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Emmy Award 2021 Nominations

Emmy Awards 2021 Nominations — the big picture

The Emmy Awards 2021 nominations are out, and with so many to consider, you can find many views on what they actually mean. We help show the way through the details The nominations are many (and all here in this list — read thoroughly, there will be questions at the end #joke). We’ve already looked at Bridgerton … >

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Bridgerton score a dozen Emmy Award nominations

Bridgerton scores a dozen Emmy Award nominations

Bridgerton scores a dozen Emmy Award nominations, but which ones might it win? If we look back at Bridgerton, our immediate thoughts as to its many strengths include casting, costume, cinematography, set design/ dressing and good use of contemporary music in a historic setting. The Emmy Award Nominations for 2021 reflect some of this, with the show … >

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BBC Sounds Audio Lab

Audio Lab from BBC Sounds — podcaster initiative launched

BBC Sounds launches Audio Lab to ‘amplify’ the next generation of podcasters BBC Sounds has announced Audio Lab, a new programme to accelerate the journeys of grassroots podcasters and audio creatives with diverse stories and inspiring ideas from across the UK. Billed as the first initiative of its kind, it will provide a space for … >

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Blackout from The Obamas

Blackout — new Netflix film and TV event from the Obamas

Blackout is a new project from the Obamas for Netflix, focussing on six love stories from six different writers The Hollywood Reporter has details for Blackout, the latest project for Netflix from the Obamas’ production company Higher Ground. It is set to build on their previous successes (including Emmy nominations and on Oscar) for Higher Ground and American Factory. Six … >

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King of Spies

King of Spies — new graphic novel from Mark Millar / Netflix

Mark Millar’s collaboration with Netflix is adding a new graphic novel to the portfolio — King of Spies Jupiter’s Legacy may be cancelled, but Mark Millar is still very busy at Netflix, and (thanks to The Hollywood Reporter (THR)) we now know he has an original graphic novel, King of Spies in production. Here’s the (long) … >

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Schmigadoon

Schmigadoon! — new musical comedy for Apple TV

Coming this Friday to Apple TV is a new musical comedy series, Schmigadoon! If the name rings a bell, then you might be thinking of Brigadoon, and you’d be right to! The latest press release from Apple describes the show as: A parody of iconic musicals, Schmigadoon! is a new musical comedy series executive produced by … >

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Cursed

Cursed — Arthurian series cancelled after a single season

Arthurian re-interpretation Cursed is reported as cancelled by Netflix after a single season EW is reporting the cancellation of Cursed with no reasons given. Released last summer, this was a big budget Lady of the Lake show, based on the Frank Miller / Tom Wheeler graphic novel. It starred Katherine Langford as Nimue, before becoming the Lady of the … >

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