This post was updated Sept. 12 at 7:25 p.m. Extravagant Las Vegas mansions paint everything from wealth to weakness in “Hacks.” The HBO Max comedy-drama follows the unexpected relationship between esteemed Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her equally sarcastic millennial counterpart Ava (Hannah Einbinder) after the former unwillingly winds up hiring the latter in an attempt to appeal to a younger audience. Read more...

Photo: Jon Carlos, an alumnus and production designer for HBO Max’s drama-comedy “Hacks” was nominated for outstanding production design for a half-hour narrative program. He said the production design reflected everything from the characters’ extravagance to loneliness. (Photo courtesy of Annie McElwain. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)

Marco Williams finds historical writing more intertwined with the present than ever. The writer and alumnus is nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program for his work on “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre.” The History Channel documentary focuses on the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in which the prosperous Black community of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was burned down by a white mob. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus and writer Marco Williams was nominated for outstanding writing for a nonfiction program for his work on the History Channel’s “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre,” which discusses the history of violence against the prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the subsequent resilience of the Black residents. (Photo courtesy of Marco Williams. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)

This post was updated Aug. 29 at 5:05 p.m. In the interrogation room, there are two men of the world, but no men of God. Director Amber Sealey brings the story of Ted Bundy back to the big screen in “No Man of God,” framed in a new light. Read more...

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The characters in “Ratched” may be wretched, but their costumes are far from it. The Netflix series’ first episode, “Pilot,” is nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes. Read more...

Photo: Alumni and costume designers Allison Agler and Rebecca Guzzi were nominated for Outstanding Period Costumes for their work on the pilot episode of Netflix’s drama mystery, “Ratched”. (Photo courtesy of Allison Agler. Photo Illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)