HWD Daily – All Hail Somebody Somewhere
All Hail Somebody Somewhere
In an age of increasing belt-tightening across streaming services—the very same platforms that once seemed to give creators blank checks to make their weirdest, most personal work—it seems like a tiny miracle that Somebody Somewhere survived to see a second season. Cocreators Bridget Everett, Hannah Bos, and Paul Thureen feel the same way. “There’s a lot of me in Sam, and there’s a lot of me in the show,” Everett tells Matthew Jacobs of the character she plays in the series, in an exclusive first look at season two—coming to HBO on April 23. “I’m happy that it resonates with people, but I’m always surprised every single time somebody says that. I’m just like, Really?”
Elsewhere in HWD, Paul Chi catches up with Angela Bassett, doing the thing at the Costume Designers Guild Awards; Belgian director Lukas Dhont gets his turn in the spotlight; Esther Zuckerman chats with Wakanda Forever hair department head Camille Friend; and Richard Lawson finds little to love about Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & the Six.
There’s a Place for Us
Bridget Everett and company preview the second season of their HBO cult favorite—a show that’s low stakes in all the best ways.
Long Live the Queen
At the Costume Designers Guild Awards on Monday night, Angela Bassett received the spotlight award—and looked ahead to what Oscar night might have in store.
Dhont Worry, Darling
Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont tackles the “crisis of connection” among teen boys in his second film, now an international-feature Oscar nominee.
Up in the Hair
“There’s no way to call 1-800-WAKANDA,” says the Oscar-nominated hair department head Camille Friend. “Everything has to be created.”
Sour Note
Amazon’s rock-and-roll romance Daisy Jones & the Six, partly inspired by Fleetwood Mac, plays it way too safe.
