On Saturday night Ron Cephas Jones took home a second Emmy for his guest turn in NBC mega-hit This is Us, and it’s been a family affair, since Jones’ daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones also won an Emmy Thursday night, for her work on Quibi's #FreeRayshawn, making them the first ever father-daughter duo in Emmy history to…
Having recently wrapped its fourth season, NBC's This is Us continues to engage Emmy voters with its nuanced vision of family life in contemporary America, bagging an impressive five nominations for this year's awards.
Created by Dan Fogelman, the decades-spanning series follows several generations of the Pearson…
Timothy Simons (Veep) and Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) are set as series regulars opposite Charlie Plummer and Kristine Froseth in Looking for Alaska, Hulu's eight-episode limited series based on John Green's novel. The series, which began production this week, hails from Paramount Television and Josh Schwartz and…
Comedy’s “it” girl, Tiffany Haddish, winning Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live, set the tone for what became a historic night at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday. All four guest acting categories went to Black actors, Haddish, Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us), Samira Wiley (The Hand…
NBC's hit This Is Us repeated as winner in the Guest Actor in a Drama category as Ron Cephas Jones took the honors for the Dan Fogelman-created family drama at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
He succeeded fellow This Is Us recurring cast member Gerald McRaney (Dr. K), who won the Guest Drama Actor category last year…
Emmy-nominated This Is Us co-star Ron Cephas Jones no longer will be a series regular on the popular NBC family drama. He has joined the star-studded cast of Are You Sleeping, Apple's upcoming 10-episode thriller drama series from Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and the scripted drama venture of Peter…
Breaking out in a big way last year with an Emmy win for The People V. O.J. Simpson, This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown walked a long road before becoming a household name in two of the most celebrated network series in recent memory.
Catching the acting bug in high school, the pragmatic actor went to Stanford with…
Looking at the set of nominations for this year’s Emmys, a few themes prevail. A breakthrough year for women—with a bevy of nods for actresses of all ages, in so many finely crafted performances—2017 is owned in equal part by the vets.
Earning his first Emmy nod this year at age 60, for his turn in This Is Us—as…
Talk about getting an Emmy nomination the hard way. We’re counting at least four actors who snared noms after their characters went the way of all things flesh this season. Five if you count Einstein. Six if you count a doubly doomed dual role.
The heart-tugger, of course, was Ron Cephas Jones as William Hill, the…
