This is the first nomination for Coster-Waldau, Fiennes, and Smith. Meanwhile, Smith and Fiennes have only been playing their current roles for two years. Harbour is riding his second straight year ofStranger Thingsnominations. Credit: Netflix; Robert Viglasky / Netflix; HBO; Antony Platt/SHOWTIME; Macall B. Polay/HBO; George Kraychyk/Hulu Dinklage and Patinkin are definitely the heavyweights of this category. Now thatHomelandisconfirmed to end with season 8, he’s running out of chances. So, who do you think will win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama?...

This is a big one. This is thefirst time in the history ofModern Familythat it wasnt nominated. More surprising: None of the show’s stars were nominated either. Tony Rivetti/ABC Star Laurie Metcalf, however, managed to dodge becoming collateral damage and picked up a supporting actress nomination. Will & Grace. The NBC favorite was expected to get nominated for best comedy, and didn’t. Roseanne Barr on ‘Roseanne’.Adam Rose via Getty Images...

Normally I would say Dad is supposed to let me win, Brown told EW earlier this summer. But Im actually older than Dad, so maybe Im supposed to let him win? Im not really quite sure. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Theres no guarantees for anybody in this particular case. Were just happy to be invited to the party right now. When EW posed that question to Ventimiglia this week, his answer was… perfectly, wonderfully Jack....

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It also became a near-instant pop culture discussion piece. Season 2s early episodes were cluttered with stunt casting (Chris Rock! and unremarkable ancillary characters. Credit: Chuck Hodes/Fox But we were, like, well into F and G and Z. So I think that we definitely had kind of the sophomore slump. But I was not prepared. I take responsibility that I was not prepared for a season 2. I wasnt prepared for the first season....

Buddha was revealed to me, says multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Littlemore. And the theme really rushed through me: I wanted to write about plants and love and the planet. Here, Littlemore and Steele take EW behind their trippy vision. STEELE:The beginning and end of everything is that were always trying to write great songs. Its the patchwork of the Empire. At this point in our lives, we wanted to make a record thats more bare and honest....

God, I dont know how weve lived without them for four months. Everyone else is at the hospital, including Andre, paralyzed by shock. Cookie offers to call Andres priest, but hes over it. Credit: Chuck Hodes/Fox Youre all being punished. In the delivery room, with cops outside the door, Anika pushes. Hey, Lucious is still terrifying! The next shot sees Lucious at a Gatsby-esque mansion, playing cards with Birdman and French Montana....

Take it out, all of it! Of course, its all Lucious doing. She does keep one thing, though: A gold pistol. Credit: Chuck Hodes/Fox I aint got time for your mess. He overreacted, obviously, but I think its a fair point. Its just not Anikas fault its Hakeems. Maybe if Bella had two parents looking after her, Anika wouldnt be so overwhelmed. The scene also yielded another amazing Cookie-ism: I dont trust polite people,stupid!...

Lucious and Anika face off, and… MARIAH CAREY IS HERE. (Or is this really an impression of Jay Z at the Tidal offices?) Lucious gets a weird expression on his face, and Anika panics: Are you okay? Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Do you need me to call a doctor? But then… a woman comes up from under his desk, and Lucious laughs. She just… couldnt find her earring. Very classy, Lucious....

Thanks a lot, sports! We last left off with Shyne and his crew preparing for war. This week opens with a long, scattered montage showing them on their way to kill some Lyons. Credit: Jean Whiteside/Fox But when Shyne pulls the trigger on an empty gun and stops to grab a second really? all that prep and you were carrying an unloaded gun? Nessa jumps in front of it to save Andre and ask Shyne what the hell hes doing....

As he leaves, though, her phone starts doing something strange. We cut to Jamal in the studio with Derek, and the same thing happens to his phone. Well, this hacker may know computers, but their vocabulary is a bit lacking, no? Credit: Chuck Hodes/Fox Lucious, Thirsty, and Andre make a run at figure out who could have done it. Vaughn, who tried to buy Empire XStream a few episodes back?...

A life that, with Angelo, she has a second chance at getting. So lets get into it. Are you in or are you out? Credit: Chuck Hodes/Fox he asks her, to which she replies, Did you just give me an ultimatum? Lucious has called a meeting over at Empire, even though its a Saturday. Always on trend, that Jamal. Everyone does it is not an excuse! Phillip tries to say, but Jamal stops them right there and makes them leave....

Also: Lucious is still a demon, and Anika debuts akillernew set of lingerie. Its now or never, he tells her. The Tiana performance, though, is becoming an issue. Credit: Chuck Hodes/FOX Cookie advises Helene that the performance should have a little bass, a little Black Girl Magic in it. But Helene is actually a secret/not-so-secret racist! Tianas natural hair doesnt really go with the aesthetic of the collection, Helene says....