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Love & Death's finale on Max this Thursday. If you're not caught up on , Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, Patrick Fugit, Tom Pelphrey, and more, do so now. The finale is one of the most intense and stunning hours of television I've seen. Viewers will see the struggle between Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore that led to Gore's death, and it's gruesome.

Elizabeth Olsen is opening up about the pivotal scene in Love & Death that she needed to use a stunt double for.

—and very excited to do it—but gave a heartfelt explaining that she was stepping down out of respect for those on the picket lines who would have normally been writing for the annual awards show. The awards are still scheduled to go on without a host, but it remains to be seen just how pared down it will be. More on that below. In other news, if you have yet to catch up on the with Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, and more, then this is the week to do it.

Emily Longeretta “Love & Death,” which debuts on HBO Max (soon to be just Max) on April 27, is the second TV telling of the story of Candy Montgomery in less than a year. The first rendition was Hulu’s “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel in the leading role of Candy and Melanie Lynskey as her neighbor whom she eventually murders, Betty Gore. The series streamed in May 2022, nearly one year ago. Now, Elizabeth Olsen steps into the role of Montgomery, a housewife from Fairview, Tx., while Lily Rabe portrays Betty, the second-grade teacher. Both shows are based on a true story, explained below. The latest, written by David E. Kelley, draws in part from a two-part Texas Monthly account of the crime.

and  -- are chronicling the lives in the small Texas town of Wylie and the events leading up to her death at the hands of accused axe murderer Candy Montgomery.Not since the 1990 TV movie,, has Montgomery's story been explored this in-depth onscreen, with Jessica Biel portraying her in the five-part, which is now streaming on Hulu, while Elizabeth Olsen takes over the role in, which unfolds over seven episodes on HBO Max.While the two projects have naturally drawn comparisons, there's more to each series, with Olsen explaining to ET that «stories that are interesting deserve to be told and every way you're going to tell it.»And just like the crime — and everything surrounding Betty's death, including the other real-life characters and scandals involved — Candy's story is far more complicated than one woman taking an axe to another. Married to Pat Montgomery and a mother of two children, Candy was a seemingly typical, 30-year-old housewife living in Collin County, Texas, who became close friends with Betty, a fellow housewife and mother who was also a middle school teacher. According to , it was the regularly attended service at the First United Methodist Church of Lucas «that first brought Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore together, and it was the church that led them to their times of closeness and, eventually, to their mutual hatred and Betty’s brutal death.»The church is also where Candy, who had grown bored with Pat, decided to have an affair with Betty’s husband, Allan Gore. More specifically, the moment that pushed her over the edge «happened on the church volleyball court, on a late-summer day in 1978,» when the two collided during a play. After that, Candy set her sights on Allan.

Elizabeth Olsen isn’t really sure what to make of being named the “internet’s mom.” While she had attained the title some time ago, the popularity really took off when she presented an award at this year’s Oscars alongside Pedro Pascal — famously, the “internet’s daddy.”

Elizabeth Olsen isn't really sure what to make of being named the «internet's mom» after she presented at this year's Oscars alongside Pedro Pascal — famously, the «internet's daddy.»The celebrated actress walked the carpet at the premiere of her new drama series — held at the Directors Guild Of America theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday — and she spoke with ET's Deidre Behar about the unusual moniker.«I really don't get it,» admitted Olsen, who largely stays off social media in general. «My friends have tried to explain to me that it's, like, a good thing? I don't know.»«Like, mothers are great, I guess, but I don't know.

Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons are stepping out for the premiere of their new HBO Max limited series!

Love & Death will premiere on HBO Max this week – you can find episode details below.The upcoming crime drama is based on the true story of Candy Montgomery, a housewife in 1980s Wylie, Texas, who pursues an affair with Allan Gore, her best friend Betty’s husband.Montgomery was accused and tried for murdering Betty, who was found dead in her home with multiple axe wounds.Alongside Olsen, the upcoming mini-series also stars Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe and Krysten Ritter.There will be seven episodes of the mini-series in total, with the first three dropping on HBO Max on April 27.

EXCLUSIVE: Julia Hart is set to direct an adaptation of the Samantha Downing novel The Lovely Wife at Netflix. Hart will also co-write the script with Jordan Horowitz, who is producing along with Automatic, Vertigo and OHQ.

Firefly Lane ending and HBO Max's Love & Death premiering, you're in for quite the emotional—and thrilling—roller coaster this week. Both shows drop their episodes on Thursday and good luck picking what to stream first. But let's start with HBO Max's Love & Death, which airs the first three episodes before going to one a week until the limited series wraps up on May 25. Trust me when I say , which is no surprise given that prolific producer/writer David E.

Love & Death, I knew nothing of the real-life murder that rocked a small town in Texas in the early ‘80s on which the series is based. I also hadn’t watched (which examines the same story and premiered nearly a year ago, in May 2022).

HBOMax’s “Love & Death,” the new true crime drama from prolific writer David E.

The 22nd edition of the Tribeca Festival unveiled a 2023 lineup with a record number of female helmers and heavy on films directed by actors like Chelsea Peretti’s First Time Female Director, John Slattery thriller Maggie Moore(s) with Tina Fey and Jon Hamm, David Duchovny’s Bucky F*cking Dent and Steve Buscemi’s The Listener.

Kim Kardashian confirmed she's joined Emma Roberts and the cast of "American Horror Story" for season 12. Kardashian, 42, shared a teaser to Instagram on Monday. "Kim is among the biggest and brightest television stars in the world and we are thrilled to welcome her to the ‘AHS’ family," the show's co-creator Ryan Murphy said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

EXCLUSIVE: Noma Dumezweni (The Undoing), Gabby Beans (Succession) and Sarunas J. Jackson (Insecure) have joined the cast of the Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent.

Elizabeth Olsen is hitting the red carpet at a screening of her new HBO Max series.

The teaser trailer for Elizabeth Olsen‘s upcoming HBO Max limited series has been released.

The seven-episode HBO Max Original limited series Love & Death has released its official teaser and set an April 27 launch date.

Elizabeth Olsen is taking on the story of Candy Montgomery in the all-new, HBO Max true-crime series,. In the chilling first teaser for the show, Olsen is seen portraying the housewife who was accused of killing her friend, Betty Gore, with an axe in 1980.«Something has been bothering me a little.

Jordan Moreau After playing a diabolical Scarlet Witch in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” Elizabeth Olsen stars as Candy Montgomery, who was infamously accused of axe murder in 1980 and later acquitted, in “Love and Death.” HBO Max released the first trailer for the upcoming limited series on Thursday. The seven-episode series premieres on HBO Max on April 27 with its first three episodes. New episodes will release weekly through May 25. Created by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies,” “Nine Perfect Strangers,” “The Lincoln Lawyer”), “Love and Death” “tells the true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore — two churchgoing couples enjoying their small-town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe,” the logline says.