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Exclusive: In the first of three roundtables featuring this year’s Emmy nominees for Outstanding Casting, Deadline gathered Jeanie Bacharach (The Bear), Linda Lowy (Hacks), Destiny Lilly (Only Murders in the Building), Brett Benner (Shrinking) and Melissa Kostenbauder (The Studio) to talk about self tapes, landing the joke, and the challenges that come with preparing the next generation of casting directors.

The nominees, who each had to submit a 30-minute composition reel from the season to showcase their work, also explained how they judge their peers and what they were most proud of accomplishing on their respective shows.

Deadline: This casting category encompasses the best comedies on television right now. How do you decide which show is more awards worthy than the other?

Destiny Lilly: Fun fact: we actually can’t vote for ourselves. We are not allowed to vote in the category we’re nominated in. People just...

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Sullivan’s Crossing is a Canadian romantic drama series created by Roma Roth. Based on the book series by Robyn Carr, the CTV series follows Maggie Sullivan, a neurosurgeon who decides to move back to her hometown after facing some legal trouble. When she gets back, she finds it hard to reconnect with her estranged father, but things soon change when she meets the mysterious newcomer, Cal Jones. Sullivan’s Crossing stars Morgan Kohan, Chad Michael Murray, Tom Jackson, Andrea Menard, and Scott Patterson. So, if you loved the small town vibe, feel-good drama, and likable characters in Sullivan’s Crossing, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Virgin River is a romantic drama series developed by Sue Tenney. Based on the book series by Robyn Carr, the Netflix series follows Melina “Mel” Monroe,...

Picture two films in front of you. One is a three-hour drama, an epic about an important issue acclaimed by critics, a piece of cinematic homework you have to see lest a Letterboxd gatekeeper sneers at you. The other is maybe 90 minutes and is really, really funny, critical consensus be damned. I know which one I'm picking.

Like many others, I am a huge fan of comedy movies. It's the art of finding visceral, uncontrollable catharsis through this maddening existence we call "being alive." It requires all the facets of dramatic storytelling with the added task of poking fun at the "normal" elements of dramatic storytelling. It's so hard, and when it's pulled off well, there's nothing like it. And there are many great comedy films to check out on streaming services, including, but not limited to Hulu.

So the next time you're scrolling through Hulu looking for a flick to watch,...

The Awards Magnet team is back to dish all the drama over drama at the 2025 Emmys.

While senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Denton Davidson agree on who will win most categories, they fiercely clash on others like Best Drama Series (The Pitt vs. Severance), Best Drama Guest Actress (Merritt Wever vs. Kaitlyn Dever), and Best Drama Casting (The Pitt vs. The White Lotus). Oh, the humanity!

In the lead races, they debate the closely watched contests of Kathy Bates vs. Britt Lower for Best Drama Actress, and Noah Wyle vs. Adam Scott for Best Drama Actor. Does Bates have an uphill climb because she's the only Emmy nominee from her show, Matlock? Or could Lower take her down as part of a Severance sweep? They also note how Wyle submitted the season finale of The Pitt instead of his heralded breakdown episode, while Scott put forth the absolute best option he could have,...

If you’re looking for good Friendship Day movies, you’ve landed on the right article. It’s International Friendship Day , and I miss my friends so much. What’s the next best thing to do if you can’t spend a great day with your buddies? Watch a movie and reminisce about the amazing times you spent together.

Here are my top recommendations from different Ott streaming platforms for cinematic gold in terms of portraying friendship. Each of these movies is going to make you miss the good times with your forever friends, and I bet you’re going to find time for a group call after watching them. Let’s dive right in.

The Mothership of Friendship Day Movies: Bridesmaids on Hulu

This is a heart-on-the-sleeve, roaring tribute to sustaining female friendships under the pressures of life. Annie Walker (Kristen Wiig) hilariously navigates the challenge of being her...

The Naked Gun has me asking, “What happened to kill the comedy film?” Tentpole, IP-driven franchises that sell well overseas have pushed the genre to the sidelines. Another issue is that comedy films often rely on star power. We haven’t had a breakout comedic lead in the vein of Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler in years.

The latter made the jump to streaming—Happy Gilmore 2 fans, rejoice! Melissa McCarthy once looked like the genre’s savior, but her husband’s heavy involvement in her projects arguably derailed her momentum. With no new marketable stars, comedy began blending into other genres—Deadpool & Wolverine, for example.

They say comedy evolves, but cancel culture and cultural shifts started to smother creative risk-taking. So, in a full-circle moment, studios returned to The Naked Gun—the fourth installment of the classic spoof franchise. And it’s the movie we didn’t know we needed.

Exclusive: Al Calderon has been cast in NBC’s Brilliant Minds for Season 2, premiering in September. He joins fellow incoming series regulars Brian Altemus and John Clarence Stewart.

Inspired by the life and work of author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto), a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist, and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.

Calderon will play Nurse Scotty Silva, who runs the hospital and looks good doing it. With charisma to spare, he’s widely regarded as the Mayor of Bronx General. His warm, funny and outgoing charm may or may not be the reason why he knows everything about everyone at work.

The cast also includes Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh Lathrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears and Donna Murphy.

Cole Escola has landed their next big role after winning a Tony Award for their work in the Broadway play Oh, Mary.

The 38-year-old actor, who uses they/them pronouns, will star alongside Melissa McCarthy in the upcoming animated musical comedy Margie Claus, set for a Christmas 2027 season release.

Deadline reports that in the film sees “Santa go missing on Christmas Eve, with his wife Margie assembling a rag-tag team of long-retired reindeer to rescue Santa and save Christmas.”

Cole will play Levi, Margie’s “right-hand elf.”

Melissa announced the news in a cute Instagram video in which she and Cole are both seen wearing matching Christmas-dresses made out of sequins and balloons.

Margie Claus, directed by Kirk DeMicco and written be Melissa‘s husband Ben Falcone with Damon Jones, will be released on November 5, 2027.

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Tony Award winner Cole Escola has joined the voice cast of the upcoming animated holiday musical comedy Margie Claus, starring Melissa McCarthy. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, the film will hit theaters on November 5, 2027. The movie’s logline teases a high-stakes Christmas Eve adventure: When Santa goes missing, his wife Margie Claus assembles a rag-tag team of long-retired reindeer to rescue Santa and save Christmas. The film is directed by Kirk DeMicco from a screenplay by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones. McCarthy and Falcone are producing the film through their On the Day Productions banner, alongside Michelle Wong, who recently produced the smash-hit KPop Demon Hunters. On the Day Productions, founded in 2013, has produced films including Tammy, The Boss, Thunder Force,...

Melissa McCarthy snuck in a little Christmas in July celebration with a video teasing her upcoming film “Margie Claus” and announcing Cole Escola joined the film.

In a video shared on social media, McCarthy appeared in a red Christmas dress decorated with balloons and ornaments, and a giant bow atop her head. She teased her upcoming film.

“Happy Christmas in July,” she said. “I am so excited to be playing Margie Claus in the upcoming animated Christmas musical feature ‘Margie Claus.'”

She did not just appear to celebrate the holiday halfway point though. She also took the time to announce who had been cast as Levi – the head elf – in the film. The new character will be voiced by Cole Escola – who came into the video wearing the same Christmas outfit that McCarthy had on only in green.

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Tony Award winner Cole Escola is set to star opposite Melissa McCarthy in Margie Claus, an upcoming holiday musical comedy from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, the studio announced today.

Directed by Kirk DeMicco, the film sees Santa go missing on Christmas Eve, with his wife Margie assembling a rag-tag team of long-retired reindeer to rescue Santa and save Christmas. Escola will be playing Levi, Margie’s “right-hand elf,” per a social media video with McCarthy, which you can view below.

The script is by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones. McCarthy and Falcone are producing alongside Michelle Wong, who boards the project after recently producing Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters. The film will be released in theaters on November 5, 2027.

Coming off a Tony Award win for their role in Broadway’s record-breaking hit Oh, Mary!, which they also wrote, Escola is also known for roles in Search Party, At Home with Amy Sedaris,...

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It's been over 20 years since "Gilmore Girls" premiered, and it is still the cozy cup of coffee that we return to. Some seasons of "Gilmore Girls" are better than others, but a trip to Stars Hollow means that you get to travel to a magical place that has a 1950s charm and unique characters, like Kirk (Sean Gunn), who keeps the town running with his many job skills. The show also sprinkles in self-aware jokes, which usually involve Lorelai (Lauren Graham) making sarcastic comments about non-emergencies that Taylor Doose (Michael Winters) has deemed as true emergencies.

There are moments centered in reality as Lorelai and her daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), face life's hurdles, like Lorelai's choice to end her engagement to Max Medina (Scott Cohen). This mix of fantasy and real life allows for both escape and reflection, turning this show into comfort food.

Nowadays, Hulu has become a versatile streaming platform with a large and ever-expanding library of critically acclaimed and audience-beloved original content. Whether you want to watch a moody drama, a head-scratching mystery, a laugh-out-loud comedy, or an out-and-out action film, Hulu originals have got you covered. So, if you are looking to spend your weekend watching great storytelling, you are at the right place.

From historical dramas to psychological thrillers, there’s a variety of tones and genres in this short list of 5 Hulu originals. Some are short and can be finished within a day, whereas others are great for long binge sessions. But either way, all of them are critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences. Find out what these are below:

1. Nine Perfect Strangers (2021) Nicole Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers (Credit- Hulu)

Nicole Kidman leads a star-studded cast of Michael Shannon, Melissa McCarthy, Regina Hall, and more as they head to a wellness retreat.

When it comes to predicting the Emmys, there is one group of bellwether categories worth paying close attention to. Over the past decade, a notable trend has emerged: the winners for Best Drama Series and Best Drama Casting have mirrored each other seven times; Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Casting eight times; and Best Limited Series and Best Limited/Movie Casting nine times. That's a combined accuracy rate of 80 percent over the most recent 10-year period.

With that in mind, our gaze is fixed on the three casting races for the 2025 Emmys, where The Pitt, The Studio, and Adolescence are already making compelling cases as the early front-runners.

Best Drama Casting Drama CastingContenderOdds 1.The Pitt71.4% 2.The White Lotus19.6% 3.Severance6.0% 4.The Last of Us3.0% 5.Slow Horses--

The Pitt ranking in first place for casting should raise a few eyebrows, considering that Severance is the front-runner to win Best Drama Series...

Some things just feel so synonymous with the fall season. One of those is Gilmore Girls, which Deadline reports will be airing on Hallmark Channel starting August 25. The series ran for seven seasons, starring Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham, among others such as Sean Gunn and Melissa McCarthy. The series will air on Hallmark Channel weekdays from 2 Pm to 6 Pm as well as on weekends from 8Am to 10 Am. Deadline reports there will also be special occasion marathons. This is part of a linear-only partnership with the network.

The hit series originally aired on the WB and even spurred a four-part revival series on Netflix in 2016. The original series sports an 87% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series is great to watch year round, but it’s made many lists proclaiming it prime viewing material in the fall and winter seasons. There’s something about the fall and winter sets...

Cult classic Gilmore Girls is coming to the Hallmark Channel.

Beginning August 25, the series will air all seven seasons in sequential order, starting with the pilot. It will air on weekdays from 2-6 pm and on weekends from 8-10 am, in addition to special occasion marathons, as part of the linear-only partnership.

Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls starred Lauren Graham as Loralei Gilmore, a single mom, and Alexis Bledel as her academically-minded teenage daughter Loralei “Rory” Gilmore. It premiered October 5, 2000 and became a flagship series for The WB network. The seventh and final season aired on The CW, ending on May 15, 2007.

The show follows the duo, both navigating coming-of-age in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, while mom operates the Dragonfly Inn and daughter gets into private school with dreams of attending an Ivy League university. The series also features now-household names including Melissa McCarthy, Jared Padalecki and Milo Ventimiglia among many others.

Hell hath no fury like a TV fan scorned.

Following the announcement of the 2025 Emmy nominations, Gold Derby users were outraged that several top contenders failed to hear their names called. Nearly half of the people we polled said that Squid Game was the biggest snub, having received zero bids for Season 2 after winning six trophies for Season 1 in 2022.

Among the list of snubbed Squid Game actors: Lee Jung-jae, who won the last time he was eligible for playing Seong Gi-hun (Player 456); Choi Seung-hyun as the villainous Thanos (Player 230); Lee Byung-hun as the Front Man; Park Sung-hoon as trans contestant Cho Hyun-ju (Player 120); Kang Ae-shim as protective mother Jang Geum-ja (Player 149); Park Gyu-young as Kang No-eul, the North Korean defector who's now a pink-clad soldier; and Gong Yoo as the Recruiter on the outside.

Showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk was overlooked for producing, writing, and directing Season 2 — he received all three noms...

More like Only Some Emmys in the Building. The fourth season of Hulu's hit comedy came in well below Season 3's record 21 nominations with seven nominations, including Best Comedy Series and an acting nod for Martin Short, but not his two partners in crimesolving, Selena Gomez and Steve Martin.

Here's a rundown on all of the show's nominations — as well as the categories where it got stuck in Emmy jail.

Best Comedy Series: Nominated

Only Murders four-peated for Best Comedy Series after — appropriately enough — ranking fourth in the odds heading into Emmy morning. It was joined by the largely expected crop of nominees, including Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, Shrinking, The Studio, and What We Do in the Shadows.

Best Comedy Actress: Snubbed

After finally breaking into the Best Comedy Actress category in Season 3, Selena Gomez missed out on a repeat appearance in the ultra-competitive category.

Last year, at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, Only Murders in the Building stars Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin were all nominated in their respective leading acting categories. Unfortunately, two of them have been left out of this year's race.

The nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today, with Only Murders in the Building receiving two nods, in addition to five Creative Arts Emmy nominations. Only Murders snagged a fourth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, while Short picked up a fourth nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, making him the only actor to have been nominated for each season of the Hulu series. The five Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards categories that the show received nominations in were Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour), Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), Outstanding Sound Mixing for a...

Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie have collaborated on multiple projects, and most of them have been widely successful. Their projects together grossed almost $300 million at the box office across five films, but one particular project stands out as an absolute smash hit: Wrath of Man.

The gritty action film marked their fourth collaboration together after their debut project, 1998's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. The film was a massive commercial and critical success, and that has also translated into streaming success, with the action film being a major hit on multiple streaming platforms. However, although it recently rose on the charts on Hulu after its recent release, it was just dethroned by Judd Apatow's Bridesmaids, per FlixPatrol.

Wrath of Man debuted on Hulu on Jul. 1, after previously experiencing success on Prime Video. Not long after its debut, Wrath of Man topped the charts on the streaming platform, continuing its worldwide success.

Suppose you’ve ever questioned how Melissa McCarthy keeps husband Ben Falcone employed as a director despite the cinematic evidence. In that case, you have to marvel at how Hollywood has let Tyler Perry’s next notch in his filmography, Madea’s Destination Wedding, become a cultural touchstone and one of the most inexplicably profitable franchises in movie history.

The popularity of the Madea franchise cannot be explained, much like Adam Sandler’s comedy career of the 1990s. Now, with streaming and Perry’s stranglehold on the industry (as recent news reports threaten to tear down his entertainment empire), Perry is back with another chapter that is heavy on product placement, light on laughs, and short on the audience’s patience.

Netflix’s Madea’s Destination Wedding Review and Synopsis Cassi Davis, Tamela J. Mann, and Tyler Perry in Madea’s Destination Wedding (2025) | Image via Netflix Cassi Davis, Tamela J. Mann, and Tyler...

A few weeks ago, we launched a contest inviting readers to submit personal essays about what’s gone wrong with the movie business—and how it might win back the audiences that seem to have largely abandoned it. We received many excellent entries, but five stood out as the best. We’ll be publishing one each day this week.

Here’s the third, courtesy of Mr. Dave McGrath!

As a cinephile, filmmaker, and instructor at the Toronto Film School, I want a healthy industry. The thought of studios and the theatrical experience vanishing is upsetting. We’ve already lost the era of video stores and the thriving home video market that once supported a wealth of original, mid-budget films. A strong Hollywood is crucial—not just for the industry itself, but also for independent filmmakers who rely on its opportunities in addition to passion projects. I want to see audiences return to movie theaters,...

“Only Murders in the Building” is almost back for its fifth season, and fans can’t wait to see what kind of mystery the trio takes on next. Charles, Oliver, and Mabel, played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, are ready to dig into another strange case when the show returns to Hulu.

Disney just released a new sizzle reel that gave fans a quick first look at the upcoming season. In the short clip, we see Mabel standing at what looks like a funeral. She says, “We’re all going to hell.” It’s a dark and funny moment, and it fits the show’s usual tone, but it doesn’t give much away. None of the new cast members appear in the footage, but more previews should be coming soon.

Filming for Season 5 wrapped up in June 2025, and the new episodes are expected to arrive in August,...

Only Murders in the Building is getting ready for its fifth season on Hulu. The show follows Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) as they dive into another mystery. Fans are eager to find out when the new episodes will arrive and what the story will focus on this time.

Disney recently released a sizzle reel highlighting upcoming shows, and Only Murders in the Building Season 5 was part of that lineup.

The show has dropped its first official footage since wrapping production in June 2025. The brief clip shows Selena Gomez’s Mabel speaking at what seems to be a funeral, saying, “We’re all going to hell.” It’s a short teaser with not much to unpack just yet, and it doesn’t reveal any of the new cast members.

Still, with the show expected to premiere in August, more updates and a fuller look at...

Nicole Kidman is not a stranger to TV series, after the success of Big Little Lies and The Undoing. Since then, she also starred in Nine Perfect Strangers.

The show was also based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name, and it was initially supposed to be a limited series. However, considering that Nine Perfect Strangers was one of Hulu's most viewed original projects, the streamer decided to renew it and give it a vibe like The White Lotus and turn it into an anthology. Despite the mixed reviews,Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 was a hit on streaming and has now risen in the charts after Season 2's finale, per FlixPatrol.

Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2 premiered on May 21, and it consisted of eight episodes, just like Season 1. The series debuted with a two-episode premiere and has released the rest of the episodes weekly until its July 2 finale.

Spoiler Alert: This post spoils the finale episode of Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2.

Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers has come to an end on Hulu.

The show’s first season arrived in 2021, based on Liane Moriarty’s novel and the nine characters within it that visited Nicole Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko at Tranquillum House in fictional Cabrillo, CA. Season 2 departed drastically from the novel, which told the singular story of characters played by Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Michael Shannon and more. Arriving nearly four years after its first installment, Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers saw nine new guests come to Masha’s wellness retreat at Zauberwald, which included new technology she was working on and mysterious connections between the guests.

For a recap of the finale and insights into how Season 2 wrapped up as well as speculation about a potential Season 3, read on.

It’s All About Connections

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This July, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to the much-anticipated streaming release of The Amateur. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Hulu in July 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Bridesmaids (July 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89% Credit – Universal Pictures

Bridesmaids is a comedy film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay co-written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig. The 2011 film revolves around a group of women as they go on various misadventures after being chosen by their friend to serve as bridesmaids at her wedding. Bridesmaids stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph,...

Matlock star Kathy Bates is 77. And the inaugural “CBS Birthday Salute” is celebrating the Academy Award winner’s June 28 birthday with everybody. The historic broadcast network began teasing the multiple Emmy winner’s birthday as early as June 13. Its social media platforms even dubbed themselves “Kathy Bates Stan Account.” Two days before her birthday, Jason Ritter, Bates’s Matlock co-star, appeared in a reminder on CBS social platforms.

Lovebombing of the legend officially kicked off at 7 a.m. Et/4 a.m. Pt in a series of commercial breaks during live programming and across multiple CBS platforms, including Paramount+, Instagram, X, TikTok and Facebook. Tributes from Bates’s many costars, including Bad Santa 2’s Billy Bob Thornton, A Family Affair castmate Brooke Shields, and Tammy co-star Melissa McCarthy, as well as CBS Mornings personalities Gayle King, Nate Burleson, and Vladimir Duthiers, are among the many highlights from the celebration ending at 11 p.

Exclusive: Artists First has signed rising Australian actor Zoe Terakes for representation.

Breaking out with a memorable turn in A24’s horror hit Talk to Me, which brought them their second Aacta Award nomination, Terakes can currently be seen playing Jeri Blood in the Marvel series Ironheart airing on Disney+.

Starring prior to that in the Aussie remake of The Office that premiered last year, they’ve also had major recurring roles on Nine Perfect Strangers for Hulu opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy and the Australian series Wentworth. Additional TV credits include Hulu’s Creamerie, Amazon’s The Moth Effect, Foxtel’s The End, and ABC1’s Janet King.

On the film side, Terakes has also been Aacta Award-nominated for their role the coming-of-age indie Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt). They also have an extensive theater background, having started on the stage. Most notably, they received two Sydney...

Director Doug Liman is set to take on the seemingly insurmountable task of turning Stephen King's enormous magnum opus, The Stand, into a feature film. Twenty-six years ago, he tackled another project with a dizzying array of intersecting narratives and made a movie that won over critics but disappointed at the box office — and soon you'll be able to watch it at its new streaming home. The acclaimed 1999 crime comedy Go is coming to Paramount+ on July 1.

The film was Liman's third film, and the first after the sleeper-hit success of his sophomore effort, Swingers; that film not only launched Liman's career, but those of stars Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. Penning the script was John August; Go was his first produced screenplay, but he would go on to write the first two Charlie's Angels films, Guy Ritchie's Aladdin, and a litany of Tim Burton projects, including Big Fish,...

Last year, Only Murders in the Building scored its most Emmy nominations yet with 21 — 10 more than the total it nabbed the year prior for its second season and four more than it earned for Season 1. But can it go even bigger this year with Season 4?

The murder mystery is coming off its best winter awards run following double surprise victories at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Martin Short's performance and comedy ensemble. They are the show's first major industry prizes — perhaps a preview of its first major Emmy win? Only Murders in the Building has won seven Emmys from 49 nominations for its first three seasons, but all have been at the Creative Arts Emmys.

The Hulu series has 35 submissions across 16 categories for Season 4. Let's take a look at its Emmy prospects.

Best Comedy Series

Only Murders in the Building is safely in here. Don't even question it. It...

One of the greatest wedding comedies of all time lands on Huluin July, making it the perfect time to celebrate this hilarious classic. Wedding-themed movies lend themselves well to a lot of genres, but there is something about the chaos of the romantic event that is perfect for comedy. Just this year alone, the comedy You’re Cordially Invited added the newest entry to the subgenre. There have also been countless other examples, from the rom-com charm of My Best Friend’s Wedding to the R-rated wildness of Wedding Crashers.

There is a certain formula and expectation that comes with the wedding comedy genre, with the chaos gradually building to disaster, only for it to all come together in the end and for love to triumph. However, there is one 2011 movie that redefined what a wedding comedy could be while also breaking down other boundaries. The female-led R-rated comedy delivered hilarious vulgarity and gross-out humor,...

The latest in our series of writers recommending their go-to comfort watches is an ode to Paul Feig’s 2015 comedy starring a never-better Melissa McCarthy

It has a plot and a cast that seem cooked up during a hallucinatory fever dream. It shouldn’t work, but it does – and so splendidly, too. In Paul Feig’s comedy Spy, Melissa McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a timid CIA desk agent who gets sent out into the field by her fearsome boss (Alison Janney) after the death of her slick Bond-like colleague, Bradley Fine. The cast is full of delightful surprises. Rose Bryne is a stiletto-clad Oxford-educated villainess with quips so brutal that she makes Regina George look like Barney. Peter Serafinowicz does a game turn as an – admittedly very pre-#MeToo – cringey Italian pervert figure named Aldo (“like the shoe store found in American malls”).

And in the film’s most magnificent twist,...

Stories that deal with suicide aren’t easy to sit through—but sometimes, they’re the ones we need most. In a world where mental health still struggles to be talked about openly, movies about suicide serve not just as mirrors, but as quiet lifelines. They help put into words—and pictures—feelings that are often buried too deep to explain. Whether it’s a character’s internal breakdown or the aftermath of a tragic decision, these narratives carry the weight of what it means to be human, fallible, and searching for a reason to stay. Movies about suicide that you can stream on Netflix aren’t just depressing dramas. They offer moments of grace, resilience, and even humor, wrapped around the gravity of the subject. Here are 10 such films that handle these complex emotions with sincerity and care.

1. The Starling (2021)

Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline

This deeply...

Throughout Hollywood, there are many couples working together.

Whether they met on set, a la Zendaya and Tom Holland, or decided to work together after they got together, there are plenty of real-life couples who share the big and small screen, and most fans eat it up.

Who has more chemistry than a couple who are madly in love when the cameras stop rolling?

(Lifetime/Screenshot)

Despite the crazy chemistry, not all fans are interested in seeing couples act together, especially if it happens frequently.

So, what camp do you fall in?

Which is Better: The Will Trent TV Series or The Books? Cast Your Vote!by Laura Nowak Broadcast Used to Be Weird, Fun, and Take Risks — What Happened?by Jasmine Blu Do Real-Life Couples Make Better On-Screen Partners?by Whitney Evans

Do you find real-life couples acting together cute and fun?

Or does it annoy you?

You Can...

Even though Dana Carvey was never part of the same Saturday Night Live cast as Tracy Morgan, anytime the 30 Rock star would bump into the Wayne’s World star, he’d refer to him as “alum”.

It’s a feeling that only 165 other people know.

And Carvey, who was a cast member between 1986 and 1993, is responsible for some of SNL’s most iconic characters including Church Lady, Gareth Algar and Hans.

“We understand the glue and the wig, and the cards as well as the adrenaline rush of it and really being under prepared most of the time,” Carvey told Deadline.

But it wasn’t until the launch of his Fly on the Wall podcast, the SNL oral history show that he hosts with David Spade, that he really realized what being a part of this institution meant.

“It gave us more empathy. Even really successful cast members are a...

Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures is reuniting with Marielle Heller and Leah Holzer’s Defiant by Nature production shingle for an adaptation of bestselling novel The Glitch.

Defiant by Nature will produce with Perry Mason and Interview With the Vampire scribe Eleanor Burgess adapting from the Leeanne Slade novel. The project was based on an Audible Original.

The Glitch follows Grace Monroe, who after a failed birthday wish sends her fives years into the past, gets a rare chance to rewrite her story – this time, with her heart and career intact. But as she tries to outsmart fate and avoid the heartbreak she knows is coming, she discovers that some love stories are meant to happen, no matter the timeline.

SVP of Production Taylor Friedman is overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to Heads of Production and Development Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen.

Defiant’s first release was a filmed version...

When we think of the quintessential movie action hero, we might normally imagine a muscular hero offing the bad guy with a quip, then walking away from an explosion in slow motion. There's a healthy dose of over-the-top absurdity in many big studio action films, but a great action-comedy is a different beast: Equal parts action and consistent humor. The humor should never devalue the action either, which is why every movie we've collected here has real danger and stakes. All-out spoofs and animated features belong on different lists; the best action-comedies make you believe as well as laugh.

Sometimes, the humor comes from two unlikely partners forced to work together. The hero(es) might master astonishing physical feats that make their foes look like fools. Characters who appear serious in their world may make comedic points about ours. All have contributed to many great evenings of escapist thrills and yuks.

Did you love Mike White's globe-trotting HBO "anthology" series "The White Lotus" but wish it starred Nicole Kidman in a series of increasingly baffling wigs? You're in luck! That show exists, kind of!

Fans of "The White Lotus," a mystery show set in beautiful and far-flung locales including Hawai'i, Italy, and Thailand, should definitely check out "Nine Perfect Strangers," the second season of which is airing on the streamer weekly as I write this. Lots of folks are already checking it out: According to FlixPatrol, it's sitting in the number four slot in Hulu's top 10 TV shows as of June 13, 2025.

Based on a best-selling book by Liane Moriarty (more on her shortly), the series stars Oscar and Emmy winner Kidman as Masha Dmitrichenko, a woman hailing from Russia who's famous for her wellness center, Tranquillum House, in California. In both seasons, nine people show up at her center...

Rick Moranis has long carved a special place for himself in the hearts of movie buffs from the ‘80s and ‘90s. From playing the adorable nerd in Ghostbusters to the overenthusiastic inventor Wayne Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Moranis was a staple in sci-fi spoofs and family comedies.

But in the late ‘90s, he seemingly vanished from the showbiz. Fans were left with a gaping void- until recent news of his comeback in Spaceballs 2 broke out. But before we talk about famous sequels and all things Star Wars, let’s rewind. What was Moranis’ last movie before stepping away from the big screen? And why did he step away at the peak of his fame?

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves marked the end of Rick Moranis’ live-action era

Rick Moranis’ final live-action movie role before his long break was Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves in 1997. The straight-to-video premiere was...

After a long wait, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Netflix show FUBARis back. The series debuted in May 2023 and, after a two-year wait, Fubar is back with Season 2.

In Fubar, Schwarzenegger plays Luke Brunner alongside Monica Barbaro, who plays his daughter, Emma. For years, the father-daughter duo have both secretly worked as CIA operatives without the other knowing, and finally found out the truth in Season 1. Season 1 was filled with family drama but didn't impress the critics, but Season 2 finally gave the show a positive ranking, debuting with a "fresh" 67% from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Season 1 had a "rotten" score of 50%, but a more positive response from the audience, who gave the show a 68% approval on the Popcornmeter. Fubar Season 2 gets a "fresh" score with its 67% initial rating. Since the new season just debuted on Netflix, it doesn't have an audience score at the time of press.

The new rating comes from six reviews,...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a legend. Of course, he is known for his action-oriented movies like Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, Commando, Predator, True Lies, and more. But his comedic roles are equally famous. Jingle All the Way, Twins, Last Action Hero, and Kindergarten Cop are household favorites over here. I’ll even go so far as to say that his slightly experimental roles in End of Days and Sabotage are pretty amazing, in my opinion. But his decision to relive his glory days by starring in the The Expendables and the Terminator franchises has been pretty sad, as they clearly highlight the fact that the man is relying heavily on stunt doubles and CGI body doubles to do the bare minimum. The only thing that’s worse than his appearances in those film series is the Netflix TV show, Fubar. And if you thought that the first season was absolute trash,...

It must be said, Jason Statham doesn't do too many comedies. He can be funny, but in a rather wry manner. But one of his biggest hits, and certainly his best-reviewed film, is Spy. Directed by Paul Feig and released in 2015, it was among the slew of hit films at the time headlined by Melissa McCarthy. Spy was a major box office success, grossing over $230 million worldwide. But the movie's lifetime haul has been passed over twice by Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. The eighth and purportedly final installment in the long-running action franchise recently celebrated the considerable achievement of having recovered its production budget.

The Final Reckoninghas generated $150 million domestically and $450 million worldwide. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, the movie reportedly cost a whopping $400 million to produce. The Final Reckoning's budget ballooned because of circumstances both unforeseen and expected. Cruise insists on orchestrating some of...

It might not have spelled awards hardware for Sally Field in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” at the Oscars in 2013, but Mary Todd Lincoln eventually had her day at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

Star-playwright Cole Escola won the Best Actor in a Play Tony for their riotously funny work in the outlandish comedy “Oh, Mary!,” marking the first time a nonbinary performer has scored a Tony win for any play category for acting.

Escola portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln as a boozy cabaret singer hopeful in a John Waters-style madcap production, in which she rants and raves while a queer-leaning Abe Lincoln (Conrad Ricamora) is heading toward a pre-determined assassination.

Escola has enjoyed a healthy pre-cursor awards lead-up, winning Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for their high-wire act of a performance. Recently while on a planned leave, “American Primeval” star Betty Gilpin and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” breakout Tituss Burgess...

To date, Emmy voters have showered Only Murders in the Building with 49 nominations and seven wins, though none of the main actors has prevailed. That could all change for the buzzed-about fourth season, which aired last summer and is now eligible at the 2025 Emmys.

According to our updated odds, Martin Short (Oliver Putnam) is out front to win his Best Comedy Actor category, just months after he shockingly scored at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. His costars, Steve Martin (Charles-Haden Savage) and Selena Gomez (Mabel Mora), are both in sixth place for nominations. The three leads play unlikely crime-solvers who podcast about murders that occur in and around their building, the fancy-schmancy Arconia in New York City.

Season 4 features a sprawling roster of special guests, including two actors — Meryl Streep (Loretta Durkin) and Paul Rudd (Glen Stubbins) — who received supporting nominations last year. Due to an already-controversial new Emmy rule,...

Let us be more simple and less vain, Rousseau once wrote. But then, he never occupied a C-suite with cameras rolling everywhere.

This time of year, we talk about guest appearances by actors on television — Kaitlyn Dever on The Last of Us, Jamie Lee Curtis going full Donna on The Bear, Melissa McCarthy channeling John Cena opposite Meryl Streep in Only Murders in the Building.

What we talk about less is guest appearances by executives of television, and for good reason. Executives are supposed to stay far from a TV camera. Isn’t that the bargain — they have the power to fire everyone, and in return, we don’t have to see them?

Yet a different guest appearance is filling snack-room chatter across Hollywood and media companies these days — the one where Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos turns up (at a urinal at the Golden Globes) on Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg...

Hollywood stars often miss out on roles that could’ve changed their careers, for better or worse. In the case of Jon Hamm and Sandra Bullock, it’s safe to say they probably don’t regret missing out on one particular part in the critically panned 2016 comedy The Boss.

Starring Melissa McCarthy, the film follows Michelle Darnell, a disgraced business tycoon, and her attempts to re-establish herself after being arrested for insider trading. While the film quite likely failed to win over critics, evident in its 22% critic score, it certainly did raise eyebrows with its eccentric casting choices.

Peter Dinklage landed the villain role in The Boss over Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm

One of the many surprising behind-the-scenes stories surrounding Melissa McCarthy’s 2016 comedy, The Boss, that made rounds ahead of its release was related to multiple high-profile names who were considered for the role of the film’s antagonist.

Melissa McCarthy‘s daughter Vivian is all grown up!

On Friday (May 30), the 54-year-old Bridesmaids actress took to her Instagram Story to share a very rare photo of her 18-year-old daughter all dressed up as she heads off to prom.

“Thank you to @sherrihill @realkarahill @dandridesigns for making Viv’s prom dreams come true,” Melissa wrote along with the photo.

Keep reading to find out more…In the pic, Vivian is looking off to the side while wearing a blue and white, floral-print strapless gown that featured a corseted bodice and ruffled skirt. She accessorized the dress with a gold necklace.

Along with Vivian, Melissa and husband Ben Falcone are also parents to 15-year-old daughter Georgette.

It was recently announced that Melissa will be starring in a new true crime series.

Last week, the four guest acting categories were added to Gold Derby's Emmy predictions center, and we now have a snapshot of the initial odds.

For Best Drama Guest Actress, The Last of Us holds the top two spots with Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, a vengeful soldier in the zombie apocalypse, and Catherine O'Hara as Gail, a therapist who has a run-in with Pedro Pascal's Joel. Dever has yet to win an Emmy Award, while O'Hara is a two-time champion for starring on Schitt's Creek (2020) and for writing Sctv Network (1982).

Read: Our complete Best Drama Guest Actress breakdown

For Best Drama Guest Actor, Jeffrey Wright is in the lead for playing Isaac on The Last of Us, the former Fedra soldier in post-apocalypse Seattle who switches sides in explosive fashion. He previously won an Emmy for the HBO adaptation of Angels in America (2004). In second place is Shawn Hatosy,...

Another key cast member from Only Murders in the Building is now officially confirmed for Season 5. Meryl Streep will be reprising her role as Oliver's wife Loretta Durkin in the upcoming season of the Hulu series.

The casting announcement was made on the official X account for the show, which shared a video of Selena Gomez and Streep discussing the latter's return. After Gomez, who co-leads Only Murders as Mabel Mora, asked Streep if she would be back for Season 5, the Oscar-winning actor began her response, "Well, I think that depends on—," before being cut off by Gomez, who stated, "No, no, no. That wasn't a question." While this Only Murders return is exciting news, fans shouldn't expect to see more of Streep than they did in the previous two seasons, with the actor once again expected to be a recurring guest star in Season 5.

Gird your loins, Meryl...