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Max Gao

Reporter · US

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Aug 19, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Max Gao

    ‘Lucky’ Creators on Deciding Who Dies in the Finale, Why the Show Really Is Over and Not Knowing About Drew Starkey’s ‘Avid’ Fandom ‘Until We Killed Him’ (opens the original)

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    SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “All Good Things,” the finale of Apple TV’s “Lucky.” Luciana “Lucky” Armstrong (Anya Taylor-Joy) has just pulled off one last con on the most important person left in her life: her formerly incarcerated father, John (Timothy Olyphant). In the series finale of “Lucky,” the titular con artist pulls off a final scheme to win freedom for herself and her father from notorious gangster Wayne Whittaker (William Fichtner) and his dangerous under

  2. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Max Gao

    ‘The Five-Star Weekend’ Creator on Changes From the Book, Jennifer Garner’s Input on the Infidelity Story and Wanting to Do More Seasons With the Same Cast (opens the original)

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    SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers for “The Five-Star Weekend,” now streaming on Peacock. For “The Five-Star Weekend” showrunner Bekah Brunstetter, women’s stories only get richer as they age. “There’s so much change that happens in your 40s and 50s — and I don’t just mean menopause and perimenopause, which has become what we’re talking about recently,” Brunstetter tells Variety. “Big life changes continue to happen. Some women are still trying to have children. Some women are

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