Showing 31 - 45 of 64 articles tagged "The Deuce"

• Posted Wednesday 9/12/18 at 11:54PM EDT

  David Simon resumes his feud with Twitter with a lengthy rant against "f*ckbonnet" CEO Jack Dorsey

  "I thought, Mr.

• Posted Monday 9/10/18 at 8:51PM EDT

  The Deuce's David Simon: "I don’t think I’m ever going to work without an intimacy coordinator again"

  The work of Alicia Rodis as intimacy coordinator, or intimacy director, was recently profiled in The New York Times.

• Posted Monday 9/10/18 at 2:00PM EDT

  The Deuce initially wanted a woman to sing Season 2's theme song, but settled on Elvis Costello

  The HBO drama chose an Elvis Costello song for its new opening title sequence, instead of a female artist, because...

• Posted Saturday 9/08/18 at 12:54AM EDT

  The Deuce Season 2 struggles with its "James Franco problem"

  Franco's appearance as two characters months after he was hit with sexual misconduct accusations "works directly against the premise of...

• Posted Friday 8/24/18 at 10:43PM EDT

  The Deuce actress: Playing a porn star in the #MeToo era requires dealing with an "intimacy director"

  The Newsroom alum Margaret Judson was initially supposed to be partially naked for her one-episode prostitute role, but she ended...

• Posted Monday 8/06/18 at 2:50PM EDT

  HBO's The Deuce Season 2 teaser features James Franco

  Franco's identical twin brother characters are featured in the first glimpse of the second season following the actor's sexual misconduct...

• Posted Wednesday 7/25/18 at 1:49PM EDT

  HBO "felt comfortable" proceeding with The Deuce Season 2 after reviewing the James Franco sexual misconduct allegations

  “When the Franco issue came up, we talked internally,” Bloys told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour.

• Posted Monday 7/09/18 at 1:29PM EDT

  James Franco is conspicuously missing from HBO's The Deuce premiere date announcement

  HBO tweeted the first promo pic of Season 2, announcing that the 1970s-set David Simon New York City porn drama...

• Posted Wednesday 6/20/18 at 1:32PM EDT

  The Sopranos star James Gandolfini died five years ago: His actor son pays tribute

  Michael Gandolfini was celebrating his junior high graduation with his dad in Rome on June 19, 2013 when the elder...

• Posted Friday 6/08/18 at 2:52PM EDT

  The Wire creator David Simon slams Twitter for blocking him from his account

  The Deuce co-creator got in heated exchanges with Twitter users earlier this week, resulting in him being placed in Twitter's...

• Posted Thursday 5/24/18 at 4:10AM EDT

  Maggie Gyllenhaal fought to get The Deuce to film a masturbation scene that was eventually cut

  When she found out the scene was cut, Gyllenhaal wrote a lengthy email to her fellow producers, asking: "Where is...

• Posted Tuesday 5/22/18 at 10:30PM EDT

  Maggie Gyllenhaal got tired of doing her sex scenes on The Deuce

  “There’s so much transactional sex,” she said of her Season 1 experience at the Vulture Festival.

• Posted Tuesday 4/10/18 at 7:15PM EDT

  James Franco's Hollywood Walk of Fame star defaced

  Somebody wrote "Douche" in red marker over Franco's Walk of Fame star for Franco.

• Posted Tuesday 3/06/18 at 7:31AM EST

  James Franco spotted filming The Deuce

  Franco was seen filming Season 2 of his HBO series on Monday after opting not to attend the Oscars.

• Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 1:51PM EST

  The Deuce has no Plan B: Writing staff is working on Season 2 scripts with James Franco's characters integral to the plot

  Despite lingering sexual misconduct allegations against Franco, Variety's Cynthia Littleton reports that the HBO drama is set to begin filming...