The “Game of Thrones” cast and producers take the stage for a final bow; FOX(LOS ANGELES) — “It’s reassuring that a dirty, pervy, messed-up woman can make it to the Emmys!” That’s what Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge said on the first of her three trips to the podium at Sunday night’s 71st Emmy Awards. …
Fox’s hostless Emmys end on time, but show’s creative choices fall flat
Homer Simpson opens the Emmy Awards; FOX(LOS ANGELES) — Not having a host worked for the Oscars earlier this year, but Fox’s attempt at a host-less Emmys telecast wasn’t nearly as successful. While the Sunday night show did end on time, many comedy bits fell flat. Some presenters, like Maya Rudolph or Amy Poehler, were able …
Primetime Emmys 2019 — The winners
“Fleabag” star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge/FOX(LOS ANGELES) — Here’s the complete list of winners from the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles: Outstanding Comedy SeriesFleabag (Amazon) Outstanding Drama SeriesGame of Thrones (HBO) Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesTony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesAlex Borstein, The …
Ahead of the Emmys on Sunday, ‘Pose’ stars explain why ground-breaking series “cannot be measured by an award”
Indya Moore – Eric Liebowitz/FX(LOS ANGELES) — Ahead of the 71st Emmy Awards on Sunday night, Pose stars Dominique Jackson and Indya Moore are sharing their thoughts on what winning the Emmy for Outstanding Drama series would mean to them. When the series was first announced in 2017, it made history by casting five transgender actors in series regular …
Will the Emmys crown ‘Game of Thrones’ this Sunday night?
Helen Sloan/HBO(LOS ANGELES) — The 71st Emmy Awards will air this Sunday night on FOX, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Despite its controversial final season, HBO’s Game of Thrones still leads all nominees with a record 32 nods, including Outstanding Drama Series. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon’s award-winning comedy series, is a …
As ‘Fosse/Verdon’ heads to the Emmys, co-star Jake Lacy looks back: “That’s as good as it gets”
Michael Parmalee/FX(NEW YORK) — The 71st Emmy Awards will air this Sunday night on Fox, and in the running in multiple categories is FX’s limited series Fosse/Verdon, starring Oscar winner Sam Rockwell and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams. The series portrayed the tumultuous personal and professional relationship between legendary choreographer Bob Fosse and performer Gwen Verdon. …
Seacrest in! ‘American Idol’ host to return for show’s new season
ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) — We already knew that American Idol’s new season on ABC would feature returning judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, but host Ryan Seacrest was still a question mark. Now, that question has been answered…in the affirmative. Seacrest will return as host when the new season of the show starts …
“One just has to get on with it”: The Queen, and the world, have changed in teaser for ‘The Crown’ Season 3
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — The tantalizing teaser for the third season of The Crown shows Oscar-winner Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II, approving an official photo of herself — and apparently, she’s not pleased at how much she’s changed since her previous one. As Colman refers to herself as an “old bat,” an underling tries to …
‘The West Wing’ turns 20
iStock/izanoza(LOS ANGELES) — Twenty years ago Sunday, America witnessed the start of the Bartlet administration as The West Wing debuted on NBC September 22, 1999. Created by Aaron Sorkin and written almost exclusively by him for the first four of the show’s seven seasons, The West Wing followed the two-term presidency of the fictional Democratic …
‘Big Bang’ co-stars Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons back together for ‘Carla’
Michael Yarish/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved(LOS ANGELES) — That didn’t take long! The Big Bang Theory‘s Mayim Bialik is reuniting with her former onscreen love interest Jim Parsons, barely four months after their sitcom’s finale. The two will co-executive produce the new Fox comedy Carla, in which Bialik is also attached to …