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Yahoo
18-07-2025
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‘The Residence' Star Uzo Aduba Receives Comedy Actress Emmy Nomination After Series Cancellation
Uzo Aduba picked up a best comedy actress Emmy nomination for The Residence after the Netflix murder mystery was canceled after one season. Aduba starred as eccentric detective Cordelia Cupp, who was enlisted to help solve the murder of White House chief usher A.B. Wynter (Giancarlo Esposito) during a White House state dinner. Aduba as Cupp was billed as the 'greatest detective in the world.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Harrison Ford Lands First-Ever Emmy Nomination For 'Shrinking' 'Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story' Nominated for Best Limited Series, 3 Acting Emmys Emmys 2025: List of Nominees Had The Residence gone to a second season, the plan was for the whodunnit to become an anthology series with Cupp taking on a new case each season. Aduba won an earlier Emmy in 2014 for outstanding guest actress in a comedy for her role as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren on Orange Is the New Black, and a year later took the Emmy for outstanding actress in a drama for the same role. Then in 2020, Aduba was awarded the win for best actress in a limited series or movie for her role on Mrs. America. Netflix canceled The Residence after a one season run. The freshman series hailed from Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland and creator/showrunner Paul William Davies (Scandal). The Hollywood Reporter TV critic in a review of the series wrote: 'The Residence is an entertainingly chaotic goof, a dramedy that immediately sets a frantic tone that's only occasionally varied in the seven episodes (out of eight total) sent to critics. I found it both amusing and exhausting, with Aduba's performance and the energy of the wildly overstuffed ensemble elevating a mystery that's treated with too much frenzy to ever become emotionally involving.' The cast for the first (and only) season of the Columbo-esque mystery series also featured Randall Park, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, Edwina Findley, Bronson Pinchot, Mary Wiseman, Julieth Restrepo, Al Mitchell, Mel Rodriguez, Ken Marino, Jason Lee and Jane Curtin, among others. Davies executive produced the series with Shondaland principals Rhimes and Betsy Beers. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
15-07-2025
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‘Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story' Nominated for Best Limited Series, 3 Acting Emmys
The Netflix limited series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for the 2025 Emmys, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced on Tuesday morning. Ryan Murphy's controversial nine-episode series, looking at the wealthy brothers who in 1989 gunned down and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home and were later imprisoned for life without parole, was nominated for outstanding limited or anthology series. Cooper Koch, who portrayed the younger brother Lyle Menendez and previously received a Golden Globe nomination for his breakthrough performance, was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie. Javier Bardem was nominated for supporting actor and Chloe Sevigny was nominated for supporting actress. More from The Hollywood Reporter Emmys 2025: List of Nominees How 'The Bear' Fared in 2025 Emmy Nominations Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard Nominated for First Emmys for Acting for 'The Studio' The nominations come weeks after the Menendez brothers cleared a major legal hurdle to regain their freedom; they also reflect the influence the show ultimately had on both the public and California lawmakers in buoying the movement for the reconsideration of their legal case. Responding to a resentencing petition in May, a judge reduced Erik and Lyle Menendez's sentences to 50 years to life, making them immediately eligible for parole. They will next appear before the California Parole Board in August. This reversal of the brothers' fate came nine months after the premiere of Monsters (which was followed by an unrelated documentary on the brothers, also released on Netflix, weeks later). Both led to an uptick in interest and public pressure surrounding their case; in October, as their story regained major attention, Los Angeles's outgoing district attorney wrote a letter to a local judge, asking him to look into the sentencing for the 1989 murders. Before all of this was set in motion, the brothers had filed a habeas corpus petition based on new evidence that emerged in 2023, which backed up their claims of abuse at the hands of their father. This included an unearthed letter written by a teenage Erik to his late cousin, penned before the murders and which discussed Jose Menendez's ongoing abuse. Meanwhile, a former member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo came forward as a victim of Jose Menendez, then a powerful RCA Records executive. The new district attorney fought back against these claims, but their habeas petition is still working its way through the courts. On July 7, an order by L.A. County Superior Court Judge William Ryan demanded that D.A. Nathan Hochman explained to the court why his office rejected the new evidence. He has 30 days to explain why he believes it does not merit a new trial for the brothers. This was not the only avenue available to the brothers, and their attorney soon filed the resentencing petition based on what the former D.A. has set in motion, arguing that the brothers have been rehabilitated over their 30-plus years behind bars, where they have, by all accounts, been model inmates and mentors to other prisoners. In May, flying in the face of Hochman's wishes, a local judge ruled to reduce Erik and Lyle's sentences to 50 years to life. The co-creator of Monsters, star producer Ryan Murphy, spoke about the then-growing movement to free the Menendez brothers and the series' intent back in November. 'I can't say I was unsurprised, because when we finished shooting it and I saw the episodes, I thought they were incredibly powerful from several different points of view,' Murphy explained while speaking at a Netflix panel for the series in Los Angeles. 'That was always the purpose of the show, to show different complicated points of view, but I thought really what it did about raising and asking questions about sexual abuse was very, very powerful.' The series, which features abrupt swings in tone, shows a kaleidoscope of perspectives on the 1989 crime, its aftermath, and the multiple trials that followed. This didn't play well with all viewers and controversy immediately emerged when the family of the Menendez brothers denounced Murphy's portrayal of their relationship, particularly the brief suggestions that there was an element of incest between them. A war of words erupted in the press and with public statements from the family and the brothers from prison. Over the months since its release, that tiff has settled as the focus shifted toward hope for their release after three decades in prison. At the Netflix panel, Murphy summed up his intent in resurfacing the Menendez story with Monsters and re-framing their narrative around the trauma they endured. 'Love it or not, there's a movement with young people who want to talk about that in a way that wasn't available in 1989,' he said, 'So whether you believe them or not is kind of beside the point. What it did, I think, which is why I wanted to make it, was launch a conversation about that topic. And people were really drawn to it, and a lot of people got involved and made their opinions known after they watched the show, which was very, very interesting.' The 77th Emmy Awards will be hosted by Nate Bargatze and broadcast live Sunday, Sept. 14, (8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. 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Buzz Feed
22-03-2025
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Milo Manheim Just Revealed Which Two HUGE TV Shows He Almost Starred On, And My Jaw Is On The Floor
Milo Manheim just revealed two HUGE shows he could've been in, and wowowowow, my brain is exploding. During his recent puppy interview, Milo sat down with BuzzFeed to answer a bunch of questions while, ya know, he played with puppies. And when asked which roles people would be surprised to hear he auditioned for, he delivered. "I think people would be surprised to know that I was auditioning for Lyle Menendez [in Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story ]," he told BuzzFeed. "It was gonna be a cool opportunity," he added. "It sucks when you really want something, and you don't get it." The role ultimately ended up going to Cooper Koch. Then, later on in the interview, he admitted that his favorite show right now is Severance AND that he auditioned for that too. "I did get an audition for a character on Severance too," he said. "I also had a little sneak peek of what the story was gonna be [during] Season 2, which is one of the best parts about being an actor." "I actually auditioned for that Italian dude [Dario]. He's in one episode," he revealed. "Who they cast was perfect. He looked great, and the show was great." That role ended up going to Stefano Carannante. "When I was just starting this out, it's hard not to take things personally," he explained, talking about other roles he auditioned for but didn't get. "The more you do this, the more you realize, like, it's just a team of people with a vision, and you just didn't align with their vision. It's not that they don't think you're great — it's just that they're going a different way."
Yahoo
08-02-2025
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Where the Menendez Brothers' Legal Paths to Freedom Stand
With fresh attention on Erik and Lyle Menendez's hopes for release from a California prison after serving 35 years — assisted by Netflix's sensational reimagining of their 1989 crimes and their repercussions — the brothers' multiple avenues toward imminent freedom have expanded beyond an initial glimmer of hope provided by newfound evidence to discussions of gubernatorial clemency and an upcoming resentencing hearing spawned by L.A.'s ousted district attorney and delayed by his successor, whose overstated role in the decision of their release will ultimately be decided by the courts. In November, about six weeks after Ryan Murphy's salacious Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story planted itself atop the rankings of Netflix's top 10 series, L.A.'s incoming district attorney, Nathan Hochman, appeared to have become a major player in the inmate brothers' 35-year legal saga. George Gascon, a deeply embattled progressive, was ousted by voters after surviving multiple recall attempts and public shaming for his 'soft on crime' policies from angry voters. In November, he ceded the city's top law enforcement role to the former federal prosecutor after voters, angry with his progressive policies, booted him from office. On the steps of L.A.'s courthouse after taking the oath of office, Hochman was already discussing an immediate focus on the Menendez case with the press before making his move on their potential resentencing — the process Gascon had begun, in a move widely viewed as a last-ditch effort to woo voters, when he had recommended the life in prison times two with no possibility of parole be rethought, in a letter a local judge. More from The Hollywood Reporter Menendez Brothers' Sentencing Postponed Due to Raging L.A. Wildfires Javier Bardem's Monster Year: From José Menendez to 'Spellbound' Menendez Brothers' Cases Will Be Handled Separately Under New Los Angeles D.A. This week, two prosecutors in the L.A. District Attorney's office who'd worked now in Hochman's purview after years under Gascon in the resentencing unit he established in 2021, filed separate legal complaints against the office. Both Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford claim that the office demoted them and that they faced retaliation from the incoming leadership for supporting the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez. Lunsford's internal complaint — a formality both prosecutors filed, which precedes a lawsuit — claims that he was 'stripped of all supervisory responsibilities' when Hochman took over, which he considered a dead-end role. She claims that sentiments in the D.A.'s office were far from sympathetic to the brothers and she paid for recommending them for resentencing with her job. If Hochman's opinions on the case are solidified to the point of removing Theberge and Lunsford, you wouldn't know from listening to him. He has discussed the Menendez brothers' case in several media interviews since stepping into the D.A. role and still, after meeting with multiple family members pushing for their release and asking that their charges be reduced to manslaughter, the new D.A. has said nothing definitive or given his opinion on their cases, other than that his review or all of the facts will be thorough before making any decision. This has effectively kicked the case down the road to the March hearing — the latest move of the hearing, to March 20 and 21, came as multiple wildfires ravaged L.A. and Hochman's attention rightfully turned toward an aggressive pursuit of looters and grifters ceasing on the chaotic moments for personal gain. 'Hochman can delay or slow down the re-sentencing process, but he can't stop it. He can't undo what Gascon started,' Robert Rand, who covered the brothers' trials extensively in the 90s and wrote the definitive book on their crime and legal journey, told The Hollywood Reporter this week. This legal process, handed from one D.A. to another, will bring both Eric and Lyle Menendez back into a California courtroom to face a judge seated side-by-side for the first time since they were sentenced to life without parole in 1996, Rand told THR. The brothers will appear together in person at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Van Nuys, California. The appearance will mark the first time they've set foot in a courtroom in 35 years as they've fought their legal battles. 'One of the new lawyers on their appellate attorney team thinks that they should be there in person and not just by Zoom,' Rand said, citing a conversation he had in January with Lyle Menendez. 'The attorney thinks that a judge should see them in person in current times and not the social media images from 30 years ago.' However, it's tenuous that the March 20 Superior Court appearance will result in what the Menendez brother's attorneys are seeking — a resentencing of 50 years to life, which would make the brothers immediately eligible for release on parole. In fact, the court date may mark the end of the road in the resentencing journey Gascon and their attorneys walked them down. Appellate Attorney Cliff Gardner told THR by phone this week that the resenting hearing will largely deal with who the men are that would be released back into society. 'Rehabilitation is a large factor of reentry,' Gardner explained. 'Reentry plans, whether there will be a danger in the future, how they've done in custody on the various scales that measure whether someone is a danger. They're probably as low as you can be in terms of their likelihood of reoffending. But there's all sorts of criteria that go into it.' At this hearing, none of the new, compelling evidence that emerged in the past several years supporting the notion that, throughout their adolescence, Erik and Lyle Menendez were physically and sexually abused by their father, Jose Menendez, will be in direct discussion. No topic has, as of now, been barred from being discussed at the hearing, Gardner said. The resentencing hearing for the brothers, who are noted to have been model prisoners while incarcerated, devoting their time to education and aiding those with abuse-related trauma, will bring discussions of just that topic to the courtroom. Gardner said this week that all subpoenas have not yet been sent out for the March 20 court date but Rand indicated that multiple relatives who support the brothers' release are expected to attend and speak on their behalf. But advocacy for the brothers in the courtroom should be related to their records since entering state prison in the mid-1990s and should answer the question of whether or not they have been rehabilitated. 'It has nothing to do with the crime,' Rand explained. 'It's only their record in state prison, and that's why this has become the appellate attorneys' number one path.' If the resentencing hearing does not conclude with the brothers seeing their prison terms reduced, their legal team will have a second opportunity with the habeas corpus hearing. While this path brings in the fresh evidence that helped turn millions toward rooting for their freedom — a letter discovered in a late cousin's desk in which Erik described the daily abuse and that was written eight months prior to the killing of his parents; the former Menudo member who claims he suffered abuse at the hands of Jose Menendez — it's not necessarily a slam dunk for their appeals team. 'I'm not a betting man,' Gardner told THR. 'I think there's a good chance of resentencing, if you look at all the evidence of rehabilitation, and the evidence that was kept out of the trial that suggests what the crime should have been, I think it poses a good chance. And the habeas, of course, has all sorts of hurdles. If you ask me what I think has a better chance, I just can't answer that.' As for Erik and Lyle, the inmates remain cautiously optimistic about both avenues, according to Rand, who has visited both men in prison since the discovery of the letter from their cousin and the documentary he worked on shined a light on Jose Menendez's alleged abuse outside of his family's home. 'They're hopeful that something happens with the resentencing,' Rand told THR. 'However, they're fully prepared to dive into habeas, if that's what could get them out.' 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