Helen Mirren's 'Catherine the Great' jumped right in the deep end when it comes to the terrible things people do to regain power. Credit: HBO Catherine the Great on HBO is catnip for anyone who ...

Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, then part of Prussia (now Szczecin in Poland), the daughter of a minor German prince. In 1745, after being received ...

Tom Gliatto reviews the latest TV and movie releases for PEOPLE Magazine. He also writes many of the magazine's celebrity tributes. "He did not have an entirely bad heart," Catherine the Great ...