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‘Trial of the Chicago 7,’ ‘One Night In Miami’ Lead WGA Awards Film Noms

February 16, 2021 2:17 pm

The Writers Guild of America announced their film nominees for the delayed 2021 WGA Awards and, once again, the films that didn't qualify shaped the list of honorees more than those who did. Awards season play...

Delroy Lindo Revisits ‘Da 5 Bloods’ & Chadwick Boseman’s First Day On Set [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

February 16, 2021 10:33 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News

"That was Chadwick Boseman's first day at work, that final scene," Delroy Lindo says. Lindo is in the middle of an interview recalling the final scene featuring his character, Paul, in Spike Lee's "Da 5 Blood...

Steven Yeun Faces His Father’s Generation In ‘Minari’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

February 12, 2021 10:59 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

Lee Isaac Chung's "Minari" follows a family of Korean-American immigrants who try to reboot their lives on a farm in 1980s Arkansas. The semi-autobiographical drama finds Steven Yeun essentially playing Chung'...

Radha Blank Says ‘The Forty Year Old Version’ Was Like Making Music [Exclusive Video]

Gregory Ellwood

February 11, 2021 10:06 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Something tells us if you were to ask Radha Blank a year ago, she would still be talking about her feature debut more than 12 months following its 2020 Sundance Film Festival debut, she wouldn't have believed ...

Oscars Telecast To Air From Multiple Locations

Gregory Ellwood

February 10, 2021 3:51 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

As we inch closer to the pandemic delayed 2021 Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been understandably tight-lipped on just how the show will proceed. Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and...

‘Burrow,’ ‘The Van’ Make Live Action & Animated Short Film Shortlists

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 6:06 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Filmmakers will find a way. Pandemic, war, economic collapse? They'll find a way. That's why it's no surprise that the Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film Oscar categories considered 96 and 174 indi...

‘Tenet,’ ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Make Oscars Visual Effects Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 6:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

If there is any category that was full of surprises on Oscar's shortlist day, it's Visual Effets. To say there were unexpected selections and a slew of snubs is a major understatement. Of course, expected cont...

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Best Actress, Oscars 2021

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ ‘Emma’ Make 2021 Hair And Makeup Oscar Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 6:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Unlike many of the other Oscar categories that shortlist their potential nominees at 15 contenders, the Makeup and Hairstyling branch only selects 10 films. Somewhat odd considering almost every narrative feat...

‘Soul,’ ‘Minari’ & ‘Tenet’ Make The 2021 Original Score Oscars Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 6:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Just 36 films were eligible for the Original Score Academy Award this year for a variety of reasons. That means your chances of landing on the shortlist were not so bad at almost 50/50. And for the composers o...

Janelle Monáe, John Legend, Dianne Warren & Sacha Baron Cohen Hit The 2021 Oscars Original Songs Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 5:59 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

John Legend, H.E.R., Janelle Monae, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell? Yes, the shortlist for the 2021 Original Song Academy Award is full of surprises. But, happily, few snubs this tim...

‘Time,’ ‘Collective’ Make 2021 Best Documentary Oscars Shortlist

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 5:59 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

283 films were submitted for the Academy Award's Documentary Feature Oscar and now just 15 remain. AMPAS revealed the shortlist for both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short with the former category ...

‘Another Round,’ ‘Two of Us’ Among 15 Shortlisted For International Film Oscar

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 5:59 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the 15 shortlisted films for the International Film Oscar and despite the lack of screenings and in-person events, it's a worthy list that should satisf...

Shaka King On ‘Judas and The Black Messiah’ & The Current Social Justice Movie Zeitgeist [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

February 9, 2021 10:38 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

Shaka King's "Judas and the Black Messiah" has arrived at something of a cultural tipping point for Hollywood. Months before the tragedy of George Floyd's death or the millions of people marching in the street...

‘SNL’s’ Melissa Villaseñor To Host The 2021 Independent Spirit Awards

Gregory Ellwood

February 8, 2021 2:46 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

Like many award ceremonies, 2021 Independent Spirit Awards are going virtual this year and they might have just found the perfect host to make it as entertaining as possible, Melissa Villaseñor. A cast member...

Michelle Pfeiffer Shares Her Favorite One-Liner From ‘French Exit’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

February 8, 2021 11:20 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

28 years. That's how long it's been since Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for an Academy Award. In that case, it was the now forgotten drama "Love Field." Now, thanks to the attention of a Golden Globe nominat...