Awards
MTV VMAs Switch Dates to Avoid Debate Conflict
The 2024 MTV VMAs is moving back a day and will now take place on Wednesday, Sept. 11 instead of the previously announced Tuesday, Sept. 10. The move is an effort to avoid having the VMAs air opposite the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The 2024 […]
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Tom Brady Roast EP on How the QB Greenlit the Uncensored Show: “LFG”
“Roasts have never been nominated before for anything, ever,” says Jeff Ross, “Roastmaster General” of Netflix’s The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, still giddy and in shock over the special’s Emmy nomination. “Yet it’s this great American tradition that’s been going on for over 100 years. To see it up there with the […]
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How Nikki Glaser Became the New Queen of Comedy
When Nikki Glaser was making her stand-up special Someday You’ll Die, she foresaw critical acclaim in her future. “I kind of just knew it was going to be nominated for an Emmy — I hate to sound crazy,” she tells THR just hours after earning her first Emmy nomination. The 40-year-old comedian is in the […]
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Alan Cumming Insists, “I Act My Socks Off in ‘The Traitors’”’
For Alan Cumming, hosting The Traitors is already the reward; his Emmy nomination for reality or reality/competition host is just a bonus — one almost as coveted as immunity from elimination. “I really love doing it,” says Cumming of the hit Peacock series (which also scored a nom for best reality competition program) that has […]
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‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Co-creator Francesca Sloane Breaks Down the Emmy-Nominated Drama’s ‘Couples 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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