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A record 64 women have been nominated for Academy Awards  across all branches this year.  Eight of them will be joining the annual Women’s Panel of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.  The popular event moderated every year by Madelyn Hammond will take place on Saturday January 25th at the Lobero Theatre …

Oscar-winning screenwriter Charles Randolph will receive the WGA West's Paul Selvin Award in recognition of his script for Bombshell, the dramatic retelling of the sexual harassment scandal that brought down Fox News chief Roger Ailes. It will be presented at the 72nd annual Writers Guild Awards’ L.A. ceremony on…

The biggest surprise for me in this morning’s nominations for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards is how few surprises there were. There was no jaw-dropping name in the major categories that came in from left field — so much so that I was able to predict all nine of the Best Picture nominees and most of the acting. Most…

Antonio Banderas’ first Oscar nomination came in Monday morning for his leading role in Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory. “I was surprised” Banderas said, not only because he had been fairly absent from the campaigning scene due to the opening of his new theater, Teatro del Soho Caixabank, in his native Malaga, but…

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women may have a shot at the Academy’s top prize – Best Picture – as per Monday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement, with Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh nominated for acting, Jacqueline Durran for Costume Design and Gerwig herself for Adapted Screenplay, but she missed out for directing, a…

The resurgence of Eddie Murphy continued on Sunday night at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award as well as two wins for Dolemite Is My Name including the award for best comedy film. The 58-year-old comedy icon has been enjoying a brighter spotlight in recent months thanks to his…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. After the ABC announcement this week of a second year in a row with no traditional Oscar host, I happened to be on the phone talking with a former Oscar show producer. He said it was getting to the point where no performer is going to want to commit…

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen will receive the WGA East's Richard B. Jablow Award at the New York edition of 72nd annual Writers Guild Awards on February 1 at the Edison Ballroom. The award, which was established in 1978 to recognize devoted service to the guild, is named after the guild's first counsel, who helped found the…

UPDATED with video from speech: Rocketman star Taron Egerton picked up his first-ever Golden Globes award tonight for his portrayal of the legendary crooner Elton John. “I really wish I’d written something,” said a seemingly surprised Egerton after stumbling a bit before acknowledging his fellow nominees — Eddie…

UPDATED with video from speech: The massively prolific songwriting tandem of melody-man Elton John and lyrics-master  Bernie Taupin won the honor for the best original song  in a 2019 feature film for “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” from the classic rock biopic hit Rocketman. “It’s a 52-year-old marriage,” Taupin said of…

It is no secret that the Hollywood Foreign Press was put under fire for shutting out women in the Best Director category at this year’s Golden Globes. In fact, the amount of women, people of color and underrepresented voices were fairly thin across all categories. Deadline talked to female filmmakers, producers and…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. You can really tell it is Oscar nomination voting crunch time by the sheer number of For Your Consideration ads blanketing the airwaves, Internet and print outlets. With the voting period lasting only four more days through Tuesday, nearly every…