The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced there are 15 films remaining in consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 2017 Oscars. According to the Academy’s rules, members of the Academy’s Documentary Branch selected the films that remain on the shortlist. From the list of 15, the Documentary Branch members will choose five nominees that will represent the category at the 89th Academy Awards. The following 15 films made the cut in the category that began with 145 documentary films submitted.
The full list of nominees in all categories will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. The 2017 Oscars will take place on February 26th with Jimmy Kimmel confirmed as host. The Academy Awards will air live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
The following 15 films made the cut in the category that began with 145 documentary films submitted.
“Cameraperson,” Big Mouth Productions
“Command and Control,” American Experience Films/PBS
“The Eagle Huntress,” Stacey Reiss Productions, Kissiki Films and 19340 Productions
“Fire at Sea,” Stemal Entertainment “Gleason,” Dear Rivers Productions, Exhibit A and IMG Films
“Hooligan Sparrow,” Little Horse Crossing the River
“I Am Not Your Negro,” Velvet Film
“The Ivory Game,” Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions
“Life, Animated,” Motto Pictures and A&E IndieFilms “O.J.: Made in America,” Laylow Films and ESPN Films
“13th,” Forward Movement
“Tower,” Go-Valley
“Weiner,” Edgeline Films
“The Witness,” The Witnesses Film
“Zero Days,” Jigsaw Productions
Beyoncé leads the list of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards nominees with nine including nominations in the Album of the Year and Song of the Year categories. Beyoncé’s nine nominations bring her career total nominations to 62 with 20 wins. Also earning multiple nominations were Rihanna, Drake, and Kanye West with eight each, while Chance the Rapper picked up seven nominations. Winners will be announced during the 2017 Grammy Awards airing live on CBS on February 12th.
“Just as we see emerging musicians experimenting, we’re also seeing established artists resisting what’s expected of them and, instead, embracing the creative freedom they’ve been afforded through their success, blurring the lines between music’s mainstream and artistic edge,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy.
“Every submission we receive for GRAMMY consideration represents intensely soul-baring, technically exacting creative work—no group understands what each recording embodies better than Recording Academy voters, who are professional music makers themselves,” said Bill Freimuth, Recording Academy Senior Vice President of Awards.
Grammy Awards Nominees:
Album Of The Year:
25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Record Of The Year:
“Hello” — Adele
“Formation” — Beyoncé
“7 Years” — Lukas Graham
“Work” — Rihanna Featuring Drake
“Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots
Song Of The Year:
“Formation” — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
“I Took A Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
“Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
“7 Years” — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 — Adele
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
Confident — Demi Lovato
This Is Acting — Sia
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin — Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch — Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega
Best Rock Album:
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
Weezer — Weezer
Best Alternative Music Album:
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna
Best Rap Performance:
“No Problem” — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
“Panda” —Desiigner
“Pop Style” — Drake Featuring The Throne
“All The Way Up” — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
“That Part” — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance:
“Love Can Go To Hell” — Brandy Clark
“Vice” — Miranda Lambert
“My Church” — Maren Morris
“Church Bells” — Carrie Underwood
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Sound Of Red — René Marie
Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
Take Me To The Alley — Gregory Porter
Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell
The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band
Best Gospel Album:
Listen —Tim Bowman Jr.
Fill This House — Shirley Caesar
A Worshipper’s Heart [Live] —Todd Dulaney
Losing My Religion — Kirk Franklin
Demonstrate [Live] —William Murphy
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Poets & Saints — All Sons & Daughters
American Prodigal — Crowder
Be One — Natalie Grant
Youth Revival [Live] — Hillsong Young & Free
Love Remains — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas — Jesse & Joy
Ilusión — Gaby Moreno
Similares — Laura Pausini
Seguir Latiendo — Sanalejo
Buena Vida — Diego Torres
Best American Roots Performance:
“Ain’t No Man” — The Avett Brothers
“Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time” — Blind Boys Of Alabama
“Factory Girl” — Rhiannon Giddens
“House Of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz
“Wreck You” — Lori McKenna
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett
M Train — Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A.Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia) — (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
“Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Just Like Fire” — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
“Purple Lamborghini” — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
“Try Everything” — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
“The Veil” — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from: Snowden
Best Music Video:
“Formation” — Beyoncé
“River” — Leon Bridges
“Up & Up” — Coldplay
“Gosh” — Jamie XX
“Upside Down & Inside Out” — OK Go
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Benny Blanco
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed
Ice Cube and Charlie Day play teachers preparing to battle it out on the last day of school in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, Fist Fight, which just released a new trailer and poster. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Richie Keen directs from a script by Van Robichaux and Evan Susser, with Day, Ice Cube, Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Samuel J. Brown, Dave Neustadter, Marty P. Ewing, Billy Rosenberg, and Bruce Berman executive producing. The cast also includes Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Dennis Haysbert, and Joanna Garcia Swisher. Warner Bros Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, and New Line Cinema are planning a February 17, 2017 theatrical release.
The Plot: On the last day of the year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. But things go from bad to worse when he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throw down after school. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and ends up becoming the very thing this school, and Campbell, needed.
Josh Duhamel and Director/Executive Producer Michael Bay on the set of ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ from Paramount Pictures
The first official teaser trailer for Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: The Last Knight debuted during the December 5, 2016 Monday Night Football game on ESPN. The studio revealed the new trailer along with two taglines that will likely recur throughout the advertising campaign. The first declares the film will feature “two species at war – one flesh, one metal.” The second tagline sounds like it could fit any war movie, including those that don’t involve transforming robots: “Without sacrifice, there can be no victory.” Both are used in the opening voice-over by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the first-look trailer.
Directed by Michael Bay, the fifth film of the Transformers franchise stars Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, and Anthony Hopkins. Paramount’s aiming for a June 23, 2017 theatrical release.
Grammy Award winner Meghan Trainor will be contributing a song to the soundtrack of Smurfs: The Lost Village. Trainor wrote “I’m a Lady” specifically for the film and will performing it on the soundtrack. According to Sony Pictures Animation, Trainor’s “I’m a Lady” will be released in 2017 prior to the film’s April 7, 2017 theatrical release. And during an interview at the KIIS FM 2016 Jingle Ball, Trainor described the song as “an upbeat, love yourself, woman anthem.”
“I love the Smurfs and was honored when they asked me to write a song for this new movie. I was especially excited – I wrote the whole thing in one evening!” said Trainor.
The new Smurfs film reboots the franchise, taking out the live-action element and sticking with just animation. Smurfs: The Lost Village is directed by Kelly Asbury from a script by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon. The voice cast includes Demi Lovato as Smurfette, Rainn Wilson as Gargamel, Joe Manganiello as Hefty Smurf, Jack McBrayer as Clumsy Smurf, Danny Pudi as Brainy Smurf, and Mandy Patinkin as Papa Smurf.
The Plot: In this fully animated, fresh new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting and thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest filled with magical creatures to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard Gargamel does. Embarking on a rollercoaster journey full of action and danger, the Smurfs are on a course that leads to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history!
Dan Stevens stars in ‘Legion’ (Photo Credit: Chris Large-FX)
FX has released a new trailer for Legion along with announcing the series’ premiere date of February 8, 2017. The sci-fi thriller set in the X-Men world stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey and the upcoming Beauty and the Beast live-action film) and comes from executive producers Noah Hawley, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory and John Cameron.
The Legion cast also includes Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Keller, Katie Aselton, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Bill Irwin, and Jean Smart.
The Plot:Legion, based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, is the story of David Haller (Stevens), a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic as a child, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. Now in his early 30s and institutionalized once again, David loses himself in the rhythm of the structured regimen of life in the hospital: breakfast, lunch, dinner, therapy, medications, sleep. David spends the rest of his time in companionable silence alongside his chatterbox friend Lenny (Plaza), a fellow patient whose life-long drug and alcohol addiction has done nothing to quell her boundless optimism that her luck is about to change. The pleasant numbness of David’s routine is completely upended with the arrival of a beautiful and troubled new patient named Syd (Keller). Inexplicably drawn to one another, David and Syd share a startling encounter, after which David must confront the shocking possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees may actually be real.
A haunted man, David escapes from the hospital and seeks shelter with his sister Amy (Aselton). But Amy’s concern for her brother is trumped by her desire to protect the picture perfect suburban life she’s built for herself. Eventually, Syd guides David to Melanie Bird (Smart), a nurturing but demanding therapist with a sharp mind and unconventional methods. She and her team of specialists – Ptonomy (Harris), Kerry (Midthunder) and Cary (Irwin) – open David’s eyes to an extraordinary new world of possibilities.
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in a scene from ‘Better Call Saul’ (Photo: Lewis Jacobs / AMC)
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) just announced their nominations for the best in television in 2016. Among the nominees for the 2017 Writers Guild Awards are The Americans, Better Call Saul, Westworld, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, and Westworld. Season one of NBC’s This Is Us earned multiple nominations as did FX’s Atlanta and Netflix’s Stranger Things.
Winners will be announced during the 2017 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2017.
WGA 2017 Awards – Television Nominees
DRAMA SERIES
The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Tanya Barfield, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX
Better Call Saul, Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Jonathan Glatzer, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith; AMC
Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, D.B. Weiss; HBO
Stranger Things, Written by Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock; Netflix
Westworld, Written by Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter; Dan Dietz, Halley Gross; Lisa Joy; Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu; HBO
COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta, Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
Silicon Valley, Written by Megan Amram, Alec Berg, Donick Cary, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner; HBO
Transparent, Written by Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Jessi Klein, Stephanie Kornick, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway; Amazon Studios
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Written by Emily Altman, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Marlena Rodriguez, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Josh Siegal, Allison Silverman, Leila Strachan; Netflix
Veep, Written by Rachel Axler, Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Eric Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson; HBO
NEW SERIES
Atlanta, Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
Better Things, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Gina Fattore; FX
Stranger Things, Written by Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock; Netflix
This Is Us, Written by Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Fogelman, Vera Herbert, Joe Lawson, Kay Oyegun, Aurin Squire, K.J. Steinberg, Donald Todd; NBC
Westworld, Written by Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu; HBO
LONG FORM ORIGINAL
American Crime, Written by Julie Hébert, Sonay Hoffman, Keith Huff, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Kirk A. Moore, Davy Perez, Diana Son; ABC
Confirmation, Written by Susannah Grant; HBO
Harley and the Davidsons, Written by Seth Fisher, Nick Schenk, Evan Wright; Discovery Channel
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, Written by Dianne Houston; Lifetime
LONG FORM ADAPTED
11.22.63, Written by Bridget Carpenter, Brigitte Hales, Joe Henderson, Brian Nelson, Quinton Peeples, Based on the novel by Stephen King; Hulu
American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, Written by Scott Alexander, Joe Robert Cole, D.V. DeVincentis, Maya Forbes, Larry Karaszewski, Wally Wolodarsky, Based on the book The Run of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin; FX
Madoff, Written by Ben Robbins, Inspired by the Book The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth by Brian Ross; ABC
The Night Of, Written by Richard Price, Steve Zaillian, Based on the BBC Series Criminal Justice Created by Peter Moffat; HBO
Roots, Written by Lawrence Konner, Alison McDonald, Charles Murray, Mark Rosenthal, Based upon the Book by Alex Haley; History Channel
SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ORIGINAL
“Episode 101” (Now We’re Talking), Written by Tug Coker, Tommy Dewey; go90.com
“Escape the Room” (Life Ends at 30), Written by Michael Field; vimeo.com
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” Episode 1 (Thug Passion), Written by Motrya Tomycz; vimeo.com
“The Party” (The Commute), Written by Linsey Stewart & Dane Clark; youtube.com
SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ADAPTED
“Passage” Part 4 (Fear the Walking Dead), Written by Lauren Signorino & Mike Zunic; amc.com
“Under Siege” (The Strain), Written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, Based on the novels by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan; fxnetworks.com
ANIMATION
“Barthood” (The Simpsons), Written by Dan Greaney; Fox
“First Day of Rule” (Elena of Avalor), Written by Craig Gerber; Disney Channel
“Fish Out of Water” (BoJack Horseman), Written by Elijah Aron & Jordan Young; Netflix
“A Princess on Lothal” (Star Wars Rebels), Written by Steven Melching; Disney XD
“Stop the Presses” (BoJack Horseman), Written by Joe Lawson; Netflix
EPISODIC DRAMA
“Gloves Off” (Better Call Saul), Written by Gordon Smith; AMC
“I Am a Storm” (Shameless), Written by Sheila Callaghan; Showtime
“Klick” (Better Call Saul), Written by Heather Marion & Vince Gilligan; AMC
“Switch” (Better Call Saul), Written by Thomas Schnauz; AMC
“The Trip” (This Is Us), Written by Vera Herbert; NBC
“The Winds of Winter” (Game of Thrones), Written for Television by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss; HBO
EPISODIC COMEDY
“Kimmy Finds Her Mom!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Written by Tina Fey & Sam Means; Netflix
“Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix
“Pilot” (One Mississippi), Written by Diablo Cody & Tig Notaro; Amazon Studios
“R-A-Y-C-Ray-Cation” (Speechless), Written by Carrie Rosen & Seth Kurland; ABC
“Streets on Lock” (Atlanta), Written by Stephen Glover; FX
“A Taste of Zephyria” (Son of Zorn), Written by Dan Mintz; Fox
COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Writers: Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Lauren Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joe Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parson, Daniel Radosh, Michelle Wolf; Comedy Central
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO
Late Night with Seth Meyers, Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, Andrew Law, John Lutz, Aparna Nancherla, Chioke Nassor, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Conner O’Malley, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Michelle Wolf; NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Writers: Mike Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack; NBC
COMEDY / VARIETY – SKETCH SERIES
Documentary Now!, Writers: Bill Hader, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers; IFC
Inside Amy Schumer, Writers: Kim Carmele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jessi Klein, Michael Lawrence, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Claudia O’Doherty, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Central
Maya and Marty in Manhattan, Head Writers: Mikey Day, Matt Roberts, Bryan Tucker Writers: Eli Bauman, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Hallie Cantor, David Feldman, R J Fried, Melissa Hunter, Paul Masella, Tim McAuliffe, John Mulaney, Diallo Riddle, Maya Rudolph, Bashir Salahuddin, Marika Sawyer, Streeter Seidell, Martin Short; Emily Spivey, Steve Young; NBC
Nathan For You, Written by Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers: Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Tim Herlihy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette; NBC
68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Robert Cohen, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Jon Macks, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Jeff Stilson, Joe Strazzullo, Alexis Wilkinson; ABC
73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material Written by Dave Boone, Ricky Gervais, Jon Macks, Matthew Robinson; NBC
88th Annual Academy Awards, Written by Dave Boone, Billy Kimball; Special Material Written by Scott Aukerman, Rodney Barnes, Neil Campbell, Matthew Claybrooks, Lance Crouther, Mike Ferrucci, Langston Kerman, Jon Macks, Steve O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Vanessa Ramos, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Michelle Wolf; CBS
Triumph’s Election Special, Written by Andy Breckman, Josh Comers, David Feldman, R J Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, Matthew Kirsch, Michael Koman, Mike Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, Robert Smigel, Zach Smilovitz, Andrew Weinberg; Hulu
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Hollywood Game Night, Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter, Dwight D. Smith; NBC
Jeopardy!, Written by John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse; ABC
DAYTIME DRAMA
General Hospital, Writers: Shelly Altman, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Janet Iacobuzio, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten, Christopher Whitesell; ABC
CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – EPISODIC AND SPECIALS
“Girl Meets Commonism” (Girl Meets World), Written by Joshua Jacobs & Michael Jacobs; Disney Channel
“Just Add Mom” (Just Add Magic), Written by John-Paul Nickel; Amazon Studios
“Mel vs. The Night Mare of Normal Street” (Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street), Written by Laurie Parres; Amazon Studios
“Mucko Polo, Grouch Explorer” (Sesame Street), Written by Belinda Ward; HBO
CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
Dance Camp, Teleplay by Nick Turner & Rex New and Cameron Fay, Story by Nick Turner & Rex New; youtube.com
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas, Written by Geri Cole & Ken Scarborough; HBO
R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet Of Souls, Written by Billy Brown & Dan Angel; Freeform
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS
“Chasing Heroin” (Frontline), written by Marcela Gaviria; PBS
“The Choice 2016” (Frontline); Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
“Inside Assad’s Syria” (Frontline), Written by Martin Smith; PBS
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“American Reds,” Written by Richard Wormser; WPTS Dayton
“Jackie Robinson, Part One,” Written by David McMahon & Sarah Burns; PBS
“Netanyahu at War” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Ambush In Dallas” (World News Tonight With David Muir), Written by David Bloch, Karen Mooney, David Muir, David Schoetz; ABC News
“Brussels Under Attack” (World News Tonight With David Muir), Written by David Bloch, Karen Mooney, David Muir, David Schoetz; ABC News
“Muhammad Ali: Remembering A Legend” (48 Hours), Written by Jerry Cipriano, John Craig Wilson; CBS News
NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“CBS Sunday Morning Almanac” June 12, 2016 (CBS Sunday Morning), Written by Thomas A. Harris; CBS
Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan in ‘The Walking Dead’ season 7 episode 7 (Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC)
“Back off, Dwight. Is that any way to treat our new guest? C’mon kid, I’m going to show you around,” says Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) to Carl (Chandler Riggs) who has just killed two Saviors during a failed attempt to assassinate Negan in AMC’s horror/drama series, The Walking Dead.
As season seven episode seven begins, Michonne (Danai Gurira) is walking down the road while whistling. She’s deliberately drawing walkers toward her, and she uses her sword to put both of them down. Michonne then drags the two dead walkers to a specific spot on the road.
Carl and Jesus (Tom Payne) are in the back of the Saviors’ truck as it heads toward Negan’s compound. As they drive along, Jesus is looking for landmarks while leaving a trail so he’ll be able to track the truck’s route to Negan’s home base. He tells Carl they need to jump out now that the truck has slowed enough, but Carl asks Jesus to go first so he can copy how he does it. Jesus jumps and scrambles for cover. He looks back at the truck after hitting the ground to see Carl standing and waving goodbye, quickly realizing that Carl has tricked him.
Negan takes Carl to where his wives hang out and lets him watch as he questions Sherry (Christine Evangelista) about her sister-wife Amber getting together with her former lover, Mark. Sherry asks Negan to go easy on Amber and to her surprise, he acts as if he will, telling Amber she can go back with Mark. Then Negan promises he’ll give her, Mark, and her mom a different job which terrifies Amber who apologizes through her tears and says she belongs to Negan. He tells her he doesn’t know why she’s crying because she’s going to make out very well with her decision but that there are consequences.
Before moving on, Negan makes out with Sherry in front of Dwight (Austin Amelio) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) who’s standing there holding a party tray. As Negan turns to leave with Carl, Daryl begins to tell Negan not to hurt Carl. Negan tells Dwight to lock Daryl back up in his cell for speaking out of line.
On the road, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Aaron (Ross Marquand) are searching for supplies and Rick is concerned because he believes the Saviors will be back any day now. They see a sign on a gate with a warning to travelers to continue on, advising them only danger waits for them beyond the gate. Rick and Aaron decide to risk it, pass through the gate, and head up the road.
Back at the Saviors’ compound, Carl and Negan enter a bedroom and Negan tells the kid to have a seat because he wants to get to know him better. As he talks to Carl, telling him that he’s impressed by how he did try to take him out, Negan just can’t get past looking at the bandage over Carl’s wound. Negan orders Carl to take it off, saying, “It’s like talking to a birthday present.” Carl says no, but Negan warns him not to test him. Carl does as he’s instructed and Negan visibly reacts to the horrible wound and tells Carl that it’s really ugly. He goes on and on about it until Carl starts to break down and begins to cry.
Negan backs off after seeing Carl cry and actually apologizes to him, saying that sometimes he forgets that he’s just a kid. He tells Carl that he shouldn’t cover up the wound but leave it for all to see. He advises Carl that it may not make him popular with the ladies, but no man will ever mess with him after seeing that wound.
Negan then asks Carl what he likes to do for fun and asks about music. “I know…I want you to sing for me,” says the sadistic bully. Carl says he doesn’t know any songs, but Negan calls his bluff saying he knows his mother must have sung to him when he was little. Carl tries to ask why and Negan’s demeanor changes to the Negan we have come to know – tough and serious – and he responds coldly, “Because you killed two of MY men. This is the price.” Carl, being a little afraid of Negan for the first time since getting caught, starts to sing “You are My Sunshine” while Negan swings his bat around the room, commanding Carl not to let it distract him and to continue. When Carl finishes, Negan tells him that wasn’t half bad and Lucille likes it when people serenade her. Negan tells Carl to get up and follow him.
Back on the road, Spencer (Austin Nichols) is out scavenging for supplies with Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) when the two men have a heart-to-heart about Rick. Spencer admits that he hates Rick and thinks everyone would be better off if Rick didn’t make it back to camp alive. He goes on to admit he blames Rick for his mother’s death and for everyone else who died in Alexandria. Gabriel stops Spencer and tells him that it’s possible people didn’t die because of Rick being there and that Rick is a good man and leader not just because he knows how to lead but because he brought them all together and kept them together. Gabriel goes on to tell Spencer he’s being a sh*# but that it’s just for now and doesn’t have to be a permanent thing. Gabriel decides not to continue on with Spencer and heads back to town.
Spencer keeps going on his own and comes across a walker stuck up in a tree next to a crossbow. Spencer gets a rope and uses it to knock the crossbow down and accidentally knocks down the walker, too, ripping it apart. He checks its pockets and finds a note about supplies at a certain location.
Austin Amelio as Dwight and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan in ‘The Walking Dead’ (Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC)
Negan brings Carl to a large room in the factory where Saviors are gathered. Mark is in the center of the gathering, tied to a chair. Negan reminds everyone about the rules and that he wishes he didn’t have to burn Mark, but he broke the rules. With everyone watching, Negan takes a red-hot iron and puts it against Mark’s face. Mark screams in agony until he wets himself and passes out. Negan, not being pleased that his suffering ended early, tells Daryl to clean up the mess Mark made and orders the doctor to do his thing.
Negan turns to Carl and says, “You probably think I’m crazy,” and then tells Carl he needs to decide to what to do with him. Carl asks Negan why he hasn’t killed him, Daryl, or his father. Negan reveals he believes Daryl is going to make a good soldier and that Rick is a good scavenger. Negan asks Carl what he thinks he should do with him and Carl tells him to throw himself out the window so that he and Rick don’t have to kill him.
Impressed with Carl’s cockiness, Negan decides to return him to Alexandria. Negan and Carl prepare to leave in the truck which Jesus is hiding on top of, and as they’re exiting Daryl threatens Negan again not to harm Carl. Negan responds by instructing Dwight to put Daryl back in his box. Not long after Dwight deposits Carl in the cell, footsteps are heard outside Daryl’s door and a message is shoved under the door with a key attached to it. Daryl takes it and reads the note which says, “Go now.”
Back on the road, Eugene (Josh McDermitt) and Rosita (Christian Serratos) travel to where Eugene originally talked about making ammunition for them. Rosita wants Eugene to make her a bullet, but Eugene doesn’t want to, reminding Rosita that they’re outnumbered. Rosita is determined to have Eugene make a bullet and says some very hurtful but true things to Eugene about how he lied to save himself and that he’s only alive because he pretended to be someone he’s not. Hurt but still needing to prove he can be useful, Eugene starts making Rosita a bullet. After he’s finished, Rosita tries halfheartedly to apologize to Eugene, but he won’t accept it. He calls her out, telling her she’s only apologizing now because she got what she wanted and is trying to make herself feel better. “I’d like to take it back to awkward silence now,” says the ammunition maker.
At Alexandria, Carl is forced to give Negan the grand tour which includes picking on Olivia until she cries and the horror of Negan finding little Judith and taking a real shine to her. Negan moves to the front porch, sitting next to Carl while holding little Judith in his lap. He confesses to Carl that he really likes the suburbs and says that maybe Carl is right, he should kill him and Rick.
Out on a dirt road, a truck comes across a roadblock made of slaughtered walkers. A woman Savior gets out of the truck for a closer look, and that’s when Michonne sneaks up on her with her sword, ready to attack. She makes the woman give up her gun and knife and get back in the truck. Michonne gets in the truck next to her and tells her to take her to see Negan.
The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 7 Review:
Overly long at 90 minutes and redundant at times, episode seven titled “Sing Me a Song” takes an extra half hour not to introduce a new character or plot element to the series but unfortunately to reinforce AGAIN just how much of a sadist and bully Negan is to those around him. At one point it did appear another side of Negan was going to be revealed when he apologized to Carl about teasing him about his horrific wound. However, the evil thug quickly returned to his bravado of threatening and intimidating Carl and anyone else who crossed his path in the episode. Do the writers think the audience doesn’t already know how horrible Negan is after he brutally murdered Glenn and Abraham? We get the point and the season’s continuing overemphasis of Negan’s evilness is lessening the impact.
The stand-out performance goes once again to Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the ruthless and incredibly cruel leader of the Saviors. Especially effective was the scene where Negan teases and then apologizes to Carl about his missing eye wound. It’s a scene that for a brief second almost revealed a human side to Negan. Also, Morgan as Negan and Riggs as Carl have solid chemistry together as enemies who are trying to size up and figure each other out.
With Negan enjoying life at Alexandria and now knowing about little Judith, things look like they just got much worse for Rick. Nice going, Carl.
Margot Robbie stars in Warner Bros Pictures’ ‘Suicide Squad.’
IMDB’s published their annual list of the actors who’ve garnered the most interest from their website visitors. The 2016 list is topped by Suicide Squad‘s Margot Robbie, pushing out 2015’s top star, Tom Hardy, who earned fourth place on the top 10 list this year. The popular internet site also released the top 10 list of the year’s breakout actors, with Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things at the top of that list. According to IMDB, the breakout stars list is made up of actors who’ve made the top 100 list for the first time and “consistently ranked highest on the IMDb weekly STARmeter chart throughout the year.”
“Many of the women who charted on IMDb’s Top 10 Stars of 2016 list portrayed strong female protagonists in some of the biggest live-action titles of the year,” stated Keith Simanton, IMDb’s Senior Film Editor. “From Suicide Squad and Deadpool to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, remarkable female characters were at the center of the action in 2016 – whether sprung from the pages of comic books or a galaxy far, far away.”
“We recognized the high level of interest in Margot Robbie early on in her career. In 2014 she was our #1 Breakout Star of the year. She ranked #3 on IMDb’s 2015 and 2014 Top Stars lists. This year she capitalized on that momentum with a standout performance as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. It also helped that she appeared in two other films in 2016: She played Jane Clayton in The Legend of Tarzan and Tanya Vanderpoel in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” added Simanton.
IMDb’s Top 10 Stars of 2016
Margot Robbie Emilia Clarke
Millie Bobby Brown
Tom Hardy Morena Baccarin
Gal Gadot
Alicia Vikander
Daisy Ridley
Haley Bennett
Leonardo DiCaprio
IMDb’s Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2016
Millie Bobby Brown Haley Bennett
Tom Holland
Natalia Dyer
Brie Larson
Evan Rachel Wood
Adam Driver
Sam Claflin Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Sofia Boutella
Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen in ‘Once Upon a Time’ season six episode 10.
The Once Upon a Time season six midseason finale brought back a fan favorite, had a little Hook and David bonding (between arguments), and included a knighting ceremony. Episode 10 titled ‘Wish You Were Here’ began with Emma (Jennifer Morrison) carrying the sword from her vision as she, Hook (Colin O’Donoghue), and Regina (Lana Parrilla) head to Regina’s vault to find out more about that particular sword’s history in hopes of destroying it. Before they get to the vault, they come across the Evil Queen kneeling in front of Robin’s grave.
The Evil Queen says losing Robin caused Regina to liberate her, reminding Regina there’s no way to hurt her without hurting herself. Then the Evil Queen focuses her taunts at Emma, telling her to say hi to Sleeping Beauty…or Sleeping Daddy. Emma is so angry she can’t control herself and lashes out with the sword. She slashes the Evil Queen across the face and draws blood, but the wound doesn’t appear on Regina. Have our heroes found the weapon that will kill the Evil Queen? Even her magic doesn’t heal the wound and the Evil Queen disappears before Emma can stab her again.
If the Evil Queen thought she’d get any sympathy from Gold (Robert Carlyle), she was sadly mistaken. Gold isn’t upset Emma found the weapon that can kill the Evil Queen and he places a tracking bracelet on her arm because of what she did to Belle and his son. He’s fine with her dying and if Emma doesn’t do the job, he swears he will after he finds his son.
Back at the Charming house, Emma tells her dad and Henry (Jared Gilmore) about the sword. Henry doesn’t want her to take on the Evil Queen because a fight using that sword is how she dies. After the argument, Emma has a lengthy vision but doesn’t tell anyone. She, Hook, and David (Josh Dallas) hurry off to chase down the Evil Queen, leaving Regina with Henry.
The Evil Queen was spotted downtown and when Hook, David, and Emma arrive, they hear a scream coming from Granny’s. The Evil Queen has Princess Jasmine tied up and when Emma tries to use the sword, the Evil Queen threatens to kill Jasmine. The Evil Queen also has the lamp and uses it to summon Aladdin. Her first wish: make it so that Emma Swan was never the savior. Aladdin grants the wish and Emma disappears.
And now we’re back in Fairy Tale Land where Emma is blowing out her birthday candles as her mom and dad, who have aged appropriately, look on. The citizens cheer, but Emma is noticeably disturbed, and Snow wants to know what’s wrong. Emma says she’s having dreams of a strange land and being the savior, but Snow assures her they defeated the Evil Queen so that will never happen. Emma can even remember the name Storybrooke, but her dad says it definitely was a dream. Still, Emma did find a sword (the sword) under her bed. Henry runs in then, apologizing for being late. Tomorrow is his knighting ceremony and he wishes his dad, Baelfire, was there to watch the ceremony.
Meanwhile in Storybrooke, the gang’s upset over the disappearance of Emma. Regina’s angry she stayed behind and wasn’t with them at Granny’s and she can’t believe David doesn’t know where Emma would be if she wasn’t the savior. Hook has no idea either, and he and David yell at each other about not knowing Emma’s secrets. Regina settles everyone down, reminding the group infighting is what the Evil Queen wants. Plus, she’s got an idea of how to get back at the Evil Queen.
Gold uses a hair from Belle and one of his own to try and find his son, but the magic fails to locate his boy.
Aladdin (Deniz Akdeniz) is waiting on the Evil Queen since she’s his current master, mixing drinks and looking miserable. Regina barges in since it is her office, and the Evil Queen reminds her no one can undo a wish. The Evil Queen makes a toast to kicking Emma out of town and tearing Snow and Charming apart, but Regina fails to clink glasses. The Evil Queen describes this as a victory, but Regina has a huge surprise in store. Since they’re the same person, as the Evil Queen continuously points out, Regina is also a master of the lamp. Regina wishes to be sent to the same place as Emma Swan.
Wish granted, Regina’s back in the Enchanted Forest and sees the seven dwarfs walking by but unfortunately they don’t know she’s not the Evil Queen. They race off to warn the Charmings the war isn’t over. Regina walks further through the forest and sees a statue with Snow and Charming along with a plaque saying they defeated the Evil Queen on that spot. Just then Regina spots Emma walking through the forest, humming a tune, and carrying a flower basket. She doesn’t believe Regina when she says where they’re from, they are friends and share custody of a son, but when Regina calls her the savior she has Emma’s full attention. They’re interrupted by Charming and Snow who tell Regina it’s their kingdom now, but Regina insists this is all fake. Before Charming and Snow can attack, Regina vanishes.
In Storybrooke, Hook believes Regina will get Emma back but David’s upset about the possibility the Evil Queen will make another wish that’s even worse. He refuses to wake Snow until this is over and is about to charge out to get the lamp when Hook stops him. Hook convinces him they’re outgunned and don’t even have magic on their side or the sword. They need a plan and whatever it is they decide on, Princess Jasmine (Karen David) wants in. Suddenly, David comes up with an idea but won’t tell them what he’s thinking. Instead, he says they should meet him in an hour at the sheriff’s station. “The Evil Queen’s reign ends today,” declares David.
Regina’s walking through the Enchanted Forest and finds Rumple locked up in jail. He’s super excited to see her but won’t help her because he believes she’s a failure. Regina says where they are now isn’t even a reality, just something created by a wish to trap Emma. Once he figures out Regina’s talking about the savior, Rumple says he’ll give her his assistance if she lets him out of jail. She refuses his deal, but then he says Emma became a savior in the first place because of the Evil Queen. Regina must be an Evil Queen again and then the savior will be reborn. She’s about to walk away when he reminds her she doesn’t have a way back to Storybrooke. She’ll need a magic bean and he knows where one is. Regina finally lets him out and they agree to meet tomorrow at noon by the lake. He then reminds her she needs to look like the Evil Queen and she transforms into her evil costume.
Catching up with new mom Belle in Storybrooke, we see her sitting by a lake, holding a teddy bear. Gold approaches and compliments her, telling her she looks well. Belle reminds him she won’t say where her son went and he tells her their son is missing because he couldn’t locate him using a spell. He removes her tracking bracelet as a sign of good faith and then she calls Mother Superior and is told something horrible happened.
Back in Fairy Tale Land, the Charmings and their subjects attend the knighting ceremony. As it gets underway, the Evil Queen strides in and vows to destroy Snow White and Prince Charming’s happiness unless there is a hero who can stop her. Emma begs for mercy, which isn’t the answer the Evil Queen wanted. She tells Emma to look for that hero and then leaves. Henry wants to know what they should do, and Emma says she’s got it.
David tricked Hook and Jasmine into going to the sheriff’s station while he was actually heading to the mayor’s office to battle the Evil Queen. Pushing a sword toward her feet, he taunts her, but she won’t pick it up. Instead, she throws him against the wall and is distracted enough for him to retrieve the lamp and give it a rub. Aladdin appears and David is his new master. Aladdin’s happy to have David in control and is ready to grant any wish, especially one that will hurt the Evil Queen, but he reminds David all wishes come with a price. His wish: the Evil Queen gets exactly what she deserves. Aladdin grants the wish, but nothing happens. The Evil Queen laughs because all she’s ever wanted is to tear David’s family apart, which she’s accomplished. She grabs David as he’s about to attack but fortunately Hook, Henry and Jasmine arrive to save him. She leaves but tells David death is too good – she wants him to suffer.
In Fairy Tale Land, Snow and David are with the Regina/Evil Queen when Emma arrives carrying a small box. In it is the key to their kingdom which she’ll give to the Evil Queen if she leaves her parents alone. Frustrated, Regina throws the key down and says she just wants Emma to remember her life in Storybrooke. That does jar a memory, and Emma wants to know how Regina knows about her dreams. Regina grabs David and Snow’s hearts and tells Emma she has to be the savior to save her parents. Emma claims she’s not a savior and Regina tells her she knows there’s a hero inside of her. Snow and David’s hearts crumble in Regina’s hands and Emma breaks down, sobbing.
Henry enters the room, angry the Evil Queen murdered his grandparents and telling her she’ll pay. Regina says she won’t hurt Henry and as Henry throws his sword, Emma uses her magic to freeze the action. She remembers, and it was the Evil Queen refusing to fight back against Henry that convinced her Regina was telling the truth.
The Evil Queen strolls down main street in Storybrooke and a figure cloaked in black walks out of Granny’s diner. It knocks her down and then transforms her into a snake in a cage before walking off.
Mother Superior, who was found in bad condition in the forest, tells Belle and Gold the Black Fairy took their son.
Emma and Regina get the magic bean from Rumple and prepare to head back to Storybrooke.
David is upset and worried he’s just like his brother. Hook tells him they all make mistakes and that doesn’t change who they are. As he’s about to wake up Snow and take her place, Princess Jasmine and Aladdin arrive with the lamp. They think a wish might break the sleeping curse, but David’s leery of it after the problems they’ve had due to wishes. He gives the lamp back to Princess Jasmine and she says they owe it to her people to try and help them. Off they go but not before Aladdin gives Henry something to pass on to his mother when she returns.
Belle and Gold fight over their missing son, placing the blame on each other. Gold swears he didn’t dose her with the magic and Belle wants to know what they’ve done to each other and their son. Gold says they have to work together, and neither knows where the Dark Fairy has taken their boy. Time runs differently in that dark place and anything’s possible.
Leroy brings the cage with the Evil Queen, who’s now a very pissed-off snake, to the Charming house. David says she got what she deserved and Leroy tells him a guy in a hood did it. David thinks the person in the hood might be the same person from Emma’s vision.
Speaking of the hooded figure, he/she walks into Gold’s shop and pulls down the hood. It’s their now grown-up son and he looks angry.
As Emma and Regina are about to step through the portal to return to Storybrooke, arrows whiz by over their heads. It’s Robin! Of course, he doesn’t realize he knows them and Emma tries to remind Regina that Robin’s not real. Emma says they’ve got to go, but the portal closes while Regina stares lovingly at her soulmate.
