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Our Picks for the 2019 "Fleabag" Awards (I Mean Emmy Awards)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge can have my house, just take my house, take everything.

Brett Gelman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sian Clifford of FLEABAG

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The 2019 Emmy Awards will take place on September 22nd, meaning you only have a few more days to re-watch all of Fleabag before it sweeps the awards.

If you're anything like us, you've probably been sleeping and living in your Fleabag jumpsuit for the last few months, so it's probably time to give that bad boy a quick dry clean in time for your Phoebe Waller-Bridge-themed Emmy watching party! To get you ready for Fleabag's big night, we've compiled a list of the expected winners in the major categories!

Outstanding Comedy Series

Barry (HBO)
Fleabag (Prime Video)
The Good Place (NBC)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Russian Doll (Netflix)
Schitt's Creek (Pop TV)
Veep (HBO)

Our Pick: While there are some stellar series on this list, it's really a no brainer who will be taking home the Emmy: Fleabag. While the other series may be funny, nothing can really compare to the funniest, most heartfelt show ever made. If you aren't convinced, just watch the opening scene of Season 2. Praise be to our lord and savior, Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Fleabag Series 2: The Opening Scenewww.youtube.com

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Our Pick: Are you even paying attention? It's embarrassing I even have to say it: Phoebe Waller-Motherf*cking-Bridge. How many times have you watched her monologue at the salon about the importance of hair? WRONG. The answer is not enough times.

"Hair is everything." Excerpt from Fleabag episode, Season 2.www.youtube.com

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)
Bodyguard (Netflix)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Ozark (Netflix)
Pose (FX)
Succession (HBO)
This Is Us (NBC)

Our Pick: Okay, so this one is a really difficult call; after all, Waller-Bridge also wrote Killing Eve. But we're gonna have to go with...Fleabag.Yes, I recognize Fleabag isn't actually nominated in this category, but do you remember the scene between Fleabag and Belinda at the bar? DO YOU REMEMBER? Show me a more brilliantly well-crafted dramatic scene than this one. I'll wait.

Why You Should Look Forward To The Menopause | Fleabag Series 2www.youtube.com

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek

Our Pick: I know, I know. Neither Phoebe Waller-Bridge nor Fleabag are in this category, and it wouldn't have even been possible for them to be nominated. In light of that, our official pick is...Hugh Skinner! Skinner plays Harry, Fleabag's meek boyfriend/ex-boyfriend, and is undoubtedly one of the funniest parts of the show. Remember when Fleabag tried to prank him in the shower? Watch it again, anyways.

Fleabag Season 1 - Clip: Prank | Prime Videowww.youtube.com

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Billy Porter, Pose
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

Our Pick: Everyone knows This Is Us is one of the most dramatic, cry-inducing shows ever made, and it's hard to compete with anything Billy Porter does, but that's not gonna stop us from picking Andrew Scott! No, yes, Fleabag is technically not a drama series, and no, Andrew Scott is not eligible in this category, but I'm honestly tired of your negativity, so just shove it, okay? Watch the final scene of Fleabag season 2 and then try to tell me Andrew Scott doesn't deserve this award. Also, KNEEL.

Fleabag 2x06 - "I Love You" - Ending Scene (1080p)www.youtube.com

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Laura Linney, Ozark
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Our Pick: Look at me. Look at me. "Are you alright, Father?" "Oh, look at you calling me father like it doesn't turn you on just to say it..." Sorry, had to get that out of my system real fast.

Anyways, the Emmy goes to Phoebe-Waller Bridge! Also, can we throw a few of those golden statues Olivia Colman's way? She's just the best.

If you have ever questioned whether Fleabag was the best show ever created, let this revisitation of Waller-Bridge's confessional monologue set your mind at ease.

FLEABAG (season2 ep4)www.youtube.com

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REVIEW | "Hearts Beat Loud" at Sundance 2018

Nick Offerman can sing and the other interesting insights in this big, loving flick

GLAAD At Sundance: Meet the Stars at the Heart of “Hearts Beat Loud”

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The last thing most teenage girls want to do their last summer before college is to start a band with their dad.

However, this plot line is at the heart of Hearts Beat Loud, a film that might be questioned regarding whether or not it is "edgy" enough to hold a place in the usual boundary-pushing arena of Sundance. The oddness of the partnership alone, combined with the various other topics the film manages to cover without hitting you over the head with their relevance to the plot over the course of its hour and a half run, should confirm for critics that this is premier Sundance material.

Written and directed by Brett Haley (previous work includes I'll See You in My Dreams and The Hero), the film follows Frank (Nick Offerman), a single dad with a failing record shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn, who struggles with letting go of his teenage daughter, Sam (Kiersey Clemons) the summer before she is to attend UCLA. Where Sam is a dedicated student with dreams of becoming a doctor, Frank is focused on her musical talents, and urges her to pursue them further than their weekly jam sessions. Sam's opposed, but when Frank uploads their first single to Spotify, their not-band, aptly named "We're Not a Band," could show some potential, even if it's just for a little emotional relief.

Haley's previous films have brought him to the festival before, so he is no stranger to the kind of material usually showcased over the ten days. On the surface, Hearts Beat Loud is an light-hearted, emotionally touching story about a parent and child relationship that is in transition. In the same way that Lady Bird curated a coming-of-age for mother and daughter, Hearts Beat Loud does so with a father tackling letting go, putting a more prominent focus on the parent overall. We see Offerman's character falling back into his cigarette habit, reading through his old musical composition notes, and trying desperately to discover what his life will be when he is no longer spending it predominantly as a single parent. Similarly, Clemons's character struggles with being caught between two wonderful worlds, not knowing where to go or stay. Interestingly enough, the knee-jerk reaction of both characters in ultimately to rely on one another.

This story is not necessarily revolutionary, but its handling of outside elements is what allow it to shine, incorporating details within without marking them in red in some sort of unnatural way. Sam's relationship with girlfriend Rose (Sasha Lane, also known for 2016's Cannes hit American Honey and fellow Sundance flick The Miseducation of Cameron Post) is not exotic, or at least no more so than any teenager who is interested in someone new and disinterested in discussing it with a prying parent. Similarly, the effects of early onset Alzheimer's in Frank's mother (Blythe Danner) are rawly portrayed as an obstacle to his moving on in his life. These are exactly the ways in which these elements appear in our lives: not as abnormal, but as average as passing a local coffee shop or seeing a cloud cover up the sun. Haley's skill shines in adding this normality into a slightly offbeat premise.

Where the film will struggle is in audiences' polarizing views of the genre. Musicals are not for everyone, and certainly not the kind that border on heartwarming. It could very well pigeon hole this film into being reserved for the HBO Family channel down the line. Audiences leaving the film also spoke about how it's hard to separate Offerman from his Parks & Recreation days and take him in another role. Hopefully, people will get over both of these issues and appreciate this film for the story it is trying to tell, one of a changing family we will all inevitably experience.

Find out more about Hearts Beat Loudhere.

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