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Pete Hammond's Notes On The Season

TV Emmy Voters Under Siege, Talk Show Freakout & Placing Bets On ‘Bookie’

Buckle up for Emmy nominations voting, which begins next week. There are plenty of returning awards-magnet series in the mix for the second Primetime Emmys of calendar 2024 but also many deserving shows hungry for that golden statuette. The gloves are off, and it could be anybody’s ballgame; you can tell that from the enthusiastic turnouts of voters to the infinite numbers of FYC events — just off the charts already. Deadline’s Awards Columnist Pete Hammond gets us up to speed.

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Terry Gilliam Scouts Talent At Annecy As He Plots Animated Sequences For New Johnny Depp-Jeff Bridges Movie

In a scene worthy of one of his animated works, Terry Gillam took to a stage covered in crashed paper planes at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Sunday to receive its honorary Cristal award and give a masterclass about his animated works. Gilliam was last in Annecy, where its…

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‘Presumed Innocent’ Is A Tale Of Two Trials – In Court & At Home, Star Jake Gyllenhaal Says – Tribeca Festival

Two trials play out in the new Apple TV+ adaptation of lawyer-novelist Scott Turow's 1988 bestselling legal thriller, Presumed Innocent: the criminal case against a Chicago prosecutor charged with murdering a colleague, and the nightmare at home that the murder trial visits on the family of the…

John Oliver Dings Himself On ‘Last Week Tonight’ For Show’s Title “Completely Devoid Of Imagination”

John Oliver poked fun at himself on the latest episode of Last Week Tonight on HBO. The late-night host devoted his show to talking about the ocean and the mining of Manganese nodules found on the seafloor. Oliver explained that the International Seabed Authority oversees the seabed in…

Courteney Cox Recreates Her Bruce Springsteen Video Dance For TikTok Trend

A decade before Monica Geller came into our living rooms, Courteney Cox was just Bruce Springsteen’s biggest fan. The Friends alum threw it back to her appearance in Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 music video for ‘Dancing in the Dark’ as she jumped on a TikTok trend that asks parents how they danced during…

Music

Peabody Awards 2024 Photos: The Best Of The Red Carpet

The Peabody Awards made its long-overdue Los Angeles debut at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Sunday. Hosted by Kumail Nanjiani, the 84th annual awards ceremony recognized Mel Brooks, Quinta Brunson, Star Trek and more storytellers for its first time on the West Coast since it launched in 1940. Brooks received the…

Awards

John Leguizamo Calls On TV Academy To “Embrace Change” In NYT Open Letter Ahead Of Emmys Voting

With another awards season approaching, John Leguizamo continues his fight for representation. The actor urged the Television Academy to embrace more diversity ahead of voting for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards as he took out a full-page ad in Sunday’s issue of The New York Times for an open…

Awards

Kelly Clarkson On Why She Won’t Be Replacing Katy Perry On ‘American Idol’: “I Promised My Kids”

Kelly Clarkson is shutting down the idea of replacing Katy Perry on American Idol. The first-ever winner of the reality series is not planning on becoming a judge of the singing competition and recently revealed the reason why. “I can’t do that, only because I promised my kids. I was like, ‘I…

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Disney Teases ‘Gravity Falls’ Revival Saying They’re “In Conversations” With Creator Alex Hirsch

Gravity Falls could possibly be resurrected as Executive Vice President of Television Animation and Disney Branded Television Meredith Roberts hinted they’re in talks with the show’s creator. In a new interview, Roberts revealed that they are looking into bringing back the animated series and have…

Alyson Hannigan Explains Why She Initially Refused To Sign On For ‘American Pie 2’

One time, Alyson Hannigan almost missed the bus back to band camp. Ahead of the 1999 teen movie’s 25th anniversary, the American Pie actress reminisced about her role as lovable band nerd Michelle Flaherty in the raunchy franchise and how she almost wasn’t in the sequels. “The best story from…

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New York Giants TE Darren Waller Retiring From NFL After Eight Years

Darren Waller is retiring from the NFL after eight seasons, the New York Giants tight end player said. “The passion [for football] has slowly been fading,” Waller said in a video statement he shared on YouTube. Waller’s health issues last year “forced” him to reevaluate his life, adding, “I had…

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Jeremy Strong Is “Happily” Done With ‘Succession’ Despite “Desire For More”

Don’t expect to see Jeremy Strong at the next Roy family reunion. The Golden Globe winner said any said any possibility of a Succession revival has been “happily put to rest” for him more than a year after the critically-acclaimed HBO series ended its four-season run. “I’m sure there’s a desire…

Brian Tee Is Open To Reprising Dr. Choi Role On ‘Chicago Med’ If “The Right Storyline Comes Along”

Brian Tee left Chicago Med after eight seasons but hasn’t completely gone away as the actor has returned to direct episodes of the NBC medical drama. With Tee’s close relationship with the Dick Wolf production, many have asked if he would ever reprise his role of Dr. Choi. “There's always…