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UPDATE, with new premiere date A line-up of nearly 30 stars – from Glenn Close, Patti LuPone, Darren Criss, Kelsey Grammar and David Alan Grier to Jake Gyllenhaal, Joshua Henry and Phillipa Soo – will perform title songs from more than 20 musicals for a special livestreamed musical event next month benefiting The…

Slanderous rumors to the contrary, Glenn Close says her show-stealing performance of Da Butt dance was not planned in advance, even if the comic bit immediately preceding the booty shake was scripted. “I knew that Lil Rel was going to quiz me about Da Butt and all three guys helped me run through what I was to say,&#8221…

Just like he did at the 2019 BET Awards and the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards, Tyler Perry delivered another rousing speech, this time at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday. "I would hope that we would refuse hate," Perry said during his powerful address while receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in one of the…

Although it was the streamers in this Oscar Year of the Pandemic that had hoped to break through in the big categories, in the end it was the traditional major studios — mostly thanks to their specialty divisions — that ruled the day at the 93rd annual Academy Awards. Netflix has with the most wins with seven, but the…

Another virtual ceremony, another missing red carpet? Not for the Oscars. Just as the Academy somewhat controversially brought the nominees to the show in real life, rather than attempting the fully virtual shows we’ve seen for Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG awards, the Oscars kicked off in style Sunday with a real red…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Despite the shortcomings posed by pandemic considerations, plus the financial constraints that forced them to pre-tape canned acceptance speeches in certain less-starry categories, Thursday night’s Film Independent Spirit Awards was a pretty lively af…

Glenn Close recently received her record eighth Oscar nomination, so far without a win, for her brilliant portrayal of Mamaw in Hillbilly Elegy, a role in which her maternal character must deal with her daughter’s tragic drug addiction. In her new film, Four Good Days, she again is in the same situation, this time at…

Following its debut at Sundance last year, Deadline can offer a closer look at mother-daughter drama, Four Good Days. "Please, I can't do this," says withdrawing heroin addict Molly (Mila Kunis), in the film's first official trailer. "Yes you can," mother Deb (Glenn Close) insists. "Almost one day down, three more to…

When the story is written about this year’s pandemic-afflicted Oscar nominations, the lede may not be about the effects of Covid at all. And it may not be that the only theaters Oscar voters saw the contenders in were drive-ins. And it may not be that three of the Best Picture nominees actually qualified through…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Four Good Days, the Rodrigo Garcia drama toplined by his Albert Nobbs star Glenn Close and Mila Kunis that bowed at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It will now hit theaters April 30 and be available on-demand May 21. Based on a true story by…

The late Chadwick Boseman made SAG Awards nomination history Thursday receiving four nominations. No actor has ever gotten that many in a single year in the movie categories, but Boseman was nominated for his lead role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, his supporting turn in Da 5 Bloods, plus two more nominations as member…

Glenn Close is the latest to join the growing ensemble of Swan Song, an upcoming Apple Original film starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina and Naomie Harris. Benjamin Cleary, also an Oscar winner for his short film Stutterer, wrote the screenplay and is directing the pic. Produced by Apple Studios, Anonymous…