By Robert Goldrich
LOS ANGELES --Apple entered the primetime commercial Emmy nominees’ circle for the fourth consecutive year–this time for two spots: iPhone 13 Pro’s “Detectives” directed by David Shane of O Positive with creative from Apple itself; and Apple TV+’s “Everyone But Jon Hamm” directed by Wayne McClammy of Hungry Man for TBWAMedia Arts Lab.
This marks the third time in four years that Apple has had two spot Emmy nominations.
Deuces were also wild for production companies O Positive and Hungry Man this year. In addition to “Everyone But Jon Hamm,” Hungry Man scored an Emmy nod for Change The Ref’s “The Lost Class,” directed by Bryan Buckley for Leo Burnett, Chicago. And O Positive’s two nominations came for Apple’s “Detectives” and Chevy Silverado’s “Walter The Cat.” The latter was directed by Jim Jenkins for agency Commonwealth//McCann.
Rounding out this year’s field of primetime commercial Emmy nominees were: Sandy Hook Promise’s “Teenage Dream" directed by Henry-Alex Rubin of SMUGGLER for BBDO New York; and Meta’s “Skate Nation Ghana” directed by a collective of four directors from production house Love Song–Daniel Wolfe, Bafic, Elliott Powers and Justyna Obasi–for Droga5 New York. Obasi is an alum of SHOOT’s 2020 New Directors Showcase.
Here’s a rundown of the Emmy nominations for Outstanding Commercial:
Outstanding Commercial
“Detectives” – Apple iPhone 13 Pro
O Positive, Production Company
Apple, Ad Agency
“Everyone But Jon Hamm” – Apple TV+
Hungry Man Productions, Production Company
Media Arts Lab, Ad Agency
“The Lost Class” – Change The Ref
Hungry Man Productions, Production Company
Leo Burnett Chicago, Ad Agency
Skate Nation Ghana – Meta
Love Song, Production Company
Droga5, Ad Agency
“Teenage Dream” – Sandy Hook Promise
BBDO New York, Ad Agency
SMUGGLER, Production Company
“Walter The Cat” – Chevy Silverado
Commonwealth//McCann, Ad Agency
O Positive, Production Company
The winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Commercial will be announced and honored during the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony weekend on Sept. 3 and 4 in Los Angeles.
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More