New Work: AwardsLine (Emmy Issue 2 of 5)

The Comedy Issue

Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live) photographed by Mark Mann 

Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) photographed by J.R. Mankoff

Anna Chlumsky (Veep) photographed by Mark Mann

Will Arnett (The Millers, Arrested Development) photographed by J.R. Mankoff

Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project) photographed by J.R. Mankoff

The Sympathy Vote, illustrated by Costhanzo

The new crop of late night hosts. 

New Work: AwardsLine (Emmy Issue 1 of 5)

Recently promoted Editor-In-Chief Anna Lisa Raya and I are back in production of Deadline's awards-season publication AwardsLine, and although our staff has been reduced by one, we've managed to set the bar pretty high for what a two-man team can accomplish at a weekly with limited resources. Here, a brief look at the first issue . . . 

True Detective's Matthew McConaughey, photographed by Kevin Scanlon

Cover story on event programming. The display typeface Diversa (designed by Dino dos Santos) joins the type palette this Emmy season.

Mark Mann was recruited to shoot all of the New York-based talent for the Dialogue section this season in B&W. House of Cards show runner Beau Willimon, above.

J.R. Mankoff tackled the L.A. photo shoots in color. Ryan Murphy (The Normal Heart, Glee, American Horror Story), above.

The Crafts dept, focusing on below-the-line talent.

Buenos Aires-based illustrator Costhanzo has again been commissioned to create every illustration in the book.

Each issue begins with The First Take, a full spread, behind-the-scenes look at a contending show.

Front-of-book column. Cyrus Highsmith's Salvo Sans is used for body text (and sometimes display) throughout the magazine.

The back page. 

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