“I’m so glad that he liked ‘Veep’ because his opinion was the one that really mattered.” “Lastly, I’d like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday,” Louis-Dreyfus said. In September 2016, she broke down in tears on stage as she accepted her fifth Emmy Award for playing politician Selina Meyer in “Veep.” (She’s won eight acting Emmys in total, six for “Veep.”) She revealed that her father, billionaire business mogul William Louis-Dreyfus, had died two days earlier. Indeed, the past two years have been a time of both triumph and tragedy for the award-winning actress. “It’s been a very bad period of time,” she added. “Given the fact that that heinous (expletive) came out, I would simply say I’ve kept this under wraps out of reverence for my dearest Emma,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus told the New Yorker. Three or four other people were with Emma Louis-Dreyfus at the campsite. 13 after receiving reports of a woman having a seizure and becoming unresponsive. Emma Louis-Dreyfus Facebook pageĮmma Louis-Dreyfus, a 44-year-old San Mateo County social worker, died of an accidental drug overdose while at a campsite close to a popular hiking trail in South Yuba River State Park, north of Nevada City, authorities in Nevada County told the Union newspaper in Grass Valley in October.įirst responders went to a campsite a quarter-mile upstream of Purdon Crossing about 9:30 a.m. “It was out of the blue,” Louis-Dreyfus said. She said she got the tragic news as she returned to work on the “Veep” set that month, following months of chemotherapy for breast cancer. In a New Yorker profile, Louis-Dreyfus also said that the death of Emma Louis-Dreyfus, an Oakland resident, was as much of a shock to her as it was to anyone else. Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she stayed quiet following the drug overdose death of her younger half-sister, Emma Louis-Dreyfus, out of respect for her memory - not because they weren’t close. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.CLICK HERE if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile device Tony Predictions: Best Musical - Four Stand Poised to Give ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Some Competition And we know who’s not suffering and we know whose salaries are going up exponentially.”Įmmy Predictions: Reality Categories – #Scandoval Creates 'Vanderpump' Awards Contender 'Love Is Blind' Hosts Backlash May Help CampaignĮmmy Predictions: Guest Actress (Drama) - Melanie Lynskey and Anna Torv From 'The Last of Us' Challenging 'Succession' Women “If we all are suffering that would be one thing, but we’re not. “What’s happening is people you love on film and television can’t afford health insurance because they’re not planning on residuals now,” Watkins told Variety. And there’s a lot of freelance writers out there who are not getting paid enough and can’t live comfortably.”Īt the “You Hurt My Feelings” screening, the film’s entire cast also made appearances including Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Amber Tamblyn, David Cross, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague, and Jeannie Berlin. “It’s not commensurate with what’s happening with the studios, you know, they’re billionaires. “I feel awful for people who are having to struggle because of the new platforms and the new ways for screening movies and not being paid enough,” Holofcener stated. The movie, about a novelist whose marriage is suddenly shaken up when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book, is a reunion for Louis-Dreyfus and Holofcener after their 2013 hit, “Enough Said.” Louis-Dreyfus, who holds the record for the most Screen Actors Guild Awards with nine statuettes to her name from leading roles on ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Veep,’ is now starring in “You Hurt My Feelings,” the new comedy from filmmaker Nicole Holofcener. The issues that the Screen Actors Guild is facing are very similar to what the Writers Guild is facing and even the DGA for that matter to certain extent…it’s time for us to stand up and get what we so rightfully deserve, which is a living wage, and particularly for the middle class in the Screen Actors Guild not to be squeezed out of the system all together.” It just gives the board the ability to strike if they need to and I’m in favor of that. “By the way, that doesn’t mean we’re striking. “I voted yes for the strike authorization,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus further explained before entering the screening at the DGA theater in Manhattan. as Actors Demand Regulation: 'We're Being Treated With Absolute Disdain' (EXCLUSIVE) Unions: 'It's Going to Be a Hot Labor Summer' Showrunners on Strike Say There's No Debate: Producing is Writing When the Emmy winner was asked if she will join the picket lines if the union calls for a stike, she told Variety on the red carpet, “You bet your fucking ass.” Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ spoke out about the pending SAG-AFTRA strike authorization during the New York premiere of her new film “You Hurt My Feelings.”
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