The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has changed the rules for some of its TV Awards and TV Craft Awards categories in a bid to improve gender parity among the nominees. In a press release Tuesday, BAFTA said that the top three male and top three female vote-receivers in round one of the … Read more
Will Smith may not be able to attend next year’s Oscars, but that won’t stop Apple TV+ from releasing his new awards vehicle in time for consideration. The streamer confirmed on Monday that Emancipation, Antoine Fuqua‘s portrait of a man who escapes from slavery in 19th-century Louisiana, will be released in theaters on December 2 … Read more
“I wanted this to have more jokes, but it’s fairly sincere,” Noah Baumbach said about his introductory remarks at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall Friday Friday night before the North American premiere of white noise. The surreal (or is it hyper-real?) meditation on media saturation, academic absurdity, and a looming cloud of existential poison had … Read more
The thing about being Liza Minnelli in 1972 is that you weren’t just the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli. You were 26, supernaturally talented, and close friends with Bob Fosse, John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Halston. And 1972 was a watershed year for all of them. Fosse and Minnelli would both go on … Read more
Tell me about the training and physical demands of this role? So it started during the audition process, actually, because part of the audition was going for a fitness and physical test with our stunt coordinator, who was going to determine whether I could be able to do my own stunts or not. After getting … Read more
Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine rages on, the Russian Film Academy announced Monday that it will not submit any of its country’s films for contention at next year’s Oscars. First reported by news outlet AFP and later confirmed by Varietythis news appears to reflect a boycott of the Academy Awards amidst escalating tensions between Russia … Read more
As the release approaches for Universal’s bros—the first studio-backed gay rom-com to receive theatrical distribution—let no one say Billy Eichner didn’t do everything he could for its success. The film’s star and cowriter, riding high off of excellent reviews and buzz out of its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, has been everywhere in support of … Read more
There’s a photo on the wall above my writing desk, held up by a tab of Scotch tape. Well, not a photo, exactly, but a postcard sent to me by A24 in the lead up to the release of Minari. In it, Jacob Yi (played by Steven Yeun) is standing under the sweltering Arkansas sun … Read more
moments after Steven Spielberg‘s The Fabelmans premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, the verdict was clear: Michelle Williams gave a “tour de force performance” and “may finally take home an Oscar” for her role as Mitzi Fabelman, the free-spirited mother of the film’s Spielberg-inspired main character. In a supporting actress field that was still … Read more
After just a year in awards-show exile, the Golden Globes will return to their prime-time TV home of NBC and—following the Emmys’ lead—stream on Peacock in 2023. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the news on Tuesday, marking Tuesday, January 10, 2023, as the ceremony’s day of return. “We recognize the HFPA’s commitment to ongoing … Read more