Sunday night’s Oscars were the most inclusive ever in terms of one of Hollywood’s most overlooked areas of discrimination – ageism against older actors. At 83, Anthony Hopkins was the oldest ever to win for Best Actor; Frances McDormand, at 63, was the third oldest to win for Best Actress, and Youn Yuh-jung, at 73, was the third oldest to win for Best Supporting Actress. […]

The Oscars joined a slew of other awards shows in falling to all-time ratings lows. The 93rd Academy Awards drew 9.85 million viewers and a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49 on Sunday. That’s a steep drop from from last year’s 23.64 million viewers and 5.3 in the key ad demographic — both of which were the previous all-time […]

Just hours after NBC and Dick Clark Productions — the broadcast network and producing partner of the Golden Globes — asked the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to expel a former president over an email that called Black Lives Matter a “hate movement,” that member is out of the organization. “Effective immediately, Phil Berk is no […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]