You're not prepared for the wacky twist in We Were Liars
Not to say it's an especially well-made or deep series, but the desire to get to the end and unravel the mystery is strong and will keep you engaged for the full eight episodes.
Based on the buzzy 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, We Were Liars takes place on the wealthy Sinclair family island - Beechwood - over two summers.
The first summer, labelled Summer 16 by our lead character Cadence (Emily Alyn Lind, Gossip Girl), is filled with drama and questions. Cadence remembers the first few weeks, and then it's all a blur until she wakes up alone half-naked and bleeding on the beach with no memory of how she got there. So the next year, Summer 17, she wants to piece together what happened to her and why no one in her family will talk about it. And the other big question - why hasn't she heard from her cousins (her best friends in the world) all year? What are they keeping from her?
Watching We Were Liars is a completely different experience for those who know about the twist, and those who don't, and there's certain enjoyment to be gained from either experience.
Young Aussie actor Joseph Zada (Invisible Boys) plays Cadence's cousin Johnny, and will soon be seen in the Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping, while Ewan McGregor's daughter Esther McGregor (Babygirl) is a standout as another cousin, Mirren. The cast also includes David Morse (The Green Mile), Mamie Gummer (True Detective), Candice King (The Vampire Diaries), Rahul Kohli (The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex).
We Were Liars was co-created by Julie Plec, responsible for TV shows of varying success including The Vampire Diaries and its spin-offs, Vampire Academy and The Girls on the Bus.
This documentary feature from National Geographic takes a look at the life of the first American woman in space, Sally Ride.
For a time, Ride was one of the most famous names on (and off) the planet, but even though her face was ubiquitous, her private life was strictly off limits.
In an industry that was such a boys' club, in a time when women in anything but domestic roles was still something of a novelty, Ride wanted the focus to be purely on her capability and intellect.
So you have to wonder how the astronaut would feel about this documentary, which shares her life outside of her work with the world.
Ride was a lesbian, and had a loving but largely secret relationship with her partner Tam O'Shaughnessy for 27 years. Her sexuality wasn't something that she discussed with anyone, even her family, as her sister Bear says in the film. Her family and closest friends knew about their relationship, but Ride never wanted to spend time talking about it. Perhaps she thought her sexual identity was not one of the more interesting parts of her life, or perhaps she was worried about being outed in a time when that would mean her career would suffer. US tennis great Billie Jean King shares her own experience with being publicly outed and having to basically put her reputation back together from square one in this film, highlighting just how difficult it would have been for Ride to share her life with the world in that era.
So much of Ride's story is marked by incredible achievement, perseverance and triumph, and Sally does detail the big milestones - being selected for the NASA program, becoming the first woman in space, sitting on a committee examining the Challenger disaster, starting her own science academy - but these are overshadowed by the amount of time spent dissecting her relationships.
Anna and Elsa get the stage treatment in this filmed version of a London production of the Frozen Broadway musical.
The musical takes all the beats you know and love from the 2013 Disney animation and brings them to life in on stage with spirited performances from the London cast.
The staging is rich and detailed and the performances are largely overplayed (as one would expect). Olaf is an unexpected delight, losing none of his charm in the move from screen to stage.
Noted West End performer Samantha Barks (who gave a devastating performance in the Les Miserables film) steps into Elsa's icy shoes and is predictably dazzling.
If you're looking for late 1800s period drama, then AppleTV+ and Paramount+ have you covered, with The Buccaneers (season 2) and The Gilded Age (season 3) both making their returns. Over on Netflix you can dive into new North Carolina fishing drama The Waterfront, starring Holt McCallany, Maria Bello and Melissa Benoist from Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson. The streamer also has a new animated kids film for fans of K-Pop: KPop Demon Hunters. If docos are more your style, Netflix has the truly devastating Grenfell Uncovered, which looks into the list of failures and oversights that led to the inferno which claimed 72 lives in London in 2017. The doco action continues with Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie on Max, a four-part series with episodes dropping weekly. And on Stan you can catch the Aussie documentary film Joh: The Last King of Queensland, about politician Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Continuing the trend of rich families who spend their summers on islands while harbouring secrets (looking at you The Perfect Couple and Sirens), We Were Liars arrives with a twist that will leave you reeling.
Not to say it's an especially well-made or deep series, but the desire to get to the end and unravel the mystery is strong and will keep you engaged for the full eight episodes.
Based on the buzzy 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, We Were Liars takes place on the wealthy Sinclair family island - Beechwood - over two summers.
The first summer, labelled Summer 16 by our lead character Cadence (Emily Alyn Lind, Gossip Girl), is filled with drama and questions. Cadence remembers the first few weeks, and then it's all a blur until she wakes up alone half-naked and bleeding on the beach with no memory of how she got there. So the next year, Summer 17, she wants to piece together what happened to her and why no one in her family will talk about it. And the other big question - why hasn't she heard from her cousins (her best friends in the world) all year? What are they keeping from her?
Watching We Were Liars is a completely different experience for those who know about the twist, and those who don't, and there's certain enjoyment to be gained from either experience.
Young Aussie actor Joseph Zada (Invisible Boys) plays Cadence's cousin Johnny, and will soon be seen in the Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping, while Ewan McGregor's daughter Esther McGregor (Babygirl) is a standout as another cousin, Mirren. The cast also includes David Morse (The Green Mile), Mamie Gummer (True Detective), Candice King (The Vampire Diaries), Rahul Kohli (The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex).
We Were Liars was co-created by Julie Plec, responsible for TV shows of varying success including The Vampire Diaries and its spin-offs, Vampire Academy and The Girls on the Bus.
This documentary feature from National Geographic takes a look at the life of the first American woman in space, Sally Ride.
For a time, Ride was one of the most famous names on (and off) the planet, but even though her face was ubiquitous, her private life was strictly off limits.
In an industry that was such a boys' club, in a time when women in anything but domestic roles was still something of a novelty, Ride wanted the focus to be purely on her capability and intellect.
So you have to wonder how the astronaut would feel about this documentary, which shares her life outside of her work with the world.
Ride was a lesbian, and had a loving but largely secret relationship with her partner Tam O'Shaughnessy for 27 years. Her sexuality wasn't something that she discussed with anyone, even her family, as her sister Bear says in the film. Her family and closest friends knew about their relationship, but Ride never wanted to spend time talking about it. Perhaps she thought her sexual identity was not one of the more interesting parts of her life, or perhaps she was worried about being outed in a time when that would mean her career would suffer. US tennis great Billie Jean King shares her own experience with being publicly outed and having to basically put her reputation back together from square one in this film, highlighting just how difficult it would have been for Ride to share her life with the world in that era.
So much of Ride's story is marked by incredible achievement, perseverance and triumph, and Sally does detail the big milestones - being selected for the NASA program, becoming the first woman in space, sitting on a committee examining the Challenger disaster, starting her own science academy - but these are overshadowed by the amount of time spent dissecting her relationships.
Anna and Elsa get the stage treatment in this filmed version of a London production of the Frozen Broadway musical.
The musical takes all the beats you know and love from the 2013 Disney animation and brings them to life in on stage with spirited performances from the London cast.
The staging is rich and detailed and the performances are largely overplayed (as one would expect). Olaf is an unexpected delight, losing none of his charm in the move from screen to stage.
Noted West End performer Samantha Barks (who gave a devastating performance in the Les Miserables film) steps into Elsa's icy shoes and is predictably dazzling.
If you're looking for late 1800s period drama, then AppleTV+ and Paramount+ have you covered, with The Buccaneers (season 2) and The Gilded Age (season 3) both making their returns. Over on Netflix you can dive into new North Carolina fishing drama The Waterfront, starring Holt McCallany, Maria Bello and Melissa Benoist from Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson. The streamer also has a new animated kids film for fans of K-Pop: KPop Demon Hunters. If docos are more your style, Netflix has the truly devastating Grenfell Uncovered, which looks into the list of failures and oversights that led to the inferno which claimed 72 lives in London in 2017. The doco action continues with Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie on Max, a four-part series with episodes dropping weekly. And on Stan you can catch the Aussie documentary film Joh: The Last King of Queensland, about politician Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Continuing the trend of rich families who spend their summers on islands while harbouring secrets (looking at you The Perfect Couple and Sirens), We Were Liars arrives with a twist that will leave you reeling.
Not to say it's an especially well-made or deep series, but the desire to get to the end and unravel the mystery is strong and will keep you engaged for the full eight episodes.
Based on the buzzy 2014 novel of the same name by E. Lockhart, We Were Liars takes place on the wealthy Sinclair family island - Beechwood - over two summers.
The first summer, labelled Summer 16 by our lead character Cadence (Emily Alyn Lind, Gossip Girl), is filled with drama and questions. Cadence remembers the first few weeks, and then it's all a blur until she wakes up alone half-naked and bleeding on the beach with no memory of how she got there. So the next year, Summer 17, she wants to piece together what happened to her and why no one in her family will talk about it. And the other big question - why hasn't she heard from her cousins (her best friends in the world) all year? What are they keeping from her?
Watching We Were Liars is a completely different experience for those who know about the twist, and those who don't, and there's certain enjoyment to be gained from either experience.
Young Aussie actor Joseph Zada (Invisible Boys) plays Cadence's cousin Johnny, and will soon be seen in the Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping, while Ewan McGregor's daughter Esther McGregor (Babygirl) is a standout as another cousin, Mirren. The cast also includes David Morse (The Green Mile), Mamie Gummer (True Detective), Candice King (The Vampire Diaries), Rahul Kohli (The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex).
We Were Liars was co-created by Julie Plec, responsible for TV shows of varying success including The Vampire Diaries and its spin-offs, Vampire Academy and The Girls on the Bus.
This documentary feature from National Geographic takes a look at the life of the first American woman in space, Sally Ride.
For a time, Ride was one of the most famous names on (and off) the planet, but even though her face was ubiquitous, her private life was strictly off limits.
In an industry that was such a boys' club, in a time when women in anything but domestic roles was still something of a novelty, Ride wanted the focus to be purely on her capability and intellect.
So you have to wonder how the astronaut would feel about this documentary, which shares her life outside of her work with the world.
Ride was a lesbian, and had a loving but largely secret relationship with her partner Tam O'Shaughnessy for 27 years. Her sexuality wasn't something that she discussed with anyone, even her family, as her sister Bear says in the film. Her family and closest friends knew about their relationship, but Ride never wanted to spend time talking about it. Perhaps she thought her sexual identity was not one of the more interesting parts of her life, or perhaps she was worried about being outed in a time when that would mean her career would suffer. US tennis great Billie Jean King shares her own experience with being publicly outed and having to basically put her reputation back together from square one in this film, highlighting just how difficult it would have been for Ride to share her life with the world in that era.
So much of Ride's story is marked by incredible achievement, perseverance and triumph, and Sally does detail the big milestones - being selected for the NASA program, becoming the first woman in space, sitting on a committee examining the Challenger disaster, starting her own science academy - but these are overshadowed by the amount of time spent dissecting her relationships.
Anna and Elsa get the stage treatment in this filmed version of a London production of the Frozen Broadway musical.
The musical takes all the beats you know and love from the 2013 Disney animation and brings them to life in on stage with spirited performances from the London cast.
The staging is rich and detailed and the performances are largely overplayed (as one would expect). Olaf is an unexpected delight, losing none of his charm in the move from screen to stage.
Noted West End performer Samantha Barks (who gave a devastating performance in the Les Miserables film) steps into Elsa's icy shoes and is predictably dazzling.
If you're looking for late 1800s period drama, then AppleTV+ and Paramount+ have you covered, with The Buccaneers (season 2) and The Gilded Age (season 3) both making their returns. Over on Netflix you can dive into new North Carolina fishing drama The Waterfront, starring Holt McCallany, Maria Bello and Melissa Benoist from Dawson's Creek creator Kevin Williamson. The streamer also has a new animated kids film for fans of K-Pop: KPop Demon Hunters. If docos are more your style, Netflix has the truly devastating Grenfell Uncovered, which looks into the list of failures and oversights that led to the inferno which claimed 72 lives in London in 2017. The doco action continues with Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie on Max, a four-part series with episodes dropping weekly. And on Stan you can catch the Aussie documentary film Joh: The Last King of Queensland, about politician Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
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If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. 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But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (M, 88 minutes, Disney+) 4 stars Half a century ago, one film swam along and changed the film industry. It sounds like a grand statement to make, but that really was the case with Jaws. The seminal Steven Spielberg thriller became the first summer blockbuster (though, of course, it was winter in our hemisphere) to break all sorts of box office records and created a cultural juggernaut the size of which had never been seen before. To mark five decades since its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story on Disney+ takes you back to the famously difficult production with generous archive footage and interviews from the past and present. The documentary, released under the National Geographic banner, is helmed by Laurent Bouzereau, a prolific film documentary and special features director who already delivered The Making of Jaws back in 1995. If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (M, 88 minutes, Disney+) 4 stars Half a century ago, one film swam along and changed the film industry. It sounds like a grand statement to make, but that really was the case with Jaws. The seminal Steven Spielberg thriller became the first summer blockbuster (though, of course, it was winter in our hemisphere) to break all sorts of box office records and created a cultural juggernaut the size of which had never been seen before. To mark five decades since its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story on Disney+ takes you back to the famously difficult production with generous archive footage and interviews from the past and present. The documentary, released under the National Geographic banner, is helmed by Laurent Bouzereau, a prolific film documentary and special features director who already delivered The Making of Jaws back in 1995. If you're a cinephile or particularly die-hard fan of Jaws, there's a good chance that most of the information in Jaws @ 50 will not come as a shock. Other documentaries over the years have delved deeply into this film, and even the most casual film fan already knows bits of trivia, like the fact the mechanical shark was named Bruce, and the film was shot on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the Massachusetts coast. But familiarity with the content doesn't detract from the enjoyment of this film. Bouzereau has conducted new interviews with people involved with the production, their relatives, shark experts and other filmmakers who have been inspired by Jaws. It's always nice to see Spielberg talking about the film that really made his career. Before Jaws came along, the young filmmaker was an up-and-comer, impressing with made-for-TV films including the influential Duel, an action-packed thrill ride about a large truck chasing a smaller car for the length of the film. When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. While Jaws @ 50 might not be the most eye-opening documentary if you're well-versed in the history of the film, if you've never seen a doco or featurette on Jaws, it's bound to bring you joy. 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When Spielberg came across the not-yet-published galleys of Peter Benchley's novel Jaws, he thought it was just like Duel - this huge, unrelenting predator on the prowl. So he asked if he could direct the film, and when the original choice left the project, he was in. But the production was far from smooth, and nearly everything that could go wrong with Bruce the shark, did. It was designed for freshwater instead of seawater, which wreaked havoc with the mechanics. It moved the wrong way. When it finally worked, the boat sank. Spielberg spent the production - which was running significantly over budget and well beyond schedule - thinking he'd be fired, and still suffered traumatic panic attacks and insomnia for years after the film wrapped. Cast members also failed to get along - Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss particularly butted heads, and Shaw's persistent drinking didn't help matters. But most of the Jaws cast was made up of locals on the island, and it's fantastic to see how much pride those remaining cast members and islanders still have in the film production. Jaws has had a huge impact on filmmaking since its release, and industry figures like Mexican Guillermo del Toro (Oscar-winning writer-director of The Shape of Water), Jaws superfan Steven Soderbergh (Oscar-winning director of Traffic) and English actress Emily Blunt (Oscar-nominated star of Oppenheimer), who claims to have seen Jaws more than any other film, are more than happy to talk about how much the shark thriller means to them and has impacted their appreciation of cinema. What this documentary has that the others don't is the inclusion of a fully restored Bruce to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. If you're a lover of the film, it's a delight to see the huge creature craned into the museum, to be revered by all the visitors who walk through its doors. 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Don't miss out on the headlines from Emmy Awards. Followed categories will be added to My News. Severance is officially leading the pack heading into the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, collecting a whopping 27 nominations. The psychological workplace drama series is followed by The Penguin with 24 nods, The Studio and The White Lotus with 23 each, The Last of Us with 16, Andor and Hacks with 14, and Adolescence, The Bear and The Pitt with 13 apiece. There was a lot of love across the board for The White Lotus, including for its ensemble cast - but on the flip side, despite its position among the most-nominated shows, hospital drama The Pitt scored only one nomination for a supporting cast member. Poker Face's Natasha Lyonne also found herself among the unexpectedly 'snubbed' list, along with last year's first-time Emmy nominee, Selena Gomez, for her role in Only Murders In The Building. This year's crop of nominees were unveiled during a live virtual event on Tuesday morning, US time, by What We Do In The Shadows star Harvey Guillén and Running Point's Brenda Song. The acual awards show is being held at the Peacock Theatre in LA on September 14 and will be hosted by Nate Bargatze. Here are the nominations for the 2025 Emmy Awards: Best Limited or Anthology Series Adolescence Black Mirror Dying for Sex Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story The Penguin Adolescence was a smash hit this year. Picture: Netflix Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Meghann Fahy, Sirens Rashida Jones, Black Mirror Cristin Milioti, The Penguin Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Colin Farrell, The Penguin Stephen Graham, Adolescence Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent Owen Cooper, Adolescence Rob Delaney, Dying for Sex Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent Ashley Walters, Adolescence Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Erin Doherty, Adolescence Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent Deirdre O'Connell, The Penguin Chloë Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex Christine Tremarco, Adolescence Cate Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen in Disclaimer. Picture: Sanja Bucko/Apple TV+ via AP Best Actress in a Comedy Series Uzo Aduba, The Residence Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Ayo Edebiri, The Bear Jean Smart, Hacks Best Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This Seth Rogen, The Studio Jason Segel, Shrinking Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building Jeremy Allen White, The Bear Best Comedy Series Abbott Elementary The Bear Hacks Nobody Wants This Only Murders in the Building Shrinking The Studio What We Do in the Shadows Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey in The White Lotus. Picture: Fabio Lovino/HBO via AP Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ike Barinholtz, The Studio Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons Harrison Ford, Shrinking Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear Michael Urie, Shrinking Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear Hannah Einbinder, Hacks Kathryn Hahn, The Studio Janelle James, Abbott Elementary Catherine O'Hara, The Studio Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary Jessica Williams, Shrinking The Studio. Picture: Apple TV+ via AP Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Jon Bernthal, The Bear Bryan Cranston, The Studio Dave Franco, The Studio Ron Howard, The Studio Anthony Mackie, The Studio Martin Scorsese, The Studio Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Olivia Colman, The Bear Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear Cynthia Erivo, Poker Face Robby Hoffman, Hacks Zoë Kravitz, The Studio Julianne Nicholson, Hacks Best Reality Competition Program The Amazing Race RuPaul's Drag Race Survivor Top Chef The Traitors Best Talk Series The Daily Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Best Actor in a Drama Series Sterling K. Brown, Paradise Gary Oldman, Slow Horses Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us Adam Scott, Severance Noah Wyle, The Pitt Pedro Pascal is nominated for his performance in The Last of Us. Picture: HBO via AP Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Zach Cherry, Severance Walton Goggins, The White Lotus Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus James Marsden, Paradise Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus Tramell Tillman, Severance John Turturro, Severance Best Actress in a Drama Series Kathy Bates, Matlock Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters Britt Lower, Severance Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us Keri Russell, The Diplomat Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Patricia Arquette, Severance Carrie Coon, The White Lotus Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt Julianne Nicholson, Paradise Parker Posey, The White Lotus Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood has also been nominated. Picture: Fabio Lovino/HBO via AP Best Drama Series Andor The Diplomat The Last of Us Paradise The Pitt Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series Giancarlo Esposito, The Boys Scott Glenn, The White Lotus Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt Joe Pantoliano, The Last of Us Forest Whitaker, Andor Jeffrey Wright, The Last of Us Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series Jane Alexander, Severance Gwendoline Christie, Severance Kaitlyn Dever, The Last of Us Cherry Jones, The Handmaid's Tale Catherine O'Hara, The Last of Us Merritt Wever, Severance The Emmy Awards will air locally on BINGE and Foxtel on Monday, September 15 at 10am AEST. Originally published as Emmy nominations 2025: Full list of nominees
