Spartacus

The Most Awkward Sex Scenes Of The TV Season

Posted 05.22.2012

It's been a pretty kinky year for TV. Premium cable shows like HBO's "Girls" and "Game of Thrones" have set a high bar for awkward, explicit sex s...

'Cabin In The Woods' Star Joins 'Spartacus'

The Huffington Post | Maureen Ryan | Posted 05.03.2012

Three actresses have been cast in the third season of the hit Starz drama "Spartacus," and one of them has a Joss Whedon connection. Anna Hutchiso...

What To Watch On TV This Week

Posted 04.03.2012

This week kicks off with the return of "Bones" (Mon., April 2 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox) and the medical drama's comeback is full of juicy twists and turns:...

Holy $#*%: 'Spartacus: Vengeance's' Insane Finale!

Maureen Ryan | Posted 05.30.2012

Maureen Ryan

It was completely insane, and yet it made complete sense. That's what I love about this show -- love, logic, vengeance and mercy combine in ways that seem chaotic and nuts, but everything makes sense on an intellectual and emotional level.

Maureen Ryan

Lucy Lawless & 'Spartacus' Creator Talk Shocking Finale

HuffingtonPost.com | Maureen Ryan | Posted 03.31.2012

Don't read this unless you've seen the March 30 season finale of Starz's "Spartacus: Vengeance." I propose a name change for "Spartacus: Vengeance....

Freddie Prinze Jr. Heads To TV

Posted 03.14.2012

Freddie Prinze Jr. has joined the cast of "Community" writer Hilary Winston's untitled new pilot. According to TVLine, the actor will play ex-fiance t...

Spartacus Gets His 'Vengeance' By Burning Down The Arena

Posted 02.27.2012

What better way for Spartacus and his gang to exact revenge on the crowds that bayed for the gladiators' blood in the arena, than to burn down that ar...

'Spartacus: Vengeance': Did Crixus Sacrifice Himself For Naevia?

Posted 02.13.2012

Having grieved for his dead love Naevia, Crixus discovered on "Spartacus: Vengeance" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Starz) that she was in fact still alive, bu...

Oenomaus Is Delivered To The Enemy On 'Spartacus: Vengeance'

Posted 02.06.2012

On "Spartacus: Vengeance" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Starz) Oenomaus was so wracked with guilt that he gave himself up to combat in the mines as penance fo...

Crystal Bell

Meet The New 'Spartacus' Star Entering The Arena

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 01.29.2012

"Spartacus" fans were shocked when its charismatic star Andy Whitfield died of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in September 2011 at the unfair age of 39. Now, ...

Maureen Ryan

'Spartacus' Creator Talks Gladiators Gone Wild

HuffingtonPost.com | Maureen Ryan | Posted 03.27.2012

The path to the second season of "Spartacus" was not an easy one. The show itself was like a scarred, determined gladiator, in that "Spartacus: Vengea...

Chris Jancelewicz

Viva Bianca, 'Spartacus' Star, On Lucy Lawless And Sex Scenes

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Jancelewicz | Posted 01.25.2012

Viva Bianca's "Spartacus: Vengeance" character Ilithyia has certainly changed since we first met her. She has grown from a mischievous schemer into an...

'Spartacus' Stars Talk Awkward Sex Scenes

Posted 03.24.2012

"Spartacus: Vengeance" stars Lucy Lawless and Liam McIntyre, who's new to Starz's series, sat down with The Insider to discuss something other than bl...

Spartacus Must Choose Between Personal Vengeance And His Men

Posted 01.23.2012

"Spartacus" fans got a real treat Friday night when DirecTV aired the premiere episode of "Spartacus: Vengeance" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Starz) ahead of...

Why 'Downton Abbey' & 'Spartacus' Are The Same Show

Maureen Ryan | Posted 03.20.2012

Maureen Ryan

Downton and Spartacus may be set a couple thousand years apart, but both shows depict constant struggles for control and strenuous attempts to enforce laws and longstanding customs.

'Spartacus' Gladiators Unleash Hell On Romans (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Maureen Ryan | Posted 12.21.2011

Nothing gets under the skin of a Roman aristocrat like "the festering disease of rebellion." Gaius Claudius Glaber, the man who offers that assess...

11 TV Shows To Start Steaming On Netflix

Posted 12.21.2011

Let's face it: Unless your job is to watch TV (which is not as glamorous as it sounds), then there's no way you can catch all of TV's finest the first...

Blacklisted 'Roman Holiday' Screenwriter Finally Awarded Credit

Posted 12.20.2011

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced Monday that it would officially restore screenwriting credit on 'Roman Holiday' to blacklisted Oscar-winn...

First Look: 'Spartacus' Gets Bloody

Posted 12.09.2011

Starz has released the first few minutes from the first episode of "Spartacus: Vengeance," which arrives Jan. 27. The clip is introduced by new "Spart...

Kirk Douglas Turns 95!

John Farr | Posted 02.07.2012

John Farr

Should we call him "Spartacus"? Or "Champion"? Both names certainly fit the man. Kirk Douglas turns 95 tomorrow, and he is still very much with us.

Chinese Citizens Band Together To Pay Ai Weiwei's Taxes

Posted 01.04.2012

Not since Spartacus has there been such a widespread act of generosity for an activist and leader. On November 1, the Chinese government declared that...

'Spartacus' Star Dies

AP | By ANDREW DALTON | Posted 11.11.2011

LOS ANGELES -- Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the hit cable series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has died at age 39, according to represe...

Gibberish & Manure

Will Durst | Posted 09.28.2011

Will Durst

The situation on Capitol Hill has become so confusing, we're going to need a nuclear physicist with a googleplex of serially connected molecular microscopes to precisely explain what is happening. Instead, you got me.

PHOTOS: Oscar-Winning Heartthrob Takes The Stage At Castro Theatre

Jennifer Raiser for Drew Altizer | Posted 09.25.2011

By Jennifer Raiser for Drew Altizer Once a heartthrob, always a heartthrob. That was the sentiment amongst the "Spartacus"-fans who lined up at the...

Experience Stanley Kubrick's World In New Exhibition

Posted 05.29.2011

To watch a Stanley Kubrick film like '2001: A Space Odyssey' or 'Dr. Strangelove' is to enter a veritable museum of pioneering set design and visual e...