Joe Utichi

Executive Awards Editor

Joe oversees Deadline’s awards coverage, including its dedicated print magazine for the Oscar and Emmy seasons, AwardsLine. He also edits Deadline's special “Disruptors” edition for the Cannes Film Festival and serves as the emcee for its Contenders events. He has been aboard since 2012. Prior to joining, his work regularly appeared in his native UK - for outlets including The Sunday Times and The Guardian - and around the world. He has also worked extensively in film and television, producing EPK and production notes and working 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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Juno Temple On Her Character In Comedy Debut ‘Ted Lasso’: “Keeley Has Saved My Mental Health, Truly”

Juno Temple has never truly done comedy. In fact, with roles in the likes of Atonement, Cracks, Little Birds and Black Mass, to name a few, she has ploughed her field as a specialist in the darkest of darkness, and has relished every moment. She might have been surprised when co-creator Jason Sudeikis texted her with…

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On My Screen: Topher Grace Return To Sitcoms In ‘Home Economics’ And Shares Life Lessons He’s Learned Since ‘That ’70s Show’

Topher Grace has had a charmed few years, with roles in BlacKkKlansman, The Hot Zone and Black Mirror under his belt. And he returns to sitcoms this season with Home Economics, about a group of adult siblings dealing with very different financial situations. It's his first sitcom lead since breaking through with That '…

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‘The Truffle Hunters’ And ‘Stray’ Are Top Dogs At 2021 Fido Awards For Best Canine Movies

Paws for applause: dogs featured in the documentaries The Truffle Hunters and Stray have shared the top prize at the annual Fido Awards, presented today in London, which recognize the best canine appearances in cinema. The pair picked up the “Best in the World” collar and also shared the “Dog Dox” prize at the…

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‘The Underground Railroad’ Is A “Commentary On Today” Says Breakout Star Thuso Mbedu

If social media is any indication, the fact that Thuso Mbedu had 1.3 million Instagram followers even before her U.S. breakthrough role in The Underground Railroad was even released should point to the arrival of a fully formed star. Mbedu's following comes from her native South Africa, where she made a name on…

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How Barry Jenkins Sought To Recontextualize The Genocide Of Slavery With The Power Of Parable In ‘The Underground Railroad’

Barry Jenkins turns to television for his latest project, a 10-part adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Underground Railroad, Starring Thuso Mbedu, which hit Amazon Prime Video last week. It's his most ambitious project yet, set on a grander canvas and with much greater emotional stakes…

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Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Underground Railroad’ Is “An Important Story For Black People Globally”, Star Thuso Mbedu Says – Contenders TV

In African American history the phrase "Underground Railroad" is a metaphor that refers to a secret network of routes and safe houses that would help enslaved people escape to freedom. But in Barry Jenkins' dazzlingly ambitious Amazon Prime Video serie, an adaptation of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson…

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‘The Crown’ Star Emma Corrin Says Playing A 20th Century Icon “Was Very Overwhelming” – Contenders TV

For The Crown‘s fourth season, Peter Morgan brought his decades-spanning royal drama into more familiar territory for many of its viewers. Starting with the election of famously abrasive Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) in 1979, Netflix’s The Crown also saw the debut of newcomer Emma Cor…

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Deadline’s Oscars Live Blog

This is how the 93rd Oscars ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. So it was, as the Academy Awards reached its climax—having delivered the Best Picture winner to Nomadland two categories earlier—by giving its Best Actor prize to Anthony Hopkins… who wasn’t in the room to pick it up. Perhaps show producers Steven…

By Joe Utichi, Mike Fleming Jr, Pete Hammond
Apr 25, 2021 3:30 pm
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The Long Road To Oscar: The Journey Of Each Best Picture Nominee

Each of this year's Best Picture nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy's consideration. Here's how they came together. The Father Playwright Florian Zeller's The Father enjoyed several award-winning runs on the stage before it made its evolution to film, but first-time…

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How ‘Sound Of Metal’ Changed Everything For Riz Ahmed, Darius Marder & Paul Raci, Even Before It Earned Six Oscar Nominations

Darius Marder's Sound of Metal went into 2019's Toronto International Film Festival without a distributor. Now, a year-and-a-half on, it's a six-time Oscar nominee and perhaps the most hard-fought of all of this year's crop of Best Picture candidates. Joe Utichi meets Marder and stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci to take…

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How ‘One Night In Miami’ Writer Kemp Powers Turned History To His Advantage – Contenders Film: The Nominees

When it premiered last September at the Venice Film Festival, Regina King's directorial debut One Night In Miami was an early frontrunner for awards. Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actor, the film is based on the acclaimed play by Kemp Powers, which tells a…

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‘Mank’ Team On Bringing Old Hollywood Back To Life: “It Was A Tricky Tightrope” – Contenders Film: The Nominees

Anyone preparing to work with David Fincher knows the legendarily fastidious director doesn't do anything by halves, and those who signed up for his 10-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood homage Mank were not disappointed by his attention to detail. Filmed in luminous black and white and starring Gary Oldman, the film…

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