Awards
Matteo Garrone’s ‘Io Capitano’ Wins Italian Film Awards
Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano, an Oscar nominee this year for Italy in the best international feature category, was the big winner of this year’s 2024 David Di Donatello Awards, Italy’s equivalent to the Oscars, winning best film and director for Garrone. Io Capitano also picked up prizes for best cinematography, editing, sound, and visual effects. Paola Cortellesi’s There’s […]
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Matthias Glasner’s ‘Dying’ Wins German Film Awards
Matthias Glasner’s epic dysfunctional family drama Dying has won the top prize for best film at the 2024 German Film Awards, the Lolas. Dying was one of the critical favorites at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where Glasner won the Silver Bear for best screenplay. The film stars Lars Eidinger as a classical conductor with an extremely dysfunctional family. In […]
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Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jonathan Majors Appear on Ballot to Pick BET Award Nominees (Exclusive)
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jonathan Majors — who are both embroiled in controversies and allegations involving assault and harassment — appear on the ballot designed to pick who will be nominated at the upcoming BET Awards. First-round voting to help determine nominees for the June 30 show kicked off this week, and Combs’ The Love […]
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Broadway Musical ‘Lempicka’ Sets May Closing Date
The new musical Lempicka announced that it will play its final performance on May 19, about one month after it opened on Broadway. The musical, about the life of artist Tamara de Lempicka, is the first to announce closing after the Tony nominations were announced Tuesday. The two leads in the musical, Eden Espinosa and […]
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Alex Edelman to Receive Special Tony Award for ‘Just For Us’
Alex Edelman is among the honorees being presented a special Tony Award for his comedy show, Just for Us, which debuted on Broadway in June 2023. Edelman’s one-man show, which ran through August at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, saw the comic, who is Jewish, recounting a night attending a white supremacist meeting. In addition to Edelman, […]
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Peabody Awards: Mel Brooks, Quinta Brunson Tapped for Special Honors
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced that Mel Brooks has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award, while Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson has won the Peabody Trailblazer Award. Both awards were selected by unanimous vote of the Peabody Board of Jurors and will be celebrated live at the 84th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Anna Sawai, Breakout Star of ‘Shogun,’ on Lady Mariko, ‘F9’ Family and J-Pop Days
Anna Sawai is still processing the degree to which her life has changed because of Shōgun, the smash-hit FX show on which she plays Lady Mariko, and as a result of which she has become an Emmy frontrunner (for best actress in a limited or anthology series or a TV movie) and is rapidly making […]
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Denis Villeneuve to Receive Honorary Canadian Screen Award
Dune: Part 2 director Denis Villeneuve is set to receive a special trophy at the upcoming Canadian Screen Awards. The Montreal-based film writer, director and producer, also known for movies like Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and the 2021 Dune big screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic novel, will receive the Academy Icon Award, the Academy […]
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Jeff Bridges Says He “Resisted” Becoming an Actor at First Due to Anxiety
Chris Pine, Cynthia Erivo, Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone and Rosie Perez celebrated Jeff Bridges’ seven-decade career at the 49th annual Chaplin Awards Gala in New York City on Monday night. But the Big Lebowski star almost chose a different career path. During his acceptance speech for the Film at Lincoln Center‘s prestigious honor, the True […]
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Emmy Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Updated Picks as ‘Shogun’ Ends (Or Does It?), ‘Hacks’ Begins (Again) and ‘Expats’ Star Nicole Kidman Is Feted
SINCE THE LAST UPDATE With the May 31 Emmys eligibility cutoff almost exactly one month away, Emmys-related action is picking up. On April 22, Ryan Seacrest, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan came out for a screening and reception in Hollywood on behalf of ABC’s American Idol. Meanwhile, in New York, Peter Morgan, creator […]
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Tony Awards Noms Snubs, Surprises: ‘Stereophonic’ for Best Score; ‘The Wiz,’ Steve Carell Shut Out
Stereophonic became the most nominated play in Tony Awards history Tuesday, scoring a surprisingly strong 13 nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, including acting nods for almost the entire cast. Several other shows also saw most of their leading roles nominated, including Days of Wine and Roses, which closed early but still saw nominations for […]
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‘Stereophonic,’ Alicia Keys’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Lead Tony Award Nominations
The Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen and new play Stereophonic, about a fictional band in the 1970s, led the Tony nominations with 13 nominations each. The Outsiders, a musical based on the 1967 S.E. Hinton book, followed with 12 nominations and the revival of Cabaret, starring Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, followed with nine nods. […]
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