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Behind The Scenes

  1. anonymous in hollywood
    How Does It Feel to Make Police Shows in 2020?Confessions from the writers, directors, and producers.
  2. behind the seams
    Styling The Baby-Sitters Club for a New GenerationThe Netflix series’ costume designer walks us through bringing Claudia’s, Kristy’s, Mary Anne’s, Stacey’s, and Dawn’s ’90s-inspired style into 2020.
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    How All Rise Made a Brand-New Episode in the Middle of a PandemicThe cast of the CBS legal drama had to essentially become one-person production crews inside their own homes.
  6. baby yoda
    Mandalorian Doc Trailer Gives Us More Baby Yoda When We Need Him MostIt’s only a glimpse, but we’ll take it.
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  8. as a treat
    Behold the New Muscle-Car Batmobile in The BatmanMatt Reeves is giving us another tease.
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    How The Goop Lab Filmed a Woman’s Real, Live OrgasmWith an all-female crew, a 90-year-old sex educator, and a little bit of tequila.
  10. it's a dog eat dog world
    How That Navarro Cheer Mix You Can’t Stop Listening to Is MadePatrick Avard, a.k.a. CheerMusicPro, breaks down how he builds competitive cheerleading mixes like those featured in Netflix’s Cheer.
  11. gone catfishing
    The Circle’s Creator Guides Us Through the Show’s Beautiful Web of LiesFrom the “local” apartments to the “voice-activated” app to some players’ “identities,” nothing on the addictive reality series is as it seems.
  12. podcasts
    How Esther Perel Makes Her Intensely Intimate Podcasts“Asking people to talk about their sex lives is significantly easier than getting them to talk about their problematic co-worker.”
  13. animation
    Rick and Morty Is an Animation Challenge Like No OtherThe series’s gleeful exploration of its own logical and visual limits is basically the opposite of how every other animated TV show works.
  14. behind the scenes
    Harry Styles Exposes Himself (in More Ways Than One) in These Fine Line PhotosGet an intimate look at the making of the album.
  15. the mandalorian
    Meet the Man Beneath the Mandalorian’s ArmorBrendan Wayne — yup, John Wayne’s grandson — doubled for star Pedro Pascal on set, and was instrumental in establishing the character’s physicality.
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    So, Who’s Really Under the Mandalorian’s Helmet?Pedro Pascal may be credited as the series’ titular helmeted star, but the character is a collaboration among multiple performers.
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    Why Netflix’s Soundtrack Is a Fully Lip-Synced Musical TV ShowThink Pennies From Heaven, but in contemporary L.A.
  18. watchmen
    In Watchmen’s Clothing, the Past Is PresentThe HBO series weaves the threads of complex and often painful personal histories throughout its characters’ costume choices.
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    How See’s Blindness Consultant Helped Demystify a Sightless WorldAccessibility advocate Joseph A. Strechay was instrumental in the Apple TV+ production’s comprehensive approach to accurately depicting a blind world.
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    Behind the Scenes of Shia LaBeouf’s 19-Day Honey Boy ShootThere was clown makeup, motel pools, and Lucas Hedges.
  21. behind the scenes
    Meet The Crown’s Royal Protocol AdviserFondly referred to as “Major Dave,” Royal Household veteran David Rankin-Hunt is on hand to ensure the series’ ceremonial details are spot on.
  22. acting
    Gaze Upon Olivia Colman’s Single, Perfect Tear on The CrownNot only did she summon Elizabeth’s glorious tear without any makeup or SFX cheats, she timed it perfectly on multiple takes.
  23. the race to animate
    Here’s 19 Seconds of Tony Hale Screaming ‘Trash!’ As ForkySo what you’re saying is … trash?!
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    Trey Edward Shults Says His A24 Movie Waves Is a Panic Attack Followed by a Hug“I wanted the first part to spiritually feel like a panic attack … and then you get on the other side and it’s like the movie gives you a hug.”
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    How the His Dark Materials Puppet Master Conjured Daemons on SetLead puppeteer Brian Fisher on the benefits of using physical daemon stand-ins and Ruth Wilson’s close working relationship with her monkey puppet.
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    How Superstore Pulled Off a Sitcom Plot About ICE Detention CentersAfter a shocking ICE raid cliffhanger, Superstore had to answer a big question: What’s next for Mateo?
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    How Couples Therapy Put Therapy on TV (Without Ruining the Therapy)“Every week you’d go in knowing that there’s cameras somewhere, but three minutes into the session, you forget.”
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    These Chairs Need a TonyTom Hiddleston, Gio Ponti’s Superleggera star in Betrayal.
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    How Hustlers Pulled Off the Meta Cameo of the YearHow the film’s producers (and Jennifer Lopez) convinced a music superstar to show up in Hustlers — and 200 extras to stay quiet while it happened.
  31. fall preview 2019
    How Roselyn Keo’s Life Inspired the Hustlers MovieFrom stripper pole to tent pole.
  32. eek! clowns!
    Bill Skarsgård’s Eyes Really Did Spook Sweet Angel Bill Hader on the Set of ItBarry thinks Derry is scary.
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    How Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Brought Its Puppet-Filled World to LifeThe prequel’s sprawling vision of Thra is the result of old-fashioned puppetry, modern technological modifications, and, yes, a little bit of CG.
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    A Party Room and a Prison Cell: Inside the Friends Writer’s RoomIt was like a vampire, forever hungering for fresh blood to suck.
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    Inside Richard Linklater’s Complete Rewrite of Where’d You Go, BernadetteAfter years of adaptation issues and delays, Maria Semple’s best-selling novel looks a lot different onscreen.
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    There Are Actual Actors Inside Those Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark MonstersGuillermo del Toro and Andre Øvredal explain how they brought the nightmares of your childhood to life.
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    How Orange Is the New Black Said Goodbye to the Litchfield InmatesExecutive producer Tara Hermann breaks down how the series’ writers arrived at a satisfying end point for every major character.
  39. backstories
    Why Orange Is the New Black Brought the Immigration Crisis to Litchfield“We wanted it to feel like a member of your family was gone. We wanted viewers to feel the shock of that.”
  40. behind the scenes
    The Handmaid’s Tale Pulls Back the Curtain on Aunt Lydia’s PastAnn Dowd and showrunner Bruce Miller unravel Aunt Lydia’s life before she was a Gilead-abiding taskmaster.
  41. behind the scenes
    The Handmaid’s Tale Transformed D.C. Into a Gilead NightmareThe Lincoln Memorial is headless. The Washington Monument is a crucifix. Here’s how the show brought Gilead’s capital to life.
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    The True Story Behind John Early and Kate Berlant’s Freaky Short RachelThe comedians share the bizarre true story behind their new short about a mysterious woman who crashes Early’s party.
  43. tv writers
    How Grey’s Anatomy Created Its Powerful ‘Army of Awesome’ Hallway Scene“We made it possible for everyone who wanted to be in the scene to be in the scene.”
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    Whitney Biennial Artists Reveal the Creative Processes Behind Their 2019 WorkJeffrey Gibson is one of five artists sharing their stories in an upcoming video series.
  47. movies
    Director Stacy Title Is Racing Against ALS to Make Her Final MovieShe is paralyzed and cannot speak. But she is determined to make Walking Time Bomb.
  48. trailer mix
    Waterworks Are Coming in This Game of Thrones: The Last Watch Doc TrailerHBO’s behind-the-scenes documentary of the last season.
  49. veep
    How to Write a Jonah InsultWriting comedy is not a scientific or mathematical endeavor — except, perhaps, when it comes to devising ways to insult Veep’s Jonah Ryan.
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