At the time of last year’s Emmys ceremony, a seven-episode literary adaptation about the tumultuous life of a fictional chess prodigy might not have been an obvious awards mainstay. Yet, after a year when “The Queen’s Gambit” never really waned in its quest for TV’s highest prize, the Netflix show finished its calendar-spanning run by […]
Continue readingThe enormous popularity of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” limited series took editor Michelle Tesoro by surprise. She thinks the pandemic played some part in keeping people confined to their homes, and once viewers got a glimpse of Anya Taylor-Joy as determined orphan chess prodigy Beth Harmon, they were hooked. And then, of course, the ’60s […]
Continue readingMarvel men Josh Brolin, Don Cheadle and Sebastian Stan are in discussions to star in Steven Soderbergh’s next film, which is a 1950s crime drama set in Detroit titled Kill Switch, sources tell Collider. Ed Solomon (Men in Black) wrote the spec script, which would cast Brolin, Cheadle and Stan as criminals who carry out […]
Continue readingLast Year’s Winner: Merritt Wever, “Godless”Still Eligible: No.Hot Streak: No actress has ever won this category more than twice — Jane Alexander (“Playing for Time” and “Warm Springs”), Judy Davis (“Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story” and “The Starter Wife”), Colleen Dewhurst (“Between Two Women” and “Those She Left Behind”), and Mare Winningham (“Amber […]
Continue readingNetflix is moving its Emmy For Your Consideration exhibition space — which it dubs “Fysee” — to Raleigh Studios this May. The five-week event will include a more than 30,000 square foot space spread out across three sound stages. And this year, besides targeting Emmy voters, Netflix will also be opening the showcase’s doors to […]
Continue readingThis is simply a bizarre Emmy category this year with notable performances from a ton of projects that earned mixed reviews at best. Laura Dern “should” get in for a film that debuted at Sundance before HBO acquired it, “The Tale,” as should Jessica Biel for “The Sinner,” but everyone else? Their chances are tenuous […]
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