Taryn Manning

Abigail Breslin in Miranda's Victim

Miranda’s Victim review: the victim behind your Miranda rights

Miranda’s Victim is a fascinating story about a legal precedent established in 1966 called the Miranda warning. The story is told from the victim’s point of view. Abigail Breslin plays the victim of a rape (trigger warning, folks) by a […]

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Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Yael Stone, Jackie Cruz, and Nick Dillenburg in Orange Is the New Black

Orange is the New Black: Farewell and Goodbye

Orange is the New Black dropped its final season, season 7, on Netflix recently. I, like many others, devoted a good part of a weekend to watching the last ever episodes of this groundbreaking marvel of a television masterpiece roll

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Danielle Brooks in Orange is the New Black

Orange is the New Black, season 6

Orange is the New Black, season 6, starts after the riot of season 5. The way the government and prison authorities dealt with it was the focus of the season. Some of our favorite characters made it into Litchfield Max,

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Natasha Lyonne

Orange is the New Black: Finding a Balm for Your Pain

Orange is the New Black season 4 puts viewers through the wringer. Abuse, murder, death, mental illness, surviving rape, corporate greed. It’s dark and horrifying. There are moments of hope, of light. There are ways of dealing. I thought it

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Taryn Manning & Madison Davenport in A Light Beneath their Feet

Watch This: Trailer for A Light Beneath Their Feet

A Light Beneath Their Feet stars Taryn Manning and Madison Davenport as mother and daughter in a coming-of-age drama about a family coping with bipolar disorder. Also featured is Carter Mark Jenkins as young Beth’s love interest.

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Taryn Manning and Lea DeLaria at a LOGO TV event

Orange is the New Black: Pennsatucky and Big Boo

Toward the end of season 2 of Orange is the New Black, we saw the beginnings of a friendship between Big Boo (Lea DeLaria) and Doggett, AKA Pennsatucky, (Taryn Manning). In season 3 it becomes an important relationship for both

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Orange is the New Black

On the Corrupting Influence of Power in Orange is the New Black

Orange is the New Black mixes a lot of serious themes in with all the stories about individual lives and the comedy that the show uses to make its points. The Orange is the New Black theme I want to

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A First Look at Orange is the New Black, Season 2

This is my overall impression of season 2 of Orange is the New Black. I will talk about performances and high level story lines, without revealing big spoilers. More detailed discussions of particular episodes or events will come later after

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Lorraine Toussant

Season 2 Casting News for Orange is the New Black – Updated

The latest from Netflix about season 2 of Orange is the New Black is that Lorraine Toussaint was added to the cast as a prisoner named Vee. Lorraine Toussaint was a regular on Body of Proof, Friday Night Lights and

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