Emmy Nominations
Full coverage of nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy
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TV’s Tide Turn on Tropes
This year's Emmys lead actress nominees portray a breadth of complicated characters, and mark the TV industry's continual edging away from ageist tropes to create meaty roles for all women.
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Reviews
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‘Lovecraft Country’
American history is up for examination in HBO's new drama that uses horror traditions to tell a story of racism.
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‘Immigration Nation’
"Immigration Nation" is a damning indictment of the systems that make ICE so powerful, and a wrenching examination of the human cost.
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’
The CBS All Access animated series leans on a goofy sensibility, but loses some of the "Trek" earnestness.
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‘On the Trail’
The HBO Max doc follows female campaign embeds, a worthy goal, but feels less urgent with 2020 politicking on hold.
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Critics Pick
‘An Easy Girl’
Rebecca Zlotowski challenges society's biases about promiscuity and female empowerment in this nonjudgmental portrait.
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‘Sputnik’
Egor Abramenko's Cold War-era genre exercise is saved by its familiar roots and strong Ellen Ripley-like protagonist.
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‘Endless’
This teen-targeted tale of young love and demise won't haunt, but it may keep audiences caring.
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‘The Bay of Silence’
Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko and Brian Cox keep Paula van der Oest's trauma-laced mystery engrossing even when the script goes slack.
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Luke Bryan’s ‘Born Here Live Here Die Here’
On Luke Bryan's "Born Here Live Here Die Here," as always, depth comes in the album's second half, which doesn't negate its early pleasures.
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Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’
"Black Is King," Beyoncé's musical film for Disney Plus, is a colorful reminder of the glory of black lives.
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Taylor Swift's 'Folklore'
It's hard to remember any superstar album that has represented a more serious act of sonic palette cleansing than Taylor Swift's "Folklore."
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Logic's 'No Pressure'
If rapper Logic is retiring, as he says, "No Pressure" — which reunites him with ace producer No I.D. — is a solid sendoff.
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‘Richard II’
Andre Holland leads the cast of a surprisingly intimate audio version of Shakespeare, from the Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park.
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‘The Line’
Meet the COVID-19 pandemic's first responders in this streaming docu-play about health care workers.
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‘And So We Come Forth’
In Richard Nelson's latest Apple Family play, a Zoom call hums with virtual unease over generational shifts.
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‘The Present’
Helder Guimarães' modest Zoom-based magic show brings audiences together nightly during lockdown.
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Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli Downsize to $9.5 Million Hidden Hills Mansion
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