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When two-time Emmy-winning editor Laura Zempel was cutting the second season of Netflix’s acclaimed limited anthology series Beef , she found inspiration in everything, from neo-noir cinema to her love of dogs. “Michael Mann is a huge influence on this season,” she reveals, specifically citing his Oscar-nominated film The Insider as a marker for how she approached the edit that has now earned her an Emmy nomination. It’s one of 16 nods Beef received this year; season one won eight.

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