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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Emmy experts predict Best Drama Actress: Elisabeth Moss (‘Handmaid’s Tale’) or Claire Foy (‘The Crown’) for the win by Marcus James Dixon

According to our Emmy experts from major media outlets, the hard-fought battle for Best Drama Actress will be won by either Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) or Clair…

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Monday, August 14, 2017

Can overdue Elisabeth Moss (‘The Handmaid’s Tale’) finally win Emmy after years of ‘Mad Men’ losses? by Marcus James Dixon

In Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Elisabeth Moss gives the most layered and powerful performance of her career as June Osborne, a woman living in a dystopian America known as Gile…

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Monday, August 7, 2017

2017 Emmy predictions skirmish: Are Elisabeth Moss, Sterling K. Brown locks in drama acting races? [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] by Marcus James Dixon

In the Emmy races for Best Drama Actress and Best Drama Actor, are frontrunners Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”) lock…

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Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Emmy experts predict Drama Supporting Actor: John Lithgow (‘The Crown’) nearly unbeatable as Winston Churchill by Marcus James Dixon

John Lithgow is already a five-time Emmy champ for “Amazing Stories” (1986), “3rd Rock From the Sun” (1996, 1997, 1999) and “Dexter” (2010), and now a vic…

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Emmy experts predict Best Drama Actress: Can Keri Russell (‘The Americans’) spy a victory against Elisabeth Moss & Claire Foy? by Marcus James Dixon

In the red-hot race for Best Drama Actress, most of Gold Derby’s Emmy experts are split between Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Claire Foy (“The Crow…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PM
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Editors warn of upset looming in Drama Supporting Actor: John Lithgow (‘The Crown’) is ‘not a done deal’ at Emmys [WATCH] by Marcus James Dixon

All season long, the Emmy frontrunner for Best Drama Supporting Actor has been John Lithgow (“The Crown”). He won the Critics’ Choice Award and the SAG Award, so he’l…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00PM
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Editors wage war over Best Drama Actress: Will Emmy go to Elisabeth Moss, Claire Foy or … ? [WATCH] by Marcus James Dixon

Can Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) finally win an Emmy after seven combined losses for “Mad Men” (2009-2013, 2015) and “Top of the Lake” (20…

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Editors argue over Best Drama Actor: Will Emmy go to Sterling K. Brown, Bob Odenkirk, Kevin Spacey or … ? [WATCH] by Marcus James Dixon

Will Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”) become the ninth person to repeat in the Emmy race for Best Drama Actor, or might another contender take him down? Gold Derby editors Chris Beachum,…

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Friday, June 23, 2017

Emmy experts predict Best Drama Actress: It’s a shakeup! Elisabeth Moss (‘Handmaid’s Tale’) jumps ahead of Claire Foy (‘The Crown’) by Marcus James Dixon

It’s official — Gold Derby’s Emmy experts from major media outlets have named a new presumptive winner for Best Drama Actress: Elisabeth Moss of “The Handmaid’s…

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‘House of Cards’ Season 5: Who will earn Emmy nominations? Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Joel Kinnaman … [POLL] by Marcus James Dixon

Last year “House of Cards” earned a whopping eight acting nominations at the Emmys: leads Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, supporting player Michael Kelly, and guest stars Mahershala Ali, …

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Friday, June 16, 2017

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Which episode should Elisabeth Moss submit for Emmy consideration? [POLL] by Marcus James Dixon

If our Emmy experts are correct that Elisabeth Moss will earn a Best Drama Actress nomination for Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” she’ll need to select one episo…

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Emmy experts: Elisabeth Moss (‘The Handmaid’s Tale’) climbing fast in Best Drama Actress predictions by Marcus James Dixon

In the past few weeks, Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) has completely shaken up the Emmy race for Best Drama Actress. The late-comer from Hulu is now within striking…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00PM
Monday, May 22, 2017

Jennifer Hudson (‘Hairspray Live’) belts out ‘I Know Where I’ve Been’ at Center Theatre Group celebration [WATCH] by Marcus James Dixon

Center Theatre Group celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 20, and all eyes were on Emmy contender Jennifer Hudson (“Hairspray Live”) as she belted out h…

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Friday, May 19, 2017

Emmy experts nearly unanimous that John Lithgow (‘The Crown’) will win Best Drama Supporting Actor by Marcus James Dixon

After prevailing at the SAG Awards this year, our Emmy experts are now convinced that John Lithgow (“The Crown”) will win the Emmy for Best Drama Supporting Actor. This would be …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PM
Friday, May 12, 2017

Emmy experts ready to crown Claire Foy as Best Drama Actress, but Elisabeth Moss could give birth to a jawdropper by Marcus James Dixon

Claire Foy (“The Crown”) won the SAG Award. She won the Golden Globe. Will she win the Emmy next? Many of our Emmy experts seemed confident that Foy would win for her role as you…

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

2017 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards nominations: Full list led by ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ with 18 bids by Marcus James Dixon

Nominations for the 2017 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards were announced this week and Tony contender “Dear Evan Hansen” leads all shows with 18 bids. See full list of nominat…

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Kevin Spacey visits real-life ‘House of Cards’ at Netflix’s Emmy FYSEE event to help launch Season 5 by Marcus James Dixon

Kevin Spacey visited a real-life “House of Cards” Monday night at Netflix’s month-long Emmy FYSEE exhibit to help launch Season 5 of his award-winning drama series. While t…

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

MTV Movie & TV Awards adds two new categories to Sunday’s ceremony: Trending and Best Musical Moment by Marcus James Dixon

In addition to the nominations that were announced last month, the MTV Movie & TV Awards have added two more categories in preparation for Sunday’s ceremony: Trending and Best Musi…

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

‘It’ trailer 2017: Stephen King’s killer crown will frighten theater-goers September 8 [WATCH] by Marcus James Dixon

The trailer for the highly anticipated 2017 version of Stephen King‘s “It” poses the question, “What are you afraid of?” Thanks to King’s 1986 horror nove…

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Emmy predictions 2017: John Lithgow will be crowned Best Drama Supporting Actor over Jonathan Banks by Marcus James Dixon

According to Gold Derby’s early 2017 Emmy predictions for Best Drama Supporting Actor, John Lithgow (“The Crown”) will take home his sixth career trophy for playing Prime M…

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Oscar accountants confess to Best Picture mix-up: ‘We sincerely apologize to ‘Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land,’ Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway’ by Marcus James Dixon

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Oscar accountants responsible for overseeing the voting results every year, have broken their silence on Sunday night’s Best Picture fiasco that saw “…

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Warren Beatty explains why ‘La La Land’ was mistakenly named Best Picture Oscar winner instead of ‘Moonlight’ by Marcus James Dixon

It was the Oscar blunder heard all around the world. First, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway named “La La Land” as the Oscar winner for Best Picture. Then a few moments later durin…

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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Indie Spirit Awards 2017: Full list of winners (and nominees) by Marcus James Dixon

The 32nd Independent Spirit Awards were handed out February 25, one day before the 2017 Oscars, during an afternoon ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. The kudocast aired live on IFC and was hoste…

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Friday, February 24, 2017

‘La La Land’ is the Oscar frontrunner for Best Production Design with 1-to-5 odds from Experts by Marcus James Dixon

With 1/5 odds from our 30 movie Experts, “La La Land” is predicted to win Best Production Design at Sunday’s Academy Awards. After taking this prize at the Critics’ Choic…

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

‘La La Land’ will win 10 Oscars says predictions sweepstakes winner Eddie Applegate — Do YOU agree? [POLL] by Marcus James Dixon

Huge congrats to our reader Eddie Applegate (username BamaEd) for beating out thousands of others to win Gold Derby’s prize of a $500 Amazon gift certificate in our Oscar predictions s…

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

‘City of Stars’ (‘La La Land’) is the Oscar frontrunner for Best Song with 1-to-4 odds from Experts by Marcus James Dixon

With 1/4 odds from our 28 movie Experts, “City of Stars” from “La La Land” is predicted to win Best Song at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The music is composed by Ju…

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Justin Hurwitz (‘La La Land’) is the Oscar frontrunner for Best Score with 1-to-10 odds from Experts by Marcus James Dixon

With 1/10 odds from our 27 movie Experts, “La La Land” is predicted to win Best Score at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The music is composed by Justin Hurwitz, who is also nomin…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:30PM
Friday, February 17, 2017

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ casts Angela Lansbury as Balloon Lady, joining Emily Blunt & Lin-Manuel Miranda by Marcus James Dixon

Disney announced Friday that iconic film, TV and Broadway actress Angela Lansbury has joined the cast of “Mary Poppins Returns” as Balloon Lady, a popular character from PL Travers‘…

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Despite PGA/DGA/BAFTA victories, ‘La La Land’ can still ‘Crash’ at Oscars — just ask ‘Brokeback Mountain’ by Marcus James Dixon

Damien Chazelle‘s whimsical musical comedy “La La Land” seems to be on track to prevail at the 2017 Oscars for Best Picture. After all, it’s claimed top prizes at the…

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Monday, February 6, 2017

2017 Oscar predictions slugfest: How many trophies will ‘La La Land’ win? [WATCH] by Marcus James Dixon

“There could be a sweep mentality with these voters, where they see ‘La La Land’ on their ballot and they just keep checking it off,” I surmise in our 2017 Oscar pred…

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Don’t worry, ‘La La Land’: Losing to ‘Lion’ at ASC Awards is good news for your Oscar chances by Marcus James Dixon

How is it possible that “La La Land” losing at the American Society of Cinematographers to “Lion” this weekend is actually good news for its 2017 Oscar chances? It…

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