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Jackie Strause

Managing Editor, East Coast

Jackie Strause manages the breaking news team out of the New York bureau, covering 24/7 entertainment news and industry reporting. In addition to editing, she also writes TV feature stories and interviews with stars and showrunners. She came to THR.com in 2015 and is among the 2022 LA Press Club awards winners for THR's TV coverage on The Live Feed; as well as a 2023 nominee. Jackie previously worked on the digital teams at Yahoo and The New York Post. She graduated from the University of Maryland, with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism.

‘The White Lotus’: Everything We Know About Season 3

After welcoming viewers first to The White Lotus: Hawaii and then to The White Lotus: Sicily, the hotel chain at the center of Mike White’s Emmy-winning HBO series is continuing to expand its global footprint as it heads to Thailand for season three. The White Lotus series sets each season around a different property within […]

Why ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Ending and the Story Behind Season 12’s Premiere Kicker

[This story contains spoilers from the season 12 premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm.] Jeff Schaffer has a lot to say about Curb Your Enthusiasm. And he has a lot that he can’t say about Curb Your Enthusiasm. Ever since the HBO darling’s comeback season in 2017, this writer has been chatting with the executive producer […]

‘Vanderpump Rules’ Is Back: Fame, Feuds and Future of the Hit Bravo Show

Filming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules was a challenge. In fact, it was the hardest season yet. “The level of interest was just more fervent than it had ever been,” says executive producer and showrunner Alex Baskin. “There were chants for our cast while we were shooting and that makes it very hard to film […]

‘Vanderpump Rules’ Boss Promises a “Worthy Successor” to Scandoval With Season 11

How do you follow Scandoval? That was the question facing Bravo and the Vanderpump Rules producers when they convened to discuss season 11. “Before we started the season, we had a meeting at NBCU,” executive producer and showrunner Alex Baskin tells The Hollywood Reporter of Bravo parent company NBCUniversal, “and we were like, ‘OK, we’ve […]

Caroline Manzo Accuses Brandi Glanville of Sexual Assault During ‘RHUGT’ Season 4

Caroline Manzo has sued Bravo, alleging she was sexually abused and harassed by Brandi Glanville during the upcoming season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. In a lawsuit filed Friday in New York’s state Supreme Court, Manzo claims Glanville forcibly kissed her during filming and “groped, grabbed, and forcibly fondled [her] vagina and breasts.” […]

‘Griselda’ Boss on Sofía Vergara’s Dramatic Transformation: “She Does Terrible Things”

While Sofía Vergara was delighting millions of viewers for more than a decade as Gloria Pritchett on Modern Family, she was thinking about Griselda Blanco. For 15 years, Vergara pored over the life of the woman known as the cocaine trade pioneer — who also earned the nicknames “The Godmother” and “The Black Widow” — […]

Is Monica Garcia Out of ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’? Not So Fast

After the explosive finale and three-part reunion to The Real Housewives of Salt Laky City, it would seem that Monica Garcia is out of the franchise. But, not so fast. The Bravo reality series and Garcia are taking a break — a “cooling off period,” Andy Cohen clarified Wednesday. That means the door for her […]

Matthew Macfadyen Made It Halfway Through ‘Succession’ Final Season Before Asking About the Ending

Matthew Macfadyen held out as long as he could before asking the big Succession question. Who would succeed Logan Roy? The answer — as viewers of the beloved Emmy-winning HBO series now know — was pointed right at him. “Shiv, you should probably know: it’s me,” spoke Macfadyen in the series finale when revealing the […]

Juliette Lewis Doesn’t Rule Out a ‘Yellowjackets’ Return

As Yellowjackets season two viewers now know, Juliette Lewis’ character met a tragic ending. In the shocking May 2023 finale of the hit Showtime series, adult Natalie (Lewis) was — spoiler alert! — accidentally killed by Misty (Christina Ricci) during a wilderness reunion gone wrong between the adult survivors of the soccer team’s 1996 plane […]

Samantha Hanratty Teases ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Following Finale Cliffhanger: “We’re Going to Be Gross”

Samantha Hanratty still hasn’t seen any scripts for the third season of Yellowjackets, but she has some thoughts about where the group is headed in the series’ younger timeline. In the 1996 wilderness, the cabin that had been sheltering the Yellowjackets team survivors went up in flames. What was Hanratty’s first thought when she saw […]

‘Yellowstone’ and What We Know About the Spinoffs

Yellowstone is readying to gallop off into the sunset. But even though the flagship series starring Kevin Costner will take its final ride in November 2024, the Yellowstone universe remains very much alive and kicking. Following the success of Yellowstone prequel 1883, creator Taylor Sheridan continued to travel back in time on the Dutton family […]

‘The Cleaning Lady’ Star Adan Canto Dies at 42

The Cleaning Lady star Adan Canto died Tuesday of appendiceal cancer, his rep tells The Hollywood Reporter. His diagnosis had not been made public. He was 42. “Adan had a depth of spirit that few truly knew. Those who glimpsed it were changed forever,” read a statement. “He will be greatly missed by so many.” […]