It didn’t take a lot of persuading to get Robert Kelly to sign on for FX’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. "I’m the drummer in a rock band?," says Kelly. "Denis Leary is writing it? It’s on FX? I am f—ing in."...

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SHOWTIME’S ‘ROADIES’ SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE INVISIBLE CREW By David Hinckley

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Outrageous excess is the least we expect from USA’s new drama Queen of the South, and to its credit, the first episode delivers...

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