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Hugh Grant on the ‘high comedy’ and ‘tragedy’ o...
Entertainment Weekly’s Lynette Rice and Kristen Baldwin handicap the very competitive Limited Series races, dominated by Fosse/Verdon, When They See Us, Sharp Objects and more
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‘The Big Bang Theory’ director Mark Cendrowski ...
Kristen Baldwin, Henry Goldblatt and Lynette Rice discuss a variety of Emmy races including Reality Competition, Variety Talk Series and Guest Actors in Drama and Comedy
53 min
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‘Pose’ star Billy Porter on the many shades of ...
Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice and Kristen Baldwin make their picks and predictions in the key Drama categories.
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‘Barry’ standout Anthony Carrigan on NoHo Hank,...
EW’s Lynette Rice and Kristen Baldwin pick who should and will win in the competitive Comedy categories.
43 min
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Emmy nominations are here!
Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice, and Kristen Baldwin unpack the biggest snubs and surprises in the key Emmy categories.
44 min
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Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actors in a Drama
EW’s Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice and Kristen Baldwin break down the drama actors race.
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Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actresses in a ...
EW’s Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice and Kristen Baldwin make their picks in two very competitive categories
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Connie Britton talks ‘Dirty John,’ her TV future
EW’s Henry Goldblatt and Kristen Baldwin look at the crowded Limited Series field, including the Lead and Supporting acting categories.
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Grey’s Anatomy producers Krista Vernoff and Eli...
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ producers Krista Vernoff and Elisabeth R. Finch take us behind the creation of this season’s most emotional episode, “Silent All These Years."
46 min
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Bonus Episode: A conversation with Queer Eye’s ...
EW’s Editor-in-Chief Henry Goldblatt interviews Queer Eye hosts
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‘The Other Two’ creators talk Instagays, reveal...
Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice, and Kristen Baldwin draft their picks for the jam-packed Outstanding Comedy Series category.
51 min
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Ricky Gervais talks After Life (and why people ...
EW’s Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice, and Kristen Baldwin explore the competitive categories of Outstanding Leading and Supporting Actors in a Comedy
54 min
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Anna Chlumsky on Veep’s final season (and Amy’s...
The Awardist is back, and it’s time to talk Emmys!
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Oscars cap off awards season with history-makin...
EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal, Piya Sinha-Roy and Bill Keith break down the very end of a very long awards season following the 2019 Oscars.
36 min
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Last looks before the Oscars – plus producers G...
EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal, Piya Sinha-Roy and Bill Keith talk through all the telecast drama before the Academy Awards
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How a Best Picture winner (or loser) becomes a ...
Turner Classic Movie host Ben Mankiewicz joins EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal and Piya Sinha-Roy to definitively determine how an Academy Award-winning movie – or a losing one, or one that never even makes the nominations cut – might eventually become a time-honored, widely respected, and beloved classic film.
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From ‘The Favourite’ costume design to ‘Roma’ c...
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SAG Awards chart a course toward the Oscars, pl...
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Oscars nominations are here, from ‘Black Panthe...
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Adam McKay talks ‘Vice,’ plus more ‘Green Book’...
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What Golden Globes upsets mean for the Oscars a...
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ director Rob Marshall an...
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Golden Globes nominations and ‘Destroyer’ direc...
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John C. Reilly and what happens when actors are...
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Indie films and awards season: ‘Can You Ever Fo...
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