The director of Fire Island has addressed the idea of a potential sequel.

Back in 2022, LGBTQ+ movie enthusiasts were treated to the queer Pride and Prejudice retelling/rom-com starring Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Tomas Matos and Zane Phillips.

The film, which is currently streaming on Hulu in the US and Disney+ in the UK, follows two best friends – Noah (Booster) and Howie (Yang) – as they embark on their annual weeklong vacation to the titular gay hotspot.

Upon release, fans and critics praised the Andrew Ahn-directed comedy for centring the queer Asian-American experience and for exploring issues such as body image, wealth and race, as well as its celebration of LGBTQ+ culture.

As the Lydia Bennett-based Luke, Rogers memorably went viral for his scene with Keegan (Matos) in which the breakout duo pay homage to Marisa Tomei and her Oscar-winning role in My Cousin Vinny.

Over the last few years, Fire Island fans (including us) have called on the cast and crew to return for a sequel.

While nothing has been officially greenlit, Ahn recently revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he and Booster mulled around the idea of a potential follow-up.

“There’s always been conversation about doing a sequel,” he told the news outlet. “I don’t know if a real concrete idea has been formed yet, but there are things in the ether.”

Towards the end of his statement, Ahn revealed that Booster “always jokes” that a Fire Island sequel would be like the hit Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That, adding: “Where it’s 30 years later, and they’re older and gayer. We’ll see what happens.”

Ahn isn’t the only one who has talked about a potential Fire Island sequel.

In a 2023 interview with GAY TIMES, Matt Rogers said there were “immediate” conversations about a follow-up film after the release of the gaycation comedy.

The Las Culturistas podcast co-host added that “there was some talk” about the sequel taking place in Provincetown and focusing on the nuptials of Howie and Charlie, where they would “run into the characters that were from the first movie”.

“It would be a really interesting continuation,” explained Rogers. “The truth is, you do pull away from the dock, watch them dance, and you do wanna know what’s next.

“That is, I think, a compliment to the ensemble and the wonderful script. You do fall in love with the characters by the end. More than just the characters, their group dynamic was worth following.”

Booster also shared his two cents on a Fire Island sequel in a separate interview with GAY TIMES in 2022.

“While I don’t know that I necessarily feel all the way inspired to write another gay vacation movie at this time, I would definitely do anything to work with this cast again,” he said. 

“Maybe what will happen is I’ll do an And Just Like That… sort of style film in 20 years from now. We’ll all return to Fire Island, and we’ll see where these characters are in 20 years.”

While the future of the Fire Island universe remains uncertain, Ahn is blessing LGBTQIA+ movie enthusiasts with other pieces of queer-led media.

On 18 April, the acclaimed director’s new film, The Wedding Banquet, will hit theatres in the US.

A remake of the 1993 classic of the same name, the upcoming rom-com follows lesbian couple Angela (Kelly Tran) and Lee (Lily Gladstone), who are trying to have a baby via IVF but can’t afford a third round of fertility treatment.

Min (Gi-chan, in his English-language debut), their friend, is the “closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire,” meaning he has “plenty of family money, but a soon-to-expire student visa.”

After his boyfriend, the commitment-averse Chris (Yang), turns down his marriage proposal, Min decides to arrange a green-card marriage with Angela, offering to fund Lee’s IVF in exchange.

Check out the full trailer for The Wedding Banquet below.

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The first trailer has arrived for The Wedding Banquet, starring queer icons Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran.

A remake of the 1993 classic of the same name, the upcoming rom-com follows lesbian couple Angela (Tran) and Lee (Gladstone), who are trying to have a baby via IVF but can’t afford a third round of fertility treatment.

Min (Gi-chan, in his English-language debut), their friend, is the “closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire,” meaning he has “plenty of family money, but a soon-to-expire student visa.”

After his boyfriend, the commitment-averse Chris (Yang), turns down his marriage proposal, Min decides to arrange a green-card marriage with Angela, offering to fund Lee’s IVF in exchange.

Their quiet plan to elope is thrown into chaos when Min’s grandmother (Oscar winning Minari star Youn Yuh-jung) arrives from Korea to meet her future granddaughter-in-law and insists on hosting an extravagant wedding celebration.

The Wedding Banquet was directed by Andrew Ahn, the visionary behind Fire Island (2022), which has been hailed as one of the best LGBTQIA+ films of the decade. (Yang also memorably starred in the rom-com as Howie.)

Ahn co-wrote the script with James Schamus, who was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and won a BAFTA for producing Brokeback Mountain (2005).

In the first trailer for The Wedding Banquet, Angela, Lee and Chris “de-queer the house” as Min returns from the airport with his grandmother, Angela’s ally mother laments her daughter’s decision to marry a man and Chris comments on the ‘absurdity’ of their situation.

The Wedding Banquet premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It will receive a theatrical release in the U.S. on 18 April. Watch the trailer here or below!

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Various LGBTQIA+ stories and queer talent were honoured at last night’s Golden Globe Awards.

For this year’s festivities, comedian Nikki Glaser led the memorable night, which featured appearances by Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Garfield, and Kate Winslet.

Alongside the show’s star-studded roster, the evening was also filled with an array of LGBTQIA+ winners.

Netflix’s hit black comedy slash thriller Baby Reindeer won the award for Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.

Jessica Gunning also nabbed the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series award for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Martha in the series.

“This is an absolute honour, honestly. There’s a video of me when I was little, I was about eight-years-old, and my mom and dad got me a hamster for Christmas, and they brought it out… and I just kept saying, ‘I can’t believe this is happening to me, I can’t believe this is happening to me,'” Gunning said during her acceptance speech.

“And I realized this morning that it has been a kind of soundtrack for my life for this year since Baby Reindeer came out. I cannot believe any of this is happening to me. So I just want to say thank you to everyone who let me come on this journey.”

Max’s critically acclaimed comedy Hacks won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy, and Jean Smart also won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series—Musical or Comedy.

Wicked secured the trophy for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

The Jon M Chu-directed film deserved the award, considering it recently became the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation globally, earning over $700 million.

The film that previously held the record was 2008’s Mamma Mia!, which earned $610 million worldwide.

Jodie Foster took home her fourth Golden Golden Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her work in HBO’s True Detective: Night Country.

However, the biggest LGBTQIA+ winner of the night was the musical slash thriller Emilia Pérez, which won the awards for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture—Non-English Language, and Best Original Song.

While accepting the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award, the film’s star, trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón, delivered a powerful speech about perseverance and identity.

“I chose these colours tonight, the Buddhist colours, because I have a message for you. The light always wins over darkness,” she exclaimed.

“You can maybe put us in jail, you can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, our existence, our identity. I want to say to you: Raise your voice for freedom. I am who I am, not who you want. Thank you so much.”

Check out all the winners from the 82nd Golden Globes below.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nickel Boys
• September 5

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Emilia Pérez
• A Real Pain
• Anora
• Challengers
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Motion Picture – Animated

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Moana 2
• The Wild Robot
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

• Emilia Pérez
• All We Imagine as Light
• I’m Still Here
• The Girl With The Needle
• The Seed of The Sacred Fig
• Vermiglio

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
• Angelina Jolie – Maria
• Kate Winslet – Lee
• Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
• Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
• Tilda Swinton – The Room Next Door

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
• Daniel Craig – Queer
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
• Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Demi Moore – The Substance
• Amy Adams – Nightbitch
• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
• Karla Sofìa Gascón – Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison – Anora
• Zendaya – Challengers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

• Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
• Gabriel LaBelle – Saturday Night
• Glen Powell – Hit Man
• Hugh Grant – Heretic
• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
• Jesse Plemons – Kinds of Kindness

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
• Ariana Grande – Wicked
• Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
• Margaret Qualley – The Substance
• Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
• Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
• Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
• Yura Borisov – Anora

Best Director – Motion Picture

• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
• Edward Berger – Conclave
• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
• Sean Baker – Anora

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• Peter Straughan – Conclave
• Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
• Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
• Sean Baker – Anora

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Challengers
• Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia Pérez
• Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
• Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
• Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
• Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

• El Mal by Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Beautiful That Way by Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li – The Last Showgirl
• Compress / Repress by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
• Forbidden Road by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek – Better Man
• Kiss The Sky by Ali Tamposi, Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Stefan Johnson – The Wild Robot
• Mi Camino by Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia Pérez

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

• Wicked
• Alien: Romulus
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Gladiator II
• Inside Out 2
• The Wild Robot
• Twisters

Best Television Series – Drama

• Shogun
• The Diplomat
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Slow Horses
• Squid Game
• The Day of the Jackal

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Hacks
• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Gentlemen

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Baby Reindeer
• Disclaimer
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
• Ripley
• The Penguin
• True Detective: Night Country

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Anna Sawai – Shogun
• Emma D’Arcy – House of the Dragon
• Kathy Bates – Matlock (2024 TV Series)
• Keira Knightley – Black Doves
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat
• Maya Erskine – Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama

• Hiroyuki Sanada – Shogun
• Billy Bob Thornton – Landman
• Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Jean Smart – Hacks
• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
• Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along
• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
• Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
• Jason Segel – Shrinking
• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
• Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
• Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

• Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
• Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer
• Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
• Kate Winslet – The Regime
• Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
• Sofía Vergara – Griselda

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

• Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat
• Dakota Fanning – Ripley
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
• Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country
• Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

• Colin Farrell – The Penguin
• Andrew Scott – Ripley
• Cooper Koch – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
• Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow
• Kevin Kline – Disclaimer
• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

• Tadanobu Asano – Shogun
• Diego Luna – La Máquina
• Ebon Moss–Bachrach – The Bear
• Harrison Ford – Shrinking
• Jack Lowden – Slow Horses
• Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

• Ali Wong – Single Lady
• Adam Sandler – Love You
• Jamie Foxx – What Had Happened Was
• Nikki Glaser – Someday You’ll Die
• Ramy Youssef – More Feelings
• Seth Meyers – Dad Man Walking

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Raya and the Last Dragon star Kelly Marie Tran has publicly come out as queer.

The 35-year-old talent announced the exciting news during a recent Vanity Fair feature for her film The Wedding Banquet – which is a remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 queer romantic comedy of the same name.  

“I haven’t said this publicly yet, but I’m a queer person,” she exclaimed.

Tran went on to gush about the upcoming Andrew Ahn-directed project and how portraying her gay character didn’t feel like acting.

“The thing that excited me about it was I got to play a person that I felt like I knew. I don’t feel like I’m acting at all in this movie,” she continued.

“I’m here doing this amazing movie with these amazing people. I’ve never been in a queer space before. I’ve never truly felt this accepted.”

Taking place in Seattle, Washington, The Wedding Banquet remake follows Angela (Tran) and her girlfriend Lee (Lily Gladstone), who are trying to have a baby through IVF, and their best friends Chris (Bowen Yang) and Min (Han Gi-chan), who live in the former couple’s guest house. 

Similar to its predecessor, the film features a faux wedding plan, with Min and Angela agreeing to walk down the aisle to appease the former’s conservative Korean parents and secure a green card. At the same time, Angela intends to use the opportunity to raise money for IVF treatments.

 

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Elsewhere in her interview, Tran revealed that she and Angela shared similar life moments – especially regarding the character’s coming out journey with her mother, played by Minari star Joan Chen.

“I came out to my mom in a very specific experience. The scenes that I have with Joan Chen in this movie are very similar to the experience that I had,” she explained.

Before publicly coming out as queer, Tran had consistently used her platform to support the LGBTQIA+ community.

Following the release of Raya and the Last Dragon, she affirmed fans who theorized that the title character is queer.

“I think if you’re a person watching this movie and you see representation in a way that feels really real and authentic to you, then it is real and authentic,” she told Vanity Fair. “I think it might get me in trouble for saying that, but whatever.”

Tran also expressed her hopes for more LGBTQIA+ representation in future Disney projects, stating: “There’s a lot of work to be done in that respect. I’d love to see a Disney warrior who – I don’t know, can I say this without getting in trouble? I don’t care – is openly in the LGBTQ+ community.”

Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet remake is set for release in 2025.

Check out the trailer to Lee’s 1993 classic here or below.

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Conrad Ricamora has shared his idea for a Fire Island sequel, and we need this film ASAP.

Back in June 2022, LGBTQIA+ movie enthusiasts were treated to the Andrew Ahn-directed romantic comedy.

Inspired by Jane Austen’s classic tale, Pride and Prejudice, the film follows two best friends (Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang) as they embark on their annual weeklong vacation to the titular gay hotspot.

Upon its release, Fire Island, also written by Booster, was lauded for its rejection of harmful queer trauma tropes and for its celebration and glorification of LGBTQIA+ culture (and Marisa Tomei’s Academy Award-winning role in My Cousin Vinny, of course).

While it has been two years since the Searchlight Pictures film launched on Hulu in the United States and Disney Plus in international territories, fans (including us) have not let up on calling for a sequel.

Fortunately, viewers aren’t the only ones eager to return to the Fire Island universe.

In a recent interview with Out, Ricamora revealed that he and his castmates constantly discuss the possibility of a second film.

“We’re on a group thread all the time and spitballing like, ‘Joel, hurry, write something,” he told the news outlet. “It was the best time hanging out with all those guys, and I hope to get to do it again.”

The How To Get Away With Murder star also shared his dream plot for a potential sequel.

“I think it would be funny for a Fire Island 2, for my character and Joel’s character not to be married but to have adopted kids,” he explained.

“I think it would be so unexpected. Then it becomes this, not only a friend’s vacation movie, but it becomes this Cheaper By The Dozen wild family trying to keep your family together [story].”

Ricamora’s interview comes over a year after Matt Rogers spilt some tea regarding a potential Fire Island sequel during an interview with GAY TIMES.

According to the Q Force star, “there was some talk” about the sequel taking place in Provincetown and focusing on the nuptials of Yang and James Scully’s characters.

“It would be a really interesting continuation,” explained Rogers. “The truth is, you do pull away from the dock, watch them dance and you do wanna know what’s next.

“That is, I think, a compliment to the ensemble and the wonderful script. You do fall in love with the characters by the end. More than just the characters, their group dynamic was worth following.”

Here’s hoping Booster will bless fans with a Fire Island sequel announcement in the near future.

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Andrew Scott and Josh O’Connor have joined the cast of Knives Out 3. 

The third instalment in the murder mystery franchise, sub-titled Wake Up Dead Man, is set to premiere on Netflix in 2025.

Directed by Rian Johnson, the film will see the return of Daniel Craig as master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a new case.

In similar vein to its predecessors, Wake Up Dead Man will boast an ensemble supporting cast with O’Connor, Scott and Priscilla‘s Cailee Spaeny, with more stars to be confirmed.

Before announcing the title of the threequel, Johnson said in a statement: “I love everything about whodunits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is.

“There’s a whole tonal spectrum from Carr to Christie, and getting to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making Benoit Blanc movies.”

The first film (2019), co-starring Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson and Lakeith Stanfield, received universal acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

The 2022 sequel, sub-titled Glass Onion, was met with similar praise and co-starred Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista and Jessica Henwick.

While the Knives Out franchise hasn’t been a major draw for queer audiences, Wake Up Dead Man will undeniably put rainbow bums in seats (at home, because it’s on Netflix) with the inclusion of O’Connor and Scott.

O’Connor is best known for his performances in the queer dramas God’s Own Country (2017) and Challengers (2024), both of which received universal critical acclaim.

Scott, who rose to fame with roles on Sherlock (2010-2017) and Fleabag (2019), was recently lauded for his performance in the LGBTQIA+ romantic fantasy All Of Us Strangers (2023), and has since starred in Ripley and the audio erotica series The Queen’s Guard (both 2024).

Additionally, O’Connor is set to star alongside Scott’s All Of Us Strangers co-lead Paul Mescal in The History of Sound, directed by Mary & George‘s Oliver Hermanus.

The film will follow two young men in the shadows of WWI who are determined to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen. Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor) begin to log the events, whilst falling in love in the process. Visit here for everything we know so far.

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A plethora – PLETHORA! – of LGBTQ+ shows, films and actors have been nominated at the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards.

On 12 July, Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma revealed the nominees in a live ceremony.

The Last of Us, HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama based on the video game of the same name, is up for Best Drama, Best Actor – Drama (Pedro Pascal), Best Actress – Drama (Bella Ramsey), Best Writing – Drama, and Best Directing – Drama.

Over at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series also picked up nods for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama (Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Montreal Woodard) and Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama (Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, Anna Torv).

Created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, The Last of Us received universal critical acclaim for its faithfulness to the source material, the chemistry between Pascal and Ramsey and the high production value.

The third episode – titled Long Long Time – was particularly lauded; shifting focus from Joel and Ellie to chronicle the love story between paranoid survivalist Bill (Offerman) and his partner Frank (Bartlett), it has since been hailed as one of the best episodes of television ever broadcast.

Fire Island received nominations for Best Television Movie and Best Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Joel Kim Booster).

Hailed by critics and viewers as an instant queer classic, Fire Island follows two best friends (Booster and Bowen Yang) as they embark on their annual weeklong vacation to the titular gay hotspot.

Directed by Andrew Ahn, the Pride and Prejudice-inspired rom-com puts queer Asian-American narratives at the forefront whilst celebrating and glorifying LGBTQ+ culture like no other film before it. (GAY TIMES named Fire Island as one of the top 10 LGBTQ+ films of 2022.)

Other LGBTQ+ nominees include Yellowjackets for Best Drama and Best Actress – Drama (Lynskey, again!), RuPaul’s Drag Race for Best Reality Competition, Best Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Competition Program (RuPaul).

The White Lotus’ sophomore season also continued to see success with the following nominations: Best Drama, Supporting Actor – Drama (F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, Theo James, The White Lotus) and Supporting Actress – Drama (Jennifer Coolidge, Meghann Fahy, Sabrina Impacciatore, Aubrey Plaza, Simona Tabasco).

Additionally, Ted Lasso’s final season and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story earned various nominations, while The Other Two – which recently ended with its third season – is up for Best Writing – Comedy.

Read ahead for this year’s Emmy’s nominees (in select categories). You can read the full list at Emmys.com.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Andor (Disney+)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)
The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
Succession (HBO/Max)
The White Lotus (HBO/Max)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Sarah Snook (Succession)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus)
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus)
Theo James (The White Lotus)
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Alan Ruck (Succession)
Will Sharpe (The White Lotus)
Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus)
Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus)
Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)
Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Barry (HBO/Max)
The Bear (FX)
Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Wednesday (Netflix)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Bill Hader (Barry)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jason Segel (Shrinking)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
James Marsden (Jury Duty)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
Henry Winkler (Barry)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Jessica Williams (Shrinking)

BEST LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Beef (Netflix)
Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Lizzy Caplan (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)
Dominique Fishback (Swarm)
Kathryn Hahn (Tiny Beautiful Things)
Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & the Six)
Ali Wong (Beef)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
Kumail Nanjiani (Welcome to Chippendales)
Evan Peters (Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)
Michael Shannon (George & Tammy)
Steven Yeun (Beef)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

Murray Bartlett (Welcome To Chippendales)
Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
Richard Jenkins (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Joseph Lee (Beef)
Ray Liotta (Black Bird)
Young Mazino (Beef)
Jesse Plemons (Love & Death)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome To Chippendales)
Maria Bello (Beef)
Claire Danes (Fleishman Is In Trouble)
Juliette Lewis (Welcome to Chippendales)
Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & The Six)
Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Merritt Wever (Tiny Beautiful Things)

BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Barry (HBO Max) – Bill Hader
The Bear (FX) – Christopher Storer
Jury Duty (Freevee) – Mekki Leeper
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese, Rob Turbovsky
The Other Two (HBO Max)
 – Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis

BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Andor (Disney+) – Beau Willimon
Bad Sisters (Apple TV+) – Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, Brett Baer
Better Call Saul (AMC) – Gordon Smith, Peter Gould
The Last Of Us (HBO Max) – Craig Mazin
Succession (HBO Max) – Jesse Armstrong
The White Lotus (HBO Max) – Mike White

BEST WRITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

Beef (Netflix) – Lee Sung Jin
Fire Island (Hulu) – Joel Kim Booster
Fleishman Is In Trouble (FX) – Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Prey (Hulu) – Patrick Aison, Dan Trachtenberg
Swarm (Prime Video) – Janine Nabers, Donald Glover
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel) – Al Yankovic, Eric Appel

BEST DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Andor (Disney+) – Benjamin Caron
Bad Sisters (Apple TV+) – Dearbhla Walsh
The Last Of Us (HBO Max) – Peter Hoar
Succession (HBO Max) – Andrij Parekh
Succession (HBO Max) – Mark Mylod, 
Lorene Scafaria
The White Lotus (HBO Max) – Mike White

BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Barry (HBO Max) – Bill Hader
The Bear (FX) – 
Christopher Storer
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
 – Amy Sherman-Palladino
The Ms. Pat Show (BET+) – Mary Lou Belli
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – Declan Lowney
Wednesday (Netflix) – Tim Burton

BEST TALK SERIES

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
The Problem With Jon Stewart (Apple TV+)

BEST REALITY COMPETITION

The Amazing Race (CBS)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Entergalactic (Netflix)
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (Adult Swim)
Rick And Morty (Adult Swim)
The Simpsons (Fox)

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Food Network)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Shark Tank (ABC)

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

Indian Matchmaking (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (MTV)
Selling Sunset (Netflix)
Vanderpump Rules (Bravo)
Welcome to Wrexham (FX)

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE

Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas (NBC)
Fire Island (Hulu)
Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+)
Prey (Hulu)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

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There were “immediate” conversations of a sequel to Fire Island following the release of the gaycation comedy last year, Matt Rogers has revealed.

Written by and starring Joel Kim Booster, the Pride and Prejudice-inspired film follows a group of gay friends who embark on their annual weeklong vacation to the titular hotspot.

Also starring Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, Margaret Cho, James Scully, Torian Miller, Tomás Matos, Nick Adams and Zane Phillips, Fire Island was hailed as an instant queer classic.

Fans and critics praised the Andrew Ahn-directed comedy for centring the queer Asian-American experience and for exploring issues such as body image, wealth and race, as well as its celebration of LGBTQ+ culture.

As the Lydia Bennett-based Luke, Rogers memorably went viral for his scene with Keegan (Matos) in which the breakout duo pay homage to Marisa Tomei and her Oscar-winning role in My Cousin Vinny.

Speaking with GAY TIMES, Rogers said “there was some talk” about the sequel taking place in Provincetown and focusing on the nuptials of Yang and Scully’s characters, Howie and Charlie, where they would “run into the characters that were from the first movie”.

“It would be a really interesting continuation,” explained Rogers. “The truth is, you do pull away from the dock, watch them dance and you do wanna know what’s next. That is, I think, a compliment to the ensemble and the wonderful script. You do fall in love with the characters by the end. More than just the characters, their group dynamic was worth following.”

The cast would “all be excited” to return for a sequel, said the Have You Heard of Christmas? star, “but only if everyone could be there. And only if it felt like the script was saying something just as important and fun and that we could all feel really good about doing.”

Rogers also revealed that Marisa Tomei has finally seen the aforementioned tribute, saying he has heard from a “reliable source” that she “thought it was really funny and that she wants to meet me and Tomas”.

Although Rogers believes Fire Island works “fine as a standalone movie”, he said it would be “iconic” if Tomei and Cho’s character, Erin, “were in a lesbian relationship in Provincetown, Fire Island 2.” Here! For! It!

In his GAY TIMES cover interview, Booster said a sequel – or spiritual sequel – set in another popular gay destination with the original cast is a possibility.

“Yeah, a real anthology series!” he teased. “While I don’t know that I necessarily feel all the way inspired to write another gay vacation movie at this time, I would definitely do anything to work with this cast again.

“Maybe what will happen is I’ll do an And Just Like That… sort of style film in 20 years from now. We’ll all return to Fire Island and we’ll see where these characters are in 20 years.”

Fire Island is available to stream in the UK on Disney Plus.

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The Emmys returned to Los Angeles for another year on 12 September, celebrating the best of television over the last year.

Some of the biggest names in showbiz were in attendance, from Zendaya to Laverne Cox, RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Lizzo, Murray Bartlett, Jennifer Coolidge and many more.

The stars took to the yellow carpet to commemorate another year of spectacular television.

This year’s awards mark the 74th year of the ceremony.

Stars are nominated across the 17 Emmy categories.

Here’s a roundup of the night’s biggest and best moments, as well as the winners of each award:

Quinta Brunson dealt with Jimmy Kimmel’s awkward stunt during her speech

Abbott Elementary star and showrunner Quinta Brunson picked up her first Emmy for ‘Writing for a Comedy Series’.

But many felt that comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s stunt to pretend to be asleep on the stage took away from Brunson’s win.

The actress had to step around Kimmel to get to the microphone, where her speech was then cut short by the music playing her out.

Murray Bartlett took home Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Murray Bartlett scooped up a best supporting actor award for his work on The White Lotus.

The Australian actor played Armond in the series, where his character has an intense queer sex scene.

Bartlett gave tribute to his partner, Max, and called him his “sanctuary”.

Jennifer Coolidge wins Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Legally Blonde icon Jennifer Coolidge snapped up the Emmy for Supporting Actress, following her appearance in The White Lotus.

The star seemed surprised as she accepted the award.

On stage, she pulled out a scrunched up piece of paper, saying “I didn’t think this was going to happen!”

Jerrod Carmichael wins for his comedy special Rothaniel

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael won his first Emmy for his comedy special Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel.

Carmichael came out as gay during the special, and hosted Saturday Night Live the night after its release.

On stage he said: “I wanted to win, I’m happy I won.”

“I made something that was of great personal consequence to me, and this definitely contributes to the meaning of it.”

Lizzo won her first Emmy award

Pop sensation and Watch Out For The Big Grrrls star Lizzo won Outstanding Competition Program for her first Emmy for her debut series.

She delivered a passionate speech encouraging more diverse stories on screen.

The 34-year-old said: “When I was a little girl all I wanted to see was me in the media – someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me.”

For the last four years, RuPaul’s Drag Race has won the award. Lizzo’s win put an end to the show’s winning streak.

Zendaya made Emmy history with a second Lead Actress win

Euphoria star Zendaya made Emmy awards history, becoming the youngest actress to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice.

The 26-year-old is also the first Black woman to win the award twice.

She delivered a heartfelt speech where she acknowledged the struggles that people go through with addiction, like her Euphoria character, Rue.

“My greatest wish for Euphoria was that it could help heal people and I just want to say thank you to everyone who has shared their story with me,” she said.

“I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they are a Rue, I want you to know that I’m so grateful for your stories and I carry them with me and I carry them with her.”

Sheryl Lee Ralph accepts her first Emmy with a song

Abbott Elementary star and Broadway star Sheryl Lee Ralph won her first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Ralph took to the stage and sang her heart out to Dianne Reeves’ ‘Endangered Species’, before reciting a powerful speech.

She stated: “To anyone who has ever, ever, had a dream and thought your dream wasn’t, couldn’t, wouldn’t come true, I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like, this is what striving looks like, and don’t you ever, ever, give up.”

Her speech was quickly dubbed the greatest acceptance speech of all time.

Here’s all of the winners from this years Emmy awards:

Outstanding drama series

Better Call Saul

Euphoria

Ozark

Severance

Squid Game

Stranger Things

Yellowjackets

Succession – WINNER

Outstanding comedy series

Abbott Elementary

Barry

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Hacks

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Only Murders in the Building

What We Do in the Shadows

Ted Lasso – WINNER

Outstanding limited series

Dopesick

The Dropout

Inventing Anna

Pam & Tommy

The White Lotus – WINNER

Lead actor in a drama series

Brian Cox (Succession)

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

Adam Scott (Severance)

Jeremy Strong (Succession)

Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) – WINNER

Writing for a drama series

Thomas Schnauz (Better Call Saul, “Plan And Execution”)

Chris Mundy (Ozark, “A Hard Way To Go”)

Dan Erickson (Severance, “The We We Are”)

Hwang Dong-hyuk (Squid Game, “One Lucky Day”)

Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Yellowjackets, “F Sharp”)

Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Yellowjackets, “Pilot”)

Jesse Armstrong (Succession, “All The Bells Say”) – WINNER

Directing for a comedy series

Hiro Murai (Atlanta, “New Jazz”)

Bill Hader (Barry, “710N”)

Lucia Aniello (Hacks, “There Will Be Blood”)

Mary Lou Belli (The Ms Pat Show, “Babby Daddy Groundhog Day)

Cherien Dabis (Only Murders In The Building, “The Boy From 6B”)

Jamie Babbit (Only Murders In The Building, “True Crime”)

MJ Delaney (Ted Lasso, “No Weddings And A Funeral”) – WINNER

Lead actress in a comedy series

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)

Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)

Elle Fanning (The Great)

Issa Rae (Insecure)

Jean Smart (Hacks) – WINNER

Lead actress in a drama series

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)

Laura Linney (Ozark)

Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)

Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)

Zendaya (Euphoria) – WINNER

Directing for a drama series

Jason Bateman (Ozark, “A Hard Way To Go”)

Ben Stiller (Severance, “The We We Are”)

Mark Mylod (Succession, “All The Bells Say”)

Cathy Yan (Succession, “The Disruption”)

Lorene Scafaria (Succession, “Too Much Birthday”)

Karyn Kusama (Yellowjackets, “Pilot”)

Hwang Dong-hyuk (Squid Game, “Red Light, Green Light”) – WINNER

Writing for a comedy series

Duffy Boudreau (Barry, “710N”)

Alec Berg and Bill Hader (Barry, “starting now”)

Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky (Hacks, “The One, The Only”)

Steve Martin and John Hoffman (Only Murders In The Building, “True Crime”)

Jane Becker (Ted Lasso, “No Weddings And A Funeral”)

Sarah Naftalis (What We Do In The Shadows, “The Casino”)

Stefani Robinson (What We Do In The Shadows, “The Wellness Center”)

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary, “Pilot”) – WINNER

Lead actor in a comedy series

Donald Glover (Atlanta)

Bill Hader (Barry)

Nicholas Hoult (The Great)

Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) – WINNER

Writing for a variety special

Ali Wong (Don Wong)

Norm Macdonald (Nothing Special)

Nicole Byer (BBW – Big Beautiful Weirdo)

Ian Berger, Devin Delliquanti, Jennifer Flanz, Jordan Klepper, Zhubin Parang and Scott Sherman (The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Globe – Hungary For Democracy)

Jerrod Carmichael (Rothaniel) – WINNER

Writing for a limited series or TV movie

Danny Strong (Dopesick, “The People vs Purdue Pharma”)

Elizabeth Meriwether (The Dropout, “I’m In A Hurry”)

Sarah Burgess (Impeachment: American Crime Story, “Man Handled”)

Molly Smith Metzler (Maid, “Snaps”)

Patrick Somerville (Station Eleven, “Unbroken Circle”)

Mike White (The White Lotus) – WINNER

Directing for a limited series or TV movie

Danny Strong (Dopesick “The People vs Purdue Pharma”)

Michael Showalter (The Dropout “Green Juice”)

Francesca Gregorini (The Dropout “Iron Sisters”)

John Wells (Maid, “Sky Blue”)

Hiro Murai (Station Eleven, “Wheel Of Fire”)

Mike White (The White Lotus) – WINNER

Competition program

The Amazing Race

Nailed It!

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

The Voice

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls – WINNER

Lead actress in a limited series or TV movie

Toni Collette (The Staircase)

Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)

Lily James (Pam & Tommy)

Sarah Paulson (Impeachment: American Crime Story)

Margaret Qualley (Maid)

Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout) – WINNER

Supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie

Connie Britton (The White Lotus)

Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus)

Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)

Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus)

Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus)

Mare Winningham (Dopesick)

Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) – WINNER

Variety talk series

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Late Night With Seth Meyers

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – WINNER

Variety sketch series

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Saturday Night Live – WINNER

Supporting actor in a comedy series

Anthony Carrigan (Barry)

Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso)

Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso)

Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)

Henry Winkler (Barry)

Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)

Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) – WINNER

Supporting actress in a comedy series

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso)

Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)

Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) – WINNER

Supporting actress in a drama series

Patricia Arquette (Severance)

Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game)

Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets)

Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)

J Smith-Cameron (Succession)

Sarah Snook (Succession)

Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria)

Julia Garner (Ozark) – WINNER

Supporting actor in a drama series

Nicholas Braun (Succession)

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

Kieran Culkin (Succession)

Park Hae-soo (Squid Game)

John Turturro (Severance)

Christopher Walken (Severance)

Oh Yeong-su (Squid Game)

Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) – WINNER

Supporting actor in a limited series or TV movie

Jake Lacy (The White Lotus)

Will Poulter (Dopesick)

Seth Rogen (Pam & Tommy)

Peter Sarsgaard (Dopesick)

Michael Stuhlbarg (Dopesick)

Steve Zahn (The White Lotus)

Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) – WINNER

Lead actor in a limited series or TV movie

Colin Firth (The Staircase)

Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven)

Oscar Isaac (Scenes from a Marriage)

Himesh Patel (Station Eleven)

Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy)

Michael Keaton (Dopesick) – WINNER

Outstanding documentary or nonfiction series

The Andy Warhol Diaries

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

100 Foot Wave

We Need To Talk About Cosby

The Beatles: Get Back – WINNER

Outstanding documentary or nonfiction special

Controlling Britney Spears (New York Times Presents)

Lucy And Desi

The Tinder Swindler

We Feed People

George Carlin’s American Dream – WINNER

Writing for a variety series

Saturday Night Live

A Black Lady Sketch Show

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – WINNER

Variety special (live)

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes

The Oscars

Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back!

Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent – WINNER

Variety special (pre-recorded)

Dave Chappelle: The Closer

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Adele: One Night Only – WINNER

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RuPaul’s Drag Race, Euphoria and Hacks are amongst the LGBTQ+ shows nominated at this year’s upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards.

The television academy continued to recognise Drag Race with a nomination for Outstanding Competition Program, where it faces stiff opposition from The Amazing Race, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Nailed It!, Top Chef and The Voice.

RuPaul’s drag empire has won four consecutive awards in this category.

Zendaya earned a second nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her lauded portrayal of Rue on HBO’s Euphoria. After becoming the youngest recipient of the award in 2020, she makes history again as the youngest ever two-time acting nominee.

Euphoria also landed nominations under Drama Series, Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Sydney Sweeney, Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Martha Kelly and Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Colman Domingo.

Following its loss to Ted Lasso last year, Hacks has received its second consecutive nomination for Best Comedy Series. Its leading stars, Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, are in contention for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, respectively.

Smart won the award in 2021, while Einbinder lost out to Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham.

The latter once again faces strong competition from Waddingham, as well as Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Janelle James (Abbott Elementary), Kate McKinnon (SNL), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) and Juno Temple (Ted Lasso).

With four out of six nominations, Hacks also conquers the Guest Actress in a Comedy Series field. The nominated stars include Jane Adams, Harriet Sansom Harris, Laurie Metcalf and Kaitlin Olson.

Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in Hacks

Although the final season of Killing Eve failed to receive a nomination under Drama Series, lead stars Jodie Comer and Sarah Oh are both up for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Following her universally-acclaimed performance as Linda Tripp in the third season of American Crime Story, titled Impeachment, Sarah Paulson has been nominated for Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

The White Lotus earned an incredible nine nominations: Limited Series, Supporting Actress in a Limited Series (Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Natasha Rothwell, Sydney Sweeney) and Supporting Actor in a Limited Series (Murray Bartlett, Jake Lacy, Steve Zahn).

HBO Max’s satirical comedy was met with universal acclaim last year, particularly for the performances of Coolidge and Bartlett and its LGBTQ+ inclusivity.

Elsewhere, Reese Witherspoon has been nominated under Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Apple TV’s The Morning Show.

The second season of the drama saw her character, Bradley Jackson, struggle with her sexuality after becoming romantically involved with fellow news anchor Laura Peterson (Julianna Margulies).

For their work on Saturday Night Live, Bowen Yang and Kate McKinnon have landed nods for Supporting Actor/Actress in a Comedy Series.

See the full list of nominations for the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards below.

Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)   

Euphoria (HBO)   

Ozark (Netflix)   

Severance (Apple TV+)   

Squid Game (Netflix)   

Stranger Things (Netflix)   

Succession (HBO)   

Yellowjackets (Showtime)  

Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)   

Barry (HBO)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)   

Hacks (HBO)   

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

What We Do in the Shadows (FX)   

Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show

Limited Series

Dopesick (Hulu)   

The Dropout (Hulu)   

Inventing Anna (Netflix)   

Pam and Tommy (Hulu)   

The White Lotus (HBO)   

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman (Ozark)  

Brian Cox (Succession)  

Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)   

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)  

Adam Scott (Severance)  

Jeremy Strong (Succession)  

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)   

Laura Linney (Ozark)  

Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)  

Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)  

Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)   

Zendaya (Euphoria)  

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Donald Glover (Atlanta)   

Bill Hader (Barry)  

Nicholas Hoult (The Great)

Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)   

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)  

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)  

Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in Killing Eve

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)  

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)  

Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)  

Elle Fanning (The Great)

Issa Rae (Insecure)  

Jean Smart (Hacks)  

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Colin Firth (The Staircase)  

Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven)  

Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage)  

Michael Keaton (Dopesick)  

Himesh Patel (Station Eleven)  

Sebastian Stan (Pam and Tommy)   

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Toni Collette (The Staircase)  

Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)  

Lily James (Pam and Tommy)  

Sarah Paulson (Impeachment: American Crime Story)

Margaret Qualley (Maid)  

Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)  

Variety Talk Series

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)  

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)  

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)  

Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)  

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)  

Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus

Competition Program

The Amazing Race (CBS)  

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Prime Video)  

Nailed It! (Netflix)  

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)  

Top Chef (Bravo)  

The Voice (NBC)  

Television Movie

Chip ‘n’Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+)

Ray Donovan: The Movie (Showtime)

Reno 911!: The Hunt For QAnon (Paramount+)

The Survivor (HBO/HBO Max)

Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Patricia Arquette (Severance)

Julia Garner (Ozark)

Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game)

Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets)

Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)

J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)

Sarah Snook (Succession)

Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria)

The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nicholas Braun (Succession)

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

Kieran Culkin (Succession)

Park Hae-soo (Squid Game)

Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)

John Turturro (Severance)

Christopher Walken (Severance)

Oh Yeong-su (Squid Game)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso)

Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)

Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)

Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Carrigan (Barry)

Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)

Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso)

Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso)

Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)

Henry Winkler (Barry)

Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)

Sarah Paulson in American Crime Story: Impeachment

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Connie Britton (The White Lotus)

Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)

Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus)

Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)

Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus)

Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus)

Mare Winningham (Dopesick)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus)

Jake Lacy (The White Lotus)

Will Poulter (Dopesick)

Seth Rogen (Pam & Tommy)

Peter Sarsgaard (Dopesick)

Michael Stuhlbarg (Dopesick)

Steve Zahn (The White Lotus)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Hope Davis (Succession)

Marcia Gay Harden (The Morning Show)

Martha Kelly (Euphoria)

Sanaa Lathan (Succession)

Harriet Walter (Succession)

Lee You-mi (Squid Game)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Adrien Brody (Succession)

James Cromwell (Succession)

Colman Domingo (Euphoria)

Arian Moayed (Succession)

Tom Pelphrey (Ozark)

Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)

Zendaya in Euphoria

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Jane Adams (Hacks)

Harriet Sansom Harris (Hacks)

Jane Lynch (Only Murders In The Building)

Laurie Metcalf (Hacks)

Kaitlin Olson (Hacks)

Harriet Walter (Ted Lasso)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Jerrod Carmichael (Saturday Night Live)

Bill Hader (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

James Lance (Ted Lasso)

Nathan Lane (Only Murders In The Building)

Christopher McDonald (Hacks)

Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso)

Variety Sketch Series

A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/HBO Max)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Variety Special (Live)

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)

Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: The Facts Of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (ABC)

The Oscars (ABC)

Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent (NBC)

Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back! (CBS)

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