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Squid Game Season 2 May Happen — But Not Anytime Soon

A second season of Netflix’s smash hit show Squid Game could happen, according to Netflix’s Head of Global Productions. In an interview with Vulture, Bela Bajaria teased the possibility of a sequel to the streamer’s wildly successful TV series. Whether it does, however, is up to its creator and showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk. The survival drama show currently holds the number one spot on Netflix in multiple countries and, at one point, was the top performing series in 90 nations. Clearly, ...

Movies - Editorial

Found In translation: Triple threat Natalie Morales reconnects with her Cuban roots in bilingual ‘Language Lessons’

There was a time in Natalie Morales’ career where she avoided wearing hoop earrings or the color red to auditions for fear she’d look “too Latina” and toned down the accent she’d developed growing up around her family of Cuban refugees in Florida. “I think that is part of the general American immigrant experience, being acutely aware that if you present as too anything, you probably won’t get the job,” Morales (“Parks and Recreation,” “The Little Things” and “Dead To ...

Sports - Editorial

Fox Sports Broadcaster Joe Buck Prepares for Busiest Month of the Year

Photo: Joe Buck speaks after receiving the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television award during the Pro Football HOF Centennial Class of 2020 enshrinement ceremonies on Aug. 7, 2021. Photo by MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images October is the time of year when the leaves change colors into a vibrant collage of orange, red and yellow, significant others begrudgingly pick apples, pumpkins and gourds at their partner’s behest, everything from lattes to Twinkies is pumpkin spice, everyone brags about their Halloween costume (with ...

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‘Dexter: New Blood’s’ theme is fathers and sons

Award-winning drama “Dexter” aired for eight seasons on Showtime from 2006 to 2013, earning four Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Television Critics Association Award during its original run. Now, everyone’s favorite serial killer is back in “Dexter: New Blood,” a follow-up series that picks up 10 years after the original ended, but with all the major players (from both in front of and behind the camera) reuniting for this special event series — star ...