My Publicist Note Book

WHO’S HOSTING? Colin Jost and Michael Che of  Saturday Night Live ’s “Weekend Update” will take over hosting duties this year. It’s the first time either of them has hosted the show before. Much like with the Oscars and Golden Globes earlier this year, anticipation for the show has revolved around how and whether the hosts will address contentious current events that have touched the entertainment industry. The #MeToo and Time’s Up movements are likely to be part of the conversation, along with the current state of American politics. Jost and Che have both commented in various interviews that they’d like to make the show “less political than normal,” while also saying they “might have to tell a joke about President Pence,” depending on the circumstances. So maybe they’ll limit themselves to three hours of forced jokes about cord-cutters,  Westworld  nudity, and Game of Thrones dragons. Anything could happen! The 70th annual Emmy Awards, where the Aca...

And the nominees are... The Television Academy announced the nominees for the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday morning. Black-ish  star Anthony Anderson, who had a priceless reaction to his own nomination, and Lauren Graham, soon to be seen in Netflix’s  Gilmore Girls  revival, presented the major categories from the Wolf Theatre at the Academy's newly-opened Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California. Game of Thrones  and  The People v O.J. Simpson  were among this year’s top nods with the HBO fan favorite collecting 23 nominations and the popular FX series not far behind with 22. HBO shined as the leading network up for a whopping 94 trophies, four alone were for Beyonce’s visual album special, Lemonade. Jimmy Kimmel will host the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards live from The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18 on ABC.  See the nominees below and the  full list here :...