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Thursday, March 20, 2025

‘The Residence’ reviews: Critics hail Uzo Aduba’s ‘magnetic presence,’ but call the whodunit ‘overstuffed’ by Joyce Eng

Move over, Benoit Blanc. Netflix has a new detective in town. Uzo Aduba stars as Cordelia Cupp on The Residence, the streamer's new whodunit, all eight episodes of which dropped on Thursday.…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

‘Awards Magnet’: Final 2025 Oscar winner predictions by Joyce Eng

Anora or Conclave? Mikey Madison or Demi Moore? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng make their final 2025 Oscar winner predictions with Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnb…

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Only winners in the building: 5 takeaways from the SAG Awards’ TV winners by Joyce Eng

As expected, Shōgun ruled Sunday’s 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, completing one of the most dominant awards runs in history that started at the Emmys in September. The night didn’t g…

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Sunday, February 2, 2025

What ‘Emilia Pérez’ can (and can’t) take away from ‘Green Book’s’ controversy-filled road to the Oscar by Joyce Eng

When the old offensive social media posts by Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón went viral on Thursday, one awards strategist thought of a past Oscar contender who was in a similar sit…

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Meet the Experts Film editing panel: ‘Blitz,’ ‘Challengers,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘Wicked’ by Joyce Eng

Music videos, photo series, and LEGOs. Those are just some of the origin stories of our Meet the Experts: Film Editing panelists Peter Schiberras (“Blitz”), Marco Costa (“Challengers�…

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

‘Schmigadoon!’ cinematographer Jon Joffin breaks down the shot that ‘built my incredible trust into Cinco Paul’ [Exclusive Video Interview] by Joyce Eng

Jon Joffin is not afraid to admit that he was initially reluctant to join Season 2 of “Schmigadoon!” The cinematographer was a fan of Season 1, which paid homage to the musicals of the �…

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

‘Schmigadoon!’ sets spring premiere date for Season 2 in Schmicago by Joyce Eng

“Schmigadoon!” will enter Schmicago on Friday, April 7 — that’s when the first two episodes of its second season will premiere, Apple TV+ announced Wednesday at the Television Critic…

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

‘Dancing with the Stars” inaugural Disney+ Night includes tunes from ‘Hamilton’ and the MCU by Joyce Eng

The most synergistic night on “Dancing with the Stars” now comes with a slight twist. Disney Night is so yesterday (and a broadcast network ago). It’s time to bring on Disney+ Night. I…

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

‘Schmigadoon!’ composer Christopher Willis on ‘channeling the underscore composers of the ’50s’ [Exclusive Video Interview] by Joyce Eng

“Schmigadoon!” is a musical comedy that pays homage to the Golden Age of musicals in the ’40s and ’50s, and Christopher Willis‘ first job was to familiarize himself with them after…

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Friday, March 4, 2022

Oscar Experts Typing: Can anyone beat Ariana DeBose at BAFTA and beyond? by Joyce Eng

Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we lo…

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Oscar spotlight: Why ‘West Side Story’s’ Mike Faist deserves to go all the way by Joyce Eng

During the climactic rumble in “West Side Story,” Riff (Mike Faist) spins away from Tony (Ansel Elgort) and right into the knife held by Bernardo (David Alvarez). Everyone is frozen in s…

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

‘West Side Story’s’ Anita may be the next character to produce multiple Oscar-winning performances by Joyce Eng

Anything you can do, someone else can do better — or just as well. In academy history, only twice have two different actors won Oscars for playing the same character, but there could be a …

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Bradley Whitford and John Lithgow could battle for a chance to make Emmy history by Joyce Eng

Bradley Whitford and John Lithgow have nine Emmys between them, including one each in Best Drama Supporting Actor. They’re in the running in the category this year for “The Handmaid’s …

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Friday, May 21, 2021

‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ creator Austin Winsberg on pandemic dance numbers and the ‘dicey proposition’ of love triangles [EXCLUSIVE V by Joyce Eng

While every show had to figure out ways to safely film during a pandemic, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” was more affected than most, seeing that it’s, you know, a musical with gran…

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

A Best Actor Oscar win for Chadwick Boseman would break this decade-long streak by Joyce Eng

One of the surprises on Oscar nomination morning was “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom‘s” snub in Best Picture. That Netflix film still received five nominations, including in Best Actor for…

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Friday, February 5, 2021

Chadwick Boseman is the first person to get 4 film SAG Awards nominations in a single year by Joyce Eng

Chadwick Boseman just made Screen Actors Guild Awards history with a quartet of nominations on Thursday. The late star earned two individual and two ensemble bids for his final two movies, �…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Glenda Jackson won’t get to make Tony Awards history after that stunning ‘King Lear’ snub by Joyce Eng

Glenda Jackson was looking to do what no one has ever done before at the Tony Awards: win Best Actress in a Play in back-to-back years. Alas, she won’t get a chance to, as the Triple Crown…

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Glenn Close and Amy Adams are starring in Ron Howard’s next film, so they could break their Oscar curse together by Joyce Eng

What if Glenn Close and Amy Adams break their Oscar curse with the same movie? It could happen now. Seven-time nominee Close has joined six-time also-ran Adams in Ron Howard‘s Netflix dram…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The full trailer for ‘The Lion King’ remake will take your breath away [WATCH] by Joyce Eng

Disney dropped the first trailer for its highly anticipated live-action remake of “The Lion King” on Wednesday — 100 days out from its July 19 release. Come for the super realistic CGI…

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Monday, April 8, 2019

Glenda Jackson would make Tony Awards history with a win for ‘King Lear’ by Joyce Eng

Last year, Glenda Jackson became the 24th performer to complete the Triple Crown of Acting when she won the Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for “Three Tall Women.” She can write anothe…

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Lauren Graham is (probably) coming to ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ so maybe she’ll finally get an Emmy nomination by Joyce Eng

There may be a “Gilmore Girls” reunion in the offing — and this one might at long last get Lauren Graham some Emmy love. At the PaleyFest red carpet for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”…

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Monday, March 18, 2019

Joey Fatone is hopping, er, hoping to do this on ‘The Masked Singer’ next season by Joyce Eng

Joey Fatone just can’t quit “The Masked Singer.” After getting a tattoo of his Rabbit get-up, the ‘N Sync-er wants to literally turn the tables and sit on the panel in the second sea…

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Joey Fatone loved doing ‘The Masked Singer’ so much he got this Rabbit tattoo by Joyce Eng

Those psychedelic costumes on “The Masked Singer” will be imprinted on our brains forever. For Joey Fatone, one of them will be imprinted on his leg forever. The ‘N Sync-er got a tatto…

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

You can now watch the deleted ‘Vice’ musical number, which was definitely cut for the right reasons by Joyce Eng

During the “Vice” press tour, the cast and crew revealed that the was a musical number that was cut from the eventual eight-time Oscar nominee. Now you can finally see it, and well, it w…

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Glenn Close’s Oscar loss for ‘The Wife’ was ‘insulting,’ but our readers say that wasn’t her most painful defeat by Joyce Eng

The wounds from Glenn Close‘s Oscar loss for “The Wife” are still fresh, but for our readers that defeat was not the hardest of her seven to swallow. Nope, 36 percent of our fans say C…

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Friday, March 1, 2019

Glenn is ready for her Close-up as ‘Sunset Boulevard’ remake finds director, but will it win her that elusive Oscar? by Joyce Eng

Glenn Close is ready for her Oscar Close-up. The long-gestating film adaptation of the Broadway musical remake of “Sunset Boulevard” has found its Mr. DeMille to Close’s Norma Desmond:…

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Lady Gaga explains what was happening between her and Bradley Cooper during their sultry Oscar performance [WATCH] by Joyce Eng

Maybe Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper should’ve won those Best Actress and Best Actor Oscars. Fresh off her Oscar win for Best Original Song for “Shallow,” Gaga visited “Jimmy Kimmel Li…

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Bryan Cranston will star in a new Showtime series, so he should probably make room for another Emmy by Joyce Eng

Bryan Cranston is coming back to TV. The “Breaking Bad” star will headline Showtime’s new limited series “Your Honor,” the network announced Thursday at the Tel…

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Sunday, January 27, 2019

SAG Awards: ‘A Star is Born’ set the wrong kind of record by going 0 for 4 by Joyce Eng

“A Star is Born” lost all four of its SAG Awards races on Sunday. This shut-out is one for the record books. The cast went down to defeat to “Black Panther.” Leading…

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Friday, January 25, 2019

SAG Awards film predictions: Lady Gaga will make it a, um, close one with Glenn Close by Joyce Eng

Glenn Close (“The Wife”) is the favorite to take home her first Screen Actors Guild Award for film at Sunday’s ceremony, but it’s far from a done deal. Lady Gaga (…

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

‘A Star Is Born’ at the Oscars: How did each version fare with the academy? by Joyce Eng

“A Star Is Born” reaped eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday, three fewer than our predicted 11 after some snubs, like Best Director. But despite those omissions, there’s a l…

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