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 …
"The plays are really where it's at in terms of races," Sam Eckmann declares to kick off the first of our 2021 Tony Awards predictions slugfest. Though we don't yet know the date when the wi…
When "Mudbound" brought Mary J. Blige Oscar bids for acting and songwriting ("Mighty River") in 2018, a trail was blazed and an annual tradition began. In 2019, Lady Gaga won for penning "Sh…
As of this writing, the late Chadwick Boseman is the odds-on favorite to sweep through the awards season with Best Actor victories at most of this season's events, according to the combined …
When Golden Globes nominations were announced, Jane Levy beat our odds and landed a slot in the Best TV Comedy/Musical Actress category. The singing star of NBC's musical comedy "Zoey's E…
Glynn Turman plays Toledo in the new film, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," a role he previously played on stage. The veteran actor just earned his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as p…
Many people may only know James Corden as that British guy who hosts "The Late Late Show with James Corden" or "Carpool Karaoke." However, the Emmy and Tony winner has a long history on stag…
Christopher Jackson played George Washington in "Hamilton," which was opened up to a huge audience last summer thanks to a live recording on Disney+. The film has since been honored with a n…
In 2012, Viola Davis came so close to following in Halle Berry's ("Monster's Ball," 2002) footsteps as the second Black Best Actress Academy Award winner for "The Help" (2012), but ultimatel…