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‘Genius’: Geoffrey Rush Plays A Deliciously Human Einstein on Nat Geo

Think “genius” and your next thought is probably “Einstein.” Think “Einstein” and your next thought is probably “E=mc2.” And after that? For most of us, not too much. National Geographic, in conjunction with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, aims to change that with Season 1 of its planned anthology series Genius, which profiles the German-born physicist. • RELATED: We talk Einstein with ‘Genius’ stars Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Flynn • RELATED: National Geographic’s ‘Genius’: Meet the Two Mrs. Einsteins! The true genius of Genius is how it turns its source material, Walter Isaacson’s 700-page Einstein: His Life and […]

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‘Underground’ on WGN America: The Railroad Gets Real In Season 2

WGN America’s acclaimed civil rights series Underground is about to teach you more about the heart and soul of Harriet Tubman than you ever learned in history class. In the final scene of Season 1, the famed abolitionist and humanitarian — played by Under the Dome’s Aisha Hinds — encountered Jurnee Smollett-Bell’s escaped slave Rosalee, who’d been separated from her love, Noah (Hidden Figures‘ Aldis Hodge). This season Tubman is a fully realized force in the fractured world of the Macon 7, their allies and enemies. Embodying the civil rights icon, says Hinds, “elevated me in my spiritual life, it […]

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Jane the Virgin Chapter 57 recap: The Proposal

There’s nothing wrong with some girl power, but it looks like Jane needs to work on her gender bias on this week’s episode of Jane the Virgin.  She can start by allowing some men to have a say in her life, including her editor. That’s going to be difficult. Okay, is this editor a high school jock? Everything this guy seems to care about is related to sports and partying. I’m just as shocked as Jane when he tells her that he wants to see more obstacles in her novel. You know, the one she wrote about based on her […]

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‘When We Rise’: ABC’s Civil Rights Mini is Moving and Timely

If you thought San Francisco in the ’70s was still about hippies and Haight-Ashbury, ABC’s powerful new miniseries When We Rise is an eye-opener. As the Haight fell into squalor, the city’s reputation as a haven for outsiders lingered, drawing a new faction of young people to the area — men and women who would change America in ways not even they could imagine. Their stories are told in When We Rise, a stirring, four-night miniseries from Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Rise weaves together the harrowing, hopeful journeys of real pioneering members of an evolving U.S. civil rights movement: […]

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Jane the Virgin Chapter 56 recap: Whodunit

The sudden discovery of Scott’s skeleton in the sand was where we left off on last week’s episode of Jane the Virgin. Now the police will be involved with another dead body found at The Marbella. Rafael and Petra have something to celebrate. Scott’s body was officially found on Chuck’s hotel property, not at The Marbella. This still isn’t sitting well with Petra since she’s transformed the hotel to be kid friendly. One bad press release and the hotel is done for. Jane finally heard back from the publisher interested in buying her book. They’re offering her $50,000 which sounds […]

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Jane the Virgin Chapter 55 recap: New Beginnings

After last week’s devastating loss, I don’t know how we can just jump back into the groove of things with this week’s new episode of Jane the Virgin. At least we’re able to mourn with Jane during this hard time. It doesn’t hurt that Alba is there with helpful advice from her experiences. Three years later, Jane has a shorter haircut and Mateo is up and running around the house. I thought it was the terrible twos, not a forever lasting terrifying, badmouthed state. It seems that Petra and Rafael are having better luck with the twins than with Mateo. […]