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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 20:50:38 GMT 10
MAURA TIERNEY IS MORE THAN AN ACTRESS ON ‘THE AFFAIR’ — SHE’S A MAGICIANBy Meghan O'Keefe December 15, 2015 // 1:00pm Last year, The Affair stunned everyone when it won two Golden Globes. One of those was for Best Television Series – Drama and the other honored leading lady Ruth Wilson‘s incandescent work on the show. This year, however, the show was shut out for a nomination in every category except one: Maura Tierney was nominated for her work as a supporting actress on the show. Even though I’m a massive fan, I can sort of understand why the ever-fickle Hollywood Foreign Press Association might have snubbed The Affair‘s gorgeous second season. The show meddled with its trend-setting formula; Instead of pivoting back and forth between just Noah and Alison’s points of view, it added Cole and Helen’s perspectives and began to play with the concept of time. This made the show feel more and more like an expansive and experimental visual novel and less like an easily digestible weekly television series. Still, it’s fitting that the HFPA decided to honor Tierney as she is not only the show’s emotional anchor this season, but as an actress she pulls off the work of a magician. Yes, that stoned woman drunkenly running through the streets of Brooklyn with foil in her hair is the emotional anchor of one of the best shows on television. As The Affair became more and more interested in exploring stranger locations, darker story lines, and deconstructing Alison and Noah from the outside in, it needed one character to ground us. Helen was the one who couldn’t “f**k up.” She had to keep the family together. She had to keep herself sane. In season one, we only saw Helen through the eyes of her unhappy husband and his mistress. She is either a cold, unsupportive shrew, a snobbish rich girl, or a devastated victim begging for her husband back. This season, she is a glorious reflection of the demands made upon the modern woman to be chic, nurturing, wise, and still sexy in the face of turmoil. Inevitably the pressure that builds inside bubbles over. Where other actresses might not have fully committed to Helen’s moments of basest degradation or sheer decline, Tierney chows into them and gives them an earthy, honest beauty. In moments that could otherwise be played for laughs, Tierney’s emotional courage pulls us into the panic and embarrassment that Helen so keenly feels. Maura Tierney’s career has been defined by a rather understated majesty. Whether she’s doing comedy or drama, she has the oddly spellbinding ability to make loud and crazy emotions seem not only commonplace, but subdued. She doesn’t ever give in to histrionic displays, but rather she lets everything she’s thinking and feeling flit across her face with the slightest of telling twitches. And this is where she deeply understands the mission of acting: it’s not a performance so much as an expression of truth. We keep most of our heartache, passion, humor, judgment, and sorrow tied down under the surface. Tierney knows how to do this while still communicating everything rumbling within. That’s the magic trick. That’s the skill of “holding the mirror up to nature.” Tierney is one of the only actors working today who knows not only how to carefully put together the complex puzzle of a character, but how to take it apart and look at it from different angles. This rare gift soars in the context of a show like The Affair even as Tierney always seems so gorgeously down-to-earth. decider.com/2015/12/15/maura-tierney-is-amazing-on-the-affair/
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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 21:25:51 GMT 10
NEWS/ Maura Tierney Reacts to First Golden Globe Nomination, Plus Find Out Who The Affair Star Is Up Againstby CORINNE HELLER Thu, Dec 10, 2015 6:51 PM Maura Tierney's phone blew up on Thursday. The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes were announced that morning. The 50-year-old actress and previous Emmy nominee was nominated for her first Golden Globe, for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie for her role as Helen Solloway, a woman whose husband cheated on her, on Showtime's The Affair. "I was really surprised. It's a really difficult category," Tierney told E! News exclusively. "So it's really super flattering and I was really happy for the show too." "I woke up and saw my phone was sort of filled with things and I thought, 'Oh maybe something good happened,'" she said. The other nominees in her category are Uzo Aduba from Orange Is the New Black, Regina King from American Crime, Judith Light from Amazon's Transparent and the most recent winner, Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt. READ: 2016 Golden Globe Awards: Full list of nominations The Affair, Maura TierneyThe Affair, Maura Tierney Showtime In 2001, Tierney was nominated for an Emmy for her role as Dr. Abby Lockhart on ER. She lost to The West Wing's Allison Janney. Tierney's nomination also marks the only 2016 Golden Globe nod for The Affair, which began its second season in October. The drama series was recently renewed for a third. At the 2015 ceremony this past January, The Affair won two Golden Globe Awards—Best Television Series - Drama and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama for actress Ruth Wilson. The 2016 Golden Globes will take place on Jan. 10, 2016 and will be hosted by Ricky Gervais, who was the host of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 ceremonies Globes shockers: No to Depp, yes to 'Mad Max' Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY 1:17 p.m. EST December 10, 2015 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made some interesting choices for 2016 Golden Globe nominees. VPC Not everyone in Hollywood is having a champagne breakfast. (Although Matt Damon certainly is.) Here's a list of the biggest snubs and surprises from Thursday morning's Golden Globes nominations. SNUB: Johnny Depp There was strangely no love for Johnny Depp for his portrayal of Whitey Bulger in Black Mass from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which usually fawns over stars of his caliber. Black Mass was similarly shut out of the best drama category. "This is the movie that took the biggest hit today," says Fandango.com's Dave Karger. SURPRISE: Mad Max: Fury Road Three cheers for George Miller! The critically adored return of the Mad Max franchise nabbed a best drama nomination, and George Miller was tapped for best director. This is a particularly impressive feat for a summer blockbuster, which muscled its way into the race more than seven months after the reboot's release. USA TODAY List: Who got nominated for Golden Globes? SNUB: Michael Caine OK, the beloved actor's new movie, Youth, isn't for everyone, but critics all agree that Caine's performance as a retired composer hiding out at a spa in the Swiss Alps with Harvey Keitel is marvelous. So why did the HFPA bypass him, instead tapping Jane Fonda for her supporting role as an aging actress in the film? USA TODAY 'Carol,' 'Big Short' lead Golden Globes field SURPRISE: Maura TierneyIf you've been watching Showtime's The Affair this season, you know that the sexy drama expanded its focus beyond the married man (Dominic West) and his young paramour (Ruth Wilson) to include the life of the scorned ex-wife (Maura Tierney). Well, the HFPA certainly appreciated more airtime for Tierney, awarding her with a best supporting actress nomination – the only nod The Affair received. SNUB: Mad Men ... www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/12/10/golden-globes-snubs-and-surprises/77088192/THE AFFAIR: Executive Producers Sarah Treem and Jeffrey Reiner on Season 2 – Exclusive InterviewThe creator and fellow executive producer talk points of view on their Showtime drama By ABBIE BERNSTEIN / Contributing Writer Posted: December 14th, 2015 / 01:39 PM In Showtime’s THE AFFAIR, now in its second season Sundays at 10 PM and renewed for a third, we see the story unfold from multiple points of view. In the first year of the show, created by Hagai Levi and Sarah Treem, we see what happens unfold from the perspectives of Noah, a married-with-children novelist played by Dominic Wilson, and Ruth Wilson’s character Alison, a Montauk waitress whose young son died in an accident. In Season 2, we also see events through the eyes of Noah’s wife Helen, played by Maura Tierney, and Alison’s husband Cole, portrayed by Joshua Jackson. Treem and her fellow THE AFFAIR executive producer Jeffrey Reiner, who also directs many episodes, discuss their show’s unique storytelling style. ASSIGNMENT X: THE AFFAIR is perhaps the only show with multiple viewpoints where the aim is not to get the audience to solve a mystery, but just to show the differing perspectives of multiple characters … SARAH TREEM: Right. AX: Did you feel like “We’re breaking new ground here,” and did Showtime feel like, “We’re breaking new ground here and what are we doing?”, or “How cool”? TREEM: I think the idea was definitely to break some new ground. I think that [both the actors and creative team] have a deep belief as artists that that is just true to storytelling, that a p.o.v. is just a p.o.v., that there’s no such thing as objective truth in telling stories, that anybody who tells a story is going to influence the telling of it based on who they are. So we were always excited about that idea from the very beginning, before anything else even came on board with this show. And then in terms of Showtime’s involvement, I think that’s what excited them, but I also think they were excited about the idea of THE AFFAIR. JEFFREY REINER: It’s no mistake that one of the narrators is a writer. So storytelling and how you choose to tell a story is everything. It’s a novelistic approach. In novels, you can be nonlinear, you can be much more subjective. But we really don’t care what’s right or wrong. We really don’t. We have no interest in that at all. To me, it’s experience, it’s the strength of what drama does. You get into a person’s head, you get into how they react to certain things and what their journey is through life. So what better way to do it than to throw it through different points of view? AX: There are some objective events, though. For example, Noah and Alison have sex. However they got together, for whatever reason they got together, that’s something that I think all four of the characters would agree happened. REINER: Well, let me ask you something. When you think “sex,” there’s nothing more subjective in human experience than sexuality, right? Even if it’s perfect, people are going to have radically different views. You can go eat a meal, both taste the wine and it can get pretty close. But sex is so frigging personal, and that’s what our show’s about. It’s not about the sexual journey, but it’s about the personal journey and an emotional kind of recall through that. AX: But why it happened and how everybody felt about it afterwards … REINER: Well, exactly. Why did you enter this? We talk about it all the time. Why am I doing this? So I would discuss it. Why are you doing this? What is missing in your life? The second thing is, how do they react to it? AX: In Season 1, THE AFFAIR only had two characters’ points of view. Was the plan always to expand it to the four characters’ points of view this year? REINER: I’m pretty sure it was, yeah. I mean, it didn’t start off at the beginning, but it was apparent pretty in the first season that we were going to expand to the four different views. AX: Joshua Jackson was saying that there’s a difference in playing the character when it’s from his point of view and when it’s from somebody else’s point of view. Do you find that there’s a difference in directing the actors, depending on whose point of view the scene is from? REINER: Oh, yeah. There’s a big difference. A lot of times, when you’re in the other point of view, you’re servicing their story. So sometimes your through-line or your motivation is a little more hazy. When you’re on your own and it’s your point of view, it’s much more clear of what you want and what you need. So it’s easier. Obviously, you feel a lot more invested in a way. AX: How do you direct actors to play scenes when it’s not their character’s point of view? REINER: You don’t. You have to make them believe, still, that they have to find their character in that as well. So they have to do the same amount of homework to make it rich. It’s something we struggle with on the show all the time. If all you’re doing is supporting some other person’s point of view, then the performance is not going to feel rich, it’s not going to feel seated. We discuss it all the time – “Why am I doing this?” It can’t be because we’re servicing that story. The characters have to discover. It’s the same process. AX: So when you’re directing, for instance, Dominic West in the scenes where it’s not Noah’s point of view, do you say, “You’re doing this here because Alison thinks …”? REINER: No. You never do that. An actor can’t do that. They’ve got to create their own narrative, their own narrative, their own “why” as well in order for it to be truthful. Ruth and I struggle with this all the time. “You’re supposed to be a little flirtatious in this scene.” But she can’t just play that, she has to play why is she being flirtatious, what is the deeper secret? It’s called subtext, and the subtext has to be true and it has to be rooted. Well, let’s take for instance [Alison’s dead child] Gabriel. Her loss of her son is an absolute truth. How she reacts to it in her own life and how she reacts to it in Noah’s life is different. So I just tell the actress, “In your story, it’s grief. You’re not feeling good about yourself. In his story, it could be, you’re trying to move on with your life, or you’re more reckless in your behavior.” Gabriel still died in both versions. So she can’t play it like he didn’t die. That would really f*****g with the audience. Then we would be very disingenuous. AX: But in Noah’s version, it’s like, if he just does the right thing, she’ll come out of this, and in her version, this is … REINER: Hard to come out of. Right. And eventually we start stripping away things, and their own personal journeys takes over the storytelling. And I think the audience will recognize that. And that’s what the four points of view are really helping with. AX: Do you have a scene or an episode that you’re proudest of in Season 1? REINER: I think Episode 9, the one where Alison essentially walks into the water and she goes to the doctor and breaks down. I’m very proud of that and we’re all proud of that episode. Ruth Wilson is just stunning, I think she’s stunning in it. AX: And what would you most like people to know about Season 2? REINER: Well, I’d like people to know that they’re going to have the opportunity to watch Maura and Josh expand the points of view in the show and in a treat to watch these actors deliver the goods. It’s some of the best acting I’ve ever seen on television. TREEM: That it’s going to be great. This interview was conducted during Showtime Network’s portion of the most recent Television Critics Association press tour. www.assignmentx.com/2015/the-affair-executive-producers-sarah-treme-and-jeffrey-reiner-on-season-2-exclusive-interview/
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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 21:56:38 GMT 10
'The Affair' is about deeper, darker kind of urges: Maura TierneyBy Dna Web Team Date published: Thursday, 17 December 2015 The Affair took the drama world of small screen like a storm in the see. It's not your run of the mill affair story. Alison Bailey (Ruth Wilson) falls in love with Noah Solloway (Dominic West). One has a shaky marriage and other seems to have figured it all out for himself. But when they fall in love, everything changes. The best part of The Affair is that the story is told from the perspectives of the people involved. Second season of the show included the perspectives of Cole Lockhart (Joshua Jackson) and Helen Solloway played by Maura Tierney. Maura Tierney is known for her work in Liar Liar opposite Jim Carrey, Force of Nature opposite Ben Affleck and TV show ER. Here she talks about season two, how there is no one side to the truth and the critical acclaim of the show. 1. How thrilled were you to be back for a second season? Maura Tierney: I was very excited and, you know, we had a nice long break – it’s very different at Showtime because we do 10 episodes instead of 22. We found out soon, I think we found out after our Episode 2 or 3 of Season 1 had aired and I actually had a really good feeling about it. It seemed like David Nevins liked the show a lot. He just seemed really positive and enthusiastic during shooting. So, I felt hopeful that we would get another season. David got it and he was really into it and he really wanted to do sort of like a counter programming to Game of Thrones, you know, this sort of really large production value, epic kind of visuals to a much more smaller kind of intimate storytelling – not that Game of Thrones isn’t great, but he consciously wanted to do something different. 2. Were you surprised about the very positive fan and critical reaction to the show? Maura Tierney: Yes, I knew people would find it – polarising isn’t the word, it’s like titillating. But I am surprised by how many people watch it, like the age demo is huge on the streets who say to me, I love your show. Young men in their 20s say it to me, older women in their 60s; it seems to span – people seem to like it and they are into it. They are doing exactly what Sarah wanted, which is to be confused week on week as to whom to root for, you know, which couple do you want to see together? 3. Helen was portrayed as the victim in Season 1. How did it change in Season 2? Maura Tierney: Yeah. I mean, there were some episodes from Helen’s perspective in this season. I knew Sarah (the writer-producer and playwright of The Affair) wanted to do that, but she said, how much can you fracture the narrative and not tax the audience too much to know what the hell is going on? But we still saw a different side of Helen because no matter what her husband left her. So, things had to change. 4. Has the fans’ loyalty been split along gender lines, with women siding with Alison’s version of events and men identifying with Noah? Maura Tierney: No, no, I mean, more like when they say to me at the deli, I like your new show. And I do feel like, yeah, there are people that get mad at Noah, but it’s, you know, they are soul mates. So, I think, you know, can you fault someone for needing to be with the person they love? 5. Affairs are rarely talked about openly, but do you think many people watching this really identify with the characters because something like this has happened to them? Or is it like voyeuristically watching a car crash? Maura Tierney: I do think so; I think it is like watching a car crash. It’s a really great way to say it and I think it’s not – like couples who watch it together I think it’s crazy. I don’t think ‘they’ are crazy, but it makes people uncomfortable because it’s what the show is. I just realised it after we finished unfortunately, but the show is about the darker nature of us as people and what happens when we tap into that in ourselves and do we acknowledge it or not acknowledge it and what do we do with it once we acknowledge it? So, grief, fear, desire, lust all of these things, it’s more about that I think than just infidelity. It’s about, deeper, darker kind of urges. 6. Do you think there is a single truth to this story? As viewers, what are we meant to take away from it? Maura Tierney: No, I don’t. I mean, I think what Sarah would like people to take away from it is that there is no one truth clearly. People not only remember things differently, but experience things differently in the moment. You and I are experiencing this conversation differently. So, it’s from the moment something happens it’s open to debate about what happened really and I think that’s something that she’d like people to take away from the show. And also there is no real moralising about their affair. There aren’t moral repercussions for them, which I like that about this show. It’s not crime and punishment, you know, it’s much grayer and vaguer. That’s what I like about it. 7. Where would you like to see Helen’s story go as the series unfolds? Maura Tierney: I tend to think very literally and I sort of think – I pitch stuff to Sarah, but it’s more like event type ideas. What I would like to see is Helen sort of try to figure out how to have a good time. I don’t think she knows that. I think she is very efficient and a control freak and on top of everybody to sort of be perfect, kind of what her daughter accuses her of and I mean it would be interesting to watch someone figure out how to let go. But I don’t know what that would translate to actually in a story, but that’s a theme I think could be explored. 8. What does the critical acclaim and the recognition for the show, including the 2015 Golden Globe win for Best Television Series Drama, mean to you? Maura Tierney: I think Sarah said it well, she said, ‘it’s a new show’. To get the Golden Globe for best show is a big deal and like she said, ‘I don’t think we will crumble under the pressure’, which I don’t, hopefully, I don’t think they will either. Sarah is very ambitious and very determined and she has got her wits about her and the other writers are really talented too. Tune-in to ‘The Affair’ Season 2 Finale episode this Saturday at 10 PM only on FX and FX HD! www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-the-affair-is-about-deeper-darker-kind-of-urges-maura-tierney-2156928The Affair: Generate Enough Dirty Laundry and Pretty Soon You're Neck-Deep in SoapDavid Hinckley - Posted: 12/17/2015 4:45 pm EST Updated: [Warning: Contains spoilers from already-aired episodes.] One of the problems with affairs is that they so often turn out to be less than you wanted them to be. Showtime's The Affair makes that point in a couple of ways, one of which is the show itself. The Affair, which wraps up its second season Sunday at 10 p.m., launched with four splendid actors and the tacit expectation that it was going to offer a raw, edgy, honest, perhaps even different look at the impact of an affair on the lives of the two couples ensnared in its web. There have been glimpses of that. Far more often The Affair has felt like a soap opera whose primary distinction from other prime-time soaps is that it moves more slowly, takes off more clothes and uses dirty words. That doesn't mean The Affair has been a terrible show. As someone who regularly watched Revenge and still watches Nashville, I'm unapologetic proof that modern soap operas haven't lasted almost a century, from radio to TV to cable and the Internet, without a reason. I just thought The Affair was shooting for more. Noah and Helen Solloway (Dominic West and Maura Tierney) were a successful New York couple with kids. He was a writer, with a writer's angst and neuroses, and she was a daughter of wealth. They were driving the kids out to the Hamptons and stopped in Montauk for lunch at a local joint called the Lobster Roll. A brief crisis in which one of the kids started choking led to more interaction than usual with a waitress, Alison Lockhart (Ruth Wilson). Alison caught Noah's eye. Future encounters were not so chance, and soon they were having the show's title affair. Predictably, it shredded both the Solloway marriage and Alison's marriage to Island native Cole (Joshua Jackson). One of the show's options at that juncture, presumably, was to take an intense look at what happens when two consenting adults make that kind of decision - the price they pay, what if anything they gain, whether in the end it was worth it and if so, by what and whose standards. The Affair didn't take that path. It turned on the faucet and started churning out soap suds. Helen had issues with her father Bruce (John Doman) and her awful mother Margaret (Kathleen Chalfant), whose grandparenting style included rewarding Helen's daughter Whitney (Julia Goldani Telles) for becoming more anorexic. That explains some things about Helen. But The Affair hardly even paused there. It plowed ahead into Bruce leaving Margaret, seeding a whole new tawdry subplot. Cole's family turns out to be a bunch of shady hustlers. His brother Scott (Colin Donnell) is a drug dealer who bitterly resents Cole for getting the things Scott wanted, including a woman to whom Cole becomes engaged after he and Alison are divorced. Divorced? Did we say divorced? Wait! As Noah and Alison go through some rough times, interrupted by a few minor matters like having a baby, Alison periodically turns to Cole to escape the pressures of big-time literary New York and rediscover the comforts of small-town Long Island. 2015-12-17-1450387762-759047-theaffair2.jpg Alison also went back to college, saying she wanted to become a doctor. Then she dropped out, without mentioning it to Noah. The first he heard of it was when he learned Alison and Cole had pooled their money to buy, yup, the Lobster Roll. Would you like extra suds with that soap? I've left out a few things here, like Noah writing a steamy best-selling novel based on his affair with Alison, and Noah running into Whitney at a sex party, and a vehicular death trial, but you get the point. The original affair has long since become just the launch pad for a daisy chain of exponentially blossoming melodrama. My friend Bob Lamm explains this particular soap tradition better than I: "You have to have those endless 'coincidental' plot turns that bring the same characters back to the same circle. It's like they're all in a salad bowl that just keeps getting tossed around, so if the cucumber and the celery get separated for a while they'll soon be next to each other again." This can lead to some good things. In Season 1, for instance, we only got Alison's and Noah's stories. In Season 2 we've also gotten Helen's and Cole's, which has added some welcome breadth. In an extended scene a couple of weeks ago, Noah went one-on-one with his shrink, played by Cynthia Nixon. The dialogue was sharp and sometimes uncomfortable. More to the point, it felt like it was about something. West and Nixon were first-rate, which reminded us of what all these actors have been and can be. Too often, the storylines here haven't allowed it. 2015-12-17-1450387826-7505382-theaffair3.jpg In any case, the course for The Affair seems set. Showtime has ordered a Season 3 and its creators have said their hope is to have it run four. So we've got plenty of cucumbers and celery ahead. We'd just been hoping for something a bit more human. www.huffingtonpost.com/david-hinckley/the-affair-generate-enoug_b_8831736.html
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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 22:04:32 GMT 10
Why I’m done with ‘The Affair’ — and you should be, tooBy Barbara Hoffman December 23, 2015 | 4:11pm Modal Trigger Why I’m done with ‘The Affair’ — and you should be, too Ruth Wilson and Dominic West in "The Affair." Photo: Mark Schafer/SHOWTIME My love affair with “The Affair” is over. Finito! And to think, the Showtime series had such a sublime first season, its only failing being its lack of an ending. Saturday’s soapy second-season finale finally — spoiler alert! — revealed who killed Scotty Lockhart (Colin Donnell). Turns out, it was just about everybody: Alison (Ruth Wilson), his ex-sister-in-law, who pushed him onto the highway after his woozy rape attempt; a drunken Helen (Maura Tierney), who was driving the SUV that hit him; and Helen’s equally boozed-up ex, Noah (Dominic West), who told Helen to take the wheel since he wasn’t in any shape to drive, either. Why did no one think to call a cab? Flash-forward to the grainy present, and a courtroom. Here, Noah suddenly pulls a Gatsby: He claims it was HE who was driving that night, rather than let Helen, the mother of his children, go to prison. Oh, and also to get Alison — his current wife and the mother of a child fathered by another — off the hook. Seriously: Who needs to pay premium cable prices when Shonda Rhimes’ shows shovel out this drivel for free? Perhaps the end of this “Affair” wouldn’t have been so brutal if the beginning hadn’t been so brilliant. Season 1 — with its alternating viewpoints, spectacular scenery and, for those of us who’ve lunched at Lunch, lobster rolls — was the most haunting adult show on TV. Week after week, my husband and I watched two marriages implode, each episode unfolding, from Noah’s and Alison’s points of view. The differences between them were deliciously subtle in terms of dress, dialogue — and who seduced whom. Subtlety went out the bay window in Season 2. Now we had FOUR points of view, including those of Helen and Alison’s ex, Cole (Joshua Jackson). And, truth be told, Cole wasn’t all that mesmerizing, spending much of his time driving a cab around Montauk, so bored he had day-sex with cougars. Damn, where was that cab when Noah needed one? Oh, right — Cole was busy getting married! To Luisa (Catalina Sandino Moreno), the incredibly understanding, if infertile, woman he sent walking away into the night, just before he set fire to his beach shack. How in blazes he escaped unscarred is a mystery. More mystifying still was the change in everyone. Alison, who spent the first season grieving for her dead son, is a mother again — but only after a torturous labor-and-delivery during which Noah’s gone AWOL and a raging storm knocks out the power. You’d think she’d want to hold onto this new baby, but no — she’s gone back to school to follow a hitherto unknown calling to become . . . a doctor. And then, when that dream is KO’d by a tough chemistry class, she decides she wants to run a restaurant. In Montauk. With Cole. “No, no, no,” my husband muttered as we tried to keep track of it all. How could Cole not know Alison’s baby was his when his brother Scotty did — Scotty, who was so high he could barely walk upright. And how do you reconcile such divergent memories as Noah’s dramatic “I never want to see you again” with Alison’s wistful little moments cuddling him on the dance floor? By the time that courtroom scene rolled around, in the finale’s final moments, we ceased to care. Alas, “The Affair” might take its cue from its terrific Fiona Apple theme song. It should just “sink back into the ocean, sink back into the ocean . . .” nypost.com/2015/12/23/why-im-done-with-the-affair-and-you-should-be-too/Time to end ‘The Affair’ after soapy season finaleBy Robert Rorke December 21, 2015 | 12:46am Modal Trigger Time to end ‘The Affair’ after soapy season finale Why I'm done with 'The Affair' — and you should be, too How 'The Affair' sacrificed its dramatic integrity Megan Hilty ready to 'butt heads' on Bravo's 'Divorce' 'Fargo' was the must-watch show of 2015 Noah Soloway (Dominic West) did not kill Scotty Lockhart (Coin Donnell). His ex-wife, Helen (Maura Tierney), did. But so did his baby mama, Alison Bailey (Ruth Wilson). Rather than tell the truth and see the mother of his children and his fiancee thrown in jail, Noah confessed to the crime in a packed courtroom. Huh? The endless crime story of “The Affair” finally came to an end in the tense, yet silly second season finale, which borrowed heavily from the tropes of soap operas. Alison revealed twice that Noah was not the father of their daughter, Joanie. This plot point’s as old as the hills. Even more crusty was her next admission: that she slept with the child’s real father, her ex-husband, Cole (Joshua Jackson), just once after that divorce. Boy, is she fertile. “I don’t want to lie anymore,” she tells him. Translation: she will lie to him for all of eternity. Noah’s predictable response. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but I never want to see you.” It’s a classic soap plot where the aggrieved heroine has that one slip with an ex and–bingo!–finds herself with child. Soap actresses from “Guiding Light” to “Knots Landing” played this scene more times than the creators of those shows would care to remember. Which makes la-di-da British actress Ruth Wilson the new Joan Van Ark. Or maybe the new Kim Zimmer. Or maybe even the new Judith Light in her scenery-chewing days as prostitute Karen Wolek on “One Life to Live.” We’re talking Melodrama 101 here, folks. The secret paternity reveal is the kind of you stuff you expect to see on the defunct SoapNet, not premium cable. The first half hour of the finale was devoted to Noah’s version of the murder, which happened shortly after he and Helen, both inebriated, drove through the foggy Montauk night after Cole’s wedding to his second wife, the barren Luisa (Catalina Sandino Moreno). Distracted by memories of all the arguments he’s had with everyone in his family over the season, Noah asks Helen to take the wheel, even though she says she shouldn’t given the DWI she received earlier in the season when she, high as a kite, backed her Mom van into another vehicle at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The minute Helen gets behind the wheel, you know something bad’s going to happen. So we have some suspense. And there’s that beautiful sexy fog. And Noah’s hand on her knee. When the accident happens, Helen thinks she’s hit a deer, but Noah knows it was a man. After seeing Scotty’s blood-covered face on the road, he and Helen leave the scene of the crime. Can we say felony? “Forget this ever happened,” he tells Helen, taking a page from Don Draper’s playbook. Helen’s rich and can buy off anyone, right? When we see the same scene from Alison’s point of view, in the second half-hour, the show becomes much more complex–and satisfying. After arguing with Scotty about cutting him on her partnership with Cole to manage the Lobster Roll, Scotty threatens to tell Noah the truth about the little girl. She breaks the news to Noah while Scotty sings (badly) “House of the Rising Sun” with the wedding band. Alison walks away into the fog, down the deserted road–and bumps into Scotty (who got there pretty fast, considering he hadn’t finished the last chorus of The Animals’ best-known song). He comes on to her, rather unconvincingly, and she pushes him away–into the path of an oncoming car driven by you-know-who. When Noah checks on the body, he looks up and sees her in the bushes. “I pushed him,” she says. With its mix of shifting points of view and shameless carnality, “The Affair” was compulsively watchable. The soapy season finale makes the show ultimately resistible, though. Now that we know Alison is a pathological liar and Noah is not obligated to take care of “their” child, that relationship, and the basis of the show, is over. Is anyone really going to stick around to see who goes to jail? nypost.com/2015/12/21/time-to-end-the-affair-after-soapy-season-finale/DRAMA ‘Homeland’ renewed by Showtime for season 6, ‘The Affair’ for season 3December 10, 2015 HomelandWhile you may have assumed already that this was coming, isn’t it still rather nice to see? Today Showtime decided to renew their entire Sunday-night lineup, and that includes both “Homeland” for a sixth season and “The Affair” for a third. As for whether or not there was ever any debate on this internally, the answer is probably a clear “no.” These two shows not only bring ratings and revenue to the network, but also critical acclaim. “Homeland” is coming off of a SAG Awards nomination on Wednesday, whereas there is at least a chance that “The Affair” picks up a repeat nomination at the Golden Globes after winning the Drama Series prize last year. These two shows are showing stability at a time when Showtime has shored up a new lineup for itself in the years following “Dexter,” with these shows alongside “Shameless,” “Ray Donovan,” “Penny Dreadful,” and “Masters of Sex” all forming a formidable lineup of drama programming on Sunday nights. They will be adding to this in the new year with “Billions,” the new Wall Street drama that is set to star Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. If there was ever a show with the potential of drawing some more awards recognition, this one is it. So how long could a show like “Homeland” particularly go for, given that it has already been on the air for over half a decade? Since “Dexter” went for eight, it’s at least possible to think that it could as well. The real question will come after season six, given that this is when shows start to become much more expensive to make. Want to get some further news on everything we cover, sent right to you via our CarterMatt Newsletter? Then be sure to sign up right now over at the link here. (Photo: Showtime.) cartermatt.com/188735/homeland-renewed-by-showtime-for-season-6-the-affair-for-season-3/
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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 22:42:02 GMT 10
Maura Tierney stars in The Affair - but she wants less nudity and more talking on TVThe American actress gives us her TV dos and don´ts by Lesley O´Toole - 16 december 2015 Childhood favorites?Mary Tyler Moore. In the 1970s, I was a young woman seeing this character who was a single, independent, professional woman. she and Carol Burnett were very funny. It was exciting to watch. First childhood crush?Starsky from Starsky and Hutch - in that cardigan, give me a break! He was so hot. Who do you wake up to?Howard Stern on the radio. I´ve loved him for years and years. Any TV guilty pleasure?I sort of hate that phrase. What´s that gear show? Yes, Top Gear. I used to watch it with my ex-boyfriend. Those guys are great, but I don´t know if that counts as a guilty pleasure. What show can you watch again and again?I´ll watch Friends over and over. If it´s on TV, I´ll watch an episode I´ve seen before. What´s the last thing that made you cry?Olivia Colman in Broadchurch - she´s a wonderful actress. And the last thing you watched that made you blush?I don´t know if I blushed, but Game of Thrones. It´s a very fun show to lose yourself in, but sometimes I´m like, "Can you please stop having sex for one minute and talk? Wow, everyone is just so naked right now!" Does anything on TV make you mad?Sometimes reality TV makes me mad. I know there´s great cooking stuff, but I don´t enjoy this obsession with celebrities in reality shows, and Real Housewives or the Kardashians. Also high-definition. It´ss so uncomplimentary to how everyone looks, especially women over a certain age. What makes you switch channels?I hate it when the commercials are too loud - it´s such an assault! Do you google yourself?I have googled myself, but it´s bad. I try not to do it. People can say very mean things so I don´t go on forums... And there´s the opposite end where people make fan sites whitch can be a little overwhelming to look at. It´s like, "Oh wow, that´s freaking me out a little bit, even though it´s nice." You´re playing one of the best roles of your career - jilted wife Helen Solloway in The Affair.Yes, it´s amazing to keep working, and ot be able to play a character at my age, 50, who is a mum - because mostly mum parts come my way - who´s such a full human. Helen´s a sexually revevant person trying to be a good mother and daughter, but she´s not a wife any more. Tell us about Dominic West, who plays your ex-husband.Dom is so funny, and there´s a real lack of vanity to him - even though he´s quite handsome and sexy. I thing that´s very compelling and contributes to the real man-ishness of him. Dom walked to the South Pole. He´s a real dude! www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-12-16/maura-tierney-stars-in-the-affair---but-she-wants-less-nudity-and-more-talking-on-tv Here's who's most likely to win the Golden Globes according to gambling oddsBusiness Insider By Anjelica Oswald Posted Jan. 7, 2016 at 2:03 PM The 73rd Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, and experts are weighing in with their predictions for the night's winners. "Carol" landed the most film nominations with five, but the odds from gambling pros place "Spotlight" and "The Martian" as two of the top contenders. As for TV, "Mr. Robot," "Transparent," and "Fargo" are all projected to do well. If you happen to join a friendly pool for this year's Golden Globes, Gold Derby has compiled film and TV predictions from experts. ... TV Supporting Actress ABC Regina King, "American Crime" 10/9 Maura Tierney, "The Affair" 21/10 Judith Light, "Transparent" 5/1 Uzo Aduba, "Orange is the New Black" 40/1 Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey" 66/1 ... www.sj-r.com/article/ZZ/20160107/BUSINESS/301079879/13206/BUSINESS/?Start=3
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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 22:50:39 GMT 10
Golden Globes 2016: Predicting the WinnersBy LUCHINA FISHER Jan 8, 2016, 2:59 AM ET No matter who takes home gold today, the 73rd annual Golden Globes will likely reflect this year's trends in film and television. On the TV side, the dominance of cable and streaming continues to grow, with Netflix earning a leading eight nods. "This year suggests that once again there's a real chasm developing between network shows and what's on cable and streaming," Yahoo! TV critic-at-large Ken Tucker told ABC News. "There are so few network shows. It's pretty striking. Shows that in years past would have been cult shows, like 'Outlander' and 'Mr. Robot,' end up getting major nominations. Broadcast shows are getting squeezed out by critical darlings." Golden Globes 2016: The Complete List of Nominations Golden Globes 2016: Snubs and Surprises On the film side, there's no strong front-runner. Even Carol, which leads the overall nominations with five, is considered the "soft favorite," Jordan Zakarin, a writer for Yahoo! Movies, told ABC News. "It's the year of parity for the big prestige movie," Zakarin said. "There are a lot of pretty good to really good films." That said, both critics have predictions for who will win when the 73rd annual Golden Globes are broadcast live, starting at 8 p.m. ET. Best TV Series, Comedy Tucker points out that not a single broadcast show, not even "Modern Family," made the cut this year. All six nominees come from either cable or streaming. The battle comes down to Amazon's "Transparent" and HBO's "Veep." "Both have critical acclaim and hype, but I think it will be 'Veep.'" Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy Perennial favorite Julia Louis-Dreyfus remains a "serious contender as always," Tucker said. But he thinks Lily Tomlin is a stronger contender. "There's a lot of affection for her among voters," he said. "She gives a strong performance in a great new show." Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy Rob Lowe is the only nominee from a network show, "The Grinder," but he like the others doesn't stand much of a chance "against the big tiger in the room," Jeffrey Tambor, he said. Last year's Golden Globe winner, he is the guy to beat and Tucker predicts he will win. But, he added, Aziz Ansari stands a "good chance" with his new Netflix show, "Master of None." Best TV Series, Drama Newcomers "Mr. Robot" and "Narcos" take on sophomore shows "Outlander" and "Empire" and veteran "Game of Thrones." Although audiences have really latched on to "Mr. Robot," Tucker believes this category comes down to "Game of Thrones" and "Empire." "It wouldn't surprise me if 'Empire' wins," he said. "I think that's the one area where a network show, which had such a huge audience, really can dominate." Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama Robin Wright, who has dominated this category in the past, winning in 2014, could hit a "big roadblock" with Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis. "Boy, it's a tossup between Taraji and Viola," Tucker said. When Henson and Davis went head to head at the Emmys, Davis took home the gold. For that reason, Tucker added, "I would give the nod to Taraji." Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama Jon Hamm finally got his due at the Emmy's but he's still making up for all those times he was denied a major award. Tucker calls him the "clear favorite," but "if there's an upset, it will be Rami Malek. "He really made a breakthrough on 'Mr. Robot' and people have really latched onto him," Tucker said. Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series, or TV Movie "It's a very diverse list, which ranges from Regina King's role (in 'American Crime') to Joanne Froggatt in 'Downton Abbey' to Maura Tierney in 'The Affair,' which is really a starring role," Tucker said. Though Uzo Aduba won last year for "Orange Is the New Black," Tucker believes Judith Light has the best chance of winning for "Transparent." "Her role has increased as the series has gone on," he said. "It comes down to Maura versus Judith, and I bet Judith will win." Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie The networks have another chance of winning a Globe with Alan Cumming in "The Good Wife." Even with all the fond feeling for Christian Slater in "Mr. Robot" and Ben Mendelsohn's critically acclaimed performance in Netlix's "Bloodline," Tucker thinks Cumming will win. "If there's one network show, this will be the one where it triumphs," he said. ... abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/golden-globes-2016-predicting-winners/story?id=36141020
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Post by sissa on Jan 8, 2016 22:57:20 GMT 10
'The Affair' Season 3 Spoilers: Helen's Guilt Takes a Toll on Her Relationship with NoahBY JESS DAILO , CHRISTIAN POST CONTRIBUTOR January 4, 2016|4:56 pm Since the second season of "The Affair" had just concluded, fans are curious as to how the third season of the series will turn out. "The Affair" season 2 showed some pivotal scenes that proved to be important pieces of the series. The previous episodes of the season showed what took place when Scotty Lockhart, played by Colin Donnell, died. It revealed that Noah Solloway, played by Dominic West, is not the sole reason that Scotty died. Apparently, there was an accident that took place involving Scotty, Noah, Alison Lockhart, played by Ruth Wilson, and Helen Solloway, played by Maura Tierney. It was not just Noah who was responsible for Scotty's death. Noah and Helen accidentally killed Scotty when they were driving home from the bar. With that, fans are wondering just how Noah will fare in the episodes to come. It was speculated that the series will continue to build on Noah and Helen's relationship. This will show Helen's guilt regarding the accident and how it caused Noah to be persecuted for her mistake. One of the show's stars Joshue Jackson, who portrays Cole Lockhart, recently shared his insight about the series. According to HNGN, he stated, "The discomfort is trying to combine these two stories and figure out where the truth is. That's the essential mission of the show. That discomfort we need the audience to feel to go, 'Well, wait a minute, it can't be this and this?' It forces you to be in the position of deciding what feels the most right to you." Along with the heavy theme of the upcoming season, he explained that the episodes to come will also feature some lighter scenes despite the tragic storyline. According to the show's executive producer Sarah Treem, the third season will present a different tone compared to the other seasons. As reported by Elle Magazine, she stated, "I think the second season is going to be darker in tone, and tighter. And the third season changes again. I will be sad if we don't get a third because I don't think it quite pays off until the third season." Meanwhile, there has yet to be any confirmed release date for the upcoming season. Read more at www.christianpost.com/news/the-affair-season-3-spoilers-helens-guilt-takes-a-toll-on-her-relationship-with-noah-154011/#4Vf4Swy6HrtfdodY.99
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Post by sissa on Jan 12, 2016 11:10:45 GMT 10
Golden Globes 2016: Maura Tierney wins Best Supporting Actress for The AffairBY EMILY BLAKE • @emilymarieblake Golden Globes Posted January 10 2016 — 8:19 PM EST The Affair star Maura Tierney took home her first Golden Globe Sunday night for her portrayal of Helen Solloway on Showtime’s The Affair. Beating out Orange Is the New Black star Uzo Aduba, Downton Abbey actress Joanne Froggatt, American Crime star Regina King, and Transparent performer Judith Light, Tierney took the stage and thanked her fellow actresses and castmate Dominic West, who she cited for giving the “Best Performance by a Male in a Role that Makes Every Woman Hate Him.” This is the first major award for Tierney. www.ew.com/article/2016/01/10/golden-globes-2016-maura-tierneyMaura Tierney Teases ‘Exciting’ Change in ‘The Affair’ Season 3 After Golden Globe WinMaura Tierney Golden Globes 2016 MICHAEL BUCKNER/VARIETY/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK JANUARY 10, 2016 | 07:21PM PT Cynthia Littleton Managing Editor: Television @variety_Cynthia Maura Tierney dropped a tantalizing hint about season three of “The Affair” while she was still processing her win for her work in the Showtime drama’s second season at the Golden Globes. “The show is going to change next season — the structure of the show is going to change in an exciting way,” she backstage after winning best actress in a series. That doesn’t mean adding any more perspectives for observing the same events — as the show does now through the prism of four characters. But she said it would involve the “narrative structure.” When pressed for details, she cautioned that she’s not 100% sure that it is going to happen, but she assured that it would be “exciting.” variety.com/2016/tv/awards/maura-tierney-golden-globes-the-affair-season-3-1201676603/
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Post by sissa on Jan 20, 2016 6:27:53 GMT 10
She has a Golden Globe now video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q988UA0ARd8 Maura Tierney backstage at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards Maura Tierney at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images The 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards took place on Jan. 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Here is what this Golden Globe winner said backstage in the Golden Globe Awards press room. MAURA TIERNEY Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (“The Affair”) Can you talk specifically about what it means for you to win in this role in particular and why the second season felt so powerful for your character?It did feel powerful. As I tried to say in the speech, which I don’t know if I got it out, I think the writers really found a sweet spot for me as an actress and for the character. There was a real symbiotic thing going on and I was presented really challenging things to do, and I really wanted to be up to the challenge. So I don’t know, something happened this year, I think my work excited the writers and the writers excited me. So it ended up really fruitful. Maura, can you talk about what it is like to deal with the shifting perspectives on “The Affair” and whether you expect that to continue in Season 3? Will it advance more?I don’t believe they are going to add any more perspectives. The show is going to change next season, and I think in a really interesting and exciting way. They are still working on it, but I don’t think any new perspectives will be added, no, but it is going to be structured in a different way. The narrative will change. Can you elaborate?I can’t because I am not 100 percent sure it is going to happen, but the idea is a great idea. C an you give us some advice that you got when you first started out that you still use today?I think that advice is that you really do have to enjoy doing the job because … there’s a lot of rejection, everybody has an opinion about what you do. So if you don’t really rise above it, it can be difficult. You have to shut it off when someone doesn’t want you as a role or doesn’t think you are good for the role. If you care about the work, it hurts less. For more info: Golden Globe Awards website
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Post by sissa on Apr 2, 2016 0:29:32 GMT 10
'The Affair' season 3 premiere date, spoilers: Alison attempts to reconcile with NoahJilianne Arbonida|Thursday, March 31 2016 Alison (Ruth Wilson) will have to face the future alone in the upcoming season of the Showtime drama "The Affair." After revealing the truth about little Joanie to Noah (Dominic West) during the season 2 finale, Alison ended up losing everything. Her fiancé got angry with her, as he could not accept what she did. Alison told Noah she did not know who fathered the baby. During one of their tiffs, Alison went back to her hometown and spent the night with Cole (Joshua Jackson). It is certainly possible that he is Joanie's father. Other spoilers posit that it may be Scotty (Colin Donnell) who got Alison pregnant and that was why she pushed him towards the road, where Noah's car ended up hitting him. During Cole's wedding to Luisa (Catalina Sandino Moreno), Alison went for a walk to think. She met a totally drunk Scotty and they fought. According to her, he tried to rape her when she refused to help him out. Scotty wanted to become a business partner in Cole's restaurant. His brother, however, turned down his offer of working together since Scotty had drug problems. Aside from Noah who saw her that night, Alison kept quiet about the incident, even when Noah was tried in court for Scotty's murder. With Noah in the process of reconciling with his estranged wife Helen (Maura Tierney) and Cole happily married to Luisa, Alison is left alone and lonely. She lost everything the night Scotty died. She witnessed Cole marrying a different woman and finally moving on from her. She lost Noah and the fantastic life they could have had together with the baby. In season 3, Alison will be her own woman, but it remains to be seen how she will cope with the loneliness that goes with it. Meanwhile, Donnell shared with Digital Spy how privileged he was to work with the cast and crew of "The Affair." When asked if he would return for a future appearance, the actor said the death of his character was conclusive, but he is not closing his doors. "I haven't had any discussions, but they do certainly play with time a bit over there. As far as I know right now, Scotty is very much dead...and I think the car crash was pretty good evidence of that!" he said. "The Affair" season 3 is expected to premiere this fall on Showtime. www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/the-affair-season-3-spoilers-alison-attempts-to-reconcile-with-noah/41438.htm
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Post by sissa on May 19, 2016 9:00:57 GMT 10
'The Affair' season 3 spoilers, premiere date: Max goes out of his way to win HelenJilianne Arbonida |Thursday, May 05 2016 (Facebook/TheAffairShowtime)Max pursues Helen in "The Affair" season 3. Max (Josh Stamberg) may be getting his chance to steal Helen (Maura Tierney) from Noah (Dominic West) in "The Affair" season 3. Although it looked like the ex-couple was on the brink of a reconciliation before the fatal accident concerning Scotty (Colin Donnell), Helen and Noah's dynamics may change once he is imprisoned. During the last installment's finale, the author told the court that he was the one who was driving the car when it hit Scotty. He never mentioned Helen's name and the fact that she was behind the wheel that night, nor Alison's (Ruth Wilson) involvement in the accident. Max also testified that he saw Noah washing off blood from the hood of his car, cementing the latter's guilt. Because of his statement, Helen will most likely see the father of her children being led out of the court in handcuffs. There is just no way that Noah will be able to get out of this predicament, unless he tells the truth. It looks like he has no intention of doing so, as it will mean seeing the two women he has loved suffering behind bars. In a recent interview with Hollywood Life, executive producer Anya Epstein mentioned that they were thinking of adding a new perspective in season 3. Starting in the sophomore offering, the story has been heard through Alison, Noah, Helen and Cole's perspectives. As to the character who would be given a voice in the series, the showrunner declined to comment. Joshua Jackson, who plays Cole, said that it would be interesting if it were Max. Advertisement Meanwhile, Tierney hinted in her October interview that her character might end up leaving Noah after the trial. She said that Helen paid for Noah's lawyer and the expenses throughout the trial for the sake of their children. This suggests that she is doing it not for his sake, but to prevent their kids from the stigma of having a criminal father. Does this mean Max will finally have his chance to prove he is the better man? "I don't know if she thinks he did it, but I think she does not want the father of her children to go to jail. She's already kind of raising four kids on her own, but if he's in jail, she's really raising four kids on her own. I think she loves him still. I don't know if she's still in love with him," the actress shared. "The Affair" season 3 is expected to premiere this fall on Showtime. www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/the-affair-season-3-spoilers-max-goes-out-of-his-way-to-win-helen/43721.htm
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Post by sissa on Jun 3, 2016 9:21:18 GMT 10
She´s right - no one else can be Lisa Miller!!!!!! Brace yourself for some twists on 'The Affair's' third season, says star Maura TierneyMaura Tierney of "The Affair" VIDEO: Maura Tierney on "The Affair," her awkward return to the ER, and why a "NewsRadio" revival isn't likely "The Affair" stars Maura Tierney as a jilted wife slowly coming to terms with a life she never had planned for herself. The actress has found a perfect balance of comedy and tragedy in her character Helen's situation. (Kirk McKoy/LA Times) Yvonne Villarreal If the second season of Showtime’s “The Affair” was an exercise in keeping track of viewpoints and time-jumping, it seems the upcoming third cycle will require even more mind juggling. “It’s going to be back and forth a little bit more next season,” said series star Maura Tierney when she stopped by The Envelope’s video studio for a chat Tuesday. Tierney stars as Helen Solloway, whose husband Noah (Dominic West) leaves her for grieving waitress Alison (Ruth Wilson). The first season alternated between Noah and Alison’s narratives, showing viewers how they view each other, their relationship, and their respective spouses. The second season opened up the perspectives to include Helen’s point of view, as well as the narrative of Alison’s estranged spouse Cole. In hinting that those perspectives will continue, as well as the time flopping, Tierney also found herself backtracking on earlier statements regarding Season 3. Maura Tierney talks about her self-concious return to the ER on 'The Affair' Maura Tierney talks about what it was like to work on an emergency room set again on "The Affair." Tierney sparked headlines in January, following her Golden Globes win, when she teased that a significant and “exciting” change to the structure of the show was in store. But not so fast. Tierney takes it back! “Oh, it’s not going to be that,” Tierney said when asked about her comments . Of course, she didn’t totally elaborate on what “that” would have been except to say it was going to be “kind of a radical shift in storytelling.” “That is not going to happen this season,” she added. “If we come back for a fourth, it might be implemented then. But I think they just decided to go a different way. This way is good, too. I don’t know that much. It was just going to be fun … it might still happen, so I don’t want to say.” But Tierney wasn’t quite as cryptic on other topics. To watch her dash our hopes for a Helen-Cole coupling or to hear her tales of traumatic “ER” flashbacks while shooting that “Affair” scene involving a trip to the hospital, check out the video below. And stay for her thoughts on why she wouldn’t support a “Newsradio” or “ER” remake. www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-maura-tierney-the-affair-season-3-20160602-snap-story.html'The Affair' - Season 3 of show gets premiere dateViewers of Showtime's 'The Affair' have seen quite a number of sex scenes since its debut on TV, but during its 2nd season premiere, the show aired its first full-frontal male nude scene. Published: 02.06.2016 Chidumga Izuzu Showtime has announced its fall premiere date for the upcoming third season of "The Affair." According to the network, the show will make its third season debut on November 20, 2016. Noah and Alison continue their steamy affair in season 2 .play Noah and Alison continue their steamy affair in season 2 . Previously told from two perspectives, the show kicked off its second season with four perspectives, adding the POVs of Helen (Maura Tierney) and Cole (Joshua Jackson). The Golden Globe-winning Showtime drama which also stars Dominic West and Ruth Wilson, also kicked off its second season with full frontal male nudity. play About series "The Affair" revolves around Alison, a young woman attempting to move on from tragedy and build a lasting relationship while contending with the judgment of others and her own self-doubt. Her lover Noah, a burgeoning writer trying to balance the temptations of success, the family he left behind, and the woman he loves. The show also features their spouses Helen and Cole as they try to get over the heartbreak and divorce proceedings. "The Affair" won two Golden Globe Awards in 2015 - Best Television Series and Best Actress for Wilson's lead role. pulse.ng/movies/the-affair-season-3-of-show-gets-premiere-date-id5103428.html
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Post by sissa on Jun 12, 2016 4:44:38 GMT 10
'The Affair' season 3: Maura Tierney says everyone remains a suspectMonica Macariola |Saturday, June 11 2016 Jun 11, 2016, Updated at 14:42 PM EST HOME ENTERTAINMENT ((Facebook/TheAffairShowtime))"The Affair" season 3 will premiere on Nov. 20. Golden Globe recipient Maura Tierney says that Showtime's "The Affair" season 3 will give viewers more mind play since all the characters remain as suspect. In an interview with Goldderby, Tierney, who plays Helen, a wife of 20 years and mother to four children, shared, "Nobody's in the clear in season three." She further said, "Every season it's about the consequences of the choices made in the previous season, so it's going to be tricky for everyone in season three." In the finale of the second season, Scott (Colin Donnell) was run over by Helen, thereby killing him by accident. This made Noah (Dominic West), Helen's estranged husband, feel guilty since he was the one who insisted for her to drive. Nevertheless, it was Alison (Ruth Wilson) who pushed Scott into the road just before the car hit him. Noah then took the fall for the accident probably as an act of love for his two lovers who were involved. Last January, Tierney took her first Golden Globe Award for Supporting Actress for playing the role of Helen in "The Affair." Last year, the show bagged the title of Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series while Wilson won Best Actress award. Advertisement Tierney hinted to Los Angeles Times that season 3 might expound further on the other members of the series. She said there will be some exciting changes to the arrangement of the show. However, she was quick to take it back. "That is not going to happen this season," she added. "If we come back for a fourth, it might be implemented then. But I think they just decided to go a different way. This way is good, too. I don't know that much. It was just going to be fun ... it might still happen, so I don't want to say." "The Affair" season 3 will premiere on TV screens on Nov. 20. ecumenicalnews.com/article/the-affair-season-3-spoilers-maura-tierney-says-everyone-remains-a-suspect/45634.htmTV Supporting Actors Shine in Colorful Ensembles Like ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Silicon Valley’Rob Owen JUNE 7, 2016 | 11:00AM PT The set of every TV series is like a family, or so we’ve been told, but come awards time, not every supporting cast member in an ensemble series family will make the cut for an Emmy nomination. And for some actors, that’s OK. SEE MORE: Awards: The Contenders “It’s the old saying that it’s about supporting each other telling the story as best as you can,” says Gwendoline Christie, who plays Brienne on “Game of Thrones.” But is it harder to get recognition in an ensemble series? “This way madness lies,” Christie says. “I could never think, ‘Oh, I’m competing against someone else,’ because the reason I do this job is to investigate and illuminate humanity, and if I’m able to have a good time doing that, then I’ve enjoyed my job and hopefully done it well.” “I learned a long time ago if you think about awards, then you’re going to start thinking about awards all the time and it’s not healthy.” MICHAEL MCKEAN Judith Light, playing in the lauded “Transparent” ensemble, agrees it’s wise to banish the notion of competition. “This is a celebration, not a competition,” she notes. “We are so knee-jerk trained to have it be competitive and it’s very hard for people to pull away from that.” “Better Call Saul” actor Michael McKean echoes such sentiments. “I learned a long time ago if you think about awards, then you’re going to start thinking about awards all the time and it’s not healthy,” he says, recalling his Oscar nomination for songwriting with wife Annette O’Toole for “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” from 2003’s “A Mighty Wind.” “We had a great time, but you do the work for the work, for the sense of story you’re telling at the behest of the people who write and direct.” For some actors who have been a lead and also co-starred in an ensemble series, there are benefits to being part of a crowd. “The pressure is a lot less on my ego when it’s not built around me. That’s a good thing,” says Mayim Bialik, a four-time nominee for “The Big Bang Theory”, who previously played the title character on the 1990s NBC sitcom “Blossom.” “And as a mom of two kids, I love not having all my mental energy on a show riding on my being in every scene. It gives my brain more breathing room and it allows me to see my career for what is: It’s a career.” Actress Maura Tierney, who won a Golden Globe this year for “The Affair,” notes there’s an ineffable quality to Emmy nominations. “There are a million reasons somebody gets nominated for the award, not all of them having to do with the work,” she says. “Some of it is — I don’t want to say whimsical — but it just factors in how some people get noticed one year but not another year and the work doesn’t really change.”
Tierney adds that sometimes there’s a symbiotic relationship between an actor and the show’s writers. “Maybe one season the chemistry is there and another season it’s less so there,” she says. “But when the writing and acting are truly communicating and understanding each other, I think that sometimes can shed light on certain performers.”Team Effort: From left: “The Big Bang Theory,” “Game of Thrones” “Silicon Valley” and “The Affair,” ensemble casts help tell the story of their shows. Realistically, the story will often dictate how big and/or flashy a role each actor has per season. “Some people get more things to do in a season than other people,” Light says. “Sometimes there are things that pull the audience toward a particular character more than another.” Attempting to stand out in an ensemble isn’t the right approach either. “If you’re doing your work right, you don’t think about standing out,” says Nick Offerman, recently seen in season two of FX’s “Fargo” limited series. “You just think about playing the truth of the show’s story, which presumably means you’re trying not to stand out, you’re trying to appear as naturally as possible in whatever reality you’re portraying. I suppose, thereby, if you exceed expectations in that effort, then perhaps you can stand out for your ability to disappear.” And when you’re in an ensemble, there are many ways to disappear. “Orange Is the New Black” actress Taryn Manning says she keeps herself in check by considering what a scene would look like without her or other actors in the scene. “In the ensemble world and the prison world, you could be written out of the show really quickly and nobody would blink an eye,” she says. “A lead on a show probably feels invincible, but in an ensemble, you’re kind of like, ‘Hmm, what’s gonna happen?’ That’s the good ol’ world of acting and life’s uncertainties.” On the flip side of the female-driven “Orange” is “Silicon Valley,” and actor Zach Woods admits he was initially wary of starring in a testosterone-heavy ensemble. “I was sort of apprehensive about it because I thought, this is a bunch of young comedy guys and it could be competitive and macho, and feel like this shark-feeding frenzy,” he says. “So I was delighted and relieved that [‘Silicon Valley’ has] been the least like that of pretty much anything I’ve worked on.” He and his co-stars have talked about awards and agreed they’d most like to win a Screen Actors Guild Award for the entire ensemble. Woods says he’s not indifferent to the business considerations of awards campaigining, but he’s also wary of going down a self-aggrandizing path. “In the ensemble world and the prison world, you could be written out of the show really quickly and nobody would blink an eye.” TARYN MANNING “When you meet people in Hollywood who seem slightly unhinged, it’s because often their whole world seems to be about them,” Woods says. “They’re totally absorbed into some sort of narcissistic panic and I think that’s a lonely and frightening feeling even if you’re winning a bunch of Oscars. I’ve never won any awards, but I get to feel like I’m part of something bigger and that’s more comforting than a statue would be. No one wants a sundae that’s just a bunch of cherries.” Offerman says his interest in awards is relatively limited. “I care about awards to the extent that they’re good for business,” he says. “I’m very grateful my delivery of Noah Hawley’s dialogue [on ‘Fargo’] has elicited some favorable attention. But I’ll tell you, I’ve been invited to be part of some group photo for publications as part of ‘this year’s class of Emmy hopeful’ jackasses and the thought of spending half a day getting all dolled up and going to get my picture taken with a bunch of great actors, I find about as appealing as going to the DMV. I’m sitting here in my workshop, writing a book about woodworking, and when we get off the phone, I’ll get back to talking about maple.” variety.com/2016/tv/awards/tv-supporting-actors-shine-1201789795/Actors on Actors — Supporting Actress and Actor PortraitsBY VARIETY STAFF Maura Tierney – “The Affair “There’s something that happens sometimes between an actor and the writers, where they really just understand each other, and that happened for me last season. Not that it didn’t happen in the first season, but sometimes there’s just this symbiotic moment between the writer and the actor where they are really challenged and excited by each other’s work. That’s what happened for me, and it was really rewarding.” | Actors on Actors presented presented by Shopbop / East Dane variety.com/gallery/actors-on-actors-photos-christian-slater-emilia-clarke-tony-hale/#!16/undefined/
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Post by sissa on Jun 15, 2016 9:41:41 GMT 10
Maura Tierney is a Thoughtful Mess in ‘The Affair’ — And Deserves an Emmy For It (Exclusive Video)When Sarah Treem opened up the points of view on "The Affair," Maura Tierney had a blast playing a sexy and confused New York single mom. Anne Thompson Jun 13, 2016 1:48 pm When Maura Tierney was a regular on John Wells’ “E.R.,” she spent 22 episodes a year wrapping her tongue around medical jargon at top speed. As jilted Brahmin wife Helen Solloway on Sarah Treem’s Showtime series “The Affair,” she measures her words as they dig deeply into what happens inside intimate relationships. Tierney portrays the wife of wayward novelist Noah; according to Tierney, he sees her as “the perfect martyr wife,” she said during our video interview. From the perspective of Alison, Noah’s lover, Helen is “raucously aloof and confident and classist.” (Tierney convincingly acts to the manner born; she grew up in middle-class Boston.) Season Two brought the perspectives of Helen and her counterpart, Alison’s husband Cole (Joshua Jackson),to the forefront. “In her understanding of herself,” said Tierney, “she’s very not perfect. She has to work super hard to be this kind of Brooklyn mom. She can’t do it. Actually, she falls apart.” One of the funniest episodes shows Helen taking too much marijuana and pills to drive safely; she finally realizes what a mess she has become. It was more complicated for the writers to slot everyone into the timeline, said Tierney, but it yielded more for the actors to play with. “It’s Sarah’s show,” said Tierney. “Even if other writers write the episode, everything passes through her computer. By and large, she’s the creator of the characters. At the end of Season 1, Sarah said, ‘I think we’re going to open up the show next year.’ ” This allowed the creative narrative device to remain interesting and not devolve into a trick, said Tierney: “It opened up the storytelling for them, for Cole and Helen to have more POV. It was more about her character having more responsibility for what went down… Sarah’s goal is she wants to peel away and get into intimacy, communication, truth-telling — and the lack of truth-telling.” Helen is a sympathetic character because she loves her husband, who left her with three headstrong children to raise. And she didn’t see it coming. “She didn’t fall down,” said Tierney. “People stop noticing things, like how difficult the intrusion of her parents are, how hurtful it was to her husband that she was still taking money from them. You get used to a certain way of doing things. It’s the accruing of small tiny things you let slide, and you led slide, and then there’s a big chasm.” While Helen tries on several romantic interests over the course of the series, she never stops loving Noah. “He’s a romantic ideal for her, even if she took him for granted,” said Tierney. “He’s very charming and sexy, very much the person she fell in love with.” Some of the juiciest dramatic scenes involve Helen finally standing up to her bossy mother (the formidable Kathleen Chalfont). “Those were some of my favorites,” said Tierney. “Chalfont is wonderful; she plays the character so well…when Helen says to ‘shut up,’ it was satisfying. Margaret needed to shut up!” The Affair Maura Tierney and Dominic West in “The Affair” Another favorite episode reunites Helen and Noah during his book tour. “We shot both of those restaurant scenes in one day, back to back,” said Tierney. “Sixteen pages of dialogue is a lot, with back-to-back POVs.” That episode was shot by Laura Innes, her old “E.R.” cohort who’s now a top TV director. “We’re good friends,” said Tierney, “but she’s very demanding. It’s a little daunting. I always forget: ‘Yay! Laura’s directing!’ But she’s demanding, which is a good thing. You feel like you don’t want to let her down.” When Tierney landed a Golden Globe nomination, that was shocking enough, she said. But when she won, “I could barely talk. I was really surprised.” She managed to recover. “The Affair” will start production on season 3 in August. The Affair Season 2 _ A Little Unsteady _ Teaser Trailer Stay on top of the all the latest headlines! Sign up for our Daily Headlines email newsletter here. www.indiewire.com/2016/06/the-affair-season-2-maura-tierney-globe-winner-deserves-emmy-1201688075/
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Post by sissa on Jun 20, 2016 2:55:36 GMT 10
If I were an Emmy voterBy Matthew Gilbert GLOBE STAFF JUNE 17, 2016 Starting this week and ending June 27, Emmy voters will select the 2016 nominees. And they need help. And I am happy to help, out of the pure goodness of my heart, and also out of the fear that yet another year will pass without due acknowledgment of “The Americans.” So here’s my ballot, chosen from the hundreds of shows and performers that were submitted to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the lists are online at http://www.Emmys.com). Generally, each category has six nominees; best comedy and best drama have seven each. The nominees that the Emmy voters finally choose — all of which will, of course, exactly mirror my choices — will be announced on July 14, with the final ceremony airing on Sept. 18. DRAMA SERIES “Horace and Pete” (LouisCK.net) “The Knick” (Cinemax) “The Americans” (FX) View Story Sign up for The Weekender Want the Globe’s top picks for what to see and do each weekend e-mailed directly to you? Sign up now for The Weekender. “Better Call Saul” (AMC) “Game of Thrones” (HBO) “UnREAL” (Lifetime) “Happy Valley” (Netflix) This has to be the season — now that “Mad Men” is gone — when voters open their eyes to “The Americans.” Right? Right. Fortunately, since some of the year’s best drama, including “American Crime” and “Fargo,” falls under the “Limited Series” banner, there is room here for lesser knowns. I’m happy to have slots for the fascinating, if overheated, reality-show drama “UnREAL,” the miraculously transporting and gritty “The Knick,” the wonderfully stagey “Horace and Pete,” and the compelling “Happy Valley.” My emotional response to the end of “The Good Wife” almost inspired me to include it, but really the last season was mediocre. COMEDY SERIES “Man Seeking Woman” (FXX) “black-ish” (ABC) “Master of None” (Netflix) “Shameless” (Showtime) “Transparent” (Amazon) “Veep” (HBO) “Silicon Valley” (HBO) A fellow can dream, can’t he? I think “Man Seeking Woman” is hallucinogenic brilliance, as it dips into and out of — but mostly into — surreality. Will it ever get the attention of a voting group that still hasn’t given “Shameless” its proper due? Nah. And anyway, the competition is big and strong this year. Before I pruned this category down to seven, I had 14 possibles, including “Love,” “Girls,” “Desperate People,” “Survivor’s Remorse,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Catastrophe,” and “Lady Dynamite.” “Black-ish” can be silly, but it can also be powerful and relevant. “Transparent” had a stellar second season, “Master of None” was a revelation, and the timely shows “Veep” and “Silicon Valley” continued to deliver the best comedy ensembles currently on TV. LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA Travis Fimmel, “Vikings” Aaron Paul, “The Path” Matthew Rhys, “The Americans” Steve Buscemi, “Horace and Pete” Clive Owen, “The Knick” Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul” I suspect one or both of the “Billions” leads — Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis — will be irresistible to voters, despite Giamatti’s overacting and Lewis’s miscasting. And I suspect the hammy Kevin Spacey will make the list, too. But I’d rather see Fimmel here; long ignored, he is still sensitively playing out the arc of Ragnar Lothbrok, now losing his confidence to drugs. Alas, no room for Aden Young of “Rectify” and Titus Welliver of “Bosch.” LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY Aziz Ansari, “Master of None” William H. Macy, “Shameless” Thomas Middleditch, “Silicon Valley” Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent” Rob Delaney, “Catastrophe” Will Forte, “The Last Man on Earth” Ansari delivered a rich leading performance that fans of his more caricaturish turn on “Parks and Recreation” didn’t see coming. Middleditch has beautifully opened up his twitchy Richard into a full set of neuroses and insecurities. Tambor was magnificent once again as a trans woman, although — like Edie Falco was in “Nurse Jackie” — he’s more dramatic than comedic. And Delaney was charming, boyish, and steady as the supportive hubby on “Catastrophe.” LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey” Taraji P. Henson, “Empire” Sarah Lancashire, “Happy Valley” Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black” Keri Russell, “The Americans” Shiri Appleby, “UnREAL” Russell delivers every single week on “The Americans,” as a woman made of steel — almost. She’s remarkable, and so is Lancashire, an emotional lightning rod on a dark and stormy series. Appleby is fantastically twisty, Dockery continued to play against her show’s sentimentality, and Henson, well, she’s undeniable. LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY Emmy Rossum, “Shameless” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” Gillian Jacobs, “Love” Sharon Horgan, “Catastrophe” Aya Cash, “You’re the Worst” Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish” I will never stop believing that Rossum has delivered one of the era’s strongest TV performances on “Shameless,” as the complex Fiona. It’s not quite comic, but so goes the odd strategic decision-making that has “Shameless” submitting as a comedy. Cash managed to deepen her willfully superficial character as we learned of her clinical depression, Jacobs was wonderfully self-unaware as a romantic lead, and Ross takes a stock sitcom character — the long-suffering wife — and individualizes it beautifully. Of course Louis-Dreyfus owns this category, because she is just too funny. SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA Alan Alda, “Horace and Pete” Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” Andre Holland, “The Knick” James Norton, “Happy Valley” Ray Romano, “Vinyl” Nick Sandow, “Orange Is the New Black” If you saw “Happy Valley,” you probably still get the chills from Norton, who was as evil as his “Grantchester” character was not. Alda continues to move from strength to strength, this time with his original twist on an Archie Bunker type. Holland is outstanding as a black doctor driven to practice medicine, despite the obstacles. Sandow is wry, pathetic, and memorable. Dinklage, as always, is extraordinary, even if he has had relatively little screen time this season. Alas, no room for David Dawson, who was riveting as King Alfred on “The Last Kingdom,” and Frank Langella as the fatherly handler on “The Americans.” SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA Maura Tierney, “The Affair” Siobhan Finneran, “Happy Valley” Miranda Otto, “Homeland” Holly Taylor, “The Americans” Alison Wright, “The Americans” Constance Zimmer, “UnReal” What a wonderful state of affairs, when I have no room for the great work of Jessica Lange on “Horace and Pete,” Emilia Clarke and Lena Headey of “Game of Thrones,” and Christine Baranski of “The Good Wife.” Tierney has been submitted in this category, but those who watch “The Affair” know that she led the season. It’s rare for a performer to bring such dimension and complexity. Otto was a genre villain, but a haunting one. Finneran — she was the nefarious O’Brien on “Downton Abbey” — was touching as a recovering addict. And Wright was magnificent as the ordinary Martha, dragged into an extraordinary situation. But my very favorite is Taylor, who is both knowing and innocent as the teen daughter of Russian spies. She defined the last season of “The Americans” with her growing awareness. SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY Louie Anderson, “Baskets” Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Alex Karpovsky, “Girls” Fred Melamed, “Lady Dynamite” Jeremy Allen White, “Shameless” Timothy Simons, “Veep” Anderson is remarkable, as a passive-aggressive but lovable mom. He is the one actor on this entire list who absolutely must be nominated or the center will not hold. It’s easy to overlook Karpovsky on “Girls,” where he’s surrounded by more eccentric characters. But as the voice of sanity, sincerity, and love, he’s a standout. Melamed, a TV staple, gets to show his chops. And we could fill out the category with side characters from “Veep” and “Silicon Valley,” including Hugh Laurie from the former and Zach Woods and T.J. Miller from the latter; but space allows only the miraculous Simons. And of course I’ve kept a slot for a “Shameless” actor, since White has had such a powerful season as a kid caught between his scrappy past and college life. SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY Ana Gasteyer, “Lady Dynamite” Martha Kelly, “Baskets” Jemima Kirke, “Girls” Claudia O’Doherty, “Love” Amanda Peet, “Togetherness” Jenifer Lewis, “black-ish” Peet is a force of nature on “Togetherness,” or was, since the show got canceled. Gasteyer goes way over the top, and expertly so, as the venal agent on “Lady Dynamite,” and it pays off beautifully. Lewis shoots one-liners with precision. Deadpan takes on new facets in the hands of Kelly. Kirke had a great story line on “Girls,” as she and Adam finally understood that they should both be crazy together instead of apart. And O’Doherty was a breath of fresh air as the odd roommate on “Love.” Alas, no room for Noel Wells of “Master of None” and Donna Lynne Champlin of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” LIMITED SERIES “London Spy” (BBC America) “The People v. O.J. Simpson” (FX) “Show Me a Hero” (HBO) “Roots” (History) “Fargo” (FX) “American Crime” (ABC) What a dazzling category this year. I didn’t have room for two deserving series, “11.22.63” and “The Night Manager,” both of which were entertaining if uneven. “American Crime” was extraordinary — and less obscured by cinematic gimmickry — this year, as it dug into the theme of school rape. “Roots,” “Fargo,” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson” were spellbinding, although in my heart of hearts I’m rooting for “Fargo.” TV MOVIE “All the Way” (HBO) “Confirmation” (HBO) “The Dresser” (Starz) I couldn’t even fill this category with six nominees. It was as lousy a year for TV movies as it was a spectacular year for miniseries — er, I mean limited series. LEAD ACTOR, MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES Bryan Cranston, “All the Way” Oscar Isaac, “Show Me a Hero” Malachi Kirby, “Roots” Regé-Jean Page, “Roots” Courtney B. Vance, “The People v. O.J. Simpson” James Franco, “11.22.63” Both Kirby and Page helped make “Roots” not just brutally illuminating but also emotionally gripping. Franco was a sympathetic and irony-free lead, Isaac was fascinating as a man chewed up by the political system, and Vance brought us inside a complicated public figure. And Cranston made you feel as though you were watching LBJ himself. Sadly, no room for Ian McKellen of “The Dresser,” Ben Whishaw of “London Spy,” and Paul Dano of “War & Peace.” LEAD ACTRESS, MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES Kirsten Dunst, “Fargo” Felicity Huffman, “American Crime” Sarah Paulson, “The People v. O.J. Simpson” Kerry Washington, “Confirmation” Riley Keough, “The Girlfriend Experience” Audra McDonald, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” Most likely, they’ll lose to Paulson, who made “The People v. O.J. Simpson” so poignant. But they all deserve note, particularly Huffman, who was so effectively slimy as a school headmaster. Matthew Gilbert can be reached at gilbert@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @matthewgilbert. www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/06/16/were-emmy-voter/6r5uaP1LqVejFYU37LoxOM/story.htmlcredits:https://twitter.com/mauratierneyfan TV Critic’s Corner Emmy nods that could — and should — happen By Matthew Gilbert Globe Staff July 12, 2016 Aziz Ansari stars in “Master of None.” K.C. Bailey/Netflix Aziz Ansari stars in “Master of None.” On Thursday morning at 11:30, Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham will announce this year’s Emmy nominations (they’ll be livestreamed at http://www.emmys.com). I have a feeling that “Game of Thrones,” which won best drama last year, is going to get a lot of big nods. And that is as it should be, after a season that ultimately saw the series at the top of its game. Likewise “Veep,” “Fargo,” “Transparent,” and “Black-ish.” Every year, there are givens, those clearly on the Television Academy’s radar. But there are a few names and titles that aren’t givens that I hope to see on Thursday. These are not my pie-in-the-sky preferences that will never, ever be nominated, such as “Man Seeking Woman” or “Vikings” or Alex Karpovsky on “Girls” or the cast of “Shameless” beyond William H. Macy. These are true possibilities. “The Affair” took off in its second season, as the number of perspectives grew to include that of Maura Tierney’s Helen. Tierney was remarkable — funny, sympathetic, difficult, lost, and loyal. Matthew Gilbert can be reached at gilbert@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @matthewgilbert. www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/07/11/emmy-nods-that-could-and-should-happen/oPpBG6bUJUelXamCMuBrWI/story.htmlEXCLUSIVE: Maura Tierney Delivers a Calculated, Award-Worthy Performance on ‘The Affair’by Philiana Ng 12:07 AM PDT, June 16, 2016 Photo: Getty Images There’s something intriguing about Maura Tierney in her role as a beleaguered wife, Helen Solloway, on The Affair. Unlike the quippy medical jargon Tierney doled out for a decade on ER, the Showtime drama requires her to be a lot more calculated with her words. Over the course of two seasons on The Affair, the 51-year-old veteran actress is acing the test; in 2016, she won a Golden Globe for her work. The Affair relies on a unique storytelling device featuring multiple characters’ points of view -- often contradicting and differing -- and unraveling the story from there. Season one focused on Helen’s ex-husband, Noah (Dominic West), and his new life with Alison (Ruth Wilson), while season two incorporated the perspectives of Helen and Alison’s ex, Cole (Joshua Jackson). “I thought that the vice of the POVs was really unique. The idea of the ‘happily married man’ having his life turn over -- you don’t see that on TV,” Tierney tells ET, crediting creator Sarah Treem for selling her on The Affair. “She was very straightforward and enthusiastic. She struck me as smart -- she’s so young, but she’s so talented. She struck me as someone who had a vision.” At the end of the second season, it was revealed that Helen was behind the wheel in the hit-and-run accident that killed Cole’s brother, Scotty (Colin Donnell), after Alison puts him in harm’s way. And also, that Noah helped cover it all up. That moment still sits with Tierney. “It was definitely surprising to find out that she killed Scotty -- by accident, even though Alison pushed him,” Tierney was careful to say. “We all did it and it wasn’t a trap. I knew that at the beginning of the season, but I was surprised and happy about it because I thought the audience would enjoy it.” Being on premium cable affords The Affair the ability to show nudity and sex, which are both very much a part of the story, without much censorship. Tierney spoke of that freedom, especially in regards to male nudity and pointed specifically to the season two premiere, where Helen has sex with an old pal of Noah’s. “We show ladies naked all the time, let’s show a guy,” Tierney recalls director Jeff Reiner saying. “I think it worked really well, not because it was like, ‘Great, guys are naked too,’ but it’s an image that tells a story. It’s the first person she’s having sex with that hasn’t been her husband. I thought it was attractive storytelling; even though it was full-frontal nudity, it was something else, too.” There is one request Tierney has for season three: more scenes with Jackson. “Josh and I have never had a scene where we’re just talking to each other,” Tierney says. “I don’t think our characters have ever had a conversation and that’s too bad, because I think he’s such a great actor. Plus, he’s hilarious!” The Affair toes the line between what makes a person good or bad, and answering the question of whether a character like Helen falls on either side is difficult. “She’s a good person that had a lot of bad circumstances happen to her,” Tierney says. “Considering the events, the narrative and the season, she’s a lot less good.” Additional reporting by Stacy Lambe. credits:https://twitter.com/mauratierneyfan
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