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Rusty-voiced, sweet-natured, a tin mask covering up his facial World War I wound, Richard Harrow, as played flawlessly by Jack Huston, is the type of vigilante one might find in a DC Comic book, warts and all. But in HBO’s 1920s epic Boardwalk Empire, he’s a supporting character that creator Terence Winter and his writers transformed from late gangster Jimmy Darmody’s trusted sharpshooter into a human being. For the bulk of this season, Harrow refrained from killing off any bad guys as he wooed a war veteran’s daughter and acted as the surrogate father to Darmody’s orphaned son, Tommy. “Richard knows how to kill. He doesn’t do it well; he does it great,” says Huston about Harrow, who even puts fear in lead Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) “I reminded Terry that I was getting an itchy finger, and he said, ‘Just wait.’ ”  … [Read more...] about Globe Contender ‘Boardwalk Empire’s Season 3 Resurgence

AWARDSLINE: Did you realize early on in the season that Nucky’s murder of Jimmy Darmody was inevitable?Steve Buscemi: No, it wasn’t obvious to me or anybody. When I talked to Terry (Winter) about why Nucky was taking this course of action, he brought me back to the pilot. Nucky said ‘You would be very unwise to underestimate me James.’ He gave Jimmy a pass then. Nucky said ‘I could have you killed.’ And so Jimmy clearly crossed a big line in season 2 as far as Nucky is concerned, so in his mind there was no going back. What was more surprising to me was that Nucky chose to do it himself. He could have had someone else do it. I talked to (Boardwalk director and exec producer) Tim Van Patten about this. He directed the final episode. Tim said over the course of prohibition and gangster history, there’s the names of guys we don’t know because they didn’t make it. And that’s Jimmy’s story. Not to speak for Michael Pitt, but … [Read more...] about EMMYS: ‘Boardwalk Empire’s Steve Buscemi

If you saw Christopher Nolan's most recent Tenet trailer, and were left confused, you can take comfort in the fact that the people involved in making the film were no better off in terms of understanding what was going on. Previously Michael Caine, who plays a part in the film, had admitted to not understanding what the movie was actually about, and now lead actor John David Washington has revealed in an interview that he had to clarify the direction of the script every day on the set of the movie. … [Read more...] about Tenet Star Had Script Questions for Christopher Nolan Every Single Day

WINTER: I was really proud of that episode, the Princeton flashback written by Howard Korder. It was just terrific and beautiful, and Michael Pitt’s performance was incredible. The emotional impact was an incredibly pleasant surprise to me. Michael Pitt transformed into a kid and we got to a look at Jimmy Darmody before he became the hardened gangster. This sweet, smart, tender boy who has this incredibly traumatic psychological event with his mother, goes off to war and then just becomes this hardened killer who probably never expected to survive. As Jimmy himself said, he died in his trench in the war, and the guy we came to know is part of the walking dead. It was so traumatic and tragic. I was also very proud of how effective the ending of Episode 12 turned out to be. It’s almost impossible to stay ahead of an audience these days. We’re so savvy from 50 years of television viewing, the audience just knows where you’re headed and their expectations are almost … [Read more...] about EMMYS: Mike Fleming’s Q&A With ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Creator Terence Winter

Amitabh Bachchan The Shahenshah of Bollywood shared an Eid greeting and wrote, "Eid Mubarak to all and the prayers on this auspicious day for peace...For harmony, for good health, for friendship and love...Forever. Bring us together in peace and love and in the continuity of brotherhood sisterhood and family. Be one, be in one." … [Read more...] about Eid-Ul-Fitr 2020: Amitabh Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor & Others Wish Fans Eid Mubarak