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Friday, January 6, 2017

Golden Globes 2017 predictions: ‘La La Land’ will make history with record-tying 6 wins by Daniel Montgomery

“La La Land” will tie the record for the most Golden Globe victories ever for a film according to our predictions. It enters the awards as the most nominated film with seven bids…

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

John Lithgow (‘The Crown’) gets leading 1-to-2 odds of winning Golden Globe for Best TV Supporting Actor by Daniel Montgomery

With 1/2 odds from our seven TV Experts, John Lithgow (“The Crown”) is projected to win Best TV Supporting Actor at Sunday’s Golden Globes. In the first-year Netflix series Lit…

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

[WATCH] New ‘La La Land’ trailer: Will John Legend ‘Start a Fire’ again at the Oscars? by Daniel Montgomery

“La La Land” is the Oscar frontrunner for Best Original Song. We’re currently betting on it to win for “City of Stars” written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and…

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Golden Globes 2017: Ryan Gosling (‘La La Land’) will win Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor with 2-to-5 odds from Experts by Daniel Montgomery

With 2/5 odds from our 13 movie Experts, Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”) is predicted to win Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor at Sunday’s Golden Globes. In the modern-day musical…

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

[WATCH] Golden Globes film predictions slugfest: How many will ‘La La Land’ win (and lose)? by Daniel Montgomery

The 2017 Golden Globe Awards are handed out on Sunday, January 8, and if there’s one thing most pundits are sure of it’s that the Oscar frontrunner for Best Picture, “La La…

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

‘Sing’ reviews: ‘You can’t help but smile,’ but can it take down Disney at the Oscars? by Daniel Montgomery

“Sing,” from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, opened on December 21 right at the tail end of the calendar year, which of course is also the end of the Oscar eli…

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

[WATCH] SAG Awards film slugfest: What’s next for ‘La La Land,’ ‘Moonlight’ & ‘Manchester by the Sea’? by Daniel Montgomery

The big news when the Screen Actors Guild announced the 2017 SAG Award nominations on Wednesday, December 14, was the absence of “La La Land” from Best Film Ensemble. Coupled wit…

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SAG Awards 2017 snubs: ‘La La Land’ out for Best Film Ensemble, ‘Loving’ & ’20th Century Women’ shut out by Daniel Montgomery

The 2017 SAG nominations were announced on Wednesday morning, December 14, and the biggest snub was “La La Land” for Best Film Ensemble. When predicting the nominations we had ex…

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Monday, December 12, 2016

[WATCH] Golden Globes film slugfest: ‘La La Land’ clean sweep? ‘Moonlight’ surge? by Daniel Montgomery

The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Monday, December 12, solidifying this year’s three Oscar frontrunners: “La La Land,” which leads with seven bids overall; …

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‘La La Land’ leads Golden Globe nominations for film with seven by Daniel Montgomery

“La La Land” is the top nominee at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations. The musical romance about the love between an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a struggli…

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

‘La La Land’ wins 8 at Critics’ Choice Awards 2016 including Best Picture by Daniel Montgomery

At the 2016 Critics’ Choice Awards held on Sunday, December 11, “La La Land” entered with the most nominations (12), and it dominated the field with eight victories: Best P…

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Friday, December 9, 2016

Golden Globe film predictions: ‘La La Land’ is unbeatable in comedy/musical categories by Daniel Montgomery

“La La Land” opened December 9, just three days before the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations, and we think the cast and crew are likely to wake up to good news. We exp…

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‘La La Land’ reviews: Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling are ‘perfection’ in a movie the world needs right now by Daniel Montgomery

After months of anticipation following its debut at the Venice Film Festival on August 31, Damien Chazelle‘s movie musical “La La Land” opened in theaters on December 9 to …

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

[WATCH] ‘La La Land’ composer Justin Hurwitz: ‘It took me a very long time to find’ the movie’s theme by Daniel Montgomery

“It took me a very long time to find it — lots of bad ideas, lots of good but not good enough ideas … it took many tries to get there,” said “La La Land” …

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

[POLL] ‘Hairspray Live!’: Are Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson & company bound for awards glory? by Daniel Montgomery

“Hairspray Live!” aired on Wednesday Night, December 7, on NBC. Will this live TV event bring awards glory for its creators and all-star cast, who include Ariana Grande, Jennife…

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Monday, November 28, 2016

[WATCH] Viola Davis (‘Fences’) on what she got wrong on stage and how she finally got it right on screen by Daniel Montgomery

Viola Davis may have won a 2010 Tony for “Fences” on Broadway, but as far as she was concerned there was room for improvement. As she told the audience after an NYC screening of …

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Monday, November 21, 2016

[POLL] 2016 American Music Awards performances: Was Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars or Sting the best of the night? by Daniel Montgomery

The 2016 American Music Awards were held on Sunday night, November 20. The ceremony aired live on ABC and was hosted by Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah. But while many prizes were handed out, th…

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

2016 American Music Awards Winners: Ariana Grande wins Artist of the Year, Drake & Twenty One Pilots also prevail by Daniel Montgomery

Ariana Grande pulled off a surprise victory for Artist of the Year at the 2016 American Music Awards — all the more surprising because it was her only nomination. Though perhaps we sho…

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

[WATCH] Mary Zophres (‘La La Land’ costume designer) on recreating the magic of Judy Garland by Daniel Montgomery

“There’s a dress that Judy Garland wears in ‘A Star is Born’ — it’s this beautiful green dress, and that’s the hue we were going for because it was …

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Lady Gaga ‘Joanne’ reviews: Will ‘stripped down’ new style bring her back to her former glory? by Daniel Montgomery

It’s tough to pin down Lady Gaga. Over less than a decade she has made chart-topping dance-pop but also jazz standards with Tony Bennett. She performed a tribute to David Bowie at t…

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

[WATCH] Miley Cyrus guest hosts ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ talks ‘Frozen’ sequel with Idina Menzel by Daniel Montgomery

Miley Cyrus keeps expanding her repertoire. The actress and singer recently debuted as a mentor on NBC’s Emmy-winning singing competition “The Voice,” and on September 29 s…

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda to host ‘Saturday Night Live’: When does ‘Hamilton’ star take the ‘SNL’ stage? by Daniel Montgomery

NBC announced on Wednesday, September 28, that “Hamilton” star Lin-Manuel Miranda will host “Saturday Night Live” on October 8. That will be the second episode of the…

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‘The Lion King’ remake: Disney announces upcoming live-action version by Daniel Montgomery

“The Lion King” is on its way back to theaters, but not as we once knew it. Disney has announced that it is developing a live-action version of the 1994 animated classic. It will…

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Friday, September 23, 2016

‘The Magnificent Seven’ reviews: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt star in remake of classic western by Daniel Montgomery

“The Magnificent Seven” opened on Friday, September 23, telling the story of a group of outlaws enlisted to protect the town of Rose Creek from a industrialist after the Civil Wa…

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

[WATCH] ‘Late Late Show with James Corden’: Inappropriate Musicals, Nick Jonas and our visit to the Emmy winner at a live taping by Daniel Montgomery

Want to understand why James Corden is an Emmy-winner? Then attend a taping of “The Late Late Show” at CBS Television City. That’s what Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon …

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

‘Grease: Live!’ Emmy FYC event: Lin-Manuel Miranda ‘freaked out’ over FOX’s live musical production by Daniel Montgomery

“I, like many of you, experienced this live on Twitter and freaked out in real time as the bar for what can be done with a movie musical live on screen was raised overnight,” sai…

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Friday, July 1, 2016

‘The BFG’ reviews: Top 4 reasons to see Steven Spielberg’s fantasy film starring Mark Rylance by Daniel Montgomery

Steven Spielberg‘s latest fantasy film, “The BFG,” opened July 1, just a few months after “Bridge of Spies” became the director’s 10th film nominated for …

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Monday, June 13, 2016

[WATCH] Tony Awards 2016: 7 backstage interviews with ‘Hamilton’ cast, Frank Langella & more by Daniel Montgomery

The 70th Annual Tony Awards were held on Sunday, June 12, at the Beacon Theater in New York City. The winners came backstage to dish their awards with the press, and as you might have guess…

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[WATCH] Tony Awards 2016: Jessica Lange talks Ryan Murphy & ‘the greatest part I ever had’ by Daniel Montgomery

On Sunday night Jessica Lange won Best Actress in a Play for playing Mary Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill‘s classic drama “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” and that…

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Will Tony Awards boost Emmy chances for James Corden, Jessica Lange, Frank Langella? by Daniel Montgomery

The 2016 Tony Awards, honoring the best in Broadway theater, were handed out on Sunday night, June 12. That was just a few hours before Emmy voters started casting their ballots for the se…

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[WATCH] Tony Awards 2016 winner Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘Hamilton’ was ‘an enormous act of faith’ by Daniel Montgomery

When a reporter compared Lin-Manuel Miranda to Stephen Sondheim and William Shakespeare in the 2016 Tony Awards press room, the actor-composer explained, “I spent seven years writing t…

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