Game of Thrones managed another Drama Series win after losing both writing and directing for a total of 10 wins including its haul from last week’s Creative Arts Emmys. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel made a near sweep of the comedy awards, taking home Lead Actress for Rachel Brosnahan, Supporting Actress for Alex Borstein, writing and directing for show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino …
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In the first Emmy podcast of the 2017-2018 television season I am joined by a familiar voice – Vox.com’s critic-at-large Todd VanDerWerff. The first hour of this 90-minute podcast focuses heavily on the Outstanding Drama race which sees the return of Game of Thrones after taking a year off and now going up against last year’s winner The Handmaid’s Tale. …
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The Guild of Music Supervisors awarded Call Me By Your Name and Insecure with two prizes apiece at their 8th annual ceremony on Thursday night. Call Me By Your Name earned wins for Best Song (“Mystery of Love”) three songs its nominated against for the Oscar, and for Music Supervision for a Film Budgeted Under $5 Million. Insecure took the …
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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 nominations for the 49th NAACP Image Awards have been announced and in the Motion Picture section Get Out, Girls Trip and Marshall lead the field with five apiece. All three were nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture alongside Detroit and Roman J. Israel, Esq. In Television, Queen Sugar led the way with 6 nominations, followed by Insecure with five. Each …
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This 18th Emmy podcast I am joined by former and current Emmy Experts Peter Cioth and Chris Pepper to break down the newly revealed nomination ballots to discuss the writing, directing and guest acting categories. This podcast runs 1h 45m. Don’t forget to run over the our Emmy Experts 2017 Emmy nomination predictions right here. Opening music: the theme from …
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No one embraces new talent, new television show like the Golden Globes. Considering they’re not a critics group like the Television Critics Association (who always have great TV picks) it’s impressive how willing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is to reward new and emerging talent. This year is no different with first-time nominees abound and freshman shows healthily represented. But …
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After becoming awards’ season’s pariah, Nate Parker and his The Birth of a Nation had a bit of a re-birth today at the NAACP Image Award nominations. The film earned six mentions, including three for Parker himself. Birth will have an uphill battle though as it faces major Oscar contender Moonlight, which also earned six nominations, many in the same …
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The nominations for the 74th Golden Globes were announced this morning by Golden Globe winners Don Cheadle and Laura Dern, Anna Kendrick, this year’s Miss Golden Globe trio of Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet Stallone, along with Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria, and Barry Adelman, Executive VP of Television at Dick Clark productions. New shows Westworld, Stranger Things, Atlanta …
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