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A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. A little less than four months to the Oscars. Are you counting the days, folks? You actually have to wonder how the astounding and constantly unfolding events in America and the world are going to impact Hollywood’s favorite guessing game: who will…

Bad Education HBO Panelist: Hugh Jackman (Actor) Moderator: Pete Hammond "You've got a very successful, very well-liked person doing something that doesn't make sense… It is a cautionary tale on how we can convince ourselves something is right just because it suits us.” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/hugh-jackman-bad-education-hbo-contenders-tv-watch-1203013960/"…

Black-ish ABC Panelists: Anthony Anderson (EP/Actor) Tracee Ellis Ross (Actor) Moderator: Amanda N’Duka “Black-ish being Black-ish, with our finger on the pulse of what’s happening, in particular within our community, you can rest assured that we will be dealing with the majority of it.” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/black-ish-tracee-ellis-ross-anthony-anderson-upcoming-season-contenders-tv-watch-1203013124/"…

Black Monday SHOWTIME Panelist: Don Cheadle (EP/Actor) Moderator: Dominic Patten “If we jump forward to the '90s, we can see [what] would be fun to do with the fashion and music — those are always such huge elements to the show — so I think we can go anywhere.” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/black-monday-don-cheadle-showtime-contenders-tv-watch-1203013943/"…

The Cave NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Panelist: Feras Fayyad (Director/Writer) Moderator: Pete Hammond “The cinema is the only platform where we can raise a lot of questions and attention, and negotiation, and at least awareness and education to bring it closer to the people…” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-cave-director-feras-fayyad-syria-civil-war-hospital-documentary-contenders-tv-watch-1203014180/"…

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah COMEDY CENTRAL Panelists: Jen Flanz (EP/Showrunner) Zhubin Parang (Supervising Producer/Writer) David Kibuuka (Supervising Producer/Writer) Moderator: Peter White “We were kind of built for this. We know how to crank stuff out 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether we're in the…

#FreeRayshawn QUIBI Panelists: Laurence Fishburne (Actor) Stephan James (Actor) Jasmine Cephas Jones (Actor) Moderator: Amanda N’Duka “You always want to be a part of something that reflects the times and use your artistry to help make the world a better place, and this is one of those pieces.” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/freerayshawn-cast-laurence-fishburne-quibi-drama-contenders-tv-watch-1203012935/"…

The Handmaid’s Tale HULU Panelists: Bradley Whitford (Actor) Samira Wiley (Actor) Alexis Bledel (Actor) Moderator: Amanda N’Duka “I think we would all say that we're beneficiaries of this very complex writing, which refuses for the sake of a story to give [Elisabeth Moss’] June an easy way out, which I think is an…

Homeland SHOWTIME Panelist: Lesli Linka Glatter (Director/EP) Moderator: Dominic Patten "I think you only get a few of these experiences in a career where it was very much about not being the smartest person in the room, but being the room with the smartest people.” Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/homeland-lesli-linka-glatter-emmy-interview-showtime-contenders-tv-watch-1203011633/"…

I Know This Much Is True HBO Panelists: Derek Cianfrance (EP/Director/Writer) Mark Ruffalo (EP/Actor) Moderator: Dominic Patten “What I'm more invested in [than VFX] is performance and people and characters. … Mark and I talked very early on about incorporating a process where he would be able to become two separate…

Life Below Zero NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Panelists: Michael Cheeseman (Cinematographer) Danny Day (Cinematographer) Jennifer Nelson (Editor) Moderator: Dominic Patten “Things happen constantly in the elements especially the cold weather: Drones will go down, GoPros will go down, monitors will go down, so from there we…