Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Christine in Crash (2004), Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Libby in Run Fatboy Run (2007), Stella in RockNRolla (2008), Condoleezza Rice in W. (2008), Laura Wilson in 2012 (2009), Tangie Adrose in For Colored Girls (2010), Maeve Millay in Westworld (2016–2022), Roz Huntley in Line of Duty (2017), and Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Newton has received various awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and two Critics' Choice Awards, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, a Saturn Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 27.104
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1972-11-06
  • Place of Birth : London, England, UK
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Thandiwe Newton Movies

  • 2000
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    Mission: Impossible II

    Mission: Impossible II

    6.126 2000 HD

    With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a...

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  • 2006
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    The Pursuit of Happyness

    The Pursuit of Happyness

    7.897 2006 HD

    A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

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  • 1994
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    Interview with the Vampire

    Interview with the Vampire

    7.382 1994 HD

    A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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  • 2005
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    Crash

    Crash

    7.223 2005 HD

    In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops,...

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  • 2008
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    W.

    W.

    6.2 2008 HD

    The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical...

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  • 2004
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    The Chronicles of Riddick

    The Chronicles of Riddick

    6.5 2004 HD

    After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the...

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  • 2022
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    God's Country

    God's Country

    5.7 2022 HD

    When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with...

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  • 1991
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    Flirting

    Flirting

    6.753 1991 HD

    Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this...

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  • 2007
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    Run Fatboy Run

    Run Fatboy Run

    6.2 2007 HD

    Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.

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  • 1993
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    The Young Americans

    The Young Americans

    5.8 1993 HD

    Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by...

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  • 2007
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    Norbit

    Norbit

    5.7 2007 HD

    A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

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  • 1997
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    Gridlock'd

    Gridlock'd

    6.647 1997 HD

    After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are...

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  • 2002
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    The Truth About Charlie

    The Truth About Charlie

    4.837 2002 HD

    Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return...

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  • 2008
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    RocknRolla

    RocknRolla

    7 2008 HD

    When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their...

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  • 2009
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    2012

    2012

    5.846 2009 HD

    Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns...

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  • 2003
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    Shade

    Shade

    6.2 2003 HD

    Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean...

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  • 2010
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    Vanishing on 7th Street

    Vanishing on 7th Street

    5.312 2010 HD

    A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of...

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  • 1995
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    The Journey of August King

    The Journey of August King

    6.7 1995 HD

    The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does...

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  • 2012
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    Good Deeds

    Good Deeds

    6.2 2012 HD

    For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life...

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  • 2010
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    For Colored Girls

    For Colored Girls

    6.7 2010 HD

    About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of...

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  • 1998
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    Besieged

    Besieged

    6.7 1998 HD

    While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her...

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  • 1996
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    The Leading Man

    The Leading Man

    5.2 1996 HD

    Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a...

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  • 1998
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    Beloved

    Beloved

    5.692 1998 HD

    After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of...

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  • 2023
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    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    7 2023 HD

    A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.

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  • 1994
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    Loaded

    Loaded

    3.9 1994 HD

    A group of young friends convene in the countryside to shoot a horror movie. But an experiment with LSD sees normal boundaries between them...

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  • 2011
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    Retreat

    Retreat

    5.6 2011 HD

    Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man...

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  • 2013
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    Half of a Yellow Sun

    Half of a Yellow Sun

    5 2013 HD

    An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very...

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  • 2008
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    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    6.011 2008 HD

    Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around,...

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  • 2000
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    It Was an Accident

    It Was an Accident

    7 2000 HD

    An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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  • 1995
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    Jefferson in Paris

    Jefferson in Paris

    5.1 1995 HD

    His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it...

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  • 1991
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    Pirate Prince

    Pirate Prince

    10 1991 HD

    Jack Prince, a British renegade, joins a rebellion and becomes one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean

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  • 2024
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    Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

    7.1 2024 HD

    Told in flashbacks, Mufasa is an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The...

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  • 2010
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    Huge

    Huge

    5.6 2010 HD

    A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.

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  • 2018
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    Gringo

    Gringo

    5.9 2018 HD

    An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in...

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  • 2019
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    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    6.9 2019 HD

    A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as...

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  • 1997
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    In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

    5.5 1997 HD

    The second of three contemporary stories showing in the Love Bites 1997 season. Clare accuses fellow-student Jamie of raping her after their first...

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  • 2018
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    Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story

    6.557 2018 HD

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and...

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  • 2011
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    The Prophet

    The Prophet

    7.8 2011 HD

    Gary Tarn has grappled with the Lebanese poet and thinker Kahlil Gibran's classic 'The Prophet' from 1923, which is famous worldwide for its main...

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  • 2017
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    Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

    Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

    10 2017 HD

    The story of how one of American television's brightest and wealthiest stars finally came to face a criminal trial for sexual assault a decade after...

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  • 2021
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    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    6.602 2021 HD

    Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he...

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  • 2010
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    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    7 2010 HD

    This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland...

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  • 2006
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    The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

    The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

    10 2006 HD

    Leonardo Da Vinci and his muse the Mona Lisa must stand up to the interrogation of their worth in our modern world.

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  • 2010
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    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

    7.8 2010 HD

    A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.

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  • 2007
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    Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

    Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

    9 2007 HD

    This is a "making of" documentary for the hit film "The Pursuit of Happyness". It chronicles a foreign director's perspective on The American Dream,...

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  • 2007
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    Father and Son: On Screen and Off

    Father and Son: On Screen and Off

    6 2007 HD

    A look into Will and Jaden Smith's father and son bond on and off the screen of The Pursuit of Happyness

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  • 2022
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    All the Old Knives

    All the Old Knives

    6 2022 HD

    When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to...

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  • 2020
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    Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

    Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

    10 2020 HD

    Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption...

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  • 2018
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    Family Feud

    Family Feud

    1 2018 HD

    Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.

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  • 2023
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    President

    President

    7.5 2023 HD

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  • 2017
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    Liyana

    Liyana

    9 2017 HD

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  • 2005
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    American Dad!

    American Dad!

    7 2005 HD

    The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his...

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  • 2015
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    The Slap

    The Slap

    6.1 2015 HD

    Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry...

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  • 2016
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    Westworld

    Westworld

    8.046 2016 HD

    A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined...

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  • 1996
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.4 1996 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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  • 2013
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    Rogue

    Rogue

    6.9 2013 HD

    Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s...

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  • 2009
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    RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

    7.5 2009 HD

    Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in...

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  • 2005
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    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    6.8 2005 HD

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third...

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  • 2007
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    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.2 2007 HD

    Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...

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  • 2012
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    Line of Duty

    Line of Duty

    8.3 2012 HD

    A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

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  • 2015
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    The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

    5.393 2015 HD

    Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and...

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  • 2018
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    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    7.4 2018 HD

    As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film...

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  • 2022
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    Human Resources

    Human Resources

    6.6 2022 HD

    Lovebugs, Hormone Monsters and a parade of other creatures juggle romance, workplace drama and their human clients' needs in this "Big Mouth" spinoff.

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  • 2015
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    5.735 2015 HD

    Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

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  • 2014
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.835 2014 HD

    After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 2018
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    The Big Narstie Show

    The Big Narstie Show

    3.5 2018 HD

    Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo...

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  • 2009
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    RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race

    7.5 2009 HD

    Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in...

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  • 2015
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    6.6 2015 HD

    Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an...

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  • 2014
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    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

    4 2014 HD

    Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for...

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  • 2017
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    Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

    7.7 2017 HD

    Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.

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  • 2014
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    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    4.4 2014 HD

    PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors....

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