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Inventing Anna is coming.

The Netflix show, which comes from Shonda Rhimes, is set to premiere on the streamer on February 11, 2022, and the first trailer arrived Monday (November 22).

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The first look at Inventing Anna, Shonda Rhimes‘ new Netflix series, has finally debuted!

In Inventing Anna, a journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York’s social scene – and stole their money as well. But is Anna New York’s biggest con woman, or is she simply the new portrait of the American dream? Anna and the reporter form a dark, funny, love-hate bond as Anna awaits trial and our reporter fights the clock to answer the biggest question in NYC: who is Anna Delvey? The series is inspired by the New York Magazine article “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People” by Jessica Pressler, who also serves as a producer.

Anna Chlumsky (Vivian), Julia Garner (Anna Delvey), Arian Moayed (Todd), Katie Lowes (Rachel), Alexis Floyd (Neff), Anders Holm (Jack), Anna Deavere Smith (Maud), Jeff Perry (Lou), Terry Kinney (Barry), and Laverne Cox (Kacy) star in the new show, set to debut sometime in 2022.

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Melissa McCarthy happily strikes a pose on the black carpet while attending the premiere of her latest film Can You Ever Forgive Me? held at the SVA Theater on Sunday (October 14) in New York City.

The 48-year-old actress was joined at the event by her co-stars Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Stephen Spinella and Anna Deavere Smith.

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In the movie, Melissa plays Lee Israel – a high-profile magazine writer who fell down on her luck and began forging and selling letters allegedly written by deceased writers. She even stole actual letters from libraries and archives, replacing them with her forgeries.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? hits theaters on October 19. Check out the trailer here!

Britt Robertson‘s casting in upcoming series For the People has been met with some controversy, but now producer Paul William Davies is explaining the decision.

The 27-year-old actress stepped out at the show’s panel at the 2018 Winter TCA Tour on Monday (January 8) at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif.

She was joined by her cast mates Ben Rappaport, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Rege-Jean Page, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Anna Deavere Smith, Wesam Keesh, Susannah Flood, Hope Davis, Ben Shenkman and executive producer Shonda Rhimes.

During the panel, Paul explained race was not a factor in recasting former lead Britne Oldford and giving the part to Britt.

“It really wasn’t [a factor], because it wasn’t like we moved from Britne to Britt. We moved through a tracking period, looking at other actresses. And part of it was just redefining the role of Sandra. She plays a little bit differently than she did in the original version,” Paul explained.

He added, “There was discussion with the network about the creative direction of the show. And so in the context of that, I ended up rewriting things. We also decided, just in the nature of the chemistry, that we would recast.”

Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson have chemistry on and off screen!

The Black-ish stars had some fun while walking the carpet at the 2017 ABC Upfronts on Tuesday (May 16) at Lincoln Center in New York City.

They were also joined by their cast mate Anna Deavere Smith.

Other attendees at the event included Designated Survivor‘s Kiefer Sutherland as well as The Goldbergs‘ Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jeff Garlin.

Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson from ABC’s new series Splitting Up Together were also in attendance.

Check out Tracee getting glammed up below for the Met Gala! Looks like she’s a fan of Jami Morse Heidegger‘s luxury skincare brand – Retrouvé!

FYI: Tracee is wearing a Ryan Roche dress and Irene Neuwirth jewelry.

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