{
  "id": 1948307,
  "title": "Allison Janney Was Told by an Agent She Could Only Play ‘Aliens and Lesbians’ Because ‘I’m So Tall’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/allison-janney-was-told-by-an-agent-she-could-only-play-aliens-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T14:05:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/allison-janney-agent-aliens-lesbians-1236838136/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Allison Janney was the first guest on CNN’s new interview series “Coming Up,” hosted by former Variety chief correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, and the Emmy winner revealed the dispiriting advice she heard from a Hollywood agent when she was first starting out in the industry. “I remember when I was very young trying to find an […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}