Oscar nominee Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) wrote, directs, and stars in Monkey Man, playing a man who dedicates his life to protecting the powerless and exacting revenge on those responsible for the deaths of his family. The trailer suggests that revenge is primal and reveals the meaning behind the film’s title.
The cast of the action thriller includes Sharlto Copley (District 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), and Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai). Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya), and Makarand Deshpande (RRR) also star.
Patel came up with the idea for the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). Patel, Jomon Thomas, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christine Haebler, and Anjay Nagpal served as producers. Executive producers include Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskya, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney, and Steven Thibault.
Universal Pictures is releasing Monkey Man in theaters on April 5, 2024. Poster for Universal Pictures’ ‘Monkey Man’
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Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.
After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Naomi Watts as Barbara “Babe” Paley and Tom Hollander as Truman Capote in ‘FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans’ (Photo CR: FX)
Tom Hollander (The White Lotus) takes on the lead role of Truman Capote in the second season of FX’s FEUD anthology series. FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans focuses on the relationship between the bestselling author of In Cold Blood and the glamorous New York socialites he nicknamed the swans. These high-society women who took Truman into their confidence ultimately learned that spilling the tea to a writer in need of another bestseller was an incredibly ill-advised decision.
Capote took their deep, dark secrets and planned on exposing them for the world to see in his novel Answered Prayers. But Capote learned his swans have vicious bites after an excerpt from the novel was published in Esquire.
Tom Hollander recently participated in a press conference hosted by FX to discuss the eight-episode season premiering on January 31, 2024, at 10pm ET/PT. During the Q&A, which also included the talented ensemble who play the swans, Hollander was asked for his opinion on why the upper echelon of New York’s society would have wanted to be friends with Capote.
“I think he was the greatest writer of his generation, so for a bunch of people that were very rich and fancy houses but kind of, at some level, disempowered by their marriages, to have the greatest writer of his generation in their salons made…he was an accouterment. He was a dazzling accoutrement on their dinner table. And maybe he would celebrate them,” offered Hollander.
He continued: “So maybe at some level, their vanity was flattered by having him around and him understanding them and listening to them in a way that their husbands weren’t, didn’t have time for. He was filling a great gap in their emotional lives, and he was brilliant. He was an incredibly entertaining, perceptive, clever, interesting, singular man, so I’d say that’s what they were getting out of it. Quite a lot. Until it went wrong.”
Getting into character meant doing extensive work to nail Capote’s unique voice.
“In terms of getting the voice, honestly, I just listened to it a lot, and I was helped enormously by the most brilliant voice coach called Jerome Butler, who was there with me every day. And then Truman himself was on my phone in my ear before every take, and so I could be with him whenever I wanted to and remind myself what he sounded like.
And so, you just keep scratching away at it. It’s not something that you get and then you’ve got it, and then you can hold on to it. You have to keep going, keep working at it. That’s it.”
Tom Hollander as Truman Capote in ‘FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans’ (Photo CR: Pari Dukovic/FX)
Playing Truman Capote also meant observing his mannerisms and then following writer/executive producer Jon Robin “Robbie” Baitz’s advice. Baitz didn’t want Hollander to do an impression of Capote. Instead, he suggested Hollander approach it by playing Truman as almost a mythical person.
“I tried, rather than to become Truman Capote, I tried to – because I don’t look like Truman Capote – I tried to be someone who could only be Truman Capote. That’s Truman Capote. It’s not, ‘Oh my God, it’s a facsimile of Truman Capote.’
I watched him and watched him. I watched him, his television appearances, again and again and again, and I’m trying to find the bits of me that could be him or the bits of him that were like me, and then you somehow try and meet the character somewhere in the middle. Not quite in the middle, a little bit further towards him, I would say, because vocally and physically, he’s so distinctive. And I was helped by everyone.
Ryan [Murphy] was very helpful. He said, ‘Get the flamboyance and get the Truman, the stuff, the classic stuff, in early so that the audience feels reassured that they’re seeing the person they imagined they were going to see, and then later you can start being your version more.’
And so there was a sort of strategy in there. You’ve got to nail some big moments where he had to be sufficiently flamboyant, and then I could find other moments with Gus [Van Sant, executive producer/director] where I could just be or be listening or do smaller behavioral things where I was still. I was actually, ironically, paradoxically, I was trying to find stuff where he could be still a lot of the time because he’s so…you know, there’s so much movement in him,” explained Hollander.
The swans – Babe Paley (Naomi Watts), Slim Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloe Sevigny), and Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart) – experienced multiple betrayals, from backstabbing friends to cheating husbands. But it was Truman Capote’s betrayal of their trust that cut so deeply that they reacted by banishing him from their circle, effectively deeming him persona non grata in New York City.
Hollander shared his opinion of why Capote’s actions caused such a vicious reaction from the swans.
“I think maybe they didn’t really think he was one of them. And he didn’t believe that he was one of them either. He knew that he was a sort of, at some level, he was a tourist in their world, and at some level they thought he was lucky to be there. So, when he turned, or when they felt he turned, they were vicious because they [thought], ‘From you? You were the adornment in our house. You are not our equal.’
And I think at some level he probably knew that, which is why he writes ‘Côte Basque’ in the way that he does, because at some level he’s enraged at his own position,” said Hollander. “He’s somewhere between them and their staff. He’s not quite at the same level as them.”
Curb Your Enthusiasm begins its 12th and final season and Tokyo Vice returns for season two as part of Max‘s February 2024 lineup. The streaming service has also set a February 18th launch date for season 11 of the award-winning, critically acclaimed series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Chef and bestselling author Carla Hall’s Chasing Flavor makes its debut on February 1st, and one of the best seasons of True Detective, True Detective: Night Country with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, wraps up its too-short season on February 25th. The popular animated series Clone High releases new season two episodes beginning on February 1st.
‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ (Photograph by Courtesy of HBO)
SERIES & FILMS ARRIVING ON MAX IN FEBRUARY 2024
February 1
Bad Education (2004)
Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
The Bling Ring (2013)
Brooklyn (2015)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dying of the Light (2014)
Everest (2015)
The Family (2013)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla 2000 (1999)
Gorky Park (1983)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Leviathan (1989)
Life as We Know It (2010)
Menashe (2017)
Midsommar (2019)
Miss Sharon Jones! (2016)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Music From Another Room (1998)
My Sister’s Keeper (2009)
The Notebook (2004)
Only The Strong (1993)
The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Rolling Along: Bill Bradley (2024)
Save Yourselves! (2020)
Se7en (1995)
Sex and the City (Movie) (2008)
Shorts (2009)
Son of Batman (2014)
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
Stone (2010)
The Trust (2016)
Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns (2008)
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (2008)
Up In the Air (2009)
The Visit (2015)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Chasing Flavor (Max Original)
Celebrity chef and best-selling author Carla Hall takes viewers on a global adventure to explore the unexpected roots of popular dishes within today’s American food culture on the Max Original series Chasing Flavor. Follow along as Carla’s curiosity about America’s most delicious dishes from chicken pot pie to ice cream leads her to Ghana, Italy, Turkey, and more. Along the way, Carla traces the history and lineage of dishes, discovering the interconnected, international origins and cultures that paved the way for today’s American cuisine – because if you don’t know the history, then you don’t know the dish.
Clone High, Season 2 (Max Original)
A modern refresh of the hit series of the same name, season two of Clone High follows a high school for clones of the greatest minds in history. Twenty years after the original experiment was put on ice, Joan, JFK, Abe, and Cleo have been thawed out to resume school with their new clone classmates – all while navigating a new set of cultural norms and overly dramatic teen relationships.
February 2
Care Bears: The Quest for the Rainbow Stone
Serving the Hamptons, Season 2
Dicks: The Musical (2023) (A24)
In Dicks: The Musical, two self-obsessed businessmen (writers Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp) discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents, in this riotously funny and depraved musical from comedy icon Larry Charles also starring Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, and Bowen Yang as God.
February 3
Puppy Bowl Presents: 20 Years of Puppies (Animal Planet)
The Redemption Project (8pm ET/PT on CNN Max)
February 4
The Redemption Project (8pm ET/PT on CNN Max)
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 12 (HBO Original)
Starring Larry David as an over-the-top version of himself, the iconic Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy series offers a tongue-in-cheek depiction of the writer/producer/comedian’s fictionalized life. The comedy series continues to prove how seemingly trivial details of one’s day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events. To keep the narrative spontaneous, the series is shot without a script and cast members are given scene outlines and improvise lines as they go.
February 5
Homestead Rescue, Season 11 (Discovery Channel)
February 6
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: Miracle on the Hudson (CNN Original)
February 7
The Deep Three
Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers (Food Network)
Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, season two of Tokyo Vice, filmed on location in Tokyo, takes us deeper into the city’s criminal underworld as Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.
February 10
The Accidental Influencer (Max Original)
Artfully Designed, Season 2 (Magnolia Network)
Race for the White House (8pm ET/PT on CNN Max)
February 11
Ninja Kamui (Adult Swim)
Puppy Bowl XX Pregame Show (Animal Planet)
Puppy Bowl XX (Animal Planet)
Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal (8pm ET/PT on CNN Max)
February 12
Lil Jon Wants to Do What?, Season 2B (HGTV)
February 13
Trial By Fire
February 14
Big Little Brawlers (Discovery Channel)
February 15
Bea’s Block (Max Original)
Bleed For This (2016)
The Truth About Jim (Max Original)
February 16
Underdogs United, Season 1
February 17
Outback Opal Hunters, Season 7 (Discovery Channel)
February 18
Evil Lives Here, Season 8B (ID)
Naked and Afraid, Season 17 (Discovery Channel)
Tournament of Champions, Season 5 (Food Network)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Season 11 (HBO Original)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns for its eleventh season this February. A satirical, insightful, and meticulously researched look at current events in the U.S. and around the globe, the series features Oliver’s hilarious, expertly honed perspective on today’s pressing political, social, and cultural issues, as well as lesser-reported topics that both inform and entertain.
February 20
Little People Big World, Season 16 (TLC)
Renovation Aloha (HGTV)
February 22
Jellystone, Season 3A (Max Original)
San Andreas (2015)
February 23
Machete Kills (2014)
February 26
The Man Who Played with Fire
February 27
God Save Texas: Hometown Prison (HBO Original)
God Save Texas: The Price of Oil (HBO Original)
God Save Texas: La Frontera (HBO Original)
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: Yachts and the Super Rich (CNN Original)
February 29
Murder Under the Friday Night Lights, Season 3 (ID)
Vlad & Niki, Season 2D
Death takes many forms and in director Daina O. Pusić’s Tuesday, it comes in the form of a talking bird. A24’s official trailer shows 11-time Emmy Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, Seinfeld) as a mother caring for her ill daughter while both attempt to come to terms with impending loss.
Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene also star in the fantasy drama/comedy.
“Death makes Life worth living. Love makes loss worth bearing,” reads A24’s description. “A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.”
The film currently sits at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at the Telluride Film Festival. A24 hasn’t confirmed a premiere date but is targeting a summer 2024 theatrical release.
The trailer for Max’s They Called Him Mostly Harmless teases the disturbing true story of the hunt for a deceased hiker’s identity. Premiering on the streaming service on February 8, 2024, the bizarre tale was directed by Emmy winner Patricia E. Gillespie (The Fire That Took Her) and features individuals directly involved in figuring out the mystery man’s identity.
“I was drawn to this story because of its potential to help us think more deeply about what it means to live in the digital age,” explained director Gillespie. “I hope we’ve made a film that manages to both honor the citizen detectives who worked tirelessly to identify Mostly Harmless, while encouraging audiences to get involved in the issue of unidentified persons.”
Max offers this description of the documentary:
“When an unidentified hiker is found deceased in the Florida wilderness, authorities release a sketch. Multiple hikers call in claiming to have met the man. There’s only one problem – he never told them his name. It would take two years, thousands of devoted internet sleuths, and a miracle of science to identify him, and that’s when the trouble really starts. A character-centric reimagining of a classic true crime genre, They Called Him Mostly Harmless is about finding yourself when you’re looking for someone else.”
Photo of Mostly Harmless – Vance Rodriguez – holding small hiking card (Photograph by Courtesy of Max)
Among those contributing to the story are Christie Harris (citizen detective), Natasha Teasley (outdoor enthusiast and internet sleuth), Nicholas Thompson (CEO of The Atlantic and former Editor in Chief of Wired), David Hurm (lead detective), Kristin Adams (criminal research investigator), and Kristine Gill (Collier County Sheriff’s Office PR). Kelly Fairbanks (trail angel), Marge “MJ” Creech (hiker who encountered “Mostly Harmless”), Brandon Dowell (hiker who encountered “Mostly Harmless”), Mike Gormley (hiker who encountered “Mostly Harmless”), and David and Kristen Mittelman (founders of Othram – a cutting edge autosomal DNA company) are also featured.
Ethan Goldman, Keayr Braxton, Danielle Franco, and Amy Brown served as producers. Executive producers include Gillespie and Eric Cook.
Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson in Michael (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate)
Colman Domingo, hot off outstanding performances in The Color Purple and Rustin, has committed to star in Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International’s Michael Jackson biopic, Michael. Domingo is attached to play the Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson.
“Colman has such incredible range – he puts in the work to deeply inhabit his characters and understand their true essence and motivation,” said director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer films). “I’m grateful to be working with an actor with his passion and ability to portray the many sides of Joe Jackson: a husband, a father, and a manager.”
Jaafar Jackson, son of Jermaine Jackson and a nephew of Michael’s, will make his feature film acting debut in the titular role. Oscar nominee John Logan wrote the screenplay, with Oscar winner Graham King/GK Films (The Departed) and the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate, John Branca and John McClain, producing.
“I’m excited to be a part of a film that explores both the complicated soul of the legendary Michael Jackson as well as his impact on music and culture as a global icon. Not only am I fortunate to have a rich, complex, and flawed character to portray in Joe Jackson, but I also have a front-row seat for Jaafar’s incredible transformation,” said Colman Domingo. “After seeing him in rehearsal, my mind was blown. There is something divine about the way that Jaafar is channeling his late uncle. His talent and embodiment of Michael’s essence is simply on another level.”
Lionsgate is targeting an April 18, 2025 theatrical release.
“Michael will bring audiences a riveting and honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated man who became known worldwide as the King of Pop. The film presents his triumphs and tragedies on an epic, cinematic scale — from his human side and personal struggles to his undeniable creative genius, captured by his most iconic performances,” reads Lionsgate’s synopsis. “As never before, audiences will experience an inside look into one of the most influential, trailblazing artists the world has ever known.”
Colman Domingo earned his first Oscar nomination for his starring role in Rustin. Domingo’s performance also earned BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards nominations. Additional credits include Euphoria, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fear the Walking Dead, and Zola.
Dolly Parton (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Dolly Parton)
Animal lovers – mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 21, 2024. That’s when megastar and all-around terrific human being Dolly Parton will be hosting Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala on CBS, a two-hour variety special that’ll not only let the dogs out but also put them front and center on a special doggy runway.
“I have hosted or co-hosted many shows throughout my career, but I have never been more excited about co-hosting a show than I am about being part of this pet gala! I love animals. I’ve got all kinds, and of course, I’ve always had little dogs around, and big ones! We’re going to have some of all kinds and colors on the show, and there is nothing more fun to me than when little animals do what they do best, and I’m looking forward to it! There is so much fun stuff, and I know all the animal lovers out there are going to love this show,” stated Dolly Parton.
Jane Lynch will serve as Dolly Parton’s co-host, with Kelly Osbourne and Rachel Smith pulling runway correspondent duties. The special will also feature Iain Armitage, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Margaret Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Carson Kressley, Jim Nantz, and Jessica Simpson showing off their canine family members.
Parton, Lainey Wilson, Carly Pearce, Chris Janson, and KC of KC of the Sunshine Band are confirmed to perform a selection of the superstar’s hits, including “9 to 5,” “I Will Always Love You,” “Puppy Love,” and “Jolene.”
Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala executive producers include Dolly Parton, Frank Garritano, Danny Nozell, and Van Toffler.
Poster for ‘What Would You Do’ season 16 (Photo Credit: ABC News Studios)
ABC has set a February 18, 2024 premiere date for What Would You Do? season 16. ABC News’ John Quiñones will return as host, with Sara Haines and W. Kamau Bell joining the series as guest correspondents.
“The staying power of What Would You Do? can be summed up simply: it is the search for the hero inside all of us,” stated David Sloan, senior executive producer. “For nearly two decades, John Quiñones has artfully gone on this search to see who steps up and who steps away when ordinary people are confronted with an ethical dilemma. It’s about pure intentions that spark thoughtful conversations and make for provocative and compelling television.”
New season 16 episodes will air on Sundays at 10pm ET/PT.
“In the season premiere, bystanders grapple with a schoolteacher’s side hustle on an adult-content site, objections to immigrants applying for work at a local coffee shop, a deli staffer dealing with a rude customer, breastfeeding in public and a man bothering a woman at the gym while working out,” reads ABC’s synopsis. “What Would You Do? reveals how people behave when they think no one is watching by using hidden cameras to record real reactions to thought-provoking scenarios. The program brings audiences together, providing them with hope by showcasing the kindness of strangers.”
RYAN GOSLING as Ken and MARGOT ROBBIE as Barbie in ‘BARBIE’ ((Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Oppenheimer, The Bear, and Barbie are among the nominees for the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in film, television, and documentaries. In addition to the 14 competitive categories, the American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor filmmaker John Waters and editors Kate Amend, Stephen Lovejoy, and Walter Murch with special awards during this year’s ceremony.
Winners will be announced at the ACE Eddie Awards to be held on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Drag queen, performer, and queer activist Nina West (Hairspray) will handle hosting duties.
2024 ACE Eddie Awards Nominees:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical):
Anatomy of a Fall, Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon, Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE
Maestro, Michelle Tesoro, ACE
Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame, ACE
Past Lives, Keith Fraase
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical):
Air, William Goldenberg, ACE
American Fiction, Hilda Rasula, ACE
Barbie, Nick Houy, ACE
The Holdovers, Kevin Tent, ACE
Poor Things,
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Elemental, Stephen Schaffer, ACE
Nimona, Randy Trager, ACE and Erin Crackel
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Michael Andrews, ACE
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Eric Osmond
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Greg Levitan, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical):
20 Days in Mariupol, Michelle Mizner
American Symphony, Sammy Dane
Matthew Heineman, Jim Hession and Fernando Villegas
Joan Baez I Am a Noise, Maeve O’Boyle
Little Richard: I Am Everything, Nyneve Minnear and Jake Hostetter
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Michael Harte, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Non-Theatrical):
100 Foot Wave: “Jaws” – Alex Bayer, Alex Keipper and Quin O’Brien
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life – Bob Joyce
Beckham: “The Kick” – Michael Harte, ACE
Being Mary Tyler Moore – Mariah Rehmet
Escaping Twin Flames: “Up in Flames” – Martin Biehn, Kevin Hibbard, Inbal B. Lessner, ACE, Troy Takaki, ACE and Mimi Wilcox
BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:
Frasier: “Blind Date” – Joseph Fulton
How I Met Your Father: “Daddy” – Russell Griffin, ACE
The Upshaws: “Off Beat” – Angel Gamboa Bryant
BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:
Barry: “Wow” – Ali Greer, ACE and Franky Guttman, ACE
The Bear: “Fishes” – Joanna Naugle, ACE
The Bear: “Forks” – Adam Epstein, ACE
Only Murders in the Building: “Sitzprobe” – Shelly Westerman, ACE and Payton Koch
Ted Lasso: “So Long, Farewell” – Melissa McCoy, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES:
Ahsoka: “Fallen Jedi” – Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time” – Timothy A. Good, ACE
Slow Horses: “Strange Games” – Sam Williams
Succession: “Conner’s Wedding” – Bill Henry, ACE
Succession: “With Open Eyes” – Ken Eluto, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL):
Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea, Jon Harris
Flamin’ Hot, Kayla M. Emter and Liza D. Espinas
Reality, Jennifer Vecchiarello and Ron Dulin
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES:
Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain” – Harry Yoon, ACE and Laura Zempel, ACE
Beef: “The Great Fabricator” – Nat Fuller
Fargo: “The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions” – Christopher Nelson, ACE
Fargo: “The Tragedy of the Commons” – Regis Kimble
Lessons in Chemistry: “Introduction to Chemistry” – Géraud Brisson, ACE and Daniel Martens
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Couples Therapy: “Episode 310” – Delaney Lynch, Helen Kearns, ACE, and Katrina Taylor
Dancing with the Stars: “S32.E5” – Laurens Van Charante, Ben Bulatao, ACE, Fernanda Cardoso, Jessie Sock, Jon Oliver, Neal Acosta, Raiko Siems, Joe Headrick and Mike Bennaton
Deadliest Catch: “Pain Level Ten” – Rob Butler, ACE, Isaiah Camp, ACE, Alexander Rubinow, ACE and Josh Stockero
BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL EVENT:
A Black Lady Sketch Show: “My Love Language is Words of Defamation” – Stephanie Filo, ACE, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason, ACE
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: “Dollar Stores” – Anthony Miale, ACE
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour – Dom Whitworth, Guy Harding, Hamish Lyons, Rupa Rathod, Ben Wainwright-Pearce and Reg Wrench
BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES:
Blue Eye Samurai: “The Tale of the Ronin and The Bride” – Yuksa Shirasuna
Bob’s Burgers: “Amelia” – Jeremy Reuben, ACE and Stephanie Earley
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: “Ramona Rents a Video” – Keisuke Yanagi
ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING:
Isaiah Clarke – Spanish Springs High School
Jamie Diaz – California State University Los Angeles
Ariel Emma Martin – Chapman University
Oscar winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) is set to guest star on season two of Netflix’s The Diplomat. Janney, who’s no stranger to political dramas after seven seasons of The West Wing, is on board to play Vice President Grace Penn.
Janney earned four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performance as C.J. Cregg on The West Wing, two Emmys for Mom opposite Anna Faris, and one Emmy in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Masters of Sex.
The critically acclaimed The Diplomat, starring Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell, premiered in April 2023. Netflix reports that it claimed the top spot on its weekly Top 10 English-language TV list when it premiered. It also raked in 57.48 million viewing hours over its first weekend in release.
Season one scored an Emmy nomination (for Keri Russell) as well as three Critics Choice, a PGA, a SAG, and two Golden Globe nominations.
The Diplomat was created by showrunner Debora Cahn (The West Wing, Homeland). Cahn executive produces along with series star Keri Russell, Janice Williams, Alex Graves, and Peter Noah. In addition to Russell and Sewell, the first season starred David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh.
“Kate Wyler (Russell) is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home… less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another,” reads Netflix’s season one synopsis. “Kate will have to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London, and adjust to her new place in the spotlight — all while trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Sewell).
From showrunner Debora Cahn, The Diplomat is a high-stakes, contemporary political drama about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships, between countries and people.”
