The Netflix limited series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for the 2025 Emmys, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced on Tuesday morning. A daily brief about what matters and what's interesting in Hollywood.

Cooper Koch, who portrayed convicted killer Erik Menendez on Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters', says Erik's brother Lyle called him to congratulate him for his recent Emmy nod: 'Very, very sweet.'

Cooper Koch recently received a congratulatory phone call from incarcerated Lyle Menendez. On Tuesday, the actor, 29, earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series for his performance as Erik Menendez in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.