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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Peter Morgan on How ‘The Sopranos’ Influenced ‘The Crown,’ Writing All 60 Episodes of the Show and Meeting Tony Blair
Peter Morgan is a playwright, screenwriter and TV series creator and showrunner who has been described by The Guardian as “Britain’s leading contemporary screen dramatist,” and about whom the publication wrote, “There is no one who works quite like him. Actually, there might be nobody who has worked quite like him in British drama since […]
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SAG-AFTRA Foundation Opens Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists, Resumes In-Person Programs in L.A.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the nonprofit professional development and charitable arm of Hollywood’s largest union of actors, is opening the doors on Monday to its brand new Los Angeles headquarters, the Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists. The Center is located in the sprawling, stunning penthouse space of the building at 5757 Wilshire Blvd., a few […]
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Burbank Int’l Film Fest: Paul Feig Set for Vanguard Award, ‘Awards Chatter’ Live Podcast
Paul Feig, the acclaimed writer-director-producer of film and TV comedies, will be honored with the Vanguard Award at the 16th annual Burbank International Film Festival, the fest’s organizers announced Monday. Feig, 61, will be celebrated during the fest’s awards gala at the Burbank Marriott Convention Center — a year after Burbank native Tim Burton was […]
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FX for the Win: The Story Behind a Remarkable Emmys Resurgence
FX, which stands for Fox Extended, was established by Fox in 1994. A basic cable channel described in its early years as “the little network of NASCAR and Fear Factor repeats,” it began to show the promise of being something more with the 2002 launch of its first original drama, The Shield, for which Michael […]
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Oscars: Inside the Search for a Host
Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the two most recent Academy Awards ceremonies and two others before them (2017 and 2018), and John Mulaney, the host of the most recent Academy Governors Awards ceremony, have withdrawn themselves from consideration for the job of emceeing the 97th Oscars on March 2, 2025. That, of course, begs the […]
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Janet Yang Re-Elected President of Film Academy
Janet Yang, the veteran producer who has served as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since August 2022, has been re-elected to that position by the Academy’s board of governors, the organization announced on Thursday. Also elected to vice president positions were Lesley Barber (chair, Membership Committee); DeVon Franklin (chair, […]
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Listen to 59 of 2024’s Emmy Nominees on THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast
Fifty-nine past guests of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast were recognized with Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning. You can find their names and links to listen to their episodes below, and you can click here to subscribe to the podcast — for free — in order to access all past and future episodes. Awkwafina, best […]
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Emmy Nominations Analysis: Trio of Presumed Frontrunners May Face Stiffer Competition Than Anticipated
The nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards that were revealed on Wednesday morning confirm that there is tremendous support from the TV Academy’s 22,000 members for the three shows that have long been presumed to be the frontrunners in their respective categories: FX’s drama series Shogun (which landed a field-leading 25 noms), FX’s comedy […]
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Emmy Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s Final Picks Ahead of Wednesday’s Nominations
At 8:30 a.m. PST on Wednesday morning, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will reveal its nominees for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, which were chosen by its 22,000 voting members, hailing from 31 “peer groups,” during the nominations voting period that spanned June 13 through June 24. Below, you can find my final […]
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Steven Spielberg’s Longtime Publicist Marvin Levy Retires (Exclusive)
Marvin Levy, the veteran marketing and publicity professional who has worked exclusively for Steven Spielberg since 1977, is retiring. Spielberg informed employees of the news at his company, Amblin Partners, in an email sent on Monday and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, calling it “the end of an era.” Levy, who began his career in […]
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Oscars: Submissions Now Open for 97th Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ website for submissions to be considered for the 2025 Oscars is now open, the Academy announced Friday. The Academy is currently accepting general entries (best picture and other categories), animated features, animated shorts, documentary features, documentary shorts, international features, live action shorts, original scores and original songs. […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Live: Clive Owen on Career Highlights, James Bond and TV Shows ‘Monsieur Spade’ and ‘A Murder at the End of the World’
Clive Owen, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast — which was recorded in front of an audience at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, where Owen was feted with the fest’s President’s Award, and which was presented by Lasvit, a Bohemian design and artisan house […]
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