Primetime Emmy: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Vergara’s Latin World Entertainment has upped Tatiana Castro to VP of Content & Partnerships, Deadline has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Primetime Emmy nominee Rhea Seehorn has boarded the fourth installment of the $841M grossing Bad Boys franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony-Award winner Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch in the role of Cobra Bubbles, Deadline has learned.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Eco-thriller “The Swarm,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, has been acquired in the U.K. by pay-TV operator Sky. Negotiations with a U.S. partner are in the final stages. The show, produced by multiple Primetime Emmy award winner and “Game of Thrones” executive producer Frank Doelger and NDF IP’s managing director Eric Welbers, is set to play on the Sky Max channel in the U.K. later this year. “The Swarm” scored huge ratings in Germany on ZDF and on Austria’s ORF. In Germany, it attracted up to 10 million views per episode (linear and catch-up combined), multiple prime time wins, and big successes within the younger target group (between the ages of 14-49).

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Season 6 of Canadian cop show “Hudson & Rex,” one of the world’s most successful television brands, has been given the greenlight. The new season has been added to the sales slate of Beta Film at next week’s MipTV television conference and market in Cannes. The canine star of the police procedural, German Shepherd Diesel, who plays Rex, will walk the pink carpet on Sunday at TV series festival Canneseries, which runs in parallel with MipTV. He will be joined by John Reardon, who plays detective Charlie Hudson. The crime fighting duo are presenting the French premiere of the first episode of Season 4, followed by a Q&A with the talent.

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy nominee Jenna Fischer is boarding the ensemble cast of Paramount Pictures’ new Mean Girls film based on the Tony-nominated Broadway musical in the role of Ms. Heron, Cady Heron’s mom.

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Heaton (Carol’s Second Act) has signed on to star in The Beldham, a new psychological horror-thriller about mother-daughter relationships, marking the feature directorial debut of actress Angela Gulner (GLOW). 

Six-time Tony winner, Audra McDonald, and Best Actor in a Musical, Myles Frost, have joined the cast of Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay’s latest film inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of our Discontents.

Bob Odenkirk proved that he can take a joke while getting roasted as he received the 2023 Man of the Year honor by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.The Breaking Bad star, 60, was seen donning a pink frilly dress over his all-black outfit as he stood onstage at the Farkus Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the celebratory roast.Each year the Hasty Pudding Theatricals honors performers who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment. Past recipients include Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, and Samuel L. Jackson among others.The roast included a number of hilarious activities, including the Primetime Emmy nominee — who recently won a Critics' Choice Award — sticking his hands into a large tray of butter.  Good sport: Bob Odenkirk proved that he can take a joke while getting roasted as he received the 2023 Man of the Year honor by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding TheatricalsWhile he got his hands greasy, a performer next to him held a sign reading 'Better Call Saul' — the slogan from his Breaking Bad lawyer character Saul Goodman, as well as the name of his spinoff series. During another portion of the roast he was seen presenting a scribbled out sketch on a wooden easel. In honor of the event The Hasty Pudding Theatricals put out a press release where they praised the actor for his many accomplishments.'The Pudding is thrilled to present this honor to a 5-time Primetime Emmy nominee for Best Actor in a Drama Series and, most recently, the winner of the 2023 Critics Choice for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his leading role in Better Call Saul.''From his performances in Breaking Bad and Nobody to his comedic brilliance with Mr.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Oscar nominee Tom Hardy and Atlanta Primetime Emmy nominee Zazie Beetz are set to star in the Apple TV+ drama series Lazarus, a project which is still nearing development and closing deals. The project is a co-production between A+E Studios and Range Studios and being sold to Apple.

“Inspirations for Kang — Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar. Start there,” Jonathan Majors told us at Deadline’s Sundance studio recently about his influences for playing Marvel’s next giant villain, Kang the Conqueror.

Sally Jo Fifer is stepping down after 22 years as CEO of Independent Television Service, the documentary production and funding powerhouse. She will stay in her role while the ITVS board searches for a successor to Fifer, who joined the organization in 2001 after a stint as executive director of the Bay Area Video Coalition.

Sharon Stone unveiled her new cover shoot for Icon magazine to her 3.4 M Instagram followers on Sunday.The 64-year-old actress went braless under a sheer, long-sleeved black gown for the dramatic image.The Basic Instinct star wore a short white skirt under the figure-hugging garment and high heels.

Kristoffer Borgli’s newest film Dream Scenario, which Deadline first reported, has added Emmy Award winner Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows to star alongside Nicolas Cage. Filming stars this month.

Alan Moore wants nothing to do with the various adaptations of his DC Comics maxiseries, Watchmen — Primetime Emmy awards or not.

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy nominee Lucy Liu has boarded Prime Video’s four-quadrant action-adventure holiday comedy Red One starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, and Kiernan Shipka.

Christina Ricci looked like a classic Hollywood star while walking the red carpet at the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday. The 42-year-old actress donned a gorgeous gray-brown gown that sparkled underneath the bright red carpet lights and showed off her cleavage on both sides. The dress clung tightly to her slender frame and matched her small clutch perfectly.  Movie star looks: Christina Ricci looked like a classic Hollywood star while walking the red carpet at the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards on MondayRicci's hair was cut into a short, black bob with long bangs, and she stood on the carpet with poise.  The Addams Family star was joined at the event by her husband Mark Hampton, 38. Her beau stood in a sleek all black suit.

In a hard-to-call category, Amanda Seyfried won her first Emmy, for a nuanced portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced biotech entrepreneur and one-time Silicon Valley rock star convicted of criminal fraud.

Lily James had to be sewn into her custom-made Versace dress, the actress reveals to ET. “I am sewn into it at the back and it’s corseted,” she tells Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner on the red carpet at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.James adds, “They designed it for me.

There is simply so much good content out there — in fact, way too much — that picking Primetime Emmy nominees that deserve to win is a tough job indeed. If they have gotten this far, with this level of competition, then they have to be good. I have seen much of what voters have to sift through to fill out their ballots, and it becomes a Solomon’s choice in many instances, this — and every — year.

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards are set to kick off Monday beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET live on NBC and on the Peacock streaming service for the first time. The three-hour ceremony will take place at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, and SNL veteran Kenan Thompson will host.