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Emmy Nominations: Emma Stone’s ‘The Curse’ and Nicole Kidman’s ‘Expats’ Snubbed as ‘Reservation Dogs’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Surprise

With several Emmys stalwarts not eligible for nominations this year, it was expected that there would be a number of surprises among the 2024 Emmy nominations. But while some series and stars broke through, other anticipated nominees from new shows didn’t fare as well as they’d hoped. Despite a big awards push, Showtime’s The Curse […]

Jon Hamm Is Back and “It’s Very, Very Cool”

Jon Hamm is not simply back in the conversation, he’s a double Emmy nominee. Earlier today, the TV Academy recognized his work in both Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, where he did a season-long arc as the Elon Musk-esque tech billionaire Paul Marks, and FX’s Fargo, where he played the villainous Sheriff Roy Tillman, a […]

Emmys: Best Drama Series Field Almost Entirely Different From 2023

The 2024 Emmy Awards will feature a best drama series field that’s almost entirely different than the nominees for the last awards. But rather than a wholesale changing of the guard, the nearly unprecedented turnover is more a function of the way TV works now. Of last year’s eight drama series contenders, two — HBO’s Succession […]

Jeremy Irons Joins ‘The Morning Show’ at Apple TV+

Apple TV+ is adding another high-profile actor to The Morning Show. Oscar and Emmy winner Jeremy Irons is joining the show’s cast for its upcoming fourth season. He’ll play Martin Levy, the father of Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy. It will be his first TV role since Netflix’s The Pentaverate in 2022. Irons joins Marion Cotillard […]

Jon Hamm Doesn’t Want to Be Your Leading Man

In January of 2022, Jon Hamm starred in a commercial titled “Everyone But Jon Hamm.” The minute-long spot, for Apple TV+, played off the idea that everyone in the industry seemed to have a television show but him. When the concept was first pitched, Hamm hesitated. “I was like, ‘There’s a version of this that […]

‘And Just Like That’ Star Karen Pittman on The Possibility of Nya Returning: “There’s More Story to Tell”

Karen Pittman always looked for the humorous moments in having to juggle simultaneous shoots, on opposite coasts, for And Just Like That and The Morning Show, flying back and forth two to three times a month. One was using the time during the first-class flight from New York to Los Angeles to take out the […]

How to Build a Show Within a Show

Cooking Up Something New When Cat Smith first started conceptualizing the set for Lessons in Chemistry’s fictional cooking show Supper at Six, hosted by former chemist Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson), she designed a typical 1960s housewife Colonial-style kitchen, complete with oak paneling and black wrought-iron hinges. Then she scrapped it. “The idea that Brie presented […]

‘The Morning Show’ Will Enter 2024’s Media-Scape “Mid-Chaos”

The Morning Show has a knack for writing itself into a corner. “It requires a lot of junk food to manage the stress,” says executive producer Charlotte Stoudt. “Part of me was like, ‘Who is that season three showrunner? I have a few words for her!’” As said season three showrunner, Stoudt is joking. She’s […]

“The Worst Thing That Can Happen Is You Suck”: Jon Hamm, Nicholas Galitzine Get Real on THR’s Drama Actor Roundtable

What’s worse, a sex scene or a single tear? And who really listens to their agents’ advice? Matt Bomer, David Oyelowo, Clive Owen and Callum Turner debate all the big questions.

‘The Morning Show’ Recruits Marion Cotillard for Season 4

The Morning Show has announced a big get for season four: Marion Cotillard is joining the cast of the Apple TV+ series. The Oscar winner joins the starry ensemble of the Apple TV+ media series that is led by executive producers Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, along with season three stars Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, […]

Jon Hamm Doesn’t Think Relationship With Jennifer Aniston’s Character on ‘The Morning Show’ Has “Run Its Course Yet”

[This story contains spoilers for The Morning Show.] After a tumultuous relationship with Jennifer Aniston’s character on The Morning Show, Jon Hamm isn’t quite ready to give up on the love story between Alex Levy and his tech billionaire Paul Marks. At the end of season three, after what looked to be a promising romance, […]

“F*** This, Let’s Just Talk About It”: Jodie Foster, Jennifer Aniston, Sofía Vergara Let Loose on THR’s Drama Actress Roundtable

“I don’t know if anybody told you, but none of us knows what we’re doing,” announces two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster halfway through the Drama Actress Emmy Roundtable. She’s surrounded by two more Oscar winners — Expats’ Nicole Kidman and Lessons in Chemistry’s Brie Larson — who nod in agreement. The True Detective star continues, […]

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