DGA Awards 2025 Nominees and Winners: Recognizing the Best Directors of 2024

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February 9, 2025

Anora DGA Win — Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of NEON)

Hot off the film’s Critics Choice Awards Best Picture win, Anora‘s Sean Baker took home his first DGA Awards win in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film category. Winners of the 77th Annual DGA Awards were announced on February 8th at a ceremony hosted by filmmaker Judd Apatow in Beverly Hills.

In addition to the competitive categories, Ang Lee was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Unit Production Manager Mary Rae Thewlis earned the Robert B. Aldrich Service Award. Unit Production Manager Thomas J. Whelan was recognized with the Frank Capra Achievement Award.

“I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational, and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special,” stated Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter when the nominees were announced.

2025 DGA Awards Nominees and Winners

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024
JACQUES AUDIARD – Emilia Pérez
EDWARD BERGER – Conclave
BRADY CORBET – The Brutalist
JAMES MANGOLD – A Complete Unknown
WINNER: SEAN BAKER – Anora (This was Sean Baker’s first DGA Award nomination.)

Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
PAYAL KAPADIA – All We Imagine as Light
MEGAN PARK – My Old Ass
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL – Armand
SEAN WANG – Dìdi
WINNER: RAMELL ROSS – Nickel Boys (This was Ramell Ross’s second DGA Award nomination. Ross was previously nominated for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Award for Hale County This Morning, This Evening in 2018.)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Julian Brave Noisecat & Emily Kassie – Sugarcane
Johan Grimonprez – Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Ibrahim Nash’at – Hollywoodgate
Natalie Rae & Angela Patton – Daughters
WINNER: Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev – Porcelain War (This was Brendan Bellomo’s first DGA Award Nomination. This was Slava Leontyev’s first DGA Award Nomination.)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Alex Graves – The Diplomat, “Dreadnought”
Hiromi Kamata – Shōgun, “Ladies of the Willow World”
Issa López – True Detective: Night Country, “Part 6”
Jonathan Van Tulleken – Shōgun, “Anjin”
WINNER: Frederick E.O. Toye – Shōgun, “Crimson Sky” (This was Frederick E.O. Toye’s first DGA Award nomination.)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear, “Napkins”
Duccio Fabbri – The Bear, “Doors”
Jeff Schaffer – Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned”
Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Tomorrow”
WINNER: Lucia Aniello – Hacks, “Bulletproof” (This was Lucia Aniello’s second DGA Award nomination. Aniello previously won in this category in 2021 for Hacks, “There Is No Line.”)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series
Kevin Bray – The Penguin, “Top Hat”
Alfonso Cuarón – Disclaimer
Jennifer Getzinger – The Penguin, “A Great or Little Thing”
Helen Shaver – The Penguin, “Cent’anni”
WINNER: Steven Zaillian – Ripley (This was Steven Zaillian’s second DGA Award nomination. He previously won in this category in 2016 for The Night Of, “The Beach.”)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
Paul G. Casey – Real Time with Bill Maher, “Jiminy Glick, Andrew Cuomo, Adam Kinzinger”
Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Mavis Staples w/ Jeff Tweedy”
David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show, “Indecision 2024: The Democratic National Convention – Plot Twist!”
Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “India Elections”
WINNER: Liz Patrick – Saturday Night Live, “John Mulaney / Chappell Roan” (This was Liz Patrick’s third DGA Award nomination. Patrick previously won in this same category in 2023, along with Michael Mancini, for Saturday Night Live, “Pedro Pascal/Coldplay” and in 2022 for Saturday Night Live, “Host and Musical Guest Jack Harlow.”)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
Hamish Hamilton – The 96th Annual Academy Awards
David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show Presents A Live Election Night Special With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2024: Nothing We Can Do About It Now
Glenn Weiss – The 77th Annual Tony Awards
Ali Wong – Ali Wong: Single Lady
WINNER: Beth McCarthy-Miller – The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady (This was Beth McCarthy-Miller’s fourteenth DGA Award nomination. McCarthy-Miller won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series in 2017 for the Veep episode “Chicklet” and in 2013 for the 30 Rock episode “Hogcock!/Last Lunch.” She was also nominated that year, together with Rob Ashford, in the Movies for Television and Mini-Series category for The Sound of Music Live! She was previously nominated in the Comedy Series category for 30 Rock episodes “Live from Studio 6H” in 2012, “Live Show” in 2010, “The Reunion Episode #304” in 2008 and “Somebody to Love” in 2007.

She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety twice, in 2001 for America: A Tribute to Heroes (co-directed with Joel Gallen) and in 2000 for the “Val Kilmer and U2” episode of Saturday Night Live. She was also twice nominated in that category for Saturday Night Live episodes “Christopher Walken and The Foo Fighters” in 2003 and the 25th Anniversary episode in 1999. She was also nominated in 2019 and 2015 in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials category for Bill Maher: Live from Oklahoma and Adele Live in New York City.)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Joseph Guidry – Deal Or No Deal Island, “Are You Decisive?”
Ari Katcher – Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, “Road Trip”
Patrick McManus – American Ninja Warrior, “Las Vegas Finals 4”
Mike Sweeney – Conan O’Brien Must Go, “Ireland”
WINNER: Neil DeGroot – Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, “The Cliffs of Ireland” (This was Neil DeGroot’s fifth DGA Award nomination. DeGroot was previously nominated in this category in 2018 for Better Late Than Never, “How Do You Say Roots in German?” and in 2014 for The Biggest Loser, “Episode 1613.” He previously won in this category in 2013 for 72 Hours, “The Lost Coast” and in 2011 for The Biggest Loser, “Episode 1115)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs
Kat Coiro – The Spiderwick Chronicles, “Welcome to Spiderwick”
Michael Goi – Avatar: The Last Airbender, “Aang”
Jim Mickle – Sweet Tooth, “This Is a Story”
Jennifer Phang – Descendants: The Rise of Red
WINNER: Amber Sealey – Out of My Mind (This was Amber Sealey’s first DGA Award nomination.)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Lance Acord, Park Pictures – An American Love Story, Volkswagen
Kim Gehrig, Somesuch – A Life in Sound, SiriusXM, Am I A Bad Person?, Nike, Find Your Friends, Apple
Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim, Prettybird – Michael CeraVe, CeraVe
Ivan Zachariáš, Smuggler – Flock, Apple

WINNER: Andreas Nilsson, Biscuit Filmworks – Board Game, Hennessy, First Office Poo, Andrex, One More, Applem Whizzer, Virgin Media (This was Andreas Nilsson’s third DGA Award nomination. Nilsson previously won in this category in 2015 for Emily’s Oz (Comcast) and Time Upon a Once (General Electric); and was nominated in this category in 2023 for R.I.P Leon (Apple iPhone), Action Mode (Apple iPhone 14), Choose Happy (Les Mills Fitness) and Wait’ll You See This (Snapchat).)

2025 Spirit Awards Nominees and Winners

‘Doc’ Episode 6 Preview: Photos, “Once More, With Feeling” Promo and Cast

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February 8, 2025

Amy continues to try and deal with bits of memories of her personal life while helping patients on Fox’s Doc season one episode six. “Once, More With Feeling” will air on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.

Molly Parker plays Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, Omar Metwally is Dr. Michael Hamda, Amirah Vann is Dr. Gina Walker, Jon Ecker is Dr. Jake Heller, and Anya Banerjee is Dr. Sonya Maitra. Season one guest stars include Scott Wolf as Dr. Richard Miller and Patrick Walker as Dr. TJ Coleman.

“Once More, with Feeling” Plot: It’s a race against time as Amy and Jake try to uncover the cause of a unique patient’s worsening condition. Gina (Vann) treats a quirky hypochondriac, and Amy makes a shocking discovery about her pre-accident love life.

Doc Season 1 Episode 6 — Molly Parker and Jon Ecker in ‘Doc’ episode 6 (Photo © 2025 FOX Media LLC)

Doc Series Description, Courtesy of Fox:

After a late-night car crash results in severe head trauma, Amy wakes up from surgery with no recollection of the patients she’s treated, the colleagues she’s crossed and the tragedy that caused her to push almost everyone away. The relief that Amy gets from seeing her family post-accident is fleeting when she learns the incomprehensible – that she and her beloved husband, Dr. Michael Hamda have been divorced for four years. In fact, her entire family is not at all as she remembers them, rocking her foundation to the core.

Amy’s best friend, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Gina Walker, has little guidance to give her for this new reality since matters of the brain are, even to the experts, still a big mystery. While Gina is hopeful, she does not know if Amy will ever recover her memories. In Amy’s fragile state, Gina must choose carefully what information from the past eight years to reveal to her, scared that too much too soon could prove more harmful than good. This includes her secret romance with Dr. Jake Heller, since Amy now has no recollection of ever meeting him before, let alone being in a passionate relationship with him. Certain other memories, those close to her believe, would perhaps be too painful to relive and are best left forgotten.

In a fateful irony, that’s the fervent hope for Amy’s colleague, Dr. Richard Miller, who has now been promoted to take over as Chief of Internal Medicine after Amy’s accident. Richard is desperate for Amy’s memories to never return since she was the only person to uncover his career-ending mistake – another thing she now doesn’t recall.

And Richard isn’t alone in relishing Amy’s predicament – her previously contentious and unkind behavior left her with more than a few enemies at the hospital, including Dr. Sonya Maitra. While she does remember Dr. TJ Coleman, she does not recall that he became a doctor – nor that it was she who inspired him to do so.

Feeling completely off balance and having to piece together what happened through the prism of other people’s subjective points of view, practicing medicine remains the one constant for Amy, and she is determined to become a doctor again. While she may never get back what she’s lost, Amy knows she’s been given a second chance to do things differently and she will not take that gift for granted.

Omar Metwally in the “Once More, With Feeling” episode (Photo © 2025 FOX Media LLC)

Jon Ecker and Molly Parker in episode 6 (Photo © 2025 FOX Media LLC)

Molly Parker and Amirah Vann in the “Once More, With Feeling” episode (Photo © 2025 FOX Media LLC)

Amirah Vann in episode 6 (Photo © 2025 FOX Media LLC)

‘Naked and Afraid’ Season 18 Debuts with Mandy, a Double Amputee

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February 8, 2025

Season 18 of Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid kicks off with an episode featuring Mandy, the survival competition’s first double amputee. After losing her legs in a tragic accident, Mandy has dedicated herself to inspiring others.

“Mandy set out to motivate others and prove that there is life after the unimaginable happens. She became the first female bilateral amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and is now ready to take on the Everest of survival challenges – 21 days in the remote jungle and dense rainforest of Belize,” says the Discovery channel. “Mandy, alongside her partner, Jonny, will battle heavy rains, swarms of mosquitos, and toxic plants all in a bid to demonstrate that no challenge is too formidable to conquer.”

The new season premieres on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT.

Season 19 Trailer and Premiere Date

Naked and Afraid Season 18 — Jonny and Mandy outside their shelter in Discovery Channel’s ‘Naked and Afraid’

Hour two of the season premiere features fitness competitor Amanda and Ernie, moderator of a Naked and Afraid fan page. Season 18 also features the return of fan favorites Steven Lee Hall Jr. and Laura Zerra as mentors to rookie survivalists attempting their first 21 day adventure. New episodes will also include four survivalists taking on an ancient, and potentially haunted, Mayan jungle where humans were once sacrificed to the Gods. Plus, two survival instructors find themselves re stalked by King Cobras in the Philippine jungle.

Lionsgate Alternative Television produces the series for Discovery Channel.

Critics Choice Awards 2025: The Nominees and Winners

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February 7, 2025

Anora Wins Critics Choice Awards Best Drama — Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of NEON)

Wicked and Conclave went into the 2025 Critics Choice Awards with the most nominations, but voters (myself included) spread the wealth around, showering Wicked, Conclave, The Brutalist, Anora, The Substance (congrats Demi Moore!), and Emilia Perez with film awards. On the TV drama side, Shogun earned Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress awards. Hacks cleaned up in the TV comedy categories, scoring Best Comedy, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

The Critics Choice Awards were held on February 7, 2025 with Chelsea Handler returning as host for the third time. Handler spent time during the opening of her monologue to thank first responders for their incredible work during the Los Angeles wildfires. She also thanked Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni for providing a distraction from waking up every day not knowing what news will disappoint or horrify us.

The Brutalist Critics Choice Awards — Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce in ‘The Brutalist’ (Photo Credit: A24)

2025 CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
A Complete Unknown
WINNER: Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
WINNER: Demi Moore – The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
WINNER: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
WINNER: Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora
WINNER: Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
WINNER: Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
WINNER: Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
WINNER: Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
WINNER: Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – Anora
WINNER: Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
WINNER: Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
WINNER: Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
WINNER: Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
WINNER: The Wild Robot

BEST COMEDY
WINNER: Tie A Real Pain
WINNER: Tie Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
WINNER: Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
WINNER: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

30TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS TV NOMINEES & WINNERS

BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Evil (Paramount+)
Industry (HBO | Max)
Interview with the Vampire (AMC)
The Old Man (FX)
WINNER: Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who (Disney+)
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Antony Starr – The Boys (Prime Video)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander (Starz)
WINNER: Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)
Shanola Hampton – Found (NBC)
Keira Knightley – Black Doves (Netflix)
Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Anna Sawai – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Michael Emerson – Evil (Paramount+)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found (NBC)
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
John Lithgow – The Old Man (FX)
Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
WINNER: Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun (FX / Hulu)
Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix)
Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+)
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock (CBS)
Anna Sawai – Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
English Teacher (FX)
WINNER: Hacks (HBO | Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
St. Denis Medical (NBC)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher (FX)
WINNER: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere (HBO | Max)
WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV+)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Asher Grodman – Ghosts (CBS)
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)
WINNER: Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (FX / Hulu)
WINNER: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO | Max)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher (FX)
Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon (CBS)

BEST LIMITED SERIES
WINNER: Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Masters of the Air (Apple TV+)
Mr Bates vs the Post Office (PBS)
The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
It’s What’s Inside (Netflix)
Música (Prime Video)
Out of My Mind (Disney+)
WINNER: Rebel Ridge (Netflix)
V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
WINNER: Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+)
Andrew Scott – Ripley (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)
Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall (HBO | Max)
WINNER: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind (Disney+)
Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer (HBO | Max)
Hugh Grant – The Regime (HBO | Max)
Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic)
Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu)
WINNER: Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (FX)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Dakota Fanning – Ripley (Netflix)
Leila George – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Betty Gilpin – Three Women (Starz)
WINNER: Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin (HBO | Max)
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country (HBO | Max)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Acapulco (Apple TV+)
Citadel: Honey Bunny (Prime Video)
La Máquina (Hulu)
The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO | Max)
Pachinko (Apple TV+)
Senna (Netflix)
WINNER: Squid Game (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)
Bluey (Disney+)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Invincible (Prime Video)
The Simpsons (Fox)
WINNER: X-Men ’97 (Disney+)

BEST TALK SHOW
Hot Ones (YouTube)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)
WINNER: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (Netflix)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC/Syndicated)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
WINNER: Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix)
Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny (Hulu)
Kevin James: Irregardless (Prime Video)
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (HBO | Max)
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (HBO | Max)

‘English Teacher’ is Promoted to Season 2

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February 7, 2025

English Teacher, created by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez, has been renewed for season two. Season one premiered in September 2024, and the 10-episode second season is expected to premiere later this year.

“English Teacher was one of the most critically acclaimed new shows of 2024 and we are grateful to the producers, writers, cast, directors and crew for the show’s creative excellence,” stated said Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment. “We look forward to the new season.”

Alvarez stars as Evan Marquez, “a high school teacher in Austin, Texas who often finds himself at the intersection of the personal, professional and political aspects of working at a high school,” says FX’s synopsis. “Over the first season, Evan navigates his relationships, his students and his fellow faculty and tries to answer the question: can you really be your full self at your job?”

Season one also starred Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, Sean Patton, and Carmen Christopher. Alvarez, Paul Simms, Jonathan Krisel, Dave King, Kathryn Dean, Jake Bender, and Zach Dunn serve as executive producers.

The comedy currently sits at 98% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The first season earned three Critics Choice Awards nominations, four Spirit Awards nominations, and two Writers Guild Award nominations.

‘Ghosts’ Season 4 Episode 12 Preview: Photos, Promo and Cast

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February 7, 2025

The teaser for CBS’s Ghosts season four episode 12 promises fans are going to get a Flower-powered story. Directed by Rebecca Asher from a script by Kira Kalush, episode 12 – “It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?” – will air on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8:30pm ET/PT.

Rose McIver stars as Sam, Utkarsh Ambudkar is Jay, Brandon Scott Jones is Isaac, and Richie Moriarty plays Pete. Danielle Pinnock is Alberta, Asher Grodman is Trevor, Román Zaragoza stars as Sasappis, Rebecca Wisocky plays Hetty, Devan Chandler Long is Thorfinn, and Sheila Carrasco is Flower. Tristan D. Lalla guest stars as Mark.

“It’s the End of the World as We Know It and What Were We Talking About?” Plot: Flower interferes with the opening of Jay’s restaurant based on a prophecy from her old cult leader.

Ghosts Season 4 Episode 12 — Sheila Carrasco as Flower and Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn in ‘Ghosts’ season 4 episode 12 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Ghosts Description, Courtesy of CBS:

Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha and Jay, a cheerful freelance journalist and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who threw both caution and money to the wind when they decided to convert Woodstone Mansion, which Sam inherited, into a bed & breakfast – only to find it was inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home.

The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer (Danielle Pinnock); a pompous 18th-century militiaman (Brandon Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens (Sheila Carrasco); an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Richie Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Devon Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Asher Grodman); a sarcastic and witty native from the 16th-century (Román Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of a 19th-century robber baron who is Sam’s ancestor (Rebecca Wisocky), to name a few. The opening of the B&B has been a source of intrigue, anxiety, and curiosity among the spirits, but they will gladly put up with the commotion as long as they can continue to interact with a living inhabitant.

Devan Chandler, Roman Zaragoza and Danielle Pinnock — Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, and Sheila Carrasco as Flower in season 4 episode 12 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.)

Punam Patel and Brandon Scott Jones — Punam Patel as Bela, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, Rose McIver as Samantha, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, and Sheila Carrasco as Flower in season 4 episode 12 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Rose McIver and Richie Moriarty — Rose McIver as Samantha and Richie Moriarty as Pete in season 4 episode 12 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Tristan D Lalla and Danielle Pinnock — Tristan D. Lalla as Mark and Danielle Pinnock as Alberta in season 4 episode 12 (Photo: Bertrand Calmeau © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

‘Love Hurts’ Review: Ke Huy Quan’s Great in a Forgettable Comedy

By

Kevin Finnerty

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February 7, 2025

Love Hurts Review — Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose in ‘Love Hurts’ (Photo © Universal Studios)

Hot off his Oscar win, Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) stars as a successful realtor with a violent past in the action-comedy Love Hurts.

Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan) loves his job and enjoys nothing more than finding the perfect house for wannabe homeowners. His slogan: “I Want This Home for You.” It’s a typical day at the office, going over lists of possible buyers with his assistant and looking forward to the Valentine’s Day office party, when he spots a crimson envelope. The message inside reads, “Hiding isn’t living.”

He’s just excused himself by saying he doesn’t feel so well when a hitman who goes by The Raven (Mustafa Shakir) suddenly shows up. The Raven’s looking for Rose (Ariana DeBose), an ex-associate of Marvin’s, and a fight breaks out. It becomes quite clear that Marvin hasn’t always been a realtor. In truth, he used to be an assassin for his brother, Knuckles (Daniel Wu), an underworld crime boss.

Escaping the office after knocking out The Raven, Marvin is forced to re-engage with the life he’d tried to leave behind. He’s dragged back into the assassin world, running from (or fighting off) more hitmen and running into Rose, the woman he secretly loves and whose death he faked to save her from Knuckles.

Rose, however, is tired of hiding and wants to get her life back by taking on Marvin’s brother. But she’ll need Marvin’s help if her plan is ever going to work. “If we’re going to stop your brother, I’m going to need the old you … not the realtor,” says Rose.

The uninspired and uneven Love Hurts is a chaotic action film with fight scenes that mimic Jackie Chan’s style and a love story that falls flat. It’s a lightweight John Wick rip-off.

The only saving grace in the film is Ke Huy Quan’s performance as Marvin Gable, whose smiling, sort of goofy realtor persona masks the trained killer he used to be. Quan delivers a funny, entertaining performance as a put-upon man forced to return to the monster he never wanted to be to save himself and the woman he loves. The film’s best moments occur within its opening 20 minutes, as Martin’s selling homes to happy couples, followed by an intense martial arts fight with The Raven, complete with an apology for the knockout.

Sadly, Quan’s performance is not enough to make the film worth sitting through, with fight scenes that quickly become tiresome and a romance that has no spark. And Quan and DeBose have zero chemistry on screen.

The tone of the movie is also a major issue, with tongue-in-cheek dialogue and comical fight scenes transitioning to over-the-top, bloody, and violent death scenes. It’s a mishmash of action, violence, and comedy that never finds its rhythm or balance.

Love Hurts is a weak take on the classic retired killer being drawn back to his old world story. In a word, it’s forgettable.

GRADE: C-

MPAA Rating: R for strong, bloody violence and language throughout

Release Date: February 7, 2025

Running Time: 1 hour 23 minutes

Directed By: JoJo Eusebio

Studio: Universal Pictures

‘FBI: Most Wanted’ Season 6 Episode 11 Preview: Photos, “Do You Realize” Promo and Air Date

By

Rebecca Murray

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February 7, 2025

Steven Williams reprises his role as Ray Cannon Sr. on CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted season six episode 11. Directed by Milena Govich from a script by Wendy West and Bryce Cracknell, episode 11 – “Do You Realize??” – will air on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10pm ET/PT.

Dylan McDermott leads the cast as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott. Season six also stars Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase, Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon.

“Do You Realize??” Plot: The Fugitive Task Force is sent on a hunt in Philadelphia to investigate a double homicide and the abduction of a 14-year-old girl in the foster care system. Meanwhile, Ray’s father is hospitalized after an accident while helping out around the house.

FBI Most Wanted Season 6 Episode 11 — Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase, Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott and Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes in ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ season 6 episode 11 (Photo: Mark Schafer © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

FBI: Most Wanted Description, Courtesy of CBS:

FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. The team’s charming but formidable leader is Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, who started his career in the New York FBI field office before rising through the ranks of the Bureau in Philadelphia and Las Vegas.

The team includes Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; Special Agent Ray Cannon, who is a former New Orleans cop-turned-junior detective and worked Violent Crimes in Albany after following in his retired FBI agent father’s footsteps; along with well-seasoned Special Agent Nina Chase who worked assorted cases with the FBI’s New York office and among her strengths is her undercover work.

Edwin Hodge, Steven Williams, and Caroline Harris — Edwin Hodge as Special Agent Ray Cannon, Steven Williams as Ray Cannon Sr., and Caroline Harris as Cora Love in season 6 episode 11 (Photo: Mark Schafer © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Roxy Sternberg and Shantel VanSanten — Roxy Sternberg as Special Agent Sheryll Barnes and Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase in season 6 episode 11 (Photo: Mark Schafer © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott in season 6 episode 11 (Photo: Mark Schafer © 2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

‘Rust’ Documentary Explores Halyna Hutchins’ Tragic Death

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Rebecca Murray

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February 7, 2025

Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna — ‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (Courtesy of Felipe Orozco)

The life of talented cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ was tragically ended in a shocking on-set accident during the filming of Rust, a Joel Souza project starring Alec Baldwin. Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, a documentary by Rachel Mason (An Update on Our Family), delves deep into the devastating incident and the story behind the headlines.

“Halyna was dear to me for many reasons. Not only was she a friend, she was a collaborator. While she was alive, I could never have imagined making a film about her. My hope was to make films with her, and to support her in all the many films that she was sure to make,” stated director Mason. “In the media frenzy which followed her death, it felt as if Halyna was erased, her loss eclipsed by the surrounding controversies. Our film aims to keep her at the center, while offering a portrait of the experience of those with whom she spent her final 12 days, which hopefully, through their efforts, offers the world a very much unfinished portrait of Halyna.”

The documentary will premiere on March 11, 2025 on Hulu.

Mason serves as a producer along with Julee Metz, Kate Barry, Jon Bardin, and Will Cohen for Story Syndicate. Anonymous Content’s Jessica Grimshaw, Nick Shumaker, and Jennifer Sears also produce. Matthew Hutchins and Story Syndicate’s Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, and Tommy Coriale executive produce. Additional executive producers include Anonymous Content’s David Levine and Concordia Studio’s Lizzie Fox and Casey Meurer.

Hulu released this lengthy description of the documentary:

“In October 21, 2021, on the set of the movie Rust, a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, wounding the film’s director and killing its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Within hours, the catastrophic accident was enveloped by a frenzy of media attention. For months, then years, as lawsuits flew and criminal trials unfolded, the tabloid spectacle around the case overshadowed a private, personal tragedy.

In Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, Halyna’s friend, director Rachel Mason, goes beyond the public narrative to reveal the untold human story of that terrible day and all that followed — from the vantage point of the people at the center of the tragedy. The film weaves together the accounts of those who were on the set of RUST that day and of those, like Mason, who not only lost a cherished friend and colleague but who are still navigating the trauma of the aftermath.

Working with public court records, behind-the-scenes material from RUST, and unprecedented access to key individuals and materials, including Halyna’s personal archives, the film examines the official investigations into the safety protocols on set and explores the private moral reckoning of all involved. It probes for answers to the questions those closest to Halyna all carry. How could this have happened? And how do we possibly make sense of it?

Rigorously reported, emotionally raw, and deeply personal, the film seeks to redeem the core of the story that the media exploited — that of a talented cinematographer whose life story was minimized, yet in death gave her colleagues an unexpected opportunity to heal from unimaginable loss by completing the film that mattered deeply to her.”

‘FBI: International’ Season 4 Episode 11 Preview: Photos, “Veritas Fidelis” Promo and Air Date

By

Rebecca Murray

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February 6, 2025

The team investigates a student’s death on CBS’s FBI: International season four episode 11, “Veritas Fidelis.” Directed by Yangzom Brauen from a script by Beatrice Morgan, episode 11 will air on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT.

Jesse Lee Soffer stars as Supervisory Special Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell, Carter Redwood plays Special Agent Andre Raines, Vinessa Vidotto is Special Agent Cameron Vo, Eva-Jane Willis is Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson, and Christina Wolfe plays Special Agent Amanda Tate.

“Veritas Fidelis” Plot: When an American student is found dead at a prestigious U.K. university, the Fly Team investigates an infamous secret society. Smitty’s personal history with the school comes to a head when she’s confronted with the same old-world elitism.

FBI: International Season 4 Episode 11 — Eva-Jane Willis as Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson and Jesse Lee Soffer as Supervisory Special Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell in ‘FBI: International’ season 4 episode 11 (Photo: Nelly Kiss © 2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

FBI: International Details, Courtesy of CBS:

FBI: International is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team. Headquartered in Budapest, they travel throughout Europe with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be, putting their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people. Newly embedded to the Fly Team is charming and rakish Supervisory Special Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell, whose impeccable instincts and unconventional tactics deepen his drive to stop at nothing to achieve justice.

Special Agent Andre Raines shines in the field and makes good use of his accounting background in tracking criminal enterprises’ moving money. Special Agent Cameron Vo, a competitive West Point grad, excels at interrogation and strategy and Megan “Smitty” Garretson, a streetwise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background, uses her expertise to liaise with each host country they inhabit. Special Agent Amanda Tate, a confident and tech-savvy intel analyst, stays quick on her feet and remains calm in the midst of chaos. Always at the scene where American interests are at risk, FBI: International is a globe-trotting depiction of law enforcement overseas.

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