Margo Martindale lived through the era of history captured by Mrs. America, and so playing the role of activist and U.S. representative Bella Abzug was a very special project to her. "It's been pretty incredible to be part of. It really has, it feels extremely important," she tells Collider. The Americans and Justified star got the spotlight in the latest episode of the FX on Hulu miniseries, as "Bella" tracks how as a political appointee chairing the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year, Bella was responsible for planning for the National Woman's Conference — …
How do you explain a show like Syfy’s The Magicians? Ostensibly it is a "What if?" universe that mashes together Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia populated by genre-savvy Millennial college students. But it's so much more than that. The Magicians deals in heavy themes like grief, loss, sexual predators, consent, addiction, sacrifice, the cycle of abuse, and PTSD in ways both surprising and organic. When things happen to characters, those characters are permanently changed. Even in a world where death isn't permanent, trauma is. But it's not all depression and self-loathing. The …