Editor Dody Dorn Wins Runoff Election for Academy’s Board of Governors
Dorn defeated Mark Goldblatt in the runoff, giving the board a record 25 women and making him the only incumbent governor to lose a re-election bid this year
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How ‘Pose’ Fills Gaps in the TV Landscape: ‘Representation Really Does Matter’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I’ve always dreamed of being seen as a whole person, not just compartmentalized for entertainment purposes,” actor Billy Porter says
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‘Edge of Democracy’ Film Review: Documentary About Brazilian Politics Finds Echoes Close to Home
Petra Costa’s sobering film chronicles a country swinging to the right and a nationalist authoritarian taking over
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Why ‘Veep’ Star Anna Chlumsky Felt Her Abortion Storyline Was ‘Necessary and Overdue’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I felt, ‘OK, we’ve got to get a handle on this and do it right’ — and I think we did,” says Chlumsky of her character’s storyline in the final “Veep” season
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Why Marisa Tomei Balked at Restaging ‘All in the Family’ at First: ‘Why Touch Perfection?’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “When Norman Lear called me, I felt very touched and honored and tickled, but I also was terrified,” Tomei says
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How ‘Chernobyl’ Star Jared Harris Revived a Hero Buried by History
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “The Soviets threatened to write him out of the history because he spoke out, and they very successfully followed through on that threat,” Harris says of the character he played
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Inside a Wild and Rocky Week for the Emmys and the Oscars, From Disqualifications to Schedule Shifts
Both academies have been busy making course corrections this week
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‘Fosse/Verdon': How Choreographer Susan Misner Channeled Bob Fosse to Create New Dances
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “It was pretty scary and pretty humbling,” says the actress/choreographer who had to create new dances to stand aside Fosse’s classic works
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Television Academy Disqualifies ‘a Few’ Members for Block Voting
The Academy had flagged block voting as an area of particular concern in this year’s rulebook
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‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ Fact Check: How Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan ‘Documentary’ Bends the Truth
We separate fact from fantasy in Martin Scorsese’s deliberate piece of Dylanesque mythmaking disguised as a documentary
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Timothy Olyphant on the Joys of Getting His ‘Deadwood’ Mustache Back
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I enjoy the job more now than I did then, and I like to assume that I’m better at it now,” says the actor who returns as lawman Seth Bullock
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Academy Increases Number of Women, People of Color on Its Board of Governors
The board election increases the number of women on the 54-person board to 24 and the number of people of color to 11
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Emmys Short Form Categories Take a Big Hit From New Screening Panels
“How do I get nominated for Season 1 of the same series but then not even get on the ballot this year?” asks Melvin Jackson Jr., whose web series was disqualified by the anonymous panels
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David Lynch, Geena Davis Named Honorary Oscar Recipients
Lina Wertmüller and Wes Studi will also receive honorary awards on Oct. 27 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland
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‘Queer Eye,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ James Corden Win at First Critics’ Choice Real TV Awards
Other winners at the inaugural ceremony include “Surviving R. Kelly,” “American Ninja Warrior” and “Jeopardy!”
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Timothy Olyphant Says ‘Deadwood: The Movie’ Reminded Him How Much He Stole From His Co-Stars
“These people made a far greater impression on me than I think I gave them credit for,” says the actor who returns in the role of lawman Seth Bullock
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‘Rocketman’ Film Review: Elton John Gets a Musical Fantasy That Sometimes Achieves Liftoff
Dexter Fletcher’s film abandons the biopic model to freely mix fantasy and reality in an extravagant, fun and frustrating jukebox musical
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How Carrie Fisher’s Death Became Sharon Horgan’s Biggest Challenge for ‘Catastrophe’ Finale
TheWrap Emmy magazine: The decision to deal with Fisher’s death in the series finale, says Horgan, “helped everything” about that episode
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‘State of the Union’ Star Chris O’Dowd on Exploring the ‘Sausage Factory of a Marriage’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Actor co-stars with Rosamund Pike in the Nick Hornby series
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Tony Hale and Sophie Turner on the End of ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: Stars discuss the “liberating and sad” feeling as their HBO juggernauts wrap up
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Cannes Film Festival 2019 Awards: ‘Parasite’ Wins Palme d’Or
Antonio Banderas wins Best Actor award for “Pain and Glory,” while Best Actress prize goes to Emily Beecham for “Little Joe”
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‘The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao’ Wins Top Award in Cannes Un Certain Regard Section
Cannes 2019: Other winners included “The Fire Will Come,” “Beanpole,” “On a Magical Night” and “The Climb”
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‘I Lost My Body,’ ‘Vivarium’ Win Prizes in Cannes Critics’ Week Section
Cannes 2019: Other Critics’ Week winners include “A White, White Day,” “She Runs” and “Our Mothers”
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‘Matthias & Maxime’ Film Review: Xavier Dolan Finds Maturity at the Ripe Old Age of 30
Cannes 2019: The Canadian director has always been a maestro of oversized emotions, but the warmth and restraint of “Matthias & Maxime” is what gives it life
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Quentin Tarantino Says He Thinks He Might Have Gone Horseback Riding With the Manson Family
Cannes 2019: The director of “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” discusses why people are fascinated by the 1969 murders, and whether he had qualms about portraying the perpetrator and victims on screen
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‘Lux Aeterna’ Film Review: Gaspar Noe Wants to Mess You Up, Again
Cannes 2019: The Argentinian maestro of transgression has unleashed another assault on his audience, but it’s almost mesmerizing in its perverse single-mindedness
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Cannes at the Halfway Point: How Did Elton John Become King of the Fest?
Cannes 2019: While most of the attention has gone to a pair of major-studio flicks, “Rocketman” and the yet-unseen “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” the festival is also full of dark films for a dark age
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‘A Hidden Life’ Film Review: Is This Where Terrence Malick Gets His Mojo Back?
Cannes 2019: Anchored in story in a way his last few movies have not been, this World War II drama is the director’s most monumental work since “The Tree of Life”
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‘Family Romance, LLC’ Film Review: Love’s for Sale in Werner Herzog’s Odd New Film
Cannes 2019: A curious little meditation on the commodification of everything up to and including love, the film is slight but has moments of pure Herzogian rhapsody
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‘The Whistlers’ Film Review: Romanian Wild Ride Runs on Black Humor
Cannes 2019: Corneliu Porumboiu’s film is an oversized, deliciously twisted ride that slips in references to John Wayne and Alfred Hitchcock
