‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Ann Dowd on the Power of ‘Shame and Humiliation’ in Aunt Lydia’s Backstory
“I think the whole thing is a tragedy and Lydia holds herself deeply responsible,” Hulu star tells TheWrap of that Ofmatthew twist
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Exec Producer: America Is on a ‘Very, Very Slippery Slope Toward Gilead’
Gilead is the oppressive, totalitarian republic of the Hulu show
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Elisabeth Moss Returns to Gilead in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 3 Trailer: ‘Now Mom’s Got Work’ (Video)
New season premieres on Hulu June 3
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Margaret Atwood Is Writing ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Book Sequel Due Out Next Year
“The Testaments” was inspired by readers’ questions about Gilead and by the “world we’ve been living in,” author says
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Ann Dowd: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Aunt Lydia Would Make ‘Mincemeat’ Out of Sarah Sanders (Video)
“She would’ve taken care of business immediately,” Dowd says on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
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20 ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Authoritarians, Ranked From Bad to Exceedingly Evil (Photos)
A lot of people support brutal patriarchy, even if they’re crushed by it too
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Finale: Is Aunt Lydia OK After That, Um, Accident?
Showrunner Bruce Miller explains what that incident with Emily means for Ann Dowd’s future on Hulu series
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale': Does June Escape Gilead in the Novel?
Hulu’s adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” still has material from Margaret Atwood’s novel to pull from after one full season, but it’s moving into new territory
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‘Hereditary’ Film Review: Family’s a Horror in Brilliant Indie Debut
Toni Collette gives an extraordinary performance in this moody, creepy psychological thriller
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Alex Wolff Tells Us How Gnarly ‘Hereditary’ Scene Drew Real Blood (Exclusive Video)
“This movie seeps in your bones — even if you are not scared, you’ll be disturbed or upset by it,” actor tells TheWrap
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‘A Kid Like Jake’ Film Review: Claire Danes’ and Jim Parsons’ Parental Problems Push the Kid Offstage
Jake likes to dress up as Disney princesses, but he gets too little camera time in this stagebound drama
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‘American Animals’ Film Review: Entertainingly Fizzy Heist Movie Defies Expectations
This squirrelly rundown of a real-life art caper engineered by bored college kids fuses narrative and documentary, fantasy and reality
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Ann Dowd Breaks Down That Horrifying Season 2 Opener (Video)
“That’s the way to get the job done, scare them almost to death,” Emmy winner tells TheWrap
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2: Ann Dowd Shares Her Theories About Aunt Lydia’s Backstory (Video)
“I often wonder, ‘was she very in love as a 13-year-old and did she get pregnant?'” Emmy-winning Hulu star tells TheWrap
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Cast on Pressure to Match Critical Darling’s Success in Season 2 (Video)
“We got lucky in terms of hitting the political zeitgeist,” Joseph Fiennes tells TheWrap of Emmy-winning series
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Jason Mitchell’s ‘Tyrel’ Sells to Magnolia Pictures
Sundance 2018: Drama also stars Michael Cera and Caleb Landry Jones
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Trailer: Her Name Is June and She’s Free, Thank You Very Much (Video)
Elisabeth Moss is pregnant and still fighting the dystopian horrors of Gilead in Hulu’s second installment
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Andrea Riseborough’s ‘Nancy’ Sells to Samuel Goldwyn Films
Sundance 2018: Film premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition category
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Claire Danes, Jim Parsons Drama ‘A Kid Like Jake’ Acquired by IFC Films
Sundance 2018: Film also stars Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra and Ann Dowd
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‘Tyrel': Race, Class and Bad Manners Collide in Showcase for Jason Mitchell
Sundance 2018: Sebastian Silva makes a melting pot “Lord of the Flies” in the woods
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13 Hottest Sundance Movies for Sale: From Ax Murderers to Notorious ‘RBG’ (Photos)
Sundance 2018: Streaming companies and indie distributors will battle it out for these movies
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Emmys: Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From ‘Stranger Things’ to Ann Dowd (Photos)
It was not a big night for “Westworld” or “Feud: Bette and Joan”
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2017 Emmy Firsts: From Lena Waithe to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (Photos)
Some actors got long overdue trophies while others made history
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Leftovers’ Ann Dowd Exclusive EmmyQuickie Portraits (Photos)
Actress stops by TheWrap for a photo session and interview
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Double Emmy Nominee Ann Dowd on Becoming an ‘Overnight’ Sensation in Her 60s (Video)
EmmyWrap Magazine: “There are more roles for middle-aged actresses now,” says star of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Leftovers”
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‘Leftovers’ Star Carrie Coon on Trampoline Bouncing to Wu-Tang, How Grief Hits the Body (Video)
“Damon took us to a very physical place … because humans hold trauma in their bodies,” Coon says
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‘The Leftovers': One Last Dance for Ann Dowd and Justin Theroux
Dowd’s Patti Levin returns in penultimate episode of Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta series
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Hulu Went All-In on This Bold ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Marketing (Photos)
“The future is a f—— nightmare,” screams one particularly on-point poster featuring Elisabeth Moss
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‘Collateral Beauty’ Review: Will Smith and All-Star Cast Collide in Sentimental Trainwreck
Talented actors are reduced to quivering lips and puddles of tears in a hokey tale of loss and interconnectedness
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Emmy Contenders: ‘The Leftovers’ Stars Talk About Rare Chance to Portray ‘Female Rage’
“Her anger and emotions aren’t about a man — they’re grounded in something else in the world,” Carrie Coon tells TheWrap about her character in HBO drama
