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HBO's Succession tops Emmy Awards nominations list as actor strike looms

An actors’ strike would mean a boycott of the ceremony by stars.

“SUCCESSION,” THE HBO drama about an ultra-wealthy family fighting for control of a sinister media empire, leads the nominations for the Emmys – television’s version of the Oscars.

The show’s critically adored final season earned a whopping 27 nods, in an announcement overshadowed by the threat of a Hollywood actors’ strike that could derail the industry’s entire awards calendar.

Topping the Emmys nominations for a second year in a row, “Succession” dominated the acting categories, becoming the first ever show to earn three of the six available slots for best lead actor in a drama.

Echoing their characters in the series, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin will now battle each other for the award – while their co-star Sarah Snook is the favorite for best lead actress.

“Succession” was followed in the nominations count by two more HBO dramas.

“The Last of Us” became the first live-action video game adaptation to earn major Emmy nominations with 24, including best drama and acting nods for Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.

“The White Lotus,” a stylish satire on wealth and hypocrisy which switched from the limited series categories to drama after returning for a second season set in Sicily, earned 23 nods.

Apple TV+’s feel-good “Ted Lasso” topped the comedy section with its third and possibly final season, taking 21 nominations.

Netflix’s “Beef” and “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” led the limited series category with 13 nods apiece.

‘Swift resolution’

Nominations were announced by “Community” star Yvette Nicole Brown, in a live-streamed ceremony hosted by Frank Scherma, chairman of the Television Academy, which organizes the awards.

After a final round of voting by the Television Academy’s 20,000-odd members, the 75th Emmy Awards are scheduled to take place on 18 September.

But that ceremony is highly likely to be delayed if the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) calls a strike, with a negotiations deadline looming at midnight. 

An actors’ strike would mean a boycott of the ceremony by stars.

“We hope the ongoing guild negotiations can come to an equitable and swift resolution,” said Scherma.

“We are committed to supporting a television industry that stands strong in equity, and where we can continue to honor all the incredible work you do.”

Studios including Netflix and Disney have called in federal mediators to help resolve the deadlock over pay and other conditions.

But yesterday the actors’ union said it is “not confident that the employers have any intention of bargaining toward an agreement.”

Record votes

This year’s Emmy nominations were selected by the highest-ever number of Television Academy voters, the group said.

“We are thrilled with the historic level of participation from our voting members this Emmy season,” said Scherma.

Other shows that proved popular with voters included Amazon Prime’s period comedy “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” which earned 14 nods, and “The Bear,” a cult hit that takes viewers inside the astonishingly stressful kitchen of a run-down Chicago sandwich shop, with 13.

Disney+’s “Star Wars” series had a successful morning – “The Mandalorian,” “Andor” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” earned 22 nods between them.

- AFP 2023

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    Mute George Harrington
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    Aug 23rd 2012, 6:30 PM

    Seamus, that comment shows a lot of ignorance on your behalf. Those workers had every right to strike. Nothing happens in South African mining without government ministers being paid off. Those workers were working in unsafe and terrible conditions for poor wages and the government just turned a being eye. Zumu coming out with condolences. His own nephew got a contract to run a huge mine in South Africa despite the fact his nephew had no experience regards mining yet he was among company directors that got through contract. The mine shut down two years later after they sold all the scrap metal at the mine and 5,500 workers didn’t get paid and lost their jobs. RIP those poor souls.

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 6:34 PM

    Eh, was the strike illegal? Yes or no?

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 6:09 PM

    Well, if the police weren’t set upon this wouldn’t have happened… that strike was illegal and the protesters knew that…

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 6:18 PM

    Disgusting comment.

    May the all RIP.

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    Aug 24th 2012, 1:09 PM

    you probably think the paras were ‘set upon’ on Bloody Sunday judging by that ignorant comment..

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    Aug 24th 2012, 1:11 PM

    ..and, of course, the protesters were breaking the law at Sharpeville too.

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    Mute George Harrington
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    Aug 23rd 2012, 6:45 PM

    Strikes and demonstrations are illegal in Bahrain. Does that mean there wrong?

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 7:10 PM

    I do believe the civil rights marchers on bloody sunday were also law breakers.

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 9:56 PM

    Just because people go on strike, legally or illigally, is no excuse for the police shooting them down.

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    Mute Ruairi Shanahan
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    Aug 24th 2012, 12:43 PM

    Love how everyone here shoots off the hip condemning the South African police for their actions and jumps on the on-line “activism” bandwagon. At the end of the day the police were put in a very ugly situation that lead to very nasty consequences. Do not get me wrong as I am not condoning the loss of life that occurred that day as this was a tragedy that could of and should of been avoided. But one has to look at the facts of the situation which led to this tragic event.

    Having lived in South Africa for several years I followed this story very closely on theJournal, Reuters, Al jazeera, News24.co.za and Citypress.co.za. As I am sure like everyone else I was rather disturbed by what happened that day. I must also say that theJournal did neglect to mention some key facts that led to this tradegy which I feel have painted the South African police force in a bad light in the eyes of the Irish public.

    First off, this “protest” had been going on for 10 days prior to the Lonmin Mine massacre. There were 2 worker unions involved that led to this which were;

    The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM): which has been around since the 1980′s and the largest affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Traditionally over the years the ANC has garnered massive support from NUM and COSATU in terms of voting power for elections.

    The second being the newly formed Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) as this group of workers believed the NUM and the ANC did not represent their best interests at heart.

    During those 10 days the miners gathered on the hill to protest, negotiations with the union(s) and Lonmin Mine broke down. This was due to inter-union fighting on who should represent the miners and their best interests. In the preceding week to the massacre 10 people had already been killed. This included 6 unionised miners, 2 mine security guards and 2 South African Police officers. At this point some 3000 miners had gathered on the hill, with a majority of them armed with spears, pangas(machetes), knobkerries and knifes.

    Note the 2 mine security officers had been butchered to death, disarmed and set a light in their security vehicle. The next day, 2 police officers approached the miners asking to disarm them and remove the now deceased security guards firearms. The miners led the 2 police officers to the top of the hill where the guns had been kept. The 2 police officers themselves were then butchered to death, stripped naked and also disarmed.

    The day of the massacre police approached the so called “peaceful protesters” with water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd from the hill. Some 300 police officers were involved in the operation. They had to deal with a 3000 strong & hostile crowd that clearly had no disregard for life, were not willing to back down and were not willing to negotiate. The fact remains that while the police were attempting to disperse the miners with the use of non-lethal force, the miners themselves responded by outflanking the police and charging at them with their spears, machetes, pangas and even firing at them with the guns they had taken off the security and police officers. This unfortunately led to the very brutal police response were police opened fire to defend themselves.

    You have to ask yourself at what point does one still call this a “peaceful protest”?
    Is a protest still a protest when the protesters themselves injure and kill people?
    Or is it now a full on militant riot group that has absolutely no disregard for the life and even the law for that matter?

    Imagine for minute, here in Ireland a group of SIPTU members barricading themselves into Liberty hall armed with spears, machetes, broken bottles and the odd Shillelagh. Imagine that same group, killing 2 security officers, 2 Garda and 6 other union workers. Not such a “peaceful” protest now is it? How then would you think the Guards would approach this situation? Should the Army be called in? What is an acceptable level force that can be or should be used by the powers at be to resolve peace or a broker a deal with this militant group? How would the Guards react or the Army for that matter if they too were shot at and charged upon? How would you react?

    Yes the miners had every right to protest for better wages, better working and living conditions. But they did not have the right to take the lives of the 2 security officers, 2 police officers and 6 other union miners in aid of their demands, this is clearly not civil whatsoever and in no shape or form a peaceful protest.

    So to all you “online activists” leaving comments on here condemning the South African police, perhaps read a bit deeper into the situation next time, put yourself in their shoes and look at both sides of the story before you publicise your narrow minded biased opinion to the world.

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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:48 AM

    Its like something from a Steinbeck novel, horrible.

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