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Sam Jay is a stand-up comic and Emmy-nominated writer. You might know her best from her 2020 Netflix special Three in the Morning or for her work as a writer on Saturday Night Live. She stars in the Peacock series Bust Down which she co-created. And Sam is the writer, co-creator and host of Pause with Sam Jay on HBO and HBO Max. The show follows her as she explores a variety of topics and divisive cultural issues through a series of chats with her friends as well as sketches and interviews. Pause with Sam Jay is one of the most original series in a long time. There isn't any other show like this on TV.

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Shaun Toub wasn’t sure he wanted to star in an Israeli production when he was pitched the script for Tehran, a spy thriller about the machinations between Israel and his home country of Iran. But the character of Faraz Kamali, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer intent on catching an Israeli computer hacker and Mossad agent named Tamar, was too good to pass on. The fact we’re never sure who the good guys and bad guys are has made the Apple TV Plus series a hit in both countries, he said.

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As the Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and daytime talk show host gets ready to host the 500th episode of the Tamron Hall Show on ABC, she shares her thoughts on the many powerful and productive conversations she says have made the show popular with viewers. The third season, now airing, has just been nominated for four daytime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 is back for a 13th season. Joel Hodgson, who created MST3K, and Emily Marsh join Jonah Ray and robot friends Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot to watch bad movies and make wisecracks. The venerable show first premiered in 1988 and has won a Peabody Award winning and been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards. You can watch new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 starting May 6 at the website mst3k.com or by accessing the Gizmoplex app on iOS, Android and on platforms like Apple TV, Roku and Amazon FireTV.

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Giovanni Ribisi is an Emmy Award-nominated actor who has been in numerous films like Avatar, Lost in Translation, Saving Private Ryan and Gone in 60 Seconds. He's also been in shows like Sneaky Pete, Friends, My Name Is Earl and On The Verge. His latest project is playing the real life mob boss Joe Colombo in the Paramount Plus series The Offer. The show takes place in the 70s and details the extreme efforts producer Al Ruddy went through to get the film "The Godfather" made.

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Natasha Leggero is an actor, writer and stand-up comedian. She's been in shows like Another Period, Burning Love, Key and Peele, Broke and Modern Family. She has four stand up specials including Coke Money and The Honeymoon Stand-up Special which became the basis for her podcast the Endless Honeymoon which she hosts along with her husband and fellow comic Moshe Kasher. Her newest show is Rat in the Kitchen on TBS which she co-hosts alongside Chef Ludo Lefebvre.

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After nearly three decades working as a model and actor in movies and TV shows including The Jamie Foxx Show and NYPD Blue, Garcelle Beauvais signed up as the first Black cast member in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2020. She hopes the reality TV inspires women to see that life, and their career, doesn’t end when you reach a certain age.

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Ken Burns notes we’re living in complicated times, punctuated by misinformation, racial inequities, the climate crisis and threats to our democracy. Which is why it’s worth revisiting the story of Benjamin Franklin, the man who showed the world what it means to be an “American.” In his new PBS documentary, Burns also shows us why Franklin, over 250 years ago, did social media right.

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David Dastmalchian is an actor who may know best from films like The Suicide Squad, Dune, Ant-Man, Blade Runner 2049, The Dark Knight as well as shows like MacGyver, Twin Peaks and The Flash. David is also a comic book writer and wrote the 2019 series Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter for Dark Horse Comics. In March, he released a second volume of four issues aptly titled Count Crowley Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter.

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Bomani Jones is an Emmy Award-winning sports journalist who hosts the long-running ESPN radio show/podcast The Right Time with Bomani Jones. His latest project is the new HBO series Game Theory with Bomani Jones where each week he breaks down the world of sports through a mix of topical news, in-depth analysis, interviews with special guests and field pieces. The show airs Sunday nights on HBO.

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