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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2025 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Television Movie
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT. The State of the Race This is not meant to be rude to the film 'Am I Ok?,' a Sundance 2022 premiere that finally made it onto HBO Max last summer, but do voters know that it's an Emmys contender? There are actual Outstanding TV Movie contenders that have campaigned so much harder, so it is a surprise to see the Dakota Johnson-led comedy still place so high on prognosticators' lists. In fact, HBO Max itself has never been nominated in this category before. HBO proper hasn't even been nominated for TV Movie the past two years. More from IndieWire 'The Bear' Review: Season 4 Is Another Sweet, Stirring, and Inconsistent Dish Amazon Prime Video to Other Streamers: You Need Us That is likely set to change with new HBO contender 'Mountainhead,' which continued the risky strategy of premiering at the very end of the Emmys eligibility window, but did so in a smarter way, putting it on voters' radars the second Emmys season started, and impressing them with how quickly it was made. It is also written and directed by 'Succession' creator Jesse Armstrong, who already has several Emmys to his name. 'Mountainhead' is one of four films that are on just about every nominations predictions list, with two other contenders being obvious enough for the general public to guess. First is 'Rebel Ridge,' one of the biggest Netflix films of the year, which has taken star Aaron Pierre to a new level of success where he's even getting James Bond casting rumors leveled at him. Interesting too that the streaming service did not submit 'Carry-On,' a similarly popular hit action film that premiered closer to the holidays, as it would have probably cannibalized Netflix's chances of winning this category. The other movie that seems bound for an Emmy nomination is 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,' the fourth Bridget Jones film starring Renée Zellweger. Though it premiered on Peacock in the United States, the movie was actually a big hit abroad. The Emmy race for Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is pretty thin too, so Zellweger, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the first film, is likely to have an Emmy nomination that will draw more voters toward watching the sequel. Less on the public's radar, but a staple of the most recent TV awards is the film 'Out of My Mind,' streaming on Disney+. The YA novel adaptation about a young girl with cerebral palsy trying to find her voice was a sleeper hit at Sundance 2024, and has since won a Peabody Award and been one of the Television Academy honorees this year. The film especially has great word-of-mouth, eliciting tears from the majority of the audience at its official for your consideration event at the Academy Museum. In terms of what could actually be nominated in the slot people predict 'Am I Ok?' will be in, look no further than Tina Mabry's 'The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat.' Not only does it star Uzo Aduba, who is a TV Academy favorite, it comes from reigning category winner Hulu. Predicted Nominees:'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' (Peacock)'Mountainhead' (HBO)'Out of My Mind' (Disney+)'Rebel Ridge' (Netflix)'The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat' (Hulu) Contenders:'Another Simple Favor' (Prime Video)'G20' (Prime Video)'Star Trek: Section 31' (Paramount+) In a Perfect World:'It's What's Inside' (Netflix)'The Other, Gold' (Tubi)'Sweethearts' (HBO Max) More Limited Series and TV Movie Category Predictions:Outstanding Limited or Anthology SeriesOutstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a MovieOutstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a MovieOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a MovieOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie View IndieWire's full set of predictions for the 77th Emmy Year's Winner: 'Quiz Lady'Still Eligible: Streak: None of the networks have had back-to-back wins since the category became Outstanding Television Movie, and left out anthology entries like the Emmy winning episodes of 'Black Mirror' and 'Sherlock.' However, Hulu has really made a splash in this space the past two years, so it is entirely possible one of its films continues the Ineligible Films: 'Carry-On' (the film was not submitted for Emmys consideration); 'Deep Cover' (the film will not premiere in time to be eligible); 'Swiped' (the film will not premiere in time to be eligible) Best of IndieWire 2023 Emmy Predictions: Who Will Win at the Primetime Emmy Awards? 2023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special 2023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Solve the daily Crossword
Business Times
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Times
Billionaire fatigue: When ridicule is all we have left
JUN 6 will go down in my personal history as the first time in 2025 that the news made me smile. Like countless other non-billionaires that day, I had watched, my glee and eyebrows reaching increasing heights, as two billionaires slagged each other off on social media in an intermittently all-caps brawl that culminated gloriously in a since-deleted post name-checking a paedophile. Even as our incredulity about how billionaires conduct themselves has soared this year, our regard for them has never been lower, it seems. There is no study to prove this (no billionaire will fund it), but a new movie, Mountainhead – by Jesse Armstrong of Succession fame – savagely encapsulates our growing contempt for the three-comma club. The film, released last month, revolves around four wealthy friends who are holed up together at a mountain retreat as the world descends into chaos caused by artificial intelligence-generated disinformation being spread through one of the quartet's social media platforms. As these desperately fallible men plot to salvage and exploit the situation, they unravel – both individually and collectively. Watching that is half the fun. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up The other half is guessing which real-life billionaires the characters are composite depictions of. Armstrong leaves plenty of clues to this end, the characters' dialogue littered with phrases like 'first principles' and 'steel-manning your argument' serving as the obnoxious and frequently used shibboleths of a rather specific circle of tech brotherhood. (First principles prevent me from naming any names.) Somewhere between the earthbound Occupy Wall Street movement and some billionaires' space-bound ambitions, our attitude towards the disproportionately rich and powerful has curdled from envious emulation into resentful derision. 'We're a hundred per cent in the Age of the Pathetic Billionaire,' The New Yorker's Alexandra Schwartz said in a discussion of Mountainhead on the publication's Critics at Large podcast, earlier this month. 'I think that our class of billionaires…some of them…care very much about how the public sees them,' Schwartz said. 'And to win certain kinds of public approval, they try to pass themselves off as cool. I think the yearning to be seen as cool, which is itself a fundamentally pathetic quality, is only more pathetic when you're one of the richest people in the world.' If appearing cool has indeed been the intent of our most visible billionaires, I cannot think of a more unsuccessful campaign since Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Instead, the chattering classes are doubled over at the profound un-coolness of a billionaire face-planting outside his own space capsule, or of one pasty plutocrat challenging another to a cage fight. But if our laughter sounds like it has a tinny, hollow ring to it, you aren't imagining it. It is our remaining refuge – ridicule as an ineffectual coping mechanism while we helplessly watch the uber-wealthy influence election outcomes, gut government departments and manipulate the lens through which we, well, helplessly watch. There was a time when we were sick and tired of all this venality. Now, we're just tired. In Mountainhead, the tech bros ultimately redistribute their wealth – but only among themselves – before going their separate ways, having learnt nothing. At least Napoleon knew when he had overreached. Our real-life billionaires seem convinced that they are just getting started. They might provide plenty of fodder for laughter along the way, but the joke will be on us.
Forbes
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Here's How Rich The Billionaires Are In ‘Mountainhead'
Warning: Contains spoilers for Mountainhead! The four tech bro billionaires in the new HBO satirical movie Mountainhead are very rich—just ask them. Venis Parish (played by Cory Michael Smith), said to be the world's wealthiest person (net worth: $220 billion), is 'the king of cash, the marquis of Moolah, the North Star of net worth.' Randall Garrett (Steve Carell) is 'the Grand Old Duke of dough,' with $63 billion. The 'young buck making the big bucks,' Jeff Abredazi (Rami Youssef), has $59 billion. Even Hugo Van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman), the 'host without the most' and the 'poor relation who still gets an invitation,' is worth a 'not-too-shabby' $521 million. This is all according to one mountaintop scene, during which the moguls inscribe their fortunes on their chests in (surely expensive) red lipstick. Mountainhead was written and directed by Jesse Armstrong, a British screenwriter who's best known for creating the hit HBO series Succession, which examined the fraught family dynamics of a billionaire media mogul not too dissimilar to Rupert Murdoch. Armstrong's new movie takes place during a winter getaway to Van Yalk's ultra-luxurious, mountaintop Utah home. As the quartet's poker night devolves into bickering and plotting both a world takeover and a murder, alliances—and net worths—shift. At least two of the characters in the movie are likely much richer come morning. Here's a look at how wealthy the four members of the 'Brewster' crew in Mountainhead are, and how they would actually stack up against the real-life billionaire overlords, according to Forbes ' Real-Time Billionaires list, which tracks the fortunes of all 3,000-plus billionaires around the globe. Venis Parish Net worth: $220 billion Worldwide rank: 4 (as of June 10) Approx. as rich as: Larry Ellison ($218 billion) Ven sets off worldwide chaos when his social media giant Traam unleashes deepfake AI tools that run amok. But the richest person on the planet in the movie is actually far too poor to claim that title in real life. The 'North Star of net worth' doesn't burn quite as bright as Elon Musk, who is worth $411 billion as of June 10, despite his feud with President Trump —nearly twice as rich as Ven. In reality, Ven would rank fourth worldwide, behind Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg ($242 billion)— both seemingly inspirations for the character —and Amazon's Jeff Bezos ($232 billion). He's just a hair wealthier than yet another tech tycoon, Oracle's Larry Ellison ($218 billion), though he does have tens of billions on folks like Warren Buffett ($153 billion) and Bill Gates ($116 billion), and with Jeff's AI division in his control, he'll soon be operating at 'full tilt.' Jeff Abredazi Net worth: $86 billion Worldwide rank: 22 Approx. as rich as: L'Oréal heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers ($90.5 billion) Jeff rides a wealth rollercoaster in Mountainhead. First worth $38 billion—'59, actually,' he's quick to correct—he soon overtakes Garrett with a 'very chunky number' that the movie never specifies, based on the skyrocketing stock of his AI 'guardrail' company. It's unclear how rich he ends up after agreeing to sell his AI division to Parish's Traam for $45 billion, but HBO has promoted the movie as being about 'Four friends. $371 billion net worth. Zero culpability.' After factoring in Hugo's glow up (see below), Forbes is attributing the rest of the additional wealth to Jeff—giving him a lot of copay cash for some much needed therapy. Randall Garrett Net worth: $63 billion Worldwide rank: 28 Approx. as rich as: TikTok founder Zhang Yiming ($65.5 billion) The investor and technologist 'Papa bear' is clearly rankled when Jeff surpasses him in wealth. He's also peeved that he hasn't been able to buy a cure for cancer. But he's still about as rich as another shadowy billionaire, controversial crypto kingpin CZ ($66 billion). And when it comes to government connections, he's brags he's 'pretty deeply embedded in terms of hardware, software, payment rails, wages.' How can you put a price on the ability to control Belgium's electric grid? Hugo 'Souper' Van Yalk Net worth: $2.1 billion Worldwide rank: 1,746 Approx. as rich as: Fashion mogul Tom Ford ($2.2 billion) 'The poorest relation,' Hugo is nicknamed 'Souper'—as in, soup kitchen—for being the least rich of the bunch. 'I can't go unicorn,' he laments in one scene. 'I cannot make my billion.' But, by the end of the film, the group's 'petroleum insurance policy' pays off big and Souper's 'lifestyle super-app' gets 'bought out at 2 bil.' Assuming he swapped his shares for Traam stock—or avoided taxes if he fully cashed out, as billionaires often find ways to do —he's now got a couple billion. That, plus 'Mountainhead'—the Utah mansion where the movie is set, worth north of $50 million —pushes his net worth to at least $2.1 billion. 'Congrats, Souper,' Randall tells him, 'your centi-millionaireship is over.'
Forbes
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Ranking How Rich The Billionaires Are In ‘Mountainhead'
From left to right: Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef and Steve Carell. Warning: Contains spoilers for Mountainhead! The four tech bro billionaires in the new HBO satirical movie Mountainhead are very rich—just ask them. Venis Parish (played by Cory Michael Smith), said to be the world's wealthiest person (net worth: $220 billion), is 'the king of cash, the marquis of Moolah, the North Star of net worth.' Randall Garrett (Steve Carell) is 'the Grand Old Duke of dough,' with $63 billion. The 'young buck making the big bucks,' Jeff Abredazi (Rami Youssef), has $59 billion. Even Hugo Van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman), the 'host without the most' and the 'poor relation who still gets an invitation,' is worth a 'not-too-shabby' $521 million. This is all according to one mountaintop scene, during which the moguls inscribe their fortunes on their chests in (surely expensive) red lipstick. Mountainhead was written and directed by Jesse Armstrong, a British screenwriter who's best known for creating the hit HBO series Succession, which examined the fraught family dynamics of a billionaire media mogul not too dissimilar to Rupert Murdoch. Armstrong's new movie takes place during a winter getaway to Van Yalk's ultra-luxurious, mountaintop Utah home. As the quartet's poker night devolves into bickering and plotting both a world takeover and a murder, alliances—and net worths—shift. At least two of the characters in the movie are likely much richer come morning. Here's a look at how wealthy the four members of the 'Brewster' crew in Mountainhead are, and how they would actually stack up against the real-life billionaire overlords, according to Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list, which tracks the fortunes of all 3,000-plus billionaires around the globe. WireImage Ven sets off worldwide chaos when his social media giant Traam unleashes deepfake AI tools that run amok. But the richest person on the planet in the movie is actually far too poor to claim that title in real life. The 'North Star of net worth' doesn't burn quite as bright as Elon Musk, who is worth $411 billion as of June 10, despite his feud with President Trump—nearly twice as rich as Ven. In reality, Ven would rank fourth worldwide, behind Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg ($242 billion)—both seemingly inspirations for the character—and Amazon's Jeff Bezos ($232 billion). He's just a hair wealthier than yet another tech tycoon, Oracle's Larry Ellison ($218 billion), though he does have tens of billions on folks like Warren Buffett ($153 billion) and Bill Gates ($116 billion), and with Jeff's AI division in his control, he'll soon be operating at 'full tilt.' Getty Images Jeff rides a wealth rollercoaster in Mountainhead. First worth $38 billion—'59, actually,' he's quick to correct—he soon overtakes Garrett with a 'very chunky number' that the movie never specifies, based on the skyrocketing stock of his AI 'guardrail' company. It's unclear how rich he ends up after agreeing to sell his AI division to Parish's Traam for $45 billion, but HBO has promoted the movie as being about 'Four friends. $371 billion net worth. Zero culpability.' After factoring in Hugo's glow up (see below), Forbes is attributing the rest of the additional wealth to Jeff—giving him a lot of copay cash for some much needed therapy. Getty Images The investor and technologist 'Papa bear' is clearly rankled when Jeff surpasses him in wealth. He's also peeved that he hasn't been able to buy a cure for cancer. But he's still about as rich as another shadowy billionaire, controversial crypto kingpin CZ ($66 billion). And when it comes to government connections, he's brags he's 'pretty deeply embedded in terms of hardware, software, payment rails, wages.' How can you put a price on the ability to control Belgium's electric grid? Getty Images 'The poorest relation,' Hugo is nicknamed 'Souper'—as in, soup kitchen—for being the least rich of the bunch. 'I can't go unicorn,' he laments in one scene. 'I cannot make my billion.' But, by the end of the film, the group's 'petroleum insurance policy' pays off big and Souper's 'lifestyle super-app' gets 'bought out at 2 bil.' Assuming he swapped his shares for Traam stock—or avoided taxes if he fully cashed out, as billionaires often find ways to do—he's now got a couple billion. That, plus 'Mountainhead'—the Utah mansion where the movie is set, worth north of $50 million—pushes his net worth to at least $2.1 billion. 'Congrats, Souper,' Randall tells him, 'your centi-millionaireship is over.'
NZ Herald
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
In Mountainhead, The Ultra Wealthy Retreat To An Isolated & Unsettling Chalet
In HBO's Mountainhead, the Succession creator Jesse Armstrong uses subtle status symbols - and a secluded $108 million ski chalet - to convey hierarchy among the 0.001%. When Paul Eskenazi, location manager for Mountainhead, a new film from Succession showrunner Jesse Armstrong, set out to find a house to serve
