A Quickie w/ Lorne Michaels

It's hard to argue for more time and greater access with talent when you pull off these quick and dirty shoots (notice the low ceiling) with great results (check back in 3 weeks for the final photos) . . .

Mark Mann (who photographed President Obama for Esquire in just 4 minutes), working fast with Lorne Michaels for AwardsLine inside a 6-minute window between tapings of The Tonight Show and Late Night (with SNL rehearsals happening behind that curtain). 

13 Subjects, 3 Days, 2 Locations . . .

The Dialogue section for pre-nom AwardsLine Emmy editions shaping up nicely after a marathon week of photo shoots in NY and LA

Emmy Pre-Nom Marathon (Part 3)

If you have to go straight into work after taking a delayed red-eye flight across the country, it's nice to have Will Arnett there to crack you up . . .

J.R. Mankoff and Will Arnett

Ryan Murphy (showrunner for American Horror Story and The Normal Heart) with Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory and The Normal Heart).

Emmy Pre-Nom Marathon (Part 2)

With Mark Mann in NYC shooting Keri Russell, Josh Charles, Beau Willimon and Anna Chlumsky. Running on 1-hour sleep and strong espresso 

Mark Mann shooting Keri Russell (The Americans)

Josh Charles (The Good Wife)

Mark and Graflex with House of Card's show runner Beau Willimon

Veep's Anna Chlumsky. Or My Girl if you prefer . . .

Emmy Pre-Nom Marathon (Part 1)

First of 3 full-day shoots this week for Emmy season. Jane Fonda, Mike Schur, Mindy Kaling and Lizzy Caplan. Off to New York for round 2 . . .

J.R. Mankoff with Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex, Showtime) for AwardsLine

Variety, One Year Later . . .

A few big changes and many small tweaks to Variety, a year after my big redesign. 

A quicker, more module-based front-of-book section opener

A right-hand opener was added to the data/charts section, with stronger visual identity

Revamped party pages . . . 

A new on-the-web page