Niecy Nash and wife Jessica Betts showed off some cute PDA on the red carpet while arriving at the awards show held on Sunday evening (September 4) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The Creative Arts Emmys honor the best in artistic and technical achievement in primetime TV programming from June 1, 2021 until May 31, 2022 as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Tonight, CBS will air the all virtual episode of All Rise, which was the first series to commit to an episode like it during the pandemic.
Simone Missick, who stars as Judge Lola Carmichael in the series, opened up about the process of filming from her home and what fans of the show can expect to see.
“I’m glad that we’re telling this story. I’m glad that it’s present. I’m glad that we’re getting to see these characters go through what millions of Americans and people all over the world are dealing with,” she shared with ET of the episode.
Simone adds that “it feels wonderful to be able to tell such a present and important story and it’s almost like our love letter to the essential workers in L.A. — the men and women who are delivering groceries, and working as nurses and doctors and working in our court system. You can’t take a day off, so it seemed like a good idea. It wasn’t until we were all doing 12 different department jobs we said, ‘Oh no, this is way harder than we thought it was going to be.’”
While filming the episode, there were times that she was not in the same Zoom call or video chat with the person she was supposed to be interacting with.
To compensate, Simone explained that she taped pictures of each of her cast members on her screen.
“In rehearsal, I would look at everyone on the screen to get a sense of what their performance was going to be, and then I would start taping people’s faces up,” she told Variety. “As actors, it made us all depend on one another when it came to really connecting with the relationships these characters have and being able to ignore the technology and the connectivity issues.”
She also told both sites that while she can see virtual episodes for All Rise and shows alike happening for a few more, it shouldn’t become commonplace.
“No one involved wants to envision that this is the thing that keeps happening,” Simone told ET. “I got a chance to watch the episode. I’m so proud of what we did. It’s so real. This is, ‘I’m trying to do my job with [technology] in place.’ Would I love to see a multi-character legal drama set in peoples homes? No.”
She adds, “I want for actors and writers and creatives to get back to work safely and until the science is able to catch up, I feel like we’re going to see a bunch of people come up with different content that could live on a Netflix or a Hulu or a CBS and work because it’s telling a story.”
All Rise airs tonight, Monday, May 4 at 9/8c on CBS.
Anthony Mackie steps out for the Altered Carbon season two photo call and premiere event at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on Monday night (February 24) in New York City.
The 41-year-old actor takes over the role originated by Joel Kinnaman, Takeshi Kovacs, for the new season.
In season two, Takeshi Kovacs, the lone surviving soldier of a group of elite interstellar warriors, continuing his centuries old quest to find his lost love Quellcrist Falconer (Renée Elise Goldsberry).
After decades of planet-hopping and searching the galaxy, Kovacs finds himself recruited back to his home planet of Harlan’s World with the promise of finding Quell. Haunted by his past and responsible for investigating a series of brutal murders, Kovacs is stunned to discover his new mission to solve the crime and his pursuit to find Quell are one and the same.
With the help of his loyal A.I. Poe (Chris Conner), Kovacs must now partner with new allies to outwit his enemies and find the truth: Who is Quellcrist Falconer?
Netflix debuted the new visual on Tuesday (February 11).
Here’s the synopsis: “In Altered Carbon, society is transformed by new technology: consciousness can be digitized; human bodies are interchangeable; death is no longer permanent. Season Two begins 30 years after the epic conclusion of Season One, and finds Takeshi Kovacs (Anthony Mackie), the lone surviving soldier of a group of elite interstellar warriors, continuing his centuries old quest to find his lost love Quellcrist Falconer (Renee Elise Goldsberry).”
It continues, “After decades of planet-hopping and searching the galaxy, Kovacs is recruited back to his home planet of Harlan’s World with the promise of finding Quell. Haunted by his past and responsible for investigating a series of brutal murders, Kovacs is stunned to discover his new mission to solve the crime and his pursuit to find Quell are one and the same. With the help of his loyal A.I. Poe (Chris Conner), Kovacs must now partner with new allies to outwit his enemies and find the truth: Who is Quellcrist Falconer?”
