The Envelope: Emmy Contender Series 2018: Video interviews with stars from your favorite TV shows
Television today offers more high-quality programming than ever before (and it’s not always even on your TV). Wherever you watch it, there are so many stand-out performances that deserve special recognition – from the media, from fans, and yes, even from Emmy voters. Here, we chat with a few of our favorites.
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If you didn’t already know Brian Tyree Henry, who plays up-and-coming rapper Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles in FX’s “Atlanta,” 2018 is the year that changes.
May 23, 2018
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It’s the sort of news that might have had fictional TV impresario Quinn King reaching for her walkie-talkie to launch a curse-laced tirade: It was reported earlier this week that “UnReal’’s” upcoming fourth season could be its last.
May 23, 2018
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Jordan Klepper guesses there’s about a 20% overlap between the clueless character he plays on his Comedy Central late-night news satire show “The Opposition” and his real self.
May 22, 2018
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For many actors, filming traumatic scenes is a memorable experience — there’s so much emotion and pain they must tap into to deliver the right take.
May 22, 2018
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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” took a six-year break between its eighth and ninth seasons.
May 18, 2018
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Before “Get Shorty,” Chris O’Dowd was known for his comic work in the likes of “Bridesmaids,” “The IT Crowd,” and many other, mostly nice-guy roles.
May 17, 2018
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Cress Williams plays two neighborhood heroes in the CW series “Black Lightning.”
May 14, 2018
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“Trust’s” Brendan Fraser paints a striking figure as ex-CIA man and swaggering Texan James Fletcher Chase in FX’s drama about the 1973 kidnapping of J.
May 11, 2018
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Sarah Silverman has been performing standup comedy since she was 17, giving her three decades’ worth of experience with hecklers, a perspective that, she says, shaped the way she approached her Hulu series, “I Love You, America.”
May 11, 2018
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The characters that fill out Showtime’s “The Chi,” which looks at the lives of a mix of people living in the South Side of Chicago, are the kind that often get truncated into stereotypes to boost the stakes of a police case or legal proceeding on television shows: the single black mom working a full-time job while trying to keep her kid on the right path; the black teen who finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time and is shot and killed; the parents and loved ones grappling with the ramifications of gun violence.
May 10, 2018
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“The Good Place,” the wildly inventive NBC sitcom that examines the afterlife with a mixture of moral complexity and adolescent humor, loves to keep its fans guessing.
May 9, 2018
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It was easy to dismiss Justin Hartley’s performance in “This Is Us” — at least initially.
May 8, 2018
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For the young characters on “Stranger Things,” a lot of their interaction is boosted by bikes and walkie talkies — you know, quintessential hallmarks of being a kid in the ‘80s.
May 8, 2018
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Cody Fern, by most measures, was the least recognizable name attached to Ryan Murphy’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.”
May 1, 2018
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HBO’s “Divorce” is like a modern sequel to “Scenes From a Marriage,” but with way more gunshot-sparked heart attacks, dirty lawyer tricks and teen bathroom sex.
May 1, 2018
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Is Beth OK? might be the new mystery at the center of NBC’s “This Is Us.”
April 18, 2018
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Alex Borstein made her stand-up debut in the mid-’80s at the tender age of 16—performing at a less-than-legendary haunt in the comedy scene, the Irish pub Gallagher’s that was located inside the Ramada Inn in Chatsworth, with her parents in tow as chaperons.
April 17, 2018
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As a denizen of New York, Peter Sarsgaard knew all too well the overwhelming emotions associated with the tragic 9/11 attacks.
April 17, 2018
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How does Neil Patrick Harris keep his ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ characters distinct? Just watch
Two seasons in, it’s safe to say Netflix’s whimsical adaptation of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” the popular children’s book series by Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket, has been an education in vocal manipulation for Neil Patrick Harris.
April 12, 2018
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Annie Potts has come a long way around in a career that is now in its fifth decade.
April 12, 2018
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When they first began dating, Pete Holmes’ wife, Valerie Chaney, mentioned she’d always wanted to ride in a hot-air balloon.
April 11, 2018
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Though she hails from Puerto Rico, Rita Moreno is no stranger to the immigrant experience.
April 2, 2018
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Evan Peters has appeared in every iteration of “American Horror Story” since the anthology series premiered in 2011 (a distinction he shares with Sarah Paulson).
March 23, 2018
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At age 6, Dakota Fanning was very likely one of the only kids on the block playing with a medical neck brace and plastic nasal tubes.
March 23, 2018
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The downside of adapting books for the screen is that some key moments inevitably get left out because of time (rather, the lack of it) or to suit the creative flow.
March 20, 2018
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As the leading man of an epic love story, in this case Jamie Fraser in Starz’s “Outlander,” Sam Heughan has more than shown viewers his romantic side.
March 20, 2018
