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☆ ‘Yellowstone,’ TV’s Hit Western, Will End Its Run After This Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The current season of “Yellowstone,” the Western starring Kevin Costner that became one of the most popular shows on television, will be its last, Paramount announced Friday. The series, which airs on the Paramount Network, will be followed by a new “Yellowstone” sequel — created, like the original, by Taylor Sheridan — that will start in December, Paramount said. The sequel will air on the Paramount Network, a cable channel, and later on the Paramount+ streaming platform. Its Season 4 finale was the most-watched scripted program in 2022, Variety reported, with more than 13 million viewers. And the Season 5 premiere last November exceeded that with more than 17 million viewers, according to Paramount.

☆ Can't get enough of Showtime's 'Billions'? Get ready for 'Trillions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Showtime is making spinoffs of some of its biggest shows, like "Billions" and "Dexter." It reflects its owner Paramount's larger content strategy of doubling down on franchises. Showtime is planning to make up to four spinoffs of "Billions," including "Millions" and "Trillions." The plan reflects Paramount's larger content strategy of doubling down on its biggest hits and expanding them into franchises. Showtime content is being fully integrated within Paramount+, and some Paramount+ originals will air on Showtime linear programming.

☆ The cast of '1923' explain how the prequel has expanded the 'Yellowstone' universe in the most literal sense: 'If Taylor writes you are somewhere, you're shooting there'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In a Paramount+ video and Insider exclusive, the cast and crew discuss the drama's global scope. From the very first episode, this compelling new chapter set itself apart from earlier prequel "1883," and the present-day set series led by Kevin Costner with its incredibly ambitious scope that features storylines scattered across several continents. "The scale of what we're doing is so vast," Helen Mirren, who portrays the fearsome family matriarch Cara, says in an exclusive new Paramount+ video that takes viewers behind the scenes on the production. As Brandon Sklenar who plays the show's prodigal son, Spencer Dutton, says: "If Taylor writes you are somewhere, you're shooting there." Check out the cast and crew discussing the global journey of "1923" in the video below:"1923" is streaming on Paramount+.

☆ The new 'Yellowstone' prequel '1923' is reportedly getting double the episodes originally planned
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Paramount+'s new "Yellowstone" prequel "1923" is reportedly getting eight more episodes. Paramount+'s new "Yellowstone" prequel, starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, is getting eight more episodes, on top of the originally planned first eight, according to a new Wall Street Journal story published on Saturday. WSJ categorized these additional episodes as "more '1923,'" but the "Yellowstone" expanded universe has sparked confusion before regarding the first prequel, "1883." It also announced a second prequel, which ultimately became "1923." They so far include "Mayor of Kingstown," "Tulsa King," and the "Yellowstone" prequels "1883" and "1923," all for Paramount+.

☆ You don't need to see 'Yellowstone' to watch its prequel '1923,' but you do need 2 different streaming services to watch both.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

You don't have to watch "Yellowstone" to see and enjoy its new prequel "1923." But you do need two streaming services to watch both. "1923" is streaming on Paramount+, while past episodes of "Yellowstone" are on Peacock. The new series, "1923," follows a new generation of Duttons, the ranching family portrayed in Taylor Sheridan's smash hit "Yellowstone." The series was good enough and easy enough to watch without having seen "Yellowstone" that I am now watching "1923."

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☆ Yellowstone and John and Beth Dutton: 11 Superfans Discuss - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Adrian J. Rivera | Patrick Healy | Mr. Healy Is The Deputy Opinion Editor. Mr. Rivera Is An Editorial Assistant In Opinion. | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

What is it about “Yellowstone,” the hit drama about a Montana ranch family, that has turned the show into a mirror for American politics? We don’t share land here.”That last quote sparked an exchange in the focus group in which America’s border control issue was just below the surface. They also appreciated the show’s depiction of Native Americans and had their eyes opened to crises on reservations because of the show. With the 2022 midterms behind us, we’re going to continue the Times Opinion focus groups into 2023 and include more discussions about culture and society, along with our usual focus on politics and democracy. Please feel free to email us ideas about topics and groups that you’d like to see us cover in the year ahead.

☆ 'George & Tammy' review: Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon stand by an oft-told musical tale
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Chastain continues to carve out an inordinately unique niche of standout performances playing women named Tammy, although “Tammy Faye” embodied a different realm of high-profile personalities. That is, of course, an oft-told tale, a la “Sid and Nancy” or Ike & Tina Turner in “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” among past dramatizations within different musical genres. Understandably, stars are invariably drawn to these kind of showy roles, with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Rocketman” and “Elvis” among the recent examples. Thanks to Chastain and Shannon (who admirably pull off their own singing), “George & Tammy” provides a warts-and-all window into Wynette and Jones’ lives. “George & Tammy” premieres December 4 at 9 p.m.

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☆ Streaming enters a new reality with a boom in sports and drive for profitability as fresh voices continue to break through with innovative storytelling on new platforms
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Big entertainment players face pressure to make streaming profitable and satisfy diverse audiences. 100 People Transforming Business is an annual list highlighting people across industries who are changing the way the world does business. As streamers feel the limits of subscription growth, free, ad-supported TV streamers like Tubi have grabbed market share. While many in Hollywood fear that marginalized voices could get sidelined in a tougher market, 2022 has seen more storytelling and content elevating previously excluded communities. As CEO Ken Kim told Insider, "It's not just professional creators — they are from all over the world."

☆ In ‘Yellowstone,’ Kevin Costner Isn’t the Only Big Gun
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( John Jurgensen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“Yellowstone” was built around the star wattage of Kevin Costner. It’s the character Beth Dutton who lights up the show’s massive fan base the most. Played by Kelly Reilly , Beth is the daughter of Mr. Costner’s powerful Montana rancher John Dutton. She is a human switchblade who favors straight liquor, cigarettes and eviscerating people with the saltiest language on basic cable. In a sometimes violent TV drama full of tough cowboys, the woman who refuses to ride a horse is the fiercest.

☆ 'Yellowstone' is back, as Season 5 of the Kevin Costner series takes a sharper turn into politics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Yellowstone” is one of those mysteries of the TV business, a series that generates major ratings but like the late comic Rodney Dangerfield, doesn’t always get much respect. Yet the new season of the Paramount Network series nevertheless reaches for what feels like a bit more relevance by making a sharper turn into politics, to go with all of the soapy doings around John Dutton, the character played by Kevin Costner, and his sprawling ranch. Granted, Montana politics has been a part of the series since the beginning. The new season of “Yellowstone” might even get a few more people talking about it. “Yellowstone” premieres its fifth season November 13 at 8 p.m.

☆ The creator of 'Yellowstone' had a bold pitch to network execs that paid off: 'You will have no part in any of this ... except for footing the bill'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Sheridan cautioned execs that "Yellowstone" would be expensive when he pitched the series in 2017. He also expressed how he wanted full creative control, with no writers' room or executive notes. When in a room with then-Viacom (now Paramount) execs, Sheridan cautioned how expensive the show would be and expressed that he wanted full creative control. There will be no writers' room. "It's going to cost $90 million to $100 million," Sheridan said that he told them.

☆ 'Yellowstone' creator says it's not 'the red-state Game of Thrones,' pushing back on the idea that it's a conservative TV show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan pushed back against the notion it's a right-leaning series. It's not the first time he's contested that "Yellowstone" is a conservative TV show. "They refer to it as 'the conservative show' or 'the Republican show' or 'the red-state Game of Thrones,' " Sheridan said in an Atlantic profile published on Thursday. A New York Times opinion piece in August referred to the show as "a conservative fantasy liberals should watch." "People perceive all my stuff as red state, and it's the most ridiculous thing," he told The New York Times.

☆ ‘Yellowstone’ Star Gil Birmingham Left Home So He Could Feel Whole
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Marc Myers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Gil Birmingham, 69, is an actor who co-starred in the “Twilight Saga” films and on TV’s “Pieces of Her” and “Under the Banner of Heaven” series. He currently plays Thomas Rainwater in Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” series. He spoke with Marc Myers. I never had a permanent home growing up. My family moved around the country so often that my early childhood was a long series of culture shifts and shocks.

☆ 'Yellowstone' cast members to saddle up for special Ride to the Polls
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Sandra Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Two “Yellowstone” cast members are teaming up with other celebrities for a good cause on horseback. “I launched Ride to the Polls in 2020, hoping to reach young people in my community who weren’t motivated to vote for good reason,” she told CNN. I think BIPOC communities, disenfranchised communities, across the country feel like they’re not sure what to trust anymore. Young and Harness’s drive to do more Ride to the Polls events was done with that in mind. A Skate to the Polls event was held back in August.

☆ 23 Black leaders who are shaping history today
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-01 | by ( Courtney Connley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +39 min

Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow. —Cory StiegRosalind Brewer, 58, Walgreens' next CEO and only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firmWalgreens' next CEO Rosalind Brewer. When she steps into this new role, she will be the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 firm, and just the third Black woman in history to serve as a Fortune 500 CEO. "When you're a Black woman, you get mistaken a lot," she said during a 2018 speech at her alma mater, Spelman College. —Tom Huddleston Jr.Jason Wright, 38, first Black president of a National Football League teamWashington Football Team president Jason Wright.

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Un purtător de cuvânt al HBO a declarat pentru publicație că filmul turnat în anul 1939 „este produsul epocii sale prezintă unele prejudecăți etice și rasiale, care, din păcate, erau comune în societatea americană”. HBO a promis că vor readuce ulterior filmul pe platformă, dar „ însă cu o contextualizare pentru a resitua opera în epoca sa. „Gone With the Wind” a fost criticat și în trecut pentru portretizarea afro-americanilor și pentru romantizarea sclaviei. Actrița de culoare Hattie McDaniel, care a jucat în „Gone With the Wind”, a devenit prima actriță afro-americană care a primit un Oscar. Datorită segregării rasiale, McDaniel a stat separat de colegii săi de film în timpul ceremoniei.

Persons: John Ridley, HBO Max, McDaniel Organizations: HBO, americană, Paramount Network Locations: afro, Statele Unite

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