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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS — COMEDY/DRAMA
The actor has lived with Mike Ehrmantraut for over six years now. He memorably played the taciturn fixer for multiple seasons on
Breaking Bad, earning an Emmy nom for his final run in 2012. But he never had a showcase quite like “Five-O” — the
Saul installment in which Mike comes clean to his daughter-in-law (Kerry Condon) about the tragic truth behind his son’s death at the hands of corrupt cops, before breaking down in tears.
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Spoilers are in play for this piece, which looks at what happened to Cersei Lannister on this fifth season of the smash hit, Emmy-winning HBO series. Speaking on the show’s Belfast set soon after shooting (along with a body double) the controversial march in Croatia, Headey discusses Cersei’s childlike mentality and her fall from grace.
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As Season Five is gearing up to start, the assassin with-a-heart Peter Quinn has become one of the show’s main attractions. Making his first appearance in season 2, Quinn’s job was then to eradicate the threat of terrorist traitor Nicholas Brody (Damien Lewis), and it seemed with the end of Brody’s life in season 3, Quinn might fade away. However, by season 4 he had become a major player.
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The five-time nominee chats with another multiple nominee, star of the Showtime’s
Episodes Matt LeBlanc, about how to keep their roles fresh after a long run of several successful seasons. And, of course, crack each other up in the process.
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SSN ORIGINALS
Esteemed screenwriter Pamela Douglas's book,
Future of Television: Your Guide to Creating TV in the New World focuses on how a writer, producer, director, or entrepreneur can use the emerging possibilities to create original television now and in the coming decade. In an excerpt from her book, she answers the above question.
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Among the other new attachments to established projects are a director for Channing Tatum’s
X-Men spinoff, the casting of JK Rowling’s new female lead, and a directing gig for Kenneth Branagh, while new projects include something for Bradley Cooper, something for Angelina Jolie, and something for Vin Diesel, as well as a few new book adaptations. Click the link for more.
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OTHER HEADLINES
The show, which aims to tell the decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain’s post-war destiny, features Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, and John Lithgow as Sir Winston Churchill. Team is rounded out by writer Peter Morgan, directors Stephen Daldry, Philip Martin and Julian Jarrold, and producer Andy Harries.
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Lester Holt, who took over the job upon Williams’ February suspension, will remain the face of the NBC Nightly News, while Williams will join MSNBC as an anchor on breaking news and special reports, and also will serve as a breaking news anchor for NBC News live special reports when Holt is not available. He begins his new duties in mid-August.
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DreamWorks Animation has released the first trailer for the upcoming third installment in its popular franchise. Starring the voices of Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Rebel Wilson, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross and James Hong, it hits theaters March 18th, 2016.
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Lionsgate has released the first trailer from Denis Villeneuve’s new film, about an FBI agent and two Delta Force rangers who cross from Tucson to Mexico to catch a drug lord. Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benecio Del Toro star in the film, which opens September 18th.
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