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CBS News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Bridget Everett on how she ended up as "Somebody Somewhere"
Bridget Everett will try to tell you she's not a celebrity in Manhattan, Kansas, but don't believe her. She did grow up here, one of six kids, so there's that. "I just love that it still feels like small-town America," she said. "I come back quite a bit and I visit the same spots." But it was when her HBO show "Somebody Somewhere" was set here in Manhattan, that Everett became a bon fide local legend. The show follows Sam Miller (played by Everett), who moves back to her hometown in her 40s, trying to figure out herself, and life, after the death of her sister. Everett was a writer, producer, and lead actor in the semi-autobiographical series. "I was like, 'Is anybody going to watch this? This is not a cool show!'" she said. "You know, like, it's about friendship. I'm not a top model, you know? I don't want to speak for anybody else in the cast! But I think that's exactly kind of why it works." Unlike her character on the show, who returns home to Manhattan, Kansas, Everett stayed in Manhattan, New York, for years, working mostly as a waitress and using, believe or not, karaoke as her main creative outlet. "My way of connecting with people is through singing," she said. "It kind of always has been, and it's easier for me to unlock and kind of be who I really want to be when I'm singing. Those karaoke performances led to her own, now-legendary cabaret shows at the famed Joe's Pub in New York. Everett's performances are sort of unlike anything you've seen, and so risqué we can't show you much of it here on "Sunday Morning." Everett said, "What's interesting to me is, like, learning about people, and why am I up there with no bra and a low-cut thing with everything flying around? It's part of who I am, and I also kind of do it to understand myself, honestly. I like to talk about my family in this way because my family and I don't talk about it. I don't see a mental health care professional!" And that's the amazing part: Everett's cabaret shows somehow end up being, in part anyway, a meditation on life and grief, including saying goodbye to her father, as well as the loss of her mother, sister, and her beloved dog, Poppy, whom she called the love of her life. "For a while I felt a little bit of shame saying that, because romantic love is kind of what most people aspire to," Everett said. "My life is driven in a different way. She just taught me how to love, and she just cracked my heart open in a way that, like, no other person could." In fact, it was this side of Everett that HBO and the show's creators wanted to highlight – the way we can feel both strong and broken, hopeless and hopeful, all in the same moment. Everett, who writes and performs multiple original songs on the show, says she got her love of music from her mother, Freddie. She also got her sense of humor from her mom, as well as her siblings, including Brock, Brian and Brad, who had given Bridget a piece of feedback: that her acting was improving. "I was being honest," Brad said. "Her acting, especially towards the end, I thought, was authentic. I even teared up on some of that, which is difficult to do when you know your sibling [is] acting. So, you need to separate who you know, and then see her in a character. And have it move you? I think it's a great compliment to her." "Thank you," said Bridget. "You could have just said that in a text." The HBO show features a number of Everett's actual friends and collaborators from New York, including Murray Hill, Mary Catherine Garrison, and, in a star turn, the just Emmy-nominated Jeff Hiller as her best friend, Joel. Though HBO chose not to renew "Somebody Somewhere" for a fourth season, it did win a prestigious Peabody Award, and also picked up an Emmy nomination this season for writing for a comedy series. Everett says the whole thing feels a little surreal: the journey from being somebody somewhere, to somebody who is right where she's supposed to be. "Nothing will ever match this, and it couldn't, but that's okay," she said. "A lot of people don't get the opportunity to have a TV show, to live a life beyond their wildest dreams. And then to get to do it with the people I love? It's why it's taken so long for me to move on and kind of let go. But now I'm just trying to celebrate that I got to do it at all." For more info: Story produced by Aria Shavelson. Editor: Lauren Barnello.
Indian Express
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Emmy nominations 2025: Here's the full list
Emmy 2025: Outstanding Drama Series nomination Andor, The Diplomat, The Last of Us, Paradise, The Pitt, Severance, Slow Horses, The White Lotus Emmy 2025: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nomination Sterling K. Brown, Paradise; Gary Oldman, Slow Horses; Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us; Adam Scott, Severance; Noah Wyle, The Pitt Emmy 2025: Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series nomination Adolescence Black Mirror Dying For Sex Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story The Penguin Emmy 2025: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination 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 Emmy 2025: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination 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 Emmy 2025: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series nomination Abbott Elementary, Quinta Brunson Hacks, Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, and Eric Notarnicola, Somebody Somewhere, Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett, The Studio, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez, What We Do in the Shadows, Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms, Emmy 2025: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series nomination Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (for episode "Napkins') Lucia Aniello, Hacks (for episode "A Slippery Slope") James Burrows, Mid-Century Modern (for episode "Here's To You, Mrs. Schneiderman") Nathan Felder, The Rehearsal (for episode "Pilot's Code") Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Studio (for episode "The Oner") Emmy 2025: Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie nomination Philip Barantini, Adolescence Shannon Murphy, Dying For Sex (for episode "It's Not That Serious") Helen Shaver, The Penguin (for episode "Cent'anni") Jennifer Getzinger, The Penguin (for episode "A Great or Little Thing") Nicole Kassell, Sirens (for episode "Exile") Lesli Linka Glatter, Zero Day 5 must-watch Hollywood films releasing in May 2025
Miami Herald
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Q&A: Jeff Hiller of ‘Somebody Somewhere' on his surprise Emmy nomination: ‘I was truly shocked'
LOS ANGELES - File Jeff Hiller's Emmy nomination- his first ever - for supporting actor in a comedy under 2025's major surprises column. His portrayal of supportive bestie Joel to Bridget Everett's Sam on "Somebody Somewhere" indeed ranks as one of the year's best performances, but the nuanced comedy and its eclectic cast were considered long shots against actors from "The Bear," "Only Murders in the Building" and "Abbott Elementary." The Peabody Award-winning series, which concluded this year with its third season, followed a group of outsiders - gay and straight - as they navigated friendship, faith and questions of self in a small, rural Kansas town. Like Hiller, Joel is gay and grew up heavily involved in the Christian church. When the Television Academy announced its list of nominees Tuesday morning, Hiller was anything but ready to hear his name called alongside Harrison Ford ("Shrinking"), Ebon Moss-Bachrach ("The Bear") and Colman Domingo ("The Four Seasons.") He spoke to The Times, in an interview edited for clarity and length, shortly after learning he was nominated. Q: Were you poised and waiting for the announcements this morning, or were you just like, yeah, it's not going to happen? A: I must tell you, without any sort of posturing or false humility, this is a surprise. I mean, it's Season 3. I said to my husband, "The Emmy noms are coming out so I guess at some point someone's going to be like, 'Somebody Somewhere' was snubbed." I had moved on. Then I was on the phone with my sister and I was like, "My agent keeps calling me. What is he calling me for? Did I get that recurring role on that Fox pilot?" It was so shocking. I kind of had forgotten that it was happening. I know that this sounds so fake, but I truly was shocked. Q: And to be noticed for such a wonderfully singular show and role. There's nothing else like "Somebody Somewhere," or a character like Joel, on television. A: I know and he was a lot like me. I took this dumb acting class on how to get to be a series regular on a TV show, and this is like 15 years into my acting career. In this class they were like, they were like, "You won't get a series regular role unless you're a lot like the character." And I was like, "Oh crap! Nobody writes characters like me." Let me just say that I'm fully aware of how lucky I was that this role came to me and I'm so grateful to Bridget and co-creators Hannah [Bos] and Paul [Thureen] because you're right. There's nothing like [the show or him] out there and to get to do a fully realized character and be gay but also be in the church - it's complicated. It takes a lot of work and exposition to get across a character this nuanced. I'm so grateful that they wrote that and then I got to play it, and that they didn't cast, you know, Michael Urie. I would have cast him. Q: Do you miss Joel? A: Oh yeah, I do. It's over a year ago that we shot Season 3, so I miss the crew and the gift of being able to play him. I know that all this sounds so cheesy and hack and stuff, [like other Emmy quotes] I read in articles, but I guess it was all true when they were saying it. Q: And where are you right now? A: I am at Gate 95 at LaGuardia Airport. I have this credit card that I pay an extremely high fee on so that I can get into the lounge, but the line is too long so I'm just waiting at the gate until 3:40 because the flight got delayed. Q: You were just nominated for an Emmy! Don't they know who you are? A: They have made it very clear they do not know who I am. Q: So what's next? A: I'm very excited just to be able to go to the [Emmy] party. I've never gotten to go to a party like this. I'm going to wear something really gay. It's going to be great. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Los Angeles Times
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Jeff Hiller of ‘Somebody Somewhere' on his surprise Emmy nomination: ‘I was truly shocked'
File Jeff Hiller's Emmy nomination — his first ever — for supporting actor in a comedy under 2025's major surprises column. His portrayal of supportive bestie Joel to Bridget Everett's Sam on 'Somebody Somewhere' indeed ranks as one of the year's best performances, but the nuanced comedy and it's eclectic cast were considered long shots against actors from 'The Bear,' 'Only Murders in the Building' and 'Abbott Elementary.' The Peabody Award winning series, which concluded this year with its third season, followed a group of outsiders — gay and straight — as they navigated friendship, faith and questions of self in a small, rural Kansas town. Like Hiller, Joel is gay and grew up heavily involved in the Christian church. When the Academy announced its list of nominees Tuesday morning, Hiller was anything but ready to hear his name called alongside Harrison Ford ('Shrinking'), Ebon Moss-Bachrach ('The Bear') and Colman Domingo ('The Four Seasons.') He spoke to The Times, in an interview edited for clarity and length, shortly after learning he was nominated. Were you poised and waiting for the announcements this morning, or were you just like, yeah, it's not going to happen? I must tell you, without any sort of posturing or false humility, this is a surprise. I mean, it's Season 3. I said to my husband, 'The Emmy noms are coming out so I guess at some point someone's going to be like, 'Somebody Somewhere' was snubbed.' I had moved on. Then I was on the phone with my sister and I was like, 'My agent keeps calling me. What is he calling me for? Did I get that recurring role on that Fox pilot?' It was so shocking. I kind of had forgotten that it was happening. I know that this sounds so fake, but I truly was shocked. And to be noticed for such a wonderfully singular show and role. There's nothing else like 'Somebody Somewhere,' or a character like Joel, on television. I know and he was a lot like me. I took this dumb acting class on how to get to be a series regular on a TV show, and this is like 15 years into my acting career. In this class they were like, they were like, 'You won't get a series regular role unless you're a lot like the character.' And I was like, 'Oh crap! Nobody writes characters like me.' Let me just say that I'm fully aware of how lucky I was that this role came to me and I'm so grateful to Bridget and co-creators Hannah [Bos] and Paul [Thureen] because you're right. There's nothing like [the show or him] out there and to get to do a fully realized character and be gay but also be in the church— it's complicated. It takes a lot of work and exposition to get across a character this nuanced. I'm so grateful that they wrote that and then I got to play it, and that they didn't cast, you know, Michael Urie. I would have cast him. Do you miss Joel? Oh yeah, I do. It's over a year ago that we shot Season 3, so I miss the crew and the gift of being able to play him. I know that all this sounds so cheesy and hack and stuff, [like other Emmy quotes] I read in articles, but I guess it was all true when they were saying it. And where are you right now? I am at gate 95 at LaGuardia Airport. I have this credit card that I pay an extremely high fee on so that I can get into the lounge, but the line is too long so I'm just waiting at the gate until 3:40 because the flight got delayed. You were just nominated for an Emmy! Don't they know who you are? They have made it very clear they do not know who I am. So what's next? I'm very excited just to be able to go to the [Emmy] party. I've never gotten to go to a party like this. I'm going to wear something really gay. It's going to be great.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
And the Emmy Nominations Should Go to…
The key races for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards couldn't be more different. The comedy categories appear to be heading for another showdown between The Bear — once again prompting an obligatory 'Is it a drama or a comedy?' debate — and Hacks, with several returning shows still in the mix while the drama fields, which Shōgun dominated last year, are wide open. More from The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Flashback: When 'Hollywood Squares' Won Big in 1975 'Wicked,' Sabrina Carpenter, SZA Among Winners at 2025 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 'Traitors' Stylist Teases "Way More Dramatic, Way More Theatrical" Season 4 Costumes While voters can, and in many cases should, absolutely go back to prior favorites like The White Lotus, Severance and The Last of Us, the THR television critics have recommendations on some familiar and some quirky and offbeat ways to fill out ballots. Voting for the nomination round closes on Monday, June 23, with nominations announced on Tuesday, July 15. The 2025 Emmys will air on CBS and Paramount+ on Sept. 14, with Nate Bargatze serving as host. Best Series After Max's Hacks upset The Bear in this race last Emmys, there was some speculation that FX might consider a jump in categories for the restaurant drama. Nope! So expect another deserved showdown. While voters will probably prefer looking at themselves in The Studio, a better field would include comic weepies Shrinking, A Man on the Inside and Somebody Somewhere, plus broadcast standby Abbott Elementary and Nathan Fielder's genre hybrid dazzler The Rehearsal. — D.F. Best Actor It is a crime that HBO's joyously funny, exquisitely empathetic Somebody Somewhere has yet to be nominated for a single Emmy; let's rectify that with a nom for Jeff Hiller's irrepressible Joel. Elsewhere, I'm a fan of Fielder's distinctive weirdness on HBO's The Rehearsal, Ted Danson's funny-poignant turn on Netflix's A Man on the Inside, Adam Brody's romantic chops on Netflix's Nobody Wants This, Seth Rogen's never-ending panic attack on Apple TV+'s The Studio and everything everyone is doing on FX's What We Do in the Shadows. — A.H. Best Actress This is where Hannah Einbinder belongs, right alongside Hacks co-star Jean Smart. Instead, she's miscategorized as supporting, which should leave room for Uzo Aduba's quirky The Residence performance, Stephanie Hsu's confident rom-com weirdness in Peacock's Laid, Kristen Bell's Nobody Wants This charm offensive and such returning favorites as Quinta Brunson (Abbott), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) and Natasha Lyonne (Peacock's Poker Face). — D.F. Best Supporting Actor I expect we'll see several repeats in this category, including The Bear's Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Hacks' Paul W. Downs, Abbott Elementary's Tyler James Williams and Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang, and I'd be happy for all of them. But I'd also love to find room for SNL breakout Marcello Hernández, Somebody Somewhere sweetheart Tim Bagley, Shrinking scene-stealer Ted McGinley and especially his co-star Harrison Ford — heard of him? — who was robbed of a nomination for season one. — A.H. Best Supporting Actress If Einbinder has to be here, she might as well win, especially since Liza Colón-Zayas of The Bear won the Emmy she deserved for this year at the Emmys in September. There are too many good contenders here, but I'd push for Lukita Maxwell (and Jessica Williams and Christa Miller) of Apple TV+'s Shrinking, Zosia Mamet of Peacock's Laid, Poorna Jagannathan of Hulu's Deli Boys, Janelle James of Abbott Elementary and the great Lou de Laâge, the best part of Prime Video's Étoile. — D.F. Best Series It's hard to think of a series more searingly of-the-moment than Andor, Tony Gilroy's anti-fascist statement by way of a Disney+ Star Wars brand extension. I'm also high on Max's The Pitt, the best and buzziest of this year's many medical dramas. But if a critic can dream, I'd also be thrilled to see HBO's Industry, sharper and bolder than ever in season three, and AMC's deliriously twisted Interview With the Vampire enter the race. — A.H. Best Actor My list starts with Zahn McClarnon of AMC's Dark Winds, a confident star turn that anchors the fine series. Noah Wyle's steady, yet emotionally volatile performance carried The Pitt, the second season of Severance took Adam Scott to new, darker places, and Diego Luna held together the disparate elements in Andor. A good list could also include Matthew Goode (Netflix's Dept. Q), Sterling K. Brown (Hulu's Paradise) and the reliable Gary Oldman (Apple TV+'s Slow Horses). — D.F. Best Actress If I had to sum up my faves in a single word, it'd be 'ferocious.' Bella Ramsey blew me away with their fury and vulnerability on HBO's The Last of Us. Britt Lower's high-wire act on Apple TV+'s Severance rewarded close repeat viewing. Marisa Abela took Yasmin to cold depths on Industry, and Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse burned up the screen with their shared rage on Showtime's Yellowjackets. — A.H. Best Supporting Actor A respectable list could include nothing but Severance (don't forget Zach Cherry) and The White Lotus (don't forget Patrick Schwarzenegger), but that would leave out such options as Gerran Howell (The Pitt), Kyle Soller (Andor), Ben Whishaw (Netflix's Black Doves) and Michael Emerson (CBS' Evil). — D.F. Best Supporting Actress The temptation to fill this extremely competitive category with people from The Pitt is strong, with Katherine LaNasa and Taylor Dearden especially close to my heart. But I'd be remiss to ignore the similarly wonderful work by The White Lotus' Aimee Lou Wood and Carrie Coon, Andor's Denise Gough and Genevieve O'Reilly, The Last of Us' Isabela Merced and Severance's Dichen Lachman. — A.H. Best Series Would it be reductive to describe the one-shot wonder Adolescence as 'this year's Baby Reindeer,' just because they're both wildly acclaimed, harrowing Netflix originals of British origin? Probably. Would it be inaccurate? Probably not, and deservedly so: Adolescence is a powerhouse of acting, writing and directing. But let's save some applause as well for FX's searing Troubles drama Say Nothing and its boldly horny cancer dramedy Dying for Sex. — A.H. Best Actor Stephen Graham tucking in that teddy bear in Adolescence wrecked me; give that man a hug, and a prize. Or hand it to Brian Tyree Henry, who can do no wrong in Apple TV+'s Dope Thief. Otherwise, most of my picks are great performances in so-so shows: Cooper Koch in Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Josh Rivera in FX's American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez and Jimmy O. Yang in Hulu's Interior Chinatown. — A.H. Best Actress It's essential Cristin Milioti end her bizarre streak of Emmy nom snubbing. The Penguin is nothing without her. Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex) and Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer) will add star power in a weak category that should include Kaitlyn Dever (Apple Cider Vinegar), Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing) and Tamara Lawrance (Get Millie Black). — D.F. Best Supporting Actor In his first onscreen performance, the astonishing Owen Cooper of Adolescence has this category in the bag. Since Bill Camp has roughly 73 performances here, let's get him a nom for … something, without forgetting about Don Cheadle (Peacock's Fight Night), Diego Luna (Hulu's La Máquina), Rob Delaney (Dying for Sex), Wagner Moura (Dope Thief) or Ramy Youssef (HBO's Mountainhead). — D.F. Best Supporting Actress Sorry to bring up Adolescence again, but Erin Doherty's performance was a beast — intense but nuanced, layered and dynamic. Also worthy of praise are Jenny Slate's tenderness on Dying for Sex, Ruth Negga's hurt and determination on Apple TV+'s Presumed Innocent and Betty Gilpin's raw longing on Starz's Three Women. And while I thought Hulu's Good American Family was deeply misguided, I left impressed by Imogen Faith Reid's handling of a highly difficult role. — A.H. This story appeared in the June 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe. 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