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Darren Criss, Rupaul and more win big at 70th annual Emmy Awards

Darren Criss, Rupaul and more win big at 70th annual Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards have wrapped with HBO and Netflix running neck and neck for the most wins this awards season. The celebration of excellence in television marked its 70th year with Saturday Night Live‘s Michael Che and Colin Jost co-hosting the ceremonies. Game of Thrones took out the big one for Outstanding Drama Series, and The Marvelous […]

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RuPaul’s Drag Race snatches Best Reality Competition at MTV Awards

RuPaul’s Drag Race snatches Best Reality Competition at MTV Awards

RuPaul’s Drag Race has been honoured at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, taking out the title of Best Reality Competition at this year’s ceremony. This year marks the first since the celebrations re-branded from the MTV Movie Awards, and removed gendered categories for individuals in the running for recognition. Workaholics star and host Adam Devine […]

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Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon questions gendered Emmy categories

Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon questions gendered Emmy categories

Billions star Asia Kate Dillon has raised some concerns with Television Academy over the relevance of gendered categories at the Emmy Awards. The non-binary performer has starred in Orange In The New Black, and is currently starring opposite Paul Giamatti as televisions first non-binary character Taylor Mason on Billions. Now nominated for an Emmy Award for their performance, Variety […]

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RuPaul wins Emmy for Most Outstanding Reality Host

RuPaul wins Emmy for Most Outstanding Reality Host

RuPaul Charles, better known as the mononymous RuPaul, has won his first Emmy award for his work on RuPaul’s Drag Race. The supermodel of the world beat out American Idol‘s Ryan Seacrest, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn from Project Runway, out actor Jane Lynch and Little Big Shots’ Steve Harvey. RuPaul said he did not expect to win the award. “I came […]

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Peter Scolari wins Emmy for his role on ‘Girls’

Peter Scolari wins Emmy for his role on ‘Girls’

If you haven’t seen the latest series of Girls – don’t read this, there are SPOILERS below. Actor Peter Scolari has won an Emmy award for his portrayal of Tad Horvath, the father of Lena Dunham’s character Hannah. Scolari won the Best Guest Actor category at the Creative Emmy Awards on Saturday night. Initially when […]

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RuPaul scores an Emmy nomination

RuPaul scores an Emmy nomination

After eight season’s RuPaul has finally scored an Emmy nomination for his work on Drag Race. The world famous drag queen is nominated as Best Reality TV show host in this year’s Emmy Awards. The show also got a nomination in the best costumes category as well. Costume designer Zaldy Goco is also among the […]

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Barracuda: Diving in at the deep end

This month the ABC bring the novel ‘Barracuda’ by Christos Tsiolkas to the screen. The Australian author’s has a long history of his works being adapted for the screen, his novel ‘Loaded’ became the feature film ‘Head On’, while ‘The Slap’ was adapted for TV both in Australia and in the U.S.A. Actor Elias Anton […]

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Josh Thomas Receives Six AACTA Nominations

Josh Thomas Receives Six AACTA Nominations

Comedian Josh Thomas has been nominated for six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards for his ABC2 comedy series ‘Please Like Me’. ‘Please Like Me’ is a semi-autobiographical series that follows the character of Josh in his coming out process and his subsequent relationships as well as the lives of his friends […]

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‘Please Like Me’ Nominated for International Emmy

‘Please Like Me’ Nominated for International Emmy

Josh Thomas’ ABC2 comedy series ‘Please Like Me’ has had its overseas success formally recognised with a nomination for an International Emmy. The show has been nominated in the comedy category alongside three other nominees from Belgium, Brazil and South Africa. The comedy series has been critically acclaimed despite rating lower than ‘Dr Phil’ for […]

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Laverne Cox is First Transgender Emmy Nominee

Laverne Cox is First Transgender Emmy Nominee

Laverne Cox has been nominated for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” for her role as Sophia Burset in hit Netflix series ‘Orange is the New Black’. The nomination makes her the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy. Cox has gained acclaim for her activism as well as her acting, […]

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