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HOW TO NAVIGATE AWARDS SEASON AMID THE DELTA VARIANT SURGE • Scaled-down FYC screenings and exclusive events have returned, but COVID-19 still threatens to crash the party

CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? • Music films dominate the outstanding documentary or nonfiction special category, which also features stories that capture a politically anxious era

‘ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS LOOKING’ • Prolific producer Frank Marshall, a five-time Oscar nominee and Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award winner, reflects on a long career in film and his latest passion project: directing HBO’s Emmy-nominated documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

5 OTHER ACCLAIMED FILMS FROM PRODUCER FRANK MARSHALL

‘THE LAST PLACE SHE WANTS TO BE’ • The Flight Attendant creator Steve Yockey breaks down ‘the mind palace,’ an imaginary space where Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) returns to process the events happening around her in the HBO Max comedy series

YES, I DID SAY THAT! • A look at who’s saying what in the awards race

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‘From the Start, It Felt Like We Were Sharing a Brain’ • Sylvie’s Love star Nnamdi Asomugha and writer-director Eugene Ashe reflect on their Emmy-nominated film, a 1960s-set love story that avoids images of Black trauma: ‘Let’s do a film that focuses on our humanity’

‘The Line Between Comedy and Drama Is Nonexistent’ • Writer-director Alan Ball and star Paul Bettany reunite to discuss their Amazon film Uncle Frank, Emmy-nominated for TV movie, and how they found true, honest connections to a man who struggles to live his most authentic life

I MAY DESTROY YOU • Multihyphenate star Michaela Coel wants her show to encourage viewers to change their self-narratives: ‘How are you going to have empowerment in your life over the things people have done to you?’

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MARE OF EASTTOWN • Showrunner and first-time TV writer Brad Ingelsby shares what he learned while making HBO’s celebrated small-town crime drama and addresses audience calls for a second season

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THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT • It took 30 years for Emmy-nominated producer and songwriter William Horberg to bring Netflix’s chess drama to the screen: ‘Nobody imagined that the show would become a global cultural phenomenon’

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THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD • Emmy nominee Barry Jenkins explains why his Amazon limited series required ‘different storytelling demands’ from a typical television show

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WANDAVISION • Showrunner Jac Schaeffer recalls her experience at the helm of the writers room for Disney+ and Marvel’s hit series: ‘I’m always interested in the most unexpected framing for a familiar character or a familiar story’

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‘IT IS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THIS COUNTRY — AND WHAT ART CAN REALLY DO’ • Five years after winning a Tony and a Grammy for Hamilton, Emmy nominee Renée Elise Goldsberry finds new relevance in the Broadway musical

Belafonte Won a Barrier-Breaking Emmy in 1960