Why Online Show Creators Deserve Recognition by Awards Voters: ‘YouTube Is TV as Far as I’m Concerned’
Now more than ever, YouTube is the new television. Watching YouTube on a bigger screen is defining the TV experience for a new generation. Six popular creators – Sean Evans, Brittany Broski, Cleo Abram, Julian Shapiro-Barnum, Kareem Rahma and Michelle Khare – are bringing the best of YouTube to TVs around the world.
Amid the current cord-cutting era and shift in the future of media, these creatives share why working outside the traditional television model is right for each of them. They also discuss how YouTube gives them room to produce original IP and why they make content they want to see in the world.
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Brunello Cucinelli Takes His Brand to the Big Screen With North American Release of ‘The Gracious Visionary’
At the start of the new documentary “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary,” Brunello Cucinelli strolls through his vineyards at night, illuminated by dozens of small, contained fires that protect the vines from frost. He’s a man in his 70s, walking with ease and confidence through his domain — a world he spent decades crafting, curating and restoring.
Last Tuesday, the fashion designer strolled in a very different location. He walked down the star-studded red carpet, flanked by his family, at the New York City gala screening, an exclusive event and celebratory dinner in advance of his documentary’s North American distribution by Blue Fox Entertainment.
Oscars flashback: 20 years ago, ‘Crash’ shocked Jack Nicholson — and the world
Who says there are no surprises at the Oscars? The event is routinely filled with unexpected winners and controversial decisions. Just take a look back 20 years ago, to March 5, 2006, when the normally unflappable Jack Nicholson was so astonished by reading out the name of the best picture winner his eyebrows nearly shot off his head, and he mouthed, “Whoa.” Here’s a look back at that winner, plus the films and people who took home prizes for director, and adapted and original screenplays.
Oscars flashback: When a ‘Pimp’ brought down the house
Flashy moments at the Academy Awards tend to go to “topliners” — actors, directors, writers and best picture. But that doesn’t mean the other categories can’t shine bright. And during the 78th Oscars, held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on March 5, 2006, that’s exactly what happened. Here’s what unspooled in the animated feature, song, makeup, costume, foreign-language film (now called international feature film) and live-action short film categories 20 years ago.
Oscars flashback: When Philip Seymour Hoffman was ‘overwhelmed’ to win
Hollywood loves shiny new things, and when it comes to the Academy Awards each year, what’s new is often notable — and worthy of shiny gold-plated statues. That was certainly the case for the acting categories 20 years ago at the 78th Oscars, held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on March 5, 2006. That night, 14 of the 20 acting nominees had never been nominated before, and all four acting winners were first-time nominees.
Bears in the Woods: Eight SFF/H books with Ursine Characters
Bears are always on our minds. From teddy, who we snuggled up to as kids; to the eternal whimsy of Winnie-the-Pooh; and the bears we might “choose” over running into a strange man in the woods—the concept of the bear hibernates in the imagination, then rampages in fiction. Face it: the bear often chooses us.
From Julia Roberts to Timothée Chalamet: 25 ‘Law & Order’ Guest Stars You May Have Forgotten
“Law & Order” has provided big breaks and resume fodder to hundreds, if not thousands, of actors over the years.
The NBC series, which will celebrate its 25th season Sep. 25, originally premiered in 1990 and still runs today, though there was that hiatus between 2010-2022.
It can feel like nearly every resident of New York City has had some spot as an extra or guest star. (Heck, even the writer of this very article appeared in the background of a courtroom scene in the Season 10 episode called “Gunshow.”)
It’s no surprise that among those scores of guest stars, several turned out to be at the start of brilliant careers, while others were stars in their own rights before stepping onto the set.
Ahead of the landmark launch of the new season, look back at some of the stars who popped up in arresting appearances over the years.
‘And Just Like That’ Ending: What Happens to Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte?
And just like that, “…And Just Like That” has ended on HBO.
After 33 episodes (preceded by 94 episodes of “Sex and the City”), Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and their assorted pals and fashions closed the wardrobe doors on Aug. 14 with a lot of loose threads tying up, many still left open and so much pie being eaten.
So how did things ultimately wrap up? Where do our leading ladies and men leave us? And just how did we go from Cosmos in clubs in the 1990s to pie in the kitchen in 2025? Let’s examine the final episode, appropriately called “Party of One.”
The 5 best TV moments you won’t see awarded at this year’s Emmys
This year’s Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 14 on CBS, are set to shine a spotlight on 25 different categories in the main broadcast. This undertaking could take over three hours. But it would take much, much longer to honor every great scene, performance and quirky coincidence to appear on TV in the last year. There are so many shows and so many ways to be compelled (and sometimes repelled) by their content.
And so, cue the trumpets! Here, The Envelope presents its own, deeply subjective awards honoring the greatest moments in television during the 2024-25 season — at least those that won’t get their proper recognition at the big show. Welcome to the 2025 Envy Awards!
How Does ‘Squid Game’ End? Who Wins the Final Game, Player 456’s Fate and More, Explained
After three seasons, hundreds of deaths, billions of Korean won handed out, and a seemingly infinite rollercoaster of twists and turns, “Squid Game” has now dropped its final episodes on Netflix.
A series that wasn’t originally designed for a second season, “Squid Game” became a phenomenon with hundreds of millions of views around the world.
Season 1 introduced audiences to the Korean series in which a secret game show was played on a remote island for the benefit of a few, wealthy, masked, VIPs, with only one winner allowed to take home the prize.
Seasons 2 and 3 returned that winner (Lee Jung-jae, who played Seong Gi-hun, aka Player 456) to the arena, but also delved into the lives of the armed, pink-suited guards and a bulldog detective determined to shut the whole system down.
Now that the final game (or so we think) has been played, who were the winners? Who were the losers? Let’s dig into what we know. But beware — things get dark in this “Game.”
