Natasja Athertonflipped into Everything HistoryCatherine the Great The Real Story Behind Catherine the Great's Mythologized Sex LifeEsquire - By Adrienne WestenfeldLegends abound about Catherine the Great—the good kind and the bad kind. In the plus column, the longest-reigning empress of Russia transformed her empire into one of Europe’s great and enduring powers,
MediaPostflipped into Media News & InsightCatherine the Great Helen Mirren Makes Catherine Great Againmediapost.com - Adam Buckman The question arises with the arrival on Monday night of “Catherine the Great,” a new, four-part miniseries on HBO about the notorious Russian tsarina …
Vanity Fairflipped into VF HollywoodCatherine the Great Catherine the Great tells the Romance of a Glorious, Terrifying TyrantVanity Fair - Sonia SaraiyaHelen Mirren and Jason Clarke play lovers who kiss, sigh, and swear to expand Russia. Fabulous dresses, sumptuous interiors, and ruthless monarchs are their own kind of genre, and HBO and Sky’s Catherine
Deciderflipped into HBO Go & HBO NowCatherine the Great Stream It or Skip It: 'Catherine the Great' on HBO, Where Helen Mirren Plays the Russian Empress in a New MiniseriesDecider - Joel Keller Helen Mirren has played more queens than you likely remember. She’s portrayed Queen Charlotte, Queen Elizabeth I and II (the latter got her an …
Refinery29flipped into R29 Body & MindPop Culture Catherine The Great Finally Gets Her TV Reign — But What Happened When She Ruled Russia?Refinery29 - Lydia WangIt is about time Catherine the Great got her TV moment. Catherine took the throne in 1762 at 33 and held it until her death in 1796, making her the longest-running woman to rule the country. Catherine
CNNflipped into EntertainmentCatherine the Great 'Catherine the Great' crowns Helen Mirren (again) for regal miniseriesCNN - By Brian Lowry, CNN(CNN) — The chance to see Helen Mirren play another queen (OK, empress) is incentive enough to watch "Catherine the Great," a four-part British-American miniseries airing stateside on HBO. The fascinating
VOGUE.COMCatherine the Great Helen Mirren on Catherine the Great, Powerful Women, and Her Favorite Roles to PlayVOGUE.COM - Condé NastWe already know that Dame Helen Mirren rules: whether it's her style icon status—confirmed at both London and Paris fashion week this year—or her award-winning portrayals of Queen Elizabeth II (The Queen)
UPROXXflipped into Sci-Fi And ComicsEntertainment What’s On Tonight: ‘Prodigal Son’ Digs Up Memories And Helen Mirren’s HBO Show Is CrownedWarming Glow - Jessica ToomerProdigal Son (Fox, 9:00 p.m.) — Malcolm and Dani bond over a secret from her past as they try to infiltrate a drug cartel. Meanwhile, as Malcolm attempts to dig up memories of the “girl in the box,” his
Mashableflipped into Latest NewsCatherine the Great 'Catherine the Great' barely scratches the surface of Catherine the GreatMashable - Alexis NeddAs someone who watches a lot of television in a professional capacity, miniseries are a godsend. A whole-ass HBO drama series that takes less than a traditional 9-6 workday to watch? Sign me up. The downside
Los Angeles TimesCatherine the Great Review: Helen Mirren rules in ‘Catherine the Great’Los Angeles Times - Robert Lloyd“Don’t call me ma’am, I’m not the bloody queen,” Helen Mirren, as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, memorably said to a subordinate in “Prime Suspect.” That might have been true of Tennison, but
Slateflipped into CultureCatherine the Great Helen Mirren’s Catherine the Great Is Hot Stuffslate.com - Rebecca Onion The miniseries doesn’t stint on the Russian empress’s legendary sexual appetites, while also setting the record straight (particularly about horses).
TIMEflipped into Top StoriesCatherine the Great The Real History Behind HBO's Catherine the GreatTIME - Olivia B. WaxmanWhen HBO’s new four-part historical drama Catherine the Great debuts on Monday — starring Helen Mirren as Russia’s longest-reigning female ruler — the story of the 18th century empress may seem surprisingly
NPRJanis Joplin The Life And Music Of Janis JoplinNPROnstage, Joplin oozed confidence, sexuality and exuberance, but biographer Holly George-Warren describes the singer as a bookworm who worked hard to create her "blues feelin' mama" persona. Her new biography
The A.V. ClubCatherine the Great Helen Mirren is royal once again in HBO’s Catherine The GreatThe A.V. Club - A.V. ClubHere’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, October 21. All times are Eastern. Catherine The Great (HBO, 10 p.m., series premiere): Like a moth to flame, Helen Mirren is undeniably to
Refinery29flipped into R29 Body & MindCatherine the Great Military Coup & Murder: The Strange Relationship Between Catherine The Great & Peter IIIRefinery29 - Sarah MidkiffPeter III became emperor of Russia in 1762 at the age of 34. It took six months from the time he took the title for his wife, Catherine the Great, to conspire with her lover to overthrow him. While 1762
TVLineJason Clarke What to Watch: Helen Mirren Is Great, The Good Doctor‘s First Surgery, Abishola Dreams of Bob and More | TVLineTVLine - Ryan Schwartz Athena takes action after Michael, May and Harry experience a traumatic traffic stop; Buck’s suit goes to arbitration; Lena helps Eddie with his …
Shondalandflipped into WATCHCatherine the Great The Costumes in HBO's 'Catherine the Great' Are Fit for an Empressshondaland.com - By Linda Maleh Three thousand total looks and 60 dresses for Helen Mirren alone. That’s what costume designer Maja Meschede wants you to know about what it took to …
The New York Timesflipped into ArtsCatherine the Great Helen Mirren Plays Catherine II in the Years That Made Her ‘the Great’The New York Times - By JULIA JACOBSIn the first episode of the HBO mini-series “Catherine the Great,” the empress of Russia is hunched over her desk writing about her political ambitions while her jealous lover stares into a hand mirror,
Varietyflipped into VARIETYCatherine the Great How ‘Catherine the Great,’ ‘Chernobyl’ Challenge the Hollywood Script on RussiaVariety - Will Thorne Hollywood loves a good baddie, and for the last 50 or so years, a large proportion of those villains have been Russian. Take Ivan Drago (Dolph …
Entertainment Weeklyflipped into TV AddictsCatherine the Great Jason Clarke teases the 'profound love story' at the heart of Catherine the GreatEntertainment Weekly - Maureen Lee LenkerHe’s talking about his experiences bringing 18th-century Russia to life on the forthcoming Catherine the Great, which premieres Monday night on HBO. Clarke portrays Grigory Potemkin, the military leader,
The A.V. Clubflipped into TVCatherine the Great Catherine The Great gets a lackluster love story in new miniseriesThe A.V. Club - A.V. ClubWith its setting and imperious silver-haired protagonist, HBO’s Catherine The Great aims to fill the voids left by Chernobyl and Game Of Thrones—a combination of historical drama and sweeping, intrigue-fueled
The New York Timesflipped into ArtsThe Arts What’s on TV Monday: ‘Cosmos’ and ‘Catherine the Great’The New York Times - By PETER LIBBEYCOSMOS (2015). Stream on Kanopy. Rent on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu and YouTube. The final film directed by the great Polish director Andrzej Zulawski adapts Witold Gombrowicz’s 1965 ontologically
Varietyflipped into VARIETYTV What to Watch on TV This Week: ‘BoJack Horseman,’ ‘Will & Grace’ Debut Their Final SeasonsVariety - Will Thorne Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s …
Pakistan Mahira Khan becomes first Pakistani celeb to hit 5 million Instagram followersarynews.tv - Web Desk Pakistani superstar Mahira Khan has achieved another feat. She has become the most followed Pakistani celebrity on Instagram, hitting the five …
Los Angeles TimesCatherine the Great What’s on TV Monday: ‘Catherine the Great’ on HBOLos Angeles Times - Ed StocklyThe Neighborhood The Butlers and the Johnsons (Cedric the Entertainer, Tichina Arnold, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs) go on a double date and get a big surprise from a soul food restaurant’s chef (Nick George)
JOHN JOSEPHflipped into John Joseph's OOPS! WTF? OY VEY. WHOA! NO WAY, JOSE.Catherine the Great Review: Helen Mirren Wears the Crown (This Time, Russia’s)The New York Times - By MIKE HALEHelen Mirren won an Oscar, deservedly, for playing Elizabeth II in “The Queen” in 2007. Beginning Monday on HBO, she plays another misunderstood woman occupying a throne — though a notably less lonely
The Hollywood Reporterflipped into The Hollywood ReporterCatherine the Great 'Catherine the Great' Reviewhollywoodreporter.com - Daniel Fienberg Helen Mirren plays the titular monarch in HBO's latest Monday miniseries using British thespians to tackle Russian history. HBO to Russia: If you …
Toronto Sunflipped into Toronto Sun NewsWatchmen 'Watchmen' tops this week's TV must-seestorontosun.com - Samantha O'Connor, Special to Postmedia1. Watchmen Debut Alan Moore’s famed comic comes to life in a new series starring Regina King, Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Jean Smart and Tim Blake Nelson with music provided by Trent Reznor and Atticus
GLAMOURflipped into EntertainmentMovies 8 TV Shows, Movies, and Music Moments to Check Out the Week of October 20, 2019Glamour - Christopher RosaHalloween is just around the corner, so it's no surprise that this week's slate of TV shows and movies has some spooky offerings. From the new horror movie, Countdown, to a zombie apocalypse series on
Forbesflipped into TechnologyCatherine the Great Costumes Fit For A Queen: Designing the Gowns For ‘Catherine the Great’Forbes - Kristen LopezCostume designer Maja Meschede knows how to design for a queen, or Helen Mirren in this case (the two are interchangeable). Mirren is set to tackle the role of the Russian monarch, Catherine the Great,
