Prestige Junkie
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21 Best Emmy Nominations This Year, Ranked — Zendaya to Kimmel
My favorites and why, as voting comes to an end this week
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🎧 Sarah Pidgeon Never Thought About Hair So Much. Then Came ‘Love Story’
The Emmy-nominated actress tells me about her Carolyn Bessette transformation — and what the tabloids got wrong
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🎧 The Celebrity Press Tour is Upended
‘Publicists are scrambling and pulling their hair out to figure out what platform is hot this week,’ Nicole LaPorte tells me
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The Best, Worst & Weirdest: Emmy Campaign Awards, Phase I
As voting closes, I name who won the season (Jason Isaacs), who didn’t (‘Étoile’) and the case of the missing ‘Bear’
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🎧 Brian Tyree Henry Needed a Rest. Then He Read ‘Dope Thief’
The Oscar nominee and ‘Atlanta’ alum on finding his own way into the dark material: ‘Yeah, I can relate to this’
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‘Andor,’ ‘The Last of Us’ & Sci-Fi Shows That Went Political This Year
How some of the best confront a strange new universe, not that far, far away
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Reunited on TV: Tina Fey, Luke Kirby, Walton Goggins on the Joy of a ‘Fun Hang’
Part 4 in my week’s series: I talk to the stars crafting ‘new combinations on the Boggle board’ with old pals on-screen and off this season
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Stealing the Show: The Oners That Ruled the Small Screen
My 5-part look at TV’s big trends of the year continues with a breakdown of the year’s best shots. Plus: Lesley Goldberg on Emmy underdog ‘Overcompensating’
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🎧 Franklin Leonard on Why Hollywood is Running Scared
The Black List founder tells me why risks have become so subversive in the industry. Plus, a chat with the team behind ABC’s ‘High Potential’
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They Love L.A.: The Shows That Brought Hollywood Back to the Small Screen
My 5-part look at TV’s big trends of the year today examines Emmy hopefuls that let the City of Angels play itself once more
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The TV Year of Billionaires Puppeteering the President
All week, I’ll dive deep on the most prominent trends of Emmy season. First up, how wealth influences power on TV. Plus: Martin Scorsese talks ‘The Saints’
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🎧 Paul Giamatti & Charlie Brooker on Their Emotional ‘Black Mirror’ Moment
The Emmy winners collaborated for the first time with the episode ‘Eulogy.’ Says Giamatti of the dystopian anthology series: ‘It’s one for the ages’
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🎧 Jenny Slate Wanted to Know Everything Before ‘Dying for Sex’
The actress isn’t afraid of uncomfortable questions: ‘It’s a waste of time to make assumptions’
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Rachel Bloom’s Wild DIY Emmy Campaign: No Billboards, Just Belief
The Emmy winner’s Netflix special wasn’t submitted by the streamer, so she’s taking matters into her own hands. Plus: Inside the craft of ‘The Traitors’
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🎧 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ to Gaslit? Ellen Pompeo’s Un-Meredith Moment
The ‘Good American Family’ actress tells me why Hulu’s limited series ‘scared’ her after 20 years on the hit ABC series
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Seth Meyers & the ‘Late Night’ Team on Trump 2.0, No Punches Pulled
Emboldened, they tell me how they make smart comedy in an insane news cycle: ‘The only way forward is forward’
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🎧 ‘Forever’ Began at Northwestern: Mara Brock Akil & Karen Pittman
I talk to the longtime pals about their groundbreaking Judy Blume Netflix series: ‘I don’t think we’ve seen that perspective on Black family’
Prestige Junkie from Katey Rich tracks the intersection of awards, culture and industry power — the breakthroughs, contenders, campaigns and conversations shaping film and TV.