The 49th NAACP Image Awards, handed out over two nights (Sunday and Monday) reveal their winners tonight in Motion Picture and Television and Entertainer of the Year. Get Out was the big winner of the evening, grabbing Actor in a Motion Picture (Daniel Kaluuya) and Directing and Writing wins for Jordan Peele. But Motion Picture went to the raucous hit …
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The Golden Globes feel more difficult to predict this year than most. With category placements for films like Three Billboards in Drama, Get Out in Comedy and Beatriz at Dinner (which is appealing its Drama ruling) the line of what defines a film’s genre keeps getting muddier each year. The split of the top categories made more sense in the …
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Things are looking bright for Ben Mendelsohn this month. The Emmy winner’s film, Darkest Hour, moved up in Best Picture and Best Director, still holds onto the #1 in Best Actor (Gary Oldman) and he reaches his highest placement this month, landing at #2. Worth noting, his point total is actually three points lower than last month so while his rankings …
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A girl. A boy. And a dog. Thrills and chills punctuate the first trailer for the adventure saga The Mountain Between Us starring Oscar-winner Kate Winslet and Golden Globe winner Idris Elba. When their charter plane crashes on a snowy mountain, two strangers (Winslet and Elba) must fight to survive the elements in this thriller from Oscar nominee Hany Abu-Assad …
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Not much change in Supporting Actor this month, in fact it’s the same top 5 as last month with just a small amount of movement within that group. Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name) maintains a clear favorite but Steve Buscemi (Lean on Pete) moves up and starts to close the gap. Neither actor has ever been Oscar-nominated. Although …
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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 …
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Moonlight took home seven trophies from the 17th Black Reel Awards tonight, more than any other film. It led the nominations, with 13. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis took Actor and Supporting Actress for Fences, Ruth Negga won Actress for Loving and Mahershala Ali was one of Moonlight‘s seven wins. All are nominated for Oscars for the same roles with …
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The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards are this weekend and AwardsWatch’s Emmy Experts have their FINAL predictions for this year’s winners. With the Guest Acting winners at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys being so off the charts we could see as much turned upside down at the big show. The Emmys do often like to repeat themselves and while we all …
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This year’s Emmy talk, more than any in recent memory, has been dominated by the level of quality in the TV Movie and Limited Series categories. The wealth of formidable contenders, most especially in the performance categories, is going to prove a brutal fight come nomination morning. In some categories there will be as many excellent performances snubbed as there …
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