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OCTOBER 20 - 26, 2019 staradvertiser.com ABSOLUTE POWER Dame Helen Mirren explores the public and private tale of Catherine the Great’s rulership as she reached the end of her life in the four-part period drama Catherine the Great. The series tells her glorious, politically victorious story, while also outlining the controversy and eroticism that challenged her luxurious, golden court. Premiering Monday, Oct. 21, on HBO. DOE: Five Promises for Hawai‘i’s Students SECOND PROMISE: EQUITY TODAY, OCT. 20 | 1:30 PM | CHANNEL 53 Learn about the 2030 Promise Plan from Superintendent Dr. Christina M. Kishimoto through this five-part monthly series, olelo.org hosted by Jill Kuramoto. ON THE COVER | CATHERINE THE GREAT Helen Mirren reigns again ‘Catherine the Great’ on HBO Many of the production’s interior scenes “Elizabeth I” (2005) and Queen Charlotte were filmed in Catherine the Great’s actual in “The Madness of King George” (1994) palace, a detail that will be a treat for audienc- debuted to great acclaim, and her portrayal es as much as it was for the cast. Speaking to of Elizabeth II in “The Queen” (2006) earned By Sachi Kameishi the Evening Standard about shooting in the her an Academy Award. Empress Catherine TV Media decadent Moscow residence, Mirren said, “I already feels like an excellent addition to was looking out of the same windows onto the Mirren’s collection of regal roles, because it’s n a scene from the first trailer released for exact same grounds [as she was]. It was an the kind of royal story Mirren has not told be- HBO’s upcoming miniseries “Catherine extraordinary feeling being that close to her.” fore: the story of an openly erotic and deeply Ithe Great,” Dame Helen Mirren (“Collateral The depiction of a woman in power who isn’t romantic monarch. HBO has clearly stated Beauty,” 2016) stands as the eponymous defined by the men around her hasn’t been the that Catherine’s sexuality and passionate Russian empress, her fist raised firmly. “Do norm in modern media. Anticipation for this demeanor are to be spotlighted as one of the you know what I hold in my hand?” she asks kind of female-focused storytelling is only most fulfilling aspects of her life, supposedly decidedly. She lets her words hang for a beat heightened when you add the abilities of an in an attempt to destigmatize her as the lust- before pointedly answering her own question: actress of Mirren’s caliber. Not only the lead obsessed vixen many historians remember “Absolute power.” of the series, Mirren also serves as executive and shame her for, and instead consider her Premiering Monday, Oct. 21, on HBO, the producer for the project. In fact, she report- sexuality as part of her legacy as a complex four-part “Catherine the Great” period drama edly took the idea to fellow producer David M. woman. co-produced by Sky Atlantic explores the Thompson, who claimed, “It’s a part she’s Given the romantic heart of HBO’s public and private lives of Catherine the Great always wanted to play.” “Catherine the Great,” it’s crucial to mention in her later years. Russia’s last and longest- A lesson in inspired Mirren’s right-hand man in the series: Jason ruling female leader, Catherine revitalized the casting, Mirren’s turn Clarke (“Zero Dark Thirty,” 2012). Clarke stars country during her strict reign. Russia grew as Catherine the Great as the most passionate of all of Catherine’s larger and more unified than ever, cementing marks her return to the lovers, Russian statesman Grigory Potemkin. the nation as one of Europe’s greatest powers royal tale. Mirren has ex- Rounding out the cast for the Catherinian during the 18th century. The new HBO series plored the significance of court are Richard Roxburgh (“Angel of Mine,” tells her glorious, politically victorious story womanhood in 2019) as Grigory Orlov, another noble favorite monarchy her as such, while also outlining the controversy of Catherine the Great, who is rumored to have entire career. and eroticism that challenged her luxurious, fathered her son and essentially co-ruled with Her roles as golden court. her until his death. Rory Kinnear (“Spectre,” Elizabeth I in As per Sky Atlantic’s news release, the 2015) portrays Catherine’s mentor, Nikita the mini-series series shines a spotlight on Catherine’s Ivanovich Panin, Gina McKee (“The Borgias”) place historically and in today’s context Helen Mirren plays the empress’s lady-in-waiting and con- as a woman who was “strong-minded, stars in fidant, Praskovya Bruce, and Andrew Rothney independent, brilliantly intelligent “Catherine (“Mary Queen of Scots,” 2018) appears as the and sexually liberated ... the defini- Great” Alexander Mamonov, one of the empress’s tion of the modern woman.” youngest lovers in her court. 2 STAR CHANNELS OCTOber 20 - 26, 2019 BEST BETS Sunday have to sculpt marble tomb cakes to impress mystery novels. She discovers the case may the judges. have a connection to a long unsolved murder. 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With Caplan “Now You See Me 2,” 2016), the villain On Thursday, Oct. 24, Netflix premieres its his school having turned into a scene straight from King’s “Misery,” who’s on the path to be- new comedy zombie series, “Daybreak.” An out of “Mad Max,” Josh joins together with ing a full-fledged psychopath. Viewers will also adaptation of the graphic novel of the same the last people you’d expect: the somewhat meet Reginald “Pop” Merrill (Tim Robbins “Here name by Brian Ralph, “Daybreak” follows Josh unstable pyromaniac Anjelica (Alyvia Alyn Lind, and Now”), head of the Merrill crime family.