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This Is Us Renewed By NBC For 3 More Seasons
Our regularly scheduled bout of crying on Tuesday nights will continue for at least three more seasons as NBC has called for a 4th, 5th and 6th season of fan-favorite This Is Us. We have tuned in weekly to watch the trials and tribulations of the Pearson family—beginning with the highly acclaimed first season. It…
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Dear Game of Thrones Fans, I'm Going to Try Really Hard to Catch Up Because the FOMO Is Killing Me
I’m one of those people: I’ve never seen a full episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. I say full episode because I tried to watch the first episode a few years ago and just couldn’t make it through. I don’t know what happened or why on that particular day I couldn’t complete the task. I…
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Goodbye to 'Her': A Key Character From This Is Us Won't Be Returning as a Series Regular in Season 4
Editor’s Note: Beware of Season 3 finale spoilers! The third season of NBC’s hit drama This Is Us just wrapped on Tuesday night, leaving its audience in a glass case of emotions. Lots of emotions. A rollercoaster ride of emotions. Though we get to breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing the fate of Beth…
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Dear This Is Us, You Have Me on an Emotional Rollercoaster and I Just Can't Get Off: The Spoiler Alert Edition
***My G, all the spoilers. All of them.*** When the powers/writers/sadists that be behind the show This Is Us began teasing the future of the Pearson clan at the end of last season—showing us an older Tess and a much older Randall preparing to go see “her” and leaving all the questions—all any of us…
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'R&B': This Is Us Unravels the 'Same Fight' Randall and Beth Have Been Having Since They Met
This is it—the moment we reveal what’s behind the wizard’s “relationship goals” curtain. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.) The dichotomy between This Is Us faves Beth Pearson (Susan Kelechi Watson) and Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) has always been apparent, but somehow it worked. Beth was the (overly) practical peanut butter to Randall’s (overly) optimistic jelly. The…
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A Spoiler-Free, Plot-Free Recap of Last Night's Episode of This Is Us in 600 Words or Less
Last night’s episode of This Is Us (Season 3, episode 16) had me in my Drake feelings, like when he wondered if Keke loved him. I still don’t know if he ever got an answer, but on this show, I think we may get them. It’s been an emotional roller coaster that only Vivian Green…
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The Season Finale of This Is Us Will Be Delayed So President Boiled Fanta Can Issue His Little SOTU Address
This is … not cool. According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC’s beloved show This Is Us will be preempted on Feb. 5 so Trump can exude his self-absorbed orange rays through our televisions in the form of the State of the Union address. The “Songbird Road: Part One” episode had already been bumped from its Jan.…
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SAG Awards 2019: Sterling K. Brown Double-Fists Statuettes as This Is Us and Black Panther Take Home Ensemble Wins
And “The Actor” goes to… Blackness! On a warm and sunny January 27th evening in Los Angeles, the 25th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards shined at the Shrine Auditorium so thespians could celebrate their peers. While not as lauded as the Emmys or Oscars, award ceremonies by unions such as SAG-AFTRA and WGA always seems…
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Sterling K. Brown Almost Had His Challenge Day as M'Baku in Black Panther, but Ryan Coogler Had Other Ideas
IT’S CHALLENGE DAY—Well, it was for Sterling K. Brown. Almost. The This Is Us actor chatted with Variety and gave insight into how he became N’Jobu in Black Panther, particularly pointing out how he originally auditioned for M’Baku. As we know, the part of T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) challenger eventually went to the bombastic brick house…
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Beth’s Black-Ass Backstory on This Is Us Is Coming Together With Phylicia Rashad Portraying Her Mama
Y’all! Fans of This Is Us have been waiting for Beth Pearson’s (Susan Kelechi Watson) backstory for four score and fifty-eleven years—and the wait is coming to an end. For us to have a backstory on young Beth, we have to see her parents. And it looks like we have one-half of that duo on…