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We’re just in the second month of Oscar predictions for next year and Amy Adams is finally winning, right? As much as people probably want to see that happen, and as much as many people feel she’s deserved wins before, her path may not be so simple. Adams got the first of her FIVE nominations in Supporting Actress for Junebug ...

Is this finally Amy Adams’ shot? After five nominations and a huge snub for Arrival two years ago, Adams may be poised for her best chance at an Oscar with Backseat. Playing Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney (played by Oscar winner Christian Bale), she’ll have by far the best female role in the film but after seeing ...

From Veena Sud, the creator of The Killing, comes a new Netflix anthology series starring two-time Emmy winner Regina King (the ABC anthology series American Crime) as Latrice Butler, a mother who seeks answers in the wake of a tragic accident involving her son, Brenton. Racial tensions, an attempted cover up and its aftermath, and the trial of the century ...

In our first Emmy podcast of the 2016-2017 Emmy season, Chris Pepper and I focus on the Limited Series and TV Movie categories. Starting with Supporting Actress and Actor, we debate if American Horror Story can still muster nominations for Emmy winners Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson or will Ryan Murphy’s new venture, Feud: Bette and Joan, gobble up those ...

Hidden Figures, Fences, Moonlight Take Motion Picture Awards Television Awards Go To black-ish, Empire, This Is Us, Survivor’s Remorse, Power The 48th NAACP Image Awards held their two-part awards ceremony last night and tonight celebrating the best in film, television, literature and music that represent the diverse culture of the black American experience and community. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson won ...

After becoming awards’ season’s pariah, Nate Parker and his The Birth of a Nation had a bit of a re-birth today at the NAACP Image Award nominations. The film earned six mentions, including three for Parker himself. Birth will have an uphill battle though as it faces major Oscar contender Moonlight, which also earned six nominations, many in the same ...

  As mentioned in the Lead Actor and Lead Actress writeup, Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie so packed with contenders from The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story that we could legitimately see four of the six spots given up to them. Right now, four of the Emmy Experts (Chris, Fred, Nicole and myself) are predicting ...

  The NAACP Image Awards don’t often get a lot of press but this year is different. In the face of the overwhelming backlash against the Oscars snubbing any acting nominees who are people of color, the timing and need for recognition by the NAACP couldn’t be more crucial. To be clear, this is (and always will be) more than ...

The television side of the Golden Globes is often more adventurous than the film side in both its nominees and its winners. They love newcomers and new shows quickly but also tend to drop them year to year. Last year’s Drama Series and Drama Actress winners (The Affair and its star Ruth Wilson) weren’t even nominated this year. The Drama ...