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    Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Earns 13 Emmy Nominations, Including Nod for Owen Cooper

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    The show, about a teenager suspected of killing a schoolmate, won three Gotham Television Awards last month and was a hot topic in the weeks after it was released.“Adolescence,” the hit Netflix series turned water-cooler talker about Jamie Miller, a teenage boy who is accused of killing a girl from his school, received 13 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, including one for best limited series or anthology.Stephen Graham, who played the teen’s father, Eddie, received a nod for best lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie, and Owen Cooper, who played the troubled teen, Jamie, was nominated in the outstanding supporting actor category alongside Ashley Walters, who played a detective. Cooper’s nomination makes him the youngest ever nominee in that category, according to Deadline.Erin Doherty, who played a psychologist in the series, was nominated for outstanding supporting actress alongside Christine Tremarco, who played Jamie’s mother, Manda. Philip Barantini received a directing nomination, and Graham and Jack Thorne, who created and wrote the series, picked up a nod for outstanding writing.The show was released in mid-March and resonated with audiences. It quickly became the most watched show on Netflix in dozens of countries, according to the streamer.“Adolescence” and its themes inspired so much chatter that it reignited discussions in Britain on whether the government should restrict children’s access to smartphones. (A major question in the series concerns the extent to which Jamie may have been radicalized by misogynistic ideas online.) Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that he had watched it with his two children and that action had to be taken to address the “fatal consequences” of young men and boys viewing harmful content on the internet.In June, “Adolescence” won three trophies at the second annual Gotham Television Awards, including one for breakthrough limited series. Graham won for best lead performance in a limited series and Cooper shared a win with Jenny Slate of “Dying for Sex” for best supporting performance.Graham and Cooper’s onscreen bond was a highlight for critics, and there was much discussion around the series’s third episode, in which Doherty’s psychologist interviews Jamie. Cooper told The New York Times in April that he had initially been uncomfortable with the script.“Before every take, I just thought, ‘I’m never, ever going to be able to do this again, so I’m just going to put my all into it,’” he said.In the same interview, Graham said that there were no plans for a sequel. “It’s a stand-alone thing,” he said. “I’m not saying there will be, but if there’s a possibility of a Series 2, we would follow something completely different.”The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sept. 14 in Los Angeles. CBS will broadcast the ceremony. More

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      Gotham Television Awards 2025: The Complete Winners List

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      “Adolescence” picked up three wins, including the award for breakthrough limited series.“Adolescence,” the gripping mini-series about Jamie Miller, a 13-year-old boy who is accused of killing a girl from his school, received three trophies at the second annual Gotham Television Awards on Monday night, including one for breakthrough limited series.Stephen Graham, who played Jamie’s father, Eddie, won for outstanding lead performance in a limited series. Owen Cooper, who played the troubled teenager, shared a win for outstanding supporting performance in a limited series with Jenny Slate for “Dying for Sex.”“Adolescence,” which beat “Dying for Sex,” “Get Millie Back,” “Penelope” and “Say Nothing” in the limited series category, quickly became popular among viewers and critics after it was released on Netflix in March.Margaret Lyons, a television critic for The New York Times, wrote that the show’s third episode was “one of the more fascinating hours of TV I’ve seen in a long time.” The show also stirred debate about whether the British government should restrict children’s access to smartphones to stop them from viewing harmful content.On Monday night, at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, Kathy Bates won for outstanding lead performance in a drama series for “Matlock” and Aaron Pierre won for outstanding performance in an original film for “Rebel Ridge.” Brian Tyree Henry, who broke out in “Atlanta,” received the performer tribute award for his portrayal of Ray Driscoll, an ex-con who robs drug houses by pretending to be a federal agent, in “Dope Thief.”The Gotham Awards, which have recognized film excellence since 1991, began adding television categories in 2015. Last year it split off the TV honors into their own ceremony in Manhattan.The film awards, which take place each December, represent the beginning of the Oscars season. The Gothams seem to be positioning the television awards, which come less than two weeks before voting begins for Primetime Emmy nominations, to play a similar annual role in TV’s awards season. But it is too soon to gauge what effect, if any, they might have on the Emmys. (Primetime Emmy nominations will be announced in July and the awards will be given out in September.)Here is the full list of Gotham Television Awards winners:Breakthrough Comedy Series“The Studio”Breakthrough Drama Series“The Pitt”Breakthrough Limited Series“Adolescence”Breakthrough Nonfiction Series“Social Studies”Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy SeriesJulio Torres, “Fantasmas”Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama SeriesKathy Bates, “Matlock”Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited SeriesStephen Graham, “Adolescence”Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy SeriesPoorna Jagannathan, “Deli Boys”Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama SeriesBen Whishaw, “Black Doves”Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited SeriesOwen Cooper, “Adolescence,” and Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex”Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming“Pee-wee as Himself”: Matt Wolf, director, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, producerOutstanding Performance in an Original FilmAaron Pierre, “Rebel Ridge” More

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      ‘God Is in the Details’: Embracing Boredom in Art and Life

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      The Netflix show “Adolescence” and asks audiences to be OK with slower moments and small talk. Is that possible in 2025?The Netflix drama “Adolescence” requires its audience to linger — to sink into the mundane.Each of its four hourlong episodes was shot in one continuous take, allowing its harrowing story — centered on a 13-year-old boy accused of killing a classmate — to unfold in real time. As the visual point of view shifts, its audience is invited to eavesdrop on interactions that are extraneous to the plot, as characters loiter in hallways and cars, and make small talk with strangers.“Adolescence” is unusual because, as a character study without a propulsive plot, it requires its audience be OK with being in the moment. It stands in contrast to most modern television shows, which are increasingly geared toward a smartphone-addicted viewership of people who scroll while watching (think fast-moving shows like “Reacher”).It also stands in contrast to how we live our lives, with shortening attention spans, increasing isolation and an inability to sit still. “Adolescence” challenges us to be OK with small talk and boredom, even if our impulse is to disappear into our screens.“We’re becoming conditioned for these fast filtered interactions that involve constant stimulation,” said Fallon Goodman, the director of the Emotion and Resilience Laboratory at George Washington University. “So the consequences of that are shorter attention spans, making us more impatient with the natural flow of an in-person interaction.”Early in the fourth and final episode of “Adolescence,” Eddie (Stephen Graham, also a creator of the series), drives to a hardware store with his wife, Manda (Christine Tremarco), and daughter, Lisa (Amelie Pease), to buy paint. The ride lasts eight minutes — an eternity in television time. Viewers ride along, too, watching as the family tries to maintain the illusion of normality, even as the couple’s young son, Jamie (Owen Cooper), is sitting in jail. As Eddie puts it, they are “solving the problem of today.” They discuss their love of the band a-ha and how Eddie and Manda met, and they make plans to celebrate Eddie’s birthday.The sequence does not affect the central story line in a meaningful way, and one can imagine a less ambitious show condensing this scene, focused strictly on character work, to a minute or two, or cutting it entirely. But from the passenger seat, viewers learn Eddie and Manda are in therapy and observe the heaviness under which the family is living, despite their smiles as “Take On Me” plays in the background.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper Talk About the Netflix Hit ‘Adolescence’

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      In an interview, the actors Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham explore the social and personal impact of the Netflix hit about a teenager accused of murder.In the three weeks since “Adolescence” arrived on Netflix, the drama about a 13-year-old boy accused of killing a schoolgirl after seeing misogynistic content online has soared in popularity. It has also made a star out of Owen Cooper for his portrayal of the teenager, Jamie Miller.Even so, Cooper, 15, had to return to high school in northern England on Monday.In a video interview this week, Cooper said that his first day back was “a bit mad,” with lots of attention from younger children. Tuesday was better, he said, with only “a bit of bother.”As Cooper discussed the complexity of his newfound fame, Stephen Graham, the actor who plays Owen’s father and was also taking part in the interview, sat up, alert. “What kind of ‘bother’?” Graham said, sounding like a concerned parent.Cooper explained that it wasn’t anything serious, just children coming up to him, shouting his name, then rushing off. To which Graham replied with relief and a smile, “Ah, just some silly bollocks.”“The reason I wanted to be an actor,” said Graham, who co-created the show, was “to make dramas that made me think.”Suzie Howell for The New York TimesCritics have highlighted that sort of bond between the two actors’ characters as one of the reasons for the show’s success, although it has also drawn praise for stirring debate about whether children’s access to social media should be restricted or smartphones banned from schools.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More