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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

After years of being overlooked, Kristen Bell is on the verge of first Primetime Emmy nomination by Daniel Montgomery

Some actors win Primetime Emmys like rolling out of bed (like Allison Janney or Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Others are frequently nominated but have shockingly never won (like Steve Carell or Hugh…

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Oscar ratings: Nearly 20 million watch ‘Anora’ clean up, a 5-year high by Daniel Montgomery

After initial ratings numbers indicated a decline from the past two years, Nielsen has announced that the Conan O'Brien-hosted 97th Academy Awards were actually watched by 19.7 million peopl…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

How diverse are the Emmys? TV Academy DEI report reveals industry representation by the numbers by Daniel Montgomery

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are unusually controversial words in the current political climate, but the Television Academy is still committed to DEI judging from its 2025 Transparency R…

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Tracy Morgan at ‘SNL50: The Homecoming Concert’: ‘You disrespected me, bitch!’ by Daniel Montgomery

Tracy Morgan is tired of all the “disrespect.” He asked the crowd at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, “Is everyone having a good time? … Well I’m not!” Because despite being invite…

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Cher turns back time with ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ on ‘SNL50: The Homecoming Concert’ by Daniel Montgomery

Cher performed “If I Could Turn Back Time” at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert with a costume hearkening back to her original music video wardrobe from the 1989 single. The song was controv…

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Frances Hannon’s ‘Wicked’ makeup and hair magic: From Elphaba’s complexion to Galinda’s ‘old Hollywood’ glam by Daniel Montgomery

“ I feel so lucky to be nominated, by your peers, particularly to this stage. So it’s a wonderful recognition of some very hard and unusual work I feel,” Frances Hannon says of her O…

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Gold Derby Film Awards 2025 big winners include ‘I’m Still Here,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘The Substance’ by Daniel Montgomery

More than 10,600 registered Gold Derby users voted for the 2025 Gold Derby Film Award winners — an all-time record — and they picked Brazil’s political biopic I’m Still Here as Best …

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ and ‘Wicked’ top Critics Choice Awards film odds by Daniel Montgomery

The Brutalist is poised to win big at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on Friday. According to the official Gold Derby odds, which are based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold De…

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Society of Composers and Lyricists to Oscars leaders: Bring back the Best Song performances by Daniel Montgomery

The Society of Composers and Lyricists, the main organization representing film and television composers and songwriters, has asked the Motion Picture Academy to reconsider its decision to d…

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Friday, January 24, 2025

Demi Moore, Ariana Grande, and the other first-time Oscar nominees by Daniel Montgomery

The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday and while some vets like Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) have been around the block before, many others …

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

2025 Oscars revamping in wake of L.A. fires, Best Song performances nixed by Daniel Montgomery

When it comes to this year’s Oscars, it won’t be the same old (best) song. With the Motion Picture Academy insistent the show will go on as scheduled on March 2 despite calls from the li…

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2025 Gold Derby Film Awards nominations: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’ lead with 11 by Daniel Montgomery

After more than 2,400 people cast their votes, the finalists for the 2025 Gold Derby Film Awards have been unveiled. Leading the way are Dune: Part Two and Wicked,  with 11 bids apiece, fo…

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Friday, January 17, 2025

2025 Producers Guild Awards nominations: ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Brutalist’ in, ‘Nickel Boys’ and ‘Sing Sing’ out by Daniel Montgomery

The Producers Guild of America anointed Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance, and Wicked as its contend…

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

ACE Eddie Awards nominations: Full list includes ‘Wicked,’ ‘Anora,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ … but who missed the cut? by Daniel Montgomery

The American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards have announced their nominations in 14 categories honoring film, television, and documentaries. The winners will be announced live during the awar…

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Friday, November 8, 2024

EGOT watch: Composer Kris Bowers would reach level 3 if he wins Grammy for ‘The Color Purple’ by Daniel Montgomery

There are nine legendary stars who only need a Grammy to achieve the EGOT grand slam of show business awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (see the gallery at the bottom of this post). None…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Tony nominations: Best prediction scores by our Editors and Users by Daniel Montgomery

Congratulations to our User sadie321 for an amazing score of 81.18% when predicting the 2024 Tony nominations on Tuesday morning. Our top scorer is just ahead of three people — eastwest, m…

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Monday, April 29, 2024

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ 18 episode 7 recap: Were the top six ready for their closeups in ‘Challenge #3: Movies’? by Daniel Montgomery

On “So You Think You Can Dance” season 18, “Challenge #1: Music Videos” led to the ousters of two female finalists: Avery Gay and Olivia Alboher. Then in “Challenge #2: Broadway,�…

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Monday, April 22, 2024

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ 18 episode 6 recap: A showmance started to take shape in ‘Challenge #2: Broadway’ by Daniel Montgomery

It was out of the frying pan and into the fire last week for the 10 “So You Think You Can Dance” finalists for season 18. In “Challenge #1: Music Videos,” the hopefuls were thrust in…

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Friday, April 21, 2023

H.E.R. coming for E.G.O.T.? She could get it faster and younger than anyone ever as producer of Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’ by Daniel Montgomery

H.E.R. is coming to Broadway … Well, a show she’s producing is. She’s joining the producing team of “Here Lies Love,” which tells the story of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady …

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Leslie Odom Jr. could close in on EGOT with Emmy for ‘Abbott Elementary’ by Daniel Montgomery

Leslie Odom Jr. has been flirting with EGOT in recent years, but hasn’t quite gotten there yet. But he could get one step closer to that elite status with a Best Comedy Guest Actor win for…

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Friday, December 30, 2022

How hard is it to complete your EGOT with a Grammy? by Daniel Montgomery

In case you didn’t notice, Viola Davis is nominated for her first Grammy this year in the category Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for the spoken word version of her …

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Viola Davis is the odds-on favorite to win Grammy and complete her EGOT, but she’s up against 4 past champs by Daniel Montgomery

Viola Davis has an Oscar, an Emmy, and a couple of Tonys. So all she needs is a Grammy to complete her EGOT grand slam of show business awards (she’d be just the 18th ever to do so). The g…

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Saturday, August 13, 2022

‘Schmigadoon!’ production designer Bo Welch on making the town ‘beautiful enough that you want to be there’ [Exclusive Video Interview] by Daniel Montgomery

“Schmigadoon!” is an homage to musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, and it’s the first musical for veteran production designer Bo Welch, but “I hope it’s not my last because I loved it…

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Monday, May 9, 2022

Jennifer Hudson may EGOT at the Tonys: ‘Strange Loop’ producer already has an Oscar, Emmy, and 2 Grammys by Daniel Montgomery

On June 12, the night of the 75th Tony Awards, Jennifer Hudson could become the 17th individual to achieve EGOT status: that rare grand slam of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony over …

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Friday, December 24, 2021

Will ‘West Side Story’ be the first Steven Spielberg movie ever to win an Oscar for an actress? by Daniel Montgomery

Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful filmmakers in Oscar history with a win for Best Picture (“Schindler’s List”), two wins for Best Director (“Schindler’s” and “Savi…

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Film producers roundtable group panel: ‘Being the Ricardos,’ ‘Belfast,’ ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘tick, tick… Boom!’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO by Daniel Montgomery

“I was given a piece of advice by legendary British television producer and filmmaker Tony Garnett,” remembers “The Power of the Dog” producer Tanya Seghatchian. “Tony said to me, …

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‘tick, tick… Boom!’ producer Julie Oh on making ‘a love letter to theater at a time when you couldn’t go see a musical’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO I by Daniel Montgomery

“I grew up absolutely obsessed with ‘Rent,'” remembers producer Julie Oh about the classic Jonathan Larson musical, but she didn’t discover Larson’s earlier autobiographical musica…

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Friday, October 1, 2021

‘Dancing with the Stars’ judges thought Amanda Kloots had the best dance on week 2, but did our readers agree? [POLL RESULTS] by Daniel Montgomery

“The Talk” co-host Amanda Kloots got the highest judges’ score on “Dancing with the Stars” on “First Elimination” night for her emotional foxtrot to “It Had to Be You,” whi…

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Saturday, September 25, 2021

‘The Guilty’ reviews: Jake Gyllenhaal gives a ‘beast of a performance’ in Netflix thriller by Daniel Montgomery

Netflix‘s “The Guilty” opened in theaters on September 24, followed by an October 1 release on the streaming service. Remade from a 2018 Danish film by Gustav Möller, it’s a contain…

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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Emmy contender Renee Elise Goldsberry could join ‘Hamilton’ co-star Lin-Manuel Miranda on this path to EGOT by Daniel Montgomery

Renee Elise Goldsberry has three chances to win Emmys this year. She could be nominated for Best Comedy Actress for Peacock’s “Girls5eva,” Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress for Dis…

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

‘Hamilton’ Emmy submissions: 16 entries on the ballots, but can it win as many Emmys as Tonys? by Daniel Montgomery

“Hamilton” was a phenomenon on Broadway, but of course only a select few had access to the show when it was on the Great White Way (not all New Yorkers could even get in to see it). Disn…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre