Mark Duplass Says ‘The Morning Show’ Is Being Rewritten To Include COVID-19 Pandemic, Reacts To Emmy Nominations

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticJennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon had wanted to find a project to do together ever since Witherspoon appeared on Friends playing Aniston’s sister in 2000. They found it with The Morning Show, in which the pair play anchors on a chaotic network morning show rocked by sexual harassment scandals.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNicole Byer has made history by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for an Emmy for outstanding host for a reality or competition program for her work on the fourth season of Netflix’s amateur bake-off series “Nailed It!” “People sometimes go, ‘It’s very humbling,’ but I’m like humbling means you’re smaller than you are.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Most Dangerous Game, Christoph Waltz embarked on his first American project made for the small screen, earning his first Emmy nomination for the series, which had initially sparked some skepticism on his part.Created by Scott Elder, Josh Harmon and Nick Santora, based on a classic short story by Richard Connell, the action-thriller centers on Dodge (Liam Hemsworth), a Detroit everyman up to his eyeballs in debt, who is looking to secure the financial

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Disney+ short-form series Forky Asks a Question, Bob Peterson seized the chance to work with a beloved new character from the Toy Story franchise, which was introduced to him before the rest of the world, creating stories at the same time for characters that had never gotten much screen time in the Pixar films.A spastic, plastic spork voiced by Tony Hale, who knows nothing of the world, Forky was brought to life by toddler Bonnie in Toy Story 4.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSarah Snook was sleeping at friend’s house in her native country of Australia when this year’s Emmy nominations were announced.“He was the one who woke me up to tell me. He ran into my room,” Snook says on Thursday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast The Big Ticket.

Comedian and actor Marc Maron was left “traumatized” following the sudden death of his girlfriend, director Lynn Shelton.Shelton, a highly respected independent film and TV director, died in May aged 54 of a previously unidentified blood disorder.

TheWrap-Up,” hosts Sharon Waxman and Daniel Goldblatt discussed the landmark deal between Universal and AMC Theaters, the record diversity numbers in this year’s Emmy nominations and the first issue of O Magazine to not feature Oprah Winfrey on the cover.Then, we break down the big meeting on Capitol Hill for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is happy for Brad Pitt and his Emmy nomination for playing thedirector of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Saturday Night Live, but he admits his focus is elsewhere.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFive months into the coronavirus pandemic, and Television Academy voters already seem to be over the plethora of remotely produced content created during, and in response to, the new social-distancing health and safety guidelines.

Emmy nominations have finally been announced and the snubs and surprises are all everyone can talk about today.The awards ceremony has already experienced a seismic shift this year, and that’s not solely due to Game of Thrones’ absence from the nominations list for the first time in what seems like a century.Earlier this year, the Television Academy announced that ‘unprecedented challenges’ resulted in the decision to delay the eligibility and voting deadline for the Emmys amid the Coronavirus

awards season feeling like a thing of the past - exaggerated by the Coronavirus lockdown, which makes it seem like a live event hasn't taken place in a decade - the Emmy nominations for 2020 have been announced.Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones hosted the nominations reveal on Tuesday, with the help of Laverne Cox, Josh Gaad and Tatiana Maslany.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineFollowing a remarkable morning for Watchmen—with 26 Emmy nominations for the HBO limited series—creator Damon Lindelof and star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are opening up about creative pursuits to come.A first-time Emmy nominee, recognized for his turn as stay-at-home dad Cal Abar and the omnipotent Doctor Manhattan, Abdul-Mateen has the biggest years of his career coming up, with starring roles in Candyman, Aquaman 2, The Matrix 4 and Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial

Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineWhen Apple TV+ hit The Morning Show had its Season 2 production stopped by COVID-19, no one rested on their laurels.

Three brand new streaming services have picked up Emmy nominations in their first year of eligibility. Disney+ leads the pack of first-time nominees with 19 total nominations, followed by Apple TV+ with 18 nominations and Quibi with 10 nominations.

Billboard.And in singer and This Is Us star Mandy Moore's case, she offered cheers to not only colleagues who received nominations, but to her own spouse as well. "SO proud of our #thisisus team on the Emmy love," tweeted the actress, who did not receive a nom.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com“Variety Studio: Actors on Actors,” Variety‘s biannual awards season offering, pairs actors who have delivered the best performances of the year for candid conversations about their craft and what really happens on set.This year, 10 actors who participated in Variety‘s television issue received an Emmy nomination.