David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, had just finished filming the second season of The Deuce, his opus about the birth of the porn industry, when he got on the phone with Rolling Stone for a wide-ranging conversation. The former Baltimore Sun reporter is 58 and speaks in …
Read More »Chris 'C.T.' Tamburello Looks Back at 15 Years on MTV's 'The Challenge'
If MTV’s long-running reality competition show The Challenge were the NBA, six-time champion Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio would undoubtably be Michael Jordan. But Chris “C.T.” Tamburello would be Shaq. His enormous size, intimidating demeanor, athletic prowess and keen gameplay have kept him a key component of the game across 14 seasons, …
Read More »Meet 'Seven Seconds' Breakout Star: Clare-Hope Ashitey
“By the end of 2016, I felt outnumbered by shitheads.” British actress Clare-Hope Ashitey is seated in Netflix‘s Hollywood offices, recalling the period during which she first read the script for Seven Seconds, the 10-episode series that began streaming on the platform last Friday. Dressed in a pale-peach dress and …
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