Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Hollywood was shocked when Kelsey Grammer wasn't nominated for an Emmy for his critically hailed role as bombastic mayor in "Boss," but Grammer believes he knows why he was snu…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:57PMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Jim Parsons will join a very exclusive club if he wins Comedy Actor for the third year running at the upcoming Emmys. The star of "The Big Bang Theory" would be the fifth fell…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:49PMIn June, "Once" won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. On Monday, producers announced the production had recouped its cost "faster than any Tony Award-winning bes…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:04PMMonday, August 13, 2012
Although "Smash" was one of NBC's biggest hits last season, this backstage look at the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe fared surprisingly poorly at the Emmy A…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:34PM"Mommie Dearest" is leading our poll of favorite films that won the Razzie for Worst Picture and Gold Derby founder Tom O'Neil is pissed off about that. See his rant and cast y…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:36PMTuesday, August 7, 2012
Composer Marvin Hamlisch -- one of only 11 people to win all four big showbiz awards (Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony) -- died Monday at age 68.
Of the grand slam winners, Hamlisch ea…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:53AMWednesday, July 25, 2012
The recipients for the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors will be announced shortly after Labor Day. Each year, the selection committee chooses five entertainment veterans from a variety of fields -…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:07AMMonday, July 23, 2012
Angela Lansbury leaves "Gore Vidal's The Best Man": "Broadway favorite and Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury sheds her role of an influential women's advocate in the B…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:38PMMonday, July 16, 2012
Reigning two-time champ Jim Parsons ("The Big Bang Theory") is heavily favored to win Best Comedy Actor again this year. The star of this CBS Thursday night staple is the top pick …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:58PMOur Experts, Editors and Users are divided as to who will win Best Drama Supporting Actress at this year's Emmys.
Ten of our Experts and five Editors expect Maggie Smith to wi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:08PMTuesday, July 10, 2012
On Tuesday, Peter O'Toole announced his retirement. He never won an Oscar, despite being nominated eight times (detailed below). That feat of being repeatedly defeated earned h…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:25PMSunday, July 1, 2012
The Motion Picture Academy increases diversity with 2012 invitees: "Earlier this year, when I wrote a story about the under-the-radar success of producer Will Packer, who’s had a …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:15PMSaturday, June 30, 2012
Oscars for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"? "If you’ve never heard of Quvenzhane Wallis, odds are by the time Oscars are being handed out next February, you’ll be mo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:41PMFriday, June 22, 2012
Tony-winner Audra McDonald sidelined from "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" due to illness: "Audra McDonald won her fifth Tony Award earlier this month for her performance i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:55PMTuesday, June 19, 2012
The first trailer for "The Master" focused on Joaquin Phoenix and his character Freddie Sutton's days as a drifter. However, in the second preview of this Paul Thomas Anderson …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:03AMMonday, June 18, 2012
Last Sunday, "Once" and "Clybourne Park" were the winners of the top prizes at the Tony Awards. In the week that followed, they each enjoyed the spoils of the victor as b…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMNominations for the Tony Awards are determined by a dedicated group of theater professionals who attend every Broadway opening during the season. Then, they meet as a group and winnow their …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:08AMSunday, June 17, 2012
"Smash" casts "Newsies" star Jeremy Jordan for season two: "Rising Broadway heartthrob Jeremy Jordan, who earned a 2012 Tony nod for his starring role in 'Newsie…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:56PMWednesday, June 13, 2012
"Once," "Peter and the Starcatcher" boosted by Tonys, but the future of other shows is still up in the air: "The good news: 'Once,' which won eight Tonys inc…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:12PMTuesday, June 12, 2012
Why can't the Oscars be more like the Tonys? "... until entering the Beacon Theatre in New York for the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted Tony Awards, which I did as a reporter Sunday nigh…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:23PMMonday, June 11, 2012
Almost 300 Gold Derby readers predicted the winners in the 26 races at the Tony Awards. In total, our Users logged over 6,500 predictions. To see how you fared, log in to your account a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThe Tony Awards were so eager for another "Book of Mormon"-size hit this year that they even invited the show back for an encore, opening the telecast with its number "Hello&q…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:10AMSunday, June 10, 2012
Tina Fey is rooting for Julianne Moore to win an Emmy as Sarah Palin: "Tina Fey owes Sarah Palin; after all, it was Fey's spot-on impersonation of the former Republican vice preside…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:21AMThe 66th annual edition of these top theater kudos were handed out on Sunday, June 10 at New York's Beacon Theater and air live on CBS. Nominees were determined by 22 theater professiona…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:59AM"Once" won eight of its 11 bids at the Tony Awards Sunday. As our panel of Experts predicted this adaptation of the 2007 Oscar-winning film about an Irish songwriter and his Czech …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:48AMSaturday, June 9, 2012
Emmy only allows two Best Song entries for "Smash": "Nineteen original songs were written, all but one by Tony-winning 'Hairspray' tunesmiths Marc Shaiman and Scott Wi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:58PMGold Derby has surveyed 17 Experts, 6 Editors and hundreds of Users to predict the winners of the Tony Awards Sunday.
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"Once" is forecast to win five of its 11 bids…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:47AMFriday, June 8, 2012
Ed Helms criticizes the Emmys for snubbing Steve Carell: "Helms told TVLine: 'The ceremony is fun. It's fun to just celebrate the people that we like and that make us laugh or m…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:54PMSince the Tony Awards began announcing the nominees as well as the winners at the 10th ceremony in 1956, there have been fifteen years where Best Musical did not go to the show with the most…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:56PMThe majority of our Experts had been predicting "Newsies" to win Best Musical but are now backing the bid by "Once" just days before the Tony Awards Sunday.
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SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMThis is the first time since 1994 that four American plays are in contention for Best Play. And three of these productions mark the Broadway debut of the playwright.
Thirteen of ou…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:09PM 
