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February 28, 2024
... for a lot of people who loved the franchise to see us at war, because that was fairly new for us to spend the ... to avoid or dance around the subject. "And even speaking about it in the cultural context, what it means for the Black ... And so we were able to have lots of spirited discussions about it because people had mixed feelings about it. A lot of ...
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March 28, 2024
... down on bombing runs.) The series also includes a subplot about the Tuskegee Airmen, who were the U.S. military's first ... limited series' January 26 premiere, critics raved about harrowing in-flight sequences and stellar acting. The ... Guardian even joked that "sales of aviator jackets are about to go through the roof." In fact, Masters has ...
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March 12, 2024
... Becoming a member of the Television Academy is not just about joining a group; it's about engaging in a community of above-and-below-the-line ... few. Our members are the heartbeat of our mission, driving us forward with energy and ideas. Whether through our member ...
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February 27, 2024
... up in the morning and eat your Wheaties and don’t think about how it was introduced, the advertising and the ... it. That’s all very exciting to me, because I can talk about what the United States looked like at that time.” ... Black Mirror , so the reverberations continue to be with us. Star Trek (1966-1969, NBC) When I think about my youth, I ...
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March 22, 2024
... tell you: X-Men is always — and should always be — about prejudice. The minute you take that away, it's a ... instantly not the vibe of the original show. It was up to us and everyone on the visual team to go in and ask, "How ... from the comics? Some of my favorites [that] I can't talk about yet. I happily implore fans to watch. Keep an eye out. ...
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March 14, 2024
... so many different kinds of topics: Whenever I knew a lot about one thing, it was really exciting; if I knew nothing about it, I could learn. And Alex Trebek was just a fantastic ... My parents kept our TV set in a cabinet and would only let us watch one hour a week. This was the one show that my ...
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February 15, 2024
... you've done in the past? In the case of Echo , it was all about making superheroes more grounded. There's no flying ... approach to the fights in terms of using ASL? Or thinking about how a prosthetic leg would affect fight scenes? We try ... good and what we wanted her to work on. Her strength gave us a really good sense of her movement, which was essential ...
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March 12, 2024
... Are Exiting Leadership Posts and Hollywood's Doing Nothing About It." After a period marked first by outrage over the ... but rather with thoughtful, steady work by all of us across our Academy, our membership and our industry. Our ...
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February 29, 2024
... in seeing this new bonanza of Black stories. Curious about Black TV as a whole, she spent more than a year ... large. Butler recently spoke with the Television Academy about her new book and its important perspective on the ... interesting and sad that it took so long after Roots for us to start seeing Black dramas. It's striking to me that as ...
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February 13, 2024
... to show up and cook and make people feel good. And all of us here, we get to make a show together. It's amazing! It's ... a very different meaning. The much-honored HBO drama — about the fight for control within a family-owned ... he indulged in some dry British humor: "This is a show about family, but it's also about what happens when partisan ...