Orstein: For that first season, we didn’t know who we were looking for outside of people who were engaging, had interesting backstories, were willing to be totally transparent and authentic. We looked at Russ and Pao very early and were intrigued by them. We felt they jumped off the screen and had a really interesting…
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Netflix is expanding its reality-TV catalog with Love Is Blind, a delightfully unhinged dating show that’s pretty self-explanatory. It centers on a group of singles who go on a series of (literal) blind dates. As in, they’re placed in pods where they can’t see the person they’re chatting with. They can only hear them. From…
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Sophie paced around the room, unnerved. She had never had this kind of treatment before and didn’t know what to do with herself. I was under the covers, face down on the massage table. But her nervousness made it hard for me to relax, which in turn made her more anxious. To calm her down,…
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Now that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are independent from the royal family, a question remains about how they’ll earn income. Already, some have speculated that Markle might return to acting or do more voiceover work, like she is said to be doing for Disney. But there’s one thing we liely won’t see her on:…
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Netflix’s new reality series The Circle is an undeniable hit, thanks to a premise that’s truly unlike any other show on TV. In it, contestants rate each other based on their profiles and interactions on a fake social network (called The Circle, naturally). But the wildest part is that the contestants’ profiles can be whatever…
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So how did she end up doing a show that she often appears to not want to be a part of? An acting coach encouraged her to do it, asking bluntly, “Is Scorsese calling you?” So she signed up, shrugging off the objections of her by-then ex. But his criticisms stayed with her. “I was…
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