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‘The Paper’ Star Sabrina Impacciatore on Catfishing, Learning to Do the Worm Dance, and Working With an All-Female Creative Team

Episode 5 of Peacock’s mockumentary series “The Paper” marks an important turning point for Sabrina Impacciatore’s Esmerelda Grand. The series follows a group of journalists working under editor-in-chief Ned Sampson, played by Domhnall Gleeson. The Toledo Truth Teller was once a well-respected publication, but now mostly licenses stories from larger news organizations and has only […]

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According to Variety’s source item, ‘The Paper’ Star Sabrina Impacciatore on Catfishing, Learning to Do the Worm Dance, and Working With an All-Female Creative Team, Episode 5 of Peacock’s mockumentary series “The Paper” marks an important turning point for Sabrina Impacciatore’s Esmerelda Grand. The series follows a group of journalists working under editor-in-chief Ned Sampson, played by Domhnall Gleeson. The Toledo Truth Teller was once a well-respected publication, but now mostly licenses stories from larger news organizations and has only […]

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