Riz Ahmed is used to taking chances. In 2012, he thought he was on the verge of a major breakthrough, having co-starred with James Gandolfini in the pilot for HBO's The Night Of series, playing an ostensibly clean-cut college student accused of a brutal murder. The following year, the Sopranos star…

Nick Offerman is sitting in what looks like a large closet. We're on Zoom to discuss his two Emmy nominations — for his role of Vice President Chester A. Arthur in Netflix limited series Death by Lightning; and for Apple TV's comedy series Margo's Got Money Troubles, in which he plays Jinx, a…

After the near-ecstatic reviews from critics for The Odyssey, tiny cracks are starting to show in Christopher Nolan's record-breaking juggernaut, and a small but vocal faction of the audience appears to be begging to differ. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, the ever-controversial aggregate site is…

There was big news for the Fanning clan on Wednesday morning, with Dakota Fanning nominated for her role in Peacock’s limited series All Her Fault and Elle Fanning nominated for Apple TV comedy series Margo’s Got Money Troubles. “I’m so always thrilled for anything good that happens to her,&#8221…

Every year, avid TV fans see the list of Primetime Emmy nominations and wonder, where's my show? With nominations coming at 8:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, read on to save yourself the shock when your favorite gets left off the list. First up, a major exclusion that's already gathered serious…

Back in the early 1980s two talented young performers from Ontario first worked together on SCTV — stars-in-the-making John Candy and Martin Short. All those years later, they're paired together again, this time in the race for Primetime Emmy recognition. Candy and Short are the focus of…

Jason Bateman has two vastly diverse limited series in Emmy contention right now: HBO Max's DTF St. Louis, in which he plays Clark, a guileless weatherman swept up in a murder mystery alongside David Harbour and Linda Cardellini; and Netflix's Black Rabbit, where his facial-hair-afflicted gambler…

The original incarnation of The Muppet Show lasted five seasons and 120 episodes, from 1976 to 1981, and in that time some of the biggest names in show-business lined up to take the stage alongside Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear. A notable exception was the late Elizabeth Taylor, who…

Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn, the creator and star of Apple TV drama series Pluribus, have the kind of easy camaraderie that comes from logging over a decade of prestige television together. Their rapport first sparked back in 2015, with the follow-up to Gilligan's Breaking Bad —  the crime series…

"Funny story for you," I tell Michelle Pfeiffer. She's sitting across from me in the Deadline office, the picture of elegance. I also suspect that she might be fun. I hadn't meant to tell her this anecdote, but here we are, so I push on: "I went to high school in England with a boy who had your…

When Euphoria premiered in 2019, Zendaya was still a burgeoning Disney Channel star; Sydney Sweeney was still searching for her stepping stone from guest and recurring actor to leading lady; Jacob Elordi was known as the heartthrob from The Kissing Booth; Hunter Schafer had never acted professionally…