Emmy Roundtables
Watch ‘Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter’ Featuring Top Comedy Actors Tonight on IFC and AMC+
Six of the top actors starring in some of TV’s hottest comedy series take center stage in Friday’s episode of Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter. Kelsey Grammer, John Goodman, Theo James, Anthony Mackie, Ricky Martin and Bowen Yang open up about power, pressure (and puking) during the lively discussion. The full episode premieres at […]
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Anthony Mackie, Ricky Martin and Four Other Comedy Kingpins Open Up About Power, Pressure (and Puking) on THR’s Roundtable
“I thought of it,” says Kelsey Grammer. At the top of THR’s Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable, he’d been asked to recall the funniest feedback he’s ever received. It took him half an hour, but the answer found him: “I was in my 40s, and somebody said, ‘You are the worst boyfriend I’ve ever had!’ ” The Frasier […]
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Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Drama Actor Roundtable
Turns out, the one thing everybody gathered for The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Drama Actor Emmy roundtable has in common is the fact that they’ve all lied to land a job. “All the time,” jokes Nicholas Galitzine, of both Starz’s Mary & George and Prime Video’s Red, White & Royal Blue, when the question is first […]
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“The Worst Thing That Can Happen Is You Suck”: Jon Hamm, Nicholas Galitzine Get Real on THR’s Drama Actor Roundtable
What’s worse, a sex scene or a single tear? And who really listens to their agents’ advice? Matt Bomer, David Oyelowo, Clive Owen and Callum Turner debate all the big questions.
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Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Comedy Actress Roundtable
In 2005, Hamilton and Girls5Eva star Renee Elise Goldsberry went back home to Chicago to visit her dad. She accompanied him to church, where the reverend made a to-do of her presence. “We have a guest,” he announced to the congregation, and then proceeded to tick off her professional accomplishments, which, at that point, included […]
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“When I Stopped Giving a F***”: Quinta Brunson, Kristen Wiig and the THR Comedy Actress Roundtable
Michelle Buteau, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ego Nwodim and Maya Rudolph also join a raucous and revealing conversation about ignoring industry expectations, the pressure to mine their personal lives and tap-dancing for the patriarchy: “My knees are tired, but fish oil helps."
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“They Let the Lunatics Run the Asylum”: Robert Downey Jr., Paul Giamatti and the THR Actor Roundtable
There aren’t many places where one might encounter two Avengers, three chameleons and a hot priest. But that’s precisely who gathered in mid-November for THR’s Actor Roundtable at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Colman Domingo (Rustin) and Andrew […]
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23 Likely Emmy Nominees on Their Awkward, Touching and Utterly Repulsive Fan Interactions
“Do people tell you you look like …” is often the start of a seemingly innocuous celebrity/fan interaction. And yet, as Fleishman Is in Trouble star Claire Danes points out, it can be a tremendously awkward thing to respond to. “I think they think they’re being gracious, and they are, but I’m stymied by that,” […]
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“This Was One Hot Mess”: Lisa Vanderpump, Keke Palmer and the THR Reality Roundtable
“Lisa, how did we not notice this?” Karamo Brown, co-host of Netflix’s Queer Eye and apparent watcher of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules, has a lot of questions for Lisa Vanderpump. The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s namesake reality series has been a cultural fixture since March, when one of its original stars (Tom Sandoval) […]
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“I’m Not Just Here to Smile”: Jenna Ortega, Elle Fanning and the THR Comedy Actress Roundtable
“My God, we are a breath of fresh, fabulous air,” declared Abbott Elementary’s Sheryl Lee Ralph as she looked around the table at Jenna Ortega (Wednesday), Elle Fanning (The Great), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face) and Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs) — all gathered on a late April morning for THR’s annual Comedy […]
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How to Get to That “F*** You, I’ll Do What I Want” Place: Steven Yeun, John Mulaney and the THR Comedy Actor Roundtable
“So, same time next week?” Abbott Elementary star Tyler James Williams jokes with the others — Steven Yeun (Beef), Jason Segel (Shrinking), Mo Amer (Mo) and John Mulaney (John Mulaney: Baby J) — after a particularly therapeutic hour of conversation in early May. It is THR‘s annual Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable, and the five men […]
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Spies, Killers and Internet Daddies: Pedro Pascal, Kieran Culkin and the THR Drama Actor Roundtable
It was a Saturday afternoon in late April, and the writers strike was looming, if not inevitable. Still, the six men gathered in L.A. for The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Drama Actor Emmy Roundtable showed no signs of panic. In fact, The Old Man’s Jeff Bridges and Dahmer’s Evan Peters were busy sharing breathing exercises, while […]
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