Katherine Heigl and Joe Morton Add to Emmy Award Presenters List

The final presenters have been set for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Early Emmy winners Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) and Joe Morton (Scandal) have been added to the growing presenters list, as well as Scott Bakula, Ricky Gervais, Chris Hardwick, Lena Headey, Katherine Heigl, Mindy Kaling, John Mulaney, Hayden Panettiere, Liev Schreiber, Kate Walsh and Allison Williams.

Executive producer Don Mischer announced the news Friday.

They join previously announced presenters Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Halle Berry, Bryan Cranston, Viola Davis, Gwen Stefani, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Woody Harrelson, Julianna Margulies, Matthew McConaughey, Jim Parsons, Amy Poehler, Julia Roberts and Kerry Washington.

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The Rebirth of Romantic Comedy

The romantic comedy is dead. We all agree on that, right? Twenty-five years after Harry met Sally, the genre they established—in its contemporary Hollywood form—is moribund. Every few months, someone eagerly analyzes the evolution and apparent decline of the genre.

As evidence, he or she points to waning box office returns for the kind of film that used to draw people in droves—as Runaway Bride ($152 million), 50 First Dates ($120 million), and Sweet Home Alabama ($127 million), to take just a few unremarkable examples from roughly 10 to 15 years ago, each did. The reason today’s crop of similarly tailored rom-coms don’t earn like they used to, they say, is that the big stars of the era (Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon) have aged out of the single-woman-looking-for-love category, and the movies have gotten plain awful.

But by avoiding rom-com clichés, The One I Love delivers the sharp laughs and emotional oomph that rom-coms were always supposed to—that Harry and Sally did—without adhering to a formula at all. Instead, the film goes deep in its deconstruction of the genre with a premise that leans on tropes from other kinds of films—in addition to the kind that it interestingly and unconventionally is.

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'Jake Squared' Presents RomCom in Mid-life Crisis

The title “Jake Squared” is exponentially insufficient, as Jake himself (Elias Koteas) eventually acknowledges. Jake is a filmmaker frustrated with parenthood and lonely after a divorce. What better way to solve this existential crisis than to make a movie about his life?

The setting will be a house party, with a significantly better-looking actor (Mike Vogel) playing Jake. Yet somehow the attendees also include Jake’s 17-year-old self (Kevin Railsback) and the 30- and 40-year-old incarnations (both played by Mr. Koteas).

“Jake Squared” aspires to the tradition of “8 ½” and “Synecdoche, New York,” phantasmagorical portraits of artists seeking perspective on their lives. Unlike in those films, though, the conceit makes little sense. Actors, ghosts and past selves intermingle. Jake watches impossible footage on his iPhone.

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Katherine Heigl is one of the new TV's Leading Ladies this Fall

On broadcast television this fall, Katherine Heigl will play a CIA analyst with special access to the Oval Office on NBC’s “State of Affairs;” Oscar nominee Viola Davis will show us how she handles the law on ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder;” and Tea Leoni will be the newly appointed “Madam Secretary” on CBS. 

High-powered and emotionally complicated, these women join a handful of other female characters on TV who stand on their own as leading ladies, but are far from perfect. 

For 15 years, TV’s been flooded with male anti-heroes: men who stop at nothing to get what they want and earn the unconditional love and respect of audiences. Were Tony Soprano and Walter White ever criticized for their abominable behavior? In the eyes of viewers, they stayed enticing fan-favorites until the shows' finales.

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11 Top British Romantic Comedies

Celebrate TWC's Indie Film Month and John McKay's "Not Another Happy Ending" now On Demand with our list of the best British romantic comedies.

"Not Another Happy Ending" stars Karen Gillan as a young author who has earned wide success but is now faced with intense writer's block. Can her publisher Tom (Stanley Webber) figure out how to get her through it? In celebration of this British rom-com, we at Indiewire were reminded of some of our other favorites love stories that take place across the pond. Yes, there's a lot of Hugh Grant going on. 

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Katherine Heigl Wins Best Dressed

Every woman loves her little black dress. It’s slimming, chic and can be worn to pretty much any event imaginable. But when summertime rolls around, we love trading in our dark hues for our other favorite frock: the little white dress. It appears that many celebs broke out their LWDs for the red carpet this week, but ultimately, PEOPLE readers voted and Katherine Heigl took home the win on our Most Loved Looks page in her fit-and-flare creation.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen the actress on the red carpet, but she certainly knows how to come back with a bang. She attended NBC Universal’s Summer TCA Tour wearing an A-line cap-sleeved Michael Kors dress, which she belted and paired with some brown snakeskin Manolo Blahnik pumps. She kept her hair up in a mini pompadour and finished with a subtle smoky eye and glossy lip.

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Katherine Heigl's All Time Film Favorites

Katherine Heigl, our cover star this month, shares exclusively with Marie Claire her favourite films of all time. From Oscar-winning performances to the evolution of Gwyneth Paltrow’s hair, here are some of the reasons why they remain our film favourites too…

The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001

Wes Anderson’s cult classic The Royal Tenenbaums saw ‘frat pack’ favourites; Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson team up (Owen actually co-wrote the script alongside Wes). Audiences also fell for Gwyneth Paltrow’s wonderfully morose character, Margot. With that hair, fur coat, smudgy eye-liner and permanently pissed off look, a fashion icon was born. 

Good Will Hunting, 1997

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