As the summer solstice approaches, on June 21, it's not too soon to start fretting about the earliest-ever Academy Awards ceremony, set for Feb. 9 of next year. Granted, the Oscars were handed out in seemingly earlier November of 1930, 1931 and 1932. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences qualified films…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Emmy-nomination balloting has been open since Monday, but already there have been skirmishes, some small (a network name creeping illegally into the description of one of the zillion entries — heavens to Murgatroyd!) and some big (an unknown number…

The American Cinematheque has named AMC CEO and president Adam Aron as the recipient of its 2019 Sid Grauman Award on behalf of AMC Theatres. The American Cinematheque Sid Grauman Award is presented by Hill Valley. AMC Theatres will be honored for its achievements in the motion picture industry at the top of the…

In today’s edition of our weekly TV Talk podcast Deadline TV Critic Dominic Patten  and Awards Columnist Pete Hammond take on the top race for the Emmys , the marquee Best Drama Series  which last year saw Game Of Thrones in its penultimate season (after taking the previous year off the competition) returning in…

Perhaps it is telling us something about the history of the film industry that Denzel Washington, last night’s highly deserving honoree for the 47th AFI Life Achievement Award, is only the third African American to ever receive it, and before Morgan Freeman was honored in 2011, Sidney Poitier in 1992 was the…

The inaugural edition of the Concept Art Awards will be presented on Sept. 7 in Pasadena by the Concept Art Association and LightBox Expo. The newest industry award will recognize the often unsung achievements of concept artists and highlight the value of their work in this contemporary CG era in film and television…

In another show of increasing diversity for all things Oscar, actors Wes Studi and Geena Davis and directors David Lynch and Lina Wertmuller are the winners of the 11th Annual Governors Awards. The honors, as voted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors in a special Saturday session, were…

Desus & Mero are going to emcee the 35th annual TCA Awards. The invitation-only event takes place on Saturday, August 3, at the Beverly Hilton in the midst of the Television Critics Association’s summer get together to chat with cast and creators of all those new series for next season that Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva…

The Feature Film Jury of the main competition for the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival has spoken, and in judging the 21 entries eligible for the Palme d’Or and other prizes, they have gone dark, very very dark.  But that isn’t atypical of past Cannes juries, who are notoriously unpredictable (which is why I…

This summer, The Boys In The Band will add a new chapter to its long life, this time as a Netflix movie. Back will be the camping, the fighting and laughing and crying, a portrait of friendship as both endurance test and saving grace that Mart Crowley got so right more than a half-century ago. Opening Off Broadway in…

amFAR’s glamorous annual event tied to the Cannes Film Festival always has been a highpoint in turning out the fashion looks we associate with the Riviera event. It adds to the mystique of the festival and helps set it apart from others. This year was no different in that regard — but completely different in another…

Rachel Chavkin has been here before. Under her direction, Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell’s gorgeous musical that sets the mythical tales of Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades and Persephone in – above ground – a stylized New Orleans and – below ground – a coal-mining hellscape – has garnered 14 Tony Award nominations. That’s the…