Marjorie (Clea DuVall) and Catherine (Sarah Sutherland) aged two-plus decades for a flash-forward scene. Their child, Little Richard (right), is all grown up. The following piece is filled with spoilers. Read our full, behind-the-scenes story on the making of the Veep finale here. Some major things changed in the writing of the last episode of Veep, but Selina Meyer was always going to die at the end of it.
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Top 10sBooksTop 10 books about IranFrom memoirs and history to verse and fiction, the best writing about Iran has a uniquely poetic touch Iran is an ancient country with a complex people, among them some of the greatest poets who ever lived. Sadly, the Iranian novel has yet to reach the popularity of the country’s poetry. This is perhaps because there is something enigmatic about how Persian prose is written, often using surrealism and magical realism to mimic the playfulness in its poetry.
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If you've got it, flaunt it. Right, Milo Ventimiglia? The 39-year-old actor appears completely naked in the first episode of his upcoming NBC series This Is Us with just a small towel covering his junk. The internet was sent into a tizzy when we got a peek at his firm butt in the launch trailer for the dramedy. As of today, the trailer has been viewed more than 7.3 million times, a record for a new series.