Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has achieved EGOT status.
He’s now the 21st person to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
Robert Lopez is the only double-EGOT winner.
You would be forgiven for thinking that he was already there given his career to date, but thanks to a Grammy win as one of the producers on ‘Music by John Williams,’ a tribute to the storied career (and the director’s longtime friend and collaborator), Steven Spielberg has joined the EGOT club.
For those thinking, “EWhat?” it means those who have won the four major awards, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
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Spielberg becomes the 21st person to achieve the illustrious status (see more below).
But despite his many awards, Spielberg has some way to go to compete with ‘Frozen’ co-songwriter Robert Lopez, who has managed to win them all at least twice.
When will Spielberg’s next movie arrive?
The director has his latest movie, sci-fi thriller ‘Disclosure Day’, due on June 12 this year.
Emily Blunt in ‘Disclosure Day’, directed by Steven Spielberg. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Sir Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Landing on Apple TV+ on September 24th with the first episode (five more follow at the rate of one per week) is the fifth season of ‘Slow Horses’, which draws from Mick Herron’s source novel ‘London Rules’.
(L to R): Kristin Scott Thomas and James Callis in ‘Slow Horses’, premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Proving itself to be something of a slow-burn sensation, ‘Slow Horses’ has been gaining in pop cultural awareness and adulation across the last couple of years, with awards coming its way and more promotion.
There are, naturally, more eyes on Season 5 than ever before (even if the running joke is that Apple has excellent shows precious few people watch or know about beyond the megahit ‘Severance’), and thankfully, it is more than deserving of the attention.
Script and Direction
Nick Mohammed in ‘Slow Horses’, premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Smith and his writers continue to mine Mick Herron’s book series for comic brilliance and suitably twisty spy tales. This season’s story, set as a mayoral election grips London and shocking violence roils the capital, is loaded down with trademark quips and naturally great roles for its main cast.
There is, in fact, even more focus on the denizens of Slough House than ever this year, and it really works.
Returning director Saul Metzstein, has a clear eye for how the show works visually, and if it’s lighter on action compared to other shows, that’s not the real focus here.
Cast and Performances
Christopher Chung in ‘Slow Horses’, premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Oldman continues to prove he’s the perfect Jackson Lamb (there is a joke about penguins and Batman that is so perfectly delivered, it might make you pause the show from laughing), and as usual he anchors the ensemble.
But everyone is on their A-game here, with a welcome boost of screen time for Christopher Chung as arrogant, nerdy tech expert Roddy Ho. While he’s the sort of character you usually prefer in small doses, Chung makes him likeable enough that it works to have him enjoy more of a spotlight.
Final Thoughts
(L to R): Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Saskia Reeves, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Jack Lowden in ‘Slow Horses’, premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
‘Slow Horses’ remains one of the best shows on TV –– streaming or otherwise –– and Season Five is just more proof of why. Perfectly pitched in terms of tone and character, it’s a sweary, funny treat.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5 receives 87 out of 100.
(L to R): Kristin Scott Thomas and Sir Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses,’ premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
What’s the plot of ‘Slow Horses’ Season 5?
In Season Five, everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) has a glamorous new girlfriend, but when a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected.
After all, Lamb (Gary Oldman) knows that in the world of espionage, the London Rules – cover your back – always apply.
Sir Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’, premiering September 24, 2025 on Apple TV+.
Who stars in ‘Slow Horses’ Season 5?
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb
Jack Lowden as River Cartwright
Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner
Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho
Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy
Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish
Nick Mohammed as Zafar Jaffrey
Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
The 2024 Emmy Awards will air on ABC Sunday, Sept. 15th.
Preview:
‘The Bear,’ ‘Shogun’ and ‘Baby Reindeer were among the big winners at the 2024 Emmys
‘Hacks’ was a surprise winner.
Dan and Eugene Levy hosted the night.
It might have been the second Emmys of 2024 (thanks to the strike-delayed first landing in January of this year), but otherwise it was business as usual for the TV Academy’s awards show.
Though there was the standard bout of repetition (‘The Bear’ won 11 awards, breaking its own record), while Billy Crudup and Jean Smart won more awards (for ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Hacks respectively), there was still room for some surprises –– Lamorne Morris triumphed in the Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for ‘Fargo’ over Robert Downey Jr. for ‘The Sympathizer,’ while talking of ‘Hacks,’ it was the somewhat shocking (if welcome) winner in the Comedy Series arena over ‘The Bear.’
The other big winners were in the limited series category (even if one of them is in early development on its second season) as ‘Shogun’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ nabbed multiple trophies. Jodie Foster won the first Emmy of her career for ‘True Detective: Night Country.’
(L to R) Annie Murphy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Daniel Levy in ‘Schitt’s Creek’. Photo: CBC Television.
Eugene and Dan Levy, the stars (and in Dan’s case, creator) of ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ hosted the evening, kicking off with a monologue that touched on the controversy of a constantly dramatic show like ‘The Bear’ dominating the comedy categories and the growing presence of big movie stars on TV thanks to the lesser episodic demands of streaming shows.
And the big watchword for the show could be “nostalgia,” since various categories were handed out by stars of former TV shows such as ‘The West Wing’ and ‘Happy Days’ or those who played particular types of characters such as cops or lawyers.
There was an impassioned, funny speech from John Leguizamo about representation on television and a welcome award for TV super-producer Greg Berlanti. More confusing additions? Having Jelly Roll perform the In Memoriam song.
Here, then, is the full list of winners for the evening:
(L to R) Sandra Diaz-Twine, Trishelle Cannatella, Chris ‘C.T.’ Tamburello, Alan Cumming, Kate Chastain, Mercedes “MJ” Javid in ‘The Traitors’. Photo by: Euan Cherry/Peacock.
Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
Returning for its fourth season with one episode on September 4th, ‘Slow Horses’ continues to prove itself as one of the best series on offer via the Apple TV+ service.
In fact, Apple has clearly been so happy with the viewership of the show, and so willing to future-proof the availability of its cast, that it has been shooting two seasons at once. A fifth is already in the works, and the start of the fourth indicates that it has lost none of the unpredictable, grungy and satisfyingly British style that fans have come to enjoy.
Does ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 succeed in its mission?
Jack Lowden in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
While there’s little doubt that the key to ‘Slow Horses’ appeal is Gary Oldman having the time of his life as the grubby, greasy, but incredibly sharp agent Jackson Lamb (the actor has scored a welcome first Emmy nomination for the role following Season 3), the show still doesn’t lazily rely on the performance and the character, evolving each season to embrace new personalities and expanded storylines, while maintaining what works.
For Season 4, that more-of-the-same-with-a-twist approach shows no sign of faltering, and indeed, the initial episodes –– we’ll only really discuss the first here as that’s the one landing on premiere day –– are suitably excellent.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 4: Script and Direction
(L to R) Ruth Bradley and Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
Led by Will Smith (a writer and former stand-up with experience on Armando Iannucci’s shows, not the movie star), the series’ writing team is always on point, using Mick Herron’s novels as a starting point for the basic structure of each season and then expanding from there, but always in organic fashion.
It may not always be as action-packed as other shows (though it certainly has its moments –– witness the traumatic bomb attack that opens this season), when you have dialogue that crackles like this, you don’t need every space to be filled with someone waving a gun. And in the mouths of Oldman and the rest of the game cast, it’s always guaranteed to make you laugh or gasp… sometimes at the same time.
On the visual side of things, the show benefits from having both a more limited number of episodes per season (usually six) and one director through the whole batch, meaning that the show –– also thanks to a hefty budget from Apple –– ends up looking like a movie cut into TV-sized chunks. The environs of Slough House, the low-rent office where Lamb and co. are based, are wonderfully scruffy and evocative, in stark contrast to the polished glass and cold concrete of MI5’s main Regent’s Park HQ.
And the show uses London’s variety of landscapes and neighborhoods, plus other areas in the UK, to great effect. In Season’s 4 case, the man in charge of the show’s look is Adam Randall, who fits in well with the overall style.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 4: Performances
Oldman might rightfully score the lion’s share of the plaudits, but there is a wider ensemble all putting in great performances.
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb
Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
Oldman has repeatedly said that he’s having the time of his life playing the grumpy, cynical and endlessly mucky head of Slough House, and that energy seeps out of every pore. The vanity-free performance (Lamb is frequently seen with lanky hair, grease stains and mismatched clothing), is a truly memorable one, the slovenly appearance the perfect camouflage for a truly inspired spy mind.
Jack Lowden in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
While he was the audience surrogate character at the start, the young agent banished to Slough House after a training mission goes wrong, River has grown into a great sidekick for Lamb, and an impressive character in his own right. And Lowden brings a superb blend of world-weariness and enthusiasm to the role.
Jonathan Pryce in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
Though the elder Cartwright has mostly been a supporting character in earlier seasons, it’s easy to see why Smith chose an experienced thespian like Pryce to play him; because he knew that David would become much more important down the line. And Pryce brings a potent combo of wise elder former agent and humbled aging grandfather to the part, which expands here.
Kristin Scott Thomas in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
Few people can do withering putdowns like Thomas, and in Taverner, she’s found the ideal outlet. A canny, ice-cold professional, she’s forever frustrated by the hapless government types she’s forced to deal with. And her endlessly watchable interactions with Oldman are often a highlight of each season.
Other notable characters
(L to R) Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Christopher Chung, Tom Brooke, Kadiff Kirwan and Rosalind Eleazar in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
The rest of the Slough House ensemble all get their moments in the sun, and this fourth season includes a healthy influx of new characters (since in this show, a long life expectancy is never guaranteed). Highlights of the new episodes include Joanna Scanlan (like showrunner Smith, a veteran of Armando Iannucci’s shows) as the eager-to-please Moira and Tom Brooke as JK, a mysterious and honestly weird fresh addition to the office. And not forgetting James Callis as Claude Whelan, the nervous, officious new First Desk of MI5 and a great foil for Taverner.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 4: Final Thoughts
Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+.
‘Slow Horses’ creative team have said they’ll happily keep making the show as long as Apple wants them to (and Mick Herron keeps writing books to adapt, with the author up to eight and counting), and that’s welcome news.
If only more series were as consistently entertaining, and this still full of steam when their fourth seasons rolled around, the TV landscape would be in much better shape.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 receives 8.5 out of 10 stars.
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What’s the story of ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4?
Adapted from Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ novel ‘Spook Street’, Season 4 opens as a bomb has exploded in a shopping center in London and MI5 is racing to figure out who is responsible. Second Desk (the second-in-command of the intelligence service) Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) must balance the demands of the investigation with effectively babysitting the nervy new First Desk (James Callis).
As for those at Slough House, River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) is faced with his grandfather David’s (Jonathan Pryce) increasingly fragile mental condition, compounded by a new mystery that could threaten both their lives. Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), meanwhile, is his same old, irascible self, happy to endlessly mock his team of exiled agents, but also fiercely loyal when it comes to protecting them.
And he’ll need to, as a face from the past has returned to cause trouble…
Who else is in the cast of ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4?
With a nod for his titular role in NBC live musical “Jesus Christ Superstar,” John Legend now has a chance to EGOT — a.k.a., win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. It’s considered one of the most prestigious achievements a performer can attain, and it’s an extremely exclusive club, currently consisting of only 12 members.
The most recent inductee was “Frozen” songwriter Robert Lopez, who snagged his last statuette, the Oscar, in 2014. Legend already has one of those, along with the G and the T, too. Could he finally add the E to his collection? His wife, Chrissy Teigen, certainly thinks so (and has graciously agreed to clear out some space on the couple’s awards shelf).
Also joining Legend in the almost-EGOT club are songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who go by the moniker Pasek and Paul. Their most high-profile EGOT-eligible win so far came in 2017 when they took home several Oscars for “La La Land.” The duo is competing in the songwriting category again at the Emmys, landing a nomination for the original song “In the Market for a Miracle,” which appeared in Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live” (a musical adapted from Pasek and Paul’s own Broadway adaptation of the beloved yuletide film).
We’ll keep our fingers crossed for some EGOT magic come Emmys night, which is slated for September 17 on NBC.
Alexis Bledel nabbed her first Emmy award this weekend, for her guest starring role on Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale.” And while Bledel’s fans were happy for the actress, there was a certain someone else whose excitement for the star was even greater.
Gilmore Girls” costar, tweeted out her joy over Bledel’s big win in a post on Monday afternoon. Sharing a tweet from the Television Academy announcing the actress’s victory, Graham went all-caps to express her happiness for her onscreen daughter.
“THIS IS SO AWESOME,” Graham wrote, adding, “Congratulations and love!”
Though Netflix revival series “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” failed to nab any nominations, Bledel wasn’t the only Stars Hollow-adjacent performer to be recognized by the Television Academy this year: Melissa McCarthy — who had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in the revival — won the comedy guest starring statuette Sunday night (for hosting “Saturday Night Live,” but mostly, we assume, for her perfect portrayal of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer throughout the season). And Milo Ventimiglia is nominated for best actor in a drama (for “This Is Us”) at next Sunday’s main awards ceremony, too.
While we’re bummed that Graham failed to score a nom of her own (or Kelly Bishop, for that matter — Emily Gilmore would be outraged), we’re glad to see the “Gilmore” love go around. We’ll raise a giant mug of coffee to that.
Last night, actress Olive Kitteridge.” Her only previous Emmy nomination came in 1997, for her supporting role in the miniseries “Hidden in America.”
With that win, McDormand joined an ever-growing list of entertainers who have the chance the snag the illustrious title of EGOT (someone who’s won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony). In addition to that shiny new Emmy, McDormand already has an Oscar on her shelf (for 1996’s “Fargo“), as well as a Tony (for 2011’s “Good People”).
Ah, the EGOT — the elusive achievement bestowed upon only the greatest of entertainers, a.k.a. those who’ve won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. It’s always a buzzword around awards season, as new contenders enter the ring every year, and now, arguably the biggest star on the planet has just begun her campaign for the honor.
Taylor Swift is the latest person on a quest for EGOT glory, after she won an Emmy in the creative arts category for her video, “Blank Space.” Here’s the details, according to The Hollywood Reporter:
Swift nabbed an Emmy for original interactive program for her AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience. The singer starred in and has an executive producer credit on the project, which debuted with the release of her “Blank Space” music video in 2014.
Shot with a 360-degree camera, the program allowed Swift fans to explore the sets of the elaborate Joseph Kahn-directed video for the second single off of her 1989 album.
Apparently, Swift herself was unaware of the honor, having been asleep when the award was announced. She said on Twitter that she didn’t know she’d nabbed the statuette until she saw THR’s own tweet about the news, and initially thought it was a prank. (Insert your own Taylor-Swift-“surprised”-face joke here.)
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While Swift celebrates her newly-minted “Emmy winner” status — in addition to all her past Grammy wins — we’re already dreaming of the ways she can snag the last two trophies. Vulture suggests she can contribute an original song to the next “Mockingjay” soundtrack for Oscar contention, but we think Swift wouldn’t truly be satisfied with an Academy Award win for anything other than acting. (Again, insert a Taylor-Swift-“surprised”-face joke.)
Perhaps she can land a Jennifer Hudson-style part that will flex both her pipes and her acting muscles (and maybe originate the role in a Tony-winning Broadway production)? We’re sure Swift’s thought of this scenario a time or two in her wildest dreams, and we expect her to make an aggressive play for an EGOT.
The EGOT crew is one of the most exclusive clubs in Hollywood, and it seems that there’s no dearth of performers on the cusp of claiming that title. Now, yet another Hollywood legend is poised to join that historic group.
Prime Suspect,” and another for once again portraying QE2. Now, Mirren is only one spoken-word album or audio book narration away from nabbing that Grammy, and that sweet EGOT title.
We’re pretty big fans of Dame Helen, and would love to see her join the EGOT ranks. Our fingers are crossed that the actress can celebrate that milestone soon.
Photo credit: Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
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Oh, the elusive EGOT. It takes a very special performer to nail down an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony. The enviable club is a relatively small one, with impressive members like Whoopi Goldberg, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, and Mel Brooks. But there are a few entertainers that are almost there! Find out who is just one coveted statue away from reaching EGOT status. Some of the contenders surprise you…
Ah, the EGOT — the elusive achievement bestowed upon only the greatest of entertainers, a.k.a. those who’ve won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. It’s always a buzzword around awards season, as new contenders enter the ring every year, and now, arguably the biggest star on the planet has just begun her campaign for the honor.
The EGOT crew is one of the most exclusive clubs in Hollywood, and it seems that 