Emmys: ‘The Bear’, ‘The White Lotus’ & ‘Beef’ Take Aim At Top Series Categories With Casting Wins

Serbia has jumped to the defense of its countryman Milos Bikovic after Ukraine attacked HBO‘s decision to cast the Russian sympathizer in The White Lotus.

Ha! It’s one thing for an audience member to mix two actors’ names up while watching the opening credits and wondering how the heck baby Tom Holland is in 2001’s Gosford Park. It’s quite another for the accounting department to make that mistake!

HBO for casting Serbian actor Miloš Biković – who is believed to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – a starring role in the new season of The White Lotus.Biković was given Russian citizenship in 2021 and was personally honoured by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, for his contribution to Russian arts and culture. In 2019, the actor said he had been banned from entering Ukraine for national security reasons.HBO announced earlier this month that Biković would star in the third season of the White Lotus, prompting an immediate backlash from Ukrainian social media users.“Miloš Biković, Serbian actor who has been supporting Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion, is now set to star in HBO’s The White Lotus Season 3,” the Ukrainian foreign ministry wrote on X/Twitter on Wednesday.

Ukraine is not happy with HBO for hiring Serbian actor Miloš Biković for season three of The White Lotus.

Ukraine has attacked HBO after The White Lotus cast Miloš Biković, a Serbian actor who has voiced his admiration for Russia and accepted a medal from Vladimir Putin.

HBO in November 2022 announced a third season for , which will bring a new installment of the Mike White-created anthology series to screens.

Gregg Goldstein In an election year when civil rights are being threatened, authoritarianism is spreading around the globe and minorities are a popular political target, it’s no wonder that films exploring the U.S. criminal justice system are everywhere you look in the Sundance Film Festival lineup. “There’s so much inequality and injustice in the justice system,” says “God Save Texas: Hometown Prison” director Richard Linklater.

The cast of The White Lotus‘ third season is coming together!

As production begins to ramp up on “The White Lotus” Season 3, we’re finally getting a full picture of what the ensemble cast will look like for the next iteration of the HBO hit.  Some names have already been announced as cast members for “The White Lotus” Season 3. Folks like Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, and Parker Posey have been confirmed.

The Bear is one of the most celebrated television shows of the decade so far, picking up multiple Emmys and Golden Globes in the last two weeks.The hit TV series follows chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (played by Jeremy Allen White) from kitchens of fine dining restaurants back to his family’s sandwich shop – The Original Beef Of Chicagoland – after the death of his brother.NME named the show the best series of 2023, writing: “No other series has since proved better at showing the shit endlessly hitting the fan, but it was the flashbacks, side-steps and breath-catching across these 10 perfect episodes that charred, sliced and tenderised harder than any of the kitchen chaos.”The Bear picked up six Emmys on Monday (January 15), including Outstanding Comedy Series, as well as Lead Actor for Jeremy Allen White, Supporting Actor for Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Supporting Actress for Ayo Edebiri. It also won three Golden Globes Awards earlier this month, including for White and Edebiri again.Both seasons of The Bear are currently streaming in the UK on Disney+, while it is available to watch on Hulu in the US.

Sex Education actress Aimee Lou Wood has been cast in the upcoming third season of The White Lotus.The show is set to return to screens in 2025, after filming on the new episodes was delayed due to the actors’ strike. Series creator Mike White will return to write and direct, and the season will be set in Thailand, revolving around a different set of guests at a new hotel.Wood will be joined in the new season by Justified‘s Walton Goggins and Gen V’s Patrick Schwarzenegger, as well as Sam Nivola (Maestro) and Sarah Catherine Hook (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It).Other actors previously announced include Jason Isaacs, known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, as well as Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible, True Detective), Parker Poser (Beau is Afraid, The Good Wife) and Leslie Bibb (Iron Man, Jupiter’s Legacy).Also joining the cast will be Dom Hetrakul and Tayme Thapthimtong, alongside Natasha Rothwell, who will return to her role as Belinda, the spa manager from season one.Speculation around the identities of the new cast members has been swirling for several months.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor September Film has acquired all rights for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg for “In the Land of Brothers,” which has its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section. The film is written and directed by Iranian filmmakers Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi. Alpha Violet is handling world sales.

Matthew Perry’s tribute at the 2024 Emmys almost looked a lot different — but the wound left behind by his death is just too “fresh.”

Succession and The Bear both scored major success with six wins during the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, closely followed by Beef which received five on-stage awards. Hollywood stars descended at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles for the annual awards on Monday, 15 January, which were pushed back from September due to the US actors' and writers' strikes, to celebrate the best in television.

After scoring big at such recent award shows as the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, FX‘s The Bear has continued down the path of awards glory, claiming six statuettes at the 2023 Primetime Emmys.

Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall could have made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, but they decided to walk the carpet separately.

The cast of The White Lotus season 2 is beginning to arrive at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards!

Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall are stepping out for events ahead of the 2024 Emmys!

The cast of The White Lotus‘ third season is coming together!

Mike White‘s The White Lotus is rounding out its Season 3 cast with Milos Bikovic (South Wind), Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest), Morgana O’Reilly (Neighbours), Lek Patravadi and Shalini Peiris (The Arc) in the Thailand-set new installment.