Saturday, May 18, 2019
Frank Capra would’ve celebrated his 122nd birthday on May 18, 2019. The three-time Oscar winner dominated the box office throughout the 1930s with his populist fables, nicknamed “Capra-c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMIn a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios. For this season, the studi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:20AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Fred Astaire would’ve celebrated his 120th birthday on May 10, 2019. The Oscar-nominated song and dance man is best remembered for a series of musicals he made alongside Ginger Rogers (who…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:51PMTuesday, May 7, 2019
Bruce Springsteen rocked the house Sunday during a Q&A for Netflix’s “Springsteen on Broadway” moderated by Martin Scorsese. The two old friends swapped stories about their appreci…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:47PMTuesday, April 30, 2019
Congratulations to our User MNC77 for a terrific score of 79.76% when predicting the 2019 Tony Awards nominations on Tuesday. He is just ahead of eastwest and drewrest, who achieved a score …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:56PMCongratulations to our Experts Gordon Cox (Variety), Brian Lipton (Cititour) and Jan Simpson (Broadway and Me) for a wonderful score of 73.81% when predicting the 2019 Tony Awards nominatio…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:55PMFriday, April 12, 2019
Saoirse Ronan will turn 25 on April 12, 2019. It is quite the accomplishment that she has achieved three Oscar nominations at such a young age. Only Jennifer Lawrence has been able to match …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMMonday, April 1, 2019
Debbie Reynolds had one of the longest and most varied careers in show business and was the true definition of a survivor. Discovered by Hollywood at a young age when she won the Miss Burban…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMSaturday, March 23, 2019
Joan Crawford would’ve celebrated her 113th birthday on March 23, 2019. Though she’s probably best remembered for the portrayals of her by other actresses, the Oscar-winning performer st…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMThursday, March 21, 2019
Happy 57th birthday to Matthew Broderick on March 21, 2019! A true star of stage, screen and television, Broderick first came to moviegoers’ attention 36 years ago in the thriller “WarGa…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2019
Liza Minnelli celebrates her 73rd birthday on March 12, 2019. The multi-talented performer made only a handful of movies during her long career, but how many of them are classics? In honor o…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMMonday, February 18, 2019
John Travolta will celebrate his 65th birthday on February 18, 2019. The actor has had a long and varied career, though it has often been marked by extremely high highs and extremely low low…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMThursday, February 14, 2019
It was a long time coming, but Sam Elliott finally earned his first Oscar nomination for “A Star Is Born” (2018). He contends as Best Supporting Actor for this musical drama abou…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMSunday, February 3, 2019
Nathan Lane will celebrate his 63rd birthday on February 3, 2019. The actor has spent the majority of his career on Broadway and the New York theater, but he has also had a good run on telev…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMFriday, February 1, 2019
Oscar officials have been very secretive about the 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony slated for February 24 on ABC. But we now know five of the performers who will take the stage to sing B…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:30PMWednesday, January 30, 2019
“The Favourite” was the favorite film of more than 2,500 users who voted for the 17th Annual Gold Derby Film Awards nominations. It scored 12 nominations including Best Picture, …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:29PMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Rami Malek are among the first 15 announced presenters for Sunday’s SAG Awards. The 25th annual ceremony will be hosted by past winner Megan Mullally (…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMWednesday, January 16, 2019
Will “Mary Poppins” return to the Oscar race for the first time in 54 years? The 1964 original snagged 13 nominations including Best Picture, and it won five prizes. Now “M…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMMonday, January 14, 2019
Faye Dunaway will celebrate her 78th birthday on January 14, 2019. The actress has had a dynamic 57-year career on Broadway, television and of course in film. She shows no signs of slowing d…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMThursday, January 10, 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda just earned his second Golden Globe nomination for playing Jack the lamplighter in “Mary Poppins Returns.” Already an Oscar nominee for writing the song “…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMWednesday, January 9, 2019
Happy 64th birthday to Jonathan Kimble Simmons, aka J.K. Simmons! The Academy Award-winning actor first came to fame as a song-and-dance man on Broadway, then segued to a celebrated career i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMWednesday, December 26, 2018
CBS celebrates the exciting, lengthy careers of four performers tonight on the Kennedy Center Honors. And for the first time ever, an influential and popular Broadway show is also among the …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMSaturday, December 22, 2018
Sam Elliott is well on his way to possibly earning his first Oscar nomination after a long and storied career, thanks to “A Star Is Born.” Already nominated at the Critics’…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMTuesday, December 18, 2018
Academy Awards officials released a short list of contenders for Best Original Song on Monday. It was the first time ever that the composers branch has whittled a massive number of entries d…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
“You almost always need at least a nomination for ensemble to win the Oscar. The only exceptions were ‘Braveheart’ in 1995 and of course just last year ‘The Shape of …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMTuesday, December 4, 2018
“I just think they want to be taken seriously for the Oscars and other awards. So to be declared a drama is maybe a step up in some ways,” explains Gold Derby editor Susan Wloszc…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMMonday, December 3, 2018
When Mark Ronson saw an early cut of “A Star Is Born” at Bradley Cooper‘s house he admits that he was surprised by how “Shallow,” an original song he composed w…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMSunday, December 2, 2018
Four more artists were added to the four-decade tradition of Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. The 41st annual program, which will air December 26 on CBS, also celebrated …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:38PMFriday, November 30, 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s involvement with “Mary Poppins Returns” started over drinks between shows while he was starring in “Hamilton” on Broadway. Director Rob Mar…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThursday, November 8, 2018
Audiences with good hearing have remarked on how similar Bradley Cooper sounds to his co-star Sam Elliott in “A Star is Born,” and according to Elliott, that was by design. When …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMThursday, November 1, 2018
“This is one of those interesting years where there’s not an obvious front-runner right now,” says Daniel Montgomery about this year’s Oscar race for Best Picture. &…
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