Emmy Awards
‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Co-creator Francesca Sloane Breaks Down the Emmy-Nominated Drama’s ‘Couple’s Therapy’ Episode
Francesca Sloane, writer and co-creator of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, worked with Donald Glover to reinterpret the 2005 film of the same name into a dark dramedy about two for-hire agents embroiled in a tumultuous fake marriage. Sloane selected this scene from episode six, “Couples Therapy,” where John and Jane Smith (Glover and Maya Erskine) […]
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‘Slow Horses’ Showrunner Will Smith Dissects Season Three Finale of the Wry and Flatulent Show
Slow Horses, the wry and flatulent anti-Bond espionage series streaming on Apple TV+, has been exactly the show its relatively cult following has come to love from the day the cast and crew began filming the first episode, says showrunner Will Smith. The British series, which debuted in 2022, follows Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s churlish […]
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Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig Were Also Up for Emmys at the Same Time 12 Years Ago
Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig have quite a few things in common beyond getting their start on Saturday Night Live. This year, they’re both Emmy nominated for outstanding actress in a comedy series: Rudolph for Loot and Wiig for Palm Royale, both on Apple TV+. But before their success with scripted series, the duo had […]
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When Older Shows Become Newly-Minted Emmy Nominees
Many awards prognosticators expected the drama categories at this year’s Emmys to feature an odd assortment of nominated titles. Consider it a perfect storm of sorts: With the ending of HBO’s Succession (which took the top prize for three of its four seasons) and AMC’s Better Call Saul (which garnered a staggering 53 nominations across […]
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Jodie Foster Has Heard the ‘Longlegs’ Discourse — at the Gym
Six months after her media blitz for True Detective: Night Country, Jodie Foster is still singing her series’ praises. Now, thanks to 19 Emmy nominations (including an outstanding lead actress mention and, for her producer work, a best limited series nom), she says she’ll keep playing hype woman for Issa López’s spin on the HBO […]
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Tom Hollander Didn’t Know What a Big Deal Truman Capote Was When He Signed on to Play Him
Truman Capote, in his lifelong quest for infamy, left a trail of TV appearances behind for Tom Hollander to draw from for his portrayal of the flamboyant American novelist in the FX’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. “If I’d known quite how much [he’s known], I would have been more nervous,” Hollander admits of not […]
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‘Ripley’ Star Andrew Scott on the Parts of Tom He Finds “Very Endearing”
Nearly five years after Andrew Scott was cast as Tom Ripley in Steven Zaillian’s limited series Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel, the Irish actor has received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of the infamous con man. In a conversation with THR, Scott, who also received a Gotham Award for his performance, reflects on […]
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‘Shogun’ Star Hiroyuki Sanada on When Shooting for Season 2 Is Expected to Begin and Record-Breaking Emmy Nods
With 25 Emmy nominations — the most of any show this year — FX on Hulu’s Shogun more than doubled the number of noms received by the seminal 1980 miniseries of the same name, based on the novel by James Clavell about an English sailor’s adventures in 17th century Japan. Among the nominees is Hiroyuki […]
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Brie Larson Cooked “Every Single Meal” From Scratch While Preparing for ‘Lessons in Chemistry’
The character of Elizabeth Zott has been with Brie Larson for longer than any other cast or crewmember of Lessons in Chemistry, the Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ adaptation of Bonnie Garmus’ 2022 novel of the same name. “Two years before the book was even scheduled to come out, it was sent to me by Jason Bateman […]
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‘Reservation Dogs’ Star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai On When He Knew Series Would be “Legendary for Our Community”
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai wouldn’t let an interview about his Emmy nomination go by without praising one of his Reservation Dogs co-stars: “I want to add one thing — there’s a project that Devery Jacobs did with director D.W. Waterson, an amazing film called Backspot,” he tells THR. “It’s a sports film about cheerleading. I want to […]
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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Star Matt Berry on Delivering Unfamiliar American Cultural References: “I Haven’t Got a Clue!”
FX’s mockumentary series What We Do in the Shadows, created by Jemaine Clement and based on the 2014 film directed by and starring Clement and Taika Waititi, earned its third nom for best comedy series in July, and it has gathered numerous writing and crafts honors throughout its run (which concludes with its sixth season, […]
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Maya Erskine on ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Emmy Nom, Becoming a Mom of Two and What She’ll Work on Next
Maya Erskine was speaking to a contractor when the Emmy nominations were released. “We’re turning our garage into an office,” she says. They were talking about paint samples when her husband called with the news. Erskine, known for playing a 13-year-old on PEN15, is nominated for her performance in Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the […]
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