Swarm
NAACP Image Awards: ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Queen Charlotte,’ ‘Swarm’ Among Night 4 Winners
The NAACP Image Awards has revealed its fourth round of winners in the non-televised categories, including outstanding writing in a motion picture, directing, animated motion picture and more. Thursday night’s awards were presented during a gala event at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by Sherri Shepherd. Winners include Ava DuVernay, who took home the award for best directing […]
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‘Swarm’ Showrunner Janine Nabers Courted Discomfort for Prime Video’s Limited Series
When Swarm co-creator Janine Nabers was on a closed set watching the pilot’s now-infamous sex scene where soon-to-be serial killer Dre (Dominique Fishback) creepily watches her sister Marissa (Chlöe Bailey) having sex with boyfriend Khalid (Damson Idris), she felt a sense of unease. She turned to fellow creator Donald Glover and said, “I’m so uncomfortable,” […]
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‘Swarm’ Costume Designer Details Vision Behind Beyoncé-Inspired Character’s Look: “The More Surreal, the Better”
During production, Swarm costume designer Dominique Dawson thought about how society so often ignores Black women and makes them feel unseen, and so she strived “to showcase a wide range of different Black female identities” in designing the looks for this Prime Video show. She notes that the three nominations for Swarm this year are […]
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Jessica Chastain, Jeremy Allen White, Dominique Fishback and More on Their First Emmy Nominations: “We Weren’t Dreaming This Big”
[These interviews were conducted before the actors strike.] Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy, Showtime) Best Actress in a Limited Series The first time Chastain went to an awards ceremony — the 2012 Golden Globes, where she was nominated for The Help — Josh Brolin approached her and suggested she play country singer Tammy Wynette in […]
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Emmy Nominations: Harrison Ford, Elizabeth Olsen Snubbed as ‘Welcome to Chippendales,’ ‘Jury Duty’ Surprise
Harrison Ford was widely expected to land his first Emmy nomination this year for his two roles in Shrinking and 1923. Instead, he failed to earn a nod for either performance despite Shrinking landing multiple nods. 1923, on the other hand, is just one of several Taylor Sheridan shows that were shut out from this […]
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Barack Obama Reveals He Watched His Daughter’s Work on ‘Swarm’
Barack Obama revealed that he watched daughter Malia’s work on Prime Video’s Swarm. In a conversation with Hasan Minhaj on the comedian’s YouTube channel, Obama explained that he watched the drama series as a form of support. Donald Glover’s involvement was a plus, too. “I watched it because, A) I was a big fan of […]
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“I Think We Should Have Therapists on Set”: Jennifer Coolidge, Dominique Fishback and the THR Drama Actress Roundtable
Before cameras rolled at THR’s Drama Actress Emmy Roundtable, Jennifer Garner turned to Jennifer Coolidge and asked whether she’d be returning for The White Lotus season three. It was an innocent question and an instant giveaway that the Last Thing He Told Me star had yet to see the season two finale, in which (spoiler!) […]
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‘Swarm’ Showrunner Janine Nabers Looks Back at the Ominous Start to Dre’s Rampage
In Janine Nabers and Donald Glover’s Prime Video thriller Swarm, Dominique Fishback’s awkward social misfit Dre is driven to murder when her foster sister Marissa (Chlöe Bailey) kills herself after discovering her boyfriend, Khalid (Damson Idris), has been cheating on her. Dre shows up at Khalid’s house in the final scene of the pilot with […]
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Critics’ Conversation: In the Shadow of ‘Succession,’ a TV Spring Full of Risks and Rewards
THR’s TV critics found plenty to praise (and puzzle over) on the small screen the past few months — including a Netflix standout stained by controversy, a true original on Peacock and shows that understood the appeal of formula done right.
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‘Transformers’ Stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback to Receive Rising Stars Award at CinemaCon
CinemaCon has zeroed in on a pair of Transformers stars to receive some special shine later this month. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts duo of Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are set to receive CinemaCon’s Rising Stars of the Year Award during the Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 27. The ceremony, held at The […]
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Inside Amazon Studios: Big Swings Hampered by Confusion and Frustration
It’s long been an open secret that Jeff Bezos has yearned for his own Game of Thrones, and that Amazon’s big swing as it reached for its own massive hit was The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, believed to be the most expensive series ever made. Last September, the show began with […]
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‘Swarm’ Star Dominique Fishback Leaned on Faith, Friends and a Therapist to Manifest Her Serial Killer Role
On a bright sunny morning in Los Angeles via a Zoom video call, Dominique Fishback was sporting a Romeo and Juliet-inspired sweatshirt (“I’m a romanticist at heart,” she says) and a 100-watt smile to match the light coming into her room. Fishback’s warm demeanor matches most of the characters she’s played previously; more recently she […]
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