Casting Society Association (CSA) Artios Award winners: ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ ‘Green Book’ and more
The winners of the 34th Artios Awards, given by the Casting Society of America (CSA), were handed out last night in simultaneous ceremonies at 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.
Frontrunner Friday: Guilds start rolling in but the Oscar race is still open
Last weekend, the Screen Actors Guild gave us another piece of the prediction puzzle, with three actors securing their frontrunner status to near-locked while one... Read More
Academy backtracks; All Oscar-nominated songs will be performed
Not long after it was leaked (intentionally?) that only two Original Songs would be performed at this year’s Oscars and encountered tons of backlash, the... Read More
Netflix inks overall deal with Oscar and Golden Globe-winning producer Darla Anderson
Netflix today announced that it has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Darla Anderson (Coco, Cars, Toy Story 3), the Academy Award, Golden Globe,... Read More
DGA: Directors Guild Preview and Predictions: Spike’s Last Stand
In 71 years of the Directors Guild of America awards, with its approximately 16,000 members, they’ve never given their top prize to a black director.... Read More
25th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Winners: ‘Black Panther,’ Glenn Close, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Black Panther, the billion dollar juggernaut comic book blockbuster has won Outstanding Performance By a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors... Read More
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Predictions: Television
The 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards are tomorrow night and I’ve already revealed my predictions for Motion Picture and now have my TV ready to... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Oscar nominations and PGA have given us a real race
In this month alone, controversies rose and crested at the banks of a few major awards players in a way that could potentially change Oscar... Read More
2019 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Preview and Predictions: Motion Picture
In its 25-year history, 17 films have earned four SAG nominations with six of those ending up winning here, Cast in a Motion Picture. Four... Read More
Miss Vanjie Returns to Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Joining 14 New Queens for the Crown
The 11th season of Emmy® Award-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is set to be the most fashionable, fearless and jaw-dropping spectacle in “Drag Race” herstory. The newest queens vying... Read More
Southern Eastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) Awards: ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Top Most Wins 
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Rules with 8 Wins 
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC): ‘Grand Tour,’ ‘The Mastermind’ and ‘Misericordia’ Highlight Unique Set of Nominations 
New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) Winners: Ethan Hawke, Jacob Elordi, Jessie Buckley, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and More