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Max Gao

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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Max Gao

    Scott Speedman Has Finally Settled Into Leading Man Status With ‘R.J. Decker’ (opens the original)

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    Scott Speedman has finally settled into his status as a true leading man. Nearly three decades after breaking out as the brooding Ben Covington on the WB college drama Felicity — and following years of playing second fiddle on shows such as Animal Kingdom and Teacup — the Canadian actor is finally at the top of the call sheet as both the star and executive producer of R.J. Decker. Adapted by Elementary creator Rob Doherty from Carl Hiaasen’s novel Double Whammy, the breezy ABC procedural dramedy

  2. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Max Gao

    ‘The Gentlemen’ Star Theo James Is Ready to Talk About That Bloody Season 2 Ending (opens the original)

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    [This story contains MAJOR spoilers from season two of The Gentlemen.] When The Gentlemen first introduced Eddie Horniman (Theo James), he was a reluctant aristocrat who unexpectedly inherited his late father’s dukedom, only to discover that his old man had been involved in a vast weed empire for years. Back then, the dutiful former Army captain was just trying to extricate his family from the criminal enterprise and protect the Halstead country estate. But by the time the dust settles at the en

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Max Gao

    ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ Returns — and Reunions Don’t Last Long (opens the original)

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    By the end of the first season of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, the two central couples — Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), along with Julia (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) — had finally found their way back to each other in 18th-century Scotland. But as any Outlander fan knows, reunions rarely last long. The official trailer for season two (below) of the Outlander prequel, which premieres Sept. 18 on Starz, reveals that Claire and Jamie’s par

  4. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Max Gao

    TV’s Neurodivergent Casting Reckoning (opens the original)

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    Television’s portrayal of neurodivergence has long suffered from a persistent blind spot. By casting neurotypical actors to play stereotypical — and often heavily coded yet undiagnosed — white male savant archetypes, Hollywood built a rigid standard that has largely erased women, people of color and the broader diversity of real-world neurodivergent experiences. “When you lump all neurodivergent perspectives into the same story — like ADHD, dyslexic and autistic adults — without showing the diff

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Max Gao

    Workplace Comedies Are Having a Major Emmy Moment (opens the original)

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    There are few genres that remain as evergreen and accessible as workplace comedies, especially since the average adult living in the U.S. will reportedly spend one-third of their lives at work. “You are thrust into this very intimate setting where you have to work with people to accomplish something, but they’re not people you get to choose,” says Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat showrunner Anthony King. “When you’re actually having to work with clients or on some kind of project with someone

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