Nat Geo Renews 'Genius,' Picks Up Docuseries From Katie Couric, Jay ZNat Geo has renewed the scripted anthology “Genius” for a second season, the network announced at its 2. Upfronts presentation on Wednesday.

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The network has also ordered new series from executive producers Jay Z and Katie Couric, as well as three new scripted development projects. Like the first season of series, which told the story of Albert Einstein, Season 2 of “Genius” will chronicle the life of another renowned mastermind.

The subject’s identity will be revealed during the season one finale of ‘Genius’ on June 2. We are thrilled to bring back Genius for a second season and establish National Geographic’s presence in scripted television. The Genius franchise has proved to be the epitome of the premium, smart and highly entertaining content that our brand embodies and our audience craves,” said CEO of National Geographic Global Networks Courteney Monroe. Season 2 will again hail from Fox 2.

Television Studios, Imagine Television and executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard; Odd. Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker and. Rachel Shane; and show runner and executive producer Ken Biller. The network has also re- teamed with “Gender Revolution” executive producer Katie Couric for a new six- part docuseries, which will follow Couric as she talks with thought leaders who are shaping the most pivotal, contentious and oftentimes confusing topics across the globe today.

The untitled series will premiere in 2. The other series, “Race,” will hail from Shawn Carter and The Weinstein Company. Inspired by the short film “JAY Z: The War On Drugs Is An Epic Fail,” the series will weave together documentary, animation and archival footage to tell present- day stories of a diverse mix of people from all walks of life in cities across America – from immigrants to first- generation Americans and unsuspecting voices that might otherwise go unheard.

The Weinstein Company’s Harvey Weinstein, David Glasser and Patrick Reardon serve as executive producers alongside Shawn Carter and National Geographic’s Betsy Forhan. On the scripted side, Nat Geo has put three new projects into development: R. J. Cutler’s “The Birth of the Pill,” the Ebola drama “The Hot Zone,” and an untitled series from “Un. Real’s” Marti Noxon.”Read complete descriptions of the projects below: THE BIRTH OF THE PILL: HOW FOUR CRUSADERS REINVENTED SEX AND LAUNCHED A REVOLUTION (From Sonar Entertainment, Producer/Director R.

J. Cutler and Executive Producers Denise Di. Novi and Alison Greenspan)It has been called the only product in American history so powerful that it needed no name.

Today we know it simply as “the pill,” but it was made possible only through the efforts of four larger- than- life figures. Adapted from Jonathan Eig’s 2. The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution,” the series follows feminist icon Margaret Sanger and philanthropist Katherine Mc. Cormick, who campaigned for women’s rights and championed birth control, enlisting the help of visionary scientist Gregory Pincus and Catholic OB/GYN John Rock. Together, the four took on the scientific establishment, the church and cultural norms in their fight to make safe and effective contraception available to millions of women.

The Birth of the Pill is a thrilling recounting of the development of a drug that forever changed medical and social history. THE HOT ZONE (Lynda Obst Productions, Fox 2. Watch The Third Jihad Download. Television Studios, Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, Jeff Vintar and Scott Free Productions)Based on the eponymous international bestseller by Richard Preston, The Hot Zone recounts the terrifying true story of the origins of the Ebola virus, a highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest and its first arrival on U. S. soil. In 1. 98. Washington, D. C. White House — there is no known cure. A heroic U. S. Army veterinarian, working with a secret military SWAT team, puts herself in mortal peril when she tries to head off the outbreak before it spreads to the human population.

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Real”) and writer Erik Jendresen (“Band of Brothers,” Killing Lincoln), travels back to the 1. Nat Geo’s first TV documentaries in Siberia and Australia. Both teams must brave espionage, scandal and hostile environments in an attempt to bring Nat Geo’s arresting global storytelling to the new media age."Master of None" (season 1- 2 on Netflix)The first season of comedian Aziz Ansari's "Master of None" was universally praised. The response from critics on the newly released Season 2, however, is that it's even better - - which means you definitely shouldn't miss it. Netflix"Glow" (Season 1 on Netflix)Netflix's comedy heads back to the 1.

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The first season is a tense crime drama, and among the best shows on Netflix. Netflix"Rick and Morty" (Seasons 1- 2 on Hulu)Dark and ridiculous, "Rick and Morty" might be animated, but it's definitely not for children. The Adult Swim cartoon is about Rick, an often- drunk super- scientist, and his grandson Morty, who accompanies him on ridiculous adventures. With the third season airing now on Adult Swim, it's a great time to get caught up on the first two. Adult Swim"The Man in the High Castle" (season 1- 2 on Amazon)What if the Nazis had won World War II? The newly released second season of "The Man in the High Castle" takes us back to an alternate universe where the U. S. is divided between Japan and Germany."Travelers" (season 1 on Netflix)Time travelers from the future walk among us in "Travelers," executing secret orders in order to change the future.

This Netflix show has some cool ideas about dealing with the pressures of saving the world."Shut Eye" (Season 1 on Hulu)Hulu’s latest original series is about grifters in the Los Angeles psychic reading business. But then Jeffrey Donovan takes a blow to the head, and suddenly he might actually be seeing the future. The machinations and dark humor pile up as he and his family try to get out from under the thumb of their crime lord bosses."The Expanse" (Season 1 on Amazon)Syfy's return to space opera is like "Game of Thrones," but with interplanetary travel. Mixing a murder mystery and a Cold War conspiracy story, "The Expanse" is full of zero- gee special effects and characters flying around the solar system, trying to prevent a war that could end humanity.

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Tim Curry - Wikipedia. Timothy James Curry (born 1.

April 1. 94. 6) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, and singer. He is known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television productions, often portraying villainous roles or character parts. Curry rose to prominence with his portrayal of Dr. Frank- N- Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1. London and 1. 97.

Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show. His other stage work includes various roles in the original West End production of Hair, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1. Broadway production of Amadeus, the Pirate King in the 1. West End production of The Pirates of Penzance, Alan Swann in the Broadway production of My Favourite Year and King Arthur in Broadway and West End productions of Spamalot from 2. Curry received further acclaim for his film and television roles, including as Rooster Hannigan in the film adaptation of Annie (1.

Darkness in the fantasy film. Legend (1. 98. 5), as Wadsworth in the mysterycomedy film. Clue (1. 98. 5), as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the horrorminiseries. It (1. 99. 0) and Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1. Curry has also gained acclaim as a voice actor. His roles in animation include Captain Hook on the FOX series Peter Pan & the Pirates (1. Hexxus in the fantasy film Fern.

Gully: The Last Rainforest (1. Nigel Thornberry on the Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys (1.

Palpatine on Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2. Early life[edit]Curry was born in Grappenhall, Cheshire.[1] His father, James Curry, a chaplain in the Royal Navy, died when Curry was 1. Curry's mother, Patricia, a school secretary, died in June 1. His older sister, Judith ("Judy"), was a concert pianist who died of a brain tumour in 2. Curry spent most of his childhood in Plymouth, Devon, but, after his father's death from pneumonia in 1. South London. Curry then went to boarding school and attended Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset.[4] He developed into a talented boy soprano (treble).[5] Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from the University of Birmingham with a combined degree in English and Drama (BA Drama & Theatre Studies, 1. Acting career[edit]Rocky Horror[edit].

Curry in a performance of The Rocky Horror Show. Curry's first full- time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1. Richard O'Brien[7] who went on to write Curry's next full- time role, that of Dr.

Frank- N- Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (1. Curry recalled his first encounter with the project: I'd heard about the play because I lived on Paddington Street, off Baker Street, and there was an old gym a few doors away. I saw Richard O'Brien in the street, and he said he'd just been to the gym to see if he could find a muscleman who could sing. I said, "Why do you need him to sing?" [laughs] And he told me that his musical was going to be done, and I should talk to Jim Sharman. He gave me the script, and I thought, "Boy, if this works, it's going to be a smash."[9]Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blond hair, and later, with an American accent.

In March 2. 00. 5, in an interview with Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, he explains that he decided to play Dr. Frank- N- Furter with an English accent after listening to an English woman say, "Do you have a house in town or a house in the country," and decided, "Yes, (Dr. Frank- N- Furter) should sound like the Queen."[1.

Curry originally thought the character was merely a laboratory doctor dressed in a white lab coat. However, at the suggestion of director Sharman, the character evolved into the diabolical mad scientist and transvestite with an upper- class Belgravia accent that carried over to The Rocky Horror Picture Show[1. Curry a household name and gave him a cult following. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles, and New York City until 1.

In an interview with NPR, Curry called Rocky Horror a "rite of passage," and added that the film is "a guaranteed weekend party to which you can go with or without a date and probably find one if you don't have one, and it's also a chance for people to try on a few roles for size, you know? Figure out, help them maybe figure out their own sexuality."[1. In 2. 01. 6, Curry played The Criminologist in the television film remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[1.

Theatre[edit]Shortly after the end of Rocky Horror's run on Broadway, Curry returned to the stage with Tom Stoppard's Travesties, which ran in London and New York from 1. Travesties was a Broadway hit. It won two Tony Awards (Best Performance by an Actor for John Wood and Best Comedy), as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), and Curry's performance as the famous dadaist. Tristan Tzara received good reviews.[citation needed]In 1. Curry formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show Amadeus, playing the title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

He was nominated for his first Tony Award (Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) for this role but lost out to his co- star Ian Mc. Kellen, who played Antonio Salieri. In 1. 98. 2, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews.[citation needed]In the mid- 1. Curry performed in The Rivals and in several plays with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, including The Threepenny Opera, Dalliance and Love For Love. In 1. 98. 8, Curry did the national tour of Me and My Girl as the lead role of Bill Snibson, a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay and followed by Jim Dale.

In 1. 98. 9- 9. 0, Tim Curry returned once again to the New York stage in The Art of Success. In 1. 99. 3, Curry played Alan Swann in the Broadway musical version of My Favourite Year, earning him his second Tony Award nomination, this time for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.[citation needed]In 2.

Curry appeared as Scrooge in the musical version of A Christmas Carol that played at Madison Square Garden. In 2. 00. 4, Curry began his role of King Arthur in Spamalot in Chicago.

The show successfully moved to Broadway in February 2. The show sold more than $1 million worth of tickets in its first 2.

It brought him a third Tony nomination, again for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Curry reprised this role in London's West End at the Palace Theatre, where Spamalot opened on 1.

October 2. 00. 6. His final performance came on 6 January 2. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as the Best Actor in a Musical for the role, and also won the Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 3. Best Actor in a Musical.[citation needed]From May to August 2. Curry was scheduled to portray the Player in a Trevor Nunn stage production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Chichester Festival Theatre and then in London. He withdrew from the production on 2. May, citing ill health.[1.

From 2. 6–2. 9 April 2. Tim Curry appeared in Eric Idle's play What About Dick? Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.[1. He had originally appeared in the play back in 2. Curry's career in theatre was honoured on 7 June 2. Actors Fund's 1. 9th annual Tony Awards Viewing Party, where he was awarded an Artistic Achievement Award.[1.

After The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Curry began to appear in many films, acting in supporting roles, such as Robert Graves in the British horror film. The Shout, as Johnny La.

Guardia in Times Square, as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan in Annie, a film based on the broadway musical of the same name and as Jeremy Hancock in the political film The Ploughman's Lunch.[1. In 1. 98. 5, Curry starred in the fantasy film, Legend as the Lord of Darkness. Director Ridley Scott cast Curry in the film after watching him in Rocky Horror, thinking he was ideal to play the role of Darkness.