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Max Gao

Max Gao is a freelance journalist based in Toronto and Montreal. In addition to The Hollywood Reporter, he has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, Teen Vogue, Sports Illustrated, The Daily Beast, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, W, Men's Health, and other publications. Max specializes in writing features and profiles about the rising and established players in sports and entertainment. He has also worked as an official writer and photographer for the National Bank Open and will graduate from McGill University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in International Management and Finance.

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‘9-1-1’ Boss: Exploring Buck’s New Sexual Awakening “Felt Like It Was the Right Time”

[This story contains spoilers from season seven, episode five of 9-1-1, “You Don’t Know Me.”] For seven seasons on 9-1-1 and five seasons on its spinoff Lone Star, co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear has consistently found new (and surprising) ways to deepen the relationships in his most successful TV universe to date. But Minear saved […]

Lou Ferrigno Jr. on Returning to ‘9-1-1’ for Buck’s Bisexual Awakening

[This story contains spoilers from season seven, episode five of 9-1-1, “You Don’t Know Me.”] A couple of months ago, 9-1-1 co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear reached out to actor Lou Ferrigno Jr. — who had guest-starred in three flashback episodes of the second season — about reprising his role as firefighter Tommy Kinard in […]

‘Mary & George’ Bosses on the Mother-Son Duo That Infiltrated King James’ Royal Court

[This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of Mary & George.] In 2018, while flicking through the LGBTQ+ section of a copy of Time Out magazine, television producer Liza Marshall found a listing for a lecture about the sexuality of James VI and I, who reigned as the king of Scotland from 1567 to […]

How ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Is Keeping Adan Canto’s Memory Alive in Season 3

[This story contains spoilers from the season three premiere of The Cleaning Lady.] For a woman who calls herself The Cleaning Lady, Thony de la Rosa (Élodie Yung) has yet to figure out how to clean up the biggest mess of her own making. After her well-intentioned but misguided attempts to illegally procure a drug […]