The big question looming over this year’s Emmy race for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Can Patricia Arquette pull off a double win?
The Oscar winner is nominated here for her work as manipulative mom Dee Dee Blanchard in Hulu’s true-crime saga The Act, and she’s also in the running for Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora, so there’s a chance she could head home on Emmy night holding a trophy in each hand. But not so fast: Five other contenders will be looking to play spoiler as well.
The Oscar winner is nominated here for her work as manipulative mom Dee Dee Blanchard in Hulu’s true-crime saga The Act, and she’s also in the running for Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora, so there’s a chance she could head home on Emmy night holding a trophy in each hand. But not so fast: Five other contenders will be looking to play spoiler as well.
- 8/29/2019
- TVLine.com
“Bates Motel” fans everywhere are screaming for joy as their favorite scream queen Vera Farmiga just earned an Emmy nomination for her supporting turn in Netflix’s limited series “When They See Us.” Farmiga was last recognized by the TV academy for the debut season of A&e’s cult horror series as Best Drama Actress in which she played Norma Bates, the overbearing mother to psychotic son Norman (Freddie Highmore). Despite her performance being heralded throughout the show’s five-season run (2013-18), she was never again recognized by Emmy voters. Until now.
Farmiga’s current nomination comes for taking on the role of Elizabeth Lederer, the real-life prosecutor who was responsible for sending the Central Park Five to prison in 1989. Ava DuVernay‘s timely miniseries chronicles every aspect of the infamous Central Park jogger case, from the night in question, to the criminal investigation and trials, to the ultimate release...
Farmiga’s current nomination comes for taking on the role of Elizabeth Lederer, the real-life prosecutor who was responsible for sending the Central Park Five to prison in 1989. Ava DuVernay‘s timely miniseries chronicles every aspect of the infamous Central Park jogger case, from the night in question, to the criminal investigation and trials, to the ultimate release...
- 7/17/2019
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
After a five-season run, A&e’s “Psycho” prequel series “Bates Motel” came to a close two years ago, but its leading actors, Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, who played mother-son duo Norma and Norman Bates, could reunite at this year’s Emmys.
Despite a Best Drama Actress nom for Farmiga for its first season, Best Cinematography and Music Composition bids for its fourth one, “Bates Motel” never received any traction from the TV academy. Not only did it go home empty-handed, but Highmore was crushingly snubbed throughout the show’s entire duration, despite continuously turning in dynamite work. Now, the mother-son duo is back and ready to cash in their Emmy IOUs.
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Vera Farmiga (“When They See Us”)
The four-part Ava DuVernay miniseries, “When They See Us,” which premiered on May 31 on Netflix, tells the real-life 1989 story of...
Despite a Best Drama Actress nom for Farmiga for its first season, Best Cinematography and Music Composition bids for its fourth one, “Bates Motel” never received any traction from the TV academy. Not only did it go home empty-handed, but Highmore was crushingly snubbed throughout the show’s entire duration, despite continuously turning in dynamite work. Now, the mother-son duo is back and ready to cash in their Emmy IOUs.
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Vera Farmiga (“When They See Us”)
The four-part Ava DuVernay miniseries, “When They See Us,” which premiered on May 31 on Netflix, tells the real-life 1989 story of...
- 7/3/2019
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
“When They See Us” is continuing to generate real-world consequences. Last week, Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein began to remove herself from public life amid backlash from her portrayal in Ava DuVernay’s Netflix miniseries. This week, a colleague finds herself in the same position. Variety reports that Elizabeth Lederer, a Manhattan district attorney at the time of the infamous trial, has resigned from a part-time teaching position at Columbia Law School.
Lederer, a lead prosecutor in the trial that falsely convicted five young men of rape, is portrayed by Vera Farmiga in the series. While continuing to prosecute rape and murder cases, she has gone on to teach law at the prestigious university. But with “When They See Us” bringing the 1989 case back into the limelight, students quickly called for her removal.
Columbia’s Black Law Students Association put out a blistering statement, referencing Lederer’s “harmful, racist tactics.
Lederer, a lead prosecutor in the trial that falsely convicted five young men of rape, is portrayed by Vera Farmiga in the series. While continuing to prosecute rape and murder cases, she has gone on to teach law at the prestigious university. But with “When They See Us” bringing the 1989 case back into the limelight, students quickly called for her removal.
Columbia’s Black Law Students Association put out a blistering statement, referencing Lederer’s “harmful, racist tactics.
- 6/14/2019
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Elizabeth Lederer, one of the prosecutors in the conviction of the Central Park Five, has resigned as a professor at the Columbia Law School.
The move comes on the heels of a student protest from the Black Law Students Association at Columbia, which released a statement to the school calling for Lederer to be fired for her “harmful, racist tactics.” Lederer, a Manhattan district attorney, was a central prosecutor in the 1989 Central Park Five case that saw five boys wrongfully jailed for the rape of a park jogger. The group also called on the school to re-evaluate its curriculum to “prevent perpetuating racist policies.”
Lederer isn’t the only prosecutor from the controversial case to face massive backlash. Following the release of Ava DuVernay’s dramatization of the events in the miniseries “When They See Us,” Linda Fairstein, the other lead prosecutor on the case, has been dropped by her...
The move comes on the heels of a student protest from the Black Law Students Association at Columbia, which released a statement to the school calling for Lederer to be fired for her “harmful, racist tactics.” Lederer, a Manhattan district attorney, was a central prosecutor in the 1989 Central Park Five case that saw five boys wrongfully jailed for the rape of a park jogger. The group also called on the school to re-evaluate its curriculum to “prevent perpetuating racist policies.”
Lederer isn’t the only prosecutor from the controversial case to face massive backlash. Following the release of Ava DuVernay’s dramatization of the events in the miniseries “When They See Us,” Linda Fairstein, the other lead prosecutor on the case, has been dropped by her...
- 6/13/2019
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Elizabeth Lederer, the prosecutor during the Central Park 5 rape case, has resigned as a part-time lecturer at Columbia Law School, citing the backlash she has received from the Netflix series “When They See Us.”
Lederer, who is portrayed by Vera Farmiga in the Ava DuVernay biographical drama, told the law school on Wednesday she would not seek reappointment, according to a note from Dean Gillian Lester sent to students and obtained by TheWrap.
Lederer, who is portrayed by Vera Farmiga in the Ava DuVernay biographical drama, told the law school on Wednesday she would not seek reappointment, according to a note from Dean Gillian Lester sent to students and obtained by TheWrap.
- 6/13/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Elizabeth Lederer, the woman who prosecuted the Central Park 5, just resigned from her position as a professor at Columbia Law School amid heavy pressure from black students. Lederer, the former Assistant D.A. who tried the infamous case back in 1989, resigned Wednesday. She was a part-time professor at Columbia but had come under fire since the Netflix series "When They See Us" debuted. Lederer, played by Vera Farmiga in the series, worked alongside Linda Fairstein.
- 6/13/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Just days into the initial round of Emmy voting, When They See Us has gotten a big boost from the streaming service that the Ava DuVernay directed limited series is on and from real world outrage over the prosecutors who were hellbent on putting the Central Park 5 behind bars for the brutal sexual assault of a NYC jogger in 1989.
Offering no actual stats or date, Netflix today sent up a very big flare for the widely acclaimed four-parter that is almost guaranteed to be a big contender for this year’s TV Academy ceremony. When asked to elaborate, the Reed Hastings-run streamer had nothing but a “no” to offer on questions of context, clarification, or hard numbers over its well-guarded claims:
When They See Us has been the most-watched series on Netflix in the Us every day since it premiered on May 31 pic.twitter.com/jS8IXIh03g
— Netflix...
Offering no actual stats or date, Netflix today sent up a very big flare for the widely acclaimed four-parter that is almost guaranteed to be a big contender for this year’s TV Academy ceremony. When asked to elaborate, the Reed Hastings-run streamer had nothing but a “no” to offer on questions of context, clarification, or hard numbers over its well-guarded claims:
When They See Us has been the most-watched series on Netflix in the Us every day since it premiered on May 31 pic.twitter.com/jS8IXIh03g
— Netflix...
- 6/13/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In the first episode of Ava DuVernay's must-watch Netflix limited series When They See Us, viewers see cops and detectives relentlessly interrogate teenagers Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Korey Wise, and Raymond Santana - commonly referred to as the Central Park Five - for up to 30 hours. Under the direction of Linda Fairstein, head of the Manhattan district attorney's sex crimes unit, the cops working the case coerced false confessions from four out of the five teens by lying to them about nonexistent evidence against the others and leading them to believe they were simply being interrogated as witnesses. Despite the absence of any DNA evidence linking them to the crime, all five teens were convicted and spent years behind bars.
Police videotaped the teens' confessions, but they failed to record the hours and hours that lead up to their eventual admission of guilt. And, although it is...
Police videotaped the teens' confessions, but they failed to record the hours and hours that lead up to their eventual admission of guilt. And, although it is...
- 6/7/2019
- by Caitlin Flynn
- Popsugar.com
Ava DuVernay‘s fact-based limited series “When They See Us” premieres on Netflix on May 31 with a large cast that includes Niecy Nash, Joshua Jackson, Michael K. Williams, Famke Janssen and many more. It can be difficult to pick out individual standout performances from the crowded ensemble, but one of its likeliest acting nominees according to our current racetrack odds is Vera Farmiga. Will she earn a Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress nom for playing a zealous prosecutor? If so, will she cash in her Emmy Iou after going unrewarded for “Bates Motel”?
Farmiga plays Elizabeth Lederer, the real-life prosecutor who tried the Central Park Five for the 1989 rape of a jogger, leading to their wrongful conviction. Though Lederer’s actions don’t exactly endear her to the audience, it often pays at the Emmys to have your day in court. Just look at all the Emmys David E. Kelley...
Farmiga plays Elizabeth Lederer, the real-life prosecutor who tried the Central Park Five for the 1989 rape of a jogger, leading to their wrongful conviction. Though Lederer’s actions don’t exactly endear her to the audience, it often pays at the Emmys to have your day in court. Just look at all the Emmys David E. Kelley...
- 5/30/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Ava DuVernay, earnestly and repeatedly, is looking to America’s youth to find inspiration for its future. Her last feature, the ambitious “Wrinkle in Time” adaptation, focused on a young girl trying to find her long-lost father, and its star, Storm Reid, appears briefly in the director’s next piece, “When They See Us.” Retelling events surrounding the notorious Central Park jogger case by focusing on the boys wrongfully convicted of the crime, the limited series once titled “Central Park 5” examines yet another theft of innocence — this one systemically enforced by America’s powers that be.
“When They See Us” hits hardest in its final hour, which is a break in format both much-needed and illustrative of what was missing in the previous three. Focusing on one of the convicted kids and tracking his experience from the shocking ruling to its overdue dismissal decades later, DuVernay finds a potent blend of style and substance,...
“When They See Us” hits hardest in its final hour, which is a break in format both much-needed and illustrative of what was missing in the previous three. Focusing on one of the convicted kids and tracking his experience from the shocking ruling to its overdue dismissal decades later, DuVernay finds a potent blend of style and substance,...
- 5/21/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
On April 19 Netflix premiered the first full trailer for Ava DuVernay‘s true-crime limited series “When They See Us.” The ensemble drama tells the true story of the Central Park Five, the black and Hispanic teenagers who were wrongly convicted of the 1989 rape of a white woman in New York City. The two-and-a-half-minute clip showcases actors including Michael K. Williams, Jharrel Jerome, John Leguizamo and, yes, Felicity Huffman. Watch it above.
Huffman has been caught up in her own true-crime saga, having pleaded guilty in the recent college admissions scandal. She’s on the other end of the law in “When They See Us,” playing Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein. Vera Farmiga portrays another prosecutor, Elizabeth Lederer, while Joshua Jackson is featured as defense attorney Mickey Joseph. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg in the deep cast for this four-part series.
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Huffman has been caught up in her own true-crime saga, having pleaded guilty in the recent college admissions scandal. She’s on the other end of the law in “When They See Us,” playing Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein. Vera Farmiga portrays another prosecutor, Elizabeth Lederer, while Joshua Jackson is featured as defense attorney Mickey Joseph. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg in the deep cast for this four-part series.
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- 4/19/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Director Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time) is in the process of developing her next project called Central Park Five and she has cast her leads. Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo are set to star in the five-episode narrative series that DuVernay will write and direct. The series will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color from Harlem who were convicted of a rape they did not commit.
The series will tell the story of Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise and the story "will span from the spring of 1989, when each was first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York."
Williams will play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray. Farmiga will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case.
The series will tell the story of Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise and the story "will span from the spring of 1989, when each was first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York."
Williams will play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray. Farmiga will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case.
- 7/10/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In today’s roundup, HBO announced the premiere date for Season 2 of “The Deuce,” and CBS News hired Weija Jiang as a White House correspondent.
Casting
Vera Farmiga, Michael K. Williams and John Leguizamo have been cast in Ava DuVernay‘s “Central Park Five.” The Netflix limited series tells the true story of five teenagers of color who were falsely convicted of rape in the late 1980s. Farmiga will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case; Williams will play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray; and Leguizamo will play Raymond Santana Sr., the father of accused teen Raymond Santana Jr. “Central Park Five” will premiere in 2019.
Six actors have joined Facebook Watch‘s Catherine Zeta-Jones-starrer “Queen America” as series regulars. Belle Shouse, Teagle F. Bougere, Rana Roy, Isabella Amara, Molly Price and Megan West will star in the series,...
Casting
Vera Farmiga, Michael K. Williams and John Leguizamo have been cast in Ava DuVernay‘s “Central Park Five.” The Netflix limited series tells the true story of five teenagers of color who were falsely convicted of rape in the late 1980s. Farmiga will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case; Williams will play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray; and Leguizamo will play Raymond Santana Sr., the father of accused teen Raymond Santana Jr. “Central Park Five” will premiere in 2019.
Six actors have joined Facebook Watch‘s Catherine Zeta-Jones-starrer “Queen America” as series regulars. Belle Shouse, Teagle F. Bougere, Rana Roy, Isabella Amara, Molly Price and Megan West will star in the series,...
- 7/9/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Vera Farmiga is checking into a meaty, historically significant post-Bates Motel role.
The actress will play Manhattan assistant district attorney Elizabeth Lederer in Ava DuVernay’s forthcoming Netflix miniseries, Central Park Five. She joins Michael K. Williams (The Wire) and John Leguizamo (Bloodline), whose roles the streaming video service also announced Monday.
The four-episode, scripted series will tell the story of a 1989 case in which five Harlem teenagers — Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Korey Wise and Raymond Santana — were accused of raping a female jogger in New York’s Central Park. The prosecution, led by Lederer, turned into...
The actress will play Manhattan assistant district attorney Elizabeth Lederer in Ava DuVernay’s forthcoming Netflix miniseries, Central Park Five. She joins Michael K. Williams (The Wire) and John Leguizamo (Bloodline), whose roles the streaming video service also announced Monday.
The four-episode, scripted series will tell the story of a 1989 case in which five Harlem teenagers — Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Korey Wise and Raymond Santana — were accused of raping a female jogger in New York’s Central Park. The prosecution, led by Lederer, turned into...
- 7/9/2018
- TVLine.com
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