Sacré bleu! We did not expect this Emily in Paris drama. Darren Star is facing controversy after one of his writers, author Deborah Copaken, alleged in her memoir Ladyparts that the TV legend never properly credited her for her work on the Netflix comedy. For the record, Star's team has since called this allegation "blatantly false." In the just-released tome, Copaken claims that Star turned to her after he sold the initial show concept to the Paramount Network, which was Emily in Paris' home prior to moving to Netflix. Why turn to Copaken? Well, because she had previously worked as a consultant for the TV triple threat's show Younger. Not to mention, she had...
- 8/3/2021
- E! Online
Michaela Coel is best known as a creator of great art, with “I May Destroy You” and “Chewing Gum,” but she’s also a consumer. And her taste in movies, television, podcasts and books is as varied in tone as that of her work. Over the last year, Coel dove into heady podcasts and books, but she also made time for Netflix’s zany musical comedy “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.”
“I actually was crying my eyes out watching. It’s that moment when [Rachel McAdams] begins to sing in Icelandic, I cried. I’m so pathetic,” she laughs. “We’re all rooting for the little guy, aren’t we? It’s emotional.”
The tears flowed again when the votes rolled in for McAdams and Will Ferrell’s singing duo and they went from worst to first during the competition. “We’re all rooting for the little guy,...
“I actually was crying my eyes out watching. It’s that moment when [Rachel McAdams] begins to sing in Icelandic, I cried. I’m so pathetic,” she laughs. “We’re all rooting for the little guy, aren’t we? It’s emotional.”
The tears flowed again when the votes rolled in for McAdams and Will Ferrell’s singing duo and they went from worst to first during the competition. “We’re all rooting for the little guy,...
- 5/7/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The 2021 Golden Globe nominations sent shockwaves through the industry due, once again, to lack of diversity. Specifically, the dismissal of movie and shows centered on Black stories from a nonwhite perspective was a gut punch - one that speaks to an imbalanced system that needs to change. This continued pattern of omitting Black storytelling for award contention is art imitating life, mirroring society's historic erasure of Black stories. With national attention on racial injustice, award shows should also have to confront this conversation, and examine how voters' actions contribute to the muting and devaluing of Black storytelling.
In a year filled with original and groundbreaking Black storytelling, this was a hugely missed opportunity to affirm Black excellence in acting, directing, and writing. Critically acclaimed works such as Insecure, I May Destroy You, and Judas and the Black Messiah were either left out entirely or uneven in nomination, a trend signaling...
In a year filled with original and groundbreaking Black storytelling, this was a hugely missed opportunity to affirm Black excellence in acting, directing, and writing. Critically acclaimed works such as Insecure, I May Destroy You, and Judas and the Black Messiah were either left out entirely or uneven in nomination, a trend signaling...
- 2/18/2021
- by Ralinda Watts
- Popsugar.com
The nominations for this year's Golden Globe awards have just been announced, and unsurprisingly, mistakes have been made. Once again, there's a distinct lack of diversity within the list, nominations that absolutely do not make sense, and a number of award-deserving releases that were ignored. Shows like Never Have I Ever and Bridgerton didn't receive any recognition within the nominations, despite being hugely praised for their diverse casting and storytelling when they were first released.
Perhaps the biggest mistake, however, was the fact that the somewhat problematic Emily in Paris was nominated for two awards, whilst of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows of 2020, I May Destroy You didn't make the list of all. But it's not just fans who are upset. Deborah Copaken, a writer on Emily in Paris, spoke to The Guardian about the nomination, admitting that even she believed that Michaela Coel's hard-hitting drama deserved...
Perhaps the biggest mistake, however, was the fact that the somewhat problematic Emily in Paris was nominated for two awards, whilst of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows of 2020, I May Destroy You didn't make the list of all. But it's not just fans who are upset. Deborah Copaken, a writer on Emily in Paris, spoke to The Guardian about the nomination, admitting that even she believed that Michaela Coel's hard-hitting drama deserved...
- 2/4/2021
- by Navi Ahluwalia
- Popsugar.com
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s decision to shut out Michaela Coel’s acclaimed “I May Destroy You” from the 2021 Golden Globe nominations has stirred outrage in Hollywood, more so than any other nominations snub in recent memory. Deborah Copaken, a writer on the Golden Globe-nominated comedy series “Emily in Paris,” published an op-ep in The Guardian railing against the HFPA for omitting “I May Destroy You” in the limited series categories. Copaken wrote she was “stunned” how “Destroy You” was shut out when “Emily in Paris,” which was mostly mocked and lambasted by television critics, made the cut.
“I tried to avoid reading its criticism, but I don’t live under a rock. It never occurred to me that our show would be nominated,” Copaken writes, acknowledging that a show about “a white American selling luxury whiteness, in a pre-pandemic Paris scrubbed free of its vibrant African and Muslim communities” was bound to rankle.
“I tried to avoid reading its criticism, but I don’t live under a rock. It never occurred to me that our show would be nominated,” Copaken writes, acknowledging that a show about “a white American selling luxury whiteness, in a pre-pandemic Paris scrubbed free of its vibrant African and Muslim communities” was bound to rankle.
- 2/4/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Deborah Copaken, a writer on Netflix’s hit series Emily In Paris, has said the success of her show in the Golden Globe nominations was blemished by the fact that I May Destroy You was overlooked.
Emily In Paris was one of the surprise packages of Wednesday’s Globes after the show was nominated for best TV series, musical or comedy. Leading lady, Lily Collins, is also up for best actress in a television musical or comedy.
By contrast, Michaela Coel’s blisteringly authentic BBC/HBO limited-series, I May Destroy You, was a shock omission, despite winning near-universal critical acclaim for its portrayal of a woman piecing together the events of a night in which she was sexually assaulted.
After reading about the snub in Deadline, Copaken tweeted that it was “just wrong.” She later expanded on her comments in an op-ed for The Guardian, in which she explained that...
Emily In Paris was one of the surprise packages of Wednesday’s Globes after the show was nominated for best TV series, musical or comedy. Leading lady, Lily Collins, is also up for best actress in a television musical or comedy.
By contrast, Michaela Coel’s blisteringly authentic BBC/HBO limited-series, I May Destroy You, was a shock omission, despite winning near-universal critical acclaim for its portrayal of a woman piecing together the events of a night in which she was sexually assaulted.
After reading about the snub in Deadline, Copaken tweeted that it was “just wrong.” She later expanded on her comments in an op-ed for The Guardian, in which she explained that...
- 2/4/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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