AwardsWatch - will smith

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 23, 2022

With both the Gothams and Spirit Awards announcing nominations, we’re just starting to see how some of these acting races and narratives can take early shape. Both groups have... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)

Erik Anderson October 27, 2022

Not much to fuss with this month in the top 5, with Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)... Read More

Trailer: Will Smith’s slave drama ‘Emancipation’ gets trailer and December release, enters awards season

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Trailer: Will Smith’s slave drama ‘Emancipation’ gets trailer and December release, enters awards season

Erik Anderson October 3, 2022

After a lot of back and forth on when Apple would release the Antoine Fuqua-directed slave drama Emancipation, starring last season’s Best Actor Oscar winner... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)

Erik Anderson September 19, 2022

Brendan Fraser in The Whale was the Best Actor frontrunner before the film even debuted at Venice but now, post-TIFF and the responses to his... Read More

94th Academy Awards winners: ‘CODA’ wins Best Picture, breaking 89 years of stats; Will Smith slaps Chris Rock live on stage

Erik Anderson March 27, 2022

Well, they did say it would be exciting. After another long Oscar season the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the winners of... Read More

FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR

Erik Anderson March 23, 2022

Will Smith’s Oscar journey started exactly 20 years ago, when he was nominated for his performance as famed boxer Muhammed Ali in 2001’s Ali. He... Read More

‘Belfast’ wins AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture; ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ are TV winners

Erik Anderson March 19, 2022

Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film Belfast won the AARP Movies for Grownups Best Picture award in a ceremony held March 18 via Great Performances on PBS and hosted... Read More

Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis (‘King Richard’) accept Performers of the Year awards from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Catherine Springer March 7, 2022

Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis, stars of the Oscar-nominated film King Richard, were honored last night with the Performers of the Year Award at the... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Give me a sign

Erik Anderson March 4, 2022

The Screen Actors Guild Awards kicked the very fast Phase II of awards season into high gear, establishing two winners as undeniable frontrunners and opening... Read More