The big surprise about today’s film nominations is how few surprises there are. The star-driven HFPA is known to want as many glamorous superstars crammed into its ceremony as possible, but more often than not lately, its choices have been in sync with the Academy.
Verve is giving its assistants and mailroom employees a 25%-40% pay raise in response to #PayUpHollywood – the first known pay hikes tied directly to the movement since it was launched in October. Verve's move comes after it conducted an internal survey last month, which also prompted the talent agency to shorten…
Producers of Broadway's Tony-nominated Beetlejuicesaid Monday that the comedic musical based on Tim Burton’s 1988 cult movie will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6. A national tour is being mounted to kick off in fall 2021.
Beetlejuice the musical opened April 25, 2019 and was…
When it comes to categorizing, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been marching to its own beat. It nominated Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black in the drama field for the show’s first season in 2014, which was designated as a comedy at the Emmys later that year. The TV Academy re-classified the series as a…
Netflix ran away with the most Golden Globe nominations Monday as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association unveiled nominees for its 77th awards. The streamer dominated with 34 total noms across film and TV — a perfect 17 apiece.
Key noms included four Best Picture hopefuls in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (a…
Multiple-award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo has entered Golden Globes race with two nominations, one for her starring performance as famous abolitionist and American hero Harriet Tubman in the Focus Features biopic, Harriet, as well as for the film’s original song Stand Up which co-wrote with Joshuah Brian Campbell.…
Germany's selection for the International Feature Film Oscar race, System Crasher, is a stirring drama that centers on Benni, a 9-year-old girl with wild and somewhat volatile energy who is what Child Protection Services calls a "system crasher."
Benni’s incalculable behavior makes it hard to place her in a consistent…
EXCLUSIVE:Fox has put in development Re-Friended, a half-hour multi-camera comedy from comedian Franchesca Ramsey (Decoded) and actress-writer-producer Shamikah Martinez, who are set to star, writer Vijal Patel (black-ish, The Middle), Kay Cannon and Laverne McKinnon’s K&L Productions and Sony Pictures Television…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the Golden Globes, has taken heat this morning for the lack of female directors among its movie category nominees.
Female directors missed out entirely in the Best Director category on the film side in nominations for the event’s 77th edition, despite a strong pool…
At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, two legendary Newmans will compete for Best Original Score—1917's Thomas Newman and his cousin, Marriage Story composer Randy Newman.
For Thomas, a 14-time Oscar nominee, and Randy, a two-time winner, with 20 nominations to his name, this morning's pair of nominations within the same…
Quibi has added three more programs to its Daily Essentials lineup. Sex,/dating/relationships talker Sexology with Shan, fashion review show Fashion’s a Drag and black culture series The Nod with Brittany & Ericare set for the shortform digital platform that launches on April 6.
Here are the descriptions of the new…
CAA said Monday that it has promoted seven trainees to the rank of agent, two apiece in the Media Finance and Commerical Endorsements departments, and one each in Motion Picture Talent, Touring and CAA Sports’ Baseball divisions.
Casey Sunderland and Travis Tammero have been upped to Agents in Media Finance, which…
Apple TV+ landed three major Golden Globe nominations this morning for one of its first original series, The Morning Show. It was nominated for drama series and twice in the actress in a drama series category for stars/executive producers Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
The noms, which followed Apple+’s first…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
