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Recently earning his fifth Emmy nomination as an executive producer on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, Guy Fieri is now 32 seasons into his reality series, and takes little credit for the success the series has seen. Nominated for Outstanding Structured Reality Program five times in the last five years, the series has…

One of the biggest cliffhangers in episodic TV right now is what’s next for multi-hyphenate Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the wake of her awesome two-season 11-Primetime Emmy nominated BBC/Amazon series Fleabag? It’s a question that’s driving network executives quite mad. Ya see, there isn’t a third season of…

A dark, playful, time-traveling series of massive scope, Good Omens was a "universe-sized show" in need of a universe-sized score, composer David Arnold explains. A miniseries created by Neil Gaiman—based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett—the series centered on an angel and a…

“Will I be seeing you in Telluride?” I asked new Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president David Rubin as he celebrates his first full week on the job today, after presiding over the graduation of the third class of Academy Gold Star interns as his first official duty over the weekend. At Telluride, the…

The talent agencies had a greatly reduced presence at the May upfronts. Amid stalled negotiations between the WGA and the Association of Talent Agents, which broke off in April with no deal, triggering the firing of agents by more than 7,000 writers, most agency parties were canceled or dramatically scaled back. As…

The American Society of Cinematographers will the present its 34th annual ASC Awards on January 25 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, the organization said Tuesday. The group also said it is introducing the ASC Documentary Award this year to recognize exceptional cinematography in nonfiction…

Last time Patricia Arquette was staring an Emmy in the face it was 2007, and she was on her second nomination for playing Allison Dubois in Medium—the pretty mom who has it all, with psychic powers to boot. What could have been a hackneyed stereotype became, in the hands of Arquette, a nuanced and moving portrait of a…

There can be few shows in television history subject to the kind of scrutiny that met Chernobyl when its five episodes started going out on HBO in May. As most critics heaped praise on the show, written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck, still others descended to pick apart every aspect of its storytelling…

 When hair, makeup and prosthetics designer Daniel Parker was approached for HBO's Chernobyl, he wasn't "terribly keen" about taking the series on, if he's being honest. "Because one immediately thinks of zombies," Parker explains, "and what they're going to actually do with the subject." Pushed by his agent to read Cr…

A four-time Emmy winner who has designed costumes for music videos, concert tours, television series and the fashion world, Marina Toybina had her work cut out for her with The Masked Singer, rapidly producing 12 full-body costumes that were more like eccentric art pieces than anything else. A reality competition…

Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer is set to receive the Inspiration Award at the 2019 GLSEN Respect Awards. GLSEN, an education organization working to create safe and inclusive K-12 schools for LGBTQ youth, will present Spencer with the award at the annual gala which will take place on October 25 at the Beverly…

The Cinema Audio Society revealed that they will honor Oscar and Emmy-winning Sound Mixer Tom Fleischman, CAS with the CAS Career Achievement Award, the organization’s highest accolade. Fleischman will be presented with the honor at the 56th CAS Awards which will take place January 25, 2020, at the InterContinental…