77th Emmys: Britt Lower wins outstanding lead actress in a drama series for ‘Severance’
Britt Lower accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for ‘Severance’ during the show at the 77th Emmy Awards. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Britt Lower took home her first-ever Emmy Award Sunday night, nabbing the trophy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for playing Helly R in the Apple TV+ series Severance.
“First, it’s a privilege to be even be mentioned alongside such an incredible group of artists, wow,” Lower said. “I share this award with my heroic cast and crew whose work catalyzes mine.”
She added, “Thank you, Helly R, for choosing me.”
This was Lower’s first-ever Emmy nomination. She beat out Matlock’s Kathy Bates, The Diplomat’s Keri Russell, The Last of Us‘ Bella Ramsey and Bad Sisters‘ Sharon Horgan for the award.
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Kathryn Bigelow‘s upcoming film for Netflix now has a title and release date.
The upcoming political thriller is titled A House of Dynamite, the streaming service announced on Wednesday. It will arrive in select theaters this fall and debut on Netflix on Oct. 24.
The film follows what happens when a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States. The incident starts a race to figure out who or what is responsible for it and how to respond.
A House of Dynamite features a star-studded ensemble cast led by Idris Elba. He is joined by Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Jonah Hauer-King, Moses Ingram, Greta Lee, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Kaitlyn Dever.
Noah Oppenheim wrote the film and also produces alongside Bigelow and Greg Shapiro.
Bigelow is known for her films Point Break, Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker. She became the first woman to win the Oscar for best director in 2010 for the latter film.
The seventh movie in the dinosaur franchise — and fourth since it rebranded from Jurassic Park to Jurassic World — debuted at #1 with a total $91.5 million over the holiday weekend, Box Office Mojo reports.
The #2 spot when to the racing drama F1: The Movie, which added $26.06 million in its second weekend following its #1 debut. Another former #1, the live action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, took #3 with an additional $11 million.
Elio and 28 Years Later rounded out the top five, with $5.7 million and $4.6 million, respectively.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Jurassic World: Rebirth – $91.5 million 2. F1: The Movie – $26.06 million 3. How to Train Your Dragon — $11 million 4. Elio – $5.7 million 5. 28 Years Later – $4.6 million 6. M3GAN 2.0 — $3.8 million 7. Lilo & Stitch — $3.8 million 8. Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning — $3.28 million 9. Materialists — $1.347 million 10. Ballerina — $725,000
This new season, which premiered its first three episodes Tuesday on Hulu, finds Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez back as Charles, Oliver and Mabel. The trio refuses to believe the death of the Arconia’s doorman, Lester, was an accident. In untangling the web of what happened, the trio discover dangerous secrets that connect powerful billionaires with old-school mobsters.
“Our first suspicion when there’s a crime in the building [is] that we suspect it’s ‘the mob,’ in quotes, you know, the old-fashioned cliche, Sopranos-type situation,” Martin told ABC Audio. “Slowly we discover that there’s a new mob. And they are defined in a very contemporary way. It has nothing to do with the old mob.”
As for how their characters are doing emotionally in season 5, Gomez says Mabel is “exploring her independent side,” more solidified and confident. Charles, on the other hand, has been feeling pretty lonely as of late, especially after Oliver’s marriage to Loretta (Meryl Streep) at the end of season 4.
In previous seasons, Charles keeps picking “a female who tries to murder him,” Martin said.
“This year, he is very conscientious about not doing that. He’s very conscientious about trying to get out there more. And so he’s online, he’s doing some online dating, and he’s got a profile that Mabel makes fun of,” Martin said. “And he’s seeking medical help to sort of alter his mindset.”
Without missing a beat, Short quipped: “Not just his mindset!”
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