Oscars: Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher, Jesse Collins to produce 93rd Academy Awards
Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It... 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.
Trailer: Clare Dunne fights for her family and for ‘Herself’
Single-mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling,... Read More
Golden Globes: ‘Minari,’ ‘The Life Ahead’ among record 138 foreign film submissions
The Hollywood Foreign Press announced this week that it received 138 submissions for Best Foreign Language Film, an all-time record for the Golden Globes. They... Read More
Tom Pelphrey, Idina Menzel, Ryan Phillippe, Jacki Weaver to star in ‘American Murderer’ for Traveling Picture Show and GiGi Films
The Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC) and GiGi Films announced today that Tom Pelphrey (“Ozark,” Mank) will star as con man Jason Derek Brown in American Murderer, alongside Ryan Phillippe... Read More
Second special episode of ‘Euphoria’ to air in January, co-written by star Hunter Schafer
The second of two special episodes of the Emmy-winning HBO drama series Euphoria will debut Sunday, January 24 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The episode will air... Read More
Emmys merge Variety Talk and Sketch Series, add stunt category and more
The Television Academy announced late Friday changes for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2021, including merging Variety Talk Series and Variety Sketch Series back... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: No Country for Nice Men
One of the last few major films to screen for critics was this week, the new Paul Greengrass western starring the nicest guy in Hollywood,... Read More
MGM and The Black List launch two-year feature film script project
Initiative Will Focus on Discovering New Voices from Historically Underrepresented Communities Around the World MGM and The Black List today announced the launch of a... Read More
Trailer: Hilary Swank is a femme ‘Fatale’ for Michael Ealy
After a wild one-night stand, Derrick (Michael Ealy), a successful sports agent, watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers that the sexy and... Read More
Warner Bros will release ‘Dune,’ ‘In the Heights,’ ‘Matrix 4’ and entire 2021 slate on HBO Max concurrent with theatrical run
The move is a seismic shift in the age of pandemic-driven theater closings and follows what Disney started earlier this year and will kick off... Read More
‘Masters of the Universe’ Review: Travis Knight’s He-Man Reboot is the Ideal Version of a Movie Made to Sell Toys [B-] 
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Hannah Einbinder on the Legacy of ‘Hacks,’ Shipping Ava and Deborah and Who Makes Her Break the Most [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
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