Awards
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Oscars Academy Postpones All In-Person Events and Screenings Until 2022
The Academy Museum still plans to open on schedule on Sept. 30
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The Films to Watch as the Fall Festivals Kick Off Another Weird Oscar Season
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto fests will still be affected by the pandemic, but a robust selection of contenders will be jockeying for momentum
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Why Composer Marc Shaiman’s Surprise Emmy Nomination Made Him Feel ‘Like Sally Field’
“You like me!” thought the composer who nabbed a nom for his cheeky end titles tune for the June 2020 YouTube benefit “Soundtrack of Our Lives”
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How a Bug Attack Encapsulated the Magical Spontaneity of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “We go from this moment of intense stress … to where I’m laughing hysterically I’m about to wet my pants,” EP San Heng says
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How Amazon’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ Allowed Nature to Be a Sound Guide (Video)
Double Emmy nominee and sound wizard Onnalee Blank on pressing on through an emotional narrative and how one does their best work “through kindness”
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Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King,’ ‘For All Mankind’ Among Juried Emmy Winners
Awards will be presented at Creative Arts Emmy ceremony next month
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‘Hacks’ Creators’ Biggest Challenge: Writing Deliberately ‘Stale’ Jokes for Jean Smart’s Aging Stand-Up
TheWrap magazine: “It could use a refresher, like she’s a little bit going through the motions,” co-creator Jen Statsky says of Deborah Vance’s material
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Here’s Why Daveed Diggs Won’t Watch the ‘Hamilton’ Movie
TheWrap magazine: Also, the Emmy-nominated star still thinks that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s original idea for the landmark production was a bad one
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Mj Rodriguez on the ‘Insane’ Journey of ‘Pose,’ and Trans Representation on TV
TheWrap magazine: “Before they saw me as a trans woman, I wanted them to see my craft,” says the Emmy-nominated actress
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‘Pretend It’s a City’ Is Martin Scorsese’s Second Documentary About Fran Lebowitz, and She Can’t Understand Why
The series may be Emmy-nominated, but Lebowitz thinks it’s ridiculous to make two docs about one person
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‘Underground Railroad’ Director Barry Jenkins on Crossing Over to TV and Creating ‘The Gaze’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: “Something about that was just as important as the scene work,” Jenkins says of his impromptu short film
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‘Every Single Minute’ Film Review: Is This Effective Child-Rearing or Abuse?
Karlovy Vary Film Festival: The documentary about a Czech system of maximizing a child’s potential is studiously neutral about the controversial technique
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How Tracee Ellis Ross’ Rapport With ‘Black-ish’ Co-Star Anthony Anderson Helped Her Overcome COVID Shooting Fears
TheWrap magazine: “I’ve never had more fun being stupid with another human being,” Ross says of her co-star of seven seasons
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‘The Boys’ Showrunner ‘Can Absolutely Guarantee’ Season 2’s Weekly Rollout Led to Drama Emmy Nod
TheWrap magazine: “You can only look at it as the most successful experiment,” Eric Kripke says
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‘The Boys’: How the ‘Weird Sex Stuff’ of Greek Mythology Helped Inform the Second Season’s VFX
Emmy-nominated visual effects supervisor Stephan Fleet on using exploding heads and whale guts to up the ante on genre conventions