The awards season’s uncertain times continue, and the Academy Awards have been planning for multiple scenarios for their annual telecast, which was pushed back two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first details regarding the Oscars ceremony have emerged, and it will have an in-person show, not just from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, but from multiple locations. The […]
Maren Morris won a leading three awards at Wednesday’s 2020 CMA Awards, bringing home three, for single of the year, song of the year and female vocalist of the year. It was the first win in any of those categories for Morris, whose song “The Bones” was a smash in both the pop and country fields during […]
“Jagged Little Pill,” a rousing, of-the-moment show about a suburban family grappling with addiction, sexual assault, transracial adoption and marital strife — among other issues — scored 15 Tony Award nominations Thursday, the most of any show from the truncated 2019-20 Broadway season. “Jagged,” inspired by the blockbuster 1995 Alanis Morissette album, will be in […]
Rob and Michele Reiner have signed a multi-year overall production and directing deal with Warner Bros Television via their newly formed production company as the duo is reviving the Castle Rock banner. Reiner co-founded indie production company Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987. The company’s more than 125 films included When Harry Met Sally…, Oscar nominee A Few Good Men, In the Line of […]
As expected, the Producers Guild of America is following the lead of the Oscars and other awards shows and moving its 32nd annual awards show into the spring of 2021. The American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards also announced Wednesday a later date for their awards, which will now be held on April 18, 2021, while adding an Animated Series […]
At the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Schitt’s Creek completed its extraordinary journey from cult-favorite comedy to awards titan. Claiming the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, with its sixth and final season, it’s the first basic cable series ever to win in the category. “Holy cow. Oh my goodness. First of all, I just want to say thank you […]
As Moira Rose might say, this is a most splendiferous development: Catherine O’Hara has won her first acting Emmy. The Schitt’s Creek matriarch was named Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at Sunday’s mostly-virtual ceremony, prevailing over Insecure‘s Issa Rae, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Rachel Brosnahan, Dead to Me‘s Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini and black-ish‘s Tracee Ellis Ross. This is O’Hara’s second […]
NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans talks with Showbiz UpFront Host Ross Crystal about the top nominees for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards with some of their predictions on who the winners will be.
Norman Lear was recognized with a win during the second night of 2020’s virtual Creative Arts Emmys on Tuesday for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times. At 98, Lear has surpassed his own record, set in 2019, as the oldest Emmy winner ever. Executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel, the live special features performances from holiday-themed episodes […]
The Britannia Awards, BAFTA-LA’s annual ceremony of talent, will not take place in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, BAFTA-LA announced Tuesday. The next ceremony will take place in 2021. “BAFTA’s focus in Los Angeles during 2020 will continue to be on its year-round membership programming, educational initiatives, and new talent programs, reaffirming its […]
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday, looking a little different than usual amid the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of taking place at a packed Barclays Center, artists took the stage in audience-less locations around New York City to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Those performers included BTS, The Black Eyed Peas, DaBaby, The Weeknd, […]
Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV VMAs, it was announced today. The actress, host and activist recently went viral with a video of her urging members of the National Guard to march with racial justice protesters in Los Angeles. Palmer was shown speaking to the National Guard while participating in the protest, […]
It’s rare to get a glimpse at the inner workings of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the mysterious voting body that presides over the Golden Globes—but a curious new lawsuit is offering a troubling, purported behind-the-scenes look at the organization’s practices. On Monday, Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa filed an antitrust suit in Los Angeles against the HFPA, […]
Host Jimmy Kimmel and the other executive producers of the 2020 Emmys have confirmed that next month’s ceremony will go virtual in a letter to some of the nominees. “As ABC and the TV Academy continue to formulate plans for the Emmys telecast, producers have taken the proactive step of reaching out to some nominees […]
Step aside, “Game of Thrones,” HBO has your Emmy heir all lined up: the family media-dynasty drama “Succession.” “Succession” scored 18 nominations at the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. It wasn’t the most for a series (that honor actually went to HBO’s “Watchmen,” which is a limited series — so its success won’t be replicated […]
The nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards are in, and once again, streaming services dominated the nominees. Netflix led the pack with 160 nominations, with Amazon and Hulu making waves, too. But there are also some big new names on the list this year, with Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, and even Quibi picking up their first […]
Idris Elba is set to be honored at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards. The Luther star, who rose to prominence as Stringer Bell in The Wire, will receive the BAFTA Special Award, one of the British Academy’s highest honors, for creative contribution to television. Alongside his other notable roles, which away from the small screen have included Mandela: Long […]
The 2020 BET Awards were handed out Sunday night, with Beyoncé, Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch among the winners. Comedian and Insecure actress Amanda Seales hosted the annual show, which organizers this year said “expanded its footprint to go beyond the confines of a traditional stage show in response to safety precautions in light of the […]
The 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors, broadcast annually on CBS, and the 23rd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, on PBS, will be postponed from their usual Fall slots until next spring and summer, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced today. The events are among a roster of previously announced performances postponed or canceled […]
The 2021 Golden Globes will take place on Feb. 28 — about eight weeks before the 93rd Academy Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement Monday morning. Just a week earlier, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed by two months to April 25, 2021. Variety was the first to […]
The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned this fall, the region’s governor confirmed on Sunday. Luca Zaia, governor of Veneto, said the world’s longest-running film festival, which was due to take place Sept. 2-12, is still on. The official’s confirmation comes days after the Venice Biennale, which oversees the film festival among a number of […]
Under Los Angeles County’s Safer-at-Home directives aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, red carpet events have been shut down since mid-March. The ban has been a huge blow to the events industry, and insiders have floated several proposals to get Hollywood’s once-booming red carpets back on track, everything from interview pods and […]
Add the Academy of Country Music Awards to the list of Hollywood events being postponed amid the global coronavirus crisis. The academy said Sunday its 55th ACM Awards ceremony has been postponed. The show was scheduled to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 5 on CBS. The kudocast will […]
As the first big movie theater chain to publically address the coronavirus situation in the U.S., AMC Theatres announced today that they’re reducing capacity in each of their auditoriums by at least 50% starting tomorrow Saturday, March 14 and continuing until April 30, 2020. As the largest theater chain in the U.S., one would think there would be a […]
Paris (AFP) – Controversial film director Roman Polanski told AFP on Thursday he would not attend the French Oscars because he fears a “public lynching” by feminist activists. The veteran is at the centre of a storm of protest after his new film about the Dreyfus affair, “An Officer and a Spy”, topped the list […]
