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Maya Hawke, Ari’el Stachel, and 7 More Stars to Know Now

Cody Fern, Actor

Hometown: Southern Cross, Australia

Age: 30

You Know Him As: David Madson in American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (FX).

Breakthrough Roles: An undisclosed role in the final season of House of Cards (Netflix).

Role Models: “The divas of the daytime movies: Cher, Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett. I saw these women on my television as very antithetical to the culture I was growing up in.”

On Storytelling: “I think people have reached a point of gender-stereotype exhaustion. People are waking up. They no longer want to switch off; they actually want to get to the heart of the problem.”

Mantra: “Do it your way, as long as you’re true to it and own every aspect.”

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2018 Gold Derby TV Awards nominations: ‘This is Us,’ ‘Gianni Versace’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ lead the way

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For the second year in a row the NBC family drama “This is Us” is the top nominee at the Gold Derby TV Awards with nine bids. It’s followed closely by two programs tied with eight noms apiece: fellow drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” and the limited series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” Meanwhile, “Atlanta” and “The Good Place” are tied as the top comedy contenders with seven nominations each. Scroll down to see the full list of contenders for these 15th annual awards.

Over 1,000 Gold Derby users voted for their television favorites over the last month. Our editors announced this year’s nominees live on Thursday, July 26. Watch the complete video of the announcement above. Scroll to the bottom of this page for instructions on how you can vote for winners in all 30 categories throughout the next few weeks.

“Gianni Versace” swept the longform categories with eight noms including bids for Best Limited Series, Ensemble of the Year, and for six performances: Darren Criss for his starring role, and Judith Light, Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramirez, Cody Fern and Finn Wittrock for their supporting turns. The true crime drama is joined in the Limited Series race by “American Horror Story: Cult” (three nominations), “American Vandal” (two nominations), “Godless” (four nominations) and “Twin Peaks” (four nominations).

You can start voting right now for the winners by following the instructions at the bottom of this post. What do you think of the contenders? Sound off in our comments, and join the discussion on this and more with your fellow TV fans in our forums.

PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:

Darren Criss
Laura Dern
Claire Foy
Donald Glover
Bill Hader
Elisabeth Moss

ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:

“The Assassination of Gianni Versace” — Joanna P. Adler, Annaleigh Ashford, Jon Jon Briones, Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Mike Farrell, Jay R. Ferguson, Cody Fern, Max Greenfield, Judith Light, Ricky Martin, Dascha Polanco, Edgar Ramirez, Finn Wittrock

“Game of Thrones” — Alfie Allen, Jacob Anderson, Pilou Asbaek, Hafpor Julius Bjornsson, John Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam Cunningham, Peter Dinklage, Richard Dormer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jerome Flynn, Aidan Gillen, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Conleth Hill, Kristofer Hivju, Tom Hopper, Anton Lesser, Rory McCann, Staz Nair, Richard Rycroft, Sophie Turner, Rupert Vansittart, Maisie Williams

“GLOW” — Britt Baron, Alison Brie, Kimmy Gatewood, Betty Gilpin, Rebekka Johnson, Chris Lowell, Sunita Mani, Marc Maron, Kate Nash, Sydelle Noel, Marianna Palka, Gayle Rankin, Bashir Salahuddin, Rich Sommer, Kia Stevens, Jackie Tohn, Ellen Wong, Britney Young

“The Good Place” — Kristen Bell, D’Arcy Carden, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Marc Evan Jackson, Jameela Jamil, Jason Mantzoukas, Maribeth Monroe, Tiya Sircar

“The Handmaid’s Tale” — Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Joseph Fiennes, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Sydney Sweeney

“This Is Us” — Eris Baker, Sterling K. Brown, Justin Hartley, Alexandra Breckenridge, Lonnie Chavis, Niles Fitch, Faithe Herman, Jon Huertas, Chrissy Metz, Mandy Moore, Chris Sullivan, Logan Shroyer, Milo Ventimiglia, Susan Kelechi Watson, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak

LIMITED SERIES:

“American Horror Story: Cult”
“American Vandal”
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
“Godless”
“Twin Peaks”

MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES ACTOR:

Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”
Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks”
Evan Peters, “American Horror Story: Cult”
Jesse Plemons, “USS Callister: Black Mirror”
Jimmy Tatro, “American Vandal”

MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Penelope Cruz, ““The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Laura Dern, “Twin Peaks”
Nicole Kidman, “Top of the Lake: China Girl”
Judith Light, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Naomi Watts, “Twin Peaks”
Merritt Wever, “Godless”

MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Jeff Daniels, “Godless”
Brandon Victor Dixon, “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Cody Fern, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Edgar Ramirez, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Jimmi Simpson, “USS Callister: Black Mirror”
Finn Wittrock, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”

8 Nominations

“The Assassination of Gianni Versace”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”

2018 Gold Derby TV Awards nominations: ‘This is Us,’ ‘Gianni Versace’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ lead the way


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Chillin’ Out Over The 2018 Emmy Noms At The Cooler

All of Team ADTV gathers around the Water Cooler to dish today’s 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards announcement in this very special 2018 Emmy noms podcast. | 13 July 2018

Best Performances of 2018… So Far

Cody Fern, ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’ (FX)

Initially, it seemed like Cody Fern‘s delicate, devastating performance as David Madson, the second of Andrew Cunanan’s murder victims, was going to be relegated to a mere tragedy of proximity. David was unfortunate enough to cross paths with this burgeoning killer at exactly the wrong time, catching his eye, earning his sinister intention, and ultimately reaping the violence that Andrew held inside him. Ryan Murphy and Tom Rob Smith’s production was far smarter than that, showing David in the crosshairs not of one madman but of a dehumanizing, unsympathetic society that left people like David exposed and uncared for. Into that elevated narrative, then, stepped Cody Fern, an Australian actor and genuine find, who played David not just with the doomed air of future victim but with the waxing and waning of someone trapped between choices he never wanted to have to make. As the season went on, we got to see more of how Fern played David’s faith in people — his parents, his friends, his neighbors — and how that faith would be broken and questioned. The way Fern plays David, wholesomely kind and talented, you can see why Andrew would have thought that attaining him would solve all his problems. But Fern also never let those haunted doubts behind David’s eyes go away. The ones that, in his final days, wondered if the shame of a son touched by sin wouldn’t be worse than the grief of a son lost forever. — Joe Reid

Darren Criss, ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’ (FX)

It would have been easy for The Assassination of Gianni Versace to lean into the pulpy tone that defined Versace’s murder in 1997. Instead Darren Criss brought us a performance that was more complicated, nuanced, and sympathetic than any coverage of Andrew Cunanan has ever been. Criss’ Cunanan was unmistakably the villain of his own story, but through his shifting glances, fake smiles, and constant lilting lies, he captured the hero Cunanan saw in the mirror. More than once Criss forced audeinces to ask if this killer — who murdered five innocent men in cold blood — was actually a victim of his upbringing, societal homophobia, and his own disturbed mind. And yet the Versace season of American Crime Story was never afraid to pull back, showing us the monster Andrew Cunanan was beneath his perfect smile. Criss’ portrayal of a young man so enchanted by notoriety and enraged by jealousy that he would kill to obtain it is one of the most haunting roles ever brought to screen. — Kayla Cobb

Best Performances of 2018… So Far

Top 6 Emmy hopefuls I’m rooting for: Peter Capaldi, Rami Malek, Finn Wittrock …

I’m the patron saint of lost Emmy causes — is it still too late for “Buffy” and “The Wire”? — so while my colleague Marcus James Dixon recently singled out actors and actresses he’s rooting for who are on the bubble based on our racetrack odds, I’m focusing on the deep bench of 100/1 long shots who deserve recognition this year. But sometimes long shots pay off. […]

Cody Fern and Finn Wittrock (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace”) — Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor

Darren Criss and Edgar Ramirez are currently expected to win Emmys as killer Andrew Cunanan and slain fashion designer Gianni Versace, respectively. But for me the heart of the series was in the middle episodes that focus on Cunanan’s earlier victims. The stories of Jeff Trail and David Madson— and the actors who play them, Finn Wittrock and Cody Fern — illustrate with great insight the psychological toll of homophobia and sexual shame. Cunanan was able to exploit that to ingratiate himself with both of them. He was the monster in their closet.

Top 6 Emmy hopefuls I’m rooting for: Peter Capaldi, Rami Malek, Finn Wittrock …

If I Had an Emmy Ballot 2018 | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Cody Fern, Assassination of Gianni Versace
Robert Forster, Twin Peaks
Scoot McNairy, Godless
Peter Sarsgaard, The Looming Tower
Jimmi Simpson, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Penelope Cruz, Assassination of Gianni Versace
Laura Dern, Twin Peaks
Nicole Kidman, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Judith Light, Assassination of Gianni Versace
Naomi Watts, Twin Peaks
Meritt Wever, Godless

If I Had an Emmy Ballot 2018 | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

Emmys 2018: Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie — Our 6 Dream Nominees!

The latest Emmy punditry suggests The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story‘s titular co-star Édgar Ramírez is a lock to nab a nomination for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. There’s also a decent amount of heat surrounding Ramirez’ onscreen squeeze Ricky Martin.

But as TVLine’s Dream Emmy panel sees it, there’s a third, far more under-the-radar member of Versace‘s ensemble that is most deserving of one of the category’s six slots. Who is it?! You know the drill (see gallery widget, promptly click it and all will be revealed).

CODY FERN, THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: We didn’t expect a show with Versace’s name in the title to stray so far from its apparent focus — but if it hadn’t, we never would have experienced the rollercoaster relationship between Andrew Cunanan and his friend-turned-victim David Madson, embodied with haunting realism by Fern. From his horrified spiral upon discovering Andrew’s dark impulses, to the imagined closure he got with his late father in death, Fern delivered a touching performance that embodied the series’ overall themes of rejection and despair.

Emmys 2018: Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie — Our 6 Dream Nominees!

A case for ‘Twin Peaks’ and twin nominations for Laura Dern and Jeff Daniels

“Big Little Lies” and “Feud: Bette and Joan” made the limited series Emmy categories the races to watch last year, offering a wealth of first-rate acting and entertaining and intimate moments. This year’s races don’t quite offer the same appeal, though my dream — and, yeah, it’s a surreal one containing plenty of low-frequency ambient noise — is that David Lynch will finally win a trophy on prime-time television. What would he say? Would Candie, Mandie and Sandie accompany him to the stage? Emmy voters: Make this happen!

In the meantime, biding time in the Black Lodge, let’s offer a few thoughts on this year’s primary limited series categories.

LIMITED SERIES

“Twin Peaks”

“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”

“The Looming Tower”

“Godless”

“Howards End”

Possible spoilers: “Genius: Picasso,” “Patrick Melrose,” “American Vandal,” “Top of the Lake: China Girl”

In the mix: “The Sinner,” “The Alienist,” “Alias Grace,” “The Terror,” “Waco”

Analysis: I’ll wait until after the nominations before embarking on a full-court-press hard sell for “Twin Peaks.” “Versace” figures to be its primary competition; it’s an ambitious and often alienating follow-up to the Emmy-winning “The People v. O.J. Simpson” that was less about the titular event and more a look at the heartbreaking harm of homophobia on a national and personal scale. It was lurid, uneven and often inert, but also a fascinating depiction of what it was like to be gay in America in the ’90s. It will be interesting to see just how deeply voters invest in Ryan Murphy’s divisive series.

LEAD ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”

Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks”

Al Pacino, “Paterno”

Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”

Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Tower"

Michael B. Jordan, “Fahrenheit 451”

Possible spoilers: Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”; Jesse Plemons, “Black Mirror: USS Callister”

In the mix: Daniel Brühl, “The Alienist”; Evan Peters, “American Horror Story: Cult”; Matthew Macfadyen, “Howards End”; Jared Harris, “The Terror”; Taylor Kitsch, “Waco”

Analysis: Daniels has been on a phenomenal run since Aaron Sorkin cast him in the Emmy-winning “The Newsroom” six years ago. He figures to pull in two Emmy nominations this year — here for his turn on “The Looming Tower” as the FBI investigator tracking Osama bin Laden and over in supporting for playing a trigger-happy outlaw on Netflix’s “Godless.” (Laura Dern, another national treasure, figures to pull off an Emmy double-dip of her own for “Twin Peaks” and “The Tale.”)

Daniels is one certainty in a competitive category that doesn’t lack big names and outsized performances. “Paterno” wasn’t anything special, but Pacino was convincing in the way he humanized the disgraced Penn State football coach without excusing his complicity in the child sex abuse scandal that rocked the school. He’s in, as are Cumberbatch, Criss, the electrifying MacLachlan and probably Jordan for his expressive turn in “Fahrenheit 451.”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

Laura Dern, “Twin Peaks”

Nicole Kidman, “Top of the Lake: China Girl”

Penélope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”

Judith Light, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”

Merritt Wever, “Godless”

Angela Lansbury, “Little Women”

Possible spoilers: Naomi Watts, “Twin Peaks”; Jennifer Jason Leigh, “Patrick Melrose”; Ellen Burstyn, “The Tale”

In the mix: Julia Ormond, “Howards End”; Elizabeth Debicki, “The Tale”; Philippa Coulthard, “Howards End”; Tracey Ullman, “Howards End”; Sharon Stone, “Mosaic”

Analysis: Betty White was 92 when she earned her last Emmy nomination in 2014 for hosting “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.” Lansbury, who turned 92 in October, would join her as the oldest Emmy nominee for her turn as Aunt March in the BBC production of “Little Women,” which aired on PBS’ “Masterpiece.” Lansbury has hinted it might be her final role. She has 18 previous Emmy nominations — 12 for “Murder, She Wrote” — but has never won. Playing the opinionated matriarch, Lansbury was dependably amusing and a complete joy to watch. Who wouldn’t want to see her finally win?

SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

Jeff Daniels, “Godless”

Edgar Ramirez, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”

Michael Shannon, “Fahrenheit 451”

Michael Stuhlbarg, “The Looming Tower”

Peter Sarsgaard, “The Looming Tower”

Ricky Martin, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”

Possible spoilers: Bill Camp, “The Looming Tower”; Brandon Victor Dixon, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert”; Jason Ritter, “The Tale”; Sam Waterston, “Godless”

In the mix: Bill Pullman, “The Sinner”; Tahar Rahim, “The Looming Tower”; Scoot McNairy, “Godless”; T.R. Knight, “Genius: Picasso”; Hugo Weaving, “Patrick Melrose”; Cody Fern, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”

Analysis: After Daniels and Shannon, this category comes down to a question of voters sifting through the members of the “Looming Tower” and “Versace” ensembles, with Dixon being a wild card for his intense portrayal of Judas on “Superstar.” (The mesh glitter top costume will fix him in many voters’ minds.) Choosing among Sarsgaard, Stuhlbarg, Camp and Rahim for “Looming Tower” is impossible, but Rahim — a star in his native France who has worked with filmmakers Asghar Farhadi and Jacques Audiard — deserves special mention for providing the series its moral center.

A case for ‘Twin Peaks’ and twin nominations for Laura Dern and Jeff Daniels