Awards

In his 2014 memoir “Even This I Get to Experience,” TV legend Norman Lear writes about the busiest period of his life as a time of “joyful stress.” The 1970s were the pinnacle of Lear’s success as an uber producer, and at one point he simultaneously had eight shows on the air — including such

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST TV SERIES (DRAMA) UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:Personally, we wouldn’t be mad to see a surprise victory by “Lovecraft Country” here.

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST TV SERIES (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:Believe. It’s Ted Lasso’s mantra in “Ted Lasso,” and it could be

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:This year’s limited series category is an ambitious field, made up of personal tales

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES (DRAMA) UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:How much does the Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. love Olivia Colman?

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES (DRAMA) UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:Jason Bateman truly does it all. He’s a two-time Globes nominee

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:Well, this is quite a fun category because no

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES (COMEDY OR MUSICAL) UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:While Catherine O’Hara appears on track to win a

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for upcoming awards. To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE COLLECTIVE 2021 GOLDEN GLOBE FINAL PREDICTIONS:BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2021 AWARDS COMMENTARY:What a year for Anya Taylor-Joy. “The Queen’s Gambit”

Emily Blunt has taken on the British throne, the fashion world and a time loop with effortless grace and talent. We celebrate the 38-year-old’s birthday on Feb. 23, counting down her very best performances in cinema thus far. Considering Blunt’s resume, it’s almost criminal that she’s yet to find love from the Academy Awards. For

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has steadily increased the fees paid to members for various tasks related to the Golden Globe Awards, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times that could raise tax questions for the nonprofit journalism organization and its members. The small, close-knit HFPA has long been scrutinized for many of

The great Emmy debate over a merged variety series category has been solved, at least for now: The Television Academy will announce on Friday that it has decided this year to maintain separate categories for variety talk series and variety sketch series after all. The decision to keep the two categories, reversing course from a

All awards seasons lead to the Oscars, but for an actor or actress to stand on the Dolby Theatre stage (or as is most likely the case this year, accept the statuette virtually), the Golden Globes and SAG awards are the two most influential precursors. The SAG Awards have existed since 1995 and quickly established

As voting opens for the Directors Guild of America Awards, two top contenders include first-timers Darius Marder (Amazon Studios’ “Sound of Metal”) and Florian Zeller (Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Father”). This week’s episode of the “Variety Awards Circuit” podcast features the filmmakers and co-writers, who discuss the process of bringing their projects to the screen

After a year ravaged by a global pandemic, record unemployment rates, renewed cries for social justice, the continued climate crisis and a tumultuous political election, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the television series audiences and awards voters alike turned to were those that allowed them to get away from this world and dive into new

It’s become a bit cliché to marvel at how the entertainment industry has morphed so quickly to a digital on-demand world. And yet, as awards shows adjust to the habits and tastes of the viewing public, it’s clear that the future of content is streaming — and therefore, so goes the awards industrial complex. Need

The Writers Guild of America Awards announced their nominations where big boosts were given to films like “Judas and the Black Messiah” from Shaka King, “Palm Springs” from Max Barbakow and “The White Tiger” from Ramin Bahrani. Missing from the lineup, that was eligible, are “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” in the original screenplay category and

Netflix’s “Dick Johnson Is Dead” is a profound and deeply personal portrait of the director Kirsten Johnson’s examination of her father, Richard Johnson (lovingly known as “Dick”), a retired clinical psychiatrist who is suffering from dementia and his inevitable end. Beginning as an attempt to make the impending loss of her father bearable for both

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been an organization that has had noteworthy recognitions in its history, especially in the comedy categories (i.e., “The Hangover” winning best picture in 2009) and undoubtedly some questionable judgment calls (i.e., “The Tourist” nominated for best picture in 2010, and even this year with Sia’s directorial debut “Music”). Oftentimes,

Jamie Dornan is happy to get silly, even showing up for an interview sporting a bikini t-shirt, swag from his new film. The film in question is “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s follow-up to their 2011’s Oscar-nominated screenplay for “Bridesmaids.” A bright, joyous ode to female friendships,

Valentine’s Day can be either dreadful or reaffirming of your love for someone special in your life. Our first love of cinema can be a staple of the day, and there will be plenty of “definitive” rankings of the best love stories of all-time and where you can watch them. The Oscars have recognized many

Things always gets intense in Oscar season, and voters may feel overwhelmed by the huge numbers of contenders (streaming and sometimes in theaters) that are hoping for some love. This year, as always, several films are getting the bulk of attention, while other movies may need a little extra love. So we are offering some

Many people would love the chance to climb into an RV and drive around the English countryside with Colin Firth for weeks. For Stanley Tucci, it was indeed fun — but also challenging. The two actors play longtime lovers on a final road trip in “Supernova,” which arrives on demand Feb. 12. Tusker (Tucci) is

Variety breaks down the 78th annual Golden Globes Awards TV nominations by category. Drama SeriesThree out of five nominees come from Netflix this year: “The Crown,” which is seeing its fourth nomination for its fourth season; “Ozark,” which picked up its first-ever series nom for its penultimate season; and newcomer “Ratched.” The other two series

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for nine categories for the upcoming Oscars. The categories and number of films include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10)

“Nomadland” and “Saint Maud” took top honors at the 41st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with three wins each, while the late Chadwick Boseman won actor of the year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” American road movie “Nomadland” won film of the year, while lead Frances McDormand was named actress of the year, and writer-director

Legendary actor Christopher Plummer died at the age of 91, and the heart of the cinematic world has a hole in it. He won many accolades, including two Tonys, two Emmys and an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in 2011’s “Beginners” from writer and director Mike Mills. At 82, he became

The Emmy “For Your Consideration” season is back. A year after the Television Academy put a halt to officially sanctioned campaign events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, network and studio execs met this week to participate in a lottery that would determine dates for this year’s crush of mostly virtual FYC events. The Academy has

Gong Li became a star in Zhang Yimou’s 1988 “Red Sorghum,” her film debut. Since then, she has headlined dozens of films from China, Hollywood and elsewhere; she says the new “Leap” offered her “the hardest role I’ve ever played, but the best role.” The film, directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan, is China’s submission for

On the heels of the nominations for the Golden Globes and the release of the BAFTA longlist, the Screen Actors Guild Awards have weighed in on the best films and performances of the season. Critics awards be damned, SAG will do what they want to do. Overall, the nominations provided not as many jaw-droppers as