#Claire Danes
Pick of the Day: “The Essex Serpent”
I have not read “The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry, so I don’t know if the snake it’s named for is real, a metaphor, regional folklore, or some combination of the three. I do...
Trailer Watch: Claire Danes Investigates a Local Legend in “The Essex Serpent,” Clio Barnard Directs
“I’d rather believe in a creature that people have actually seen than an invisible god. Is that blasphemy?” Claire Danes asks a pastor in a new trailer for “The Essex...
Teaser Watch: Carrie May Have Been Turned in the Final Season of “Homeland”
A teaser for “Homeland’s” eighth and final season is here and asks the previously unthinkable question: Has Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) been turned? She’s been subjected to...
Trailer Watch: Claire Danes Quits the CIA But Can’t Leave it Behind in ‘Homeland’ Season 5
When we last saw Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), she had quit the CIA and seemed committed to taking a more active role in raising her daughter Frannie. A trailer for season five of Showtime’s...
The Mother of all Bad Guys: ‘Homeland’ Returns
[This essay contains some spoilers for the last episode of Homeland Season 3 and the first two episodes of Season 4.] I’ve never watched a character go from complicated to villainous in the public...
Trailer Watch: Claire Danes is a “Soldier in a War” and a New Mom in ‘Homeland’ Season 4
When Homeland killed off Brody and fired Saul from the CIA in the third season’s finale, it pushed the restart button on the show. The new trailer for Season 4 hints at what’s next: Carrie is...
Trailer Watch: It’s All About Carrie in Season Four
Homeland has been very good at changing the show’s stakes between seasons, but the Showtime series has practically had to reinvent itself for its fourth year when (SPOILER) it killed off Brody and...
Claire Danes, Iman, Idina Menzel Among Variety’s Power of Women
Variety will honor Claire Danes, Nancy Dubuc, Iman, Idina Menzel, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Susan Sarandon for their humanitarian efforts at the inaugural Power of Women luncheon in New York. Each...
Women-Centric TV Shows Dominate WGAs
If the so-called Golden Age of Television — a cultural epoch that deconstructed traditional masculinity while reveling in violence and guilt (The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Mad...
The Big O: Oscar Could be Swayed by Leto’s Feminine Mystique
Ifsomeone said a year ago that Jared Leto is expected to be a likely Oscarnominee for his next film, most people who recognize his name would have saidone of three things: Youmean that cute guy...
TV Trailer Watch: Homeland Season 3
The official trailer for season 3 of Homeland has been released just in time for the season premiere. The new season focuses on the repercussions of the CIA headquarters bombing. Carrie (Claire...
Trailer Watch: Homeland – Season 3
Check out Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in the trailer for the upcoming 3rd season of Homeland. New episodes of Showtime’s acclaimed drama begin on September 29th at 9:00pm.
Claire Danes Almost Quit Acting Due to Lack of Good Female Roles
In the August issue of Vogue, Claire Danes talks at length about her family, playing Carrie Mathison on Homeland and her preparation for that role. The big news is that after receiving critical...
Trailer Watch: As Cool As I Am – Starring Claire Danes and Sarah Bolger
As Cool As I Am, based on the novel by Pete Fromm, is about Lucy (Sarah Bolger), a teen girl who is trying to grow up and figure out her life. However, Lucy has to deal with and take care of her...
TV Critics Organizations Roll Out Their Nominees
The Critics Choice Television Awards and the Televisions Critics Association have both released their list of nominees. It is clear that the critics in both organizations love Downtown Abbey,...