With a filmography that includes Il Divo, Loro, This Must Be the Place, Youth and his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty,? Paolo Sorrentino has shot to the top of list of international superstar directors. Throw in television limited series like The Young Pope? and? The New Pope,? plus a litany of shorts and documentaries…

Pablo Larrain joins me on the premiere of our new Oscar-season edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens as we explore and dissect the ever-growing fascinating film career of this Chilean-born international auteur. His latest movie, Spencer, has been drawing Oscar buzz ever since its debut earlier in the…

A total of 15 Emmy nominations including for Outstanding Comedy Series would be an impressive achievement for any first-season series, but in the case of HBO Max’s Hacks? it is particularly noteworthy as the show didn’t even premiere until the end of the season and was still unveiling new episodes even after the Emmys…

Seven Emmy nominations in seven seasons as the father Andre “Dre” Johnson in ABC’s stalwart comedy series Black-ish and Anthony Anderson still doesn’t have an actual statuette on his mantelpiece. Anderson reminds me in this week’s edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens that his mother Doris tried to steal…

Chris Van Dusen has spent most of his television career lost in Shondaland. Well, not exactly lost, since his credits including writing and producing on such massive Shonda Rhimes hits as Grey’s Anatomy and? Scandal? among other things. But now he has been found by the Television Academy, which has showered 12 Emmy…

Hard to believe that Zach Braff was only Emmy nominated once (in 2005, for Best Actor in a Comedy Series) during the entire nine-season run of the much acclaimed Scrubs. But surprise surprise, Braff this year has received his second Emmy nomination, not as an actor but as a director, for the second episode of Ted Lasso…

Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg were friends growing up in the 1980s. The trio also had massive love for and an obsession with the movie The Karate Kid,? but where that might have been it for your average kids, these three have never let go of it. Individually becoming successful television creators and…

Brad Ingelsby has been on a serious role ever since breaking through with his screenplay for the acclaimed 2013 film Out of the Furnace, directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale. Actually, that script was originally called Low Dweller? and it caught the attention of Leonardi DiCaprio and director Ridley…

Elisabeth Moss is well known as an Emmy-winning actress and force in several hit series going back to The West Wing? and most notably including? Mad Men? and? The Handmaid’s Tale? along with limited series successes like Top of the Lake.? Her film work includes acclaimed performances in? Her Smell, Shirley, The Square and The…

Noah Hawley is nothing if not versatile. The prolific writer, director, producer and novelist has won an impressive group of awards for his work in TV including Emmys, Golden Globes, Critics Choice and Peabody honors? for his most acclaimed series: FX’s crown jewel Fargo. The series has once again been generating…

Right out of the gate, the Hulu series? Pen15? made noise, and not just for its title. The show was created by Anna Konkle, her best friend and writing and acting partner Maya Erskine and Sam Zviberman, who directs most of the episodes. Konkle and Erskine, who met in a theater class in Amsterdam, play 13-year-old…

Darren Star has one of the most enviable track records in all of television, having created one hit after another including Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City, Younger and? Emily in Paris — five shows that have glamour, escapism, independent women, a strong fashion sense and compelling themes that…