‘Hacks’ will be back for season 2 as HBO Max renews the hit comedy
HBO Max announced today that it has renewed the Max Original series Hacks for a second season. The critically-acclaimed comedy has been a top performer on the... Read More
Erik Anderson
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY wins Peabody’s Institutional Award
Peabody today announced that ARRAY, the multi-platform arts and social impact collective dedicated to narrative change founded by filmmaker Ava DuVernay, has won an Institutional Award. Oprah... Read More
20th Century sets animated ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ with Jack Dylan Grazer and Zack Galifianakis for Fall 2021 [Trailer]
20th Century Studios’ Ron’s Gone Wrong, the first theatrical release from the U.K.-based CG animation studio Locksmith Animation, will open in theaters worldwide October 22,... Read More
Cannes 2021: Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Souvenir Part II’ among Directors’ Fortnight lineup
The highly anticipated sequel to Joanna Hogg’s 2019 film The Souvenir is set to highlight the 53rd Directors’ Fortnight lineup of the Cannes Film Festival,... Read More
Telluride Film Festival acquires historic Nugget Building
The Telluride Film Festival (which runs September 2 – 6, 2021 this year) and the National Film Preserve LTD, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, today announced its... Read More
Cannes 2021: Critics’ Week brings a French heavy lineup
After taking off a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Semaine de la Critique aka Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival parallel festival dedicated to first and... Read More
2021 BAFTA TV Awards: Michaela Coel is the moment as ‘I May Destroy You’ dominates
After facing off at the BAFTA TV craft awards two weeks ago, Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You and Steve McQueen’s Small Axe went head... Read More
Interview: It’s Ziwe’s world, we’re just living in it
Stars don’t often rise as quickly as Ziwe Fumudoh, but the 29-year old actress, writer, mogul and icon has transformed the idea of late night... Read More
FX sets summer dates for new and returning shows including ‘Reservation Dogs,’ ‘American Horror Stories,’ ‘Impeachment’ and ‘What We Do In the Shadows’
FX today announced summer dates for the return of hit series’, the latest installments of signature franchises and the debut of four new shows. In... Read More
Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson tackle random access memories in ‘Reminiscence’ [Trailer]
From writer/director/producer Lisa Joy (HBO’s Westworld) comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ action thrillerReminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton. Nick Bannister (Jackman), a private... Read More
International Press Academy Satellite Awards Nominations: ‘Sinners,’ One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead 
2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND (December) 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 320 – The Oscar Shortlists for the 98th Academy Awards 
Oscar Shortlists: ‘Sinners’ and ‘Wicked: For Good’ Net Most Mentions, ‘Sirāt’ Makes Sound Waves