We talk about The Studio a lot on this website, because it's one of the best and most fun shows on TV right now. The look inside Hollywood is both hilarious and truthful, and that's why we were so happy to see it nominated for so many Emmys. Among those nominations was Martin Scorsese. Yes, at 82, he received his first Emmy nomination for his role in The Studio, recognized as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. His daughter shared the emotional news on Instagram. She tagged it with “Our little actor”. — (@) In The Studio, Scorsese plays an exaggerated, comedic version of himself. The pilot's plot kicks off when producer Matt Remick learns Scorsese has written a serious script about the Jonestown massacre, but intends to frame it as a "Kool-Aid film" because his studio wants to do a blockbuster movie. Things get out of hand, and eventually, Matt has to stop the project, so he pretends to buy the script simply to then bury it, a deception he ultimately confesses to Scorsese at a party hosted by Charlize Theron.It's an amazing pilot that drops us into a huge world, and one of the best seasons of TV. Although this is the first time he has received a nomination for acting, Scorsese has been nominated for and won his first Emmy in 2011 for directing an episode of Boardwalk Empire. And in 2012, he won two more Emmys for directing and producing the documentary George Harrison: Living...
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