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First Look: Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara in Weinstein Oscar Player ‘Lion’

Erik Anderson July 30, 2016

On the heels of its announcement as a World Premiere in this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, The Weinstein Company’s #1 Oscar hope this year,... Read More

Oscar Podcast #40: Toronto and Venice Festival Lineups, Updated Oscar Predictions

Erik Anderson July 29, 2016

In our 40th Oscar podcast, I am joined by Gold Rush Gang members Richard Anthony and, new this season, Bryan Bonafede. With the announcements this... Read More

Directors Guild of America (DGA) Sets Its 2017 Awards Timeline

Erik Anderson July 28, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The full timeline for next year’s Directors Guild of America nominations, voting and awards has been set with Television, Documentary and... Read More

2016 Venice Film Festival Lineup: Amy Adams x 2, ‘Jackie,’ Terrence Malick

Erik Anderson July 28, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The lineup for the 73rd Venice Film Festival is giving a bit of deja vú of this week’s TIFF lineup with... Read More

2016 MTV VMA Nominations: Get in Formation; Bey Leads with 11

Erik Anderson July 26, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] To no one’s surprise, Beyoncé led the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards nominations on the strength of her Emmy-nominated album Lemonade... Read More

TIFF 2016 Lineup: Arrival, Nocturnal Animals, Lion, La La Land and more

Erik Anderson July 26, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first batch of films set to show at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival is here and it’s huge. So... Read More

2016 Emmys: Did the Randomized Ballot Give Us Some of This Year’s Shocking Emmy Surprises?

chrispepper July 22, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] For those that don’t know how the Emmy voting process works, emmy voters are issued a large 100-plus page document listing every... Read More

2016 Emmys: Nominee Peter MacNicol (Veep) Disqualified as Guest Actor

Erik Anderson July 20, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After Veep‘s Peter MacNicol was nominated for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series last week, the awards predicting circles began bubbling... Read More

2016 Emmys: Emmy WINNER Predictions

Erik Anderson July 20, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The first round of 2016 Emmy winner predictions from The Emmy Experts are in and in all experts are seeing repeat... Read More

The Academy: Steven Spielberg, Laura Dern, Sharen K. Davis Among Board of Governors Selections

Erik Anderson July 18, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] THE ACADEMY ELECTS 2016–17 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Runoff election required for Film Editors Branch LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of... Read More

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