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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Ophelia Lovibond is Ready for Minx’s Starz Era
Description: Last December, fans of the series ‘Minx’ were dismayed when streaming service Max announced it was canceling the show about a ’70s erotic magazine for women. “We had heard ramblings,” says the show’s star, Ophelia Lovibond told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. But Starz stepped in and saved the series. (The second season premiered July 21.) “People are tweeting and sending messages, expressing their outrage [about the cancellation]...imagine if that had happened and it was like, ‘Good, I hate that show.’ [laughs]. It would have been awful.” Lovibond plays Joyce, the magazine’s feminist creator. “This season she’s in a completely different...