Forget about Tiger King or The Floor is Lava, the resurgence of Avatar: The Last Airbender, or even The Circle. )The 2020 Emmy nominations are being announced Tuesday morning by host Leslie Jones, alongside presenters Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany.Docuseries like “The Last Dance” and “Tiger King” are a hit with viewers and critics, but the Primetime Emmys haven’t caught up to the zeitgeist.Netflix’s surge was led by multiple nominations for shows including “Ozark,” “The Crown” and “Hollywood.” HBO’s “Watchmen” was the most-nominated program. In an impressive showing that could only rival Morgan Simianer’s twists while being catapulted into the air, the Netflix docuseries “Cheer,” which tumbled full force into the zeitgeist, landed six Emmy nominations on Tuesday.The Times spoke with the team’s coach, Monica Aldama, from her Navarro College office about the impressive showing.
Cast of Netflix’s Cheer Monica Aldama. Navarro College cheerleader La’Darius Marshall, left, and coach Monica Aldama in the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Cheer.” "I've really tried to work over the years on being better at that and just learning what I could do to fill those roles for those kids," added Aldama as she reflected on the complexity of coaching the team. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Mapping the season of Navarro College's dominant cheer squad, the viral sensation has changed the way thousands of people view the sport.Dedication, sacrifice and hours of practice are laid bare as young athletes from across the US find sanctuary in the most unlikely of places. It's a risky sport that we're doing but we do take precautions and I think that it was just a little heavy on the injuries." The docuseries follows the Navarro College cheer team in their pursuit of success. I’m used to knowing everything that’s going on and always having a plan, so I’m trying to allow myself to relax a little bit and not get so uptight about the daily changing. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered near San Fernando struck at 4:29 a.m., followed by a 3.3 quake at 4:38 and a 3.8 quake at 6:48.What the Emmy-nominated miniseries gets wrong about feminism past and present.President Trump, trailing Joe Biden in the polls, suggests delaying the November election. "I know where my heart is and I know what happened the other four months that were not in those six hours. Work through the pain," Aldama added. "If you've made a commitment to be somewhere, then you should show up. The Navarro College team in Netflix’s Emmy-nominated docuseries “Cheer.” However, her coaching style is not just with competition in mind. (The following has been edited for clarity and condensed. Both UCLA and USC have reported over 150 positive cases. … After 20 … "It's very strange, because I've had so many people view me in different ways after watching this show," Aldama said. The series, directed by Greg Whiteley, highlights the often harrowing back stories of some of the cheerleaders and Aldama is acutely aware that her role stretches way beyond coaching complex acrobatic moves.She is as much a mother figure to her students as she is a coach, soaking up their anxieties and pushing them to succeed in both their personal and professional lives. The athletes featured in Netflix's "Cheer," a new documentary series about the championship-winning cheerleading team at Navarro College, a small junior college in Corsicana, Texas, have become almost instant celebrities after the episodes were released on January 8.