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Hollywood is chasing dignitaries like never before. Who's reaping the dividends?

Prince Harry, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, during their televised 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.

We've seen Hillary Clinton stand by her husband after he had an affair with a White House intern. We've seen her endure 11 grueling hours of questioning about Benghazi. And we've seen her gracefully concede a presidential election to the former host of "The Apprentice."

But in "Gutsy," premiering Sept. 9 on Apple TV+, the first woman nominated for president by a major political party boldly blazes yet another new trail: She tries landscape painting with Megan Thee Stallion.

"I kind of came to awareness of you with the Cardi B 'WAP,'" Clinton tells the Houston rapper while dabbing blue paint on a canvas.

Based on "The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience," the glossy eight-part docuseries follows the former secretary of State and her daughter, Chelsea, as they take on adventures with noteworthy female authors, activists and entertainers. It's Clinton's latest foray into content creation, following an intimate docuseries, a podcast, and a page-turning novel currently being developed as a feature film.

"Gutsy" lands just weeks after the surprise release of "Archetypes," a Spotify podcast in which Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,

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