RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Eliza Taylor THE SHOW | The 100 THE EPISODE | “From the Ashes” (May 20, 2020) We expected big things from The 100‘s final season premiere, and The CW’s long-running sci-fi drama did not disappoint, delivering big twists, big action and a big performance from series star Taylor. Like a quiet storm, […]
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Performer of the Week: Caitriona Balfe
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Caitriona Balfe THE SHOW | Outlander THE EPISODE | “Never My Love” (May 10, 2020) THE PERFORMANCE | Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ, Outlander‘s Season 5 finale was hard to watch. The hour witnessed the savage gang rape of series heroine Claire Fraser, who fought her attackers bravely but ultimately had to […]
Performer of the Week: Melissa Barrera
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Melissa Barrera THE SHOW | Starz’s Vida THE EPISODE | “Episode 17” (April 22, 2020) THE PERFORMANCE | Not enough of you are watching Starz’s half-hour dramedy about two sisters trying to make a success out of their dead mom’s LGBTQ-friendly East Los Angeles bar. And that’s a shame, because […]
Performer of the Week: Ben Mendelsohn
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Ben Mendelsohn THE SHOW | The Outsider THE EPISODE | “Fish in a Barrel” (Jan. 12, 2020) THE PERFORMANCE | There were plenty of reasons to keep our eyes glued to The Outsider’s series premiere: The unsolved mysteries! Jason Bateman’s excellent direction! That creepy guy in the hoodie! But it was […]
Performer of the Week: Edi Patterson
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Edi Patterson THE SHOW | The Righteous Gemstones THE EPISODE | “Better is the End of a Thing Than Its Beginning” (Oct. 13, 2019) THE PERFORMANCE | Patterson arrived on our radar three years ago via her brilliantly wackadoodle role as Danny McBride’s unhinged girlfriend/stalker on HBO’s Vice Principals. Turns […]
Performer of the Week: Alisha Wainwright
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Alisha Wainwright THE SHOW | Raising Dion THE EPISODE | “Issue 101: How Do You Raise a Superhero?” (Oct. 4, 2019) You know what’s not so super? Being a superhero’s mom. But in Netflix’s new series Raising Dion, Alisha Wainwright makes all of that worry, wonder and WTF? look really […]
The Performer of the Week: The Spy’s Sacha Baron Cohen
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Sacha Baron Cohen THE SHOW | The Spy THE EPISODE | “Home” (Sept. 6, 2019) THE PERFORMANCE | Portraying real-life Mossad spy Eli Cohen in Netflix’s riveting six-episode thriller afforded funnyman Cohen the rare opportunity to flex his dramatic acting chops. And the artist formerly known as Borat more than […]
Performer of the Week: Cara Delevingne
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Cara Delevingne THE SHOW | Amazon Prime’s Carnival Row THE EPISODE | “Kingdoms of the Moon” (Aug. 30, 2019) THE PERFORMANCE | In the opening hours of Amazon’s fantasy drama, Delevingne introduced us to Vignette Stonemoss as a refugee faerie with a chip on her shoulder so sizable, you wondered […]
Performer of the Week: Billy Porter
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Billy Porter THE SHOW | Pose THE EPISODE | “Love’s in Need of Love Today” (July 23, 2019) THE PERFORMANCE | As the outrageous ball emcee on FX’s groundbreaking LGBTQ drama, Porter’s Pray Tell is the unofficial den mother for the entire ball community. But Pray Tell needed some support […]
Performer of the Week: Zendaya
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Zendaya THE SHOW | Euphoria THE EPISODE | “Made You Look” (June 30, 2019) THE PERFORMANCE | We know this is a weird request to make — in this space, especially — but we’d be OK with it if Zendaya were a little less good at her job: She plays […]
