Emmys Analysis: How, in the Era of Peak TV, Did Just Three Shows Manage to Sweep Their Respective Genres at the Awards?
What makes the results of Monday night’s 75th Emmys particularly interesting to me is that they come at the end of a season unlike any other, in which virtually all traditional Emmy campaign tactics — as in, famous people shaking hands, kissing babies, doing interviews, appearing on FYC panels, etc. — were removed from the equation. […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Julianne Moore on Reuniting with Todd Haynes for ‘May December,’ Why ‘Far from Heaven’ Almost Fell Apart and Why Oscars Matter
Julianne Moore, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest screen actresses of her time, or any other. The winner of an Oscar, an Emmy and a BAFTA Award, two SAG, Golden Globe and Spirit awards and three National Board of Review and Critics Choice awards, […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Emily Blunt on Working with Christopher Nolan on ‘Oppenheimer,’ Asking Husband John Krasinski to Cast Her in ‘A Quiet Place’ and 20 Years in Film
Emily Blunt, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, has been described by The Daily Beast as “one of the most impressive actresses working today,” by The Guardian as “the biggest British female movie star of her generation” and by her three-time collaborator Meryl Streep as “the best young actress […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Mark Ronson on His Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Barbie’ Music, Amy Winehouse Memories and Celebrity DJ-ing in the ’90s
Mark Ronson, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast (which was recorded in front of an audience at the Newport Beach Film Festival last October), has been one of the most influential figures in the world of music for 25 years — even though he’s only 48. But it was only […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Paul Giamatti on ‘The Holdovers,’ 20 Years of Not Auditioning Thanks to ‘Sideways’ and Why His Dad’s Sudden Death Led Him to Pursue Acting
Paul Giamatti, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest character actors of all time. Giamatti is an Oscar nominee and winner of Emmy, Spirit and Critics Choice awards, three Golden Globe awards and three SAG awards, with credits to his name including 2003’s American Splendor, […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Michelle Satter on 43 Years at Sundance Institute, Helping the Likes of Chloé Zhao and Ryan Coogler, and Her Jean Hersholt Award
Michelle Satter, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, has been called “the fairy godmother of independent cinema.” In 1981, she went to work for Robert Redford as the founding director of the Sundance Institute, the labs of which have, in the words of the Associated Press, “helped to launch […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Martin Scorsese on ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Blending His Past Films, the Marvel Controversy and Almost Directing ‘Schindler’s List’
Martin Scorsese, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and, in the eyes of many, the greatest filmmaker alive today. Over the course of a career spanning nearly 60 years, Scorsese has directed 26 narrative features and 16 documentary features, among […]
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast: Ava DuVernay on Fighting for ‘Origin,’ the Crazy Backstory of ‘13th’ and How Her Outlook Has Changed 10 Years After ‘Selma’
Ava DuVernay is one of the most fascinating and trailblazing filmmakers in the business. She’s an Emmy and BAFTA award winner and an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, whose middle name should be “First.” For 2012’s Middle of Nowhere, she became the first Black woman to win Sundance Film Festival’s best director prize. With 2014’s […]
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Emmys: Who Will Win, Who Should Win
Best Comedy Series WILL WIN Ted Lasso Ted Lasso, which won for its two prior seasons at the two most recent Emmys ceremonies, landed a category-best nine acting noms for what’s believed to be its last rodeo. But it’s got serious competition in the beloved network show Abbott Elementary, unique rookies The Bear and Jury […]
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“They Let the Lunatics Run the Asylum”: Robert Downey Jr., Paul Giamatti and the THR Actor Roundtable
There aren’t many places where one might encounter two Avengers, three chameleons and a hot priest. But that’s precisely who gathered in mid-November for THR’s Actor Roundtable at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Colman Domingo (Rustin) and Andrew […]
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Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s First Oscar Projections Post Golden Globes and SAG and DGA Awards Nominations
PLEASE NOTE: This forecast, assembled by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these projections by drawing upon conversations with voters and other industry insiders, analysis of marketing […]
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SAG Awards Noms Analysis: What to Make of the ‘American Fiction’ Surge, Penélope Cruz Nom, ‘May December’ and Leonardo DiCaprio Snubs, More
American Fiction outperformed expectations by landing three nominations, including best ensemble, while the edgy May December and Saltburn and a trio of non-English-language contenders — Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest — were completely shut out, and Killers of the Flower Moon’s Leonardo DiCaprio was passed over, when SAG-AFTRA announced the nominees […]
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