Emmys 2020 Nominee Reactions: Jeremy Strong, Meryl Streep, Billy Porter, Taika Waiti & More

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticDeadline’s all-day Contenders Television: The Nominees virtual event gets underway Sunday beginning at 8 a.m.

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Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The first Black female self-made millionaire. A successful doctor also dealing with a full house.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVBoth Don Cheadle and Jeremy Strong scored Emmy nominations for the second seasons of their shows.As the prodigal Roy son Kendall in HBO’s family media dynasty drama “Succession,” Strong enters the lead drama actor race for the first time ever (and sees his first Television Academy accolade overall).

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHow vicious is the Roy family from HBO’s “Succession”? Brian Cox, who plays powerful patriarch Logan Roy, and Jeremy Strong (as his son Kendall Roy) managed to help push out two mainstays in the Emmys’ lead drama actor category this year: Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) and Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”).

Jarrett Hill When it comes to the Emmys’ lead comedy and drama actor categories, the majority of men of color nominated fall into an interesting theme: They’re involved in storytelling about different kinds of families that are historically underrepresented on television. They are Black (Anthony Anderson, ABC’s “Black-ish”), Black and blended (Sterling K.

It was 55 years ago today that the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in the U.S., a linchpin of the Civil Rights Movement that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

With much of the nation working from home, lockdown has allowed many of us to open our homes to a canine companion. Here at OK!, our editor Charlotte has welcomed cockapoo puppy Luna into her family, while mischievous Westie Daisy has been keeping our news editor Kirsty on her toes.

The Writers Lab, which supports women screenwriters over 40 with mentoring from leading filmmakers, has unveiled its mentors and 12 participants and their projects for a first-time virtual 2020 edition. The screenwriting program, backed by Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Oprah Winfrey and New York Women in Film and Television, has as 2020 mentors producers Anne Carey, Susan Cartsonis, Shruti Ganguly and Mary Jane Skalski.

It’s been a big week for “Succession” fans. First, the HBO series landed several Emmy nominations, including acting nods for most of the core cast, including breakout star Nicholas Braun, who plays fan-favorite Cousin Greg.

The Visual Album That Everyone Will Be Talking About: Beyonce, Black Is KingThis weekend, Beyonce fans have been gifted a new “visual album,” Black Is King, that serves as a companion to last year’s The Lion King: The Gift and is streaming exclusively on Disney+.

RELEASESBillie Eilish has shared brand new single ‘My Future’. “It’s a song that’s really really personal and special to me”, she says.

were announced yesterday, this year’s Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel — sent a letter to key acting nominees informing them that this year’s ceremony will be virtual, and asking them to prepare to participate from home, or wherever they want to be.“As you’ve probably guessed, we’re not going to be asking you to come to the Microsoft Theatre in downtown LA on September 20th,” the letter says, in part.

Reese Witherspoon was totally snubbed out of every single Emmy nomination category this year after being eligible for three different shows: Big Little Lies, The Morning Show and Little Fires Everywhere.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe fourth season of “Insecure” is its most confident yet, using the show’s careful eye for detail to tell a single well-crafted story that ended up affecting every aspect of its two leads’ lives. And it was a season that was perhaps too easy to see ending up ignored by the Emmys.

announced Tuesday morning by a raucous, overly enthusiastic Leslie Jones and presenters Josh Gad, Laverne Cox and Tatiana Maslany — includes an overabundance of “I’ll have the usual” nods.

Brad Pitt‘s huge awards season is continuing after winning the 2020 Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award for his work in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – he’s now nominated for an Emmy Award!

The 2020 Emmy nominations are in, and the stars are reacting on social media.