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09-05-2025
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‘Poker Face' Season 2 — instant Emmy predictions for the acclaimed Peacock comedy
More than two years after its Season 1 finale, Poker Face is back with its highly anticipated second season, now streaming on Peacock. The season kicked off with three episodes premiering on May 8, followed by new installments released each Thursday through July 10. Since the Emmy cutoff date is May 31, half of the season's 12 episodes will be eligible for consideration at the 2025 Emmys. In Season 2, Natasha Lyonne's Charlie Cale — a charismatic drifter with the uncanny ability to detect lies — resumes her journey across the country, evading mobsters in her trusty Plymouth Barracuda while solving mysteries at every stop along the way. This season holds an impressive 100 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews. More from GoldDerby Marvel's 'Thunderbolts' to cross $100 million, while 'Clown in a Cornfield' slashes into top 5 'Awards Magnet': 'Hacks,' 'The Studio,' and 2 Emmy-worthy episodes 'Hacks' stars and EPs break down Deborah's promise: 'That's the thing that Ava is constantly dealing with' "I wanted to do what we did in Season 1, just more of it," said creator Rian Johnson at the PaleyFest premiere in March. "The idea was not to see where Charlie goes with some bigger arc — the idea was, 'Let's make some kick-ass, wonderful episodes.'" Judging by early critical acclaim, Poker Face is living up to its promise and appears poised to surpass its four Emmy nominations from 2023. Ahead are some instant Emmy predictions for Poker Face. Poker Face may be considered an underdog in the race for Best Comedy Series, but as word-of-mouth spreads for this mystery-of-the-week riot, it looks poised rise up the ranks. Currently sitting in 11th place in Gold Derby's odds, the Peacock show's early buzz and killer lineup of guest stars make it one of the season's must-see comedies. Creator Rian Johnson is a two-time Oscar nominee (Knives Out, Glass Onion) who knows how to craft a compelling story. He also earned a Best Drama Series Emmy nomination last year for Netflix's sci-fi thriller 3 Body Problem. Executive producer Natasha Lyonne earned a previous Best Comedy Series bid for her 2019 show, Russian Doll, on Netflix. With critical acclaim and an awards-worthy team behind it, Poker Face has all the ingredients for Emmy success. The real question is whether enough Emmy voters are tuning in to Peacock. As a relatively new streaming platform — launched in 2020 — Peacock achieved its highest-ever Emmy nominations last year with nine. This year, Poker Face might just help boost that number even further. Natasha Lyonne has received three Emmy nominations for acting, including Best Comedy Actress for Season 1 of Poker Face. Prior bids were for her guest role on Orange Is the New Black in 2014 and her lead performance in Russian Doll in 2019. At the moment, Lyonne sits in fifth place in the odds behind frontrunner Jean Smart (Hacks), Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Emmy winner Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), and Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This). Just behind Lyonne is past nominee Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building). However, several former Emmy winners and nominees are lurking, including Uzo Aduba (The Residence), Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along), and Tina Fey (The Four Seasons). The structure of Poker Face is tailor made for this category — each episode features a high-profile guest star to square off against Lyonne, the only series regular. Judith Light made history when she won Peacock's first Emmy for her guest performance in the Season 1 episode "Time of the Monkey." This season, a head-spinning 13 guest actors were submitted for Emmy consideration — seven women and six men — highlighted by three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo who plays quintuplets in the season premiere, "The Game Is a Foot." If that's not Emmy bait, we call "bullsh-t." However, Erivo isn't the only heavy-hitter in the mix here. The guest actress submissions also include four-time Emmy winner Rhea Perlman, three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale, three-time Emmy nominee Gabby Hoffman, and Oscar nominee Carol Cane. A desperate-for-divorce Katie Holmes and demonic Eva Jade complete this cast of mysterious characters. On the guest actor side, five-time Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito, three-time Emmy winner John Mulaney, Oscar nominee Kumail Nanjiani, Simon Helberg, Simon Rex, and Callum Vinson are all in contention. Poker Face looks like an outlier for writing and directing bids — and it's low placement in the Best Comedy Series odds doesn't help. However, Season 1 did receive two Writers Guild Award nominations: Best New Series and Best Episodic Comedy (Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman for "Escape from Shit Mountain"). Lyonne, who received a Best Comedy Writing Emmy nomination for Russian Doll in 2019, is credited as a co-writer on Episode 2, titled "Last Looks," with Alice Ju (Emmy winner for Beef). Directing may be an even longer shot, but with high-action sequences, top-notch acting, and compelling writing, we may see a Poker Face director slip in. Creator Rian Johnson directed the Season 2 premiere, with Lyonne taking the helm for Episode 2. Last year's Best Comedy Casting nominees included Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks, and Only Murders in the Building. With Curb gone, there is presumably an open spot here for Poker Face (with its cavalcade of guest stars), but The Studio (with it's own impressive roster of guests) Shrinking (with its enviable ensemble), and Nobody Wants This (with its broad and likable cast) may have an edge. For Poker Face to be competitive here, it needs to land a Best Comedy Series nod. Poker Face should easily factor into Best Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program, which it received an Emmy nomination for in Season 1. Everything from lavish mansions to a trailer park feature intricate set decoration more than worthy of a bid here. The comedy should also factor strongly in stunt coordination, for which it was nominated in 2023. 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05-05-2025
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Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for ‘Highest 2 Lowest': Watch the first teaser
A24 and Apple TV+ are ready for the big payback. The distribution partners released the first teaser for Spike Lee's upcoming Highest 2 Lowest on Monday. This is Lee's first film with Denzel Washington in nearly 20 years and his fifth overall. More from GoldDerby Marvel's 'Thunderbolts' - instant Oscar predictions 'Andor' star Diego Luna jokes about Trump's tariffs at the Academy's 2025 Scientific and Technical Awards Dwayne Johnson, future Oscar nominee? With 'The Smashing Machine,' the box-office draw makes his prestige play The teaser trailer comes ahead of Highest 2 Lowest's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later this month as an out-of-competition title. Inspired by Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, Lee's latest – his first movie since 2020's Da 5 Bloods – focuses on a music mogul (Washington), widely known as having the 'best ears in the business,' who is targeted with a ransom plot that quickly becomes a life-and-death moral dilemma. Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Ice Spice, and A$AP Rocky are all co-stars in the project. The kinetic trailer, which used James Brown's 'The Payback' as its musical accompaniment, features Washington's character discussing the pitfalls of fame and fortune against the backdrop of a cat-and-mouse chase through the New York City streets. Lee has teased Highest 2 Lowest for months via social media. The Oscar-winning filmmaker spilled the beans about the Cannes premiere after Highest 2 Lowest was left out of the initial lineup announcement. Speaking to Variety, Cannes festival chief Thierry Fremaux explained the film's absence was tied to the potential attendance of Washington, who will appear in France for the May 19 premiere. Of the movie itself, Fremaux added, 'It's the story of a man at the height of his fortune: fate places him before a crucial choice that could call everything into question. Tokyo has become New York, the 1960s the present day, and Denzel Washington takes on the role of Toshirō Mifune in his own way. It is also a great film about family.' Highest 2 Lowest will premiere in Cannes on May 19, the anniversary of Lee's Do the Right Thing premiering at Cannes in 1989. A24 will debut the movie in theaters for a bit this summer, starting on Aug. 22. A launch on Apple TV+ follows on Sept. 5. Watch the trailer below. Best of GoldDerby Orson Welles movies: All 13 films as a director ranked worst to best Gary Cooper movies: 15 greatest films ranked worst to best George Clooney movies: 17 greatest films ranked worst to best Click here to read the full article.
