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If the official trailer for The Great season 3 is any indication, tumultuous lovers Catherine (Elle Fanning) and Peter (Nicholas Hoult) are finding this out the hard way. In the clip, below, the ruler ...

The Great tells the story of Catherine the Great in 18th-century Russia. Catherine is shown as a young and naive country girl who enters into an arranged marriage to Emperor Peter III of Russia. Like ...

Now that Catherine has attempted to kill her husband, will they live happily ever after? Marriage is tough enough without the added responsibility of running an empire, so it’s no surprise that mixing ...

Princess Dashkova led research institutes, wrote plays and music, and embarked on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe E.R. Zarevich Princess Dashkova (center) exchanged letters with Benjamin Franklin ...

It’s what makes some women wear torturous undergarments and feign interest in sporting rituals. It’s also what makes some men hold dainty purses outside of fitting rooms and suffer through the ...

Empress Catherine the Great of Russia holds a special place in the history of the Jesuits. When Pope Clement XIV issued a suppression order of the Society in 1773, Catherine refused to enforce it in ...

Yael Palmon writes for the Features team at Collider. She is a pop culture enthusiast who has spent arguably too much time in front of the TV over the years, and has strong opinions about everything – ...

As ever, last week's announcement of the Olivier Awards shortlists prompted disagreement and frustration from many quarters. It was pointed out again that the Awards, which focus excusively on members ...

Darius von Guttner Sporzynski does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...

Elle Fanning teased the upcoming third season of The Great during her appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. In the Hulu series, Fanning plays Catherine the Great while ...