To Guillermo Navarro, executive producer of the NatGeo documentary series Hostile Planet, there’s no doubt global warming is dangerously real.
"We've made sure to turn the oven a little hotter and things are cooking quicker," Navarro comments ruefully. "In these last 50 years the planet has evolved more rapidly than…
A four-time Emmy nominee back in the running this year with Hulu's Catch-22, supervising sound editor Jerry Ross surely has one of the most interesting origin stories of anyone practicing his craft.
Thinking, earlier in life, about becoming a chef, Ross was waiting for a spot to open up at Le Cordon Bleu cooking…
It seems unlikely that, at 58, Hugh Grant is celebrating his first Emmy nomination after a career spanning more than three decades, and which started on the small screen. Indeed, after his big breakthrough in 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral, he became such a big star that much of his earlier, lesser-known TV work…
The Casting Society of America has set its 35th annual Artios Awards for January 30, 2020, with ceremonies to be held simultaneously in Los Angeles, New York and London. The awards honor the contribution of casting directors to film, TV and theater.
The Los Angeles ceremony will be held at the Beverly Hilton, with the…
Kevin Feige, Jon Favreau and Jeph Loeb will be the recipients of honorary awards at the 45th annual Saturn Awards. All known for work in the comic book and sci-fi entertainment space, the trifecta will be honored at the awards show which will take place on September 13 at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood.
Marvel…
Bong Joon-ho’s multi-genre comedy-thriller Parasite is Korea’s submission for the International Feature Film prize at the 92nd Oscars.The Korean Film Council announced the selection today, giving Bong his second potential shot at a place in the final race after 2006’s Mother which was also submitted.
Parasite, about a…
There are three top Primetime Emmy categories for dramatic storytelling — Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding TV Movie. In what may be a first, Carolyn Strauss scored a nomination in all three, as executive producer of HBO’sGame Of Thrones (Drama Series), Chernobyl (Limited Series)…
President Harry S. Truman once said, “Men make history, and not the other way around.”
Well, on Derek Water's long-running Drunk History, it’s the inebriated who make history — or at least try to remember it.
Through 74 episodes over the last 6 years, Waters has created one of the benchmark series for Comedy Central…
When YouTube was just five years old, Randy Rainbow was an artist in need of an outlet. Blogging and then creating topical videos for the platform, Rainbow hit on his first viral video in 2010, moving on in 2016 to skewer President Donald Trump with show tunes.
Rewriting classic numbers with a political bent, and…
When it comes to portraying the 1% familial media dynasty the Roys in HBO’s Succession, if there’s a superpower that has embodied the actors in playing the complexities of dysfunctional, power-hungry siblings, it’s the series Emmy-nominated EP and director Adam McKay.
True, there’s creator Jesse Armstrong’s script…
A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit.
Final voting for this year’s Emmy Awards — which start with Creative Emmy ceremonies on September 14 and 15, followed by Fox’s Primetime Emmy broadcast on September 22 — has been going in earnest since Thursday and will continue until 10 p.m. PT…
Deadline has launched a new feature documentary screening series, For The Love of Docs, to be presented by Hulu. The slate of 10 documentaries, which represent the best of the brand, will screen each week at the Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles beginning September 17 through December 10. The screenings will be…
