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Jaden Michael
“Colin in Black and White” In light of the historic reckoning for racial equity we’ve seen over the past year, pro footballer Colin Kaepernick’s story of activism has never been timelier. He gets the Netflix treatment with Ava DuVernay at the helm and a perfectly cast young star. Portraying the high school experiences around race and athletics that shaped Kaepernick into the man he is today, Michael is a boy wonder, doing the source material proud while preaching a message the world needs to hear.
Clive Owen
“Impeachment: American Crime Story” We’ve long known that SAG BACKSTAGE 12.13.21
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Award winner and Oscar nominee Owen can act, but color us impressed with his uncanny embodiment of one of American history’s most divisive politicians. His Bill Clinton isn’t one that you’d find on “Saturday Night Live,” and in this strangerthan-fiction FX dramatization of his years-spanning sex scandal and subsequent trial, that’s a good thing.
Evan Peters
“Mare of Easttown” After a decade of reliably stellar work on the small screen— especially in the Ryan Murphy TV-verse—Peters’ turn as smitten detective Colin Zabel finally notched him his first Emmy nomination and win. His halfsmiling, prodding delivery of the line, “How do you know what I want?” offers sweetness matched with despair—especially knowing the character’s fate that soon followed.
Aaron Pierre
“The Underground Railroad” Pierre captivates us from the first backstage.com
“COLIN IN BLACK AND WHITE”: COURTESY NETFLIX; “MARE OF EASTTOWN”: MICHELE K. SHORT/HBO
of them. Watching him onscreen, you get the sense that this is an actor who understands artistry at its core: here a touch of sexy suaveness, there a glimpse of creative fire in his eyes. The Emmy winner makes this titan of industry somehow both familiar and unknowable.
EVAN PETERS ON “MARE OF EASTTOWN”
“THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD”: ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA
JADEN MICHAEL ON “COLIN IN BLACK AND WHITE”
