We’re just in the second month of Oscar predictions for next year and Amy Adams is finally winning, right? As much as people probably want to see that happen, and as much as many people feel she’s deserved wins before, her path may not be so simple. Adams got the first of her FIVE nominations in Supporting Actress for Junebug …
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Hey look, another Top 10 list. But wait, there’s more! Thinking about the films that I loved this year it was those that challenged me that I got the most from. Divisiveness wasn’t just in the political and social spectrums this year. Films like mother! and The Killing of a Sacred Deer split audiences. Even the new Star Wars found …
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The Golden Globes are the first major televised awards show of the season and it all starts right here, with the nominations. Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) must fend off jabs that the 90+ organization of foreign journalists (representing 55 countries) is nothing less than having a chance to hob-knob with stars but in the recent past …
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Meryl is back! After allowing Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) a single month in the prediction sun, Streep is back with a vengeance for her fierce performance (and gold embroidered caftan) in the timely Spielberg film The Post. At the moment, we’ve had three major awards bodies announce 2017 winners: the National Board of Review, the Los Angeles Film Critics …
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The nominations for the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards have been announced and Call Me By Your Name (6), Get Out (5), Good Time (5) and Lady Bird (4)lead the way along with some nifty surprises in top categories for The Rider and A Ciambra. The last four winners of Best Feature here (Moonlight, Spotlight, Birdman, 12 Years a Slave) have …
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Variety returns for the seventh season of its ‘Actors on Actors’ series, a co-production with PBS, will be presented by Google Home. Packed full of awards season hopefuls from Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Florida Project and Wonder Woman will engage each other in what is always a highly entertaining show. Stars from Lady Bird, The Meyerowitz …
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JENNIFER ANISTON, JASON BATEMAN, WARREN BEATTY, SOFIA BOUTELLA, MATT DAMON, FAYE DUNAWAY, MICHAEL J. FOX, RYAN GOSLING, SALMA HAYEK, TARAJI P. HENSON, DEV PATEL, SETH ROGEN, OCTAVIA SPENCER, MERYL STREEP AND VINCE VAUGHN ANNOUNCED AS FINAL SLATE OF 89TH OSCARS® PRESENTERS LOS ANGELES, CA – Oscar® producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd announced the final slate of presenters for …
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The full lineup of presenters and category order has been revealed (first from Gold Derby, exclusively) for this weekend’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, all motion picture nominees are scheduled to attend. Only one of last year’s film winners, Brie Larson (Room) is currently on tap to present. The 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards will air live at 8pm ET/5pm …
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There were a lot of mixed feelings about the Oscar nomination presentation yesterday. Most seemed to feel the pre-recorded elements were sleepy and subdued and the energy and crackle of excitement from the press and publicists in the audience were sorely missed. I’m in agreement there. The alphabetized format from the somnambulant announcer gave little in the way of surprise. Only …
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Formerly the Mavericks, the inaugural year of the Toronto International Film Festival’s new series In Conversation reveals chats with Oscar winner Julianne Moore, Oscar nominee Salma Hayek, Emmy winner Matthew Weiner and comedian and indie darling this year, Sarah Silverman. “Our In Conversation With… events always offer something unexpected. Whether it’s a personal anecdote, a surprising fact, or an …
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