Academy Awards members had the option of nominating 10 films this year for Best Picture, but they decided to go with eight: "The Father," "Judas and the Black Messiah," "Mank," "Minari," "No…
Last year's Oscar race for Best Actress was over before it even started. Renee Zellweger became the instant frontrunner as soon as "Judy" premiered in the fall. She predictably swept all of …
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 heavy f…
On Monday's "Late Show," host Stephen Colbert marked the one-year anniversary of Broadway going dark due to the pandemic, leaving thousands of people out of work. It's been "525,600 minutes"…
The 2021 Academy Award nominations included a number of historic and long overdue firsts. "Judas and the Black Messiah" is the first Best Picture nominee with an all-Black producing team as …
The Grammy Awards air live nationwide on Sunday, March 14 from in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS. The 63rd annual Grammys will be hosted…
In February 1996, Alanis Morissette made history as the youngest Album of the Year winner at the Grammys at age 21 when her landmark collection "Jagged Little Pill" prevailed. She lost that …
After months of delay and uncertainty, the 2021 Academy Awards nominations have finally arrived. Starting on Monday, March 15 at 8:19 a.m. ET/5:19 a.m. PT, presenters Priyanka Chopra Jonas a…
The 2021 Grammy Awards winners will be revealed on Sunday, March 14 in a two-part ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The 2021 Grammy Awards nominations were announced way back on…
There are many different types of existing works from which a film's screenplay can be adapted, and the academy has honored scripts built from just about every source material imaginable. Vo…
The Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15 following the six days of voting by academy members that kicked off on March 5. In anticipation of that big reveal, let's revisit the syst…
Leslie Odom Jr. gave one of the year's most inspired performances as soul icon Sam Cooke in Regina King's directorial debut "One Night in Miami." The Amazon film concludes with O…
Aaron Sorkin, the writer/director of the red-hot Oscar contender "The Trial of the Chicago 7," felt the film was "pretty relevant" during production in the winter of 2019. His acclaimed Netf…
Frank Langella plays Judge Julius Hoffman in the Netflix film "The Trial of the Chicago 7." The actor just earned another nomination from the Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the cast o…
Colman Domingo plays Cutler in the Netflix film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," an adaptation of the play of the same name by August Wilson. The role has landed Domingo an Independent Spirit Awa…
Even though Aaron Sorkin has a great love for politics, he admits that he didn't know who the Chicago 7 were at first. It all started when he met with Steven Spielberg at his house and th…
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," based on August Wilson's 1982 play, is set in Chicago the summer of 1927 during a particularly contentious recording session between Ma Rainey and her band. I…
Glenn Close is once again on the trail to win her first Oscar after seven previous losses. This time she's competing in Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mamaw in "Hillbilly Ele…
"We were struck by her performance when we got the footage," says "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" supervising sound editor Robert Hein about Andra Day's turn as the title character in…
In the days leading up to the "WandaVision" series finale, a lot of people online were wondering how long the episode would be, and it turns out that it was a normal length. The episode, tit…
"It started at a lunch in 1989," recalls producer Todd Black of his long standing collaboration with Denzel Washington. Back then, Black had just seen "Glory" and was eager to work with the …
Plenty has already been said about The Weeknd's startling Grammy snubs, but it still seems shocking when you consider what surprising projects could end up winning this year instead. That in…
The date for the 2020 Tony Awards ceremony (or wait, is it the 2021 Tony Awards now?), remains shrouded in mystery. Voting is already underway however. With the announcement that Tony voters…
Andra Day took on her first big role in a film with "The United States vs. Billie Holiday." Her transformative performance just brought her a Golden Globe Award win as a dramatic actress as …
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" premiered in limited theatrical release on November 20, 2020 before streaming on Netflix December 18, 2020. It is an adaptation of the celebrated play of the same …