Emmys: Heads of ATAS and NATAS, Long-Bickering Organizations Behind TV’s Top Honors, Enter New Era of Collaboration
Over the 46 years since the acrimonious divorce of the two groups behind the Emmys, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS, or the TV Academy, which now presides over the Primetime Emmys) and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS, which now presides over the Daytime, Children’s & Family, News & […]
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Feinberg Forecast: Thanksgiving Revs Up the Oscar Race
Best Picture Barbie Warner Bros.’ summer hit was feted with the Global Icon & Creator Tribute at the Gotham Awards on Nov. 27, and no film seems poised to benefit more from the just-announced return to network TV of the Golden Globes, with its long-standing musical/comedy categories and its new blockbuster category. Maestro Bradley Cooper’s Netflix […]
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Lily Gladstone, Charles Melton and Danielle Brooks Among Eight Set for Virtuoso Honor
Eight Oscar contenders — Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Colman Domingo (Rustin and The Color Purple), America Ferrera (Barbie), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Greta Lee (Past Lives), Charles Melton (May December), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) and Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) — have been tapped to receive the Virtuoso Award at the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Olivia Rodrigo (‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’)
Olivia Rodrigo, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a tremendously gifted singer-songwriter who is, at just 20, arguably the biggest pop star in the world. The New York Times has called her “Pop’s brightest new hope,” “a modern and somewhat signature pop star,” “the promising new voice of […]
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Oscars: The Leading Men Leading the Race
Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario Cage is at his Cage-iest in this dark comedy, playing a boring husband, father and academic who suddenly starts appearing in the dreams of strangers, making him world famous — for better and worse. The performance evokes memories of his Oscar-nominated turn in Adaptation. Bradley Cooper, Maestro Cooper’s portrayal of the […]
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Feinberg Forecast: Updated Oscar Projections With All Hopefuls Now Having Been Screened
PLEASE NOTE: This forecast, assembled by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these projections by drawing upon conversations with voters and other industry insiders, analysis of marketing […]
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Oscars Telecast to Start Earlier Than Ever in 2024, Followed by ‘Abbott Elementary’
Good news for movie buffs based on the East Coast: The 96th Academy Awards, which ABC will broadcast on Sunday, March 10, 2024, will start earlier than any prior edition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. Rather than starting at 5 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT, as has been the […]
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: ‘Maestro’ Star Bradley Cooper Tapped for Outstanding Performer of the Year Award
In recognition of his portrayal of the composer Leonard Bernstein in the Netflix film Maestro, which he also co-wrote and directed, Bradley Cooper will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the fest announced Thursday. Cooper, 48, will be feted at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theatre […]
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Dwyane Wade-EP’d Doc Short ‘The Barber of Little Rock’ Acquired by the New Yorker for Oscar Run (Exclusive)
The Barber of Little Rock — an award-winning documentary short recently nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award, screened as part of DOC NYC’s Short List program and counts basketball great Dwyane Wade among its executive producers — has been acquired by the New Yorker Studios for an Oscar run. The film is now part of […]
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Emmys: TV Academy Slammed by Writers Guild for Moving Variety Writing Award Off Primetime Telecast
The TV Academy is being slammed by the Writers Guild of America for apparently making the decision to remove the presentation of the outstanding writing for a variety series/special award from the Primetime Emmys telecast that will take place on Jan. 15, 2024. In a missive sent on Tuesday to members of the WGA East and […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Dua Lipa (‘Barbie’)
Dua Lipa, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a three-time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter who is one of the biggest pop stars in the world. A Brit who has been described by The New York Times as “a powerhouse young artist,” by Vanity Fair as a “bona fide superstar” and […]
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Golden Globes to Air on CBS
The Golden Globes organization has announced that the 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air live on CBS, stream on Paramount+ and be available on the CBS app as part of a new deal between the network and the Golden Globes. The telecast, which will run for three hours beginning at 5 p.m. PST, will […]
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