‘Nailed It’ Host Nicole Byer Talks Beyoncé, Bikinis and Her Emmy Nomination (Watch)

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRamón Rodríguez hasn’t exactly been taking it easy during quarantine. In addition to directing “Unity,” a short featuring two dancers in Los Angeles during the pandemic, the actor is putting the finishing touches on his script for a Latinx superhero movie and developing “Man Child,” a film he co-wrote with Rosie Perez.

Emmy nominee Nicole Byer has been set as the host of the upcoming 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards!

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEmmy-nominated Nailed It! host Nicole Byer will host the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which the Television Academy will present in virtual ceremonies over five nights from September 14-19, streaming on Emmys.com the first four nights and concluding with a two-hour ceremony that Saturday on FXX.Byer this year became the first Black woman to be nominated in the category of Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program for fronting the Netflix

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMaya Rudolph’s first auditions were usually for parts in commercials or music videos.It was the mid-90s when she snagged work as an extra in a Dr. Dre video.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Nailed It” host and Emmy nominee Nicole Byer has been tapped to host the five-night presentation of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the Television Academy announced Thursday.Additionally, the organization announced some presenters for the virtual event: Monica Aldama (“Cheer”), Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”), Rose Byrne (“Mrs.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorPaul Mescal isn’t sure what he’ll wear to the virtual Emmys.“I’m definitely going to be informal on the bottom — not that anyone is ever going to see it,” the “Normal People” star says on Thursday’s episode of Variety and iHeart’s podcast The Big Ticket from his home in London.Mescal is up for an Emmy for his work as Connell in the Hulu coming-of-age drama.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe third “Bill & Ted” movie is here at last.Released 31 years after “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and directed by Dean Parisot, “Bill & Ted Face the Music” sees the return of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves as Bill and Ted, now middle-aged former rock stars who are warned by a visitor from the future that they have just 78 minutes to create a song that will save the world — and the universe — from obliteration.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith Netflix reality series Nailed It!, Nicole Byer has found herself caught in the whirlwind of a pop culture phenomenon.Last year, she watched on as the fledgling show pulled off something remarkable, breaking into the Emmys with a nod for Outstanding Competition Program.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJames Corden may be back to shooting “The Late Late Show” in his Los Angeles studio, but he insists that he’s not thinking about resuming production of “Carpool Karaoke” any time soon.“I love that segment.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen the decision came down that the Democratic National Convention was going to be a first-time virtual event and no longer a live spectacle in Milwaukee, Wis., producer Ricky Kirshner and director Glenn Weiss were only sure about one thing.“The first thing we said was, ‘It’s not going to be a giant Zoom call,’” Kirshner told Variety in a joint interview with Weiss just two days after the convention came to a close.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSamantha Bee is on a Zoom call from her home on the East Coast, where she’s been shooting her hit Comedy Central political talk show “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee.”“This room is awful,” she says, looking back at a dimly lit room with not much furniture in sight. “It’s my guest room.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorTracee Ellis Ross certainly welcomes the Television Academy nominating a record number of Black actors for 2020 Emmys, but she also recognizes that it’s long overdue. “It’s about time,” Ross, who goes into the big night as a four-time nominee for her work as Dr.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDylan McDermott has been busy during quarantine. When he’s not hanging out with his kids — like watching “The Umbrella Academy” with his 14-year-old daughter Charlotte — he has been working on a memoir.“It changed me actually,” McDermott, 58, says on Tuesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “So I’m really happy I did it.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAs the Black Lives Matter movement took hold of the U.S., Kerry Washington could not help but remember filming “Scandal” while she was pregnant. “It’s impossible to not worry about the Black men in my life out in the world.

Over four regular and two holiday-themed seasons of Netflix’s “Nailed It!” contestants have tried to recreate professionally crafted confections with dizzying effect.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerWhen Nicole Byer heard she was nominated for an Emmy as the host of Netflix series Nailed It!, she quickly discovered she has made history as the first Black woman to be nominated in the category of Outstanding Host.“It means little to me in a way where it doesn’t affect me,” said Byer during Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: The Nominees event.

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.