Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe parade of Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies wraps up with one final, two-hour event on Saturday night — now underway on FXX.
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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFor “Drunk History” co-creator and host Derek Waters, it’s pretty bittersweet to still be campaigning for an Emmy now that his show has been canceled.
Comedy Central, which is mostly getting out of the live-action comedy business, announced earlier this month that it had rescinded a Season 7 order for “Drunk History,” and Waters admits it still isn’t clear what happens next.“It sounds a little dramatic, but it’s like a funeral without any music,” he told
.Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe parade of Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies wraps up with one final, two-hour event on Saturday night — now underway on FXX.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThere’s no red carpet at this year’s Emmy Awards, but the show must go on. E!, ABC News, KABC and KTLA are among the outlets still producing red carpet pre-shows on Sunday — and all of them have found unique ways to do it.“When we knew the Emmys were moving forward with their show, we knew that we would be there to cover it,” said Jen Neal, the general manager of E! News’ live events and digital, lifestyle networks.E! starts its coverage at 4:30 p.m.
London Fashion Week kicks off today, Burberry proves there are still headlines to be made in a socially distanced world by tapping an all-star cast of Erykah Badu, Rosalía, Steve Lacy and Bella Hadid (the supermodel having just modelled the brand’s latest bag campaign) to virtually host its SS21 show ‘In Bloom’.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeLaverne Cox, Sterling K. Brown, Lin-Manuel Miranda and “Sesame Street’s” Count von Count are among the next round of stars who have signed on to appear and/or present awards during this Sunday’s Emmy Awards.The news comes as producers for the 72nd Emmy Awards are scheduled to share more details about this year’s most unusual virtual telecast in a press briefing this morning.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFor “The Masked Singer,” this is the way. The smash hidden celebrity music competition has just revealed another first: “Baby Alien,” a puppet character sitting in a rocket — which is all, of course, a costume for one of this season’s contestants.
Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, a close study of a marriage breakup that starred Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, may have looked painstakingly crafted. On Saturday, Cianfrance told a Toronto Film Festival masterclass that his hand-held shoot for the lost-love drama, full of close-ups, was shot with little rehearsal and ample on-set discovery.
Lucifer has been confirmed to run for a total of 10 episodes on Netflix.The number clocks in at six less than season 5, the first half of which was released on August 21.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“The Masked Singer” is doubling down. The hit celebrity music competition will introduce its first-ever two-headed costume this fall, the “Snow Owls.”When Season 4 launches on Sept.
Nothing is slipping through the cracks on the set of Love Island USA, according to its host Arielle Vandenberg.
Chadwick Boseman was remembered at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on Saturday when Keke Palmer dedicated the show to the Black Panther actor who died on Friday from colon cancer at age 43. "We dedicate tonight's show to a man whose spirit touched so many," said Palmer.
Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny is set to host a new Irish language series for RTÉ.
2020 MTV Video Music Awards honored Chadwick Boseman two days after the Black Panther star lost his battle with cancer.“Before we get into the music tonight, we need to take the time to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched and everyone he encountered,” Keke Palmer said at the top of the Sunday, August 30, ceremony, which she hosted.
What makes this show feel different is that now, knowing I have so much more show to work with, I feel like there are so many different ways it could go. You can only cram so many plot twists into a 10-episode season of You.
Thirteen years ago, I had an idea of filming a highly educated person discussing a history story while highly intoxicated. Afterward, we’d reenact the drunken tale, lip-syncing the modern phrases and swears, word for word.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHas variety sketch peaked? This year’s Emmy category got caught in the rule change that limited the number of nominations in proportion to the number of contenders submitted — and with just 14 entries, that meant only three ballot slots.
Drunk History just got some sobering news. Comedy Central has reversed course on plans for a seventh season of the Derek Waters series.
The 2020 Environmental Media Association awards were presented in a virtual ceremony on Friday night. Todd Haynes' Mark Ruffalo-starring legal thriller Dark Waters, ABC's Mixed-ish and Shark Tank, and HBO's Chernobyl and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver were among the high-profile winners.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Environmental Media Association crowned the past year’s most environmentally relevant television and movie titles on Friday at the 2020 EMA Awards.The annual awards show, which has gone virtual this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, seeks to award Hollywood titles that address climate change, sustainability and other environmental topics through storylines.