Drake, Selena Gomez, Mandy Moore and Two Beatles Added to Emmy Nomination List as Producers

variety.com:

Clayton Davis Drake, Selena Gomez, Mandy Moore, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are among the Emmy-nominated producers in the series and specials categories, the TV Academy announced.Grammy-winning superstar Drake is a first-time Emmy nominee as an executive producer of HBO’s “Euphoria” alongside fellow EPs Adele “Future” Nur and the quadruple-nominated Zendaya (who’s also nominated for lead actress in a drama and two original songs).

At 25, Zendaya is now (officially) the youngest woman ever nominated for producing at the Emmys, in addition to being the youngest two-time lead acting nominee ever.Gomez is also officially an Emmy nominee as an executive producer for “Only Murders in the Building,” the first time a Latina has received a nom for comedy series for a show she also starred in.

She’s in great company alongside her co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short. Although she’s won three Emmys for acting, Laura Linney got her first nom as a co-executive producer on Netflix’s “Ozark,” her first for the series.

Her co-star Jason Bateman, nominated for acting and directing, is also among the producers.Read more: Variety’s Awards Circuit Emmys Predictions Hub.The stars who missed out on acting noms in various genre categories found love as producers such as Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan: The Movie”), Ben Foster (“The Survivor”), Mandy Moore (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas”) and Wendy McLendon Covey (“Reno 911!