Starz has unveiled the official trailer for Three Women, its upcoming limited series starring Betty Gilpin, Shailene Woodley, DeWanda Wise and Blair Underwood, based on Lisa Taddeo’s bestselling book of the same name.

The titular series that “explores female desire” finds the three women on a crash course to radically overturn their lives. Lina (Gilpin), a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming and transforms her life. Sloane (Wise), a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast, has a committed open marriage with Richard (Underwood), until two sexy new strangers threaten their aspirational love story. Maggie (Gabrielle Creevy), a student in North Dakota, weathers an intense storm after accusing her married English teacher (Jason Ralph) of an inappropriate relationship. Gia (Woodley), a writer grieving the loss of her family, persuades each of these three spectacular “ordinary” women to tell her their stories, and her relationships with them change the course of her life forever.

“These three women had the audacity to believe they deserved more,” says Woodley’s Gia in a voiceover. She then takes off on a solo driving trip across the country and back where she discovers what she didn’t know what she was looking for – “these three women.” “More than I wanted to tell their stories I wanted to hear them myself,” she says.

Laura Eason (The Loudest Voice, House of Cards) is the series showrunner, and Taddeo (upcoming Animal) serves as creator and executive producer. Kathy Ciric and Emmy Rossum also serve as executive producers.

Three Women premieres Friday, September 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on linear and at midnight on the Starz app.

Check out 255 screen captures of Betty Gilpin from the 2009 film, The Northern Kingdom, that were added to the photo gallery!

Nick Offerman and Betty Gilpin are joining the cast of Death by Lightning, the Netflix historical drama from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Ordered straight to series earlier this month and based on the novel Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, the series explores the “stranger-than-fiction true story” of James Garfield, the 20th president of the U.S., and “his greatest admirer” Charles Guiteau — the man who would eventually kill him.

Succession Emmy winner Matthew Macfadyen stars as Guiteau, with Michael Shannon (George & Tammy) set as Garfield. Additional castings are expected to be announced in the coming days/weeks.

Gilpin, who returns to Netflix after starring in GLOW for the streamer, will play former first lady Crete Garfield. Offerman, fresh off an Emmy win for his guest role in HBO’s The Last of Us, will play Chester Arthur, Garfield’s vice president who took over as president after Garfield’s death.

Mike Makowsky (Bad Education) created the series and serves as writer. He exec produces alongside Benioff and Weiss, Bernie Caulfield and Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic), with the latter set to direct.

Offerman is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen. Gilpin is with CAA, Anonymous Content and Hansen Jacobson. The news comes as Benioff and Weiss are ramping up for the March debut of their first series that they’ve showrun under their rich Netflix overall deal, the sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Betty Gilpin was nominated at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards in the “Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series” category for her role as sister Simone on Mrs. Davis!

The awards show will be held February 25, 2024 in Santa Monica, and streamed live on IMDb’s and Film Independent’s YouTube channels.

Great news! SAG-AFTRA have reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. This means that actors are able to resume their work filming projects for television, commercials, and movies. Congratulations to the members of SAG-AFTRA on their new contract!

Source: SAG-AFTRA

With the perfect balance of snark and heart, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers have captured the pop-culture universe with their podcast, Las Culturistas. They talk with actress Betty Gilpin about their long-standing friendship, their creative energy, their joint passion for pop culture and the collaboration that makes their podcast addictively bingeable. Recorded October 22, 2023 at the 92nd Street Y, New York.

Check out 70+ HQ/MQ images of Betty Gilpin attending a couple of events during the monthof October that were added to the photo gallery!

Check out the photo gallery to see 900 screencaps of Betty Gilpin from her guest appearance on the short-lived TV show, Past Life!

Admiring Betty Gilpin supports the SAG-AFTRA strike.

The nearly 160,000 members of SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents all performers on film and television, are going on strike.

On Thursday, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced its national board voted unanimously to launch the guild’s first strike. The news was unveiled by SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland during a press conference, following the expiration of the union’s current contract and a 12-day extension of contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP).

Why are the actors going on strike?
The short answer is because the SAG-AFTRA bargaining committee and AMPTP could not reach an agreement to form a new contract after their previous one expired on June 30.

But the reasons for a strike are many. SAG-AFTRA has faced a host of radical changes as the industry has pivoted away from more traditional models of theatrical distribution and network and cable television in favor of streaming. The issues at hand include the use of AI in generating and perpetuating actors’ likenesses, as well as residuals and data transparency for streaming projects. Other points of conflict are also salaries, particularly for guest stars, costars, and background actors, as rising inflation and the cost of living increasingly prevent many working actors from earning a living wage.

Drescher summed up the reasons for a strike in a press conference speech. “We are being victimized by a very greedy entity. I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us,” she said. “I cannot believe it, quite frankly. How far apart we are on so many things. How they plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right while giving hundreds and millions of dollars to their CEOS. It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history at this very moment.”

She continued: “The entire business model has been changed by streaming, digital, AI. This is a moment of history that is a moment of truth. If we don’t stand tall right now, we are going to be in trouble. We are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines and big business, who cares more about wall street than you and your family.”

#SAGAFTRAstrong #SAGAFTRAstrike

Mrs. Davis was nominated at the 2023 HCA TV Awards! Due to the ongoing WGA strike and the SAG/AFTRA strike looming, winners of the 2023 HCA TV Awards will no longer be presented on August 12th and August 13th. Presentation of the HCA TV Awards Winners is TBD.

Best Streaming Limited Series
Beef (Netflix) Black Bird (Apple TV+)
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
Daisy Jones and The Six (Prime Video)
Fleishman Is In Trouble (FX on Hulu)
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)
Mrs. Davis (Peacock)
Ms. Marvel (Disney+)
Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu)
Welcome to Chippendales (Hulu)

Source: Awards Radar