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Notes On The Season: New York Contenders Come Out; Branagh Sneaks Shakespeare Into Race; Bertolucci’s Memorable Oscar Night
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
The Big Apple, where I am this week, has put itself at the center of the awardsverse in the past few days as three early groups try to put their mark on the race and act as influencers. But for Deadline the really big event is happening all day…
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By Pete Hammond
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Emmy Leaders On Turning 70, Netflix’s Triumph, A New 4-Network Deal, Evolving The Show & Just How Political It Will Get This Year
At this morning’s Emmy nominations perhaps the most momentous news was the fact that supreme streamer Netflix finally achieved its goal of becoming King of the Emmys, at least in terms of nominations where it received 112 overtaking leader for the past 17 years, HBO which had 108.
The Netflix achievement most…
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By Pete Hammond
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Irish Film & TV Academy Gives ‘A Date For Mad Mary’, ‘Vikings’ Top Honors
The annual Irish Film & Television Academy named A Date for Mad Mary winner of its 2017 film award today. Vikings took the top prize in the TV category.
Other winners from the Dublin-based awards were Colm Meaney, The Journey (best actor, film); Ruth Negga, Loving (best actress, film); Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders…
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By Greg Evans
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Emmy Late-Night Preview: Widest Field Yet As Corden, Oliver & Others Battle It Out
In his Dateline interview with Tom Brokaw last week, David Letterman confessed to not missing his Late Night gig at all since leaving it in May of last year. He told Brokaw that he actually thought he might, but when he watched the debut of Late Show With Stephen Colbert he knew it was now “someone else’s problem” and…
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By Pete Hammond
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Pete Hammond’s Notes On The Season: Chris Will Rock Oscars, Spielberg Talks, Gwyneth Brings Mom To Tears
A new weekly column talking up the season with bits and pieces from the awards circuit.
“I would love to do the Oscars again,” Chris Rock told me late last year when I asked if he thought he should have been chosen over Neil Patrick Harris to host the 2015 Oscarcast. “I think they got the right guy. Yeah, but it was…
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By Pete Hammond
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Emmy Predictions: Can Sentiment For David Letterman & Jon Stewart Affect Final Results In Variety Talk Race?
This year for the first time the previously combined Variety Talk and Sketch Series distinctions have been split up into two categories, meaning Saturday Night Live no longer will have to compete with the likes of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report or Late Show With David Letterman and get its ass whipped. But wait…
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By Pete Hammond
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The Case For All Eight: How The Oscar Best Picture Race Is Anyone’s To Win
The clock is ticking down and the Oscars are now just a few days away, but for the eight best picture nominees the opening of that envelope cannot come fast enough. Usually at this point we have some kind of clarity, but the usual tea leaves have been sending mixed signals this year. At one point it seemed as if IFC's…
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By Pete Hammond
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Oscar Rewind: How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed The Academy Awards In The Heat Of The ’67 Race
Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson are in the news for very different reasons. A movie set in the South, dealing with race relations, wins a best picture Oscar nomination even though the black star of the film does not. Its director ultimately is overlooked. The Oscars are shrouded in controversy…
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By Pete Hammond
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Oscars: History Says Controversy Could Kill Best Picture Chances – Or Not
Controversy. It seems any Oscar campaign worth its salt has one, at least this year. Best Picture contenders Selma, American Sniper, The Imitation Game and Whiplash all have been tainted with the kind of accusations usually perceived as negative to a campaign. At least three of the five foreign-language film nominees…
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By Pete Hammond
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Oscars: Handicapping The Screenplay Contenders
The great thing about the screenplay nominations for the Academy Awards is that they aren't hampered by the same out-of-date thinking that makes the Writers Guild Award noms sometimes feel like also-rans. The difference between Oscar and WGA is that the guild steadfastly refuses to let any potential nominees into the…
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By Pete Hammond
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Oscars: Should There Be 10 Potential Spots In Acting Categories?
I’ve said it before and I will say it again. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences lately has had a serious problem when it comes to at least one of the acting races. Too many contenders for best actor and only five slots. I know, I know. Readers are going to come after me for saying this again, but, just as…
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By Pete Hammond
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Oscar’s Golden Rule For An Acting Win: It’s The Role, Not The Star That Matters
Cary Grant never won an Academy Award for acting. Neither did Edward G. Robinson or Barbara Stanwyck or Deborah Kerr, despite her six nominations, or Peter O'Toole despite his eight. The list goes on and on. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tried to make up for such slights by giving everyone an…
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By Pete Hammond
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