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Diego Luna in Andor. Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd
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Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon. Photo: HBO
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Tobe Nwigwe as Nick, Kamal Zayed as Nazeer and Mo Amer as Mo, in Mo. Photo: Netflix
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Nam Joo-hyuk and Kim Tae-ri star in the K-drama Twenty Five Twenty One. Photo: tvN
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Jennifer Coolidge returns for the second season of The White Lotus. Photo: HBO
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Selena Gomez, Martin Short, Steve Martin and Zoe Margaret Colletti in the second season of Only Murders in the Building. Photo: Hulu
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Jeremy Allen White as Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto in The Bear. Photo: FX
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in Welcome to Wrexham. Photo: FX
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Yu-Na as a young Kim Sun-ja in Pachinko. Photo: Apple TV
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Asher Yasbincek, Chloe Hayden, James Majoos and Ayesha Madon in Heartbreak High. Photo: Netflix
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Colin Firth in The Staircase. Photo: HBO
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Joi Schweitzer, Jacob Hacker, Dom Gabriel in the reality competition show The Mole. Photo: Netflix
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Katrina Lenk, Julia Garner, Jason Bateman and Laura Linney in season four of Ozark. Photo: Netflix
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Shubham Saraf and Charlie Hunnam in Shantaram. Photo: Apple TV+
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Morfydd Clark in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Photo: Amazon Studios
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Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro and Christopher Walken in Severance. Photo: Apple TV+
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