Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Back in ‘Veep’ Action With Table Read (Photo)
Cast has just figured out how to take a phone selfie, eight-time Emmy winner jokes
Jennifer Maas | August 9, 2018 @ 9:54 AM
Last Updated: August 9, 2018 @ 10:09 AM
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Selina Meyer has returned to her post. On Thursday, Julia Louis-Dreyfus shared a photo of herself with the rest of the cast of HBO’s “Veep” as they settled in for a table read for the seventh and final season of the critically-acclaimed comedy.
“Guys, we just learned how to take a picture of ourselves on my phone!” Louis-Dreyfus wrote. “How cool is that? @VeepHBO Table read ep 2 &3 Season 7, baby!”
The seventh season tease (see below) comes after Louis-Dreyfus announced last September that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and has spent the past several months giving updates on her health status and sharing videos of support recorded for her by the cast and crew of the premium cable series.
Guys, we just learned how to take a picture of ourselves on my phone! How cool is that? @VeepHBO Table read ep 2 &3 Season 7, baby! pic.twitter.com/JzZEefFUdP
Back in February, Louis-Dreyfus said she was “ready to rock after surgery,” in a tweet accompanied by a post-treatment glamour shot and a, “Hey cancer, ‘F— you!'”
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in January, Louis-Dreyfus’ co-star Matt Walsh said they had begun work on the last season, with filming scheduled to begin in August.
“We’ll start filming in August and it will air in 2019,” he said. “We’ve known for about a month. We’ve seen [Julia], she’s done some table reads, she’s doing well, she’s finished her last chemo, she’s in recuperation. Her perspectives have remained excellent throughout. She’s very well loved; she’s a tremendous person.”
With the cast already back in session, it looks like everything is going according to plan.
The final season of “Veep” is set to premiere in Spring 2019.
Emmys 2017: Nominees From 'Veep,' 'This Is Us' and 'Black-ish' Do Drinks Together (Photos)
2017 Emmy nominees Tracee Ellis Ross and Kathryn Hahn were among an impressive turnout of nominated actors at a TV Academy cocktail party hosted by their peers on Monday night, August 21.
Jordan Strauss for the Television Academy
RuPaul, Tony Hale, and Michelle Visage have a lot to smile about. For one, RuPaul and Visage's "Drag Race" on VH1 scored 8 Emmy nominations.
Some years at this annual event, part-time Montage resident Justin Bieber has popped in. Not this year.
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Patrika Darbo (who won an Emmy last year) and Lily Tomlin are the "Governors" of the Performers Peer Group. That means they lead this branch of the TV Academy.
Jordan Strauss for the Television Academy
Here is a partial group shot of the 2017 acting nominees. On Friday night of Emmy weekend, a larger grouping of the nominees who are in town will pose for another class photo.
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Allison Janney (with Leonardo Nam) spent time getting to know "This Is Us" lead Chrissy Metz when they took the stage together.
Dr. K. on "This Is Us," Gerald McRaney, is a first-time Emmy nominee. He's up for Guest Actor in a Drama Series against two other guest stars on the same show. "This is a little nerve- racking. I like being on the set and the process of doing the work," he said. On working the Emmy campaign trail, McRaney told The Party Report, "It's weird, but it's a damn good weird."
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Real friends alert: "Veep" co-stars Tony Hale and Matt Walsh drove off together at the end of the event.
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"Television has never been better. Television rivals motion pictures," actor and voice of Porky Pig, Bob Bergen (right) told The Party Report. "I think the Amazons and the Hulus have brought the networks up a notch."
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Salvador Camarena and Ross Matthews
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Mindy Sterling (left, with Alan Tudyk) is nominated against herself in the Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
Jordan Strauss for the Television Academy
Darbo and new TV Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington have more than 20 more peer group receptions to attend before the ceremony on September 17.
Chrissy Metz, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kathryn Hahn, and the ‘Veep’ guys (who drove together) descend on Beverly Hills in the midst of Emmy voting
2017 Emmy nominees Tracee Ellis Ross and Kathryn Hahn were among an impressive turnout of nominated actors at a TV Academy cocktail party hosted by their peers on Monday night, August 21.