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‘Bel-Air’ Costume Designer on “Epic” Season 3 Finale Wardrobe, Including Hilary’s $25K Wedding Dress
For two seasons, QueenSylvia Akuchie has been the costume designer for Bel-Air, which means she dresses the majority young adult cast of the Peacock drama as well as the guest stars from the original The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sitcom who’ve appeared on the series, like Jospeh Marcell, who made a cameo in season three’s […]
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‘Bel-Air’ Star on His Version of Carlton Finally Growing on Viewers
Olly Sholotan takes his opportunity to portray Carlton Banks on Peacock’s Bel-Air seriously. “This is the only dream that I’ve had since I was a kid,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve always wanted to create art for a living, so being able to do this is the biggest blessing of a lifetime.” Unlike the […]
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Creative Arts Emmys: ‘The Bear’ Sweeps Guest Acting in a Comedy Categories
Jon Bernthal and Jamie Lee Curtis were named best guest actor and guest actress in a comedy on Night 2 of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys for their roles as Mikey and Donna Berzatto, respectively, on FX’s The Bear. Judy Reyes and Michael Cyril Creighton presented the award for guest actor. Bernthal, who wasn’t in […]
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Creative Arts Emmys: Néstor Carbonell and Michaela Coel Win for Guest Acting in a Drama Series
Néstor Carbonell and Michaela Coel were named best guest actor and guest actress on Night 2 of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday night. Carbonell was awarded for his role as Rodrigues on FX’s Shogun and Coel for portraying Bev on Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Best guest actress in a comedy Emmy […]
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Creative Arts Emmys: Alan Cumming Wins Best Reality Host, Ends RuPaul’s 8-Year Streak
Alan Cumming is the new reigning best reality or competition program host after winning the Emmy for the category at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, putting an end to RuPaul‘s eight-year streak. The win earned Cumming his first Emmy Award as host of Peacock’s The Traitors. Cumming wasn’t in attendance at this […]
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Creative Arts Emmys: Angela Bassett Gets First Win After Nine Nominations
Angela Bassett is a first-time Emmy Award winner after taking home the award for best narrator at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday. The actress was nominated for her work on National Geographic‘s Queens. “It feels good; really, really good,” Bassett said in her acceptance speech. “Thank you to National Geographic, Wild Star Film, […]
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Aaron Pierre Physically Transformed to Make ‘Rebel Ridge,’ ‘Foe’ and ‘Genius: MLK/X’ in a Single Year
In Jeremy Saulnier’s action-thriller Rebel Ridge, Aaron Pierre portrays Terry Richmond, an ex-marine who finds himself at odds with local law enforcement in the fictional small town of Shelby Springs. Don Johnson stars opposite Pierre as Sandy Burnne, a corrupt police chief who quickly learns his badge doesn’t strike as much fear as he anticipated […]
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Andra Day Almost Turned Down the Lead Role in ‘The Deliverance.’ This Is What Changed Her Mind
[This story contains spoilers from The Deliverance.] When Andra Day was considering the lead role of Ebony in Lee Daniels’ latest film The Deliverance, she consulted two entities: God and her mom. “At first, [her mother] kind of had pause,” Day tells The Hollywood Reporter, admitting she was equally hesitant about dabbling in the satanic […]
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Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Glynn Turman Receive Top Awards at 6th Annual AAFCA TV Honors
Genius: MLK/X executive producer Reggie Rock Bythewood, in accepting the award for best limited series/special at the 6th Annual African American Film Critics Association (AFFCA) TV Honors Saturday afternoon, made a political plea to attendees as he and the producing team of the National Geographic series, which includes wife Gina Prince-Bythewood, noted the anniversary of […]
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Angela Bassett First Said No to ‘Queens’
In National Geographic’s Queens, an all-female production team — “one of the big draws and highlights” of the project, narrator Angela Bassett tells THR — examines the behavior of animal matriarchies from Costa Rica to the Congo. Bassett, who received an Emmy nom for outstanding narration for her work on the seven part-documentary for which […]
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Filming the 1983 Lakers Finals Loss in ‘Winning Time’ Meant a Whole Different Kind of Basketball
Making history as the first Black woman to be nominated for an Emmy for outstanding directing in a drama series was the furthest thing from Salli Richardson-Whitfield’s mind the morning nominations were announced. “Winning Time wasn’t even on my radar,” the first-time Emmy nominee admits. Richardson-Whitfield’s manager had called to let her know that Gilded […]
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When ‘The Bear’ Stopped the Tension and Just Went for a Hug
There’s day-one fans of The Bear, and then there’s Ramy Youssef, a longtime friend of Christopher Storer, the creator of the FX series who was also an executive producer of his Hulu comedy drama Ramy. “I’ve been a fan of The Bear since before we knew if it was going to get picked up,” he […]
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