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‘Genius: Aretha’ Trailer: Watch Cynthia Erivo Fight to Keep Her ‘Queen of Soul’ Crown (Video)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T for National Geographic, which set the premiere date for “Genius: Aretha” Tuesday and dropped the trailer for the pandemic-delayed season of the anthology, which stars Cynthia Erivo in the title role. In the trailer, which you can view above, Erivo’s Aretha Franklin is crowned the “Queen of Soul” and spends much of the two-minute video trying to maintain hold of that title while others set out to bring her down. Nat Geo revealed Tuesday during its day at the virtual Television Crit
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'Doomsday Preppers' star 'really busy' amid coronavirus outbreak, advises people not to 'panic buy'
Scott Hunt, of Practical Preppers, who consulted on National Geographic's "Doomsday Preppers," says people shouldn't panic.
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James Cameron Embarks on ‘Mission OceanX’ Exploration Series With National Geographic (EXCLUSIVE)
James Cameron is heading back underwater in “Mission OceanX,” a series for National Geographic that will follow a groundbreaking ocean exploration mission. The “Titanic” and "The Abyss" director is no stranger to the deep, having dived down to the Mariana Trench in a submarine in 2012, among other aquatic missions. “Mission OceanX” will follow the […]
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‘The Right Stuff': Jake McDorman and Joe Dempsie Board Nat Geo Series
Jake McDorman and Joe Dempsie have joined “The Right Stuff,” Nat Geo’s historical drama based on Tom Wolfe’s best-selling nonfiction book of the same name that tells the true story of NASA’s Project MercuryThe two join Patrick J. Adams, who is playing astronaut John Glenn. Aaron Staton, Michael Trotter, Micah Stock and James Lafferty round out the rest of the Mercury Seven.Using Wolfe’s book as its starting point, the first season of “The Right Stuff” starts at the height of the Cold War. To com
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Grace Gummer Joins Nat Geo’s ‘The Hot Zone’ in a Recurring Role (Exclusive)
Grace Gummer has joined Nat Geo scripted series “The Hot Zone” in a recurring role, TheWrap has learned exclusively. Gummer (“Mr. Robot”) will play Melinda Rhodes, who meets Wade Carter (Liam Cunningham) and Trevor Rhodes (James D’Arcy) in 1976 Zaire, Africa while living in the region as an aid worker. Rhodes is one of the first people on-the-ground to encounter the deadly and mysterious Ebola virus.
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Nat Geo to 'Move Forward' With 'Story of God' Season 3 After Morgan Freeman Investigation
Nat Geo will continue with a third season of “The Story of God” after an investigation “revealed no incidents of concern” regarding sexual misconduct allegations against host Morgan Freeman. “When we learned of recent allegations surrounding Mr. Freeman completely unrelated to our work with him, as a precaution we paused production on our new season in order to complete a thorough investigation led by our parent company Fox, executed through an independent investigator,” the network said in a s
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Mary Shelley, 'Frankenstein' author, will be Nat Geo show's first female 'Genius'
The first woman genius to be chronicled by the cable channel’s scripted anthology series basically invented the science fiction and horror genres when she created Frankenstein (yes, and his monster).
