How World-Building Took Over Television

How World-Building Took Over Television

Television series these days have never been busier. Shows exist against a backdrop of sprawling storylines; they contain characters with indefinite spinoff potential. When Emmy voters start marking their ballots this season, they won’t just be weighing in on an episode, performance or even series. They’ll be evaluating a world — a set of interconnected…

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Nicole Scherzinger on How Her “Pop Star Mentality” Prepared Her for ‘Sunset Blvd.,’ “Manifesting” a Film Adaptation and First Tony Nom

Nicole Scherzinger on How Her “Pop Star Mentality” Prepared Her for ‘Sunset Blvd.,’ “Manifesting” a Film Adaptation and First Tony Nom

Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her Tonys closeup. Scherzinger scored her first Tony nomination last week for playing Norma Desmond, a former film star who enlists Joe Gillis (played by Tom Francis) to help with her planned comeback, in director Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of the musical and film Sunset Boulevard, with Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s music….

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Bella Ramsey Says Gendered Awards Categories Are “Important” to Ensure “Recognition for Women in the Industry Is Preserved”

Bella Ramsey Says Gendered Awards Categories Are “Important” to Ensure “Recognition for Women in the Industry Is Preserved”

Bella Ramsey is opening up about their opinions on having male and female-gendered awards categories.  The Last of Us star candidly came out as non-binary and gender fluid while promoting the show’s first season. During a Tuesday episode of The Louis Theroux Podcast, Ramsey said they “didn’t find it insulting” when they were nominated in…

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2025 Tony Awards: ‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ ‘Death Becomes Her,’ ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Lead Nominations

2025 Tony Awards: ‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ ‘Death Becomes Her,’ ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Lead Nominations

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the 2025 Tony nominations with 10 nods each.  All are nominated for best musical, a category that also includes Dead Outlaw and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical. A number of starry names received their first Tony nomination, including George Clooney, for his…

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Marlee Matlin Makes Plea for Greater Accessibility as Oscar SciTech Awards Honors Captioning

Marlee Matlin Makes Plea for Greater Accessibility as Oscar SciTech Awards Honors Captioning

Marlee Matlin made an appearance at the 2025 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Tuesday night to accept an Academy Award of Merit recognizing “all the individuals who have developed and supported captioning technology, whether open or closed, for film.” In receiving the Oscar statuette, which will remain at the…

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