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Queer Stories Strike Back • ‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ and ‘Bottoms’ lead a new wave of LGBT content. But can it continue?

Don’t Hold Your Breath for ‘Sound of Freedom 2’ • A battle over the rights to make a follow-up to the blockbuster is brewing

Elsa Keslassy Named Executive Editor of International

Daniel D’Addario Promoted to Chief Correspondent

‘One Piece’ Sets Sail for Streaming Gold • After stumbling with ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ Netflix has high hopes for its new manga adaptation

Could ‘Suits’ Have Been an Emmy Contender? • Despite the USA drama’s Netflix renaissance, procedurals may be hurt by lingering ‘demo-philia’

FAST CAR • Michael Mann is back behind the wheel with ‘Ferrari,’ a passion project that took 30 years to get to the big screen — and it was worth the wait

THE FIGHT TO SAVE VENICE • The official launch of awards season has lost star power due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, but the annual gathering on the Lido will go on

‘We Were So Lucky’ • Strike-spurred reunions remind the biz of what TV has lost amid a decade of heady growth

‘SNL’ Spoof Sets Rise to the Occasion • The sketch series brought ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ back to life in Season 48

One Door Closes, Another Opens • Padma Lakshmi, who recently left ‘Top Chef,’ has landed 16 Emmy nominations during her career

Finding All the Right Notes • Music supervisors pulled from a wide range of sources to shape their shows

Restoring Bowie’s Sonic Archives for a Visual ‘Daydream’ • Emmy nominees David Giammarco and Paul Massey fine-tuned the audio mix with writer-director Brett Morgen

Emmys Music Cheat Sheet • Sizing up the nominees in the music races including score, song and supervision

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