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Doug Emmett Found the Soul of 'Lucky' and 'Furious' in the Details

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1305+ words) “Do me a favor. Don’t tell me what happens,” cinematographer Doug Emmett tells me at the start of our interview about his work on Furious and Lucky. “I shot the first two [episodes of Furious], and then I shot five…...

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On The Traitors, Sometimes a Weird Thing Is Just a Weird Thing

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (610+ words) In this house, we love The Traitors. How much? When my parents arrived in Los Angeles for their very first trip here, we had lunch and promptly went to my apartment because I got day-of episodes a few hours before…...

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'Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Found Beauty (and an Emmy Nom) in the Mud

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1018+ words) How do you solve a problem like a Westeros battle? On the smaller, more intimate A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, you bring in the mist. At least, that’s how the climactic Episode 5 battle royale played out, earning cinematographer Gustav…...

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No Filler, Just Pleasure: Editing 'Leanne"

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (577+ words) There’s something special about well-executed comfort food, which, in the year 2026, includes multi-cam sitcoms. Maybe it’s the comforting rhythms or the cheery sets, but when shows like Leanne come around, they’re worth celebrating. And for Season 1, that celebration encompasses Emmy…...

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'My Puka Shell Budget Was Ridiculous"

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (619+ words) I don’t have to answer to anyone but my bartender. Which means stories that once lived on a maybe-someday list don’t require explanation or defense. Welcome back to Leftovers Are Today’s Special, a closer look at older films and series…...

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The Real 'AGT' Magic Happens After the Buzzer

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (847+ words) There are two ways to watch America’s Got Talent. The first is the way everyone else does. A singer hits an impossible note. Simon Cowell winces, Terry Crews beams, someone gets a Golden Buzzer, and America starts arguing about it…...

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A Tight Edit Kept 'Five-Star Weekend' From Becoming a 3-Hanky Watch

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (716+ words) Maura Corey, ACE, is the first member of Crafty’s three-peat club. That’s how good she is. (And how delightful.) We’ve talked about finding romance and comedy and L.A. in equal measure for Nobody Wants This and navigating the tonal…...

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Editing the Last Laugh for 'Hacks"

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (928+ words) I need this story to be really good. Reader, I forgot to hit record for 10 minutes. Don’t hate me! Subscribe! Shit happens, I know, but Deborah Vance would never let it go. Nor should she. So you see, I have…...

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The Trick to Editing Mel Brooks? Remember That Every Story Is Already a Punchline

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (477+ words) The scariest thing about editing a documentary on Mel Brooks isn’t finding enough material. It’s deciding which version of the same story to use. After decades in the spotlight, Brooks has told the same stories hundreds of times, to late-night…...

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Building a House That Wants You Dead in 'Cape Fear"

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (639+ words) The scariest room in the Bowdens’ luxe, sprawling Savannah home in Cape Fear isn’t the one with blood on the floor. It’s the one behind a sheet of construction plastic that everyone has learned to ignore. Production designer Jamie Walker…...