A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
Emmy voting closes in three days. The reason I know that is because as a Television Academy member you are constantly reminded to vote, and that is the notice I got today, as opposed to yesterday, when it was four days. I wonder if they just send…
One of three editors on Sam Esmail's Homecoming,Rosanne Tan was asked to tap into the visual and sonic style of "paranoid thriller movies [from] the past," working within a broad conceptual framework set by Esmail, while trying to surprise him with the choices she made.
Based on a podcast by co-creators Micah…
With his Amazon series Homecoming, Sam Esmail strived to create a paranoid thriller in the vein of those from decades past, turning to his sound team to ratchet up the dread through experimental means. Three of the series' key creatives, Kevin W. Buchholz (Supervising Sound Editor), Ben Zales (Music Editor) and John W…
On Sam Esmail's Homecoming, cinematographer Tod Campbell looked long and hard for his "Kubrick shot," standing on the shoulders of giants. A paranoid thriller in the vein of The Conversation, the Amazon series owed a debt to the cinema titan, drawing equal inspiration from the creeping zoom shots of Brian De…
During Beyonce’s performance at last year’s Coachella, she brought a company of over 200 marching band members, dancers, and background singers on a massive stage to put on a full two-hour concert. The popular festival is used to seeing flower crowns and hipster coffee shop headliners of the acoustic or EDM…
When creators Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz set out to create the original podcast Homecoming, they never imagined their efforts would result in an Amazon Prime Video series with Julia Roberts as both an executive producer and in the lead role.
Speaking on the Paramount Theater stage at Deadline’s The Contenders Emm…
With a view to becoming the world's leading audio platform, Spotify has acquired Gimlet Media as well as startup Anchor. This is the first big content move by the music streamer under Dawn Ostroff, the TV industry veteran who came aboard as Chief Content Officer in June. It follows word earlier this month that Spotify…
When in 2017 Julie Roberts signed on to star in her first series, Homecoming, she made a one-year acting deal for the project, from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and Universal Cable Prods. It has been the case for many big stars who have ventured into television over the past couple of years, and the storyline of her…
Julia Roberts has returned to acting with a vengeance this fall on both the big screen, with Ben Is Back, and small screen in Amazon’s much-acclaimed Homecoming, which should be an Emmy juggernaut come summer and has already earned Roberts nominations for Lead Actress in a Drama Series at both the Golden Globes and…
While Golden Globes’ MO has been becoming the first to recognize new show, the SAG Awards have been pretty unpredictable, often not acknowledging breakout freshmen until their second season.
That was the case last year with Amazon Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which was snubbed completely by the SAG Awards…
