More from Tyler Coates
How the Rhode Island Film Festival Is “Writing a New Narrative”
Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the United States, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t going big on film. More than 300 films screened at the 42nd Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, which took place in Providence from Aug. 6 to 11: a diverse slate of narrative features, documentaries and short films represented […]
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Emmys: The Comedy Masterminds Behind This Year’s Nominated Series Shed Light on Their Creative Process
The creative minds behind some of this year’s Emmy-nominated comedy series give insight into the process and share secrets behind their highly lauded seasons. Abbott Elementary In Abbott Elementary’s third season, series creator Quinta Brunson and her writers room were handed a challenge: Tell a thorough, engrossing story in eight fewer episodes than usual. The ABC […]
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“I Think About It as a Character”: ‘THR Frontrunners’ Q&A With ‘The Traitors’ Host Alan Cumming
In this edition of THR Frontrunners, Emmy-nominated actor and host Alan Cumming opened up — and shared plenty of behind-the-scenes secrets — about Peacock’s smash hit reality competition series The Traitors at a live event hosted by the San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles. “I feel like it’s a huge acting job,” says Cumming, who […]
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‘Reservation Dogs’ DP on Capturing Deer Lady’s Emotion the Moment After She Exacts Revenge on a Man from Her Past
In the episode “Deer Lady,” FX’s Reservation Dogs reveals the backstory of the mysterious eponymous character played by guest star Kaniehtiio Horn (pictured) — a spirit who presents as a woman with hooves and kills “unsavory men.” “This is like the whole episode in one quick shot,” says Emmy-nominated DP Mark Schwartzbard of this moment […]
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‘Baby Reindeer’ Star Nava Mau Says Men Need to Do More to Topple the Patriarchy
Nava Mau made history on July 17 with her first Emmy nomination for Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, becoming the first transgender actress to earn a nod for supporting actress in a limited series — a momentous occasion that is part of the larger “incredible and overwhelming” experience Mau has had with the international hit show. Speaking with […]
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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Boss on the Series Getting its First Acting Emmy Nomination After Five Seasons
After five seasons of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, showrunner Paul Simms can finally admit he doesn’t care much about vampires, really — and that’s what makes the comedy on his show timeless and universal. “It all goes back to the basic things: different people having different goals that bring them into conflict […]
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Alan Cumming Insists, “I Act My Socks Off in ‘The Traitors’”’
For Alan Cumming, hosting The Traitors is already the reward; his Emmy nomination for reality or reality/competition host is just a bonus — one almost as coveted as immunity from elimination. “I really love doing it,” says Cumming of the hit Peacock series (which also scored a nom for best reality competition program) that has […]
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Hollywood Flashback: When ‘Dark Shadows’ Vampires Enchanted Lifelong Fans
Nearly 60 years before FX’s comedy What We Do in the Shadows earned its third Emmy nom for best comedy series, the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows brought supernatural storylines featuring vampires, ghosts, werewolves and witches to TV — albeit with less overtly comic qualities — when it premiered in June 1966. Filled with melodramatic […]
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When Older Shows Become Newly-Minted Emmy Nominees
Many awards prognosticators expected the drama categories at this year’s Emmys to feature an odd assortment of nominated titles. Consider it a perfect storm of sorts: With the ending of HBO’s Succession (which took the top prize for three of its four seasons) and AMC’s Better Call Saul (which garnered a staggering 53 nominations across […]
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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Star Matt Berry on Delivering Unfamiliar American Cultural References: “I Haven’t Got a Clue!”
FX’s mockumentary series What We Do in the Shadows, created by Jemaine Clement and based on the 2014 film directed by and starring Clement and Taika Waititi, earned its third nom for best comedy series in July, and it has gathered numerous writing and crafts honors throughout its run (which concludes with its sixth season, […]
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Carrie Coon on Her ‘Gilded Age’ Character: “I Love That People Don’t Like Her”
On HBO’s The Gilded Age, Carrie Coon stands out among the stacked ensemble cast (she was just one of 34 players to receive a SAG Award nom for best drama ensemble this year), in part because her lead role of Bertha Reynolds allows her to play a rare kind of character on TV these days: […]
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‘Hacks’ Guest Star, Kaitlin Olson, on Royally Trashing Jean Smart as Her Mom
When The Good Place creator Mike Schur called Kaitlin Olson to convince her to take a guest role on an upcoming comedy series back in 2020 — the passion project he was producing from a trio of showrunners about a legendary female comedian staging a career resurgence — the actress says she was a little […]
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