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- Pee like himself Winning 2025 Creative Arts Emmys' outstanding documentary or nonfiction special
- Deaf and mute president!,,,,, Martha,,,,, A cunning life! and Will and Harper Nominated
- 2025’s Creative Arts Emmys will be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7.
The winner has been announced!
Pee like himself On Sunday, September 7, he won the Outstanding Special Category in Documentary or Nonfiction at the 2025 Emmy Awards for Creative Arts. The award is also Deaf and mute president!,,,,, Martha,,,,, A cunning life! and Will and Harper.
In his last few days, Paul Reubens (most notably Pee-Wee Herman) sat on a one-on-one interview with HBO documentary for over 40 hours Pee like himself.
The series premiered on May 23 and covers everything from his sexuality to the legal troubles he calls “the giant footnote” throughout his life.
“It's really shocking,” director Matt Wolf said in a May interview with people, recalling Reubens' death a week before his last scheduled interview. “I found Paul died on Instagram with everyone else.”
Shortly after Reubens’ death, his assistant shared a private recording released the day before his death, the last message he gave the world, which appeared in the series. “The most important thing is that the reason I want to make a documentary is to let people see who I am and the pain and difficulty of being labeled as something that is not… pedophile,” Rubens said in the message. “I want people to understand my entire career in some way, everything I do, is based on love.”
Pee like himself Previously won outstanding original film, radio or streaming at the Gotham TV Awards and was a key contender for the five nominated Primetime Emmy Awards.
After winning an Emmy for Creative Arts in 2025, Wolf spoke to people in the newsroom about his thoughts Rubens had recognized this recognition.
“I said no to Paul because he couldn't speak for himself, but the recognition of other artists and companions I knew was very important and meaningful to him,” Wolf told the People. “I really believe that Paul was one of the greatest artists, using the television medium in an unparalleled way. So in this case of the Emmy, the film was to be recognized, but in reality, he had to recognize him, not only pee, but like Paul, but like Paul, his own ingenuity and his own resilience, I think he won the depths of Emmy.”
Paul Reubens plays Pee-Wee Herman.
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Deaf and mute president! It tells the story of the historic eight-day protests held in 1988 at Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts university in the world designed for deaf students.
The protest led to the appointment of the school’s first deaf president and helped inspire the passage of the People with Disabilities Act.
The Apple TV+ documentary premiered on January 28 and received a 100% rating for Rotten Tomatoes, directed and co-produced by Gallaudet alumnus Nyle Dimarco and Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim.
Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok and Jerry Covell in “Now! Now!”.
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Netflix Martha It records the rise, fall and comeback of lifestyle idol Martha Stewart, which is her own words.
The documentary directed and produced by RJ Cutler, debuted on October 30 with universal reviews. Stewart himself was impressed.
One of her main complaints: The filmmaker “seldom used” her personal archives, despite having “full access.”
“only Shocking,” Stewart told New York Times The day the movie was released. “Did the last scene with me look like a lonely old lady walking over in the garden? I told him to get rid of these, and he refused. hatred Those final scenes. ” she said.
Martha Stewart in Martha.
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Hulu is released on January 23 A cunning life! Drawing the ascension, domination and fading of Sly and Family Stone, one of the more influential bands of the 60s and 70s.
Although he was still alive during the filming process, frontman Sly Stone did not appear in the documentary. He died on June 9 on June 9 due to prolonged lungs. “He can't speak in full sentences,” producer Josh Patel said in a February Q&A. “His eyes showed precociousness and consciousness, but his motor function did not exist.”
Patel added that the film's director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson connects the story with sensitivity. “The first thing Ahmir has is, 'Let's have a lot of compassion to tell this story. It's not empathy.'”
A cunning life!
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In Netflix movies Will and Harperlongtime friends will record a very personal off-road trip after Steele became transgender.
former Saturday Night Live Steele's transition supervisor prompted a series of emotional and candid conversations between the two about identity, friendship and what they saw.
“What if I could go to these places with her?” Ferrer said in a September 2024 People's interview. “At the same time, we can have a discussion about what trans meant, and I can ask all the questions I have about being a cis-male. But, for the most part, it's really an interesting thing for us.”
Despite the film's positive reviews – including winning on Glaad Media, the Critics' Choice Documentary, Dorian Film and Peabody Awards, it failed to be the finalist for the Academy Awards. Ferrell responded to Snub's humor in a February interview with Stephen Colbert: “F — Academy. Especially the Doc branch,” he quipped. “You don't want to hang out with the Doc branch. A bunch of losers.”
(L to R) Will Ferrell and Harper Steele at Will with Harper.
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The 2025 Creative Arts Emmys will be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7. The full show will air on Saturday, September 13, ET (FXX) on Saturday, September 13.