Innholdsfortegnelse for Award Special 25A, August 11, 2022 i The Hollywood Reporter

When producer Matti Leshem first brought me the script for The Survivor, I had a visceral reaction and knew I had to make the film. In part it was because I had known members of my own family who had survived the Holocaust, and I had seen its effects on their lives. But more so because I have always had an interest in telling the stories of the great immigrant experience that made this country what it is: a true melting pot that benefited from real diversity, not just of ethnicity but of thought. The Survivor is not a Holocaust film as much as a post-Holocaust film. The true story of Harry Haft’s survival in the camps by fighting repeated gladiatorial death matches is harrowing, but it is the effects…

Kaitlin Olson is best known for playing Deandra “Sweet Dee” Reynolds for 15 seasons on FX’s long-running comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, holding her own alongside her four male costars (Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Danny DeVito and her real-life husband, Rob McElhenney). In 2021, she earned her first Emmy nom for the shortform Quibi series Flipped, and she returns to the competition this season for her guest role as D.J. Vance — daughter to Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance — on the HBO Max comedy Hacks. Olson spoke with THR about what attracted her to the role and how it brought a fresh perspective to the “broken” characters the comic actress loves to play. What about the character first appealed to you? I really loved that D.J. was basically an…

SCREAM FRANCHISE (1996-2000) Schreiber had a brief role as convicted killer Cotton Weary in the first of Wes Craven’s meta-slashers, then returned for the sequels after his character was exonerated — only to be pursued by the costumed killer himself. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004) Schreiber (right) starred in Jonathan Demme’s psychological thriller, a remake of John Frankenheimer’s 1962 neo-noir, as Raymond Shaw, a U.S. congressman who is brainwashed into becoming a political assassin. DEFIANCE (2008) In Edward Zwick’s World War II drama, Schreiber and co-star Daniel Craig play Polish Jewish brothers Zus and Tuvia Bielski, respectively. They led the Bielski partisans, a group devoted to saving Jews from persecution and extermination in German-occupied Poland. Schreiber appeared as President Lyndon B. Johnson in the historical drama film directed by Lee Daniels (and…

Among Squid Game’s history-making 14 Emmy nominations is a best supporting actor nod for Park Hae-soo. The actor plays Cho Sang-woo, the childhood friend of protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who are unexpectedly reconnected in a deadly competition on the Netflix drama series. With the help of a translator, Park tells THR that he hopes the series brings new opportunities to reach audiences across the world. What appealed to you about playing Cho Sang-woo? His life. He was in a position to be an elite, who turned out to be a criminal in society. He fell into the abyss of life. As an actor, I thought he was very layered and I could portray him as being very multifaceted. Was there a moment when you were filming when you realized…

HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Netflix) The fourth season of this show, hosted by a legendary five-time Emmy winner, followed the first three to a nomination in this category — but a win this year would be its first. Featuring six in-depth interviews with celebrities from Will Smith to Cardi B, it dropped in May, as recently as any nominee in the category, but this is its sole nomination. The Problem With Jon Stewart (Apple TV+) This rookie show, hosted by a 22-time Emmy winner returning to television for the first time in six years, featured eight episodes highlighting social issues such as veterans’ health problems caused by burn pits, a cause for which Stewart has recently been in the news. It’s…

This episode of FX’s vampire mockumentary sees the show’s ensemble take a trip to Atlantic City, where Nandor, Laszlo and Nadja suddenly find themselves in big trouble. “We’re always thinking of pieces of vampire lore we haven’t spoofed on the show,” says Emmy-nominated writer Sarah Naftalis of the rule of vampirism that requires the bloodsuckers to keep ancestral soil in their coffins — without it, they cannot rest and their powers will fade. This scene, which takes place in their hotel room as they discover their individual collections of soil are missing, sets up the major conflict of the episode.…

Over the course of a handful of months, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist creator Austin Winsberg experienced a creative and emotional roller-coaster ride of highs and lows, beginning with the cancellation of the adored but oft-ratings-challenged NBC musical dramedy that drew many of its storylines from his family’s very personal experiences with his father’s rare condition, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), to its revival by Roku for the holiday-themed TV movie Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, which was made at a lightning-quick pace, deftly wrapping up the series’ lingering storylines while subtly leaving the door open for future installments. Now, a year after it began, Winsberg’s roller-coaster ride scaled up to another high point: The movie has been nominated for two Emmys, for outstanding television movie and outstanding choreography for scripted programming. Winsberg joined THR…

Liev Schrber may be best known for his TV work playing the eponymous Boston-bred Hollywood fixer on the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan, which brought him three Emmy nominations during its seven-season run. But he’s also a Tony winner (in 2005 for his role in Glengarry Glen Ross), has been described in 2007 by Ben Brantley of The New York Times as the “finest American theater actor of his generation” and additionally is a star of 2015’s best picture Oscar-winning film Spotlight (for which he also won the best ensemble SAG Award as part of the cast). His other credits include the Scream films (1996-2000), Ransom (1996), The Manchurian Candidate (2005), The Omen (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Salt (2010), and he’s lent his voice to such animated films…

After Reno 911! was canceled in 2009, following its six-season run on Comedy Central, Robert Ben Garant (who starred in and co-created the series alongside Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver) always had a feeling the show had a second life. “Reno had been off the air for over 10 years,” says Garant of the effort to find a new home for the Cops spoof, which followed a bumbling crew of deputies in the Nevada city who attempt to uphold law and order — but often create their own disorder. “We edited together a highlight reel and tried to sell it, and everybody passed.” That is, until Quibi came calling, and Garant and his colleagues realized that the now-shuttered shortform video platform would be the perfect place for the show. “We…

NOMINATIONS AND WINS BY SERIES WINNING VOICES These actors have won the prize at least once since 2002 Many actors have won both Oscars and Emmys, but Hathaway is the only 2002-21 Oscar acting winner who has also won in the Emmy voiceover character category. NOMINATIONS BY PLATFORM 2022 is the first year without a nomination for a network show NOMS/WINS BY NETWORK With The Simpsons and Family Guy, Fox wasn’t messing around when it began calling its Sunday-night block ‘Animation Domination’ Though most performances in this category were recognized for animated series, three out of ABC’s five nominations came from live-action series: two for Brenda Strong as Mary-Alice Young on Desperate Housewives and one for Stacey Abrams as herself on Black-ish.…