Joe Utichi

Editor, AwardsLine

Joe oversees Deadline’s print magazine for the Oscar and Emmy seasons, as well as its special “Disruptors” edition for the Cannes Film Festival. He has been with Deadline since 2012 and serves as emcee for Deadline’s The Contenders events. Prior to joining, his work regularly appeared in his native UK, for outlets including The Sunday Times and The Guardian. He has also worked extensively in film and television, producing EPK and production notes and serving as a unit publicist. He is a member of BAFTA and has sat on multiple juries for the BAFTA Film Awards.

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On My Screen: ‘Cherry’s Tom Holland On His Film & TV Favorites, First Acting Lessons & The Co-Star He’s Annoyed The Most

It has been more than 12 years since Tom Holland made his West End theatre debut as Billy Elliot in the musical adaptation of Stephen Daldry's modern classic film; a half lifetime for the 24-year-old actor who has spent the time since forging a career as a major star. Of course, his trajectory was helped along by his…

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‘Nomadland’ Director Chloé Zhao: Why We Need To “Train Our Minds To Want Less” & The Problem Of Elder Care In America

Chloé Zhao has made three feature films to date, each of them blending narrative storytelling with non-fiction. Her debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, told the story of Native American siblings struggling to find their place in a changing world. The Rider cast cowboy Brady Jandreau as a version of himself, reliving…

Frances McDormand and director Chloé Zhao

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Gillian Anderson Celebrates Golden Globes Nod Ahead Of Virtual Ceremony: “It’ll Be A Night I Will Never Forget”

Gillian Anderson is no stranger to the ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hilton where the Golden Globes ceremony usually takes place. She was nominated four times for The X-Files, winning once, and received another nod for Bleak House. “It’s really the most fun of all [the awards shows],” she said this morning, reflecting…

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Leslie Odom Jr. Says ‘Hamilton’ Was The “Golden Ticket” To His Two Globe Noms For ‘One Night In Miami’

With two of his own Golden Globe nominations—Best Supporting Actor for playing Sam Cooke in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, and Best Original Song for “Speak Now” on its soundtrack—Leslie Odom Jr. says he’s “connecting the dots” between a trio of his projects that have all appeared in this morning’s list. In…

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Director Kevin Macdonald On The Real-Life Inspiration For ‘The Mauritanian’: “He’s Such An Extraordinary Person” – Contenders Film

True stories provide fertile breeding ground for awards-season contenders, but few biographies are as rich and strange as that of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who spent 14 years in Guantanamo Bay on flimsy terrorism charges as the U.S. fought an often-directionless war on terror. The story of how he came to be tracked and…

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Stanley Tucci & ‘Supernova’ Director Harry Macqueen On Love, Life And Loss – Contenders Film

One of award season's more gently romantic offerings is Harry Macqueen's film Supernova, in which a middle-aged gay couple, Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), take a road trip through England's Lake District as they visit friends and come to terms with Tusker's diagnosis with young-onset dementia. Speaking…

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‘Promising Young Woman’ Director Emerald Fennell On Her Movie About “Appearances Being Deceptive” – Contenders Film

The idea for Emerald Fennell's debut movie Promising Young Woman came to her in a single image: while a seemingly drunk woman is being bothered by a man, she turns the tables by suddenly sitting up, stone-cold sober, and asking, "What are you doing?" This happens quite a few times in her film, which sees college…

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Team On The Power Of Music: “The Blues Is America” – Contenders Film

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom entered the awards race with impressive credentials. One of two films last year featuring the late Chadwick Boseman, George C. Wolfe's Netflix film also reunites star Viola Davis with the work of playwright August Wilson, a winning combination that landed her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar…

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Tahar Rahim On The Muslim Stereotypes He Refuses To Play, And How ‘The Mauritanian’ Sets The Record Straight

Mohamedou Ould Salahi endured unimaginable horror as an inmate of the U.S. government's notorious Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 14 years. In all that time, no charge was ever leveled against him, and with the help of his tireless lawyer Nancy Hollander, who weathered extreme criticism for representing…

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The Partnership: How The Mother-Son Bond Between Sophia Loren And Director Edoardo Ponti Led To The Screen Icon’s Most Moving Role In ‘The Life Ahead’

It has been 11 years since Sophia Loren, the great Italian star and one of the only surviving icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, last graced the screen. And longer still since she last took a leading role. After her Oscar-winning heyday in the '50s and '60s, Loren turned to the only passion that could match her love for…

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‘The Crown’ Cast & Crew On The Toughest Scenes Of Season 4 — Deadline Virtual Screening Series

Of all the challenges inherent in taking on the role of a divisive figure like former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix’s The Crown, Gillian Anderson says the show’s complex schedule, married with the intensive duels of dialogue she shares with Olivia Colman’s Queen Elizabeth II…

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Jodie Foster Says ‘The Mauritanian’ Reflects The Residual Effects Of America’s Post-9/11 Transformation

Though she has starred in some of the most indelible movies in cinema history—Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused—and won two Oscars for doing so, Jodie Foster's output has slowed in recent years. And it is not a paucity of roles, she says, but rather a decision to become more selective about what she…

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