" to TLC's "Trading Spaces" to Food Network's "Iron Chef" to Discovery's "Cash Cab" is being reviv …
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First Assistant Directors on 'Guardians,' 'Wonder Woman,' 'Spider-Man' Discuss Challenges
Here comes summer — along with a new crop of superhero movies. And working behind the scenes to get those pictures made are the largely unsung heroes of film production: the first assistant directors without whom chaos would reign on the set and little would get done. That's because fir …
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