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Emmy Snubs and Surprises: Diego Luna and ‘Squid Game' Shut Out, Nathan Fielder, ‘Black Mirror' In
Just when you thought awards season was over, it's time for the Emmys. Nominations for TV's highest honor were announced Tuesday morning, sparking a race that's been heating up for months. Only one of last year's nominees for Best Drama Series remains eligible in 2025, which makes securing a nod (and snagging the trophy) that much more valuable. (Breaking through at the Emmys is critical for shows eyeing to return, season after season.) The Best Comedy Series race is a toss-up, with last year's surprise victor 'Hacks' going toe-to-toe with the one-time favorite, 'The Bear,' and strong newcomers like 'The Studio.' As for Best Limited Series, 'Adolescence' seems primed to rack up trophies, but the race can change at any time and being recognized really is an honor unto itself. With 600 programs submitted in the Best Series categories — only 14 fewer than last year — there is still far too much TV for any voter to watch in the time allotted, which means… there will be snubs. Yes, it's time to talk about the snubs and surprises of 2025, but before we get into it, please remember: More from IndieWire How to Watch the 2025 Emmy Nominations Announced Live 2025 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win at the Primetime Emmy Awards? 'Andor' Writer Beau Willimon Breaks Down Saw Gerrera's 'Absolutely Wackadoodle' Rhydo Speech Here at IndieWire, a 'snub' is just industry shorthand for a series or individual who was expected to be nominated, thought to be deserving of a nomination, or both, and yet — for whatever reason — they did not receive recognition for their work. (Not today, anyway — there's always the fall awards!) Labeling any such program or person a 'snub' does not convey intent; it does't mean their peers had it out for them, or voters purposefully shunned one potential nominee in favor of another. On the other end of the spectrum, anything dubbed a 'surprise' is a series or individual who was thought to be out of the running before nominations were announced; something or someone who was written off too early, whether it was because they didn't mount much of a campaign, didn't match up well in their category, or simply didn't get the typical plaudits heaped upon your standard Emmy nominee. By and large, it's best if you remember, dear readers, that the very nature of competition means not everyone can win (or, in this case, be nominated), and it's only human for those invested in television to react with shock and awe, admiration and anger, to the TV Academy's picks for the season's best shows. So, without further ado, let's dig in: (OK, there's just one more little bit of to-do: Voting for the 2025 Emmy winners will begin August 18 and end August 27 at 10 p.m. PT. The 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set for Sunday, September 14 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.) With additional reporting by Proma Khosla. Best of IndieWire 2023 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win at the Primetime Emmy Awards? 2023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special 2023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
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2025 Emmy Nominations Are Here: See the Full List of Nominees
The 2025 Primetime Emmy nominations are finally here, and many fan favorites, returning series, and brand-new efforts have been recognized by the Television Academy. As IndieWire's Marcus Jones predicted, the 2025 Emmys are one of the tightest races in recent years with a slew of returning winners side by side in competition with new buzzy series. The Television Academy's 24,000 members certainly have their work cut out for them as past Emmy winners like 'Severance,' 'The White Lotus,' 'The Last of Us,' 'Squid Game,' 'The Handmaid's Tale,' 'Hacks,' 'The Bear,' 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Only Murders in the Building,' and 'What We Do in the Shadows' are all back in contention for more awards. More from IndieWire How to Watch the 2025 Emmy Nominations Announced Live 2025 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win at the Primetime Emmy Awards? And that's not even mentioning the slew of star-studded series that debuted this year: 'The Pitt,' 'Paradise,' 'The Studio,' 'Dying for Sex,' and IndieWire Honors-recognized 'Adolescence' all have become critically acclaimed hits. From Liza Colón-Zayas ('The Bear') to 'The White Lotus' trio of Parker Posey, Leslie Bibb, and Carrie Coon, to 'The Studio' stars Catherine O'Hara and Kathryn Hahn, the comedy categories for actresses are particularly competitive this year. Don't forget about Emmy staples 'Hacks' and 'Abbott Elementary' too. The Outstanding Television Movie category additionally has an interesting year, with Emmy-winning 'Succession' creator Jesse Armstrong's HBO film 'Mountainhead' against the fourth 'Bridget Jones' film, 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,' which premiered solely on Peacock in the United States while becoming a box office hit in theaters abroad. Emmys voting wrapped on Monday, June 23, with the nominations announced today, Tuesday, July 15, by 'Running Point' breakout Brenda Song (which debuted in 2025 on Netflix) and 'What We Do in the Shadows' star Harvey Guillén (the FX series just had its final season). The 76th Annual Emmy Awards will honor series that aired between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025. The 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT. Nate Bargatze will be hosting the awards show. Check out the full list of nominations below. Outstanding Talk Series 'The Daily Show' 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Outstanding Reality Competition Program 'The Amazing Race' 'RuPaul's Drag Race' 'Survivor' 'Top Chef' 'The Traitors' Outstanding 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' Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Erin Doherty, 'Adolescence' Ruth Negga, 'Presumed Innocent' Deidre O'Connell, 'The Penguin' Chloë Sevigny, 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' Jenny Slate, 'Dying for Sex' Christine Tremarco, 'Adolescence' Outstanding Lead 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' Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cate Blanchett, 'Disclaimer' Meghann Fahy, 'Sirens' Rashida Jones, 'Black Mirror' Cristin Milioti, 'The Penguin' Michelle Williams, 'Dying for Sex' Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series 'Adolescence' 'Black Mirror' 'Dying for Sex' 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' 'The Penguin' Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead 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' Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Noah Wyle, 'The Pitt' Sterling K. Brown, 'Paradise' Adam Scott, 'Severance' Pedro Pascal, 'The Last of Us' Gary Oldman, 'Slow Horses' Outstanding Drama Series 'Andor' 'The Diplomat' 'The Last of Us' 'Paradise' 'The Pitt' 'Severance' 'Slow Horses' 'The White Lotus' Outstanding 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, 'SNL' Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Liza Colón-Zayas, 'The Bear' Kathryn Hahn, 'The Studio' Hannah Einbinder, 'Hacks' Janelle James, 'Abbott Elementary' Catherine O'Hara, 'The Studio' Sheryl Lee Ralph, 'Abbott Elementary' Jessica Williams, 'Shrinking' Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jason Segel, 'Shrinking' Martin Short, 'Only Murders in the Building' Jeremy Allen White, 'The Bear' Seth Rogen, 'The Studio' Adam Brody, 'Nobody Wants This' Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Kristen Bell, 'Nobody Wants This' Jean Smart, 'Hacks' Uzo Aduba, 'The Residence' Ayo Edebiri, 'The Bear' Quinta Brunson, 'Abbott Elementary' Outstanding Comedy Series 'Abbott Elementary' 'The Bear' 'Hacks' 'Nobody Wants This' 'Only Murders in the Building' 'Shrinking' 'The Studio' 'What We Do in the Shadows' This is a breaking news post and is continuing to be updated. 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The Egyptian Theatre Will Sit Out the Final Sundance Film Festival in Park City — but the Yarrow Theatre Returns
The final Sundance Film Festival in its home of over 40 years, Park City, Utah, will be missing a key venue from the festival's storied history: The Egyptian Theatre on Main Street will not return for the 2026 edition before Sundance moves to Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027. The theater, opened on Christmas Day 1926, has served as a live performing arts space in addition to serving as a cinema. It was conspicuously left out of the 'What to Know About the 2026 Sundance Film Festival' letter written by the director of the Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming, Eugene Hernandez, that press received July 14. More from IndieWire That Time Nicolas Cage Was Almost Superman for Tim Burton Indian Film Board Censors 'Superman' for Being Too 'Sensual' The Egyptian Theatre's executive director Randy Barton told Park City's local NPR affiliate KPCW that the venue was indeed sitting out the final Sundance altogether and is 'no longer set up for film' at all. It will be exclusively a live-performance space going forward. A source from Sundance tells IndieWire, though, that there is a desire to find a moment in the final Park City festival to acknowledge the shared history and legacy that the festival has with the Egyptian, even though it will indeed not be a venue this time around. That moment of acknowledgment would be well worth it: The Egyptian is where so many iconic moments in Sundance history have taken place. As longtime home of the Midnight section, it's where 'The Blair Witch Project' and 'Hereditary' premiered. Not to mention many others, including Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac,' which had a secret screening there at Sundance in advance of its official premiere at Berlin. Before the Eccles Theater opened at the Park City High School, the Egyptian was the festival's showcase theater. In better news, however, the Yarrow Theatre will be returning now that Slamdance has left Park City for Los Angeles. The Sundance rival took over the theater, located in the Yarrow Doubletree hotel on Park Avenue, for the 2024 edition of the festival, and it sat empty in 2025, despite Sundance moving its festival headquarters and press badge pickup there this year. (The festival headquarters will return to the Sheraton, further away, in 2026, however.) The last time the Yarrow Theatre was part of Sundance was in 2023 when it operated under the name 'The Park Avenue Screening Room' and premiered films such as Doug Liman's still unreleased Brett Kavanaugh documentary, 'Justice.' Also, despite being permanently closed the rest of the year — as indicated by Google, its removal from owner Metropolitan Theatres' website, and the reporting of an IndieWire source who was recently on the ground in Park City — the Holiday Village Cinemas will reopen under a special arrangement just for Sundance 2026, as it also did in 2025. Other screening venues for Sundance 2026 will be the Eccles Theatre, Library Center Theatre, The Ray Theatre, and Redstone Cinemas. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
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Nick Offerman Says ‘Dumb People Insist Ron Swanson' Voted for Trump: Ron ‘Would Despise' Trump ‘Because He's Disrespectful to Women'
Nick Offerman said in an interview with IndieWire while promoting his film 'Sovereignty' that only 'dumb people' think Ron Swanson, his beloved 'Parks and Recreation' character, is a Donald Trump supporter. Offerman played Ron on all seven seasons of the NBC sitcom, which ran for 126 episodes between 2009 and 2015. The actor said that MAGA supporters think Ron 'must be one of us' just because he has a shotgun or something. 'Dumb people insist that Ron Swanson would've voted for Trump. And I don't deign to answer myself,' Offerman said. 'I take it to Mike Schur, the main creator of Ron, and he said, 'Swanson would've despised Trump, because Ron loved capitalism. And Trump made the stupidest move you could make as a capitalist, which is to go into public service.'' More from Variety European Producers Praise New Czech Investment Obligation for Major Streamers, Say Trump Tariffs Turned U.S. Market 'Stone Cold' White House Photoshops Trump Onto 'Superman' Poster, Touts the 'American Way' Amid MAGA Outrage Over James Gunn's 'Immigrant' Comment Podcaster Andrew Schulz Voted for Trump but Is Turning on Him: 'I Voted for None of This... I Want Him to Stop Wars. He's Funding Them. Reduce the Budget. He's Increasing It.' 'He would think he's an absolute idiot,' Offerman continued about Ron's thoughts on Trump. 'He would also despise him because he's disrespectful to women and many others. And that's just an example of all the people and value sets that Ron would despise, because Ron is a good person.' Offerman has always been protective over Ron since 'Parks and Recreation' wrapped. Earlier this year, the actor defended the LGBTQ+ community against homophobic hate on X after Michael Flynn Jr., son of retired Army lieutenant general and Trump's former U.S. national security advisor Michael Flynn, attempted to use a clip of Ron Swanson to denounce Pride Month. 'Just wanted to post how I feel about 'pride' month,' Flynn Jr. wrote on X accompanied by a 'Parks and Rec' clip showing Swanson throwing a rainbow flag into a dumpster. Only the clip was doctored to make it appear as if Offerman's character was homophobic. The real scene, from the fourth season episode 'The Trial of Leslie Knope,' sees Ron throwing his computer in the trash. The edit Flynn Jr. shared on X replaced the computer with the rainbow flag. 'Ron was best man at a gay wedding you dumb fuck,' Offerman fired back on X. 'Happy Pride.' Offerman was referring to the 'Parks and Recreation' series finale, 'One Last Ride,' where Ron serves as the best man to his hairdresser, Typhoon (Rodney To). Best of Variety Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series and Scripted Variety - New Blood Looks to Tackle Late Night Staples Oscars 2026: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Wagner Moura and More Among Early Contenders to Watch New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
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Lena Dunham's ‘Too Much': A Guide to All Those Cameos — and Each Wink to Her Own Celebrity Lore
Editor's Note: This story contains spoilers for 'Too Much,' now streaming Lena Dunham is back in the spotlight, and eight years after the conclusion of 'Girls,' we missed her. We've all known Dunham to be a voice of a generation, and she's now packing all her years of celebrity into her latest magnum opus: 'Too Much.' More from IndieWire John Goodman Doesn't Speak to Roseanne Anymore: 'I'd Rather Doubt If She Wants to Talk to Me' 'Dexter' Has 'Probably Done a Number on Me,' Says Michael C. Hall: 'I'm Not Crazy, I Know I'm Not Him' Sure, 'Too Much' is a critically acclaimed return to smart rom-coms with female audiences in mind. Did we expect anything less from Dunham? No. What is different, though, is the inclusion of nods to her own (at times, infamous) viral moments. This is Dunham laying bare for audiences once more — and only her true fans, raised being way too online, would get all the references to her lore. Dunham has promoted 'Too Much' as a semi-autobiographical series. 'Hacks' breakout star Megan Stalter plays the Dunham-esque Jessica, who relocates from New York to London to start fresh after a breakup. Jessica soon meets musician Felix (Will Sharpe), who challenges her to reevaluate her 30-something crisis. Dunham co-created the series with her real-life husband, Luis Felber, who also serves as an executive producer and provides original music. Despite unknowingly having crossed paths with Felber at the SXSW premiere of 'Girls,' Dunham didn't know Felber until moving to London (she has since stated that she will not return to live in NYC). Dunham is the creator, writer, and executive producer who directs eight out of 10 episodes. It's the packed punches of 'oh my gosh, is that really supposed to be [redacted] playing [redacted]?!' that make 'Too Much' not only must-see TV, but required viewing for anyone who witnessed Dunham endure the firestorm of media scrutiny amid her 'Girls' fame. ('I always joke that I need a T-shirt that says, 'I survived New York media in 2012 and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.' And all I got was this lousy PTSD,' Dunham recently said.) Even Dunham's own late dog gets a nod via Jessica's onscreen pooch, Astrid. Dunham detailed her cameo selection during the 2025 Tribeca Festival, per THR. 'I always try to write with somebody in mind. It just helps me when I'm writing, and usually it's somebody either that I admire or somebody that I already have a really great collaborative relationship with, and then you just kind of write them. And my goal is always: I love this person, so what is going to get them to come do a role, a couple episodes in a half-hour TV show like this?' she said. 'It isn't like, you know, Christopher Nolan is calling to invite you to do 'The Odyssey.' This is very specific. And so my goal is [to] always write them a different kind of part than you've seen them do before, or write them something that's so in their wheelhouse that they're like, 'It's just going to be so fun to come in and crush it.' But no in between; no vanilla. I'd rather go bold and send them something where they're like, 'Why the fuck did you send me that?' than make them feel like they're getting handed the same part that they get to do every time. I'm still shocked that all these schedules worked and all these people came together because everyone on the show is who I wrote the role for.' This is Dunham's mic drop moment, the final say on the record of her highly publicized relationships, by way of Netflix. Now, excuse us as we build our own Greg Kornacki board for the Dunham cinematic universe below. Rita Wilson, who played Marnie's (Allison Williams) unhinged mother on 'Girls,' is now Jessica's (Stalter) and Nora's (Dunham) narcissistic mom Lois. Who else could it be? This one is also self-explanatory: Rannells is a fellow 'Girls' alum, and after first playing Hannah's (Dunham) ex-turned-gay-bestie Elijah, he's now cast as Jessica's (Stalter) brother-in-law and Nora's (Dunham) husband Jameson, who leaves her to explore his pansexuality. The 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and 'The Penguin' alum plays, with no doubt in our minds, a stand-in for Dunham's long-term ex, musician and music producer Jack Antonoff — though Dunham insists Michael Zegen's character is an 'amalgamation' of all her exes. Antonoff and Dunham dated for five years during her 'Girls' fame (the series ran from 2012 to 2017). Taylor Swift and Lorde collaborator Antonoff parted ways with Dunham in 2018. 'Too Much' does not shy away from showcasing the dissolution of a partnership; the series includes a slew of claims against both the characters, with Stalter's Jessica having to emotionally escape the twisted relationship with Zegen's Zev. There is a Swift needle drop, with 'Bigger Than the Whole Sky,' which makes sense as Swift and Dunham have remained good friends. 'Too Much' the series ends with Jessica marrying supposed bad boy and Brit indie rocker Felix, played by 'The White Lotus' Season 2 breakout Will Sharpe. The parallels to Dunham's own relationship with musician Luis Felber (who records under the moniker Attawalpa, among ties to other bands) are obvious: Dunham moved to London in early 2021, where she quickly met and fell in love with Felber before marrying him later that year. Dunham's IRL close friend Ratajkowski plays Zegen's friend-turned-fiancée, Wendy Jones, whom he leaves Jessica for. So, is Ratajkowski's role based on Antonoff's real-life fiancée, actress Margaret Qualley? Or, for those who couldn't help but follow the Antonoff-Swift squad lore, is she a combo of Qualley and Lorde? OK, so not only did Andrew Scott star in Dunham's 'Catherine Called Birdy,' but he apparently also helped cast Stalter in 'Too Much.' Dunham told Glamour that Scott first introduced her to Stalter's comedy videos. 'He's always ahead of the crowd, and he had fanned out and had a coffee with her,' Dunham said. '[He] basically said, 'You two have to meet, you have something to make together.' I trust him implicitly, and went home and watched everything she'd ever made — and of course 'Hacks,' which is divine in its own right.' Now, who is Scott's pompous, divorced, scarf-clad director character supposed to be? We have our theories (emphasis on the sartorial choice of scarves!) but none of them are British…so dare we put them here? Regardless, former Hot Priest Scott's cameo, including him crying into Stalter's stocking-less thigh, is divine. Harrington, like Dunham, was also a staple of HBO at the time of 'Girls,' so they probably crossed paths at press events over the years. However, it is Harrington's uncanny resemblance to Dunham's 'Girls' co-star Christopher Abbott that has audiences' jaws on the floor when Harrington plays Stalter's deceased dad in a flashback. Abbott famously left 'Girls' due to creative differences with Dunham; he returned in 2016 to briefly reprise his role of Charlie, but has said he would not return to 'Girls' if the show were rebooted. Dunham singled out 'Mulholland Drive' icon Watts as one of her ideal collaborators during the 2025 Tribeca Festival, according to THR. It most likely helped that Watts recently co-starred with Sharpe in 'Emmanuelle.' Dunham said that she wanted Watts to return to the comedic roles that she took on early in her career. 'I thought, let me write her something that's like, not an elegant lady role, that's like an elegant lady to the left role, like an elegant lady who's railing cocaine role,' Dunham said. 'I want to speak to the thing I think you don't get to do, which is be the funniest fucking person in the world, because you also happen to look like a beautiful British aristocrat, and so people don't always know to ask that of you.' Now, Watts plays Ann, Jessica's boss' (Richard E. Grant) wife, who becomes a mentor to her over the course of a crazy coke-fueled dinner party. No one can forget that the beloved Grant played Jessa's (Jemima Kirke) drug-addled boyfriend in rehab on 'Girls.' This time, Grant stars as Jessica's (Stalter) boss Jonno, who is married to Ann (Watts). Dunham co-starred alongside Fry for 'Treasure.' Now, he plays Felix's father, Simon, in 'Too Much' (Fry was Dunham's dad in the 2024 father-daughter road trip movie 'Treasure,' co-starring Dunham). While Bravo plays Jessica's (Stalter) fashionable fellow American coworker Kim, this isn't Bravo's first time working with Dunham. Bravo acted in 'Camping,' which Dunham co-created; Bravo also directs Episode 8 of 'Too Much,' 'One Wedding and a Sex Pest.' Dunham has frequently called 'Cheers' alum Perlman her 'comic idol,' while Perlman cited Dunham as one of the most powerful women in Hollywood in 2014. Dunham and Perlman's recent 'Barbie' co-star America Ferrera also made a viral speech against then-Presidential nominee Donald Trump together in 2016. Now, Perlman is playing Dunham and Stalter's grandmother Dottie onscreen. When casting the most beautiful, most likable, and therefore most threatening ex for your latest love interest, 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' and 'Passages' star Exarchopoulos would be the ideal actress every time. And because it's Dunham, of course, she landed the star. Exarchopoulos plays Polly, the too-good-to-be-hated former lover and now best friend of Felix (Will Sharpe). Despite Dunham not collaborating with Exarchopoulos before, the actress is a standout supporting character. 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