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Can the Oscars Survive the Imminent Death of Hollywood?
The Oscars are barreling toward their 97th year, and will turn 100 not too long from now. Yet, the industry and the Oscars, are facing a reckoning -- an existential crisis that could topple the empire. Not that you'd ever hear much about this. With Jay Penske having a monopoly on coverage you can pretty much be assured it will be strictly party-line. But Houston, we have a problem. Not to alarm you all, but there are signs everywhere that something is happening here. There is a major shift happening, not to mention an enduring ghost town at the box office. Ordinarily, I would not...
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Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s ‘Los Frikis’ Wins Marimbas Award at 41st Annual Miami Film Festival
Miami, FL (April 16, 2024) – “Los Frikis,” directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, took the festival’s top jury prize, the $20,000 MARIMBAS Award, at the 41st edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival. The event ran from April 5 - 14, 2024. The award is an international competition for the jury-selected new narrative feature film...
The SAG Awards Will Have No Impact on Oscar Voting
The SAG/AFTRA awards have released their calendar for this year. Here is how it shakes out, vis a vis the Oscars. It's a hit and miss prospect, whether the Oscars will match the SAG awards. Last year, Lily Gladstone won the SAG and lost the Oscar to Emma Stone, on account of the Oscars mirroring the BAFTAs almost exactly. It...
Legendary Icon Carol Burnett to Receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at 49th Annual Gracie Awards Gala on May 21
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 16, 2024) – Today, the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) is thrilled to announce that Carol Burnett, a legendary figure in entertainment, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 49th Annual Gracie Awards Gala on May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel, in Beverly Hills. The Gracie Awards'...
The Holdovers and American Fiction win at the WGA!
Finally, The Holdovers wins a well-deserved award for Screenplay. Congratulations. Take a bow. 2024 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED Los Angeles and New York – Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) announced the winners of the 2024 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, news, radio/audio, and...
The Writers Guild Awards Are Tonight! Last Minute Predictions?
The Writers Guild Awards will finally unfurl tonight. The strike from last year meant they had to postpone these awards because there was no work to judge from. It's highly unusual to have any awards after the Oscars, but before 2000, the BAFTAs used to happen after the Oscars. We are not expecting any deviation from the status quo, although...
SNL Pays Tribute Once More to Barbenheimer
Ryan Gosling hosted one of the funniest Saturday Night Llives in a while and not a moment too soon. As Israel and Iran were on the brink of war, amid a brutal election season, Saturday Night Live offered some relief. I didn't watch the show. I never do. Thankfully, Youtube has all of the best skits. "Here we are again,...
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‘Shōgun’ VFX Supervisor Michael Cliett Talks Beheadings, How They Pulled Off the Earthquake Sequence in ‘Episode 5
Awards Daily chats with Shōgun VFX supervisor Michael Cliett about the work that goes into crafting the perfect beheading and how they pulled off that earthquake sequence. VFX supervisor Michael Cliett has a special relationship with Shōgun. In the early 1980s, he watched the original NBC miniseries while living in Japan with his family. Provided by Michael Cliett "A special...
‘Under the Bridge’: A Harrowing Confrontation of Abandoned Innocence
I couldn't help but think about how we sometimes look at people in another age group with a mixture of envy and jealousy. Maybe there is some pity in there, too, but if we are older we can long for another chance to relive that exuberant adolescence that normally belongs to someone younger. Maybe we could make different choices if...
Reviews: Having a ‘Civil’ Discussion About High Art and Arty Trash
We're still one down this week, and this week it's Megan! Never fear, Joey and Clarence carry on with a discussion of film and television. On the film side, they review Alex Garland's divisive box office winner Civil War. Then, on the TV front, they cover Netflix's gorgeously photographed Ripley and the "high-class trash" that is Starz's Mary and George....
‘An American Bombing: The Road to April 19’ Director Marc Levin Recalls Bill Clinton’s Chilling Summation about Timothy McVeigh
An American Bombing director Marc Levin talks to Awards Daily about why the Oklahoma City bombing connects to so much of what's going on today and the interview with Bill Clinton that left him speechless. Director Marc Levin was surprised to learn that many Gen Z college students have no idea what the Oklahoma City bombing was. So with his...
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Oscars 2024 – Closing It Out with One Last Podcast
We got together for one last podcast to close out the season. This time it's me, Sasha Stone, Ryan Adams,...
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