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HEN CAROL BURNETT ACCEPTED HER eponymous inaugural comedy award at the 2019 Golden Globes, she mentioned the “brilliance” of her regular co-stars on The Carol Burnett Show: Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. “I’m so grateful for the chemistry that we had with each other,” she said. “And there was great chemistry behind the camera, too, with our crew, our producer, our director, our choreographer, our writers, the cue-card guys—we all became one happy family for 11 joy-filled years.” Burnett’s comment about chemistry is true for all co-stars. If the alchemy is there, everything works. Sometimes it’s immediately clear who will click. Sometimes it takes a bit longer for the magic to happen. But when it does? That’s when the fun—and a show’s success—really begins. This month’s cover stars are perfect examples of subject, script, and production teams working perfectly together. Clarice’s Rebecca Breeds (“Breeds Apart,” p. 48) imbues her famous character with a strength and power that make the role “Like” cbswatchmagazine.com

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Dynasty is back— and so is the backstabbing. Michael Michele spills the tea on the buzz-worthy new season. BY NATE MILLADO

Diahann Carroll famously said she wanted to be “the first Black bitch on television,” and she accomplished that (and more) by originating Dominique Deveraux on Dynasty. So what was it like to step into Diahann and Dominique’s fabulous shoes? First of all, there’s only one Diahann Carroll. And my mother was a huge fan. My mother is a Black woman, and there weren’t a lot of Black women on TV [during 1984]. And she told me, “You know, Diahann Carroll had agency. Dominique walked into that room, and she held her place in that room.” So I’ve tried to approach [the role] in the same way. This is a woman who’s at times a bold bitch, assertive, narcissistic, self-centered—but with a sense of humor. And what cbswatchmagazine.com

Dominique Deveraux (Michael Michele) launches her own fashion line, “Dom-Mystique,” in Season 4.

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ICHAEL MICHELE’S DAD CAN QUOTE ALMOST EVERY EPISODE of Dynasty. (“The champagne is burned!”) So you’d think that Michele would be born to play Dominique Deveraux on The CW’s hit reboot. “I’ll be completely honest with you—I was afraid to do it,” Michele confesses. “One hundred percent. I’m the cops, doctor, and lawyer chick!” The seasoned actress starred in Homicide: Life on the Street and ER, but Dynasty’s a different beast. “It’s not a straight drama; it’s not a straight comedy. But I’m having so much fun, I may never put on a stethoscope again!”

Michele’s favorite Dynasty moment (and outfit) is this courtroom scene, wearing a “super chic” fedora.

they’ll write something really fun—a baseline— but then Elaine and I will inevitably add something else. And it’s off the charts this year!

favorite acting moment on the show— was my courtroom scene, where they dragged me out and I was screaming, “Skank! Skank!” I had on this beautiful white dress and gorgeous camel-colored fedora, and it was just super, super chic.

You’re new to social media, but you often use your platform to advocate for justice. Listen … my mouth is too big sometimes. Some artists feel like their art should live exclusively in that lane, and there shouldn’t be a requirement to speak to other issues of social ills that are happening in our country. I happen to feel that it’s imperative. Am I a politician? Absolutely not. Can I speak about legislation? I cannot. But as a participant in our democracy, can I speak to fairness and justice? Absolutely. And I do it unequivocally and often.

Aside from the fashion, fans tune in to see your catfights with Alexis (Elaine Hendrix)! Oh, honey, you have no idea what’s coming! And Elaine is my girl and just the perfect sparring partner. The beauty of the two of us in the room is that we feel safe enough to try certain things. So

Given the year we’ve had, is Dynasty the escapism we all need right now? The entire world has been traumatized! We are all looking for laughter, lightness, just a way to exhale. And so we always feel we are pure entertainment. We’re going to give you fabulous clothes, a few bitch slaps, and a really good time.

“Oh, honey, you have no idea what’s coming!” I try to do is to allow the audience in on [the joke] and to enjoy the ride with me. The costumes on this show are stunning. What’s it like to play dress-up for a living? The clothes are absolutely phenomenal! Granted, I can’t breathe because you’re stitched in to the nth degree. I don’t become Dominique until the hair comes on, the makeup goes on, the clothes go on, the six-inch Louboutins go on … Do you have a favorite look? My favorite look—and actually my

After somehow surviving her bachelorette party, Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) just wants to marry Liam (Adam Huber) and have a nice, calm life. Those aren’t two words usually associated with Carringtons—and the happy couple face their biggest challenges yet. Blake (Grant Show) and Cristal’s (Daniella Alonso) relationship hit some turbulence last season as they each strayed. This season

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they’ll work even harder to make their marriage last. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans—as do multiple enemies. Adam (Sam Underwood) strives to emerge from his massive family shadow. As he ruthlessly climbs the ladder of success, things with girlfriend Kirby (Maddison Brown) get messy and put her at odds with her father, Anders (Alan Dale).

An unlikely alliance between Alexis (Elaine Hendrix, pictured) and her sister-in-law turned mother-in-law, Dominique (Michael Michele), forms as they set out to reclaim what they feel is rightfully theirs, even if it means deceiving Jeff (Sam Adegoke). Sammy Jo (Rafael de la Fuente) looks to expand his hotel and his heart, with help from Culhane (Robert C. Riley).

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Living on the Edge Take a look back at some of our fave jaw-dropping, what-happens-next cliffhangers. BY NATE MILLADO

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T WAS THE SHOT HEARD ’ROUND the world. CBS primetime soap Dallas capped its third season on March 21, 1980, with a bang: Oily oil baron J.R. Ewing, once described by The New York Times as “the nastiest man on television,” was shot twice before collapsing to the ground. Everyone was a suspect! And everyone was obsessed—including England’s Queen Mother herself—over “Who shot J.R.?” After an excruciating eight-month wait, a whopping 83 million viewers tuned in to see who pulled the trigger. (Spoiler alert: It was J.R.’s former mistress and sister-in-law, Kristin Shepard.) Over the next four decades, TV shows have upped the ante with their own cliffhangers, keeping viewers on the hook over a summer—sometimes over a year!

13 SERIAL KILLERS ESCAPE! “The Storm” (Aired May 4, 2016) After thwarting a prison break and a bomb threat, the Criminal Minds team kicks back with family and friends to celebrate. But the revelry is short-lived: BAU gets word of other prison breaks, and that 13 serial killers they put behind bars are now on the loose, including “Mr. Scratch.”

JANE’S DEAD HUSBAND IS ALIVE! “Chapter Eighty-One” (Aired April 4, 2018)

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DEXTER FINDS RITA IN A BATHTUB! “The Getaway” (Aired Dec. 13, 2009) Before Dexter offed the Trinity Killer with a hammer in the Season 4 finale, Arthur ominously told him, “It’s already over.” It wasn’t until our serialkilling antihero came home that we realized what his adversary meant: Arthur left Rita to bleed to death in the bathtub with baby Harrison sitting in a pool of her blood. (Yep, it’s the same way Dexter was discovered in his youth.)

KIMBERLY BLOWS UP THE COMPLEX! “The Big Bang Theory” (Aired May 22, 1995) Melrose Place leveled up to “guilty pleasure” status with the Season 3 finale. Once a respected doc, Kimberly Shaw had an affair with married Michael, “died” in a car crash, then came back from the dead all crazypants! The revenge-minded redhead set out to blow Melrose Place to bits.

PICARD BECOMES A BORG! “Best of Both Worlds” (Aired June 18, 1990) Star Trek: The Next Generation finally emerged from its predecessor’s shadow with its game-changing

Season 3 finale. The Borg capture and assimilate Captain Picard, whose chilling words, “I am Locutus,” are one-upped by Commander Riker instructing Worf: “Fire!” (Cut to black.) TNG wouldn’t kill Picard … would it?

AGENT COOPER GETS SHOT! “The Last Evening” (Aired May 23, 1990) We hadn’t even learned who killed Laura Palmer yet when Twins Peaks thrust us into another mystery. Back at his hotel at the Great Northern, Agent Cooper answers a knock at his door and is shot multiple times by an unknown assailant. We raise a glass (of milk) to you, David Lynch.

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1971 ALL IN THE FAMILY In Season 1’s aptly titled episode “Judging Books by Their Covers,” Archie Bunker’s strapping ol’ pal Steve, a former NFL linebacker, comes out of the closet—shattering the blue-collar bigot’s preconceptions about what makes a man a man.

1987 DESIGNING WOMEN A gay man (pre-Scandal Tony Goldwyn) asks the women of Sugarbaker & Associates to design a funeral—his own, as he’s dying of AIDS. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason came up with the episode while caring for her mom, who contracted HIV from a tainted blood transfusion.

20 1973 THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW Phyllis (Cloris Leachman) sets Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) up with her bachelor bro. But Ben ends up gravitating more toward Phyllis’ frenemy Rhoda (Valerie Harper)—much to his snooty sister’s chagrin. However, Rhoda is just not into him like that because, well, turns out Ben’s gay … which comes as a huge relief to Phyllis.

2000 QUEER AS FOLK The groundbreaking SHOWTIME drama centered on the hookups and hang-ups of gay men in Pittsburgh. QAF was ahead of its time, tackling samesex marriage, conversion therapy, and recreational drug use. And its definition of chosen “family” still rings loud and queer.

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In honor of Pride Month, we remember the TV trailblazers that furthered the LGBTQ+ conversation. BY NATE MILLADO

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2017 STAR TREK: DISCOVERY The sci-fi spinoff boldly went where the universe had never gone before in its 50-plus-year history, by introducing the first openly gay characters, Lieutenant Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz). Season 3 featured the franchise’s first nonbinary and transgender characters.

2018 SUPERGIRL The CW broke ground with TV’s first transgender superhero, Dreamer. For trans actor and activist Nicole Maines, progress means getting to play a villain. “I think it’s that more and more trans characters [can] be less than perfect and be a–holes,” Maines told Variety. “They’re just people.”

2004 THE L WORD Up until this show, TV would bust out “girl-ongirl action” merely for shock value. But this longrunning SHOWTIME series finally featured nuanced lesbian protagonists living their authentic lives.

2007 AS THE WORLD TURNS

The lip syncs are legendary and the tea is served piping hot! In 2020, RuPaul made herstory by winning a fifth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program. “I’ve always said, every time I bat my false eyelashes, I’m making a political statement,” he said in his acceptance speech.

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2020 SCHITT’S CREEK

The steamy soap aired the first-ever daytime TV gay kiss between two male characters: Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer.

2009 RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE

2021 BATWOMAN When bisexual actor Javicia Leslie took over the lesbian superhero’s cape and cowl for Season 2, she also made history as the first Black Batwoman.

In a pandemic year when we all desperately needed a feel-good moment, Pop TV’s cult hit may very well have saved 2020 with the Rose family’s heartwarming send-off. Pansexual David finally married his business partner and best friend, Patrick, in a hilariously over-the-top wedding officiated by Moira in full papal ensemble. Simply the best!

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Tune Time Some TV theme songs are so iconic that you need to hum only a few bars (or hear a lyric) to guess which show it’s from! Match the tunes to the TV shows using the clues below. BY NATE MILLADO 1

“You’re gonna make it after all!” (Cue the hat toss!)

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accompanied by Lalo Schifrin’s timeless “dun, dun-dun-dun, dun” ditty—composed in off-kilter 5/4 time.

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“Songs that made the hit parade/ Guys like us we had it made/Those were the days.” 4

Heart-wrenching theme made famous by gymnast Nadia Comaneci and later sampled in the Mary J. Blige hit “No More Drama”

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

As synonymous with this daytime game show as Plinko

This Britney-esque faux theme (“I’m a Lamborghini, I’m a Hollywood star”) blew up to become its own TikTok challenge.

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“Ancient Voices” is its official title; it samples a Russian folk song that translates to “I’ll go and get outside.”

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“Buh-buh-buh-bahbahm-bahm!” This swinging surf track covered by The Ventures peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 on May 9, 1969.

Marius Constant’s ominous “da da, da-da, da da, da-da” has been terrorizing us for 60 years—most recently in Jordan Peele’s reboot.

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Class of 2021 We’re handing out superlatives to this year’s favorite characters. #2Cool2B4gotten. BY NATE MILLADO

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DWAYNE PRIDE Not only is “King” an NCIS special agent, he’s also a Big Easy bar owner who can tickle the ivories and whip up a mean gumbo.

Best Problem Solvers

Take your pick: Crafty MacGyver or The Equalizer, who balances being a single mom and a badass vigilante.

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CALVIN BUTLER & DAVE JOHNSON Whether it’s Dave running for City Council or needing help building a treehouse, or Calvin staring down systemic racism or a colonoscopy, these BBFs (Best Bros Forever) from The Neighborhood always have each other’s back.

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SPENCER JAMES The All American wide receiver was an MVP off the field as well, shining a light on mental health.

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N CASE YOU WERE KEEPING SCORE, SPECIAL AGENTS MAGGIE BELL AND Omar Adom “OA” Zidan have been working to stop a drug cartel, domestic terrorists, a serial killer, and kidnappers on Season 3 of FBI. So what’s next? “I think Omar and Maggie die,” Missy Peregrym says. Her co-star Zeeko Zaki immediately chimes in, “No, we go to Mexico and then jet-set around the world in warm locations.” They’re joking (we think). Still, it doesn’t take an elite crime-fighting unit to figure out why these two are so simpatico as partners on the hit procedural. Although Peregrym and Zaki seem like opposites on the surface—she’s a 38-year-old married mom and acting veteran who started as a fashion model in her native Canada; he’s a 31-year-old Egyptian American enjoying his first series-regular role—the two share a wicked sense of humor and FB I love to rib each other. They’re also quick to lay on the praise. “It’s a airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS gift when you get along with the people you work with,” she says. and streams on Paramount+. They both recently checked in en route to the New York City set.

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Thoughts on that big finale? Peregrym: We had a little wrap-up with [drug cartel head] Vargas [played by David Zayas] from Episode 3 and the collar bomb. Zaki: It was fun because we usually just close the case. This was our first “to be continued …” It gave us different stuff to play with, so I was excited about it. How did your characters evolve this season? Zaki: It’s been really interesting to play the friend now that Maggie has a boyfriend [fellow agent Nestor Vertiz, played by Josh Segarra]. We saw her family, too. Even though she and I are partners, you want to see that bigger world around the characters. You’re not just watching Missy and me run around the streets. Peregrym: Yeah, it’s nice when we deal with more personal issues. In M AY/J U N E • 2 0 2 1

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the people you work with.” ´1MWW] 4IVIKV]Q Season 1, a lot of the controversies were based on how we did our job. Now it’s about caring about the other person. We’re looking out for each other, which shows the depth of our friendship. And how has your off-screen friendship changed since 2019? Zaki: She’s more obsessed with me. Peregrym: I don’t know what I’d do without him. I thank God for him in my life because having a baby [Otis Oakley, born in April 2020] was tough. Without Zeeko, I don’t know if I’d make it. Zaki: But she’s raised me, too! When I came onto the show, Missy was carrying a lot of it. I just

wanted to grow and become a strong enough co-worker to share the load. Hopefully it’s become easier and more fun for both of us. Peregrym: He’s done well. The learning curve was huge because the show is so demanding of your time. But now we are laughing our heads off all the time. Missy, gotta ask: How do you feel about being called “The Ponytail of Justice” on social media? Peregrym: Oh my lord. I don’t know who made it up, but we joke about it because it’s such a staple. You almost never see my hair down now. Zaki: Well, the ponytail is practical!

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Appalachian accent—who appeared N A TYPICAL in The Originals, Pretty Little Liars, and dayRebecca several Aussie series before landing the Breeds logs 15 iconic role. (In fact, she connected with hours on the Toronto her husband of seven years, actor Luke set of Clarice. Then she arrives to a dark Mitchell, on the set of the Down Under apartment, changes into her fluffiest soap Home and Away.) She took a break bathrobe, plops into bed, falls asleep, from filming the penultimate episode and starts all over again. to hop on the phone and talk about her And she loves, loves, loves it. passions, her secret talents, and what to “Every morning on the drive to the expect from the Clarice big finish. studio, I always take a moment of gratitude,” the actress says. “To bleed Let’s just get to it: What are you your soul into something and to know allowed to say about the season finale? that people are responding so well to I don’t want to give away anything it is one of the most satisfying things. because the plot takes massive Gosh, I’m so blessed to be doing what I’ve twists and turns. I just keep always dreamed of.” thinking of a line in the pilot Never mind that she stars as the titular episode when [Tyler] says, “It just character in a psychological thriller so keeps getting worse,” and Clarice creepy and haunting that it’s basically says, “It always gets worse.” the stuff of nightmares. Although the hit We stick true to that notion. The series—which premiered in February— darkness is dark; Clarice has to be is set one year after studious FBI trainee incredibly truthful and brave to Clarice Starling saved the day in the 1991 look herself in the mirror. classic The Silence of the Lambs, viewers You’re the third actress, after Jodie have learned that the lambs are still screaming inside her head. Now part of a Foster [in The Silence of the Lambs] and Julianne Moore [in 2001’s Hannibal], special task force specializing in violent to ever play Clarice. Was that a lot of crimes, Clarice has tried to reconcile her pressure? past traumas as she chases down the You know, I’m honored to be a part mysterious villain responsible for killing of the legacy and that we’re getting a group of female whistleblowers from to tell her stories. a pharmaceutical clinical trial. (SmallNow that you’re almost done with the screen vets Michael Cudlitz, Kal Penn, season, do you feel as if you’ve really and Devyn A. Tyler play her made the role your own? cohorts.) From the beginning I was Breeds herself is a sunny C LA RI CE never going to copycat airs on Thursdays at 33-year-old native of Sydney, another actress. That’s 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS Australia—yes, she has and streams on just mimicking. I think Paramount+. mastered Agent Starling’s of Clarice as a song, and cbswatchmagazine.com

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Jodie was the saxophone and Julianne was the violin and I’m the flute. The sound will be slightly different, but it’s all the same song. For me it’s about honoring the quintessential characteristics of this wonderful character we all know and love. And you can develop her more because it’s an episodic series.

Yes, we’re getting to fill in the blanks. There’s a lot to Clarice we haven’t seen, and there’s so much for us to play with her. Like, who is she at the bar? What does she drink? Does she dance? Does she fall in love? Does she call her mom on the weekend? I want to keep exploring this. What about you? Assume you’re not dancing at the bar these days?

These days, no! The cast and I haven’t been able to hang out very much in Toronto because the city has been on lockdown through shooting, so we do cocktail hours on Zoom on the weekends. You all must legitimately like each other if you’re doing group Zoom chats during your time off.

We are the cutest. Me and Nick Sandow are like little schoolgirls because we can’t stop giggling on the set. Michael is known as “Cuddles” because he is so affectionate and so loving and wants to take care of everyone all the time. There is such camaraderie among all the girls as well. The pandemic has forced us all to take it slow, so we have an even deeper connection. We’ve created a really beautiful environment because we’re going through this together and supporting each other. cbswatchmagazine.com

Your husband stars in the upcoming CW series The Republic of Sarah. How often do you get to see him?

He films in Montreal, but he’s allowed to come and visit me because those borders are open. He brings our dog—who’s a 5-year-old cockapoo named Alfred Hitchcock-a-poo. I call him my firstborn. Oh god, I love my boys and miss them both equally! And you’re a long way from home. Is that hard for you?

During the height of the pandemic last year, I lived at my mom and dad’s house again for a few months. I wasn’t working, so it was cool because we did puzzles and cooked together and had some lovely bonding time in the garden. Obviously there were moments when we needed some space, but it was a special time. Now I’m so far away, and I don’t know when I’ll see them next. You have to make the most of those moments when you’re together. M AY/J U N E • 2 0 2 1

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Were they surprised when you became a professional actress?

They knew before I knew. I was always a very expressive and empathetic kid. Even in kindergarten, I would ask my friends if they wanted to play The Lion King, and I would act out as Simba and direct everyone. Then when I was 10, I remember standing in the mirror in my bedroom and pretending to embody other people. There was a moment of self-awareness. So I remember going straight to my mom and saying that I’d like to take an acting class. But I didn’t know you could make a career out of it. The fact that it’s actually happened is nothing short of a miracle.

Bradshaw Manolo Blahniks when I got the role. I won’t put them in a box, so they sit in my little closet. Every time I go in there, they sparkle at me and go, “Wear me, Rebecca, wear me!” I’m dreaming of being able to take my Manolos out for a spin. Wait, back up and detail this story.

I was constantly writing music as a teenager—I think to process all my breakups. I went to the University of South Wales and got a double degree in theater and music. I mean, I love jazz. Anything Ella Fitzgerald I know top to bottom. I could sing jazz ballads all day. I still write music but not to the same extent. I guess I’m not going through as much angst now!

Anyone who knows Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City knows these Manolo Blahniks. They’re royal blue with a big jewel at the front. The moment I saw them in the shop I was like, “I have to have you.” I promised myself that if I got the role of Clarice, I would. So my husband and I were at our home in L.A. and both anxious because I was waiting to hear about Clarice and he was waiting to hear about The Republic of Sarah. We decided to take a drive to get some air and ended up in Malibu. We’re at lunch, and I get the call from [co-creators] Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman and they say, “Helloooo, Clarice.” It was followed up with some happy crying and a lot of champagne— then it was off to get my Manolos at the Nordstrom at The Grove. I felt like Cinderella.

Clarice probably listens to jazz, too.

And you’ve never worn them?!

Yeah, I think she’s an old soul.

The one and only time I wore them was when I had a meeting at MGM to meet the big boys and girls about Clarice. I had this baby-pink trench coat, a white T-shirt, and my Manolos. I was strutting on air walking past entire walls full of Golden Globes and Academy Awards, dating back to the 1930s. It absolutely blew my mind. I was like, “Thank God I’m dressed properly for this.” I felt those shoes were worthy to be walking those halls. It was a pretty incredible moment.

Don’t you have a music background?

Clarice also has a buttoned-down style. But you’re pretty glam off-camera, no?

I mean, I love expressing myself through clothes. I don’t know if I’d consider myself a fashionista, but . . . Is it hurting your soul that you can’t dress up right now?

I’m really enjoying, like, my go-to outfit of a gray track sweatsuit with a really cool coat and some stompy black boots and then jazzing it up with some cool jewelry and a beanie. I love that vibe. But I did go out and buy myself some Carrie

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LLISON TOLMAN IS Why Women Kill’s Allison Tolman and hangry. The night before Lana Parrilla slay in this stylish, sexy soap. reporting to work on Why By Nate Millado Women Kill—her first time back on set since the pandemic—the Emmy-nominated actress thought it’d be because “my nails are so nice now, I can’t just beginning for fans of dark comedy. Watch caught up with the sophisticated fun to fill out a letter board for her dress- pry off the letters anymore.” Tolman stars ahead of the summer premiere. and her impeccable manicure are in the ing room. The goal was to update it daily middle of filming the final episode of with a response to “Why Do Women Kill Today?” Her first entry: “SHE’S HANGRY.” Why Women Kill, Marc Cherry’s addictive This was your first role back after 10 months off. What hobbies did you pick anthology series on Paramount+. Ensuing reasons included: “SHE up during quarantine? While the previous iteration of WWK MISSES HER CAT,” “CO-STAR HAS 100X spanned multiple decades, this one AT: Oh, so much. I learned how to make TATTOOS,” “THESE OVERALLS SHRANK takes place solely in 1949 and explores lunches at home. I started embroidery. I (PRETTY SURE),” and “IT’S NINETY the meaning of beauty, the hidden truth started teaching myself how to play the DEGREES OUT IN JANUARY.” So, Allison behind the facades people present to ukulele—but that did not stick. Tolman … why do women kill today? the world—and the extreme LP: I actually started my clothing line, “It’s got to be the 6 p.m. call lengths to which one woman which is comfort streetwear! That’s time,” she tells us. “It does not W HY will go to finally belong. So something I’ve always wanted to do. And bode well that I don’t get to WO MEN K ILL while the journey is ending for because there was so much time on our work until the evening time.” premieres Thursday, June 3, on Tolman and co-star Lana Parhands, it really afforded me time to get Tolman’s actually fallen way Paramount+. rilla, the WWK experience is creative in that way. I come from a family behind on her letter board

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To slip into character, Lana Parrilla created a playlist (“Rita’s Rhythms”) of music from the era. Opposite: Allison Tolman as Alma

of artists, so being creative is, like, my style: Designing, painting, and stuff like that is a lot of fun for me. And I recorded a song! What intrigued you most about Why Women Kill? Why did you sign on?

AT: [WWK creator] Marc Cherry’s heightened style is unlike anything I’ve ever done, certainly on camera. My background is in theater and improv, and it seemed like those were going to translate well for this project. I just wanted to give it a shot and I’ve had so, so much fun. LP: I’ve never done comedy on this level, like Mark Cherry’s dark comedy. What you see is not what you get there, you know. There are so many layers to these characters and they’re not so black and white. AT: I love the idea of telling a story of a woman who felt invincible, and then

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getting to watch her become somebody, and what that entailed and what the consequences were of that journey—that was really what drew me to Alma. LP: I’ve often played controversial characters that you hate but end up loving. They are very misunderstood. When you first meet Rita, you’re like, this is the queen bitch; she runs the show. But you have to always explore how a powerful person became this way. You realize that she’s been a victim of so many circumstances in her life, and that is what caused her to be the way she is. But she is a redeemable character. The first season of WWK was a multiera affair: 1963 with Beth Ann (Ginnifer Goodwin), 1984 with Simone (Lucy Liu), and present day with Taylor (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). Which time period was your favorite to watch?

AT: I think the further back in time you

go, and the more repressed women were, the more interesting it is to see the inner workings of their lives. And I thought it was really interesting to see what that looked like in the ’60s. LP: I was born in the ’70s, so I remember going through the ’80s. The fashion was completely outrageous! And I feel like there was more freedom for women than what had gone through the ’60s and ’70s. But from a personal standpoint, I also really loved people in my life who died from AIDS, I have actively been involved with the AIDS Walk in New York and in L.A., and spoken out to support that community. So that’s another reason why I was so attracted to Simone’s storyline. Unlike the previous season, this one takes place in 1949. What was it like going back in time?

AT: Just the most fun! In addition to the

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Alma Fillcot (Allison Tolman)

A timid and awkward housewife who remains optimistic in the face of the world’s cruelty. Alma yearns for a spot in the local garden club and to see her ungainly daughter married, but her life is disrupted once she learns of her husband’s secret hobby.

Bertram Fillcot (Nick Frost)

Alma’s beloved husband spends his days as a veterinarian, putting sick and injured animals out of their misery. Always kind and good-humored, Bertram has a secret hobby far darker than his jovial nature lets on. 3

Rita Castillo (Lana Parrilla)

The sardonic wife to the wealthy and evil Carlo Castillo. As she waits for her elderly husband to die, Rita runs the garden club with an iron fist and spends much of her time engaging in an affair with a younger lover. 4

Dee Fillcot (B.K. Cannon)

Alma’s wry and brassy daughter who works as a waitress in a local diner. Though selfdeprecating, Dee can be vulnerable under her emotional armor and finds her illicit affair with a secret lover to be both exciting and humiliating.

Vern Loomis (Jordane Christie) 5

Tough, rugged private eye Vern is intrigued and suspicious when he’s hired to investigate Rita’s younger lover, whom she suspects is cheating on her.

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Scooter Polarsky (Matthew Daddario) 6

Rita’s gorgeous, sexy, and not-sobright lover. A charming would-be actor, Scooter is well kept by Rita but pursues a secret relationship elsewhere. 7

Catherine Castillo (Veronica Falcón)

Carlo Castillo’s spinster daughter. Prim and proper, Catherine detests her father’s gorgeous wife, Rita, and returns to town after a mysterious accident, seeking a way to destroy her.

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WHY WOMEN KILL | FOCUS artistic design of the cars, our exterior … the attention to detail that they have on every single set piece. Getting to do a period piece was something that I’ve always wanted to do. LP: It actually threw me because I would always look at everyone [on set] like, “Why are we all wearing these masks? It’s post–Spanish flu!” I love vintage anything. It was wonderful to step back into 1949 to see the cars and the fashion and even the language of that time. The beauty about period pieces is that they enable you to tackle modern-day issues through the lens of 1949. What timely themes did you get to explore this season?

AT: The concept of beauty as currency, and the idea that this is a woman who is fascinated with the beautiful, the glamorous, and the upscale, and what that kind of obsession and ambition does to her and what her ambition does to her. I think that’s something that in the age of social media we can all relate to. That sort of notion of comparative thinking and the unattainable ideal. LP: I would say our human complexities

of jealousy, rivalry, family dynamics that are ever-present and go back centuries, thousands of years. And it doesn’t matter what time period we’re in—those are ever present in just being a human being. This cast is to die for (see sidebar)! What was it like to play with this talented ensemble?

LP: I can walk away from this show saying that I’m taking some real friends with me. It’s interesting how we’ve gotten so close because we were kind of clumped into this little bubble together. AT: I spent the majority of my time with Nick [Frost], who plays my husband, Bertram. We clicked immediately, personally and professionally. I joked with Nick in the beginning that I live by myself with my cat. So when we went into work, I was like, “We’re going to make sure every scene is blocked where my head is on your lap or your shoulder, cause you’re the only other person I’ve been able to, like, hug and touch in a year!” So he took me in pretty quickly and I’d go spend time over at his place and with his family. And he can cook, which never hurt!

DRESSED TO KILL EMMY-WINNING COSTUME DESIGNER JANIE BRYANT BRINGS STYLE AND SOPHISTICATION TO 1949.

ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTINA LECLERC; COURTESY JANIE BRYANT

hen we first meet desperate housewife Alma (Tolman), her drab beige dresses aren’t exactly silhouettes befitting Janie Bryant’s caliber. The costume designer, after all, reinvigorated our love affair with midcentury style in Mad Men, and designed period pieces for the ’60s, ’80s, and today in Why Women Kill. But the unabashed fan of the ’40s says it’s been “creatively satisfying to live in” the year 1949, a time period Bryant calls “the ultimate expression in femininity.” Think fuller skirts, tea-length hemlines, and the return of the corset! “Janie did an incredible job replicating the era—and also fulfilling this little girl's dream,” says Lana Parrilla, who’s always

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loved Old Hollywood glam. “Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe. Those were all of my icons that I admired. And when I had my first fitting [for Rita], that really brought the Rita Hayworth vibe.” Expect Bryant’s wardrobe to play a huge part in Alma and Rita’s role reversals throughout the season. Parrilla recommends dressing up for WWK viewing parties with your pod, so Bryant has a few tips: “Start with a corset to create a wasp waist. Petticoats are important. The strapless neckline was also very indicative of the late 1940s—even a tailored suit! But it’s all about the nipped waist.”

Bryant designed the “fantasy gown” above as if Alma is headed to her own movie premiere.

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F YOU EVER WANT THE experience of hearing a live TV . audience absolutely lose their minds with laughter, just watch an episode of The Carol Burnett Show—or all 279 of them. We can assure you that you’ll laugh just as hard as they did. But where to begin? We asked the show’s eponymous star and comedy goddess Carol Burnett to tell us about her most memorable sketches with co-stars Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Lyle Waggoner, and other famous guests.

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The Funn Family Season 1 — Episode 13 Burnett and company, alongside Mickey Rooney and John Davidson, paid tribute to old-fashioned movie musicals.

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t was in our first season, and that started us doing those backstage movie tributes. This one used a plot similar to a lot of those old Fox musicals … kind of a mashup of those types of films. We had Mickey Rooney and John Davidson as guest stars, and along with Vicki we played this old vaudeville team. It was set in the Ziegfeld Follies era, and the whole [idea] was they had to split up their act. Harvey played a character named Ziggy Flofeld, and he wanted a patriotic trio, so he only needed three people. Mickey was Pappa Funn and goes off on his own. We created original music for this one, which I think was about 20 minutes long, one of the first long-form things we ever did. I just loved doing it!”

L-R: Vicki Lawrence, Carol Burnett, Mickey Rooney, John Davidson

As the Stomach Turns Season 1 — Episode 20 In this recurring parody of soap opera conventions, Burnett played Marion, a constantly troubled resident of Canoga Park.

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the show, so I invited her to have a drink at the house. She came in and got a little teary-eyed. “After we started doing [the sketch], I got a call from Agnes Nixon, the creator of All My Children, and she asked if I’d do a cameo on her show. My character, Verla Grubbs, was really a trailer-trash person. She had a heart of gold but was very naive. I did two weeks on that show, then came back to my show. I did go back a day or two every once in a while.”

Above, L–R: Burnett, Betty Grable, Martha Raye, Lyle Waggoner. Opposite: Burnett made her ensemble comedy debut in The Garry Moore Show. Here, she poses for a 1959 “glamour” shot for the variety series.

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’d watched All My Children and wanted to do something like that on our show, so when the suggestion for a soap opera came up, I said, ‘Absolutely! Let’s do it!’ My favorite was the first time we did it. We had Betty Grable and Martha Raye on that show. It was a thrill to have them, especially because I grew up watching Grable. Martha was so raucous, and Betty would come in with her zingers. Both of them admired each other and had known each other for years. An interesting side note: My husband and I had come to California a few years earlier, and the first home we purchased had been lived in by Betty; her husband, Harry James; and their children. We were living there when she was on

“I was actually biting the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing.”

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The Dentist Season 2 — Episode 20 The Burnett-less sketch featured Conway as a bumbling dentist trying to anesthetize his patient (Korman) but failing miserably.

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he Dentist is up there in at least the top three best moments for a lot of people. Originally, Tim was just supposed to hit himself with the Novocain, but he decided to take it to a higher level. Poor Harvey was just stuck in the chair and couldn’t move. All the shtick you see … Tim hadn’t done all that in rehearsal. He had an idea of what he wanted to do but saved it until he was in front of the audience. He swears that Harvey peed his pants at some point while they were doing it. I don’t know, but just look at him!”

Lovely Story Season 4 — Episode 20 This “Tearjerker Theater” sketch poked fun at the film Love Story, with Burnett playing a dying woman and Korman as her beau.

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his one has one of the funniest lines I ever got to deliver. It comes when my character falls ill, Harvey puts me in the bed, and Lyle comes in as the finest doctor money can buy. He tells Harvey, ‘I’m afraid she’s only got five minutes to live.’ Then Harvey says to me, ‘Hey, Funny Face! The doctor says you’re going to be fine. Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?’ Then I tell him, ‘I’d love a four-minute egg.’”

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In this parody, Burnett put her comic spin on Sunset Boulevard’s Norma Desmond.

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he designed. Over our 11 years, he created more than 17,000 outfits. Remember those boobs hanging down in my costume? Usually designers would put cotton or padding in, but he filled them with uncooked rice. He told me, ‘That’s what all the drag queens do!’ “I got a call from Gloria Swanson, who loved what we’d done and asked, ‘Can I come on the show?’ She was a guest later. In her book she called it the best time she’d ever had!”

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The Intercom Season 9 — Episode 17 Burnett introduced the character of Mrs. Wiggins, a gum-chomping, dim-bulb secretary. She would go on to play the part 17 more times.

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played Mrs. Wiggins, with Tim as Mr. Tudball. Tim wrote it at first with Mrs. Wiggins as a doddering old lady. I went into costume fittings and Bob Mackie said I’d been doing a lot of old ladies. He wanted me to let him make the character into this blond bimbo who the IQ fairy had never visited. He gave me this wig and high heels and pushup bra and black wool skirt that he’d had sitting there forever. I remember how it bagged in the behind! I said, ‘Bob, it’s baggy and I’m flat back there.’ He said, ‘No, stick your butt into it!’ The skirt was tight around my knees and baggy in the behind, which is how I developed that trademark Wiggins walk.”

A Salute to Harry Warren Season 7 — Episode 20 This mini-musical used more than a dozen songs by composer Harry Warren, including “Jeepers Creepers” and “Lullaby of Broadway.”

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e paid tribute to one of our favorite composers, Harry Warren, with Bernadette Peters as the guest. She was the cutie in town and I ran a music store; Harvey was the guy who was in love with her and had plans to pin her at the prom dance. We came up with the story using a lot of what was already in Harry’s music.”

Mildred Fierce Season 10 — Episode 9 This sendup of Mildred Pierce showcased Burnett parodying Joan Crawford’s Oscar-winning role.

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practically raised at the movies. I used to come home after seeing a film, and my best friend and I would act out what we’d seen. So it was kind of a given when I got my own show that I would make sure I had the chance to be [the star], with my own costumes and lighting. I usually came up with the ideas for sketches like that, and [I’d] go into the writers’ room, where I’d say things like, ‘Let’s do a takeoff on a Joan Crawford movie’ or whatever else I was interested in. We’d all watch the movie and they’d write their own version.”

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Went With the Wind Season 10 — Episode 8 This parody of Gone With the Wind featured Burnett as “Starlet O’Hara,” who ends up wearing a dress designed from a curtain rod and drapes.

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“It was funny to me that I was 16 years older than Vicki, but she played my mama.”

The recurring series of sketches, which would eventually become a series of its own, revolved around a blue-collar Southern family that included a strong-willed daughter, Eunice (Burnett), and her cantankerous Mama (Lawrence).

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loved getting to play Eunice. It was funny to me that I was 16 years older than Vicki, but she played my mama. Originally they wrote that I would do Mama and a guest star would do Eunice. We honestly never thought we’d keep doing those characters. Eunice really spoke to me, so I said I’d rather do her and get an older woman to play Mama. Bob had the idea to put Vicki in the wig and fat suit. “The characters spoke in that accent because I’m from Texas and my family is from Arkansas. When we ran through it, I automatically started in that accent. We did run-throughs with the writers, and they were very upset. They thought, ‘We’re going to alienate the entire South.’ They were never happy until we did it on air and started getting all this enthusiastic fan mail.”

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will never forget when we first read the script for this, and the only thing the writers had said was that I come down the stairs with draperies just hanging on me. Then Bob came up with the idea to use a curtain rod. He said, ‘I have an idea. Come here!’ I followed him into the dressing room and there it was! I almost fell on the floor from laughing as soon as I saw it. I knew right then it was going to be one of the greatest sight gags ever. That dress is in the Smithsonian now. Sometimes I’ll get fan mail with a photo of someone who decided to make their own version and wear it on Halloween. “What comes back to me about this one is when I had to run up the stairs and get into that outfit. I had to escape up the stairs to get backstage, where Bob Mackie was waiting. He’d set up a little wooden platform along with my dresser, and nobody else could get up there. It was very heavy! Bob had to make sure it was quick to get into because the change had to be done while Vicki and Harvey were doing their little scene below. “I remember coming out with the whole thing on and hearing laughter that sounded like a clap of thunder when the audience saw what I was wearing. I have to admit, I almost cracked up myself. You know when you see me coming down the stairs? I was actually biting the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing. My character couldn’t laugh at that point. She had to take herself seriously. Harvey was great in that moment. It was the first time he’d seen the outfit. Even the camera crew hadn’t seen it, because I hadn’t worn it in our regular rehearsal.”

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Bre-Z Does It She acts. She raps. And she wields a mean pair of clippers. How All American’s stereotype-busting star came to be. BY OLIVER JONES

O ONE WAS MORE RELIEVED when the third season of All American was safely underway than Bre-Z, the actor, rapper, and former barber who stars as Tamia “Coop” Cooper on The CW hit. As the loyal, if sometimes hotheaded, best friend and protector of the show’s titular hero, Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), Coop spent most of last season in the crosshairs of a gang lord. The situation made every table read a distinctly harrowing experience. “It was a little chilling to have to be in her skin every day,” explains Bre-Z, on the phone from her home in Los Angeles. “Every time I opened a script, it was a little like, ‘Oh my God, y’all better not! I don’t wanna act like I got shot, and I don’t wanna act dead. I don’t want any of that!’” A representational breakthrough, All American’s Coop is a gender-expectationdefying gay teenager who runs the streets of South Los Angeles with a swagger and ferocity all her own. That she survived the season intact was indeed a source of succor—and not just for the woman who plays her. “I had two 80-yearold white women on a plane praising me for

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Bre-Z’s perfect music for … JUST HANGING OUT: “I’m always in that ’90s R&B mode—Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, Toni Braxton. There was just so much feeling in the music of that era.” GETTING INTO THE ‘COOP’ MINDSET: “I had to shoot a scene the other day that was very emotional, so I sank down and listened to Celine Dion’s ‘Because You Loved Me.’ The guys on set thought that was so funny, but that song just does something to me. It has ever since I was a child. I don’t know why.”

my performance as Coop,” recalls Bre-Z. “These white ladies were so happy that they started kissing me—this was preCOVID. They kept apologizing for being so emotional, but they were so grateful for this character. With characters like Coop, we are moving closer to a common understanding that we are all just human.” Born Calesha Murray (her grandmother gave her the Bre-Z nickname when she was a baby) and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Bre-Z credits the veracity she brings to her portrayal of Coop less to her acting chops than to her two side hustles: rapper and barber. “When I rap, it’s strictly freestyle,” says Bre-Z, whose third record came out last year and who has created

songs with The Game, Dr. Dre, and Jennifer Lopez. “If I write it out, then I tend to think too much. I like to go with my first instinct: I feel like whatever comes out the first time is what was meant to come out. I feel like God doesn’t make mistakes with me.” As for cutting heads (she’s worked in Atlanta and Philadelphia), Bre-Z’s first big acting break—as rapper Freda Gatz on Empire—came through barbershop connections. But what she got out of the job is much more profound than that. “You get a very different perspective in a barbershop,” says Bre-Z, whose father and grandfather were also barbers. “I came to learn that men are just as vulnerable and emotional as women, if not more. I was actually able to see men be hurt. I saw them cry. It was eye-opening.” Adds Bre-Z, “I tell my homegirls outside of the shop, you have no idea. You have no idea how men really feel.”

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SETTING A ROMANTIC MOOD: “My latest album, Full Circle, is very romantic. It’s got a song called ‘Dreamin’ that I play all the time.”

WORKING OUT: “I tend to listen to my own music. It helps me focus.”

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A DINNER PARTY: “Xscape’s ‘Just Kickin’ It.’ I just can’t do a party without that one.”

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PLAY | PASSION PROJECT Max Thieriot in the flagship B.A. Thieriot Vineyard

Max Thieriot walks Thieriot-Bodega Vineyard with his son Beaux.

How a return to California Wine Country —and a reunion with childhood best friends— brought the SEAL Team actor to his Senses BY DAN ALLEN

T WASN’T INEVITABLE THAT MAX those vineyards near the town of Thieriot would become a wineOccidental as he grew up, but his maker—but it was in his DNA. When passion for acting eventually took he was a baby in 1989, his father, him away from wine country Cameron, planted some of the first and south to Hollywood. “I was Chardonnay vines in California’s nowalways outdoorsy, but as a kid esteemed Sonoma coast. “Everybody I just liked sitting on the tractold him, ‘Hey, you’re too far out on the tor with my dad,” says the Sonoma coast to grow Chardonnay—it’s 32-year-old. “I honestly had too cold here; it’ll never work,” says no idea that I’d end up having Thieriot. “My dad basically said, ‘Well, anything to do with the wine screw you. I like to drink Chardonnay, so industry.” His acting career I’m going to plant it. If it doesn’t work, was already in full swing then so be it.’ Eventually he proved them when a visit north in 2010 all wrong, and B.A. Thieriot is sparked a conversanow one of the, if not the, pretion with childhood SEA L TE AM mier Chardonnay vineyards on friend Christopher airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and the west Sonoma coast.” Strieter. “Chris streams on Paramount+. Thieriot loved playing in and I are both real

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For a special occasion —or just when you want to drink a really good wine—try one of these bestsellers from Senses Wines. Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir: $79, elegant and earthy, instantly upgrades any backyard BBQ

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entrepreneurs, and we realized we’d both been thinking about winemaking,” says Thieriot. The two teamed with Myles Lawrence-Briggs, their pal since kindergarten whose parents own a local vineyard, and Senses Winery was born. Thieriot says the name, brainstormed with wife Lexi (over wine), is an homage to the sense-piquing capabilities of vino. “Wine to me is such a sensational experience,” he explains. “You don’t just taste wine—you smell it; you see what it looks like. So many senses are stimulated.” Though they’d all grown up in and around vineyards, Thieriot and his young partners were clueless about how to actually create a winery—yet they built their company from

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The Senses Wines founding team: (L–R) Christopher Strieter, Kelsey Perucchi, Lexi and Max Thieriot (with young Beaux), Myles Lawrence-Briggs

scratch, taking no outside investments. Thieriot would eventually focus on branding and marketing, LawrenceBriggs on production, and Strieter on running the business, but that first year it was all hands on deck. “The three of us went out and pruned all the vines and did all of the farming ourselves,” says Thieriot. “We did everything from start to finish.” Just as Thieriot’s SEAL Team character, Clay Spenser, a second-generation SEAL, had to demonstrate his worthiness to doubters, the Senses trio knew that they’d have to prove themselves to the local wine world. “I did feel like there was something to prove, and my competitive side was not going to let us do this halfassed,” Thieriot recalls. “I said, ‘Let’s make Russian River Valley Pinot Noir: $55, bold yet smooth and goes well with poultry, venison, or veal Terra de Promissio Pinot Noir: $72, fruity, velvety, and tasty with steak on the grill Sonoma Coast Chardonnay: $45, pairs perfectly with a Thanksgiving feast or simple vegetarian meal Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon: $250, rich and velvety, excellent for an extra-special celebration

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“You don’t just taste wine—you smell it; you see what it looks like.” the best wines we possibly can.’ I wanted to show everybody that we could do this.” After a small but critically acclaimed first few years, Senses added hotshot winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown to the mix, and the plucky brand went from strength to strength. In 2015 it was added to the wine list at the acclaimed French Laundry in Yountville, California. “That was a really exciting moment for us, when people started taking us seriously in this competitive industry,” says Thieriot. “And since we didn’t try to scale production greatly in the beginning, we’ve been able to maintain a really strong brand value and demand for the wines just through building up slowly.” Today, Senses produces more than 3,000 cases of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon a year, about 70% to 80% of which goes directly to customers on its coveted mailing list. The rest is available at fine restaurants on the California coast and beyond—and in select shops; prices range from about $45 to $250 a bottle. Senses made its onscreen debut in

Thieriot’s previous series, Bates Motel, and found its way into SEAL Team last season, when Clay shared a bottle of Senses Pinot Noir with girlfriend Rebecca (Adelaide Kane). “Clay’s favorite Senses wine would definitely be Pinot, because I don’t think he could afford our Cabernet,” Thieriot laughs. “I can barely afford our Cabernet.” His co-stars David Boreanaz and Neil Brown Jr. are wine fans, and on the Senses mailing list— something Thieriot didn’t know til Brown gave him some good-natured grief about it. “One day he was like, ‘I’ve been waiting two years, and I finally got some wine,’” Thieriot says. “I’m like, ‘Are you serious? And you never brought this up?’” Coming full circle, Thieriot is able to share the same father-son connection to the land with his sons, 5-year-old Beaux and 3-year-old Maximus, that he and his dad had when he was young. “They love to cruise around with me in the tractor when I check on the grapes,” he says. “And they love to go out in the vineyard and eat handfuls of grapes off the vine.”

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HOROSCOPES | PLAY GEMINI MAY 21–JUNE 21 ALANA DE LA GARZA, FBI

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The June 10 Gemini solar eclipse is a wake-up call. Time to get your message out. Use Mercury retrograde (May 29–June 22) to polish your blog, rehearse your webinar, or reconnect with contacts from the past. Confident Jupiter aligns with the sun June 23; a little shameless self-promotion is in order!

CANCER JUNE 22–JULY 22 ROCKY CARROLL, NCIS: LOS ANGELES JUNE 26

In the Stars

Whether talking or blogging, now’s the time for Geminis’ message to be heard.

Your nature is to nurture, but May 20 the sun enters your zone of contemplation; use this period to slow down and practice self-care. June 20 the sun enters Cancer and you’re ready to soar. The June 24 full moon brings a serious romance or deepens a current one.

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July 23–August 22 JAMES CORDEN, THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN AUGUST 22

The May 26 lunar eclipse focuses on children, creativity, and romance. The June 10 solar eclipse inspires you to become more involved with humanitarian causes and activism. Yes, you’ll have time to do it all. June 11 fiery Mars blazes into Leo (through July 28); your energy and drive are boundless.

VIRGO AUGUST 23– SEPTEMBER 22 ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD, THE STAND AUGUST 25

Both eclipses (May 26 and June 10) impact your career and home. Perhaps you’ll be moving for work or traveling extensively. Virgos love order, but B Positive; these changes could turn out to be exciting. Lucky Jupiter and inspiring Neptune in your love zone late June bring romantic relationships.

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The May 26 lunar eclipse falls in your communication zone; writing, speaking, and teaching projects flourish. By June you’re feeling restless and may need to recharge your batteries. Being near water or in nature could be deeply healing. Wait until Mercury turns direct June 22 to take time off.

Both the May 26 lunar eclipse and the June 10 solar eclipse activate your zones of wealth and self-worth. A raise or higher-paying job is certainly possible, but so is a genuine transformation, one in which you gain great insight into yourself and your purpose. Take time to savor it.

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LANA DE LA GARZA’S sun and Mercury are in curious and multitalented Gemini, the sign of communication. Her moon is in caring and compassionate Pisces. This combination gives her a sharp intellect and a deep love of learning along with a genuine interest in people and a devotion to family. The planet Venus, prominent in her chart, blesses her with charisma, charm, and a sensitivity to all forms of art and beauty. This summer is a major turning point; lucky Jupiter and brilliant Uranus bring her unexpected opportunities to explore a new FBI genre and the airs Tuesdays at possibility of 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streams some rich and on Paramount+. exciting travel.

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SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22– DECEMBER 21 DON CHEADLE, BLACK MONDAY NOVEMBER 29

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22– JANUARY 19 ELIZABETH TULLOCH, SUPERMAN & LOIS JANUARY 19

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20– FEBRUARY 18 NORAH O’DONNELL, CBS EVENING NEWS JANUARY 23

PISCES FEBRUARY 19– MARCH 20 WILL HOCHMAN, BLUE BLOODS MARCH 4

Eclipses are game changers. The May 26 lunar eclipse in your zone of self-esteem may propel you to get in better shape, both mentally and physically, as well as to improve your appearance. And with Venus in your love zone all June, romantic encounters abound. Circle June 3, 10, 21, and 23.

Late May and early June there are four planets in your zone of day-to-day work, giving you the ability to plow through tasks. But it’s not all about work. You’re searching for deeper answers and inspiration. Circle June 3 and June 23; a wise teacher or mentor may come into your life.

Aquarians love their freedom and independence, but with intense planetary activity in your domestic zone during June, you may suddenly start fantasizing about buying property or having children. Relax and enjoy the new you! Just don’t sign any contracts during Mercury retrograde (May 29–June 22).

Like an episode of MacGyver, eclipses raise the stakes and accelerate life. The May 26 lunar eclipse in your career zone puts ambition and achievement in the spotlight. Your negotiating ability and people skills are noticed by your bosses and finally acknowledged. June 1 brings a longdesired invitation your way.

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Planetary action in your money zone has you thinking about security and savings. Get your finances handled before Mercury turns retrograde May 29. June 11 passionate Mars enters Leo, and love and romance flourish. The May 26 lunar eclipse brings exciting opportunities for educational pursuits and travel.

Something big is brewing, Taurus. You don’t have to be Superman or Stargirl, but success does require taking risks. Mid-June there could be some setbacks; the key is to stay focused and expect the best because on June 23 a project close to your heart gets a green light!

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