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FROM LEFT JULIA STILES 2011 IN GEORGES HOBEIKA Nominated for guest actress in a drama for her turn on Showtime’s Dexter, Stiles opted for a Georges Hobeika Couture lace lilac gown. Fifty-five carats of Forevermark diamonds set in white gold complemented her Kotur silver metallic evening bag. SHARON STONE 2004 IN ELSIE KATZ COUTURE Stone stood out in an Elsie Katz Couture lavender bias-cut satin gown with a revealing cutout. Kwiat Legacy Collection diamond earrings and crystalencrusted sandals added subtle shimmer. EMILY BLUNT 2010 IN CHRISTIAN DIOR The British actress accompanied husband John Krasinski, whose NBC show The Office was nominated for outstanding comedy series, in a Christian Dior single-shoulder pale blue gown with appliques. Final touches: a diamond and platinum floral hairpin by Lorraine Schwartz tucked into her retro…
Edie Falco Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME) Proudest show moment I had a particularly difficult and emotional scene to do with [actress] Merritt Wever at the end of the series and my real-life emotions got the best of me. But I was proud I’d allowed that to happen. I sometimes think I’m too professional and keep my real emotional life so far from the workplace, so I was pleased my real feelings about Merritt and working with her [entered] the workday. I eventually recovered and we finished the scene. But it was rough, as Merritt is my hero. Playing this role, I learned That I do care about others’ perceptions of me, at least to some extent. Because [Jackie] clearly didn’t! I couldn’t get into character without Jackie’s stethoscope. Favorite way to…
NOT ALL CHILD STARS have a rocky road — some simply choose their own path. Take Gaby Hoffmann, for instance, who first made her mark playing precocious moppets in such films as 1989’s Uncle Buck and 1993’s Sleepless in Seattle, only to drop out of the business and re-emerge a decade later as screen muse to everyone from Lena Dunham to Louis C.K. Now 33, Hoffman has two Emmy nominations this year for her layered performances in two of TV’s most zeitgeisty series: She plays aimless daughter Ali on Amazon’s Transparent and Caroline, Adam’s unhinged sister, on HBO’s Girls. Here, Hoffmann traces her path from a colorful childhood spent living in New York’s Chelsea Hotel and going on endless auditions (“My mom’s solution to not being on welfare”) to her…
OVER THE YEARS, NO TELEVISION FORMATS have experienced more of a roller-coaster ride — in terms of their popularity with the public and their classifications at the Emmys — than made-for-TV movies and miniseries. In the mid-1950s, for the first time, a majority of American households owned a TV set, and Hollywood was forced to acknowledge that this smaller-screen nuisance wasn’t going away anytime soon. Adopting the attitude, “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” film studios began to license their product to TV, and soon each of the three networks was offering a weekly [Insert day of the week here] at the Movies program. Before long, few desirable movies had not yet been shown — which led TV execs to a bright idea: Why not make our own? The…
The crime anthology’s critically acclaimed first season — starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson — was able to contend as a drama series in 2014 because of the TV Academy’s “dual qualification” provision. (Also, HBO wanted it to contend against more prestigious content like Breaking Bad.) But its just-concluded second season, eligible for the 2016 Emmys, faces stricter, new requirements: Shows that do not have recurring characters or storylines now must compete as limited series.…
MASSACHUSETTS Olive Kitteridge HBO “We used the Cape Ann area to represent Crosby, Maine,” says executive producer Gary Goetzman. “It had a coastline that was close to the one in Maine. And in Gloucester, we found the ideal little town. We also found a house on a little peninsula that was a beautiful, haunting, lovely, lonely spot — all the things you would want to feel from the location. But finding the Kitteridge house was a challenge: [Director] Lisa Cholodenko wanted to find the exterior and interior in one place — not build on a stage if possible. When we found a house, we did renovations inside to suit the Kitteridges’ needs: We painted and of course did the entire dressing of the house; we took all of the owners’…
