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POP ICONOGRAPHY, BUT NOT WITHOUT A PRICE • A crop of Emmy-nominated music documentaries go beyond highlighting their subjects’ music catalogs — they also question the burden of celebrity

THE REIGNING QUEENS OF DRAMA • The lead actress in a drama category is a race between first-time nominees and Emmy veterans

‘OUR FILMS FIND US, WE DON’T FIND THEM’ • Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, the Emmy-nominated directors behind HBO’s docuseries Allen v. Farrow, explain what drives them to focus on stories other filmmakers might avoid: ‘Maybe this is what I was put here to do, to allow testimony to be heard’

‘THIS SHOW WAS A TIGHTROPE WALK OF WEIRDNESS’ • Girls5eva creator Meredith Scardino explains the origins of one of the comedy’s funniest gags, which revealed the truth behind a character’s seemingly glamorous lifestyle

‘Any of Us Could Find Ourselves Under a Conservatorship’ • Director Samantha Stark and journalist Liz Day reflect on the cultural reckoning sparked by Britney Spears’ legal battle and how their documentary is driving forward the conversation ‘about society, gender, power, money, fame and our legal system’

‘You Can’t Top the Original, But We Wanted to Do It Lovingly’ • Former SNL writers John Lutz and Paula Pell finally got to work together again — and earned Emmy noms for writing and acting — in the Murder, She Wrote spoof Mapleworth Murders

‘Their Story Was One About Survival’ • FRANK MARSHALL, DIRECTOR OF HBO’S THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART, EXPLAINS THE ENDURING MUSICAL LEGACY OF THE GIBB BROTHERS, A TRIO THAT DEFINED THE SOUND OF AN ERA AND INFLUENCED A GENERATION OF POP STARS

Bringing the Bee Gees’ Sound Into the Present • THE SOUND TEAM BEHIND THE HBO DOC DIDN’T JUST RESTORE THE GROUP’S ARCHIVE — THEY BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE

‘When They Woke Up, They Wanted to Play’ • SECRETS OF THE WHALES FILMMAKER BRIAN ARMSTRONG TALKS MAKING THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/DISNEY+ SERIES: ‘OUR APPROACH IS TO TRY TO BE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AS PEACEFULLY AS WE CAN AND NOT APPEAR AS A THREAT’

An ‘Unfiltered Tina’ Gives a Unique View • THE DIRECTORS OF THE EMMY-NOMINATED HBO DOCUMENTARY TINA REVEAL HOW THEY FOUND A NEW WAY INTO TINA TURNER’S BIOGRAPHY: ‘WE WERE REALLY CONSCIOUS OF NOT TRIGGERING HER’

When TV Delivers What the History Books Ignored • AT A TIME WHEN SOME OF OUR COUNTRY’S LEADERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO SUPPRESS UNDERREPRESENTED NARRATIVES IN AMERICA’S SCHOOLS, IT IS EVEN MORE VITAL FOR POP CULTURE TO EMBRACE VISIONARY STORIES FROM OUR PAST

‘The World Wasn’t Really Much in a Mood to Laugh’ • When a chaotic 2020 created new challenges for late night hosts, producers and writers, the teams behind these three talk shows channeled that frustration into their shortform companion series

Secrets of Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Hint: They Actually Drive) • Showrunner Eric Pankowski takes THR for a ride-along behind the scenes of the hit variety series, which just received its fourth Emmy nomination: ‘The joy and the magic of the show is that it changes every episode’

Top Star Pairings for ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Spinoff

Bonding, BDSM and Its ‘Vibrant, Complex, Dynamic Community’ • Star Brendan Scannell earned his first Emmy nom for the Netflix shortform comedy, which sees his character serving as the assistant and bodyguard to his dominatrix roommate

ACTION HEROINES ARE ‘LESS TROPEY OR STEREOTYPICAL’ • Die Hart actress Nathalie Emmanuel on the show’s action-star boot camp and its three Emmy noms post-Quibi: ‘It’s pretty spectacular and a testament to...