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Watch Madonna Make the Most of a Front Seat in Carpool Karaoke

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You might think there are only so many dance moves you can pull off in the front seat of a car, but Madonna proved otherwise during an appearance on "The Late Late Show."

While joining James Corden for his hit segment Carpool Karaoke, the Queen of Pop refused to let being confined to the passenger seat of a car hinder her performance. Clearly, Madonna will put on a show, no matter the stage. She used every bit of space available to her and busted out moves that most of us would pull muscles trying to emulate.

In addition to her impressive display of flexibility and creativity, the entertainer shared that she is surprisingly "square," knocked Corden's fashion, and recounted a Chardonnay-aided makeout with Michael Jackson. As you can see, it was a very productive carpool.

Watch the segment below, and let Madonna's car-dancing skills inspire you.

"The Late Late Show with James Corden" airs weeknights on CBS at 12:35 a.m.

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'Z: The Beginning of Everything' Trailer: Zelda Fitzgerald Behaves Badly

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Amazon is bringing us back to the roaring '20s -- with all the era's vice-filled glory.

The online retail giant-slash-streaming service has dropped the official trailer for "Z: The Beginning of Everything," a period drama centering on Zelda Fitzgerald (Christina Ricci). The fast-paced preview focuses on her chaotic life, particularly her marriage to the celebrated writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (David Hoflin). In the trailer, the two navigate parties, paparazzi, and passion, but that the glitz has an ugly side, too.

This definitely isn't your average love story. "Well-behaved women don't make history," the trailer tells us, and there's a reason we all remember Zelda.

The series' pilot successfully emerged from Amazon's pilot season, and the trailer shows us why. Zelda Fitzgerald has long been a fascinating figure, and Ricci sells her portrayal well.

The series' stars also includes David Strathairn, Jamie Anne Allman, and Jordan Dean.

"Z: The Beginning of Everything" premieres on Amazon Prime Jan. 27.

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'The Walking Dead' Midseason Finale Spoilers: Get Ready to Return to the Kingdom

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We haven't seen much of the Kingdom since it was introduced early on in "The Walking Dead" Season 7, but we're headed back there soon.

E! News unveiled a new sneak peek Thursday, and the clip from the midseason finale gives us a chance to see what Carol (Melissa McBride) and Morgan (Lennie James) have been up to since they found their way to the community led by the eccentric Ezekiel (Khary Payton). From the look of it, things have been going pretty well. Instead of spending her days having to kill or be killed, Carol is reading by the fire and evidently enjoying some peace and quiet.

Her relationship with Morgan seems to be improving, too. When he stops by to leave fresh produce on her doorstep, she goes out of her way to greet him. All that R&R has clearly been good for her.

The change is so obvious that Morgan even comments on it. "I think you're going soft," he quips when she asks him how he is.

The clips ends with their reunion being interrupted by a surprise visitor wanting to tell them "something important." We suspect that the peace is coming to an end, so hopefully Carol and Morgan enjoyed it while they could.

"The Walking Dead" midseason finale airs Dec. 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

[via: E! News]

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'Game of Thrones' Star Finn Jones Offers Interesting Iron Throne Theory

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Premiere Of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 6 - ArrivalsThe battle for the Iron Throne is on pause while we wait for "Game of Thrones" Season 7, but that doesn't mean speculation is on hold, too.

Everyone, from fans to the show's cast, has ideas about what's coming next. Although his character Loras Tyrell was killed off, now-former star Finn Jones has a particularly interesting theory on the fate of the Iron Throne. During a recent "Game of Thrones" exhibition event in Chicago, he shared his idea while trying out the glorified chair.

Seated atop the symbol of Westerosi power, he told A.V. Club's Caitlin Penzey-Moog that he hopes it will ultimately cease to exist.

"What I'd like to see happen is, in the great battle between ice and fire, I think there'll be a kind of catastrophic war which will destroy everything," he said. "The throne will be dissolved in the process, both physically and ideologically."

It's an intriguing idea, if ironic. We've watched these people battle for the position for six seasons and counting, after all. Imagine if it all comes to naught.

We'll prepare ourselves for the possibility, but in the meantime, we've got two more seasons to enjoy, no matter who is or isn't sitting on the throne.

[via: A.V. Club]

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'Hairspray Live!' Was the Least-Watched Recent TV Musical, But Why?

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NBC's "Hairspray Live!" had everything -- great performances, an uplifting message, even its own cute hashtag -- but it was missing the one thing every musical wants: a huge audience. It's not like no one tuned in, but compared to the recent set of live TV musicals, "Hairspray" fell surprisingly flat on the numbers.

According to Deadline, the 8 to 10:54 p.m. Broadway adaptation had an overall audience of 9.045 million viewers. It also had a 2.3/8 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic.

By comparison, here's Variety's rundown of the audiences for the most recent live musicals, in chronological order:

"The Sound of Music Live!" (aired Dec. 5, 2013 on NBC): 4.6, 18.62 million
"Peter Pan Live!" (aired Dec. 4, 2014 on NBC): 2.4, 9.21 million
"The Wiz Live!" (aired Dec. 3, 2015 on NBC): 3.4, 11.5 million
"Grease: Live" (aired Jan. 31, 2016 on Fox): 4.3, 12.18 million

That puts "Hairspray" below "Peter Pan," but 9 million is still an impressive haul, and the show was trending on Twitter the whole time, with viewers mostly appreciating the results.

NBC's next musical is "Bye Bye Birdie," starring Jennifer Lopez, who promoted her musical during "Hairspray":

Maybe JLo's star power will bring even more viewers in for 2017.

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Ryan Reynolds Sounds Off on 'Deadpool 2' Director Change

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Ryan Reynolds is still putting maximum effort into "Deadpool." He just told Entertainment Weekly -- which named him Entertainer of the Year -- that they are currently in the development stage for "Deadpool 2," but "we're about to move into production."

Original director Tim Miller is out, reportedly after clashing with Reynolds on the direction of the sequel. Miller's replacement is "John Wick" director David Leitch.

When asked previously about the director change, Reynolds simply told The Hollywood Reporter, "Ultimately, everything is on track, that's all that matters at the moment."

He had more to say on the subject to EW, praising both Miller and Leitch:

On Tim Miller: "There is not a human being on Earth that worked harder on 'Deadpool' than Tim. He's an incredibly, incredibly talented director."

On Davd Leitch: "Everybody was just a fan of his work. He's just a guy who's so muscular with his action. He also really understands those 'Deadpool' sensibilities and where we need to take the franchise from here. And I love 'John Wick.' One of the things that David Leitch does that very few filmmakers can do these days is they can make a movie on an ultra tight minimal budget look like it was shot for 10-15 times what it cost."

There's certainly something to be said for creative use of funds, but why would "Deadpool 2" really need someone who can work on "an ultra tight minimal budget"? Didn't this thing make half a mint? Show it all the money.

Anyway, Reynolds added that they are still casting for Cable and "looking at" Domino as another "Deadpool 2" character. One guy who is ready to return is T.J. Miller as Wade Wilson's buddy Weasel. Here's what Miller recently told Cinema Blend:

"I have been talking with Ryan Reynolds and the writers, and they're really excited about ['Deadpool 2']. I think, for me, I just want Weasel to wield a gun, at one point. But there's more fun stuff coming."

"Deadpool 2" is currently aiming for release in January 2018.

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UFC Fans, This 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Cameo Is for You

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"Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are serious UFC fans -- a while back they told the UFC Unfiltered podcast they spend more time talking to the GoT cast about UFC than the HBO show. That love seems to have spilled onto the HBO show for Season 7.

Reports recently came out that Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial artist Conor McGregor would be joining Season 7, which is now filming in Northern Ireland. First a rumor, McGregor's involvement was confirmed by UFC president Dana White, who told Fox Sports Live (via TMZ), "I knew that a few months ago that they were interested in putting him in the show. And I'm glad he did it. It'll be great."UFC 202 Mixed Martial ArtsAccording to Watchers on the Wall, the role is a non-speaking cameo. Here's their report:

A WotW source tells us that Conor McGregor will be playing a pirate belonging to Euron Greyjoy's crew, on the ship Silence. The part is a fairly small one, a cameo, so fans who are worried about his acting ability, don't sweat it. There is no speaking involved with this part, and it's definitely a short-term gig.

Good. The last thing GoT needs is to distract fans with celebrity cameos just because The Powers That Be happen to be fanboys. McGregor will probably fit in enough that seeing him won't take us right out of the story. That's the hope, anyway.

"Game of Thrones" Season 7 premieres in summer 2017.

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'Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X' Has 'One of Our Best' Finales

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CBS, please clone "Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X" and give us another season just like it ASAP. Thanks!

Season 33 started with a bang -- actually a cyclone causing the first ever full cast evacuation -- and it is poised to end with another bang. The two-hour finale, "I'm Going for a Million Bucks," airs Wednesday, December 14 at 8 p.m. ET, followed by what should be a pretty explosive one-hour reunion show. (#Figtails)

Host Jeff Probst teased what's ahead in the final night of the season in his post-episode chat with Entertainment Weekly:

Finale time is almost upon us! Tease us up for the three-hour finale/reunion extravaganza!

"One of our best. Huge story turns. Great competition. Emotion. Should be a great reunion as well! Obviously, I love this season. Hate to see it come to an end. If anybody has questions they want to have asked at the reunion show, hit me up at @JeffProbst on Twitter."

This really was one of the best seasons in a while, and so much credit has to go to the cast. Most of them were actual "Survivor" superfan gamers, as opposed to just stopping by for camera time. And -- even more key -- they were likable.

"Still Throwin' Punches" - Justin Starrett, Adam Klein, Ezekiel/Zeke Smith, Jessica Lewis and Hannah Shapiro on the ninth episode of SURVIVOR: Millennials vs. Gen. X, airing Wednesday, Nov. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS Entertainment ©2016 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.For once, we didn't really have major "villains" to hate, with unstable egos saying awful, shocking things. We had likable, relatable people with heartwarming backstories giving everything to the game and exiting with class.

Here are our six finalists, ranked in order of our desire to see them win (never said we weren't biased):

  • Adam Klein, 25, San Francisco, CA
  • David Wright, 42, Sherman Oaks, CA
  • Jay Starrett, 27, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Hannah Shapiro, 24, West Hollywood, CA
  • Ken McNickle, 33, Denver, CO
  • Bret LaBelle, 42, Dedham, MA

We'd be happy with any of the top four winning. Ken seems like a nice guy, and he can win immunities, but he's clearly not a gamer. Bret is just Bret. He's good for a few one-liners, and props to him for his bravery in coming out, but he never showed much game either. Adam and David have underdog nerd power behind them, with Jay being the kind of island god we haven't seen since Ozzy. Someone out there said he's like "Joey Amazing" if Joe had shown an actual personality in either of his "Survivor" seasons. Hannah knows she's not a physical player, and she never had her own idol, so she's had to use strategic and social skills to navigate into the right alliances and lead them to do what she wants.

Since David has the most backing behind him -- including the support of Ken + Ken's mysterious legacy advantage -- it's looking like David is the most likely to win the $1 million and title of sole survivor.

Rumor has it that the next season is another All-Stars/Second Chance season, and it should air in early 2017. Whatever happens, let's just hope the gameplay and personalities are as strong as Season 33. These dueling generations will be missed.

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Tom Holland: Spider-Man 'Makes Massive Mistakes' in 'Homecoming'

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As we drum our fingers on the table waiting for Marvel to follow that cool "Spider-Man: Homecoming" tease with the first full trailer, we have still more teases to enjoy: The first official photo from the movie -- above is a slightly cropped version, from USA Today -- and more details on what's to come.

The movie begins with Peter Parker (Tom Holland) attempting to return to normal life in Queens after being recruited by Tony "Iron Man" Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in "Captain America: Civil War." As co-producer Eric Hauserman Carroll teased to USA Today, "He literally just went to Europe with the coolest clique of them all. And now he's back with the academic decathlon and the mathletes and going, 'What am I doing here?'"

Is Peter Parker too cool for school now? Maybe. But he's still just a teen trying to figure things out. "This is really a movie where Spider-Man's not the finished article," Tom Holland said. "He really does learn and he makes massive mistakes. It's nice to see a kid do that and then try to rectify those mistakes."

The story also shared more on the supporting cast:

  • Jacob Batalon as Peter's best friend Ned Leeds
  • Laura Harrier as his dream girl Liz Allan
  • Tony Revolori as bully Flash Thompson
  • Zendaya as their classmate Michelle.
  • Marisa Tomei returning as Aunt May
  • Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/aka the Vulture.

"The first time we see the Vulture is terrifying," Holland said. "It's like a horror movie: really scary, very intense and shocking." A horror movie? Well, color us intrigued, Underoos. We can't wait to see it all play out on July 7th, 2017.

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'Jeopardy!' Contestant Dies of Cancer One Week Before Her Episode

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This Tuesday, December 13, "Jeopardy!" fans will watch Cindy Stowell compete on the show she loved. Sadly, Stowell won't get to see her own episode because she died from breast cancer just one week too soon, on Monday, December 5. She was 41.

Her boyfriend Jason Hess shared the tragic news:

He also revealed that when her episode was taped back on August 31, "She was fighting a high-grade fever (which turned out to be a blood infection) and was on painkillers." Only a small group of "Jeopardy!" staffers and host Alex Trebek knew she was ill; her opponents were not aware.

The "Jeopardy!" official site has an In Memoriam page set up for Stowell, including this statement from Trebek:

"When Cindy Stowell taped her appearance on Jeopardy!, she had Stage 4 cancer. Competing on Jeopardy! was a lifelong dream for Cindy, and we're glad she was able to do so. Sadly, Cindy died on December 5. Our condolences and best wishes to her family and friends."

Greg Stowell, Carole Stowell, and Jason Hess shared their own statement on the site:

"Cindy came on Jeopardy! to play the game she loved and in doing so, she was able to make a contribution to cancer research in the hopes that no one else would have to go through what she did."

Stowell, a science developer from Austin, Texas, had asked a "Jeopardy!" producer about the show timeline in this heartbreaking request shared on the show site:

"Do you have any idea how long it typically takes between an in person interview, and the taping date? I ask because I just found out that I don't have too much longer to live. The doctor's best guess is about 6 months. If there is the chance that I'd be able to still tape episodes of Jeopardy! if I were selected, I'd like to do that and donate any winnings to ... charities involved in cancer research. If it is unlikely that the turnaround time would be that quick, then I'd like to give up my try out spot to someone else."

They were able to get her episode taped in August, but if only it could've aired sooner. But we never know how much time we're going to have here. Now fans can honor her by watching the show and sharing their own donations to cancer research.

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Ryan Gosling Reveals Awkward Moment With Chris Rock at 2016 Oscars

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88th Academy Awards - ShowIt's hard to imagine Ryan Gosling NOT being the exact person everyone wants to see after every major moment in life. But Chris Rock does not feel the same way. Gosling was just on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to talk about "La La Land" -- and teach Kimmel how to Waltz in a sweetly intimate dance lesson -- and the actor warned the 2017 Oscars host to not make the same mistakes of the 2016 Academy Awards.

Ryan Gosling: "One thing I want to tell you, though, is just make sure you have the right people backstage when you get off from giving your monologue."

Jimmy Kimmel: "You mean like security people?"

Gosling: "No, like last year when Chris Rock hosted, you know, he came off after his monologue, and I think who you want to see in that moment is a friend, or somebody that you know. But instead he saw me. 'Cause I was presenting next. But the disappointment in his eyes that it was me that he saw was palpable. And I didn't hear the monologue, 'cause I was traveling through the bowels of the building while it was happening, so I didn't want to just say -- I didn't know what to say!"

Gosling said they just stared at each other in an awkward moment, until Dave Chappelle swooped in from behind Gosling, pushed him aside, and saved them both from this "awful situation."88th Academy Awards - ShowSo Gosling told Kimmel to make sure he has his own family members or friends there to greet him backstage after his 2017 Oscars monologue.

Watch the whole talk:Now watch the Waltz lesson. Gosling takes it seriously, insisting Kimmel look at him when they dance, 'cause he wants to feel like the only one in the room. It's kinda hot.If all else fails, Gosling would have a great future as a "Dancing With the Stars" pro.

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Edward Norton Once Saved 'Unlucky Leo' DiCaprio's Life

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87th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon - ArrivalsEdward Norton is a longtime friend of Leonardo DiCaprio, but that didn't stop him from mocking the heck out of Leo last night on "The Tonight Show." Norton made fun of Leo's obsession with devices, his obsession with what club might be "blowing up" at any given moment, his obsession with barely legal supermodels (yep, he went there), and his obsession with almost getting himself killed. That last one is more accidental than obsession, but Norton made it sound like Leo is a modern Mr. Magoo.

Norton -- who is seriously hilarious -- told Jimmy Fallon the story of saving Leo from drowning during a diving trip to the Galapagos Islands. Leo could've easily saved himself, but he got caught up watching one of his devices.

The life-saving part is great, but not as great as this pre-life-saving shade:

Norton: "Leo, I love him, but he's very addicted to devices and things like that, right? And I know this about him. He's like the human equivalent of call waiting. If you're talking to him, he's totally [listening], but then he's checking [his device] 'cause this club might be blowing up or that club -- he's trying to check which club might be blowing up, and which Israeli supermodel turned 18 four hours ago."

Boom!

Fallon: "He's got that app? Good for him."

Norton also explained why they call DiCaprio "Unlucky Leo," despite that seeming like the last thing you'd want to call a guy who could get any supermodel he wants. Apparently he has almost had parachutes not open when skydiving, he's had plane engines blow up on him, and then this near-drowning happened, thanks to Leo focusing on his camera instead of the dive:

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Scarlett Johansson Has Been Waiting 20 Years to Play a Disney Princess

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2016 Variety Power of WomenOnce upon a time, Scarlett Johansson dreamed of being cast as a Disney princess. She waited in her tower, but no talking mice, dancing furniture, fairy godmothers, blandly handsome princes, or Hollywood casting agents came to her rescue. Instead, at age 32, she's still waiting -- and now, her 2-year-old daughter Rose Dorothy is waiting, too.

"My daughter is still young," Johansson told the New York Times's Turning Points magazine. "Right now I think we both share the dream that I will someday be a Disney princess, but it's probably not going to happen. I've been asking for that job for the past 20 years, and nobody has booked me."

Come on, Disney! At least let her voice an animated princess, if not a live-action one -- although Disney is doing live-action everything now, so there should be plenty of opportunities. She just voiced Kaa in "The Jungle Book," so maybe that was her foot in the Disney door.

At the moment, Johansson will have to settle for being Hollywood's highest-grossing actress of all time, earning more than $3.3 billion for film studios. That's mostly thanks to her role as Black Widow in Marvel's Cinematic Universe, but also from the dozens of major and indie films she's made since her first role in 1994's "North" and breakout in 1998's "The Horse Whisperer."

She's next voicing Ash in Illumination Entertainment's animated movie "Sing," then playing The Major in "Ghost in the Shell." And then maybe Disney will finally find her a crown.

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The 'Baywatch' Trailer Is All Sexy, Glorious, Slow-Motion Cheese

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If The Rock's balls could talk -- and they do in the first teaser trailer for "Baywatch" -- they'd say you need to check out this crazy movie on Memorial Day weekend. But Zac Efron's "wise" balls -- which also talk in the trailer, and sound like a 3-year-old girl -- would say to take it easy. It's up to you which balls to follow, but there's no question the first "Baywatch" trailer is balls-out with puking, boob-watching, major action scenes, dead bodies, gun battles on the water, and -- of course -- slow motion running.

It's definitely on the cheesy side, but if you're going to make a movie from the '90s "Baywatch" TV show, you'd better embrace the camp.

The plot follows devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) as he butts heads with a brash new recruit (Zac Efron), who has two gold medals but not a lot going on upstairs. (Think Lochte.) Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.

Watch the trailer:"Baywatch" co-stars Alexandra Daddarrio, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass, Hannibal Buress, Rob Huebel, and -- as the villain -- Priyanka Chopra. It opens in theaters on May 26, 2017.

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Constance Zimmer Gets Real About Hollywood, Fan Love, and 'UnREAL' Season 3

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2016 Primetime Emmy Awards - Variety Magazine and Women in FilmIt's one of the most delightful aspects of a professional life in Hollywood: You can find your niche in the industry, do good work on good shows, and carve out a solid career for yourself. And then, one day, a certain special role on a certain special project clicks with a certain special audience, and just like that, you're a superstar,

Just ask Constance Zimmer.

Zimmer's been a familiar face appearing on dozens of television shows since she first hit the scene, especially after breakthrough roles in "Joan of Arcardia," "Boston Legal," and, most significantly, "Entourage" as studio exec/Ari Gold sparring partner Dana Gordon. An array of high-profile projects followed -- including "Grey's Anatomy," "The Newsroom," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "House of Cards" -- establishing the diversity of her range, but it took an unlikely pitch-black comedy on an even unlikelier cable network to shoot her into the stratosphere: as the deliriously manipulative dating show producer Quinn King on Lifetime's "UnREAL," Zimmer's reveling on the role of her career, one that's earned her an Emmy Award nomination and a degree of notoriety she hadn't experienced before.

As she preps to head into "UnREAL" Season 3, Zimmer can next be seen on the big screen in "Run the Tide" (out now) in which she plays an incarcerated mother who's release from prison threatens to upend the tenuously stable existence her eldest son (Taylor Lautner) has maintained for himself and his younger brother. Zimmer joined Moviefone for a no-holds-barred look at the rocket ride she's been on for the past year -- and, yes, even the disappointments of her series' second season -- as well taking part in the fall TV season's best inside joke on Pamela Adlon's "Better Things."

Moviefone: I'm sensing a pattern here in your work with "Run the Tide": finding seemingly unsympathetic characters and making them surprisingly sympathetic.

Constance Zimmer: Yeah, sure. I'll take that. I'll take it!

What was the challenge here in figuring out who she was, owning the dark side, but showing that she did have the potential for some light side, too?

Once again, it's a character that I was scared of because of everything you just mentioned, but realizing that the characters that I'm afraid of are the ones that tend to have the biggest reward in the end, because you have to find what it is, who they were before they were broken. Because we all have that in us, but it's been marred along the way from this, that or the other thing.

Her stuff is very obvious, and I had to kind of go at her, again, [being] completely nonjudgmental. I had to find where the honesty and the truth was going to come from, and knowing that she really had to claw her way back up. I don't think, for me, it was the reality that it wasn't going to be as easy as she thought it was.

So the awareness of becoming so, like, keen to knowing you've hurt people to a depth that you didn't even know, made it such a more emotional journey than I thought. But always knowing that there was a light at the end of the tunnel was how I was able to know that in two hours I was going to be able to prove to these people that I had changed, I had learned, I had grown, and I was here. I was in it to win it now.

We don't get those chances in life. We have no idea what tomorrow brings. So in a movie like this, that I think helps too, to heal the character and heal the path.

What was intriguing for you to work with a guy like Taylor Lautner -- who could certainly coast on the audience that he already has, could coast on the superficial look or the people's image of him -- and to see him digging deep in a movie like this, seeing him broaden his range and his skill and come at it to work?

I definitely think it was, again, one of the reasons why I wanted to do it because I was excited for him. Because I always find that a lot of these actors who have been put into these franchises at such a young age, without even knowing what it was going to do to them, or how it was going to catapult them into a specific area, and that he was so excited about this being nothing like he had ever done.

I was so excited for him, and I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to see it because I knew that if he could do it, he was going to do it big, because he was so committed and so into it, and all of us were. It's a small film. It's a small cast. Everybody has a story to tell and every character is so deep and so rich. So I knew that everybody that was signed on to the movie was kind of here to commit to these characters.

You didn't have a choice, and as dark and as messed up as some of them are, we had to all go in knowing that in the end there's going to be hope. But it was super exciting to do a lot of those scenes with him too because he and I were so in it, and all I wanted was I wanted to give him everything. I wanted to give him every emotion so that we could do it together, and it was fun. It was fun and so emotionally draining every day.

You've almost gotten Taylor's experience in reverse. You've built a body of work: "Entourage," I'm sure, got you recognized on the street and got you good tables in restaurants --

Barely!

Then this "UnREAL" comes along, and all of a sudden people are invested in you and they want to talk to you about that character and know about your personal life. So what was that like to have a new degree of fame enter the picture after you were a solid, professional working actor?

It's funny because I don't really even necessarily think that I have any more or less than I've had. It's just, yeah, more people care what I have to say, which has been weird. I take all of it as a compliment. I feel so grateful that I've been around for so long, and yet some people can say, "Where did you come from? I've never seen you before."

And I always say "Thank you." Because you always have this fear of ... it's weird: right before I did "House of Cards," I had this whole thing in my career where I thought everyone was done with me. They were like over me -- like, "We're over her, we've seen her in too many things, we're done." I was like, "That's it. I had my time, my moment is over. And then I did "House of Cards" and it was like a whole different resurgence of sorts of characters in different outlets and all this kind of stuff.

So that's all I'm ever looking for, is to constantly grow through characters and shine light in dark characters that are really not the ones that people might jump to go, "Oh, I want to do that, I want to be in that blockbuster and look amazing and beautiful." No, I'm really always for the underdog, because I've always felt I was an underdog, and I actually like being an underdog.

So it's been fun. It's still shocking for me. If somebody comes up to me and says my whole name, I'm like, "Is that written somewhere? Is my name on a piece of paper and that's why you know who I am?" Because still, I like being like a chameleon and not it being one thing in particular.

Was there a fear factor when "UnREAL" came around to you?

Of course there was! The big story on the block is how many times I turned it down, because it had to be done right, and it had to be done in a way that was going to be different. It being on Lifetime, and they hadn't done anything like it before, we had to put all of our faith and all of our trust that they were going to do it the way that it needed to be done to break out into something more than just, like, "Hey, here's a new show about behind the scenes of reality television."

What I like more about it, I was afraid that everyone was going to hate Quinn. So, again, I was playing a character that I was just like, "Oh God. Are they going to get me? What do I do?" But obviously I could not be happier. It's really kind of superseded anything I think any of us had every hoped for or dreamed of happening with the show. Now, this season, we're diving into another new territory of a female suitor. So I don't know. It's always exciting, and challenging, and scary, even the show has its cult status, it's still scary.

People have said what they wanted to say about Season 2 in comparison to Season 1. That must have been interesting, to go from being a total darling to "Hmm ..."

Yeah, but it's OK. You know why? People cared, and that's the way I saw it. I was like, "Wow, people really care about this show." They care when we miss our mark, and that you don't get very often, and yet people were still watching it, even though they were like, "Hmm, you kind of missed the mark on that, but I'm still going to watch the next episode." And we all were taking it as a learning curve. I hope that this next season will bring it all back together cohesively.

The table was really reset at the end of Season 2. There are so many different things that you can do. Have you had those creative discussions? Have they given you an awareness of what the overall picture is going to be like?

Not yet. I've heard sprinkling of things. We'll do that probably in the next month or so, and then we'll see where they're going to take us, and we'll see if we agree.

Are you excited to get back to work on it?

I'm excited and I'm scared, but that's why I love this part, because nothing is anticipated, and nothing is set. They're loose cannons, all of them, and the show is a loose cannon. The characters are loose cannons. So it's "What are we going to do?" I don't know. I know what we're doing, story point-wise, but how is that going to mix in the whole pot? It's like a big stew, of sorts.

And it's one thing when they do put it on the page, and it's another thing to make it come alive.

Yes, yes. But I have to say, with "Run the Tide," everything that was on the page was very much what was shot, because that's why, when I read the script, I was like, "I see this. I know what this is. This is just dark, and emotional, and deep, and we just all have to go there every day." But that was scary. So it's not that the content was scary. It was about the emotional journey was scary.

I have to ask you about probably your shortest job of the year, your audition waiting room scene on "Better Things." A brilliantly funny scene. I've heard this story from Pamela Adlon, but tell me about it from your side when they came to you with it, and how you reacted to it, had said yes.

[Laughs] It's as simple as Pam texted me, and she's like, "I have this really funny scene that I want to write in my show. I'm curious if you'd be willing to do it with me." I was like, "What are you talking about?" So I called her and we talked about it, because she's talked about it for years. We've talked about the fact that everybody thinks I'm her and she's me, and I have gotten to the point where I just say, "Yes," because I'm just so tired of trying to explain it to people.

So she's always said, "I swear one day I'm going to do something. I'm going to put both of us in a scene, and I'm going to prove to people we're not the same person." So here it was. Here was our moment. I was like, "Yes, what do you want me to do? Where do I go? I'm available, any time, anywhere," and it's the greatest thing. I keep saying to her, I was like, you realize you have to have an audition scene in every season, and we should just always look whatever the part is, because it doesn't end. It doesn't end today.

She's the face of a show. I'm the face of a show. People still -- I was at the Emmys and somebody came up to me and said, "Your show is so amazing. I love you so much. I can't believe you're a mom with three kids." I was like, "I'm not Pam Adlon." She said, "Yes, you are." I said, "No, I'm not, but thank you. I take it as a compliment." So it's fun. I love it. I love that kind of stuff.

We'll get to that scene where you guys beat out Julie Bowen for the part. I think that's what we need next season.

Yes. That would be great. That would be awesome. But the thing is, it's real life. It's kind of like, that's what I think everyone was so amazed that we were willing to just show that that's what it is. I'm like, "No, that's what it is. It happens. It'll happen tomorrow." The second that I'm not on "UnREAL," I'll be right back there, right back there in those rooms, with the same girls. It's just, that's the truth.

What great gig have you gotten as a result? Is there something coming up that we're going to see you in that has kind of come as a result of the exposure that you got on "UnREAL"?

No, because I'm still doing "UnREAL," and so my window of opportunity is small. We do such a big press tour on that show as well. So there's times and moments where I just kind of want to exist in my life and I kind of don't take anything, or want to take anything.

For me, it's more going to be about, like, when "UnREAL" is over. I'd like to then, once again, try and find that character that is different from what I've just done. I'd love to go to like a straight full-on comedy and just flip everybody's heads from being dramatic and so strong, and all of that fun stuff. For me, right now the greatest reward has been getting the Emmy nomination and getting the Critics' Choice Award. Those are the greatest things so far that are coming to me through this show that I never anticipated.

From the Emmy experience -- It's a surreal thing. Any aspect of the awards ceremony process is super-surreal. So give me a stand-out crazy memory from being part of it all.

I have to say, it's when you are walking, when you're doing the red carpet that is all the on-camera interviews, and you're passing people like Henry Winkler and Padma Lakshmi. It's like this whole crazy mix of so many different people from different parts of the entertainment world, and it's as if you've all known each other and you're best friends. We're all here for the same reason.

It becomes this love fest. I never thought ... I couldn't get through the crowds because everybody was like, "I'm so excited for you! This is a long time coming! You deserve it!" And I was like, "Hi, nice to meet you." It was this overwhelming, for me, sense of love and appreciation that is not necessarily what you are around every day in this business.

So that for me was unbelievably heartwarming and it was probably one of the greatest times because
that's a long carpet to get down. It was every step was somebody new, or somebody I've known in my career for 25 years that's like, "We're here! We did it!" That, to me, it was like I could have stood on that carpet for days and just been like, just crying.

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