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Newsweek
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
The Emmy Race Is On—Here's Who's Leading
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Emmy nominations won't be announced until July 15, but the campaigns are in full swing. (June in Los Angeles is basically one big "For Your Consideration" event every single day.) The big question is, who will be nominated? From Kathy Bates in Matlock to Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This and literally the entire cast of The White Lotus, Newsweek has had so many potential nominees on the Parting Shot Podcast with H. Alan Scott. So make sure you're subscribed to never miss some of the best chats in entertainment news. Emmy nomination season is here, with Severance, The Bear, and The White Lotus leading the prediction pack. Expect a mix of returning favorites and buzzy newcomers—and a few inevitable snubs. Emmy nomination season is here, with Severance, The Bear, and The White Lotus leading the prediction pack. Expect a mix of returning favorites and buzzy newcomers—and a few inevitable snubs. Getty Images DRAMA CATEGORIES: CAN ANYONE STOP SEVERANCE? Severance is likely to be a big contender, but don't count out new entries like The Pitt and Paradise. In the acting categories, Noah Wyle (The Pitt) and Kathy Bates (Matlock) are likely winners. Everyone has been talking about them all season, and both of their shows are brand new and very buzz worthy. But don't count out Sterling K. Brown (Paradise) or even Gary Oldman (Slow Horses). Other names that would be nice to see in the mix are Jon Hamm for Your Friends & Neighbors and Melanie Lynskey for Yellowjackets. Also, Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) and Penn Badgley (You) should get some recognition for the finales of their respective shows. But the one series you can expect to be all over the drama categories: The White Lotus. Expect most of the cast, including Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Aimee Lou Wood and Parker Posey, to get nominated. Will they win? Unlikely, considering the less than thrilled reaction to the season, but they will certainly be recognized. COMEDY CATEGORIES: WILL GHOSTS FINALLY GET RECOGNIZED? Ghosts has consistently been a hit in the CBS' lineup, and yet it has never received much love from the Emmys. (Which is crazy considering that CBS announced earlier this year a two-season renewal for the hit comedy, a rarity these days for any show, let alone a network sitcom.) Asher Grodman, who plays Trevor on the series and is one of the potential nominees from the show, talked about this on a recent episode of the Parting Shot Podcast. It's seriously about time this incredible ensemble cast gets some Emmys love. Besides Ghosts, expect lots of mentions of new entries like The Studio and Nobody Wants This to be among the Emmy nominees. In addition to these new entries, past winners like Hacks, The Bear and Abbott Elementary will likely pick up multiple nominations. While it's no surprise that Jean Smart from Hacks will be nominated (and likely win), this could be Hannah Einbinder's year to finally win in the Supporting category. She had a stand-out season this year, and her name is the one that keeps coming up in many of these FYC conversations happening in Hollywood. Another show that deserves more attention is Mid-Century Modern. The entire cast is worthy of nominations, but Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer are the most likely to pick up nominations. Also, don't count out the love people have for Linda Lavin, who died while the show was still in production. Other worthy contenders in the comedy categories include Sharon Horgan's Bad Sisters and Wendi McLendon-Covey's incredible performance on St. Denis Medical. (It's one of the funniest shows from last year and she's yet to ever get any Emmys love. It's her time.) It would also be incredible to see Somebody Somewhere finally get some love. Bridget Everett's small town comedy ended this year, but it had so much heart and humor that hopefully its small but loud fanbase are screaming loud enough to help it finally pick up a nod. TV MOVIE AND LIMITED SERIES CATEGORIES: HAS ADOLESCENCE KILLED THE MONSTERS? Going into awards season, for a long time it seemed like Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was going to dominate all categories. Then Adolescence debuted and everyone couldn't stop talking about it. At this point, it doesn't look like anything is going to stop Adolescence's momentum. That said, you can expect Monsters to pick up nominations for literally everyone involved, including Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Cooper Koch, Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny and Ryan Murphy. But there's one person from Monsters who really deserves some recognition: Leslie Grossman. She's been consistent in so many of Murphy's projects and always delivers, but she especially delivered in Monsters. Another one to watch out for is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Renée Zellweger's return as Bridget Jones was a hit for Peacock and well, when it comes to awards, nobody ignores Zellweger. (We couldn't either, we made her our cover story when the film premiered.) Expect the two-time Oscar winner to be a first-time Emmy winner. Another is Jesse Armstrong's Mountainhead. This all-star cast will almost certainly pick up nominations, but there's one member of the cast who truly deserves a nomination: Cory Michael Smith. His performance is literally haunting and we chatted with him about it on the Parting Shot Podcast. The Emmy nominations will be announced on July 15, and the 77th annual Emmy Awards will air on CBS on September 14. Subscribe to the Parting Shot Podcast with H. 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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Adam Brody, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and the best of our Emmy Comedy Actor interviews
Over the past few months of Emmy campaigning, Gold Derby has spoken with several contenders in all categories. Now with voting underway ahead of the July 15 unveiling of the nominees, we have compiled 10 interviews for stars vying for Best Comedy Actor, including: Brian Jordan Alvarez (English Teacher), Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), David Alan Grier (St. Denis Medical), Luke Kirby (Étoile), Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones), David Oyelowo (Government Cheese), Seth Rogen (The Studio), Jason Segel (Shrinking), and Saagar Shaikh (Deli Boys). Read on for highlights from each interviews and links to watch our full video Q&As. More from GoldDerby 'Hope for the best, prepare for the worst': 'Overcompensating' breakout Wally Baram on making her acting debut, defiling prop toilet The case of Leslie Abramson vs. Marcia Clark: Ari Graynor and Sarah Paulson on 'defending' their characters In Pixar's 'Elio,' Easter eggs are literally written in the stars - will you be able to spot them all? The creator, writer, director, and star for the FX comedy series plays Evan Marquez, an English teacher in Austin, Texas, navigating the complex sociopolitical climate of high school and his personal life, specifically his on-again, off-again boyfriend Malcolm (Jordan Firstman). "I think with hot topics in general, somehow we just found in the voice of the show that we could handle this stuff, that there was a certain perspective, or even I would say the show has a certain empathy and intelligence that allows us to really look at things that can be uncomfortable conversations," Alvarez says. Watch our complete interview with Brian Jordan Alvarez. Brody plays "hot rabbi" Noah, who falls for Joanne (Kristen Bell), an agnostic podcaster for the Netflix comedy series. The two have to navigate numerous obstacles, religious and non-religious, in their relationship. For Brody, the rapturous reception to the show has been "lovely, wonderful, very, very surprising, very gratifying. I really can't think of a negative," he says. "Maybe it'll come, but I don't know. I've been doing this a long time, so it's not like it's surprising, but I feel acclimated to the business, the ebbs and flows. So it's nothing that I don't feel ready to handle, but it's just really lovely." Watch our complete interview with Adam Brody. Danson plays Charles, a retired professor struggling to move on after the passing of his wife. To find purpose and solve the mystery of a stolen necklace, he accepts an undercover job in a retirement home. For the new Netflix comedy he admits, 'I'm exploring aging at 76. Some of it hurts a little, there's more aches and pains. There's some sadness because you live long enough. But I'm beginning to learn, 'so what? keep going!' And I get the same thrill driving through a studio gate today that I did when I was in my late 20s. One of my goals in life is to keep acting and figure out how to be funny at every age.' Watch our complete video interview with Ted Danson. Grier stars on the NBC mockumentary as the curmudgeonly but knowledgeable Doctor Ron. The balance of comedy and pathos stood out the most to Grier. 'It's a weird show, it's like a hybrid,' explains the actor, who trained at the Yale School of Drama. He finds that 'the humor there is earned and organic. … The way it's written, it's a drama,' and notes, 'The biggest challenge was just, you have to trust … I had to trust that the tone was right.' Read our complete interview with David Alan Grier. Kirby stars as Jack MacMillan, the head of a New York ballet company who engages in a talent swap with a Paris troupe in a bid to revive interest in both for the Prime Video series. He says, 'I'm really happy with how people are responding to the dynamism of the story, the kinetic energy of it, how different it is from our last endeavor. And I think the biggest thing is just people saying the show grows as the episodes go on, that it does work as a big movie where things are revealed episode to episode where by the end, you have this very rich tapestry of information for these characters and this endeavor to keep their art alive.' Watch our complete interview with Luke Kirby. McBride stars as Jesse Gemstone, member of a famous televangelist and megachurch pastor family in South Carolina for the HBO Max comedy. He says that creating the series "is kind of what drives me more than anything. I just love telling stories, and I like creating stories, and it's honestly part of why I'm closing the chapter on Gemstones, as much fun as I've had making the show. As much as I love the entire cast and I've loved making it, I just want to tell more stories. And I see how quick time's moving on and I've been on Gemstones since I wrote the pilot in 2017. And it's been an absolute blast, but my brain is just firing and wanting to tell other stories as well. For me, that's kind of my driving force. What inspires me the most is just trying to find a new world and new characters to explore. Watch our complete interview with Danny McBride. The Apple TV+ show is tightly focused on the personal story of the Chambers family, a Black family living in the San Fernando Valley during the summer of 1969. Says Oyelowo of his character, Hampton Chambers: "He is a bit of a scoundrel. But I think the lovability and the relatability come from the fact that he is constantly trying to be better, and, of course, failing at that. And that is the drama, that is the tension of the show. He is both selfish and selfless. He is both a man of faith and steeped in fear. He is someone who loves his kids but really behaves in very questionable ways as a father, the same thing as a husband. So, you know, I think that's both relatable and, of course, is quite a compelling thing to watch play out.' Watch our complete interview with David Oyelowo. Rogen is the cocreator, producer, director, writer, and star of the Apple TV+ series about the new head of a Hollywood studio. Discussing the work involved in some of the episodes, he says, "The Vegas stuff was hard, but to me, the Golden Globes one was the one I was most proud of. We had an incredibly specific vision for it in in every way, and the vision was incredibly complicated — we just had to shoot it at the Beverly Hilton. And that was incredibly restrictive and logistically difficult. I wanted there to be never a suspension in disbelief in the caliber of celebrity you were seeing — that's not who'd be winning a Golden Globe, that's not who'd be hosting the Golden Globes, that's not who'd be getting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes, that's not who'd be presenting at the Golden Globes. And so given that that was our self-imposed mandate, pulling off an award show was incredibly difficult, and getting that amount of cameos to show up in that time frame was incredibly difficult. "It was also the first time that we were really using our oner shooting style in an environment with so many people. A lot of the episodes are pretty contained — maybe 30, 40 people in some scenes. But this, every scene had 500 people in it, and so we instantly saw, oh, the resets take so much longer, and so much more can go wrong. And even though very few people have been to the Golden Globes, and ever will go to the Golden Globes, very few people will understand the lengths I went through to obtain this. I just wanted it to feel like you were there. And when I watch it, to me, it really feels like what it feels like to be at the Golden Globes, and I'm very proud that I was able to do that." Watch our complete interview with Seth Rogen. The Apple TV+ series is about how Jimmy (Segel) rebuilds his life following the death of his wife, who was killed by a drunk driver named Louis (played by Brett Goldstein in Season 2) 'I have found with time that for me, my best strategy acting-wise, is to know my sh-s really well," says Segel. To know it so well that I like to think of it as if I'm planning a river rafting trip and then I step into the river, and all of a sudden, the river is in charge. And these plans you have, they're helpful but moot. So when Brett's doing something, my job is just to be there for it. My job on the show is to be there for all these people doing their thing. And that may be part of the function of being the main guy with all these people orbiting you and it's your job to let them reflect off of you.' Watch our complete interview with Jason Segel. The Hulu comedy series centers on a pair of brothers who learn that their multimillionaire father was a secret drug kingpin. "We're not teaching a lesson. We're not taking a stance on anything. We're just having fun, we're being silly, we're making this stupid show that we love so much," says Shaikh. The mix of comedy and high stakes action "really piggy-back off of each other. It's easy to play funny when the stakes are so high, because it's almost like a reversal in genre in that moment. The audience isn't expecting the switch to be so immediate," and "the comedy cuts the tension" of the high stakes at play. At the same time, "the goriness, the drama, the drug aspect of it, really cuts the tension of the comedy. So they kind of work really well together." Watch our complete interview with Saagar Shaikh. Best of GoldDerby Kristen Bell, Tina Fey, Bridget Everett, and the best of our Emmy Comedy Actress interviews 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') Sam Rockwell on Frank's 'White Lotus' backstory, Woody Harrelson's influence, and going all in on 'this arc of Buddhist to Bad Lieutenant' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Nobody Wants This' Season 2 Netflix Premiere Date Revealed, Creator Promises ‘Romantic and Funny' Outing
Netflix know that a lot of somebodies want this. The second season of 'Nobody Wants This' will premiere October 23. The show first dropped on the streamer last September to sparkling reviews, with IndieWire's Proma Khosla praising the chemistry between leads Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. The show, created by Erin Foster, finds Joanne (Bell, also an executive producer) and Noah (Brody) in a would-be conventional love story complicated by Noah's position as a rabbi. Popular podcaster Joanne isn't just not Jewish, she's also unreligious generally — as is her entire non-traditional family. As Noah and Joanne attempt to acclimate to each other's worlds, and Joanne explores converting, things get complicated — to put it lightly. More from IndieWire The Cast and Crew of 'St. Denis Medical' Found Joy and Warmth in the Show's Hospital Setting 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 Trailer: A New Generation Rises as Carrie Coon Tries to Secure Her Status in High Society 'Nobody Wants This' was renewed back in October, but the drop date was not revealed until the June 1 Netflix FYSEE L.A. Emmy event at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. The evening featured a screening of the pilot followed by a live taping of Foster's 'The World's First Podcast' with Foster, Bell, Brody and fellow cast members Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons, and Jackie Tohn. Stephanie Faracy, Michael Hitchcock, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Emily Arlook, Sherry Cola, and Shiloh Berman will also return for the next batch of episodes, and guests stars will include Miles Fowler, Alex Karpovsky, Arian Moayed, and Bell's 'Gossip Girl' co-star Leighton Meester. Foster based the series on her own life. The actress, writer and podcaster converted to Judaism after falling in love with her Jewish now-husband, Simon Tikhman. Last year, Foster discussed her experience with IndieWire. 'There were about 23 people [in my conversion class] and only three were converting for marriage, which tells you there was 20 very interesting stories going on in that room!' she said. 'And I thought it was just interesting. I hadn't ever seen anybody explore that area, and I thought it'd be cool.' Last month, Foster told IndieWire that Season 2 of 'Nobody Wants This' would be 'romantic and funny.' 'I'm not in the business of depriving people of what they want on a show like this, and making some like, artistic choice to rob you of what you want to see. I really tried to stay on point with Season 1, [it] was all these firsts, first kiss, first date, and this is going to be the next four to six months of the relationship what that looks like,' she said. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Leighton Meester Jokes All the Recent Excitement for Her and Husband Adam Brody Is an 'Embarrassment of Riches' (Exclusive)
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are amidst a career renaissance Meester has joined The Buccaneers season 2 while Brody led the 2024 hit Nobody Wants This The Gossip Girl alum tells PEOPLE, "It's an embarrassment of riches"If there's one couple in Hollywood that everyone is currently enamored with, it's Adam Brody and Leighton Meester. The two longtime TV stars have been at the center of renewed excitement — a renaissance, if you will — especially over the past year with Brody, 45, starring in the buzzy series Nobody Wants This, which recently wrapped production on season 2 in May. Meester, 39, meanwhile, most recently starred in Good Cop/Bad Cop before joining The Buccaneers, which returns for season 2 on Wednesday, June 18. While promoting the Apple TV+ period drama, Meester tells PEOPLE, "It's an embarrassment of riches. It's just really good," before quipping, "That's not so eloquent, but yeah, it's good." She explains, "It's nice to be working and it's nice for people to see the work you do. Obviously, that's kind of the hope. But so much of the time you do the work and then no one sees it." In this particular case, however, "everyone also loves what you guys are doing, so it's really very exciting." In October 2024, less than a month after Nobody Wants This became a certified hit on Netflix, Brody's former O.C. costar, Rachel Bilson, told PEOPLE that the "Adam Brody renaissance" was "well deserved." She added, "I mean, he is awesome. He's the best." Even Brody himself admitted that he was aware of the attention, telling The Hollywood Reporter following the show's success that "I've gotten a lot of interesting stuff. My email is fuller than it was." While speaking with PEOPLE the actor acknowledged that the reception to the show was a welcomed one. "I knew that we had something that worked, but I had no idea the sort of wide swath of people that would enjoy it. That has been an absolute pleasant surprise,' he said in November. "I've been doing this a long time, and it doesn't happen often, whoever you are. So it's very gratifying and exciting." Creator Erin Foster hyped up her new character, telling PEOPLE in April that the Gossip Girl alum is "a comedic genius." Foster added, "She's so funny. She blew our minds. We were like, 'Do, like, we write more of her in?' " Not to be left out, Brody also had high praise for his wife. "I'm always impressed, and I'm always so proud," he recently said of seeing Meester in her element while filming season 2. "It's fun to bring her in and show off her talents." is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! "She does it all," he continued. "I think she surprises me with how funny she is, and then, at the same time, can go as deep as anyone." Speaking to PEOPLE about Meester joining The Buccaneers season 2, Christina Hendricks says, "I was very excited when I heard of the casting of Leighton because I was a big fan already. And I thought it was clever casting on their part, knowing that the audience was going to get very excited about." On the series, Meester plays Nell, whose arrival to England upends the lives of Nan (Kristine Frøseth) and Patti St. George (Hendricks). "One of the things I was most excited about was to unpack all the family drama. There's so much that happens in season 2," Frøseth, 29, tells PEOPLE, with Hendricks, 50, teasing that things "keep unraveling and it just keeps getting darker." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Buccaneers season 2 premieres Wednesday, June 18 on Apple TV+, with episodes dropping weekly. Read the original article on People
Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Adam Brody wanted to host 'Blue's Clues': Tried really hard, didn't get it
Actor Adam Brody , best known for his role in the drama series "The OC", says he tried very hard to get a hosting gig for a kids' television show "Blue's Clues". "Blue's Clues" premiered in 1996 and ran for six seasons until 2006. Actor and musician hosted the show till 2002. After his exit, actor and host Donovan Patton , took upon the hosting role for fifth and sixth season. Brody said he just shifted to Los Angeles at that point. Nobody Wants This Trailer: Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe Starrer Nobody Wants This Official Trailer "I really wanted 'Blue's Clues' early on when I first moved to L A I tried really hard. It's like 1999. I didn't get it. But I would've loved it," he told entertainment news outlet The Hollywood Reporter. The 45-year-old actor added he tried to get Henry Parker's role in the 1998 drama series "Dawson's Creek". It eventually went to Michael Pitt. "There's an early 'Dawson's Creek' role. It really made me nervous to read with Scott Speedman. I was sweating. I believe (the role) went to Michael Pitt. They wanted pouting lips," he said. Brody made his debut in 2000 with the drama film "Growing Up Brady", where he essayed the role of Barry Williams. The film was directed by Richard A Colla. He then went on to star in projects such as "Once and Again" and "Shazam!", among others.
