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HBO and Sky drama Chernobyl was a double winner at the Rose D'Or awards. The event, which was held in London and presented by Lenny Henry, awarded The Golden Rose Award to the Sister Pictures-produced limited series, which also picked up the best drama award, ahead of Killing Eve, Succession, Years and Years, 8 Days…

UPDATED with two more categories: Nominees for the seventh annual MUAHS Guild Awards were unveiled on Monday by they Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild, with Paramount’s Rocketman and Lionsgate’s Bombshell scoring the most noms among movies and FX’s American Horror Story: 1984 and Fosse/Verdon, HBO’s Chernobyl…

The dæmons were out last night with the debut of His Dark Materials on HBO. Animal manifestations of the human soul, repressive theology, the multiverse, a sprinkling of streampunk and the search for a missing friend kicked off the premium cabler's adaptation of Philip Pullman's novels last night with a bit of a roar…

Britain’s world-conquering drama, spearheaded by Emmy-winning shows like Killing Eve and Chernobyl, boosted the country’s TV exports to a record high of £1.4BN ($1.8BN). That’s according to producer trade body Pact’s 2018/19 TV Export Report, which found that UK exports were up 55% on the 2016/17 figure of…

Nicholas Britell won Film Composer of the Year for his Oscar-nominated score for If Beale Street Could Talk at the World Soundtrack Awards, the annual event that honors the year’s best in film and TV music. The ceremony for the 19th edition of the honors was Friday on the sidelines of the Ghent Film Festival in…

EXCLUSIVE: This year's Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia will include spotlights on two high-profile international series, Chernobyl and The Feed, as part of the event’s industry program. Launched in 2018, the TV Beats Forum, running November 25 – 26 this year, explores case studies of international and…

Thank God for the winners at last night's 71st Primetime Emmys, who could be relied upon to inject all the humor, charm and entertainment value to a Fox telecast that might represent a nadir point for awards shows unwitnessed since Rob Lowe sang a song with Snow White at the Oscars. Wouldn't you have rather watched…

I am happy to say I have been informed I beat all “experts” in the Gold Derby contest to predict winners of this year’s Emmy Awards. So while on a high from that triumph, let me make some Emmy predictions about next year even though we are a full 12 months away from the big night in 2020. Even though Emmys have a…

EXCLUSIVE: Zai Bennett, managing director of content at Sky U.K., has said hailed Chernobyl’s success at the Emmys as a “coming of age” story for the Comcast-owned broadcaster. Chernobyl was one of the big winners at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night, picking up three prizes, including outstanding…

HBO topped all networks with nine wins at Sunday night’s 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Amazon Prime Video surged to a second-place finish with seven. The streaming service was paced a several surprise wins for its Fleabag, which won a leading four Emmys as it dominated the comedy categories — leaving lame-duck…

The 2019 Primetime Emmys on Sunday felt more like the BAFTAs as half of the awards were handed to Brits or Brit-produced shows. "This is getting ridiculous," said Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was certainly the toast of Hollywood, picking up four awards for BBC/Amazon co-pro comedy Fleabag, while Killing Eve, which she…

Craig Mazin’s limited series Chernobyl took home another slew of Emmys on Sunday, following its success last weekend in the Creative Arts categories. Mazin won for writing, director Johan Renck collected for directing and the show itself won best limited series after its previous seven below-the-line wins. It had a…