Tag: Hacks
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Ally Maki on Playing a Messy Character in Randall Park’s Anti-Rom-Com ‘Shortcomings’
Spoiler Alert: This contains spoilers from “Shortcomings, now in theaters.When Ally Maki received the script for Randall Park’s “Shortcomings,” she read it in one sitting and knew she had to be a part of it. Whether it was just to audition or land the role, “I’d be happy to just perform that piece, the opening…
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‘Hacks’ Star Hannah Einbinder Calls AMPTP Response to SAG-AFTRA, WGA Demands ‘Inhumane’ and ‘Disrespectful’
In “Hacks,” Hannah Einbinder plays a disgruntled Hollywood writer struggling to chart her career path in the soul-crushing studio system. Now, reality is catching up with fiction, and Einbinder is one of many SAG-AFTRA members striking alongside the WGA.“We’re living in a time where the average actor has to make $26,000 to qualify for health…
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2023 Emmys Predictions: Outstanding Comedy Series
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 15 to June 26, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 12. The Creative Arts Emmy…
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GLAAD Media Awards: ‘Tár,’ ‘Bros,’ ‘Nope,’ ‘Hacks,’ Demi Lovato and Omar Apollo Among Nominees
GLAAD is gearing up to give out some trophies.The organization has revealed nominations for the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards, a roster that features high-profile awards season contenders like Tár, A Man Called Otto, Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Inspection; acclaimed series like The White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Harley Quinn, Only Murders…
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Secret Invasion Is Undergoing Story-Focused Reshoots With A New Writer
Reshoots and rewrites are par for the course in Hollywood, and can be particularly extensive where the Marvel Cinematic Universe is concerned. While the haphazard nature of some last-minute changes to MCU movies and streaming shows may have hard-working VFX artists fed up with the studio at present, the general public can rest assured that this is all…
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‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ Review: Lesley Manville Delights in a Later-in-Life Fantasy Confection
A housekeeper waltzing into Christian Dior and choosing a couture gown may sound like the height of fantasy, but the biggest stretch in Anthony Fabian’s “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” may be all the nice French people she meets along the way. Starring the inimitable Lesley Manville, in a role that effectively transitions the frequent…
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Creative Arts Emmy Analysis: ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Euphoria’ Are the Big Craft Winners
Netflix’s horror phenomenon,”Stranger Things,” topped all craft categories Tuesday with 12 nominations, riding the strength of Season 4’s popular Vecna monster story line — and becoming the streamer’s most viewed English-language series. However, right behind was HBO’s acclaimed gritty teen drama, “Euphoria,” which grabbed 11 nominations for its breakthrough Season 2, after collecting only two…
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‘Hacks’ Star Hannah Einbinder Exposes Cancel Culture Myth: ‘Even Bill Cosby Is Free’
Emmy nominee Hannah Einbinder knows a “Hack” when she sees one.The star of HBO’s critically acclaimed two-hander series “Hacks,” opposite Jean Smart, spoke out against the myth that cancel culture affects the comedy world. To Einbinder, the real “hack” artists are those who continue to “bully people” using their platforms.“There are a lot of bullies…
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Hannah Einbinder: ‘Hacks’ “Changed My Life Totally & Completely” [Interview]
In less than two years, two seasons of “Hacks” have completely changed Hannah Einbinder’s life. The star of the now Peabody Award-winning dramedy was making her way as a stand-up comedian before she was cast as the struggling television writer Ava Daniels. Now, thanks to her newfound notoriety, she’s selling out comedy shows around the…
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‘Kate Winslet called me mummy!’ – Jean Smart on Hacks, Mare of Easttown and superstardom
She has been a TV regular for 50 years. But playing a blistering, diva-like standup in Hacks has launched Smart into orbit. The actor talks about her ‘Jeanaissance’ – and ending up in an ambulance during EasttownThere are 18 participants on my video call with Jean Smart, the veteran actor whose striking return to the…