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Adam Brody, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and the best of our Emmy Comedy Actor interviews

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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.

You Probably Hate This Genius Sci-Fi Show, but It Was Way Ahead of Its Time

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You Probably Hate This Genius Sci-Fi Show, but It Was Way Ahead of Its Time

You may be thinking, "Really, Macy? You're going to the mat over a show that came out over 20 years ago?" Well, yes. Because it simply isn't given the respect it deserves. Like many Americans, my family and I loved our nights huddled around the TV to watch our favorite TV shows live. For us, that meant American Idol, Dexter and, of course, ABC's network hit Lost. There's a good chance you watched Lost in the early 2000s, too. And there's an even better chance you think it got bad. Or you have some sort of perspective that it started strong but went off the rails after the first three seasons. Somewhere along the way -- maybe when the flash-sideways began, or when a smoke monster turned into a man, or when you realized there wasn't going to be a clear-cut answer to every mystery -- you bailed. Maybe you saw the finale and thought it ruined the whole show. (More on that later.) I watched Lost when I was a kid, but hadn't revisited it for close to a decade. Until it came to streaming services, first Hulu and now Netflix and Disney Plus. One day, I decided to replay the pilot episode and, well, it transformed me into the person writing this 1,500-word defense. I binged the show and then immediately turned around and binged it again. I'm truly mad at myself for wasting so much time thinking this show was a disappointment. In truth, it's a glorious, ambitious near-masterpiece. It's my favorite show. That's why I'm writing this. I'm here to ask you to do something radical: Rewatch Lost in 2025. Yes, all of it. And this time, go in with fresh eyes -- see it not as a weekly network drama, but as a serialized, character-driven odyssey that, along with The Sopranos and Mad Men, paved the way for the prestige genre TV we obsess over now. Because the truth is, Lost wasn't a failure. It was just ahead of its time. Here's why. It's time to go back to the island for a 2025 rewatch. ABC's Lost Looking for more streaming recommendations? You should also watch my favorite movie, a historical drama packed with modern themes, for free now. No, the ending is not what you think The last thing I want to do is spoil the ending of a show I'm trying to get you to rewatch. But I feel like I need to address this early since one of the main reasons audiences ultimately turned on the show was a misconception about the ending. I'll tell you right now, spoilers be damned. They. Were. Not. All. Dead. The. Whole. Time. The idea that the characters were really all dead the whole series and that the island was just a purgatory-like state is completely untrue. It's been debunked by the creators of the show, the actors who starred in the show and the dialogue in the series finale itself. A twist ending like that -- revealing they had all died in the plane crash right at the start -- would be a horrible one. It would retroactively reduce the entire plot of the show to meaningless, empty nothingness. So, thankfully, that's not how it actually ended. Now, you can just enjoy the show knowing that it all matters. The cinematography of Lost is some of the best ever put to television. ABC's Lost TV in 2004 didn't look like Lost When Lost premiered in 2004, there was nothing like it on network television. A lush, cinematic sci-fi mystery shot on 35mm film, with a massive ensemble cast of mostly unknown actors and an evolving mythology? On ABC, of all places? In the era of CSI, Desperate Housewives, and the dozens of other cop shows and formulaic TV, Lost was a risk. Lost is a sci-fi show (I think a lot of people forget that) with horror and supernatural elements. It's serialized, meaning you must see each episode to understand the next one, unlike so many shows that were airing on network TV at the time. The show follows a group of drastically different people who have just survived a plane crash on a remote, tropical island that seems to harbor deep, dark mysteries. But each survivor has secrets of their own. And they must live together in order to survive. (I can vividly remember hearing protagonist Jack Shepard say, "If we don't learn to live together… we're gonna die alone.") These characters come together with their differences, their pasts (beautifully depicted in flashback scenes), their traumas, their hopes and their desires, to collectively navigate this horrible situation. What unfolds is six seasons of intense, heart-wrenching plot points that subvert expectations and are rich with themes of faith, spirituality, dualism, philosophy and the mystical. It's pretty normal for TV shows now to be cinematic. Shows like The Last of Us, Succession, Stranger Things and Severance all make use of big budgets, high-quality production, engrossing performances and teams of insanely talented writers. But Lost was doing that in 2004 on ABC, which means the showrunners were dealing with the many obstacles and restrictions of network television. For instance, the show's creators -- J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof -- wanted Lost to only be three seasons, but ABC said no, and pushed them to do 10 seasons when they saw what a hit the show had become. They eventually negotiated down to the six seasons we have today. But that's twice the amount of runtime the original creators intended. Despite this, the writers crafted compelling story lines and introduced some of the most intriguing characters (Ben, Juliet, Jacob, Penny, Miles) into the later seasons. It's easy to forget that Lost was doing time jumps, shifting perspectives and emotional bottle episodes long before The Leftovers, Dark or Severance existed. It experimented with structure constantly: a flashback here, a flash-forward there, a time loop in season 5. Entire episodes would focus on side characters you hadn't seen in weeks. It was complicated, sure, but thrillingly so. The show trusted its audience to keep up, even when it was confusing. And yes, that led to frustration at the time, but trust me, it works much better now that Lost is on streaming services. It's a show that really should be binged, so that you can truly appreciate the nuance and hidden details of the writing. The things that made Lost so good at the time are why it hasn't been fully appreciated. It was simply ahead of its time. Small plot seeds would be introduced and then left unvisited for several episodes, making Lost a show that's perfect for binge-watching. ABC's Lost Lost indeed was a risk, but one that paid off in six seasons of wild, genre-bending storytelling and a gut-punch, emotional ending that will land as long as you give it another chance with an open mind. Read also: The 21 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows to Stream on Netflix It holds up in 2025 Part of what makes Lost such a rewarding rewatch in 2025 is that it doesn't feel dated. The series still looks and sounds incredible. Because it was filmed on 35mm, which can be upscaled and remastered. Plus, shot on-location in Hawaii, the series still looks gorgeous. Lost was shot on 35mm film, which means it can be upscaled and still look brand new 20 years later. ABC's Lost The performances of the 14 regularly recurring leads of the cast are absolutely brilliant, too. Even though this was a cast of mostly unknown actors at the time, they all, guest actors included, reached a caliber of performance that is still so rare to witness in a TV series. And the music is absolutely remarkable. Michael Giacchino (The Incredibles, Up, Coco, Inside Out) created what I think is the best TV score of all time for Lost. I mean, he used debris from the crashed plane from the pilot episode to create the unique, bizarre sounds you hear each episode. The score is a perfect fit for a unique storyline. More than anything else, Lost is a show that will make you feel. Lost is a show that is full of emotionally poignant moments. ABC's Lost Is every plotline perfect? No. Do the final seasons get a bit complex? Absolutely. But on balance, Lost is one of the most ambitious, strange, beautiful things ever put on television, and it is emotionally satisfying from start to finish. Lost opened the door for serialized sci-fi and genre storytelling on TV, especially character-first narratives with weird, metaphysical themes. What I'm saying is that without Lost, it's hard to imagine Severance, Stranger Things or other TV sci-fi faves. So if you haven't watched it since 2010 -- or if you've never watched it at all -- now's the time. The entire series is available to stream on Hulu, Netflix, Disney Plus and Prime Video for rent. Skip the Reddit threads. Forget the hot takes. Just hit play. And maybe, just maybe, you'll find that Lost didn't lose its way. We just didn't know how to watch it yet. For more, you can explore the 13 best sci-fi shows on Apple TV Plus and the 18 best sci-fi shows on Prime Video.

EXCLUSIVE Hollywood agent reveals shock reason he tells A-listers to TURN DOWN roles on HBO's The White Lotus

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3 days ago

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EXCLUSIVE Hollywood agent reveals shock reason he tells A-listers to TURN DOWN roles on HBO's The White Lotus

HBO 's The White Lotus arguably one of the most acclaimed and culturally relevant TV shows of the last decade. The anthology series has not only been a commercial hit and lauded by critics, it's also been responsible for catapulting its cast to the top of Tinseltown. Veterans like Jennifer Coolidge and Parker Posey completely revived their careers thanks to the Mike White series, while international stars like Sabrina Impacciatore and Aimee Lou Wood used the show to crack Hollywood. So why aren't more A-listers clamoring for roles on The White Lotus? The main reason is the 'low' salary of just $40,000 per episode, which is given to each main character - regardless of how famous they are. One Hollywood agent who spoke to said that the salary is so low that most big name actors would actually lose money filming a season of the HBO show. 'Just say that the actor earns roughly $300,000 for the season, that's before taxes, then they have to pay their team, like their manager and agent,' the source said. 'They're not left with much in the end, then you have to factor in exactly how much money they're missing out on while shooting the show for months,' they continued. Season two of The White Lotus took six months to film, while season three took even longer at seven months. 'Not only are they on set for half the year, they're also on location in some random part of the world. Italy, Thailand... it's not like filming in Los Angeles where they can easily come and go to fulfill other commitments,' the agent said. 'I've had to advise some big clients not to do the show for these reasons. 'They could be taking home several million by doing a movie that might only take two or three months to shoot instead of spending six months doing The White Lotus for pennies,' they continued. Outside of acting projects, there's also the issue of missing out on lucrative brand deals. 'Every actor has commercial brand deals, it's where most of their money is made these days,' they explained. 'If I sign a client up to represent a major brand, I can't have them stuck on set in Thailand when there's promotional commitments in the US as part of their contract,' they added. However, the agent did say that things may be shifting as The White Lotus begins to benefit from more commercial tie-ins. 'The only exception is some of the big money brand deals that the cast are starting to pull in now,' they said. 'Parker Posey did a GAP campaign, Theo James is working with Dolce & Gabbana. 'There's certainly an argument to be made that The White Lotus can drive up a star's value for brands, but I still think this applies more to B-level talent,' they continued. 'A-listers can already command a huge fee, so I don't think that The White Lotus can boost their value enough to offset any losses from filming.' In April, it was revealed that three-time Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson had turned down the third season of The White Lotus. While the actor claimed that the filming schedule clashed with a family vacation, there was speculation that the real reason for knocking it back was due to the salary. Jason Isaacs, who appears in the third season of the HBO series as wealthy businessman Timothy Ratliff, revealed just how much he and his castmates were paid per episode. 'That's absolutely true,' he told Vulture, confirming that they earned $40,000 per episode. 'Generally actors don't talk about pay in public because it's ridiculously disproportionate to what we do — putting on makeup and funny voices — and just upsets the public,' he continued. 'But compared to what people normally get paid for big television shows, that's a very low price.' Still, Isaacs admitted he was just as excited as fellow cast members — like Patrick Schwarzenegger and Parker Posey — to join the buzz-worthy series. 'But the fact is, we would have paid to be in it. We probably would have given a body part.' Isaacs was asked whether, given his long resume, he had any complicated feelings about earning the same as less-experienced actors like Schwarzenegger. He replied, 'Do I mind that I wasn't paid more than other people? I never work for money. I mean, I've done all right. 'People will think I have huge stockpiles of money but sadly, what I've done rather immaturely is expand my outgoings to match my incomings and pretty much spent everything I've earned over the years.'

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4 days ago

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New TV Shows This Week (June 15 - 21)

Welcome to another edition of New TV Shows. This week, Captain America visits Spider-Man on Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends . A best-selling novel by E. Lockhart becomes a TV series on Prime Video. The Buckley family comes to Netflix on The Waterfront . And a Spanish TV show premieres to share the story of young athletes. Some exciting movies, including one set in Italy, are premiering this week. Get ready because things are about to get good. Here's what's new on TV for June 15-21. NEW ON TV, JUNE 15-21 June 16 – Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends returns for Season 4, first on Disney Junior and then on Disney+ the following day. This season finds Spidey and his friends on a pirate Spider Island, where they meet Jeff the Land Shark. Viewers will also meet Captain America and the villain Hydro-Man. Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends Season 4 premieres Monday, June 16 at 8/7c am on Disney Junior. RELATED: The Rings of Power Brings 3 New Cast Members to Middle-earth for Season 3 June 18 – The Buccaneers Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Aubri Ibrag, Josie Totah and Imogen Waterhouse are back as The Buccaneers for a new season. The four leads are joined by Christina Hendricks, Mia Threapleton, Guy Remmers, Matthew Broome, Josh Dylan, Leighton Meester and Grace Ambrose. Now that the young women are settled in England, they must face the challenges of their new life, including romance, lust, jealousy, births and deaths. The Buccaneers Season 2 premieres Wednesday, June 18 at Midnight/11c on Apple TV+. June 18 – We Were Liars We Were Liars comes to Prime Video based on E. Lockhart's novel. The series will follow Candace Sinclair Eastman and her group, the Liars, during their summer on her grandfather's private island. Known for their good looks and old money, the Sinclairs are treated as royalty until a mysterious accident changes Candace's life. Now, everyone seems to have something to hide. The cast includes Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Esther McGregor, Joseph Zada, Mamie Gummer, Caitlin FitzGerald, Candice King, David Morse, Rahul Kohli and Wendy Crewson. We Were Liars premieres Wednesday, June 18 at 3/2 am on Prime Video. RELATED: Steven Universe Gets Prime Video Sequel, Lars of the Stars June 19 – The Waterfront The Buckley family controls Havenport, North Carolina, thanks to their successful fishing empire. However, things start to go sideways when Harlan suffers two heart attacks, and his wife and son try to keep the business alive. Meanwhile, the daughter is in addiction recovery, navigating a relationship that threatens the future of the family. The cast of Netflix's newest series includes Holt McCallany, Maria Bello, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist, Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, Danielle Campbell and Brady Hepner. The Waterfront premieres Thursday, June 19 at 3/2 am on Netflix. June 20 – Olympo Olympo is a new Spanish series about the Pirineos Center of High Performance. There, young elite athletes train to achieve their goals. Amaia, the captain of the national artistic swimming team, is one of the best athletes in the country. When Amai's best friend beats her for the first time, she begins to suspect that some of her fellow athletes are improving their performance in inexplicable ways. Olympo premieres Friday, June 20 at 3/2 am on Netflix. RELATED: The Mule Wreaks Havoc in Foundation Season 3 Trailer and New Photos June 21 – Villa Amore Eloise Mumford and Kevin McGarry star in Hallmark's newest romantic movie. Villa Amore tells the story of a young woman who travels to Italy to purchase the villa where her parents first met. However, as the villa becomes hers, she realizes the renovation might be out of her league. That is when she hires a lawyer-turned-handyman to help her bring the villa to its glorious past. Villa Amore premieres Saturday, June 21 at 8/7c on Hallmark Channel. Check back next week for What's New on TV for June 22-28. Stephen King's THE INSTITUTE Gets Official Trailer By day, Lara Rosales (she/her) is a solo mom by choice and a bilingual writer with a BA in Latin-American Literature who works in PR. By night, she is a TV enjoyer who used to host a podcast (Cats, Milfs & Lesbian Things). You can find her work published on Tell-Tale TV, Eulalie Magazine, Collider, USA Wire, Mentors Collective, Instelite, Noodle, Dear Movies, Nicki Swift, and Flip Screened.

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