Gerri is heading West.
J. Smith-Cameron, the actress best known for her two-time Emmy-nominated performance as acid-tongued general counsel Gerri Kellman on “Succession,” is joining the cast of “Hacks” Season 3 as a recurring guest star, Variety reports.
Details of Cameron’s role are being kept under wraps, but it’s very easy to see her trading barbs with Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), or being polite but cutting with Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).
“Hacks” is a Max comedy series about the professional and personal relationship between an aging Las Vegas stand-up comic (Smart) and the young writer (Einbinder) she hires to help her modernize her material. Smart has won two Emmys for her performance, and the series has earned two nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, among many other nominations.
The main cast also includes Paul W. Downs (who co-created the show with Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky), Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins,...
J. Smith-Cameron, the actress best known for her two-time Emmy-nominated performance as acid-tongued general counsel Gerri Kellman on “Succession,” is joining the cast of “Hacks” Season 3 as a recurring guest star, Variety reports.
Details of Cameron’s role are being kept under wraps, but it’s very easy to see her trading barbs with Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), or being polite but cutting with Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).
“Hacks” is a Max comedy series about the professional and personal relationship between an aging Las Vegas stand-up comic (Smart) and the young writer (Einbinder) she hires to help her modernize her material. Smart has won two Emmys for her performance, and the series has earned two nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, among many other nominations.
The main cast also includes Paul W. Downs (who co-created the show with Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky), Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
This post contains spoilers for “With Open Eyes,” the series finale of “Succession.”
“Succession” came to an end on Sunday night with a 90-minute episode that included multiple double-crosses and the biggest Roy family blowout in the show’s history.
After reconnecting at their mother’s home in the Caribbean – including some of the siblings’ most touching moments of the entire series – Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook), briefly presented a joint front that gave them enough votes to stop the Waystar Royco sale to GoJo and Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard). But with the votes knotted at six and Shiv as the deciding ballot, the Roys fractured for the last time.
“I love you, I really, I love you—but I can’t fucking stomach you,” Shiv tells Kendall, who quickly spirals out of control at the realization that his life’s dream of taking over the family company has ended.
“Succession” came to an end on Sunday night with a 90-minute episode that included multiple double-crosses and the biggest Roy family blowout in the show’s history.
After reconnecting at their mother’s home in the Caribbean – including some of the siblings’ most touching moments of the entire series – Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook), briefly presented a joint front that gave them enough votes to stop the Waystar Royco sale to GoJo and Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard). But with the votes knotted at six and Shiv as the deciding ballot, the Roys fractured for the last time.
“I love you, I really, I love you—but I can’t fucking stomach you,” Shiv tells Kendall, who quickly spirals out of control at the realization that his life’s dream of taking over the family company has ended.
- 5/29/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Spoiler warning: Here is a recap of the Succession season 4 And series finale, “With Open Eyes,” directed by Mark Mylod and written by creator Jesse Armstrong.
Succession, the Emmy-winning HBO family saga, about the Roys and their in-fighting for control of the media conglomerate, Waystar Royco, came to an end after four seasons — and in the process, finally revealed who would have a seat at the table as the company determined who would become CEO once and for all.
This comes after season 4 of Succession kicked off the Roy siblings — Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and the secretly pregnant Shiv (Sarah Snook) — determined to start their own media company following their failed coup to take out their father, Logan (Brian Cox), in the season 3 finale, when they were betrayed by Shiv’s husband, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), and their cousin, Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun).
Since then, the series took...
Succession, the Emmy-winning HBO family saga, about the Roys and their in-fighting for control of the media conglomerate, Waystar Royco, came to an end after four seasons — and in the process, finally revealed who would have a seat at the table as the company determined who would become CEO once and for all.
This comes after season 4 of Succession kicked off the Roy siblings — Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and the secretly pregnant Shiv (Sarah Snook) — determined to start their own media company following their failed coup to take out their father, Logan (Brian Cox), in the season 3 finale, when they were betrayed by Shiv’s husband, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), and their cousin, Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun).
Since then, the series took...
- 5/29/2023
- by Sarah Curran
- ET Canada
Note: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Succession.”
The series finale of “Succession” brought the story of the Roy family and the fate of their company to an end, placing a new and not entirely surprising heir at the helm of Waystar Royco.
The episode, titled “With Open Eyes,” dropped a satisfying — if not all that unpredictable — twist on viewers after Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) once again betrayed his wife, Siobhan Roy (Sarah Snook), and partnered with Swedish corporate shark Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) to become U.S. CEO of the company. A tense board meeting led to Matsson’s internet conglomerate GoJo’s acquisition of Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) company right from under the Roy siblings’ grasp.
But that only happened because Shiv acted on her bone-deep knowledge of older brother Kendall’s (Jeremy Strong) personal and professional weaknesses — mixed, perhaps, with her own resentment...
The series finale of “Succession” brought the story of the Roy family and the fate of their company to an end, placing a new and not entirely surprising heir at the helm of Waystar Royco.
The episode, titled “With Open Eyes,” dropped a satisfying — if not all that unpredictable — twist on viewers after Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) once again betrayed his wife, Siobhan Roy (Sarah Snook), and partnered with Swedish corporate shark Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) to become U.S. CEO of the company. A tense board meeting led to Matsson’s internet conglomerate GoJo’s acquisition of Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) company right from under the Roy siblings’ grasp.
But that only happened because Shiv acted on her bone-deep knowledge of older brother Kendall’s (Jeremy Strong) personal and professional weaknesses — mixed, perhaps, with her own resentment...
- 5/29/2023
- by Bob Strauss
- The Wrap
Succession fans finally have a chance to live like Jeremy Strong’s Kendall Roy. The luxurious penthouses featured in the critically acclaimed series have captured the attention of viewers, with their opulent designs and breathtaking views of Central Park.
Among these extravagant residences is Kendall’s stunning three-level penthouse, perched atop the highest building north of 72nd Street. The only problem is that the house will cost you a cool $29 million.
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy | Graeme Hunter/HBO Kendall Roy’s ‘Succession’ home is up for sale – for the low price of $29 million
The popular HBO show Succession portrays the tumultuous lives of the Roy family, who own a massive media and entertainment empire called Waystar Royco. The show has won many awards over the years, including Strong’s Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor.
Most of the scenes in Succession are shot in New York. The wealthy Roy family...
Among these extravagant residences is Kendall’s stunning three-level penthouse, perched atop the highest building north of 72nd Street. The only problem is that the house will cost you a cool $29 million.
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy | Graeme Hunter/HBO Kendall Roy’s ‘Succession’ home is up for sale – for the low price of $29 million
The popular HBO show Succession portrays the tumultuous lives of the Roy family, who own a massive media and entertainment empire called Waystar Royco. The show has won many awards over the years, including Strong’s Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor.
Most of the scenes in Succession are shot in New York. The wealthy Roy family...
- 5/28/2023
- by Perry Carpenter
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In a way, “Succession” will never end. The Roy family’s wealth is too immense to be squelched in a single episode — even a finale that’s as long as a film. That kind of money isn’t even money anymore; it’s capital, power, and, as Kendall put it in his eulogy to Logan, “the lifeblood […] of this wonderful civilization we have built from the mud.” Whomever succeeds the Waystar Royco business titan will grab the reigns of an ecosystem that may not be too big to fail, but certainly protects its own. Barring an asteroid smashing into the planet or a significant time-jump into the post-apocalypse, “Succession’s” ending isn’t likely to halt the Roys’ destructive rampage across this planet. There will be survivors. There will be enterprise. There will be wealth.
But we won’t get to see any of it because “Succession” is still ending.
But we won’t get to see any of it because “Succession” is still ending.
- 5/28/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“Succession” series creator Jesse Armstrong writes characters who aren’t equipped for their times – either their inflated egos make them see small slights as momentous personal challenges or their stunted emotional maturity and intellect make them exactly the wrong people to deal with an actual crisis. In the case of “Succession,” it’s often both, and the camera responds accordingly.
Director Mark Mylod and director of photography Patrick Capone have together helmed over 10 episodes of the series together — including Season 4’s Episode 1, “The Munsters,” Episode 3, “Connor’s Wedding,” and Episode 9, “Church and State” — and like to keep the audience just a couple seconds behind and constantly re-finding the characters and the shifting power dynamics of individual scenes. It makes “Succession” look the way it must feel for the Roy siblings: one giant clusterfuck after another.
The series’s 90-minute finale is nigh, and the boardroom battle between “the Roy boys...
Director Mark Mylod and director of photography Patrick Capone have together helmed over 10 episodes of the series together — including Season 4’s Episode 1, “The Munsters,” Episode 3, “Connor’s Wedding,” and Episode 9, “Church and State” — and like to keep the audience just a couple seconds behind and constantly re-finding the characters and the shifting power dynamics of individual scenes. It makes “Succession” look the way it must feel for the Roy siblings: one giant clusterfuck after another.
The series’s 90-minute finale is nigh, and the boardroom battle between “the Roy boys...
- 5/27/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Succession."
When Logan Roy's ex-wives and mistresses gathered in the pews of a New York City church to mourn the angry, powerful man they loved, it was a quietly powerful moment in a "Succession" episode full of them. Viewers knew three of the four women who made up the front row of funeral attendees: there was Marcia (Hiam Abbass), Logan's current wife who left on a permanent shopping trip, only to return to assert her dominance in the wake of his death. There was Kerry (Zoe Winters), Logan's assistant-turned-rumored lover who proved herself a terrible news anchor when he was alive and a genuinely emotional person once he died. And then there was Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter), the icy, aristocratic mother of Kendall, Shiv, and Roman.
It was Caroline who made the surprisingly sweet gesture to bring all the women together,...
When Logan Roy's ex-wives and mistresses gathered in the pews of a New York City church to mourn the angry, powerful man they loved, it was a quietly powerful moment in a "Succession" episode full of them. Viewers knew three of the four women who made up the front row of funeral attendees: there was Marcia (Hiam Abbass), Logan's current wife who left on a permanent shopping trip, only to return to assert her dominance in the wake of his death. There was Kerry (Zoe Winters), Logan's assistant-turned-rumored lover who proved herself a terrible news anchor when he was alive and a genuinely emotional person once he died. And then there was Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter), the icy, aristocratic mother of Kendall, Shiv, and Roman.
It was Caroline who made the surprisingly sweet gesture to bring all the women together,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This Post Contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Connor’s Wedding.”
Logan Roy is indestructible. Logan Roy is eternal.
This is the ethos on which he has built his empire, and was seemingly the one on which Jesse Armstrong had built Succession. Everyone keeps making moves against Logan, and failing. His will is indomitable. His tactical acumen is unmatched. Even his age and relatively poor health seem like minor inconveniences rather than warning signs that the end is near. Logan will always win. Logan will always crush his opponents.
Logan Roy is indestructible. Logan Roy is eternal.
This is the ethos on which he has built his empire, and was seemingly the one on which Jesse Armstrong had built Succession. Everyone keeps making moves against Logan, and failing. His will is indomitable. His tactical acumen is unmatched. Even his age and relatively poor health seem like minor inconveniences rather than warning signs that the end is near. Logan will always win. Logan will always crush his opponents.
- 4/10/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
The moment Sheryl Lee Ralph found out that her standout role on “Abbott Elementary” had landed her an Emmy nom was immediately immortalized for all the internet to see. On vacation with her family in Jamaica, Ralph gasped into her phone as her son filmed her shock and awe unfolding in real time. The second she confirmed the nomination, they both burst into joyful yelps, thrilled beyond the parameters of coherence. The video went viral almost as soon as her son posted it on Twitter as Ralph’s fans rushed to celebrate alongside her. After decades of turning in worthy performances, Ralph has finally — incredibly — just received her first Emmy nomination.
“It’s just the best feeling,” Ralph says now. “Recognition for what you do is always a wonderful thing, [whether] from your peers, from your friends, from your family or from people you didn’t even know knew and loved you.
“It’s just the best feeling,” Ralph says now. “Recognition for what you do is always a wonderful thing, [whether] from your peers, from your friends, from your family or from people you didn’t even know knew and loved you.
- 8/5/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
The slugfest for the top spot at “Succession’s” Waystar Royco has always been a bloodbath in the making. But the return of the HBO drama series could turn the supporting actor in a drama category at the Emmys into an equally bruising match.
Once again, the series’ stacked ensemble is certain to produce multiple acting nominees for its third season, with Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun and Alan Ruck all being pushed as supporting by HBO.
Should the first three land nominations, it will be a repeat of 2020, when the show was last eligible.
Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions Hub
But in that race, the wealth of new “Succession” nominees likely split the vote, opening a path to the win for “The Morning Show’s” Billy Crudup. But this isn’t 2020. This year, “The Morning Show’s” heat has cooled considerably while “Succession” is coming...
Once again, the series’ stacked ensemble is certain to produce multiple acting nominees for its third season, with Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun and Alan Ruck all being pushed as supporting by HBO.
Should the first three land nominations, it will be a repeat of 2020, when the show was last eligible.
Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions Hub
But in that race, the wealth of new “Succession” nominees likely split the vote, opening a path to the win for “The Morning Show’s” Billy Crudup. But this isn’t 2020. This year, “The Morning Show’s” heat has cooled considerably while “Succession” is coming...
- 6/13/2022
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety Film + TV
“Succession” could have looked very different.
The Emmy-winning HBO drama stars Sarah Snook as Siobhan “Shiv” Roy, the daughter of media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox), who is vying to be his successor against siblings Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) and Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong). While Snook has been Emmy-nominated for her turn as the no-nonsense exec, Snook revealed that she originally turned down the role.
“When I first got offered the role, I said no,” Snook told Variety. “If the world is going to be interested in a bunch of white dudes talking about business, and if I’m the only woman in that, then I’m likely to get sidelined and be like some sort of prop. I don’t feel like that personally, nor do I feel like I want to compete for that. No, I don’t want to do this job, and then it came back again.
The Emmy-winning HBO drama stars Sarah Snook as Siobhan “Shiv” Roy, the daughter of media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox), who is vying to be his successor against siblings Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) and Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong). While Snook has been Emmy-nominated for her turn as the no-nonsense exec, Snook revealed that she originally turned down the role.
“When I first got offered the role, I said no,” Snook told Variety. “If the world is going to be interested in a bunch of white dudes talking about business, and if I’m the only woman in that, then I’m likely to get sidelined and be like some sort of prop. I don’t feel like that personally, nor do I feel like I want to compete for that. No, I don’t want to do this job, and then it came back again.
- 6/11/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
HBO’s blistering Emmy- winning drama “Succession” saw the Roy clan continue to battle it out for control of the Waystar Royco empire. In the middle of it all are Shiv, played by Sarah Snook, and Gerri, portrayed by J. Smith-Cameron, and this season, they establish power.
Gerri is made interim CEO, and Shiv continued to mistreat her husband, Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), while solidifying herself as a corporate power player. As the third season ended, Shiv faced the ultimate betrayal but found strength in unity with her siblings, while Gerri chose her side, betray- ing Roman (Kieran Culkin).
Here, they look back at that ending and discuss being part of a man’s world.
Did you know how Season 3 was going to end? That shoulder tap was such a betrayal. How did you unpack what Shiv was feeling?
Snook: I got a little bit of an outline before we started the season.
Gerri is made interim CEO, and Shiv continued to mistreat her husband, Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), while solidifying herself as a corporate power player. As the third season ended, Shiv faced the ultimate betrayal but found strength in unity with her siblings, while Gerri chose her side, betray- ing Roman (Kieran Culkin).
Here, they look back at that ending and discuss being part of a man’s world.
Did you know how Season 3 was going to end? That shoulder tap was such a betrayal. How did you unpack what Shiv was feeling?
Snook: I got a little bit of an outline before we started the season.
- 6/9/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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