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Adam McKay, who directed last year’s climate-change satire Don’t Look Up, has donated $4 million to Climate Emergency Fund and joined its board of directors. It’s the largest personal contribution since the fund was founded in 2019. "The Climate Emergency Fund is unique in their commitment to funding, civil…

The writers behind ABC’s Black-ish, Apple TV+’s Pachinko, Disney’s Oscar-winning Encanto and Adam McKay’s satire Don’t Look Up are among the winners of the 46th annual Humanitas Prizes. The honors were bestowed Friday afternoon in a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. Humanitas Prizes have been handed out since 1973 to…

In the days this week before the UK suffered through all-time record temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius — or 104 degrees Fahrenheit — GB News host Bev Turner made light of a meteorologist’s warnings about the coming heatwave in a televised interview that bears a striking resemblance to the much talked-about…

"I tried on a lot of different emotional suits, and I tried the freaked-out-I-can't-sleep-at-night. But, ultimately the people who survive keep their sense of humor. I don't think that has to be separate from being serious and emotional and profound. I think you can laugh about something while still recognizing that…

“It is willful blindness and it is going to kill us.” That’s how climate activist Miranda Whelehan described the stance of presenters like those on Good Morning Britain who, this week, literally refused to face the facts about climate change she placed before them. Her interview with the show’s Richard Madeley and…

Even as Oscar nominees arrived on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre this afternoon, their ire did not cease over the Academy’s decision to push eight categories to a pre-taped portion of the show. Slammed Oscar nominated tick, tick…Boom! film editor Myron Kerstein whose category is one of those in the pre-show, “We…

Adam McKay may be on a roll with his latest movie Don't Look Up gunning for Oscar glory on Sunday evening, and his TV show Succession topping everyone's list for the year’s must-watch, but it seems even he can admit to a mistake. "I f***ed up Vice," he told the UK's Sunday Times, referring to his 2018 Oscar-nominated…

Best Picture Oscar nominees CODA, West Side Story and Don’t Look Up were among the winners at the Casting Society’s 37th annual Artios Awards, which were handed out today during a virtual ceremony that streamed live on YouTube. Check out the full list below. Other films scoring the trophies that honor casting…

Protesters from the climate change activist group Just Stop Oil stormed their way onto the red carpet at the BAFTA Film Awards in London this evening. About an hour before the ceremony. I was crossing behind the red carpet when a group of young people blew past security who then raced to close the barriers, but a…

The Society of Composers & Lyricists announced the winners of its 3rd Annual SCL Awards this evening at The Skirball Cultural Center. The event, which was hosted by rapper Aloe Blacc, recognizes composers and songwriters in all visual media. Oscar-nominated siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell accepted their…

Adam McKay is known for, among other things, his blistering satires, Vice and The Big Short among them. His latest, the four-time Oscar-nominated Don't Look Up, takes aim at our ignorance of climate change, our politics and our obsession with tech. Speaking on a panel during Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees…

Netflix doesn’t have the box office to boast about when it comes to this year’s Oscar nominees The Power of the Dog, and Don’t Look Up, but it has the streaming viewership it can beat the drum about. After Power of the Dog scored the most Oscar noms this year at 12 including Best Picture, Jane Campion’s feature…