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James Caan, Macho Leading Man of Hollywood, Dies at 82

James Caan, the brawny star who played Sonny Corleone in The Godfather and a rough-and-tumble athlete in Rollerball but had the self-assurance to showcase a sensitive side during his long career, has died. He was 82. Caan died Wednesday night in Los Angeles, his rep Arnold Robinson told The Hollywood Reporter, confirming a post on […]

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James Caan in 1974's 'The Gambler' Photofest

James Caan, the brawny star who played Sonny Corleone in The Godfather and a rough-and-tumble athlete in Rollerball but had the self-assurance to showcase a sensitive side during his long career, has died. He was 82.

Caan died Wednesday night in Los Angeles, his rep Arnold Robinson told The Hollywood Reporter, confirming a post on the actor’s Twitter account. Neither he nor the family would reveal a cause of death.

Caan will best be remembered for his explosive performance as Sonny in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972). Mesmerizing as the volatile and confrontational eldest son and heir apparent to his family’s criminal empire, he earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor.

Caan almost didn’t get to play the part that would become his signature role. Paramount originally cast him as younger brother Michael and Carmine Caridi as Sonny. But Coppola, who had directed Caan in The Rain People (1969), insisted that only he could do justice to the character.

Once the studio agreed, the Bronx-born actor embraced the opportunity. “What f—ing transformation? Obviously, I grew up in the neighborhood. I didn’t have to work on an accent or anything,” he told Vanity Fair in a 2009 interview.

Caan admitted that the tone of a particular scene where Sonny confronted the family about its decision to get into the drug business was giving him trouble. The solution came to him out of the blue. “I was shaving to go to dinner or something, and for some reason I started thinking of Don Rickles,” he said. “I knew Rickles. Somebody was watching over me and gave me this thing: being Rickles, kind of say-anything, do-anything.”

Riffing off this newly found, insult-comic persona, Caan improvised a line during the scene that solidified the edgy gangster character. “What do you think this is, the army, where you shoot ’em a mile away?” Sonny yelled at his brother Michael (Al Pacino). “You gotta get up close, like this — and bada bing! You blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit.” (He appeared in a flashback scene in part two.)

Another performance that proved to be among his more popular came in Brian’s Song, a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week. Caan portrayed real-life Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after turning pro.

The story centered on the friendship between Piccolo and his teammate, future Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Despite vastly different temperaments and racial backgrounds, the pair formed a deep bond and became the first interracial roommates in NFL history.

Fueled by the stars’ sincere portrayals, Brian’s Song made it OK for tough guys to shed a tear over a football movie. Many critics consider it among the finest telefilms ever made, and both lead actors scored Emmy nominations.

Caan showed great versatility during his six-decade career. He was the angst-ridden title character in the 1970 adaptation of John Updike’s Rabbit Run; a lonely, lovelorn sailor in Cinderella Liberty (1973); a self-destructive college professor whose betting addiction was ruining his life in The Gambler (1974); the aging star athlete of the ultra-violent, futuristic sports game Rollerball (1975); and a smooth-as-silk robber in Thief (1981).

One thing Caan never lacked was confidence. At the height of his popularity in the 1970s, he seemingly could have had just about any role he wanted, but he surprised Hollywood by turning down some big ones, including the leads in The French Connection, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Kramer vs. Kramer. (Each brought an Oscar to its respective star.)

He also said no to playing Han Solo in Star Wars, Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now and a part in Superman.

“If there’s any one thing I could attribute my success to, it’s that I said ‘no,'” he told Roger Ebert in 1988. “You’d go to an audition and they were always very cordial and nice and, ‘How do you do, sir?’ And if I didn’t like the job, I’d turn it down. And then when you walked out, they’d say, ‘Who the hell does that punk think he is? He’ll work for me! I’ll damn show him! He can’t say no to me!'”

Determined not to play the same role over and over again, Caan gamely took on challenges that went against type. He portrayed song-and-dance man Billy Rose opposite Barbra Streisand in Funny Lady (1975), mugged it up with Mel Brooks in Silent Movie (1976), dueted with Bette Midler as a 1940s USO entertainer in For the Boys (1991), clowned with Nicolas Cage for the affections of Sarah Jessica Parker in Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) and served as straight man to Will Ferrell in Elf (2003).

And as the tormented writer held captive by a crazed fan, he was the anchor that gave Kathy Bates the freedom to go creepily crazy in her Oscar-winning performance in Misery (1990).

Other memorable Caan films include T.R. Baskin (1971), Slither (1973), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Chapter Two (1979), Flesh and Bone (1993), Bottle Rocket (1996), Eraser (1996), The Way of the Gun (2000), Dogville (2003), Middle Men (2009) and That’s My Boy (2012).

On television, Caan spent four seasons as casino owner Ed Deline on the NBC drama Las Vegas, a season as a Miami mob boss on Starz’s Magic City and a year as a boozing ex-baseball star on the ABC sitcom Back in the Game.

Caan also voiced the character of Tim Lockwood in the animated hit Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and its 2013 sequel.

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From left: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan and John Cazale in 1972’s ‘The Godfather’ Courtesy Everett Collection

James Edmund Caan was born on March 26, 1940. The son of Jewish immigrants from Germany — his family was in the “meat business” — he grew up in Sunnyside, Queens, and enrolled at Michigan State before transferring to Hofstra University. He didn’t graduate, but his time at the Long Island college fueled his interest in acting. While there, he also became friendly with Coppola, a classmate.

In pursuit of a career, Caan applied to The Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan and studied there for five years. Among his instructors was Sanford Meisner.

Caan began to get some breaks in 1961 and appeared in an off-Broadway production of Mandingo. That same year, he made his TV debut on an episode of the gritty Naked City, and roles in Play of the Week, Route 66, Alcoa Premiere and The Untouchables followed.

Caan’s film debut came as an army soldier in the Jack Lemmon/Shirley MacLaine comedy Irma La Douce (1963). It was uncredited. His rugged good looks led to feature parts in Lady in a Cage (1964), Red Line 7000 (1965), Countdown (1967) and Games (1967).

His role in The Glory Guys (1965) earned him a Golden Globe nomination for most promising newcomer. He also made an impression co-starring with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum as the revenge-seeking Mississippi in Howard Hawks’ penultimate film, El Dorado (1967).

During the ‘60s, Caan frequently popped up on the small screen, with guest spots on Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Death Valley Days, Combat!, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The F.B.I. and, as Rotten Rupert of Rathskeller, Get Smart.

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James Caan in the 2016 film ‘The Good Neighbor’ Vertical Entertainment

Caan took his only stab at directing with Hide in Plain Sight (1980). He also starred in the drama, based on the true story of a man who finds his children and ex-wife have gone into hiding with her boyfriend when he is placed into the witness protection program.

Struggling with the loss of his sister to leukemia, a distaste for Hollywood and a growing fondness for cocaine, Caan gave up acting and was absent from the big screen from 1983-86.

“I had enough money, I thought, and I was coaching kids full-time. Soccer, Little League, football, basketball,” Caan told Ebert. “Working with kids, I didn’t have to wait six months for them to cut it and edit it and put music to it. As a coach, right in front of my eyes, this creative thing was happening. I was enjoying it, and I figured if a movie came along that I really felt passionate about, I would do it. And then, quite honestly, I woke up one morning and found I had lost all my money, and I was busted, just like that — overnight.”

Caan’s longtime friend Coppola brought him back, convincing him to play U.S. Army Sgt. Clell Hazard in the Vietnam War drama Gardens of Stone (1987). The production suffered when Coppola’s son Gian-Carlo died in a boating accident, but it paved the way for Caan’s comeback.

He soon scored success with roles in Alien Nation (1988), Dick Tracy (1990) and Misery. Caan remained busy for the next three decades, alternating between film and television work.

Like his career, Caan’s personal life was a bit of a roller-coaster ride. He was married four times.

He wed Dee Jay Mathis in 1961, and they had a daughter, Tara, before divorcing in 1966. His second marriage, to Sheila Marie Ryan, in 1976 lasted only a year but produced their son Scott Caan, who followed his father into acting to star in the rebooted Hawaii Five-0. (He and his dad appeared together in a 2012 episode).

From 1990-94, Caan was married to Ingrid Hajek, and they had a son, Alexander. The actor then married Linda Stokes in October 1995, and they had two boys, James and Arthur.

Marriage No. 4 was the rockiest of them all. Caan filed for a divorce in 2005 and then again in 2009 and 2015. The last time, he claimed that his estranged wife was spending all his money and forcing him to appear in films such as Sicilian Vampire (2016) simply to make ends meet.

Most recently, he kept busy with respected turns in a string of little-seen films including JL Ranch (2016) and a sequel; The Good Neighbor (2016); Holy Lands (2017); Undercover Grandpa (2017); and Out of Blue (2018).

He also has credits in films yet to be released, including Phillip Noyce‘s Fast Charlie, Redemption and Acre Beyond the Rye, according to IMDb.

‘This Is Us,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘Severance’ Lead 2022 HCA TV Nominations

NBC’s This Is Us and HBO’s Succession lead the broadcast network and cable nominations for the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association (HCA)TV Awards, while Apple TV+’s Severance and Ted Lasso received the most nods for the streaming awards. The HCA will have a two-night celebration at the Beverly Hilton, with the broadcast network and cable TV […]

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'This Is Us' and 'Succession' Courtesy of Ron Batzdorff/NBC; Macall B. Polay/HBO

NBC’s This Is Us and HBO’s Succession lead the broadcast network and cable nominations for the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association (HCA)TV Awards, while Apple TV+’s Severance and Ted Lasso received the most nods for the streaming awards.

The HCA will have a two-night celebration at the Beverly Hilton, with the broadcast network and cable TV awards ceremony being held on Aug. 13. The streaming awards ceremony will take place on Aug. 14.

This Is Us received 12 nominations across seven categories, including best broadcast network drama series, best actress, best actor, best writing and best directing. Other NBC comedies like American Auto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mr. Mayor and Young Rock were also nominated.

Succession scored 11 nominations, including best cable drama series, six acting nominations and three directing nominations. The White Lotus, also on HBO, tied for third place with HBO’s Barry with nine nominations each.

For streaming, Severance and Ted Lasso both scored 12 nods each. Stranger Things, Only Murders in the Building and Dopesick received nine nominations each. Netflix’s Squid Game, Apple TV+’s The Afterparty, Hulu’s The Dropout, HBO Max’s Hacks and Disney+’s Loki also each received several nominations.

See the full list of nominations below.

Best Game Show

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)

Jeopardy! National College Championship (ABC)

Name That Tune (FOX)

Supermarket Sweep (ABC)

The Chase (ABC)

To Tell The Truth (ABC)

Best Broadcast Network Reality Show or Competition Series

America’s Got Talent (NBC)

Holey Moley (ABC)

Lego Masters (FOX)

Next Level Chef (FOX)

The Masked Singer (FOX)

The Voice (NBC)

Best Cable Reality Show or Competition Series

Bar Rescue (Paramount Network)

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses (TBS)

Project Runway (Bravo)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

Top Chef (Bravo)

Wipeout (TBS)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Docuseries or Non-Fiction Series

30 for 30 (ESPN)

The New York Times Presents: Controlling Britney Spears (FX)

Janet Jackson (Lifetime)

Shark Tank (ABC)

The American Rescue Dog Show (ABC)

We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Documentary TV Movie

Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James (Showtime)

Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War (History)

Dean Martin: King of Cool (TCM)

End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock (Fuse)

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (National Geographic)

Sheryl (Showtime)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Variety Sketch Series, Talk Series, or Special

A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Real-Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Animated Series or TV Movie

Archer (FX)

Bob’s Burgers (FOX)

Family Guy (FOX)

Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)

South Park (Comedy Central)

Tuca & Bertie (Adult Swim)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Live-Action TV Movie

A Clüsterfünke Christmas (Comedy Central)

List of a Lifetime (Lifetime)

Ray Donovan: The Movie (Showtime)

Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune (Lifetime)

The Survivor (HBO)

Vandal (Fuse)

Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Movie

Aaron Cooley, Cathy Schulman, Ellen Fairey, Abby Ajayi, The First Lady “Voices Carry” (Showtime)

Jenny Klein & Travis Sentell, The Thing About Pam “She’s a Killer” (NBC)

George Pelecanos and David Simon, We Own This City “Part One” (HBO)

Hagai Levi, Scenes From a Marriage “The Illiterates” (HBO)

Mike White, The White Lotus “Mysterious Monkeys” (HBO)

Sarah Burgess, Impeachment: American Crime Story “Man Handled” (FX)

Taylor Cox, Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail “What Happens in Branchwater” (TBS)

Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Movie

Gina Prince-Bythewood, Women of the Movement “Mother and Son” (ABC)

Hagai Levi, Scenes From A Marriage “The Illiterates” (HBO)

Mike White, The White Lotus “Mysterious Monkeys” (HBO)

Barry Levinson, The Survivor (HBO)

Ryan Murphy, Impeachment: American Crime Story “Man Handled” (FX)

Steve Buscemi, Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail “Over the Mountain” (TBS)

Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Movie

Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus (HBO)

Betty Gilpin, Gaslit (Starz)

Connie Britton, The White Lotus (HBO)

Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO)

Judy Greer, The Thing About Pam (NBC)

Sydney Sweeney, The White Lotus (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Movie

Dan Stevens, Gaslit (Starz)

Josh Charles, We Own This City (HBO)

Josh Duhamel, The Thing About Pam (NBC)

Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus (HBO)

Steve Buscemi, Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail (TBS)

Steve Zahn, The White Lotus (HBO)

Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie 

Julia Roberts, Gaslit (Starz)

Geraldine Viswanathan, Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail (TBS)

Jessica Chastain, Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)

Michelle Pfeiffer, The First Lady (Showtime)

Renée Zellweger, The Thing About Pam (NBC)

Sarah Paulson, Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)

Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie

Ben Foster, The Survivor (HBO)

Bill Pullman, The Sinner (USA)

Daniel Radcliffe, Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail (TBS)

Jon Bernthal, We Own This City (HBO)

Sean Penn, Gaslit (Starz)

Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)

Best Broadcast Network or Cable Limited or Anthology Series

Gaslit (Starz)

Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)

Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail (TBS)

Scenes From a Marriage (HBO)

The White Lotus (HBO)

We Own This City (HBO)

Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy

Albertina Rizzo, American Auto “Commercial” (NBC)

Alec Berg & Bill Hader, Barry “Starting Now” (HBO)

Donald Glover, Atlanta “Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga” (FX)

Issa Rae, Insecure “Everything Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)

John Carcieri, Danny McBride, & Edi Patterson, The Righteous Gemstones “As to How They Might Destroy Him” (HBO)

Liz Sarnoff, Barry “Candy Asses” (HBO)

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary “Pilot” (ABC)

Stefani Robinson, What We Do in the Shadows “Wellness Center” (FX)

Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy

Bill Hader, Barry – “701N” (HBO)

Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones – “As to How They Might Destroy Him” (HBO)

Hiro Murai, Atlanta – “New Jazz” (FX)

Iona Morris Jackson, Black-ish – “If a Black Man Cries in the Woods” (ABC)

Pamela Adlon, Better Things – “We Are Not Alone” (FX)

Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary – “Pilot” (ABC)

Jay Duplass, Somebody Somewhere – “Tee-Tee Pa-Pah” (HBO)

Yana Gorskaya, What We Do In The Shadows – “Wellness Center” (FX)

Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy

D’Arcy Carden, Barry (HBO)

Danielle Pinnock, Ghosts (CBS)

Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Kristen Schaal, What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Sarah Goldberg, Barry (HBO)

Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Stephanie Beatriz, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)

Zazie Beetz, Atlanta (FX)

Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy

Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO)

Bowen Yang, SNL (NBC)

Brandon Scott Jones, Ghosts (CBS)

Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta (FX)

Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Henry Winkler, Barry (HBO)

Chris Perfetti, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy

Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO)

Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)

Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting (Starz)

Natasia Demetriou, What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Pamela Adlon, Better Things (FX)

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Rose McIver, Ghosts (CBS)

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)

Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy

Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)

Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)

Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX)

Kayvan Novak, What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

Matt Berry, What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Utkarsh Ambudkar, Ghosts (CBS)

Best Cable Series, Comedy

Atlanta (FX)

Barry (HBO)

Better Things (FX)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

Resident Alien (SYFY)

The Righteous Gemstones (HBO)

Somebody Somewhere (HBO)

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Best Broadcast Network Series, Comedy

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

American Auto (NBC)

Black-ish (ABC)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)

Ghosts (CBS)

Mr. Mayor (NBC)

The Wonder Years (ABC)

Young Rock (NBC)

Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets “Pilot” (Showtime)

Casey Johnson, David Windsor & Chrissy Metz, This Is Us “The Hill” (NBC)

Clyde Phillips, Alexandra Franklin, Marc Muszynski, Dexter: New Blood “Sins of the Father” (Showtime)

Dan Fogelman, This Is Us “The Train” (NBC)

Jesse Armstrong, Succession “All The Bells Say” (HBO)

Julian Fellowes, The Gilded Age “Face The Music” (HBO)

Sam Levinson, Euphoria “Stand Still Like The Hummingbird” (HBO)

Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone “Half the Money” (Paramount Network)

Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

Cathy Yan, Succession – “The Disruption” (HBO)

Jon Huertas, This Is Us – “Four Fathers” (NBC)

Karyn Kusama, Yellowjackets – “Pilot” (Showtime)

Lorene Scafaria, Succession – “Too Much Birthday” (HBO)

Mark Mylod, Succession – “All the Bells Say” (HBO)

Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us – “Guitar Man” (NBC)

Sam Levinson, Euphoria – “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” (HBO)

Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone – “Keep the Wolves Close” (Paramount Network)

Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

Chrissy Metz, This Is Us (NBC)

Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Smith-Cameron, Succession (HBO)

Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Sandra Mae Frank, New Amsterdam (NBC)

Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO)

Susan Kelechi Watson, This Is Us (NBC)

Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

Eric Dane, Euphoria (HBO)

Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Jon Huertas, This Is Us (NBC)

Justin Hartley, This Is Us (NBC)

Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO)

Matthew Macfadyen, Succession (HBO)

Michael Mando, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

Freema Agyeman, New Amsterdam (NBC)

Juliette Lewis, Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (AMC)

Kelly Reilly, Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

Mandy Moore, This Is Us (NBC)

Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve (AMC)

Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO)

Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Brian Cox, Succession (HBO)

Jeremy Strong, Succession (HBO)

Kevin Costner, Yellowstone (Paramount Network)

Harold Perrineau, From (EPIX)

Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us (NBC)

Daveed Diggs, Snowpiecer (TNT)

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)

Best Cable Network Series, Drama

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Chucky (SYFY)

Euphoria (HBO)

The Gilded Age (HBO)

Snowpiercer (TNT)

Succession (HBO)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO)

Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Best Broadcast Network Series, Drama

9-1-1: Lonestar (FOX)

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

Kung Fu (The CW)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)

New Amsterdam (NBC)

Superman & Lois (The CW)

The Cleaning Lady (FOX)

This Is Us (NBC)

Best Comedy or Standup Special

Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes (YouTube)

Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO)

Jim Gaffigan: Comedy Monster (Netflix)

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix)

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (Netflix)

Tig Notaro: Drawn (HBO)

Best International Series

Acapulco (Apple TV+)

Lupin (Netflix)

Money Heist (Le Casa de Papel) (Netflix)

Narcos: Mexico (Netflix)

Pachinko (Apple TV+)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Best Animated Short Form Series

Love, Death + Robots (Netflix)

Olaf Presents (Disney+)

Smiling Friends (Adult Swim)

Ted Lasso presents: The Missing Christmas Mustache (Apple TV+)

The Boys Presents: Diabolical (Prime Video)

The Wheel of Time: Origins (Prime Video)

Best Short Form Live-Action Series

Betsy & Irv (ESPN)

Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple TV+)

Cooper’s Bar (AMC)

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix)

Mamas (Roku)

State of the Union (Sundance TV)

Best Streaming Docuseries or Non-Fiction Series

Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives (Netflix)

George Carlin’s American Dream (HBO Max)

Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)

Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (Prime Video)

LuLaRich (Prime Video)

McCartney 3, 2, 1 (Hulu)

Prehistoric Planet (Apple TV+)

The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)

The World According to Jeff Goldblum (Disney+)

What Happened, Brittany Murphy (HBO Max)

Best Streaming Documentary Television Movie

Britney vs. Spears (Netflix)

Lucy & Desi (Prime Video)

Mary J. Blige’s My Life (Prime Video)

Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (Disney+)

Our Father (Netflix)

Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known (HBO Max)

The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)

White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch (Netflix)

Best Streaming Reality Show or Competition Series

Legendary (HBO Max)

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Prime Video)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars (Paramount+)

Selena + Chef (HBO Max)

Snoop & Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween (Peacock)

Best Streaming Variety Sketch Series, Talk Series, or Special

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (HBO Max)

Murderville (Netflix)

South Park: Post Covid (Paramount+)

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

The Kids in the Hall (Prime Video)

The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+)

Best Streaming Animated Series or TV Movie

Arcane (Netflix)

Big Mouth (Netflix)

Central Park (Apple TV+)

Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+)

Undone (Prime Video)

What If? (Disney+)

Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama

Chris Mundy, Ozark “A Hard Way to Go” (Netflix)

Dan Erickson, Severance “The We We Are” (Apple TV+)

David E. Kelly, Nine Perfect Strangers “Ever After” (Prime Video)

Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game “One Lucky Day” (Netflix)

Kerry Ehrin & Scott Troy, The Morning Show “La Amara Vita” (Apple TV+)

Michael Waldron, Loki  “Glorious Purpose” (Disney+)

Soo Hugh, Pachinko “Chapter One” (Apple TV+)

The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things “Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab” (Netflix)

Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Drama

Aoife McArdle, Severance “The You You Are” (Apple TV+)

Ben Stiller, Severance “The We We Are” (Apple TV+)

Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game “Red Light, Green Light” (Netflix)

Jason Bateman, Ozark “A Hard Way to Go”(Netflix)

Kate Herron, Loki “​​Journey into Mystery” (Disney+)

Night Shyamalan, Servant “Donkey” (Apple TV+)

Shawn Levy, Stranger Things “Chapter Four: Dear Billy” (Netflix)

The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things “Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama

Dichen Lachman, Severance (Apple TV+)

Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix)

Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game (Netflix)

Maya Hawke, Stranger Things (Netflix)

Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things (Netflix)

Patricia Arquette, Severance (Apple TV+)

Sadie Sink, Stranger Things (Netflix)

Sophia Di Martino, Loki (Disney+)

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Christopher Walken, Severance (Apple TV+)

Joe Keery, Stranger Things (Netflix)

John Turturro, Severance (Apple TV+)

Owen Wilson, Loki (Disney+)

Park Hae-soo, Squid Game (Netflix)

Tramell Tillman, Severance (Apple TV+)

Zach Cherry, Severance (Apple TV+)

Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama

Britt Lower, Severance (Apple TV+)

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix)

Ming-Na Wen, The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+)

Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Simone Ashley, Bridgerton (Netflix)

Victoria Pedretti, You (Netflix)

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things (Netflix)

Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama

Adam Scott, Severance (Apple TV+)

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Henry Cavill, The Witcher (Netflix)

Jason Bateman, Ozark (Netflix)

Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (Netflix)

Penn Badgley, You (Netflix)

Tom Ellis, Lucifer (Netflix)

Tom Hiddleston, Loki (Disney+)

Best Streaming Series, Drama

Loki (Disney+)

Ozark (Netflix)

Pachinko (Apple TV+)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Squid Game (Netflix)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy

Bill Wrubel, Ted Lasso “Rainbow”(Apple TV+)

Christopher Miller, The Afterparty “Maggie” (Apple TV+)

Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio, Schmigadoon! “Schmigadoon” (Apple TV+)

James Gunn, Peacemaker “It’s Cow or Never” (HBO Max)

Jane Becker, Ted Lasso “No Weddings and a Funeral” (Apple TV+)

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, Hacks “The One, The Only” (HBO Max)

Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, Reservation Dogs “Fuckin’ Rez Dogs” (FX on Hulu)

Steve Martin, John Hoffman, Only Murders in the Building “True Crime” (Hulu)

Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy

Cherien Dabis, Only Murders in the Building “The Boy From 6B” (Hulu)

Christopher Miller, The Afterparty “Yasper” (Apple TV+)

Declan Lowney, Ted Lasso “Inverting the Pyramid of Success” (Apple TV+)

Jamie Babbit, Only Murders in the Building “True Crime”  (Hulu)

Lucia Aniello, Hacks “There Will Be Blood” (HBO Max)

M.J. Delaney, Ted Lasso “No Weddings and a Funeral” (Apple TV+)

Sterlin Harjo, Reservation Dogs “Hunting” (FX on Hulu)

Taika Waititi, Our Flag Means Death “Pilot” (HBO Max)

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy

Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Amy Ryan, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Ariana DeBose, Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

Florence Pugh, Hawkeye (Disney+)

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max)

Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Juno Temple, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Kristin Chenoweth, Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy

Ben Schwartz, The Afterparty (Apple TV+)

Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Nathan Lane, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Paul W. Downs, Hacks (HBO Max)

Taika Waititi, Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)

Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy

Elle Fanning, The Great (Hulu)

Hailee Steinfeld, Hawkeye (Disney+)

Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max)

Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)

Kat Dennings, Dollface (Hulu)

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Tiffany Haddish, The Afterparty (Apple TV+)

Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

John Cena, Peacemaker (HBO Max)

Keegan-Michael Key, Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Nicholas Hoult, The Great (Hulu)

Rhys Darby, Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max)

Sam Richardson, The Afterparty (Apple TV+)

Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best Streaming Series, Comedy

Dickinson (Apple TV+)

Hacks (HBO Max)

Only Murders in The Building (Hulu)

Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)

Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

The Afterparty (Apple TV+)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Best Writing in a Streaming Limited Series,  Anthology Series, or Movie

Antonio Campos, The Staircase “911” (HBO Max)

Danny Strong, Dopesick “The People vs Purdue Pharma” (Hulu)

Dustin Lance Black, Under the Banner of Heaven “When God Was Love” (FX on Hulu)

Elizabeth Meriwether, The Dropout “I’m In A Hurry” (Hulu)

Jeremy Slater, Moon Knight “The Goldfish Problem” (Disney+)

Lauryn Kahn, Fresh (Hulu)

Liz Hannah & Patrick MacManus, The Girl from Plainville, “Star-Crossed Lovers and Things Like That”  (Hulu)

Patrick Somerville, Station Eleven “Unbroken Circle”(HBO Max)

Best Directing in a Streaming Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Movie

Craig Gillespie, Pam & Tommy “I Love You, Tommy” (Hulu)

Danny Strong, Dopesick “The People vs Purdue Pharma” (Hulu)

Hiro Murai, Station Eleven “Wheel of Fire” (HBO Max)

Isabel Sandoval, Under the Banner of Heaven “Revelation” (FX on Hulu)

Lake Bell, Pam & Tommy “The Master Beta” (Hulu)

Liz Hannah, The Girl From Plainville “Talking is Healing” (Hulu)

Michael Showalter, The Dropout “Green Juice”  (Hulu)

Mimi Cave, Fresh (Hulu)

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Andie MacDowell, Maid (Netflix)

Chloë Sevigny, The Girl From Plainville (Hulu)

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX on Hulu)

Juno Temple, The Offer (Paramount+)

Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick (Hulu)

Laurie Metcalf, The Dropout (Hulu)

Melanie Lynskey, Candy (Hulu)

Rosario Dawson, Dopesick (Hulu)

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Ethan Hawke, Moon Knight (Disney+)

Matthew Goode, The Offer (Paramount+)

Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick (Hulu)

Naveen Andrews, The Dropout (Hulu)

Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick (Hulu)

Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Will Poulter, Dopesick (Hulu)

Wyatt Russell, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX on Hulu)

Best Actress in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout (Hulu)

Anne Hathaway, WeCrashed (Apple TV+)

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fresh (Hulu)

Elle Fanning, The Girl from Plainville (Hulu)

Jessica Biel, Candy (Hulu)

Lily James, Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Margaret Qualley, Maid (Netflix)

Toni Collette, The Staircase (HBO Max)

Best Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX on Hulu)

Colin Firth, The Staircase (HBO Max)

Hamish Linklater, Midnight Mass (Netflix)

Michael Keaton, Dopesick (Hulu)

Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight (Disney+)

Samuel L. Jackson, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)

Sebastian Stan, Fresh (Hulu)

Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Best Streaming Movie

Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+)

Fresh (Hulu)

I Want You Back (Prime Video)

Kimi (HBO Max)

The Fallout (HBO Max)

Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (Roku)

Best Streaming Limited or Anthology Series

Dopesick (Hulu)

Maid (Netflix)

Midnight Mass (Netflix)

Pam & Tommy (Hulu)

Station Eleven (HBO Max)

The Dropout (Hulu)

The Staircase (HBO Max)

Under the Banner of Heaven (FX on Hulu)

12:20 p.m. This story has been updated with streaming nominees.

Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio Returning for Marvel Series ‘Echo’

Marvel Studios has some devilish plans in store for Echo, the upcoming Disney+ series currently filming in Atlanta. Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio, who portrayed classic Marvel Comics characters Daredevil and the Kingpin, respectively, have joined the series, which stars Hawkeye breakout Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez. Marvel had no comment. The move is the latest […]

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Marvel Studios has some devilish plans in store for Echo, the upcoming Disney+ series currently filming in Atlanta.

Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio, who portrayed classic Marvel Comics characters Daredevil and the Kingpin, respectively, have joined the series, which stars Hawkeye breakout Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez. Marvel had no comment.

The move is the latest sign of Marvel Studios’ efforts to bring popular characters from Netflix’s now-defunct Marvel shows such as Daredevil into the fold. Sources say Echo will include a plotline in which Daredevil, whose alter ego is blind attorney Matt Murdoch, is searching out a former ally. Podcast The Weekly Planet has reported that ally is Jessica Jones, another Marvel character who toplined her own Netflix series and was played by Krysten Ritter. If Ritter as Jones does indeed make an appearance in Echo, that would leave Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the Punisher as the street-level crime fighters still left to be reintroduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Cox starred as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in three seasons of Daredevil from 2015-18, as well as the 2017 team-up series The Defenders, while D’Onofrio played arch enemy Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in Daredevil’s first and third seasons. The duo became fan favorites and set a high bar for what a superhero-villain conflict could look like on TV. Cox’s time as Daredevil was cut short when Netflix, which had a pact with Disney to produce Marvel projects, canceled Daredevil in 2018 as Disney prepared to launch its own competitor streaming service, Disney+.

Cox thought he had put Murdock behind him, but in June 2020 he received a call from Marvel boss Kevin Feige asking if he’d be interested in returning. By December 2021, audiences saw that secret conversation bear fruit when Murdock had a one-scene cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home as Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) attorney.

Meanwhile, just days before No Way Home hit theaters, D’Onofrio was revealed to be the big bad in Hawkeye. In the months since, Disney+ moved Daredevil and other Netflix shows to the service (with a mature viewers warning label) and ordered a new Daredevil series, which would technically be its fourth season.

Per the studio, Echo follows Maya Lopez (Cox), as her life in New York as a gang leader catches up with her and she returns to her hometown to reconnect with her Native American roots. She already has tangled with Kingpin in a fight in the Hawkeye finale after learning he was responsible for the death of her beloved father, William Lopez (Zahn McClarnon). McClarnon reprises his role, with other castmembers including Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning and Graham Greene. Sydney Freeland and Catriona McKenzie direct episodes, with Marion Dayre serving as head writer. The series is expected to bow in 2023.

In February, Cox told THR he longed to reunite with D’Onofrio onscreen: “I am imagining, I am hoping, that our worlds will collide again because the stuff we’ve done in the past was tremendous fun to do, and he’s such an incredible actor.” D’Onofrio, meanwhile, revealed to THR in December that he and Cox remain close and have had conversations about their MCU returns.

Cox is repped by UTA, Range Media Partners and United Agents in the U.K. D’Onofrio is repped by UTA, Silver Lining Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.

Twitter Lays Off Portion of Talent Acquisition Team Ahead of Elon Musk Deal

Twitter laid off a portion of its talent acquisition team as the company continues to manage costs ahead of the social media platform’s potential acquisition by Elon Musk.  The Wall Street Journal first reported that Twitter let go of a third of the employees in this unit. Twitter confirmed the layoffs, which it said are […]

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Twitter laid off a portion of its talent acquisition team as the company continues to manage costs ahead of the social media platform’s potential acquisition by Elon Musk. 

The Wall Street Journal first reported that Twitter let go of a third of the employees in this unit. Twitter confirmed the layoffs, which it said are limited to that team, to The Hollywood Reporter. 

The decision comes as the company has paused most of its hiring, as well as its backfilling of positions, except in critical roles. CEO Parag Agrawal previously said the company was in the midst of managing costs in a “very challenging macro environment.” In May, Agrawal fired Twitter’s general manager, Kayvon Beykpour, and Bruce Falck, the company’s revenue product lead.

Meanwhile, Musk’s offer to buy Twitter hangs in the balance. The billionaire submitted a $44 billion offer, or $54.20 per share, to acquire the company in late April. The offer was accepted by the company, which recently urged its shareholders to approve the deal. 

However, Musk himself appears to be waffling on the deal. He has been pushing Twitter to give detailed accounts on the number of spam accounts on the platform and has threatened to walk away from the deal if the company cannot provide data to support its public claims that these accounts make up less than 5 percent of the active user base. 

Twitter released more information Thursday, telling executives that the number of spam accounts on the platform are even lower and that it actively removes 1 million spam accounts per day.

Still, Wall Street remains skeptical of a deal happening, at least at the original price point. Twitter’s stock is currently trading around $39. 

“We believe the chances of a deal ultimately happening are currently at ~60% with a renegotiated bid at a lower price likely in the $42-$45 range due to the fake account issue. There is still a ~35% chance Musk decides to walk away from the deal, try to pay the $1 billion breakup fee, and likely end up in a nasty court battle with Twitter’s Board for the coming months,” Wedbush analysts wrote in a note Thursday.

Musk is expected to speak Saturday at Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley conference, where executives such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav, Disney CEO Bob Chapek and Netflix chief Ted Sarandos are in attendance.

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