The Bear cooked up a win at the Emmy Awards on Monday night, taking home the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Matty Matheson started to make an acceptance speech but didn’t get very far before co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach walked over and kissed him on the mouth as the crowd burst …
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Taraji P. Henson is no stranger to hustle. Throughout college, she spent most post-class evenings singing, dancing, and waiting tables on a D.C. cruise ship and her early mornings as a receptionist at The Pentagon to help cover her Howard University tuition. Henson still wears many hats as the owner …
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F or Quinta Brunson, the end of the monthslong SAG-AFTRA strike doesn’t mean a return to the familiar. Instead, it’s a chance for the Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and actress to join her same set with a brand-new view on life, hard work, and stability. The creator of ABC’s hit …
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Hooray, showbiz is back! Now what? Wednesday night, SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP, bringing to an end to six months of Hollywood strikes, involving the writers guild and then the actors. The writers have been back at work for a month, and SAG leadership has told its …
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Succession, The Last of Us, and Ted Lasso all picked up a trove of nominees for the 75th Emmy Awards, which were announced Wednesday, July 12. As expected, Succession led all nominees with 27 after its blockbuster final season. The show is up for Outstanding Drama Series; a bunch of …
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Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson called for fair pay for teachers in her debut Saturday Night Live monologue. “I wanted to be onSNLback in the day, but the audition process seemed a little long,” Brunson began. “So instead, I just created my own TV show, made sure it …
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You may have heard that both HBO Max and DC’s film and television properties are in a state of major turmoil. Projects are being canceled even after they’ve completed production, other series are being dropped from the streamer altogether — the proper term for this is, I believe, “Zaslaving” — …
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Class is in session and Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson is leading the lesson on how to create a genius comedy capable of reviving the network sitcom with ease during the streaming age. The ABC series, the top nominee of the night with five total nods, was awarded Best Television Series …
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Sheryl Lee Ralph considers her entire life a song. The 65-year-old actress has spent over four decades making a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Her first film, A Piece of the Action, was directed by Sydney Poitier, one of her instructors was famed German actress Uta Hagen, and …
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After drawing ire from social media users following an ill-timed and poorly planned comedic bit during Monday night’s Emmy Awards, during which Abbot Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson was forced to step over an immobile Jimmy Kimmel as she accepted her award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, the multi-hyphenate comedian …
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