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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
77th Emmy Awards Winners' List: Beyonce, 'Love, Death + Robots', 'Arcane' win big
The Television Academy has revealed the first set of winners of the 77th Emmy Awards in its juried categories. These awards honour excellence in Animation, Costume, Emerging Media Programming, and Motion Design. The hit animated series 'Love, Death + Robots' emerged as the biggest winner, claiming four awards. Its episode '400 Boys' earned Emmys for Character Animation and Character Design, while 'How Zeke Got Religion' won for Production Design and Storyboard. 'Arcane' followed with two wins for Background Design for the episode 'The Dirt Under Your Nails' and Colour for 'The Message Hidden Within the Pattern.' Other winners in the web series category also included 'Octopus!'. 'White Rabbit' took home the Emmy for Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming. Beyonce Wins Her 1st Emmy Meanwhile, singer Beyonce came one step closer to her EGOT by winning a trophy for 'Beyoncé Bowl', which won in the Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming category. This also marked her first-ever Emmy award win. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like People Aged 50-85 With No Life Insurance Could Get This Reassured Get Quote Undo Winners' List Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Background Design: Arcane 'The Dirt Under Your Nails' Color: Arcane 'The Message Hidden Within the Pattern' Character Animation: Love, Death + Robots '400 Boys' Character Design: Love, Death + Robots '400 Boys' Production Design: Love, Death + Robots 'How Zeke Got Religion' Storyboard: Love, Death + Robots 'How Zeke Got Religion' Outstanding Motion Design: Octopus! Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming: White Rabbit Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming: Beyoncé Bowl According to The Independent, unlike competitive categories, juried awards are determined through a one-step evaluation process. Entries are reviewed by a panel of professionals from the relevant peer groups, with deliberations including open discussions and detailed assessments of each submission's merits. Multiple winners — or none at all — may be named in each category. The juried awards will be presented at the 77th Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, September 6, and Sunday, September 7, at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live. The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from the Peacock Theatre on Sunday, September 14, 2025, .
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Love, Death & Robots Aired A Great Episode Recently (But It's Not Enough To Redeem Season 4)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SPOILER WARNING: The following article may contain a few light spoilers for Love, Death & Robots Season 4. So, if you have not used your Netflix subscription to catch up on this latest batch of weird, wild animated shorts, do not say I did not warn you if you continue to read on. I am a huge fan of anthology TV shows, and one of my all-time favorites is Love, Death & Robots. From creator Tim Miller and co-executive producer David Fincher, the Emmy-winning, Netflix animated series for adults is a collection of short sci-fi/fantasy films, typically no longer than 15 minutes, boasting mind-blowing, highly inventive stories and out-of-this-world beautiful animation. However, I hate to admit that I would not quite say that about Love, Death & Robots Season 4 (billed as Vol. 4), which is easily the series' weakest collection of films so far, in my personal opinion. Luckily, there was one bright spot among the largely disappointing experience I had this time around. In fact, I'll start by singing my praises for that episode before I get into my reservations about the season overall. Director Diego Porral's "How Zeke Got Religion' is based on John McNichol's short story of the same name. It follows a group of World War II-era pilots, one of whom, named Zeke (Keston John), is unlike the rest by being a staunch atheist. However, he begins to question his certainties when his crew's plane is attacked by a monstrous demon conjured straight from Hell by the Nazis. Love, Death & Robots is not quite a horror anthology TV show, but it has been known to scare in some episodes, and 'Zeke' is a great example of that for its traumatically graphic violence, cleverly juxtaposed with gorgeous animation from the studio Titmouse. What really takes the creature feature over the edge for me is its message about the benefit of second-guessing your beliefs, or lack thereof, and acknowledging the secrets of the universe that we, as humans, cannot confidently understand. I can't say I would call it one of the all-time best Love, Death & Robots episodes yet, but it's easily my favorite from Season 4, especially in comparison to the rest. To be clear, I do not believe Love, Death & Robots Season 4 is a complete dud, and not just counting 'Zeke.' For instance, I found director Jennifer Yuh Nelson's 'Spider Rose' quite touching, especially as a devoted pet owner, and the Tim Miller-directed 'The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur' was a decent, futuristic chase flick. However, even those bear the same problem I have with the shorts I do not care for. As far as I am concerned, the majority of installments in this volume suffer from weak executions of decent concepts or weak executions of weak concepts. I have always praised the show for consistently having story ideas that I could only dream of coming up with on my own, and animation styles unlike anything I have ever seen. Season 4, for the most part, offers very little that is refreshing in the animation department, in my opinion, which is a shame because that could have redeemed some of these shorts from their relatively unremarkable plots. Patrick Osborne's 'The Other Large Thing' has a cute concept of a cat achieving world domination with a robotic assistant's help, but it ultimately felt like a setup for a joke with a weak punchline. I was even more disappointed by Miller's live-action short, 'Golgotha,' which is about a priest (Rhys Darby) meeting with an extraterrestrial, that I feel does not fully live up to its potential in its 10-minute runtime, especially with its abrupt conclusion. I was also excited about the star-studded, stop-animation comedy 'Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners,' in which tech products complain about the humans who use them, but it was not nearly as funny to me as it clearly tried to be. The first short in this latest collection had me invested from the beginning. An animated recreation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing 'Can't Stop' live, and from none other than David Fincher at the helm? Hell yes! However, it ended up being a little underwhelming, since it is really nothing more than a short concert doc that replaces humans with CGI marionettes. Sure, I had fun with it, but I didn't think it was anything special like what Love, Death & Robots has been capable of presenting before. It is certainly cool to see Fincher return to his roots as a music video director, but I suppose I was hoping for something more from the man who directed what I believe is the absolute best episode of this anthology series, Season 3's "Bad Traveling." You know, I have rewatched some of the series' older shorts and ended up liking many of them more a second time. So, perhaps I should try to stream Love, Death & Robots Season 4 on Netflix again at some point and see how I feel then. However, there are still a few installments I might skip.
