Innholdsfortegnelse for Awards Special 34B - December 13, 2023 i The Hollywood Reporter

I’m wearing the suit because it makes me feel better about myself,” says The Bear’s Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). In a rare show of vulnerability, the often irritating yet charismatic hothead acknowledges his fears and insecurities while embracing the value of teamwork and acts of service. Initiated by a weeklong “stagiaire” (unpaid intern) stint at a gleaming three-Michelin-starred restaurant, a suit arc charts Richie’s transformation into an integral teammate and confident leader. To set the tone and sky-high expectations at the Chicago establishment run by the mythical Chef Terry (Olivia Colman), costume designer Courtney Wheeler joined a location-scouting visit to two-Michelin-starred Ever, where the show filmed. “It is so Zen, and there’s a peacefulness but a seriousness, and they bring that to their uniforms,” says Wheeler, who found inspiration there for…

After Nicole Beharie joined the third season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, as new anchor Chris Hunter, a pivotal moment in her quick preparation process happened while speaking to CBS Mornings’ Gayle King. Beharie says the veteran newscaster “told me a story about a moment when she felt like the world was on her shoulders and where her identity as a Black woman in this space was heavier than she would like it to be.” After Beharie revealed some of her trepidation around being a tonal fit for the ensemble and stepping into what she describes as a “well-oiled machine” of a show, King — pointing to her experiences as an anchor — responded, “We don’t have time for that. You are the answer to many people’s dreams, and…

Johnny B! Johnny B!” Matt Bomer exclaims as he logs in to Zoom to join his Fellow Travelers co-star, Jonathan Bailey, to do press for their critically acclaimed Showtime limited series. “Hey, Matty Mo,” Bailey replies. The actors spent about six months filming the eight-episode series — so, of course, they’ve established a playful bond. On this particular day, they’ve even given each other nicknames. “I don’t think I’ve ever called Matt ‘Matty Mo’ in my life,” a smiling Bailey says. “I love Matty Mo,” Bomer replies. “Listen, I love Matty Mo. I appreciate it.” Bomer and Bailey built a brotherhood and onscreen chemistry for the historical romantic drama about two male political staffers who fall in love at the height of the Lavender Scare, a time when homosexuals were…

SAM CLAFLIN AS BILLY DUNNE, DAISY JONES & THE SIX (PRIME VIDEO) Claflin had no trouble slipping into the intense feelings of ’70s-era singer Billy Dunne. “Emotions were so on the edge for me at the time,” says Claflin. “Previously when I’d shot emotional scenes, I’ve needed a tear stick to help push me over the edge. But on Daisy, I didn’t need one ounce of help.” For Claflin, it was partially his own divorce that still loomed over him, but also the fact that star-crossed love was not an unfamiliar concept. “I have experienced unrequited love, the chasing and the inability of making certain decisions in certain moments,” he says. “There were so many conversations between Billy and Camila (Camila Morrone), or Billy and Daisy (Riley Keough), that I…

Early in the final season of The Other Two, Cary Dubek (Drew Tarver) shows up at the distant and dingy offices of a Brooklyn-based burrito review website ready to do some press for his straight-to-VOD indie movie — only to discover what he’s actually been sent to is a mental health facility. “You are here because anyone desperate enough to say yes to that level of press, and then actually show up to do it, is deeply unwell,” the doctor gravely informs him. But if Cary’s predicament is an obvious and hilarious exaggeration, the impulse underlying it might feel uncomfortably recognizable. Fame exerts its own gravitational pull, whether you’re chasing it, existing in it or simply feeling its tug from outside of it. It’s no surprise it’s been a favorite…

Ahsoka (Disney+) In this drama series spinoff of the Emmy-nominated The Mandalorian, Rosario Dawson returns as Ahsoka Tano, the Clone Wars-era Jedi apprentice of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen is back!). The show is at 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and did big numbers on Disney+. Fellow Travelers (Showtime) Ron Nyswaner’s limited series adaptation of a 2007 novel stars Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey as politicos and lovers across a period of consequential decades and is currently at an impressive 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The show and both actors have already received Critics Choice Award noms. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Paramount+) David Oyelowo finds one of his meatiest roles in the first installment of this new anthology series, playing a former slave who became the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west…

Hurt people hurt people. Cursed people take hurt to a whole new level. Such pain is on full display in The Curse, the Showtime drama series from creators and stars Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, with Oscar winner Emma Stone rounding out the core trio. The Curse centers on Fielder and Stone as Asher and Whitney, a married couple in Española, New Mexico. The series follows the pair as they team with filmmaker Dougie (Safdie) to turn their home renovation business into a home renovation reality TV series. It’s an increasingly difficult prospect as Asher suffers the consequences of a curse put upon him by a girl selling candy in a parking lot — leading to casino heists, cherry tomato turmoil and other forms of unbearable (and unbearably funny) drama.…

Open up X (formerly known as Twitter), search for “Lessons in Chemistry,” scroll for a bit, and a few patterns will begin to emerge. The first is that the television adaptation’s rabid fan base — it’s based on Bonnie Garmus’ 2022 novel, which was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller — is really smitten with Lewis Pullman. The internet is all but flooded with fan-cam-style tributes to the actor and his portrayal of Calvin Evans, renowned chemistry researcher and love interest to Brie Larson’s Elizabeth Zott. The actor signed on to the project, which Larson optioned before the book hit shelves, just as the novel’s popularity was kicking off, so he wasn’t yet aware what proverbially large shoes he would be filling. But he says he still felt the…

Casting Magic Johnson was never going to be easy. In fact, the casting directors for HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty had already seen hundreds of actors before they stumbled upon an audition tape from Quincy Isaiah, a young Michigan native with no IMDb profile to speak of. Showrunner Max Borenstein has said, “It was immediately clear that he was the guy.” Now, with the show signing off after two seasons, the charismatic star opens up about his master class in fame and what comes next. How did your approach to the character and to the show change from season one, where so much was a first for you, to season two? It is one of those things where I know the ropes now, I’ve climbed this…

Early in Netflix’s All the Light We Cannot See, based on Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prizewinning book, Daniel LeBlanc (Mark Ruffalo) unveils a three-dimensional replica of his Parisian neighborhood for his blind daughter, Marie-Laure (played as a child by Nell Sutton). “It’s an image right off the pages of the novel,” says director Shawn Levy, who helmed the five-episode series. “I remember imagining [it] so vividly years ago when I read the book.” Levy — whose film credits include Free Guy and the upcoming Deadpool 3 — admits the World War II drama is unlike anything he’s done before. “I picked creative partners who understood this needed an aesthetic language,” he says, noting that DP Tobias A. Schliessler and production designer Simon Elliott brought “texture, art and atmosphere” to LeBlanc’s home.…