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channelling of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic were basically the two best moments of the season, and he seems poised to become only the third male cast member (after Bill Hader and Kenan Thompson) to get an Emmy nomination come next month.
Alex Newell
Someone who will likely be joining Yang among this year s Emmy nominees is Alex Newell for their showstopping work on the wonderful musical comedy series
Zoey s Extraordinary Playlist. On the series, Newell plays Mo, the titular Zoey s genderfluid neighbour. Like Mo, Newell who initially broke out from their work on
Glee goes by they/them pronouns, defining themselves as gender noncomforming. Newell joins a cohort of young performers who are producing brilliant work that breaks free from the gender binary expectations of the entertainment industry. An Emmy nomination for Newell would not only be well deserved but could go a long way toward making awards shows reconsider the increasingly problematic divide between actresse
In a little over three years, Ryan Murphy’s
Paris Is Burning-inspired series
POSE has changed the landscape of television. Embarking on a six-month search to find and cast real trans women and LGBTQ+ actors of colour, the show was revolutionary before a single episode had even aired. The original script was reportedly rejected by 166 Hollywood studios that didn’t think there would be an audience for it. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
POSE became a star-making machine that broke the mould, with myriad awards and many firsts along the way, notably having the largest cast of trans actors ever for a scripted series and, with Janet Mock, the first trans woman of colour to direct an episode of television.
"To have not one but three characters living with HIV, and to have them all just do well and never seen them struggle with their health, it didn't completely feel real," Pose co-creator Steven Canals said