How Best Actor Drives Best Picture
Nowadays, the most influential category for Best Picture is Screenplay. That just means it's most common that a Best Picture nominee has a corresponding screenplay nomination. A film can miss almost everything else, but if it misses Screenplay it's very rare that it wins Best Picture. Missing Best Director doesn't matter as much anymore in the expanded Best Picture...
For Olivia, My First Crush
They say you never forget your first crush. I have to confess, when I first saw Grease on HBO back in…never mind. Let’s just say this was a time that preceded streaming, DVRs, and your guide came to you in the mail once a month in what amounted to a pamphlet form. Anyway, that’s enough of me dating myself. I...
Viola Davis and The Woman King Will Close the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Fest
The MVAAFF began August 5th, to close on August 13th with Gina Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Woman King, per the Hollywood Reporter. is to take place in a conversation about the Sony Pictures/TriStar movie on closing night, Aug. 13, as part of the festival’s signature event, Color of Conversation. During the conversation, Davis and moderator Jazmine Hughes of The New York...
Predictions Friday: As the Pendulum Swings
AwardsDaily is a free-thinking zone. Anyone who is not familiar with this site should be aware of that. This is great in some ways but probably not so great in other ways. Social media has trained us to form tribes and anyone inside one of those tribes would be expected to follow the ideology of that tribe. I don't run...
HollyShorts to Kick Off Next Week with Star-Studded Opening Night Line-Up
Next week, the HollyShorts Film Festival kicks off, and you are not going to want to miss the incredible batch of films playing. Opening night will feature films featuring Academy Award® winner Ben Proudfoot, British legend Sir Steve McQueen, Academy Award® winner Travon Free, Jamie Lee Curtis and Gemma Arterton. Jury members include Adaku Ononogbo, Blair Underwood, Bryan Cranston, David...
Favorite Oscar Year, Favorite Oscar Winner
As we head towards Oscar's 100th year, I thought it might be fun to talk about the best years of the Oscar experience from our own personal perspectives. What was the most fun? What winner felt the most satisfying? Which ceremony do you remember? Did you ever jump out of your seat and scream? The Oscars have been so somber...
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Our Favorite Podcasts: 2022 Emmy’s Main Title Design Breakdown!
Megan's back at the Water Cooler just in time for another one of our very favorite episodes. We break down the nominees for Emmy's Main Title Design category. We've been fascinated with this category, even before Stranger Things knocked us all off our feat with a completely unexpected win. Here, we look at each nominee: their merits, their chances of...
‘Winning Time’ Cinematographer Todd Banhazi on Taking a Maximal Approach to HBO’s Telling of the Showtime Lakers
Cinematographer Todd Banhazi came to HBO’s Winning Time with a distinct set of challenges. Including how to shoot NBA-level basketball in a believable way, how to make actors look like all-time great basketball players, and how to capture a distinct moment in time that heralded a cultural zeitgeist when sports became big business, athletes became celebrities, and capitalism became all-consuming,...
Rerecording Sound Mixers Ryan Collins and Nick Offord Talk Their Emmy-Nominated Sonic Environments for ‘Dopesick’ and ‘Pam & Tommy’ [VIDEO]
Awards Daily chats with Emmy-nominated rerecording sound mixers Ryan Collins and Nick Offord about going up against themselves in Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Hulu's Dopesick and Pam & Tommy. On paper, Hulu's Dopesick and Pam & Tommy have nothing in common, but their sonic journeys, according to Emmy-nominated sound mixers Ryan Collins...
‘Impeachment’ Showrunner Sarah Burgess On Sending Scripts to Monica Lewinsky, Writing Monica and Linda’s Final Moment at the Mall
American Crime Story: Impeachment showrunner Sarah Burgess talks about depicting the worst day of someone's life in the Emmy-nominated episode, "Man Handled." Showrunner Sarah Burgess was not short on material when it came to research for the Impeachment episode "Man Handled," which is nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Between Monica...
‘Euphoria’ Production Mixer Sean O’Malley Discusses All of the Sound Challenges in the Episode ‘Stand Still Like a Hummingbird’ [VIDEO]
Awards Daily talks to Emmy-nominated production mixer Sean O'Malley about creating all of the sonic environments in the nail-biting Euphoria episode "Stand Still Like a Hummingbird." Rue (Zendaya) is really put through the wringer in Episode 5 of Euphoria Season 2. "Stand Still Like a Hummingbird" starts with an all-out fight between Rue, her sister, and mother, and ends with...
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2023 Oscar TRACKER
Best Picture
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Actor
Austin Butler, Elvis
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Actress Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting ActorTom Hanks, Elvis
Best Supporting Actress
Best Director Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joseph Kosinsky, Top Gun: Maverick
Original Screenplay
Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Adapted Screenplay
Cinematography Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best EditingElvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Production Design Elvis
Sound Mixing + EditingElvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Costumes
Elvis
Visual EffectsTop Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Original Score
Original Song Top Gun: Maverick
Makeup and Hair Elvis
Animated Feature
Documentary Feature
International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short
Featured
EP Matt Selman Says If ‘The Simpsons’ Wins the Emmy This Year, It’ll Be Because of the Last 3 Minutes of ‘Pixelated and Afraid’
Awards Daily talks to The Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman about why the Emmy-nominated episode "Pixelated and Afraid" shows us...
‘Abbott Elementary’ Dominates TCA Awards–Are the Emmys Next?
It was a good day for Quinta Brunson's Abbott Elementary yesterday, as it took four awards at this year's Television...
Jeff Goldblum On How ‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’ Has Become a Personal Video Journal of the Last Two Years [VIDEO]
Awards Daily talks to Jeff Goldblum about his Emmy-nominated series The World According to Jeff Goldblum, nominated for Outstanding Hosted...
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‘Dropout’ Director Francesca Gregorini Talks the “Iron Sisters” Scene Where Elizabeth Lowers Her Mask
Awards Daily chats with The Dropout director Francesca Gregorini, nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or...
‘Succession’ Director Cathy Yan Talks 4 Iconic Moments From Her Emmy-Nominated Episode, ‘The Disruption’
Awards Daily talks to Succession director Cathy Yan about directing the Emmy-nominated episode "The Disruption" and what it was like...
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