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►All in one place. The most recent edition of THR’s award-winning Roundtable series features top talent working in television today. Ahead of this morning's Emmy nominations announcement, watch candid conversations with the likes of  Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston (Drama Actor Roundtable), Rosario Dawson and Sandra Oh (Drama Actress), Bowen Yang and Jerrod Carmichael (Comedy Actor), Amy Schumer and Selena Gomez (Comedy Actress) and LIzzo and Jonathan Van Ness (Reality). The complete roundtables. 

—The big day. The nominations for the 2022 Emmy Awards will be revealed this morning and presenters JB Smoove and Melissa Fumero will be on hand to tell us who will be punching the air in victory and who will be weeping into their cornflakes today. The virtual ceremony starts at 8:30 a.m. PT, and we'll have full coverage. The story.

—Chasing Amy. Sam Taylor-Johnson has been tapped to direct the biopic about late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. Studiocanal is behind the project, titled Back to Black, which is backed by Winehouse’s estate. Matt Greenhalgh penned the screenplay, with exact plot details currently unknown. A casting search for the onscreen Winehouse, who died in 2011, is expected to begin soon. The story. 

—Juicin' those global sub numbers. Disney and BTS’ studio home Hybe revealed a new global content partnership Tuesday that will see the companies work together to produce five titles for Disney’s streaming services, including three exclusive projects featuring BTS or BTS members. The story.

—Heardle on the street. Spotify has purchased the music trivia game Heardle, following in the footsteps of the NYT's acquisition of the hit word puzzle game Wordle. The game will remain free to play and look the same, though users will get to hear the full song on Spotify at the end of the game. The story. 

—"The festival remains and will always remain a haven for artists." The Cannes Film Festival has joined the chorus of calls for the release of Iranian filmmakers Mostafa Al-Ahmad, Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi. The latest crackdown on dissent in Iran saw Al-Ahmad and Rasoulof arrested on Friday over social media posts urging Iranian security forces to lay down their weapons against protesters. And on Monday, Iranian filmmaker Panahi was also arrested in Tehran. The story.

Lea Michele Replaces Beanie Feldstein in 'Funny Girl'

►Setting fire to social media. Lea Michele has been tapped to replace Beanie Feldstein in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Michele will take over the title role of Fanny Brice from Feldstein, who departs the show July 31. Meanwhile, Tovah Feldshuh has been cast as Jane Lynch’s replacement. Lynch will continue to play Mrs. Brice, Fanny’s mom, through Sept. 4. The story. 

—"Various challenges proved insurmountable." New musical Paradise Square will close on July 17, after garnering a Tony win for its leading actress, but struggling at the box office. The musical, which tells the story of Irish immigrants and Black Americans living together in New York City during the Civil War, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 3. The story.

—"The true crown jewel of our slate." In news that will surprise no one, Hulu has ordered a third season of Only Murders in the Building, the comedy series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. The renewal for the show from 20th Television comes just three weeks after the second season debut of what Hulu says is its most watched comedy. The story.

—Quick as you like. Also getting a rapid renewal is Apple TV+ comedy Loot. The show, starring and executive produced by Maya Rudolph, is getting a second season at the midpoint of the comedy’s 10-episode first season and comes two weeks after Apple signed a first-look deal with Animal Pictures, the production company headed by Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne and Danielle Renfrew Behrens. The story.

—The cuts keep coming. TBS won’t air the completed second season of Chad, the comedy series created by and starring Nasim Pedrad. The decision comes as parent company Warner Bros. Discovery continues to move away from scripted programming on its linear channels, though it will help the show’s producers try to find a new home. The story. 

13 Hollywood Storytellers on Bringing Abortion to the Screen, Then and Now 

►"Every single woman that I have spoken to since this happened is completely enraged." Following the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade reversal, filmmakers and TV writers — from Veep and The Handmaid's Tale to Obvious Child — discuss their onscreen portrayals and the urgency of telling more stories around reproductive rights with THR. The story. 

—Going out in style. Ava DuVernay is among an all-female group of directors returning to helm the final season of OWN's Queen Sugar. Over the course of seven seasons, the show has employed 42 female directors in all, 39 of them first-time scripted TV directors in the U.S. Male directors once took issue with DuVernay's plan to exclusively hire female helmers, to which she said: “I invite you to tell whoever is feeling discriminated against to sue me so that I can sue every studio that has left women out." The story. 

—An American period drama. Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has joined the cast of Showtime's Fellow Travelers, a limited series set in 1950s Washington, D.C. He’ll star opposite Matt Bomer and Allison Williams in the eight-episode series. Based on a novel by Thomas Mallon, the series is part love story, part political thriller that will track the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington. The story.

—"HBO is why I want to make TV." Winning Time co-creator and showrunner Max Borenstein is extending his relationship with HBO. Borenstein has renewed his overall deal for a further three years, taking him through 2025. In addition to spearheading Winning Time season two, Borenstein will also develop new projects for HBO. The story. 

—Overwhelming yes. SAG-AFTRA members have voted to ratify a new National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting agreement, covering a broad swath of TV talk shows, reality shows and soap operas. Over 94 percent of voting members voted “yes” on the contract, which is also known as the Network Television Code deal, the union announced late on Friday. The story. 

'Hollywood Ending': An Excerpt From Ken Auletta's Weinstein Biography

►"He had a preternatural ability to detect people’s vanities." The New Yorker reporter Ken Auletta's new book Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence, a biography of convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, delves into the disgraced studio head's years of abuse, including a look at what went down behind the scenes at Miramax. The excerpt. 

—Cancel culture is not real. James Franco is stepping up his acting comeback and will play one of the leads in Danish director Bille August’s post-World War II coming-of-age drama Me, You. Franco stepped away from acting after a series of allegations of sexual misconduct made by multiple women in early 2018, as well as former students at his now-closed film school suing the actor and his partners for pushing them into performing explicit sex scenes on camera. The story. 

—Settlement. Johnny Depp has reached a tentative deal to resolve a suit from a City of Lies crewmember who says the actor assaulted him on set. According to a notice of settlement filed with the court Monday, Depp settled with location manager Greg “Rocky” Brooks in a deal that requires Depp to follow through with unspecified terms of the settlement by the end of August. The story. 

—Guilty. Jennifer Shah, a member of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty Monday to a fraud conspiracy charge that could result in a prison sentence of over 11 years. Shah entered the plea to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Manhattan federal court after signing a plea agreement with prosecutors a day earlier. The story.

TV Review: 'Unprecedented'

►"Subpoena? More like sub-par." THR's chief TV critic Dan Fienberg reviews Alex Holder's Unprecedented. The much-talked-about Discovery+ documentary features access to Donald Trump's children in the lead-up to and aftermath of the 2020 election, which isn't the same as being enlightening. The review. 

In other news...

—Warner Bros. pushes Salem’s Lot to Spring 2023

—Stylist Jeanne Yang lists 1962 Richard Neutra house for $3.3m

—Vox’s Joe Posner hired to lead video for Justin Smith and Ben Smith’s Semafor

—Film Academy names Jeanell English executive vp, impact and inclusion

—Rio de Janeiro launches 35 percent film tax incentive

—Busi Lurayi, How to Ruin Christmas actress, dies suddenly

—Monty Norman, composer of the James Bond theme, dies at 94

What else we're reading...

—David Chase remembers Tony Sirico [Vulture]

—Alison Stine explains why the Funny Girl casting consumed social media and why it matters [Salon]

—Caleb Ecarma on how Elon Musk’s war with Twitter is going nuclear [VF]

—Rebecca Onion on how Chris Pratt’s new show The Terminal List being a right-wing fantasy is not the worst thing about it [Slate]

—Gabriella Paiella profiles the summer's breakout TV star, The Bear's Jeremy Allen White [GQ]

Today...  

...in 1991, 20th Century Fox unveiled Kathryn Bigelow's actioner Point Break. Starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, the film made a solid $83.5m and would go on to become a cult hit. In 2015, it spawned a poorly received remake. The original review.

Today's birthdays: Rachel Brosnahan (32), Steve Howey (45), Michelle Rodriguez (44), Topher Grace (44), Kristen Connolly (42), Natalie Martinez (38), Phoebe Tonkin (33), Anna Friel (46), Bojana Novakovic (41), Cheyenne Jackson (47), Alison Wright (46), Cheryl Ladd (71), Lee Byung-hun (52), Jamey Sheridan (71), Tamsin Greig (56), Phil Lord (47), Brian Grazer (71)