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Salem's Lot is widely regarded as one of Stephen King's best - and perhaps more importantly, most terrifying - novels, which is why the new adaptation currently streaming on Max simply didn't cut it for the majority of fans and critics.

The movie follows the basic premise, but does not flesh out the main characters enough and is seriously lacking in scares and gore (pretty much every kill takes place off-screen) despite the R rating. It also leaves out some major story elements, including Ben Mears' childhood connection to the Marsten House.

In the book, this haunted house is almost a character in its own right, and is the source of evil in the town of Jerusalem's Lot that attracts Kurt Barlow and Richard Straker in the first place. Ben is left traumatized after sneaking into the house as a child, and returns to "The Lot" to confront his...

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is now available to stream on Max, unleashing a stylish vampire outbreak without much in the way of story. It turns out that there was a much longer cut of the film that Dauberman ultimately trimmed down for a leaner runtime.

The filmmaker revealed in a recent interview with Den of Geek, “My first cut was about three hours. There’s a lot left out. My first draft of the script is 180-odd pages or something because you’re trying to include everything. And a lot of it has to do with a lot of the secondary characters and stuff that I spoke about. So it was sad to see that stuff go, but it’s like a necessary evil.”

One of the key scenes trimmed? Ben Mears’ chilling encounter with Depression-era hitman...

On Monday July 29 2024, ESPN broadcasts 30 for 30!

American Son Season 4 Episode 20 Episode Summary

In this episode of “30 for 30,” titled “American Son,” the documentary series takes a closer look at a significant moment in sports history. The episode dives into the life and career of a notable athlete who has made a lasting impact on the world of sports. It highlights the challenges and triumphs faced along the way, offering viewers a deeper understanding of what it means to be a sports icon.

“American Son” explores themes of identity, perseverance, and the influence of sports on society. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal stories, the episode paints a vivid picture of the athlete’s journey. It sheds light on the struggles they encountered and the victories they achieved, showcasing how their experiences resonate beyond the playing field.

As the episode unfolds, it not only celebrates the athlete’s accomplishments but...

The upcoming episode of “30 for 30,” titled “American Son,” promises to be an engaging exploration of sports and its impact on society. Scheduled to air on Monday, July 29, 2024, at 7:00 Pm on ESPN, this episode delves into a significant moment in sports history that resonates beyond the playing field.

“American Son” focuses on the life and challenges faced by a prominent athlete, highlighting personal struggles and triumphs. This episode aims to shed light on how sports can serve as a platform for broader social issues, making it relevant and thought-provoking. The documentary series is known for its compelling storytelling, and this episode is expected to continue that tradition.

Viewers can expect a mix of interviews, archival footage, and insightful commentary that captures the essence of the athlete’s journey. The episode aims to inspire and provoke thought, showcasing how sports intertwine with identity, culture, and community. “American Son” is...

Exclusive: UnPrisoned, the Onyx Collective dramedy starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, has been renewed for a second season on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.

Additionally, Washington has renewed her overall deal with ABC Signature, the studio behind UnPrisoned, which debuted in March as Onyx Collective’s most-viewed premiere on Hulu and as the inaugural dramedy series for the brand.

Inspired by creator Tracy McMillan’s life, UnPrisoned follows a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist, social media influencer and single mom, Paige Alexander (Washington), whose life is turned right-side-up when her dad, Edwin Alexander (Lindo), gets out of prison and moves in with her and her teenage son.

The series, whose Season 2 writers room is already up and running, is executive produced by McMillan, Yvette Lee Bowser and Washington alongside Pilar Savone, through their Simpson Street production company,...

She went from straight-a student to the star of Scandal, but always had a nagging doubt about her place in the world. Then the actor agreed to go on a US genealogy show - and discovered her own story wasn’t quite as it seemed …

That Kerry Washington comes from a seemingly perfect family is something to which I thought I could attest. Four years ago, on an icily grey day in New York City, I met the actor after watching her gut-wrenching performance on Broadway in the play American Son. I sat on a sofa on the vacated stage, in deep conversation with Washington’s parents, Earl and Valerie: she a professor, he a businessman, who had raised their daughter in a hard-working, predominantly black neighbourhood in the Bronx. I remember thinking how good-looking, charming and erudite they seemed. And Washington – gracious and gorgeous in real life – made so much sense as their offspring.

Kerry Washington has tried to part ways with Hollywood for decades.

The Emmy-winning actress told W Magazine that she is “always quitting” acting until another great script pulls her back in.

“I have spent a lifetime trying to not be an actor,” Washington said. “I am always quitting this business, and then right when I decide that I’m done is when something extraordinary comes across my desk.”

She explained, “I was really, really done with this business right before I read the script for ‘Ray.’ I was really, really done with this business right before I read the script for ‘The Last King of Scotland.’ I was entirely done with this business before reading the script for ‘Scandal.’ This is what happens again and again.”

Washington, who currently stars in the Hulu series “UnPrisoned,” said that she “immediately” was drawn to the script for the show.

“I think the...

“I’ve got one daughter, and you’ve got one daddy,” Edwin (Delroy Lindo) reminds his daughter Paige (Kerry Washington) in the trailer for the new Hulu series “UnPrisoned.” Their relationship is at the heart of the comedy, in which they reunite after Edwin spent 17 years in prison on drug charges. Based on writer and executive producer Tracy McMillan’s own life, the show will chronicle how that reunion unfolds and the impact Edwin has on Paige and her son, Finn (Faly Rakotohavana), when he moves in with them. All ten episodes premiere on Friday, March 10. Watch the full trailer above.

The trailer also offers glimpses at the adventures that await the family: Paige pursues a dream of owning a home — and gets a cathartic moment when she takes a sledgehammer to the dated wood paneling in the living room; Edwin teaches Finn how to drive and how to deal...

The 2023 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors is set to recognize Kerry Washington, Courtney B. Vance, Charles D. King and Janelle Monáe with special honors during the annual award ceremony saluting excellence in the motion picture and television industry.

Washington, an Emmy winner and SAG and Golden Globe-nominated actor, director and producer, will be presented with the Excellence in the Arts Award (Female), while two-time Emmy winner Vance will accept the award for Excellence in the Arts (Male). MacRo founder and CEO King will be presented the Industry Leadership Award, while eight-time Grammy-nominated artist, producer and actor Monáe receives the Renaissance Award. Kasi Lemmons’ 1997 drama “Eve’s Bayou” will be honored with the Classic Cinema Award.

The fifth ABFF Honors will take place on Sunday, March 5, hosted by Emmy-nominated writer, actor and comedian Deon Cole. The intimate, non-televised dinner and award ceremony is executive produced by Nicole and Jeff Friday (under...

In the midst of many big time changes over at Warner Bros., we’ve learned tonight that the Salem’s Lot remake from WB/New Line has been bumped from release yet again.

Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, and now the film has been undated altogether.

It’s likely that Warner Bros. is trying to figure out what to do with the movie, and whether to bring it to theaters or to streaming on HBO Max. We’ll report more as we learn it.

James Wan produced for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) writing the script and also directing the new movie.

Salem’s Lot 2023 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2023, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns...

Steven Pasquale has been tapped as the male lead opposite Neve Campbell in Avalon, ABC’s drama series based on Michael Connelly’s short story, from David E. Kelley, A+E Studios and 20th Television.

Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.

Pasquale will play Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective William Claypool. Intelligent, head strong and good-humored, Claypool is called to Catalina to investigate a terrifying discovery on the island.

Avalon is created and executive produced by Kelley,...

Exclusive: Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Aja Naomi King, Manny Jacinto and newcomers Amari Price and Aiden Price will star alongside Nnamdi Asomugha in his feature directorial debut, The Knife, which recently completed production in Los Angeles.

The film written by Asomugha and Mark Duplass is a psychological thriller that follows a family over the course of one night, after a frightening event threatens to dismantle their household and uncover the illusions of their lives.

Asomugha is producing under his iAm21 Productions banner, alongside Jonathan T. Baker and Ami Werges, with Mark and Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Chijioke Asomugha and Rao Meka serving as executive producers.

Asomugha is an actor, Emmy-nominated producer and former NFL player who has starred in recent years in films including Sylvie’s Love,...

Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway in Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy, the acclaimed playwright who will be making her Broadway debut at age 90. Kenny Leon will direct.

Kennedy, whose plays over the last six decades have included such Off Broadway Obie Award winners as Funnyhouse of a Negro, June and Jean in Concert and Sleep Deprivation Chamber, said in a statement, “I am so thrilled. It’s only taken me 65 years to make it to Broadway!”

Kennedy was honored in 2008 with an Obie Lifetime Achievement Award, and she was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2018.

Production dates, casting and the creative team will be announced in the coming months. The producing team is led by Jeffrey Richards, Rebecca Gold, Jayne Baron Sherman and Irene Gandy.

Producers describe Ohio State Murders as “an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the United States.

Sylvie’s Love star and producer Nnamdi Asomugha has entered into an exclusive first-look deal with Amazon Studios via his iAm21 Entertainment. Under the pact, Asomugha will develop and produce projects to premiere in theatres and on Amazon Prime in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The deal follows Asomugha’s recent Emmy nomination for outstanding television movie for the Amazon Original movie, Sylvie’s Love.

Former All-Pro NFL player-turned-actor and producer Asomugha stars opposite Tessa Thompson in Sylvie’s Love. In addition to his Emmy nomination, the film has received numerous honors and multiple nominations, including “Best Movie” by the African American Film Critics Association.

Asomugha also produced and starred in the Amazon film Crown Heights. His breakout performance earned him a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, among other honors.

“I’m thrilled to be joining forces with...

Amazon Studios has closed a first-look deal with Nnamdi Asomugha, who produced and starred in the Amazon film “Sylvie’s Love,” as well as his company iAm21 Entertainment. Asomugha will develop and produce projects for both theatrical and Amazon Prime Video premieres.

Asomugha is a former professional football player, having been a cornerback for the Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers. He retired from football in 2013, then founded his production company in 2015 in partnership with producer Jonathan T. Baker.

Asomugha’s first collaboration with Amazon was in 2017 when the company distributed the biographical drama “Crown Heights,” which he produced and starred in as Carl King. Then, he played Robert opposite Tessa Thompson’s Sylvie in “Sylvie’s Love.”

His production credits also include “Beasts of No Nation,” “The Banker” and “Harriet,” as well as the Broadway play “American Son.” In 2020, Variety named him one of 10 Producers to Watch.

His upcoming...

Emmy winner Kerry Washington is gearing up for a new adventure, set to star in and produce “Rockaway” for Netflix.

The feature film adaptation of Diane Cardwell’s memoir, “Rockaway: Surfing Headlong Into a New Life,” will be written by NAACP Image Award winner Nichelle Tramble Spellman (creator of Apple TV Plus’ “Truth Be Told”).

In the movie, Washington plays a Manhattan-based journalist who unexpectedly discovers the transcendent power of surfing while on a routine assignment, and finds herself running from the comfortable life she’s always known toward a life of romance and self-discovery in eclectic Rockaway Beach.

Published in July 2020, “Rockaway: Surfing Headlong Into a New Life” tells the story of the Cardwell’s own reinvention as she discovered the world of surfing. The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt book was named one of the best adventure travel books of the year by Outside Magazine.

“Rockaway” is produced by 3dot Productions’ Liza Chasin,...

Jeremy Jordan will take on the lead role of Seymour when Off Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors returns to the stage on Sept. 21, joining original cast members Tammy Blanchard and Christian Borle under the direction of Michael Mayer.

Jordan had previously been set to join the company on March 17, 2020, before theater industry operations were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Jonathan Groff and, later, Gideon Glick played Seymour earlier in the acclaimed revival at the Westside Theatre. The musical opened with Groff in 2019.

Jordan’s stage credits include Waitress, American Son, Finding Neverland, and Bonnie & Clyde, among others. He was Tony-nominated for 2012’s Newsies.

Tickets are on sale now for performances from September 21 through January 2, 2022.

In addition to Blanchard and Borle, other returning cast members include Tom Alan Robbins, Aaron Arnell Harrington, Salome Smith, Joy Woods, Aveena Sawyer, Eric Wright, Teddy Yudain, Stephen Berger and Chelsea Turbin.

Five top TV directors will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 12, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of the group together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“Coyote”: Michelle MacLaren

MacLaren won two Emmys for producing “Breaking Bad” and received four other nominations. Other projects have included “The Morning Show,...

Antoine Fuqua will direct and produce a new film adaptation of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning look at greed, family, death and sexual repression.

The “Training Day” and “Magnificent Seven” director will join forces with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, who backed a 2008 revival of the show that made history with a sold-out 19-week run as the first all-African American production on Broadway. It was also the highest-grossing play during that season.

The show was directed by Debbie Allen and featured Terrence Howard, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad and James Earl Jones. The original play centers on Brick, a former athlete turned alcoholic, his sexually frustrated wife Maggie and Big Daddy, the ailing and wealthy family patriarch.

The filmmakers say the movie “will combine elements of the play with new storylines and weave them together to bring the production to the big screen.

The churchy feeling that Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia inspires is especially fitting, because that’s where Danielle Brooks first discovered the gospel great.

The Juilliard grad, who is best known for her role as prison inmate Taystee on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, grew up in a small church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. And that’s where she first saw a poster of Mahalia Jackson in all her glory. (Mahalia premieres this Saturday, April 3 at 8/7c on Lifetime.)

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“Diana,” a musical about the people’s princess, will premiere on Netflix ahead of its Broadway debut.

The show had completed only a few preview performances (and was expected to officially open last March) before Broadway went dark due to the pandemic. In an unprecedented move, a live stage recording of “Diana” is coming to Netflix on Oct. 1, two months before preview performances are expected to resume on Dec. 1 at the Longacre Theatre.

Broadway does not have a set reopening date. However, New York City officials have been taking steps to mount a theater revival, including plans for a dedicated Covid-19 vaccination site on Broadway and pop-up coronavirus testing sites by theaters. Additional efforts will include screening and testing for both audience members and employees, enhanced cleaning measures and revamped backstage protocols.

“Diana” tells the story of the beloved figure. She finds herself thrust into the global spotlight after her...

Rebel Wilson will star in “Senior Year,” a high school comedy being produced by Paramount Players and directed by Alex Hardcastle, the studio announced Thursday.

Wilson will play a cheerleader who was once one of the most popular kids in her high school before an accident put her in a coma for 20 years. After she awakes, she returns to the same school to finish her senior year as she tries to regain her status and capture the prom queen crown that she once so desired.

Brandon Scott Jones, who wrote the 2019 comedy “Isn’t It Romantic” also starring Wilson, will write the screenplay based on a spec by Andrew Knauer and Arthur Pielli. Wilson will produce with Todd Garner and Chris Bender. Jeremy Stein, Jake Wagner, Jake Weiner are executive producers.

Hardcastle will step into feature filmmaking after more than 20 years as a TV director, working on episodes for shows like “The Office,...

Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington have joined the cast of Paul Feig’s upcoming Netflix movie, “The School for Good and Evil.”

Based on the young adult fantasy novel by Soman Chainani, the story follows best friends Sophie and Agatha as they are kidnapped to the School for Good and Evil. After their fortunes are reversed, their friendship is put to the test as the duo attempts to return home. Washington is playing Professor Dovey and Theron is portraying Lady Lesso — two looming figures at the mysterious house of education.

“I know what school I’m applying to,” Feig wrote Friday on Twitter to announce the casting news. “So thrilled to welcome Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington to the School for Good and Evil! Everyone, prepare to get schooled!”

Feig, whose vast credits include “Freaks and Geeks,” “Bridesmaids,” “A Simple Favor” and “The Heat,” is directing the film from a...

Netflix has added seven new series to its original content slate out of the U.K., working with the likes of former “Mr. Bean” star Rowan Atkinson, Sam Mendes and Andy Serkis, along with new writing talent including Sarah Dollard and Sophie Petzal.

The shows, commissioned by the Original Series team as part of the streaming giant’s continued investment in the U.K., will all be written and produced domestically.

From Mendes and his Neal Street Productions is a six-part show called “The Red Zone,” which mysteriously teases “a comedy about football, but also not about football.” Meanwhile, Atkinson will star in short-form, 10-part comedy series “Man vs Bee,” which finds him housesitting a luxurious mansion while duking it out with a pesky bee.

Elsewhere, in a project executive produced by Serkis, “Giri/Haji” creator Joe Barton is on board to adapt Sally Green’s “Half Bad” trilogy of books,...

It’s only fitting that in 2020 — the year of the coronavirus — Netflix’s top titles include stand-up comedies, “sad movies” and “home baking shows.”

The streaming giant released year-end viewing trends on Thursday that also showed that October was the biggest month for comedy consumption, with audiences seeking to quell pre-election anxiety. “Hubie Halloween,” “The Wrong Missy,” “Space Force,” “Holidate” and “Kevin Hart: Zero Fucks Given” were the most popular comedy titles of the year.

In the three weeks following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, viewing soared for titles that reflected the Black experience: “13th” saw the most growth, with viewing up more than 5,000%. “LA 92,” “Dear White People,” “Time: The Kalief Browder Story” and “American Son” views also skyrocketed.

Netflix users also gravitated toward twice as much romance in 2020 as the year prior, with films “The Kissing Booth 2,” “Princess Switch: Switched Again” and...

Netflix has revealed some color about its subscribers’ viewing habits during 2020.

The streamer saw foreign-language dramas such as Spain’s The Platform and Germany’s Barbarians boom, romance titles doubled in popularity and action titles such as Extraction and Cobra Kai flexed their muscles over the last twelves.

Some of the most interesting data provided by Netflix as part of its What We Watched 2020 report was around the pandemic and civil unrest over the summer. In March, as Covid-19 was starting to ravage the world outside of China, viewers were searching for home baking shows with almost a 50% rise from the previous month – a boon for the likes of Nailed It! and The Great British Bake Off.

The following month, searches for sad movies spiked nearly 30%, while subscribers were also calling out for stand-up shows between March and April. October was our biggest month for comedy viewing generally. Hubie Halloween,...

US viewers consumed 50% more foreign-language content in 2020, with The Platform from Spain, Barbarians from Germany and Rogue City from France the most popular choices.

While the streaming service provided no hard data on viewership of individual films and shows in its What We Watched 2020 briefing released on Thursday (December 10), the information at least offered guidance on trends.

K-drama viewing almost tripled in viewership compared to 2019 with Kingdom S2 and The King: Eternal Monarch proving the most popular, while consumption of anime doubled in the US led by Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution and Blood Of Zeus.

Money Heist: Part 4 from...

Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon will join Roundabout Theatre Company’s artistic leadership team as Senior Resident Director next month. The director, most recently of Roundabout’s Tony-nominated A Soldier’s Play, is expected to help develop and nurture the careers of young Bipoc directors and play a key part in the non-profit’s “commitment to anti-racism and increased equity, diversity and inclusion.”

In his new role, Leon will participate in the selection of plays and musicals for production, and for workshops and readings. A Soldier’s Play, which starred David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood, is currently nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play and Best Director.

“The great artistry of Kenny’s revival of A Soldier’s Play revealed the possibilities of what Roundabout can, and should, do,” said Todd Haimes, Artistic Director and CEO, Roundabout Theatre Company. “Roundabout has historically played a large...

Exclusive: Another step is being taken in Broadway’s efforts to confront its own systemic racism: Broadway & Beyond, founded by stage and production managers of Hadestown, Frozen and Aladdin, has scheduled its first event to encourage and support young or aspiring stage managers of color.

Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon will introduce a panel discussion and Q&a with professionals from Broadway, national tours, and regional theaters across the country as Broadway & Beyond kicks off its virtual event, set for Thursday, Dec. 17. The panel will feature production supervisors, stage managers and general managers representing organizations including Disney Theatrical Productions, Bespoke Theatricals, Foresight Theatrical, Rci Theatricals, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, St. Louis’ Muny, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, among others.

The new organization – its full title is Broadway & Beyond: Access For Stage Managers Of Color – was founded by Lisa Dawn Cave, production supervisor for Disney’s Frozen; Beverly Jenkins,...

The newly formed Theatre Producers of Color organization announced today its first educational program to support and mentor the next generation of Bipoc producers. The 10-week, limited-space program will be tuition free.

“Producers 101″ will feature a guest speaker roster of top Broadway producers to teach what Tpoc says are the fundamentals of commercial producing, including securing rights, marketing and advertising, development paths, financing, and budgeting. The weekly course begins Jan. 25, 2021.

“Oftentimes, the opportunities for learning how to become a commercial producer are inaccessible and out of reach,” said Tpoc founder Miranda Gohh in a statement. “We’ve observed many barriers keeping Bipoc out of commercial producing, and Tpoc strives to break these down and make producing more accessible for a variety of voices. By making all of our programs free, we are allowing any Bipoc regardless of background, level of education, training, or previous accomplishment to join us.”

Rashad V. Chambers,...

Exclusive: Spectrum Originals has given a straight-to-series order to The Second Wave, a six-episode pandemic-themed drama from The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert & Michelle King. It is headlined by The Good Fight co-star Audra McDonald, Orange Is the New Black alumna Taylor Schilling and Steven Pasquale (The Comey Rule). The series is co-produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios where the Kings are based.

Created and written by Robert and Michelle King, The Second Wave follows an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. It follows the lives of two neighbors, Rachel (McDonald) and Lily (Schilling), as they navigate life in quarantine in New York City. While Rachel juggles her many telemedicine clients as well as a shaky, passionless marriage, Lily is upstairs just trying to convince her Wall Street clientele that her very specific skillset is still just as valuable over video as it was in person.

Here we go, people.

We have the entire list of nominees and winners for the 2020 Emmy Awards.

Find out who got a prize!

Outstanding Actress, Comed

Winner: Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me

Issa Rae, Insecure

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Actor, Comedy

Winner: Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Don Cheadle, Black Monday

Ted Danson, The Good Place

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy

Winner: Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Mahershala Ali, Ramy

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

William Jackson Harper, The Good Place

Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy

Winner: Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek

Betty Gilpin, Glow

D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place

Yvonne Orji, Insecure

Alex Borstein,...

Bad Education wins best television movie.

HBO and its Watchmen and Succession series dominated the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night (September 20), with the series taking four awards each - including best drama series and best limited series, respectively – on the night.

HBO itself won 11 awards on the night, for a total of 30 awards including its previously presented Creative Arts Emmys, beating all streaming and cable rivals. The premium cable network’s big Emmy competitor Netflix won two awards on the night, for a total of 21 overall. Netflix had started out with a record 160 Emmy nominations and HBO 107.

Besides being named best limited series,...

The virtual 72nd annual Primetime Emmys are being handed out in Los Angeles tonight (September 20).

HBO’s Watchmen leads the field on 26 nominations. The show has already won seven from the Creative Emmys awards and is currently tied with The Mandalorian from Disney+.

HBO and Netflix shows have won 19 awards each heading into Sunday. Netflix earned a record 160 nods.

Key winners will appear in bold after the ceremony.

Toronto 2019 acquisition Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman won the television movie category on Saturday (September 19) and The Apollo won documentary or non-fiction special in Creative Emmy awards announced last week.

The ceremony...

Television Academy voters took to HBO’s “Bad Education,” which won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie on Saturday.

“Bad Education” is a comedy-drama that centers on the true story about the Roslyn Union Free School District 2004 financial scandal, the largest public school embezzlement inthe nation. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney as Frank Tassone and Pam Gluckin, who were accused of stealing hundreds of thousands from the district’s budget. Though their school district is on the up and up the scandal threatens to ruin everything the duo have built, spurring Jackman’s character to do everything in his power to maintain order and stop the story from becoming public.

IndieWire’s David Ehrlich praised “Bad Education” in his B+ review in September 2019, referring to it as “diabolically smart” and a “well-calculated masterclass of narrative economy.” “‘Bad Education’ always finds its way back to Frank, but Makowsky...

Bad Education picked up the win for outstanding television movie at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony.

In a pre-recorded video from home, producer Eddie Vaisman said, “We tried to make an entertaining film about institutional corruption and the way our economic system ensnares us all, and it would have been nothing without the astonishing performances of Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine Viswanathan, Ray Romano and the rest of our phenomenal cast.” He also sent thanks to the writers, producers, crew and team at HBO.

Bad Education beat out American Son, Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones, El Camino: A ...

Bad Education picked up the win for outstanding television movie at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony.

In a pre-recorded video from home, producer Eddie Vaisman said, “We tried to make an entertaining film about institutional corruption and the way our economic system ensnares us all, and it would have been nothing without the astonishing performances of Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine Viswanathan, Ray Romano and the rest of our phenomenal cast.” He also sent thanks to the writers, producers, crew and team at HBO.

Bad Education beat out American Son, Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones, El Camino: A ...

After several years of, let’s say, improved taste, the Emmy Awards backslid a bit last year. Sure, it was nice to see Fleabag get the recognition it deserved. But that recognition came along with a Game of Thrones final season onslaught that nobody asked for.

With Thrones firmly in the rearview, the 2020 Emmy Awards have a chance to welcome in some new blood. And with an eclectic list of first-time nominees like The Mandalorian, The Morning Show, and Watchmen they may be able to do just that! Below you can find all the major categories that will be announced during the 2020 Emmy Award ceremony at 8 p.m. Et on Sept. 20 on ABC. We have indicated what shows we think will win in bold and what shows should win in italics.

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul

The Crown

The Handmaid’s Tale

Killing Eve

The Mandalorian

Ozark

Stranger Things

Succession...

Kerry Washington is an Emmy winner at last! The actress known for her roles in “Scandal” and “Little Fires Everywhere” was honored during the Creative Arts Awards on Tuesday night, September 15, but it wasn’t in a category you might expect. Instead of a performance award, she took home Best Variety Special (Live) as a producer of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times.'” Watch the online ceremony above.

SEE2020 Creative Arts Emmy winners: Full list of winners in all 100 categories [Updating]

“Thank you for this amazing creative family. It’s such a brilliant team,” said Washington. And she’s not kidding. Other A-list stars are among the Emmy-winning producers of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience”: Will Ferrell, Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Theroux, celebrated TV director James Burrows, and of course Norman Lear, who at 98-years-old just broke his own record...

Emmy week looks pretty different than it usually does. It will be a weeklong affair, starting on Monday, September 14, and concluding with the ABC telecast on Sunday night, September 20. But who will take home prizes at the Creative Arts Awards? Scroll down for our predictions in 29 categories listed in order of their racetrack odds with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of more than 1,200 users as of this writing. That includes Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Creative Arts winners and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best predictions when you combine the last two years’ results. Our largest predictions bloc are our Users: the everyday readers and commenters who have signed up for our predictions contest.

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This once-proud category fell on hard times when the networks abandoned the format, and increasingly cable outlets did too. HBO and Netflix have kept it alive, the latter finding safe harbor here the past three years with an anthology series of ‘movies’ from its Black Mirror franchise, which was finally ruled ineligible here. This year’s lineup is a bit of a comeback for the category, at least in the case of its top three contenders, and the Black Mirror snub doesn’t seem to have hurt Netflix too much since the streamer has four of the five nominees.

American Son

Netflix

A powerful adaptation of the Broadway play, in which an estranged couple deal with a family crisis when their son gets into trouble with the police. There follows 90 minutes of nail-biting, superbly acted drama with Kerry Washington reprising her stage role in a thrilling turn. The fact that...

If you missed the critically acclaimed 2018 Broadway adaptation of “The Boys in the Band” — starring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Tuc Watkins, Andrew Rannells, Matt Bomer, Michael Benjamin Washington and Robin de Jesús — now is your chance. The Tony-winning cast from the revival have reunited, with the help of Ryan Murphy, for their Netflix debut.

Filmmaker Joe Mantello directed the upcoming movie adaptation, based on the play by Mart Crowley, who died earlier this year. Like the show, the film centers around a group of gay men who gather together for a birthday party in 1968 New York. The night starts to unravel when a guest from the host’s past appears.

Here’s the official, slightly more spoiler-filled, synopsis from Netflix:

“In 1968 New York City — when being gay was still considered to be best kept behind closed doors – a group of friends gather for a raucous birthday party hosted by Michael...

Hollywood has been trying to mount a remake of Jacques Audiard’s highly acclaimed 2009 crime thriller A Prophet for years, and Paramount Pictures has finally found its leading man for the remake. Stephan James has been hired to play the lead role, a petty criminal who rises through the […]

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Kerry Washington doubled her Emmy nomination haul in one fell swoop last month, grabbing four bids to bring her career total to eight. She’s still awaiting her first win, and this may finally be the year if our predictions pan out.

The actress’ quadruple nominations are across three programs, and three of them are for her work as an executive producer: She’s up for Best Variety Special (Live) for “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times,'” Best TV Movie for “American Son,” Best Limited Series for “Little Fires Everywhere,” and Best Limited/TV Movie Actress for “Little Fires Everywhere.”

Washington is not expected to prevail for “American Son” (third in our odds) opposite favorite “Bad Education” or for either of her “Little Fires” bids against 26-time nominee “Watchmen” and star Regina King. Her best chance rests with Best Variety Special...

Exclusive: If Beale Street Could Talk star Stephan James is in final negotiations to co-star with Russell Crowe in Paramount’s thriller American Son, which is based on the critically acclaimed French film A Prophet.

Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu is on board to direct the movie from a screenplay by Dennis Lehane. Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing through Original Film.

Rapman landed the job after his film Blue Story, which caught the eye of Paramount execs during the directing search.

The film centers around a man (James), who, after falling under the control of a ruthless mobster (played by Crowe) while in prison, builds a multiracial crime syndicate, takes down his mentor, and earns a place for his crew alongside the Italian and Russian mafias.

The original pic, directed by Jacques Audiard, follows an Arab man (played by Tahar Rahim), who’s sent to a French prison, where he becomes a mafia kingpin.

Paramount Pictures has extended its first-look film deal with “Sonic the Hedgehog” producer Neal Moritz and his Original Film production company, the studio announced on Wednesday.

The deal is a two-year extension that will continue the studio’s relationship through the end of 2023. Moritz first formed the film deal with Paramount in 2019 after leaving a long-time deal with Sony.

Moritz produced this year’s “Sonic the Hedgehog,” which is the highest-grossing movie based on a video game ever and has earned $307 million worldwide. It is also the studio’s record holder for digital sales, breaking first-day digital sales records and taking the studio’s overall title in under three weeks.

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“I am thrilled to extend this relationship with Neal and Original Film, which already has been so fruitful with the success of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Paramount Pictures has announced a two-year extension of its first-look deal with producer Neal Moritz, who delivered “Sonic the Hedgehog” to the studio and is producing the sequel.

The new deal, announced Wednesday, extends the studio’s relationship with Moritz through the end of 2023.

After a strong opening weekend, “Sonic the Hedgehog” went on to become the highest-grossing movie based on a video game domestically, with $146 million in the U.S. and $306 million worldwide. After its home entertainment release, the film also set Paramount’s record for first-day digital sales and became the studio’s all-time record-holder in less than three weeks.

In addition to the sequel to “Sonic the Hedgehog,” Moritz will also be producing “To Catch a Thief” and the upcoming mobster thriller “American Son.” Based on Jacques Audiard’s French film “A Prophet,” “American Son” will star Russell Crowe, with Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu directing and Dennis Lehane writing the screenplay.

Paramount has reupped its first-look deal with producer Neal Moritz, giving the acclaimed producer a two-year extension on his current pact. It extends the studio’s relationship with Moritz through December 2023.

“I am thrilled to extend this relationship with Neal and Original Film, which already has been so fruitful with the success of Sonic the Hedgehog,” Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos said Wednesday. “Neal has a unique talent for identifying, developing and building franchises that truly capture audiences and embody the spirit of moviegoing. I couldn’t be happier that he is continuing to make Paramount his home as we move into our next phase of creating incredible entertainment for audiences everywhere.”

In the course of his partnership with the studio, Moritz produced the groundbreaking hit Sonic the Hedgehog, and will be returning to produce the sequel as well. Upon its release, Sonic scored the first No. 1 opening...

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Just as the 10-day kickoff for final Emmy voting started in earnest at 9 a.m. Friday, an unprecedented two regular issues of Emmy magazine, the exclusive mag sent to all 23,000 voting members of the Television Academy, arrived in tandem. Both are chock-full of FYC ads which — including Deadline, as you can probably tell — still are everywhere in this Covid-fused Emmy season that officially started with a greenlight for FYC events back in January, even as Oscar season was still swirling around us.

By March, of course, everything had changed, and we entered into the first virtual awards season ever, and now we are in the final stretch. It is so final-stretchy in this truly weird year that all nominees for shows being presented at one of the five Creative Arts ceremony nights (not the primetime show on September 20) were required...

Aaron Paul was in the running for four acting Emmy nominations — for “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” “Westworld,” “Truth Be Told” and character voice-over for “BoJack Horseman” — but unfortunately went 0 for 4. But fret not, he’s still an Emmy nominee who could nab not one but two statuettes.

The actor has two nominations as a producer on Best TV Movie nominee “El Camino” and Best Animated Program nominee “BoJack Horseman,” on which he also voiced Todd Chavez. These are his seventh and eighth career bids, following his five in Best Drama Supporting Actor for “Breaking Bad” and one last year in animated program for “BoJack.”

If he wins both categories, that’ll bump his grand Emmy total to five. Paul was the first to win drama supporting actor three times, but he lost the all-time record last year when Peter Dinklage claimed an unprecedented fourth Emmy in the category for “Game of Thrones.