Matthew Goode told ‘not to read the Department Q novels' for Netflix show
Matthew Goode has said he was told 'don't read' the crime novel series Department Q before taking on a Netflix show based on the books. The British actor, 47, known for fantasy show A Discovery Of Witches and thriller Stoker, is playing a new version of Carl Morck, who was created by the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. In the adaptation of the Nordic noir novels, the action moves from Copenhagen to the Scottish capital Edinburgh, and is directed and written by multi award-winning Scott Frank, known for Netflix series The Queen's Gambit and superhero film Logan.
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- ABC News
Gotham TV Awards winners list 2025: Adolescence sweeps, Squid Games creator thanks the naysayers
It seems like it was mere days ago the Oscars were crowning Anora their Best Picture winner, but awards season is about to get back into full swing. Now that we've dusted our hands of the films of 2024, it's time to get stuck into the best television of the past 12 months — starting with the Gotham TV Awards. Netflix limited series Adolescence has come out strong, sweeping the awards and putting it in good stead to pick up some hardware come Emmys time. Scroll down for the full list of winners. The Gotham Television awards are the new kid on the block, but you might have heard of their big brother, the Gotham Film awards, which celebrated their 34th year in the game in December. Film and television categories were previously mixed at the Gotham Awards but, for the past two years, they have been split to create the two separate ceremonies. While the Gotham TV awards might be fairly green, they provide an invaluable insight to the upcoming Emmys, as both have the exact same eligibility period (the shows must have premiered between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025). There are also no returning series allowed at the Gotham TV awards, with all nominees premiering their first season within the past 12 months. This gives an opportunity to shine a light on brand-new television. Netflix might have a new awards darling, like last year's Baby Reindeer, if The Gotham Awards are anything to go by. Adolescence swept the 2025 awards, picking up Best Breakthrough Limited Series, as well as acting gongs for co-creator Stephen Graham and the show's young star Owen Cooper. Last year, Baby Reindeer also won Breakthrough Limited Series at the Gotham awards and went on to win Outstanding Limited Series at the 2024 Emmys. Adolescence casts an eye on radical misogyny in online spaces as it follows a young boy accused of murdering a classmate. It sparked conversation and debate around the world between parents, teachers and teenagers. "With our show, we wanted to rip up the rule book. This was a small colloquial piece that was made with love and respect, humility and dignity," Graham said. "[This award] shows that no matter how small the story is, if you make it with love and care, it can travel all the way across the world. "Sometimes the lunatics take over the asylum and we show what we're capable of." Adolescence marked the first on-screen performance for Cooper, and the 15-year-old has been wildly lauded for his emotional work as red-pilled teen Jamie Miller. Cooper thanked his co-star, Erin Doherty, who was nominated in the same category. "That episode we did together, it was easy to do because of you," he said. Cooper shared his award with Dying For Sex's Jenny Slate in a rare tie. Overcompensating's Mary Beth Barone really meant it when she opened the awards by saying: "We are so honoured to be here tonight, celebrating so many talented artists and some men, too." Never Have I Ever star Poorna Jagannathan kicked off the awards by winning Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy for her role on Deli Boys. "What a privilege it is to work on this little brown show that has no message. We got to do what a lot of white actors get to do. We got to play dumb f**ks," she said to raucous laughter. White Lotus stars and real-life couple Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell were on hand to honour their co-star Parker Posey with the new Legend Tribute. "There's no-one like Parker f**king Posey," the couple agreed before playing a dance remix of Posey's hilarious deep south pronunciations as her White Lotus character Victoria Ratcliff (TSUUUNAMI! BUDDHISM! PIPER NAOOOO!) "Thank you, Mike White, for writing this character for me, for believing in a middle-aged woman and for believing in a legend," Parker said. "Lets keep the arts alive, lets turn this business into entertainment that everyone can love." As the ceremony drew to a close, Sheryl Lee Ralph accepted the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute. The Abbott Elementary star acknowledged the early support she received from the award's namesake at the beginning of her career in her acceptance speech. "I was 19, I was just starting to dream big and it was Sidney Poitier who cast me in the big screen. Mr Poitier looked at me and said, 'Sheryl Lee Ralph, I expect great things from you,'" she said, referring to 1977 crime caper A Piece of the Action, which both starred and was directed by Poitier. In 2022, Ralph became the first black woman in 35 years to win an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series for her work as Barbara Howard on Abbott Elementary. Multiple honoree awards were given to creators throughout the evening, including Squid Game creator, writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk. He was presented a creator tribute by South Korean actor and Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae, who heaped praise on his director. "What truly sets [Squid Game] apart is the depth of director Hwang's vision," Lee said. "Beneath the suspense and visuals is a powerful critique of inequality, desperation and human resistance." Hwang accepted the award, telling the crowd that the 2021 Gotham Awards was the first US awards ceremony he attended with Squid Game, where it picked up the award for Breakthrough Series. "Four years from that night, holding this trophy, it feels like the miracle is still going," Hwang said. "I want to thank everyone who said no to Squid Game in 2009, because if any of you had said yes back then, there would be no Squid Game as it is today. I learnt a lot from your no's." Presumed Innocent creator David E Kelley and Étoile's Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino were also awarded with creator tributes. Dope Thief's Brian Tyree Henry was given the performer tribute and the inaugural ensemble tribute was awarded to Elisabeth Moss and the cast of The Handmaid's Tale.
The Age
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- The Age
The Murdochs are feuding but their empire is thriving
Nothing in Fox's television schedules last year was quite as exciting – or, at times, as profane – as the drama that played out in a closed probate court in Reno, Nevada. Rupert Murdoch, the 94-year-old founder and controlling shareholder of Fox Corporation and its sister company News Corp, was trying to change the terms of a family trust to block three of his children from inheriting control of the companies upon his death. The high-stakes legal manoeuvre was rejected. An appeal – and thus a new season of morbid entertainment for media watchers – is in the works. As the Murdochs continue their decades-long, multibillion-dollar family feud, the empire they are fighting over is flourishing. This is doubly surprising. For one thing, succession crises and legal uncertainty tend not to bolster investors' confidence in a company. What's more, the Murdoch firms are giants in linear television and print journalism, declining industries that markets have not been kind to. Why is a pair of legacy media companies controlled by a dysfunctional dynasty so popular with investors? Start with Fox, the larger of the two, with a market value of $US24 billion ($37 billion). Its business is concentrated in American broadcast and cable television, which in recent years have witnessed a bloodbath. As the Murdochs continue their decades-long, multibillion-dollar family feud, the empire they are fighting over is flourishing. Over the past decade-and-a-half, the share of homes with pay TV has fallen from nearly 90 per cent to barely 50 per cent as viewers have defected to streaming services such as Netflix. As for broadcast television, Americans today spend half as much time watching it as they do streaming, according to Nielsen, a data company. While other legacy media companies' values have stagnated or worse, Fox's has soared. The difference lies in its content mix. In 2019 Fox sold its general-entertainment assets to Disney for $US71 billion at what turned out to be the top of the market, deciding to focus on news and sport. It was the right call: streamers like Netflix have since grabbed the audience for general entertainment, while news and sport have mostly stayed on linear TV, and thus with Fox.
Sydney Morning Herald
5 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
The Murdochs are feuding but their empire is thriving
Nothing in Fox's television schedules last year was quite as exciting – or, at times, as profane – as the drama that played out in a closed probate court in Reno, Nevada. Rupert Murdoch, the 94-year-old founder and controlling shareholder of Fox Corporation and its sister company News Corp, was trying to change the terms of a family trust to block three of his children from inheriting control of the companies upon his death. The high-stakes legal manoeuvre was rejected. An appeal – and thus a new season of morbid entertainment for media watchers – is in the works. As the Murdochs continue their decades-long, multibillion-dollar family feud, the empire they are fighting over is flourishing. This is doubly surprising. For one thing, succession crises and legal uncertainty tend not to bolster investors' confidence in a company. What's more, the Murdoch firms are giants in linear television and print journalism, declining industries that markets have not been kind to. Why is a pair of legacy media companies controlled by a dysfunctional dynasty so popular with investors? Start with Fox, the larger of the two, with a market value of $US24 billion ($37 billion). Its business is concentrated in American broadcast and cable television, which in recent years have witnessed a bloodbath. As the Murdochs continue their decades-long, multibillion-dollar family feud, the empire they are fighting over is flourishing. Over the past decade-and-a-half, the share of homes with pay TV has fallen from nearly 90 per cent to barely 50 per cent as viewers have defected to streaming services such as Netflix. As for broadcast television, Americans today spend half as much time watching it as they do streaming, according to Nielsen, a data company. While other legacy media companies' values have stagnated or worse, Fox's has soared. The difference lies in its content mix. In 2019 Fox sold its general-entertainment assets to Disney for $US71 billion at what turned out to be the top of the market, deciding to focus on news and sport. It was the right call: streamers like Netflix have since grabbed the audience for general entertainment, while news and sport have mostly stayed on linear TV, and thus with Fox.
