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One of the horror genre’s many low budget indie classics is the 1979 film Phantasm (watch it Here), which was made on a budget of around $300,000 by writer/director Don Coscarelli when he was in his early twenties. Shot on weekends with rented equipment, Phantasm took almost two years to complete… and the result was a box office success that is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. 2024 marks the 45th anniversary of Phantasm – and it also happens to mark the 10th anniversary of author Dustin McNeill’s book Phantasm Exhumed: The Unauthorized Companion… so this seemed like the perfect time to dig up an interesting story from McNeill’s book, where he reveals that Don Coscarelli’s mom wrote a script for Phantasm II years before her son got around to working on the sequel!

Released in March of 1979, Phantasm had the following synopsis:...

Months before she won the 2023 Best Comedy Supporting Actress Emmy for the first season of FX’s “The Bear,” it was reported that Ayo Edebiri would move up to lead for season two. According to our odds chart, she looks set to become the 12th woman to reap both supporting and lead Emmy bids (in that order) for a single role on a single series. If she takes the gold again, she will become the first to win both comedy actress awards in that order for one show.

Edebiri’s win in the supporting race at the strike-delayed 75th Emmys was preceded by victories in lead for season two at the 2024 Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards. Having just blocked Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”) from achieving back-to-back supporting Emmy honors, she now faces the challenge of fending off two former lead champions: Jean Smart and Quinta Brunson.

Edebiri would...

After a 28-year-old Lee You-mi (“Squid Game”) set a new record in 2022 as the all-time youngest Emmy winner for guest acting, she could be supplanted by Storm Reid (“The Last of Us”), who became a first-time Emmy nominee mere days after turning 20. Like Lee (who isn’t eligible for a repeat win), Reid is seeking the Best Drama Guest Actress prize for her portrayal of a likable, ill-fated character on a new series with a contemporary, dystopian setting. Given her show’s even greater level of TV academy recognition compared to “Squid Game” last year, Reid could very well be on her way toward a historic victory.

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Reid appears in one episode of this post-apocalyptic series as Riley Abel, an important figure from lead character Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) past. The flashback-heavy installment,...

As My So-Called Life nears its 30th anniversary, Executive Producer Ed Zwick took a walk down memory lane Saturday to remind folks about working on the before-its-time drama that starred Claire Danes.

In a long X thread, Zwick shared an “origin story” about how he was first drawn to the work of Winnie Holzman before he would end up co-EPing her script with longtime producing partner Marshall Herskovitz. Zwick chronicles his work on My So-Called Life, as well as thirtysomething, The Last Samurai and Glory in his upcoming book “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions,” out in February.

“Kristy McNichol played ‘Buddy,’ an adolescent girl on ABC-tv’s Family,” Zwick began. “I’d write surly teenage dialogue and get network notes on my scripts with the initials N.O.B. meaning “not our Buddy.” I vowed someday I’d get to portray real adolescence.”

“Marshall wrote a provocative pilot for Showtime called “Secret Seventeen” about unruly,...

While the first Primetime Emmys battle involving two male drama series costars occurred in 1957, it took until 1980 for there to be such a showdown in the corresponding female category. In the time since on-screen mother and daughter Sada Thompson and Kristy McNichol (“Family”) faced off, 11 more pairs of dramatic lead actresses have been pitted against each other at the Emmys between one and six times each. Scroll through our chronological photo gallery to learn more about the 23 separate cases of dual Best Drama Actress nominations.

The largest portion of this category’s costar face-offs is credited to Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless of “Cagney & Lacey.” After Gless replaced Daly’s first season costar, Meg Foster, the pair never failed to jointly earn TV academy recognition, leading to a record four wins for Daly and two for Gless (1986-1987). The other series that account for multiple entries on this list are “L.A. Law,...

While the first Primetime Emmys battle involving two male drama series costars occurred in 1957, it took until 1980 for there to be such a showdown in the corresponding female category. In the time since on-screen mother and daughter Sada Thompson and Kristy McNichol (“Family”) faced off, 11 more pairs of dramatic lead actresses have been pitted against each other at the Emmys between one and six times each. Scroll through our chronological photo gallery to learn more about the 23 separate cases of dual Best Drama Actress nominations.

The largest portion of this category’s costar face-offs is credited to Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless of “Cagney & Lacey.” After Gless replaced Daly’s first season costar, Meg Foster, the pair never failed to jointly earn TV academy recognition, leading to a record four wins for Daly and two for Gless (1986-1987). The other series that account for multiple entries on this list are “L.A. Law,...

This year’s Emmy nominees will highlight a more diverse crop of actors, with Latino performers having a particularly strong showing.

Of course, much of that is thanks to Pedro Pascal, who has become the most-nominated Latino in a single year with three noms. He’s recognized for his work in “The Last of Us” as lead drama actor, “Saturday Night Live” as guest comedy actor and “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” as the narrator. Pascal’s nomination for HBO’s dystopian video game adaptation makes him only the second Latino ever recognized in the drama category after Jimmy Smits’ four consecutive noms for “NYPD Blue” from 1996-1999. But there were some notable Latino stars who didn’t hear their names read — namely, Diego Luna, who was snubbed for Disney’s “Andor,” despite its best drama series nomination.

Elsewhere, Netflix’s origin series “Wednesday” made star Jenna Ortega...

New voting methods will likely yield surprise Emmy nomination inclusions (and exclusions) this year. There could also be historic representation in several areas, with ethnicity, age and decades-old records shattered.

HBO is no stranger to setting Emmy records. The fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” currently holds multiple records, including the most overall nominations for a drama series at 161 across its eight seasons. The network is celebrating its 50th anniversary and a new Max branding — so naturally, it wants more. If the early projections are accurate and it lands four drama series noms — “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus” and last year’s winner, “Succession,” — HBO would tie the record for most series noms by a network in a single year, held by NBC since 1992.

Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.

“Succession,” which broke the record for most acting...

Since the fourth season of HBO’s “Succession” focuses on finally providing an answer as to whether Logan Roy’s media empire can survive in the hands of his three youngest children, it’s only fitting for the actors who play said offspring to now be on the same tier when it comes to awards consideration. Soon after former supporting Emmy nominee Kieran Culkin joined his TV brother (Jeremy Strong) and dad (Brian Cox) in submitting as a lead this year, Sarah Snook, who portrays youngest Roy sibling Shiv, followed suit. This move means she will very likely be counted among nine other women who each procured supporting and lead Emmy bids (in that order) for a single role on a single series.

As a featured “Succession” performer, Snook earned her first two TV academy notices in 2020 and 2022. She lost on both outings to “Ozark” actress Julia Garner, who she...

In 2021, 15-year-old Mckenna Grace broke new ground as the first child ever nominated for a guest acting Emmy. The notice came for her performance as Esther Keyes on Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which could bring her another Best Drama Guest Actress bid this year. She also currently has a shot at a nomination for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress for Peacock’s “A Friend of the Family,” which would make her the all-time youngest performer with mentions in multiple Emmy categories.

Grace, whose 17th birthday will precede the 2023 Emmy nominations announcement by 17 days, appears on “A Friend of the Family” as Jan Broberg, a future actress who was kidnapped at ages 12 and 14 by her neighbor, Robert Berchtold. The true crime series also stars Jake Lacy as Berchtold and Colin Hanks and Anna Paquin as Broberg’s parents. (Watch our exclusive video interview with Grace.)

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That noise you hear is the Best Drama Actress Emmy category emptying out this year. Of last year’s six nominees, only one, “Yellowjackets” star Melanie Lynskey, is back in the running. Reigning champ Zendaya (“Euphoria”) and Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”) are missing this cycle, while Laura Linney (“Ozark”) and “Killing Eve” duo Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh competed for the final time for their concluded shows. Assuming Lynskey is safely in — she’s in first in the odds — there are five spots up for grabs. Could she have some company this year from her co-stars Juliette Lewis and Tawny Cypress? If they join Lynskey in the lineup, it’ll mark the first time one show has yielded three nominees in the category in a single year.

Eleven shows have produced two nominees, including “Killing Eve” (Comer and Oh), “Six Feet Under” (Frances Conroy and Rachel Griffiths), “The Sopranos...

What do the 55th annual Academy Awards which took place April 11, 1983 have in common with the upcoming 95th Oscars?

Steven Spielberg and John Williams.

Back in 1983, Spielberg’s beloved “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” was nominated for nine Academy Awards including film, director and score. This year, the 76-year-old Spielberg and Williams, 91, are both nominated for “The Fabelmans.” The filmmaker’s semi-autobiographical drama is in contention for eight Academy Awards including film, director, screenplay and score.

The 55th Oscars made history with Ben Kingsley becoming the first actor of Indian descent to win the best actor Oscar for his extraordinary portrayal of “Gandhi” while Louis Gossett Jr. become the first black actor to win in the supporting category with his iconic turn as tough-nosed D.I. in “An Officer and a Gentleman.” This year, history could be made again in the best actress category. Malaysian Chinese performer Michelle Yeoh has the chance...

With a prominent recurring part on “Game of Thrones” and now a starring role on “The Last of Us,” HBO darling Bella Ramsey, age 19, has already built a career that would be the envy of any actor. Having previously clinched a BAFTA Award for Netflix’s “The Worst Witch”, she is now quite a serious contender heading into the 2023 Best Drama Actress Emmy race. If the teen triumphs for “The Last of Us” at the 75th annual ceremony, which is scheduled to precede her 20th birthday by 12 days, she will set new precedents as both the youngest champion in her category’s history and the youngest person to ever win a lead acting Emmy for a continuing series.

“The Last of Us,” which was renewed for a second season almost immediately after the premiere of its first, is based on the 2013 PlayStation game of the same name and stars Ramsey...

Jeffrey Ballard, the veteran Hollywood publicist who founded Jeff Ballard Public Relations and represented many of the industry’s top talents, has died after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 64.

His death on January 30 at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center was confirmed by Brad Bessey, spokesperson for Project Angel Food, an organization Ballard supported throughout his life.

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Over the course of a four-decade career, he would represent Charlie Sheen (during both of Sheen’s Academy Award campaigns for Platoon and Wall Street), Johnny Depp, Rob Lowe, Zac Efron, Martin Sheen, Paula Abdul, Matthew Perry, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jared Leto, Betty Buckley, Cary Elwes, Rob Gronkowski, Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Willie Aames and numerous others.

Ben Masters, the much-loved soap star of “Passions,” died Wednesday at age 75.

Per an official release from Masters’ team, the actor suffered a years-long battle with dementia before succumbing to Covid at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs, California.

His much-loved role of billionaire Julian Crane was also his last. He starred on the daytime drama and pop culture phenomenon from 1999-2008.

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Masters began his acting career shortly after graduating from the University of Oregon with a theater degree in 1969 when he moved to New York City and got his start onstage. He starred in many on-and Off-Broadway productions including “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion” with Ingrid Bergman, “The Cherry Orchard” with Meryl Streep and the historic LGBTQ drama “Boys in the Band.”

Feature film credits included Bob Fosse...

Ben Masters, who appeared three times on Broadway in the 1970s before starring as the philandering billionaire Julian Crane during the entire run of the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions, has died. He was 75.

Masters battled dementia for several years and died Wednesday of Covid-19 complications at Eisenhower Health Center in Rancho Mirage, California, a family spokesperson announced.

On the big screen, Masters appeared in Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz (1979) with Roy Scheider, in Key Exchange (1985) with Brooke Adams and Danny Aiello, in Dream Lover (1986) with Kristy McNichol and in Making Mr. Right (1987) with John Malkovich.

On Passions, which ran from 1999-2008, Masters’ Julian had an affair and a son with Tracey Ross’ Eve and a long, tumultuous marriage with Kim Johnston Ulrich’s Ivy. He also was presumed murdered in 2002, but it turned out he wasn’t, and he was back on the show months later.

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Ben Masters, best known for his part as the wealthy Julian Crane from the classic NBC soap Passions, died on January 11 at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs. The actor struggled with dementia for years and eventually died due to Covid. His role as Julian, which spanned from 1999 to 2008, was his most prominent and final credit. Masters, born May 6, 1947, in Corvallis, Or, graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor’s associate in theater in 1969. Afterward, he moved to New York, where he began acting on and off-Broadway in productions such as The Cherry Orchard with Meryl Streep, Captain Brassbound’s Conversion alongside Ingrid Bergman, and Boys in the Band. From there, Masters transitions into acting, starring in films like Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz with Roy Schneider, Key Exchange with Brooke Adams and Danny Aiello, Making Mr. Right with John Malkovich, and Dream Lover with Kristy McNichol.

Ben Masters, the actor best known for his role as Julian Crane on the old NBC soap Passions, died January 11 at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs. He was 75.

Masters battled dementia for several years and succumbed to Covid.

His biggest role was also his last — portraying the rich and powerful Julian from 1999 to 2008 on the NBC sudser.

Born on May 6, 1947, in Corvallis, Or, Masters graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. degree in theater in 1969. He moved to New York City, where he starred in on and off-Broadway productions such as Captain Brassbound’s Conversion with Ingrid Bergman, The Cherry Orchard with Meryl Streep, and Boys in the Band.

From left: Ben Masters, Pierce Brosnan and Deborah Raffin, 1988, (c)De Laurentiis Entertainment Group/courtesy

Masters segued into film, starring in Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz with Roy Schneider, Key Exchange with Brooke Adams and Danny Aiello,...

When the 2022 Emmy nominations were announced, Sydney Sweeney joined an elite group of 24 individuals who each earned their first two TV academy acting bids in the same year. As a “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” cast member, she is respectively in the running for both the Best Drama Supporting Actress and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress prizes. Triumphing in at least one category would make her only the fourth doubly-nominated female first-timer to pull off a win, after Eileen Brennan (1981: won for “Private Benjamin”; lost for “Taxi”), Jane Lynch (2010: won for “Glee”; lost for “Two and a Half Men”) and Ann Dowd (2017: won for “The Handmaid’s Tale”; lost for “The Leftovers”).

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Months after nabbing an individual Screen Actors Guild Award for “Squid Game,” Jung Ho-yeon has now been recognized for her work on the Netflix show in the Emmy category of Best Drama Supporting Actress. The Korean series, on which Jung plays the role of Kang Sae-byeok, constitutes her first television credit. If she triumphs at the 74th Emmys, her debut performance will be the first fully non-English language one ever honored by the TV academy (unless one of her nominated co-stars beats her to the punch).

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Jung’s episode submission, “Gganbu,” streamed last September as the sixth installment of the inaugural season of “Squid Game.” It centers on the fourth part of a deadly, winner-take-all contest involving Sae-byeok and 455 other players competing for a massive cash prize. At the start of this particular game,...

The current record holder for youngest Best Drama Actress Emmy winner is Zendaya, who took the 2020 prize for “Euphoria” less than three weeks after turning 24. Now that she is nominated for the HBO show’s second season, she could make further history as the youngest woman to ever collect multiple lead acting Emmys for a continuing series. In doing so, she would shatter the precedent set by 29-year-old comedic champ Mary Tyler Moore (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”) in 1966. She presently ranks behind only Peggy Lipton (“The Mod Squad”) as the second youngest two-time Best Drama Actress nominee.

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Zendaya’s episode submission, “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird,” follows her character, substance-abusing high schooler Rue Bennett, as she pushes away her entire support system when her latest relapse comes to light. While her family and friends exhaust their efforts to help her,...

If Julia Garner (“Ozark”) ends up winning a third Emmy this year in the Best Drama Supporting Actress category after her victories in 2019 and ’20, she would be tied with Ellen Corby (“The Waltons”), who won thrice in 1973, ’75 and ’76. Together, Garner and Corby would then share the second place position in the category, behind only Nancy Marchand (“Lou Grant”), who claimed a leading four trophies in 1978, ’80, ’81 and ’82.

Currently there are eight women who have two wins apiece in this Emmy race: Kristy McNichol (“Family”), Bonnie Bartlett (“St. Elsewhere”), Allison Janney (“The West Wing”), Tyne Daly (“Christy” and “Judging Amy”), Blythe Danner (“Huff”), Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”), Maggie Smith (“Downton Abbey”) and Garner. A couple of notes here: Janney later won two more trophies for “The West Wing” as a lead actress, and Smith claimed a prior statuette for “Downton Abbey” when it was classified as a limited series.

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Having bagged back-to-back Best Drama Supporting Actress Emmys for her turn as firecracker Ruth Langmore on “Ozark” in 2019 and 2020, Julia Garner is currently tied with seven other performers as the third most-nominated actors in the category. Should she now nab a third statuette for the Netflix drama’s fourth and final season, she would enter Emmy record territory by tying Ellen Corby (“The Waltons”) at three wins — though Nancy Marchand (“Lou Grant”) would remain the category’s all-time leader at four wins.

Here are the seven people with whom Garner is presently tied as the category’s third most-decorated actors at two wins:

1. Bonnie Bartlett: “St. Elsewhere” (1986-87)

2. Tyne Daly: “Christy” (1996) and “Judging Amy” (2003)

3. Blythe Danner: “Huff” (2005-06)

4. Anna Gunn: “Breaking Bad” (2013-14)

5. Allison Janney: “The West Wing” (2000-01)

6. Kristy McNichol: “Family”

7. Maggie Smith: “Downton Abbey”

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Michael Constantine, who played Gus, the father of Nia Vardalos’ Toula Portokalos in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” by far the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, died on Aug. 31. He was 94.

Constantine’s agent confirmed the news of his death to Variety. He died of natural causes.

“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” scored a domestic gross of $241 million in 2002; No. 2 on the list is “What Women Want” with $183 million. The film drew a SAG Awards nomination for outstanding performance by the cast of a theatrical motion picture.

As Roger Ebert recounted, Constantine’s Gus “specializes in finding the Greek root for any word (even ‘kimono’), and delivers a toast in which he explains that ‘Miller’ goes back to the Greek word for apple, and ‘Portokalos’ is based on the Greek word for oranges, and so, he concludes triumphantly, ‘In the end, we’re all fruits.’ ”

Variety said: “Constantine fares...

After exploring “The Civil War,” “Baseball” and “Country Music,” award-winning documentarian Ken Burns and his frequent collaborator Lynn Novick examined the importance of being Ernest Hemingway in their three-part PBS documentary “Hemingway.” Premiering in April to strong reviews and Emmys buzz, the series weaves Papa’s biography with excerpts from his fiction, non-fiction, and personal correspondence. The series also reviews the mythology around the larger-than-life Hemingway, who penned such classic novels as “The Sun Also Rises,” “A Farewell to Arms,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “The Old Man and the Sea,” to reveal the truth behind the bravado.

Feature film adaptations of Hemingway’s works had mixed results. Hemingway Bff Gary Cooper excelled in 1932’s “A Farewell to Arms” and 1943’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” receiving an Oscar nomination for the latter. John Garfield gave one of his strongest performance in 1950’s superb noir “The Breaking Point,” based...

Ron Howard. Melissa Gilbert. Gary Coleman. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Fred Savage. If these names bring a smile to your face, it is probably because you either grew up with them, or watched them grow up in front of you. These are just a few of the many child actors who spent much of their youth bringing entertainment into our homes each week on well-loved TV programs.

There have been hundreds of child actors in Hollywood’s rich history, but for this article we are focusing on the ones who, although they may have made memorable films as well, are largely remembered for their work on television. Unsurprisingly, many, such as Annette Funicello and Selena Gomez, rose to fame on a Disney program. Several proved they were just as capable as their adult counterparts, by earning competitive acting nominations alongside those adults – with actress Kristy McNichol winning two Emmys before...

Ron Howard. Melissa Gilbert. Gary Coleman. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Fred Savage. If these names bring a smile to your face, it is probably because you either grew up with them, or watched them grow up in front of you. These are just a few of the many child actors who spent much of their youth bringing entertainment into our homes each week on well-loved TV programs.

There have been hundreds of child actors in Hollywood’s rich history, but for this article we are focusing on the ones who, although they may have made memorable films as well, are largely remembered for their work on television. Unsurprisingly, many, such as Annette Funicello and Selena Gomez, rose to fame on a Disney program. Several proved they were just as capable as their adult counterparts, by earning competitive acting nominations alongside those adults – with actress Kristy McNichol winning two Emmys before...

Jerry Zeitman, a onetime agent who represented George Burns & Gracie Allen, Shirley MacLaine, Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, died Thursday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter Debbie Zeitman said. He was 90.

Zeitman also repped Gene Kelly, Tony Curtis, Carol Channing, Rod Serling, Jerry Lewis, Ron Howard and Kristy McNichol, among others, and worked with companies like David Wolper Productions.

As the head of Jerome M. Zeitman Productions, he produced films including Damnation Alley (1977), Just You and Me, Kid (1979) and How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980) before returning to the agency business with The Agency....

Jerry Zeitman, a onetime agent who represented George Burns & Gracie Allen, Shirley MacLaine, Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, died Thursday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter Debbie Zeitman said. He was 90.

Zeitman also repped Gene Kelly, Tony Curtis, Carol Channing, Rod Serling, Jerry Lewis, Ron Howard and Kristy McNichol, among others, and worked with companies like David Wolper Productions.

As the head of Jerome M. Zeitman Productions, he produced films including Damnation Alley (1977), Just You and Me, Kid (1979) and How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980) before returning to the agency business with The Agency....

Zendaya became the youngest actress to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award at the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday. The 24-year-old picked up her statuette — remotely, because these were the first-ever virtual Emmys — for her starring role as Rue in HBO’s “Euphoria.”

While Zendaya is the youngest performer to win a golden lady in the lead actress category, the youngest overall is actress Roxana Zal, who won in 1984 — when she was 14 years old — for her supporting role in the TV movie “Something About Amelia.”

And in 1977, Kristy McNichol won the Emmy for supporting actress in a drama series on her 15th birthday for the drama series “Family.” (She won again in that same category two years later.)

Readers can find the complete list of Sunday’s Emmy winners here.

The first season of “Euphoria,” which premiered in June 2019, follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett...

After surprising everyone with her Best Dram Actress Emmy bid for HBO’s “Euphoria,” Zendaya — who was in ninth place in our nomination odds — could pull off yet another upset by parlaying her inaugural nom into a victory. Our odds currently have her in fourth place behind “Ozark’s” Laura Linney, “The Morning Show’s” Jennifer Aniston and “The Crown’s” Olivia Colman, but here’s why I believe she will have reason to be euphoric on Sunday.

1. She was singled out from her show

Of “Euphoria’s” six nominations, Zendaya is its only one for acting (and above the line in general). The passion the actress needed to be singled out from her show could be strong enough to push her all the way over the finish line, like it may have been for Billy Porter (Best Drama Actor for “Pose,” 2019), Regina King (Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actress for “Seven Seconds,...

Zendaya just bagged her first career Emmy nomination in Best Drama Actress for her performance as Rue Bennett on the gritty teen drama “Euphoria.” She trails “Ozark’s” Laura Linney, “The Morning Show’s” Jennifer Aniston and “The Crown’s” Olivia Colman in fourth place in our combined odds, with “Killing Eve’s” leading ladies Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh in fifth and sixth, respectively. We underestimated Zendaya for the nom — she was in ninth place — but we definitely should not do so for the win.

Of “Euphoria’s” six citations for its inaugural season, Zendaya is its lone one above the line. She and Aniston are the only two nominees in the category whose shows aren’t shortlisted for Best Drama Series. Viola Davis and Tatiana Maslany most recently triumphed in this category without their shows nominated for the top prize, the latter of whom did so as “Orphan Black...

It was a good morning for “The Morning Show” on Monday as both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon received Golden Globe nominations for their performances in the Apple TV+ drama. As the co-leads of the series, they were both nominated in Best Drama Actress, becoming the first duo this decade to take up two slots in one year in this category. The last co-stars to do so were Lorraine Bracco and Edie Falco for “The Sopranos,” who were nominated together three years in a row from 1999-2001. “The Morning Show” becomes the ninth series in history to accomplish this at the Golden Globes. The question now becomes whether Aniston and Witherspoon will cancel each other out, leading to one of their competitors winning.

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Age may be just a number, but it affects one Emmy category in particular quite significantly over the past few decades. In order to win Best Drama Supporting Actress at the Emmys, there seems to be an unwritten age requirement of 30 or older, as we have seen over the past 40 years of the category’s history, with few exceptions like Katherine Heigl winning at 29 for “Grey’s Anatomy.” There were three actresses nominated this year who could have broken the trend as they were all in their early to mid-20s: Julia Garner, Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams. Garner ended up prevailing Sunday night — see full list of winners.

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Garner is now the youngest to win Best Drama Supporting Actress since Kristy McNichol, who won for “Family” in 1979, two days before her 17th birthday.

Most of us Emmy pundits didn’t see Jodie Comer‘s Best Drama Actress victory for “Killing Eve” coming. Her co-star Sandra Oh was the odds-on favorite, but the fact that Comer’s victory was a surprise overshadowed the fact that her win was also unprecedented. At age 26, Comer became the youngest woman ever to win Best Drama Actress.

Twenty-somethings winning at the Oscars is commonplace — from Gwyneth Paltrow (“Shakespeare in Love”) to Jennifer Lawrence (“Silver Linings Playbook”) to Brie Larson (“Room”), to name a few. But it’s far less typical at the Emmys, where only two other women have won south of 30. Lindsay Wagner was 28 when she prevailed for “The Bionic Woman” in 1977. And Gillian Anderson was 29 when she was awarded for “The X-Files” in 1997.

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Comer wasn’t only the youngest winner ever in her category,...

Netflix’s miniseries “When They See Us,” directed by Ava DuVernay netted 16 Emmy nominations, half of which were for its cast members. Among the nominees is Asante Blackk, who’s up in Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actor. If the 17-year-old actor were to win this year, he’d be the fourth youngest Emmy winner ever and the third person under 18 to win.

The youngest Emmy winner is Roxana Zal, who nabbed the Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actress Emmy at the age of 14 in 1984 for playing Amelia Bennet in “Something About Amelia.” The second and third spots belong to the same person, Kristy McNichol, who took home her first statuette on her 15th birthday in 1977 in Best Drama Supporting Actress for “Family” and her second one two days before her 17th birthday for the same show in 1979. She’s the only actor to have won two Emmys...

According to our latest Emmy odds, Lena Headey will finally claim Best Drama Supporting Actress for “Game of Thrones,” but we think her co-star Maisie Williams is a serious threat. However, the Emmys don’t usually reward actors as young as she is — she’s only 22. In fact, if Williams does prevail she would be the youngest champ in exactly 40 years.

The last time anyone younger than Williams prevailed in this category was in 1979, when Kristy McNichol won the second of her two Emmys for playing Letitia “Buddy” Lawrence on “Family.” Before that she had claimed the prize in 1977. She accepted the first award on her 15th birthday, while the second came when she was a few days shy of her 17th birthday.

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Williams isn’t alone among young women in this category. Her 23-year-old co-star Sophie Turner and 25-year-old...

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Chicago – The TV, movie and entertainment world is coming back to Chicagoland with The Hollywood Show on March 23rd and 24th, 2019, at the Hyatt Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. The event gives fans and admirers an opportunity to meet and get pictures with celebrities and take advantage of vendors offering show business memorabilia.

Prominent film actor John Cusack will make his first Chicago appearance at The Hollywood Show (Saturday the 23rd only). For nostalgists, Russ Tamblyn and George Chakiris of “West Side Story” (1961) are appearing. This year’s show will also focus on some of the biggest TV shows in history, as Richard Thomas (John-Boy from “The Waltons”), Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H), Shirley Jones (“The Partridge Family”) and Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island) are set to appear. Also in attendance...

By Todd Garbarini

The Hollywood Show for autograph signings and photo opportunities is held annually in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Chicago. The next show will with celebrities will take place this weekend from Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 21st* at The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel on 5400 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045.

*Please Note: Friday night is a Preview Night Only. No Celebrities Will Be In Attendance. Some celebrities will only be on hand for Saturday!

At the time of this writing, a total of 86 celebrities are scheduled to be on hand for autograph signings and photo ops, including:

Richard Dreyfuss

Linda Blair - Saturday Only!

Bo Hopkins

Candy Clark

Cindy Williams

Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Gena Lee Nolin

James Widdoes - Saturday Only!

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Kristy McNichol - Saturday Only!

Micky Dolenz - Saturday Only!

Mitchell Ryan - Saturday Only!

Sherry Jackson

Tim Matheson

Trish Van Devere - 1st Ever Appearance!

Last year Millie Bobby Brown became one of the youngest Emmy nominees in history. At the age of 13, she nabbed a nomination for Best Drama Supporting Actress for playing Eleven, the child with supernatural abilities wanted by the government, on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” This year not only is she back but should she win she would become the youngest Emmy winner in history beating out Roxana Zal. For her episode submission this year, Brown has chosen the third hour of the second season, “Chapter Three: The Pollywog.”

Eleven gets into an argument with Jim Hopper (David Harbour) about how long she’s going to have to remain inside the old house, noting that it’s almost been a year. Hopper says she’ll be able to leave soon but El gets angry over his lack of a definitive answer and storms into her room. After Hopper leaves to go to work,...

Best Drama Actress is one of the most competitive Emmy categories this year, and it could be especially rare depending on who makes the cut. It’s possible that all of the nominees will come from shows up for Best Drama Series. This has happened only three times before: 1980, 1986 and 1987. As of this writing our racetrack odds for Drama Actress and Drama Series don’t line up that way. But it would only take one or two surprises to bring the two categories into alignment.

The projected Drama Series nominees based on our odds are “The Americans,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Stranger Things,” “This Is Us” and “Westworld.” Those seven have been the consensus picks since our predictions center opened this past spring, and six of those series had lead actresses in our predicted Drama Actress lineup up until late June.

Elisabeth Moss is the...

History could be made at this year’s Emmys if 13-year-old Noah Schnapp earns a nomination as Best Drama Supporting Actor for Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Schnapp, who wasn’t even alive in the 1980s when the sci-fi series takes place, would tie as the youngest male actor ever to be nominated for a drama series. Back in 1959 another 13-year-old, Johnny Crawford (“The Rifleman”), earned a nomination but lost. Two female starlets have taken home Emmy Awards — Roxana Zal for “Something About Amelia” (age 14 in 1984) and Kristy McNichol for “Family” — but Schnapp would make history for the boys if he were to win for his breakout role in “Stranger Things.”

SEENoah Schnapp (‘Stranger Things’): Imagining the ‘big terrifying monster coming after me’ for Season 2 [Complete Interview Transcript]

Schnapp plays Will Byers, the son of Joyce (Winona Ryder), who gains mysterious powers in Season 2 after returning from the mysterious Upside Down world. At...

Cynthia Nixon, who wants to make her political debut as governor of New York, made her film debut at age 13 in Little Darlings. The movie's plot — similar to the upcoming Blockers — had the two leads (Tatum O'Neal, then 16, and Kristy McNichol, then 17) betting $100 over who would be the first to lose their virginity while at summer camp. THR described the 1980 film as "a teenybopper Animal House — it's just as gross as it is funny — although it goes for a sensitive, sentimental ending."

Director Ron Maxwell says the "summer camp romp...

Cynthia Nixon, who wants to make her <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cynthia-nixon-running-governor-new-york-1095573" target="_blank">political debut</a> as governor of New York, made her film debut at age 13 in <em>Little Darlings</em>. The movie's plot — similar to the upcoming <em>Blockers</em> — had the two leads (Tatum O'Neal, then 16, and Kristy McNichol, then 17) betting $100 over who would be the first to lose their virginity while at summer camp. <em>THR </em>described the 1980 film as "a teenybopper <em>Animal House</em> — it's just as gross as it is funny — although it goes for a sensitive, sentimental ending."

Director Ron Maxwell says the "...

Will Iain Armitage (“Young Sheldon”) make Emmy history with a nomination for Best Comedy Actor? He turns 10-years-old this year, so if he makes the cut this summer he’ll be the youngest nominee in the history of the category and the second youngest nominee in Primetime Emmy history. Now a couple of the Expert journalists we’ve polled thus far are predicting exactly that.

To date there have only been two Comedy Actor nominees under the age of 18: Fred Savage contended for “The Wonder Years” in 1989 when he was 13, and Frankie Muniz was up for “Malcolm in the Middle” in 2001 when he was 15. The Primetime Emmys have long been hesitant to recognize child actors, with a few exceptions. Roxana Zal (“Something About Amelia”) became the youngest champ when she prevailed for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress in 1984 at age 14. And Kristy McNichol (“Family”) won Best Drama Supporting Actress...

This article marks Part 3 of the 21-part Gold Derby series Meryl Streep at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at Meryl Streep’s nominations, the performances that competed with her, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the contenders.

After a remarkable year in film in 1979, including her Academy Awards win for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” Meryl Streep took 1980 off from the big screen, instead focusing her energies on a stage musical of “Alice in Wonderland” that premiered at New York’s Public Theater in December 1980. While the production garnered middling notices, Streep received raves.

The following year, Streep not only returned to the screen but took on her first leading role in a screen adaptation of John Fowles‘ acclaimed 1969 novel “The French Lieutenant’s Woman.” Playwright Harold Pinter adapted the book for the screen and British filmmaker Karel Reisz, who worked wonders with Vanessa Redgrave...

It feels like Emmy season has already been going on for months – and it technically has, thanks to For Your Consideration events, which started in the spring, but now will pick up in intensity and frequency. For now it’s truly showtime: Phase One ballots have been sent to the more than 20,000 members of the Television Academy, and voting is underway.

After all the screenings, campaigning and coverage, it’s now up to the voters to decide. The ultimate category nominations will be revealed on Thursday, July 13, at the Television Academy’s Saban Theatre in North Hollywood. (And then we’re on to the final competition!)

But before the first round of voting ends on June 26, here are some of this year’s burning questions inside the Primetime Emmy race:

Who will benefit from the “Game of Thrones” vacuum?

Due to a change in the show’s production calendar, HBO...

It’s never been easy to put filmmaker Edward Zwick into a box. The multi-hyphenate has long eschewed sticking to just one genre and even one medium. He helped launch seminal television series like “Thirtysomething” (which he co-created alongside long-time partner Marshall Herskovitz) and “My So-Called Life” (which the pair executive produced) to the small screen, while also directing historical epics like “Glory” and “Defiance,” modern classics like “Courage Under Fire” and “Blood Diamond” and even the odd romantic comedy — or two: Zwick helmed “Love & Other Drugs” and the original “About Last Night…” feature.

Zwick has done it all, but with his latest film, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” he’s managed to do something new: Try his hand at a bone-breaking action sequel, featuring America’s ass-kicking sweetheart in the title role. Zwick and Tom Cruise have worked together before, thanks to the 2003’s epic “The Last Samurai,” and...

We all have them. Families. 

Whether they're abundant and generations are still in existence or if there are only a couple of you who make your world go around, odds are somewhere, someplace, there's someone you'd probably like to hide from on the holidays! 

In the '70s and '80s it was difficult not to find a family's drama on television, but in the 2000s family drama got kicked aside for more violent pursuits. There may be families, but first there was a crime or a crime family. It became all about law and order. 

This list isn't about mob families, or procedural dramas that feature families, but about shows where the family comes first.

One interesting note, though, is that six of these series feature the natural or accidental death of a loved one near the beginning to kick the drama into high gear. Nothing like death to bring a family together.

Curtis Hanson--Confidentially

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Alex Simon

Curtis Hanson was my first interview with a fellow film buff and film journalist. He was nice enough to sit down with me twice, first at the Rose Cafe in Venice, then at a lunch spot in the Marina, the name of which has been lost to time. He was then kind enough to invite me to the world premiere of "L.A. Confidential" at the Chinese Theater as his guest, my first time on the red carpet at a real-life Hollywood premiere, and called me after this piece ran to thank me personally. A nice man. Hanson, and co-writer Brian Helgeland, would go on to win Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars for "L.A. Confidential."

Years later, I ran into Hanson at a book signing party for Pat York that was held in Westwood. I approached him and reminded him of our interview a decade or so earlier.