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EMMYS: Unfunny Comedies?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday June 20, 2012 @ 12:30pm PDTTags: Awardsline, Edie Falco, Emmys, Laura Linney

Ray Richmond is a contributor to AwardsLine

Boardwalk EmpireIt was in 2010 that Edie Falco caused something of a stir at the Emmy Awards when – after winning the lead comedy actress Emmy for Showtime’s Nurse Jackie – she began her acceptance speech, “Oh this is just the most ridiculous thing that has ever happened in the history of this lovely awards show. Thank you so much. I’m not funny!”

No one seemed to think that Falco was ungrateful so much as genuinely flabbergasted. And those who were regular watchers of her show may have agreed with her, underscoring how the definition of an Emmy-worthy comedic actress had so changed since the days of Mary Tyler Moore (a six-time winner in the category divided between The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Candice Bergen (who won for Murphy Brown five times) and even Helen Hunt (a four-time victor for Mad About You).

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Edie Falco & Oliver Platt To Co-Host Gotham Awards

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 8:34am PSTTags: Edie Falco, Girlfriend, Gotham Independant Film Awards, IFP, Independent Filmmaker Project, Oliver Platt, The First Grader

Gotham Awards: ‘The Descendants’, ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’, ‘Beginners’ And ‘Take Shelter’ Lead Nominations

New York, NY (November 9, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers announced today that award

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EMMYS: Lead Comedy Actress Handicap

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday September 18, 2011 @ 9:58am PDTTags: 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, Amy Poehler, Edie Falco, Laura Linney, Martha Plimpton, Melissa McCarthy, Tina Fey

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s 2011 Emmy coverage. Here’s his scorecard assessing the Outstanding Lead Comedy Series Actress race.

Laura Linney, The Big C
Showtime
Why She Was Nominated: Because, well, the TV academy couldn’t very well not nominate her. Her role as the cancer-stricken Cathy Jamison in The Big C showcases Linney’s mesmerizing acting range and depth. And she’s also a three-time Oscar nominee. That fact alone earns Linney significant brownie points and makes her Emmy nomination a foregone conclusion no matter the project or role. Having a past cinematic pedigree remains plenty huge.
Why She Has To Win: Simply stated, Linney never loses. She’s been nominated for Emmys three times: lead actress in a movie/miniseries twice (2002 for Showtime’s Wild Iris, 2008 for HBO’s John Adams) and as guest comedy actress once (2004 for Frasier). She’s won every time. Moreover, Linney’s The Big C submission is the pilot episode that finds her shifting effortlessly between high emotion and dark humor. Oh, plus the past pair of winners in the category — Toni Collette and Edie Falco — hailed from similar Showtime dramedies.
Why She Can’t Possibly Win: Someday, somebody will figure out that if you’re doing a seriocomic turn in a half-hour series, it’s likely more serio than comic. Falco said it herself onstage after winning last year for Nurse Jackie: “Oh this is just the most ridiculous thing that has ever happened in the history of this lovely awards show. Thank you so much. I’m not funny.” Linney isn’t as purely funny in her role as are her competitors here — and, well, this is supposed to be a comedy award. If that matters. Read More »

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Stars Turn Out For 9/11 Reading

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 22, 2011 @ 7:20am PDTTags: 9/11, Andre Braugher, Billy Crudup, Edie Falco, Lauren Ambrose, Melissa Leo
Mike Fleming

To commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11, a highly distinguished cast of film, TV & stage actors will gather for a benefit reading of Sarah Tuft’s “110 Stories” on September 8th & 9th at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts i n Manhattan. The illustrious cast – including,

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Ben Stiller Turns Fox’s ‘Walter Mitty’ Reboot From Daydream To Reality

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 7:58pm PDTTags: Ben Stiller, David Cromer, Edie Falco, Gore Verbinski, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Owen Wilson, Ron Howard, Sacha Baron Cohen, Scott Rudin, Steve Conrad, Steven Spielberg, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Will Ferrell, WME
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Stiller is in talks with 20th Century Fox to play the title role in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty after the previous script was finally dumped and a new approach and screenwriter was put on the project. That produced a reboot that Stiller wants to make his next film. Stiller sparked to the new take by Steve Conrad, writer of the Will Smith hit The Pursuit of Happyness. Now that Stiller is coming aboard, Fox will move quickly to lock in a cinematic director who can mix action with a PG rating, and get the picture ready for a late fall start. Stiller is repped by WME.

Mitty is still based on the 1947 Danny Kaye film from the James Thurber short story first published in The New Yorker in 1939. The story of a perpetual daydreamer had been in development so long that it seemed like it might never be more than a daydream. Everyone from Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen flirted with that previous script, and directors who have circled include Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Gore Verbinski. Mitty‘s problems stemmed from that script which was never quite right. But then Conrad started fresh and Stiller felt he knocked it out of the park. Stiller, who has starred in the lucrative Night at the Museum and Meet the Parents franchises, might have another big one on his hands. His Red Hour Films banner is based at Fox. Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and John Goldwyn have been shepherding the project as producers for years. Read More »

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On Broadway: Jennifer Jason Leigh in ‘House Of Blue Leaves,’ Lee Daniels Ponders ‘Scottsboro Boys’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 3, 2010 @ 8:46am PSTTags: Ben Stiller, Broadway, David Cromer, Edie Falco, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lee Daniels, Scott Rudin, The House of Blue Leaves, Theater
Mike Fleming

leigh-tt1Jennifer Jason Leigh has been set to join Ben Stiller and Edie Falco in the Broadway revival of The House Of Blue Leaves, the John Guare play that will be directed by David Cromer. Scott Rudin is producing, with previews … Read More »

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And In Other Film Deals…

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 6, 2010 @ 2:45pm PDTTags: Edie Falco, Movie Deals, Movies, Screen Media Films

Screen Media Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to director Eric Mendelsohn’s 3 Backyards, starring Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco and Elias Koteas. 3 Backyards dives into the lives of three residents of a small town over the course of one day. Screen Media is planning on a release date some time in the first half of 2011. Meanwhile, Phase 4 … Read More »

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Broadway Bound: Ben Stiller & Edie Falco

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 2:44pm PDTTags: Ben Stiller, Broadway, Edie Falco, Movie Stars on Broadway, Scott Rudin, The House of Blue Leaves, Theater, Theater Deals
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The latest in a parade of major stars being drawn to the Broadway stage: Ben Stiller and Edie Falco are making deals to star on Broadway next spring in The House of Blue Leaves, a revival of John Guare’s seminal stage play. Mark your calendar for an opening date of next spring, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, with Scott Rudin producing. For Stiller in particular, the stage turn is a homecoming. He made his Broadway debut in the 1986 revival of The House of Blue Leaves, a play that originated off-Broadway in 1971. This time, he’ll play the male lead role of Artie Shaughnessy, a frustrated zookeeper who dreams of making it big as a songwriter. The play takes place in 1965 on a day that Pope Paul VI is visiting New York. Falco will play his wife, Bananas, a schizophrenic who is headed for a mental institution. The play takes place in their Queens home. It is a 60s-centric storyline, with political bombings and the Vietnam War among the plot developments, but the 1986 production won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival. Read More »

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EMMYS BACKSTAGE: Edie Falco

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday August 29, 2010 @ 8:06pm PDTTags: Edie Falco, Edie Falco Emmy, Emmy, Emmy Lead Comedy Actress, Nurse Jackie, Showtime Nurse Jackie

Edie Falco’s lead comedy series actress Emmy for Showtime’s Nurse Jackie made Hollywood history. It marks the first time a television performer has won lead actor Emmy for consecutive regular series roles — Carmela Soprano on HBO’s The Sopranos and now for the title character of Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. She’s also … Read More »

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Emmy Scorecard: Lead Comedy Actresses

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 17, 2010 @ 10:13am PDTTags: Amy Poehler, Edie Falco, Emmy, Emmy Lead Comedy Actress, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lea Michele, Tina Fey, Toni Collette

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s 2010 Emmy coverage. Here’s his scorecard assessing the Outstanding Lead Drama Series Actor race:

TONI COLLETTE, UNITED STATES OF TARA

Why She Got Nominated: Collette won here last year. If the TV Academy votes separately for each of her personalities, that’s a lot of votes.

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