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Exclusive: First in a series on broadcast network series renewals. NBC is well ahead of the game this season on the renewal-decision front, handing early pickups to freshman dramas Found and The Irrational as well as One Chicago, Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu while canceling Quantum Leap, La Brea and Magnum Pi.

That leaves just a headful of shows on the bubble, mostly on the comedy side. The one drama series still waiting to hear its fate is Law & Order: Organized Crime. It’s always been an outlier, a departure from the Dick Wolf procedural brand with its darker and serialized storytelling. Possibly as a result, the series starring Christopher Meloni has performed below the five other Wolf dramas on the linear NBC network, while it has reportedly done well on Peacock.

That last part may prove key to Organized Crime‘s future, which has fans so...

It’s no surprise that Wednesday Addams is a popular Halloween costume each year. The elements are simple: a black dress, a white collar, and two braided pigtails.

If anyone’s up to the daunting task of updating such an iconic character’s fashion, it’s Colleen Atwood. The Oscar-winning costume designer, whose credits include “Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” pulled together a medley of creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and all-together ooky ensembles for Netflix’s “Wednesday.”

“With Wednesday, we can nail the iconic look right away with a nod to the original pointed collar, little print dress and modernized platform shoes, and then put her in an environment that she totally contrasts with: an American happy-time public school,” Atwood tells Variety of her reverence for the macabre teen’s original outfit. “Then you’ve given the nod to all that’s come before.

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has selected Colm Bairéad’s debut feature The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) as its entry for the best international film category for the 2023 Oscars, in the first announced submission of the upcoming awards season.

The Irish-language work swept the IFTA Awards last March to become the first debut feature to win best film, as well as clinch best director, actress, cinematography, editing, production design, and original score.

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Set in rural Ireland in 1981, the coming-of-age drama stars Catherine Clinch as a quiet, neglected girl who is sent from her overcrowded, dysfunctional household to live with distant relatives for the summer.

Edward R. Matthews, CEO of Adapt Community Network, announced today that Tamsen Fadal, Pix 11 News Anchor, will host the upcoming Adapt Santa Project Casino Night benefiting the Children’s Programs of Adapt Community Network on December 7th at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Times Square in New York City.

The special event supports Adapt’s education programs for children and will be a night of fun, festivities, & casino games with proceeds supporting Adapt Community Network.

“I am delighted to be returning as host of Adapt Santa Project Casino Night,” says Tamsen Fadal. “Over the years, I have seen the important ongoing work that Adapt provides in many comprehensive ways and I am a big supporter of the programs and services which Ed Matthews and his entire staff provide to thousands of people every year.”

“Tamsen has been a dedicated supporter of our agency for many years,” says Ed Matthews, CEO of Adapt Community Network.

Harvey Weinstein has been rushed to the hospital after complaining of chest pains.

The disgraced movie mogul was on his way to the infirmary at Rikers Island but was rerouted and taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Monday, a representative for Weinstein told Variety. His lawyer Donna Rotunno told USA Today that Weinstein was suffering from high blood pressure.

Weinstein’s representative had no comment when contacted by People.

The incident happened after a New York City jury found Weinstein, 67, guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree and he was remanded to jail until sentencing.

Annabella Sciorra is opening up about Harvey Weinstein‘s guilty verdict.

The actress, 59, testified against Weinstein, 67, in January, alleging in court that the disgraced movie producer had raped her inside her New York City apartment about 27 years ago.

Sciorra tells People exclusively in a statement, “My testimony was painful but necessary. I spoke for myself and with the strength of the eighty plus victims of Harvey Weinstein in my heart. While we hope for continued righteous outcomes that bring absolute justice, we can never regret breaking the silence. For in speaking truth to power we pave the way for a more just culture,...

One of the few surprises at Sunday’s Oscars had nothing to do with the actual awards themselves — well, unless you were thinking about past Oscar winners. After a montage celebrating songs in movies, Eminem popped up onstage and launched into a rousing performance of “Lose Yourself,” his “8 Mile” (2002) anthem that won Best Original Song 17 years ago. He didn’t show up then to perform or accept the prize, so why now? Well, better late than never.

“I kinda figured maybe since I didn’t get a chance to do it at the time, maybe it would be cool,” the rapper explained to our sister site “Variety.” “Back then, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just performed ‘Lose Yourself’ on the Grammys with the Roots a couple of weeks before the Oscars, so we didn’t think it was a good idea.

It was a historic 92nd Academy Awards with a first Best Picture recipient not in the English language in Parasite adding an element of surprise to a largely predictable winners list. There was something historic in the ratings for the 2020 Oscars too — an historic low.

Last year, the Academy Awards bet on no traditional host, kicked off the night with an energetic performance by Queen and Adam Lambert, employed “not hosts” with Saturday Night Live pedigree to do an opening monologue, kept the show’s length under 3.5 hours and created a musical moment with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s performance of “Shallow.”

The result was the first ratings increase in five years, so the Oscars tried to replicate the formula Sunday: no traditional host, high-octane opening number by Janelle Monae. monologue by SNL alums Steve Martin and Chris Rock, and a surprise music...

“Parasite” became the first foreign language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars to go with three other victories for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film. but that’s not the only history it made on Sunday. Here are all the barriers the South Korean hit has broken.

1. First foreign language film to win Best Picture

“Roma” came close, but “Parasite” crossed the line. “Parasite” was only the 12th film not in the English language to be nominated for Best Picture and the first from South Korea. Bong Joon Ho and Kwak Sin Ae are the first Asian producers to win Best Picture.

2. First South Korean film to win Best International Feature Film

Hard to believe, but no South Korean film had ever been nominated for Best International Feature Film, fka Best Foreign Language Film, until “Parasite.” And now the country is 1/1 in a category that historically favors European films.

Renée Zellweger scored her second Oscar on Sunday night — and the victory felt a little sweeter this time around.

The actress, 50, was honored with the Best Actress award at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards for her performance as the international icon Judy Garland in the biopic Judy. Zellweger previously won for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for her role in Cold Mountain.

Speaking to People backstage, Zellweger admitted that she felt “more present” for her current win, appreciating the achievement in a “different way.”

“I think I was so busy that I wasn’t actually in the moment,” she said of her 2004 win.

Renée Zellweger might have just picked up her first Best Actress win at the 2020 Oscars for her turn in the Judy Garland biopic “Judy,” but the actress is no stranger to the Academy Awards. The long-time performer previously won Best Supporting Actress for her work in “Cold Mountain” in 2004, along with picking up Oscar nominations for “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2002 and “Chicago” in 2003.

And yet, after taking a break from Hollywood and rushing back into the awards fold with her stunning work as the beloved Hollywood icon, it’s understandable that this win feels a little different to the actress. After picking up her second Oscar, a glowing Zellweger arrived backstage, where she was asked about how her first and second wins compare.

“Oh, my goodness, how much time do you have? Well, at that time, I think I was so busy that I wasn’t actually in the moment,...

Renée Zellweger won best actress at the 92nd Academy Awards for her portrayal of Hollywood icon Judy Garland in “Judy.”

The actress took the stage celebrating heroes, and her hero Garland. “This past year of conversations celebrating Judy Garland across generations and across cultures has been a really cool reminder that our heroes unite us,” Zellweger said. “The best among us, who inspire us to find the best in ourselves, when they unite us, when we look to our heroes, we agree, you know? And that matters.”

She continued to list several famous figures of inspiration, including Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, Venus and Serena Williams, Selena, Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese, Fred Rogers and Harriet Tubman.

“Judy Garland did not receive this honor in her time,” the actress continued. “I am certain that this moment is an extension of the celebration of her legacy that began on our film set and...

It’s seventh heaven for Renee Zellweger. She took home her second Oscar on Sunday, this time for her lead turn in “Judy,” which now makes her the seventh person to win Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

The first six are:

1. Helen Hayes: Best Actress for “The Sin of Madelon Claudet” (1931/32) and Best Supporting Actress for “Airport” (1970)

2. Ingrid Bergman: Best Actress for “Gaslight” (1944) and “Anastasia” (1956), and Best Supporting Actress for “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974)

3. Maggie Smith: Best Actress for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for “California Suite” (1978)

4. Meryl Streep: Best Supporting Actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), and Best Actress for “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011)

5. Jessica Lange: Best Supporting Actress for “Tootsie” (1982) and Best Actress for “Blue Sky” (1994)

6. Cate Blanchett: Best Supporting Actress for “The Aviator” (2004) and Best Actress for “Blue Jasmine” (2013)

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Zellweger,...

Renée Zellweger has won the Best Actress Academy Award at the 2020 Oscars Sunday night in Los Angeles for her celebrated turn as Judy Garland in “Judy.” Zellweger beat out Cynthia Erivo in “Harriet,” Scarlett Johansson in “Marriage Story,” Saoirse Ronan in “Little Women,” and Charlize Theron in “Bombshell” for tonight’s win. Her victory marks Zellweger’s second Academy Award win, as she previously received Best Supporting Actress for “Cold Mountain” in 2004. She also previously received Oscar nominations for “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2002 and “Chicago” in 2003.

Zellweger’s Oscar win arrives on the heels of a virtual awards-season sweep, having previously picked up the Ee BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actress, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, amid myriad other accolades along the way. Her...

Throughout the last few weeks and months, we’ve been updating our photo galleries of the 2020 Oscar nominees. Each gallery ranks their greatest films from worst to best, including the ones for front-runners Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern and Brad Pitt. Take a tour of each of the 14 actors and actresses below to see if your favorite movies were ranked on top. Just click on the name to be taken to the gallery.

Antonio Banderas

Oscar nominee for “Pain and Glory” with other roles in “Philadelphia,” “Evita” and “Puss in Boots”

Kathy Bates

Oscar winner for “Misery” plus nominations for “Primary Colors,” “About Schmidt” and “Richard Jewell”

Laura Dern

Oscar nominee for “Rambling Rose,” “Wild” and “Marriage Story”

Leonardo DiCaprio

Oscar winner for “The Revenant” plus nominations for “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “The Aviator,” “Blood Diamond,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Tom Hanks...

A movie adaptation of the stage musical “13” is in the works at Netflix from producer Neil Meron, whose credits include “Chicago,” “Hairspray” and 2011’s “Footloose” remake, Netflix announced Thursday.

Tamra Davis (“High School Musical: The Musical”) is directing the film adaptation of the original musical from 2008 about a boy who moves to a new school in a small town in Indiana and prepares for an impending Bar Mitzvah.

The original Broadway show featured the first and only all-teenager cast and band. The musical’s run on Broadway was short-lived, running for only 105 performances following an Off-Broadway run. But it did manage to help launch the careers of actors and stars like Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies and Graham Phillips, all of whom were featured in the original cast.

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Tony Award winner Robert Horn will...

Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas is dead at the age of 103. The three-time Oscar nominee defied the Hollywood blacklist when he gave rightful credit screenwriter Dalton Trumbo on the film “Spartacus.” That move gave new life to careers of many directors, actors and writers accused of Communist ties in the 1950s.

Over his own career and beyond, Douglas received an honorary Academy Award, American Film Institute life achievement ward, Kennedy Center Honors, Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild life achievement award and National Medal of Arts. Tour our photo gallery above to see how we rank his greatest 15 films an an actor.

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Born in 1916, Douglas kicked off his acting career after serving in the Navy during WWII. He made his film debut with a small role in “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946). His first Oscar nomination as Best Actor...

Time for the hottest of hot takes: I have moved “Jojo Rabbit” into third place in my Oscar predictions for Best Picture. Bold, I know. Like most other prognosticators, I think the race has been narrowed down to Producers Guild, Directors Guild and BAFTA champ “1917” vs. Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild winner “Parasite” … probably. As of this writing I’m betting on “1917” with “Parasite” right on its heels. But I previously wrote that some third option might sneak up the middle like “Moonlight” did three years ago, and I think that potential usurper would be “Jojo Rabbit,” and here are five reasons why.

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1. It scored key nominations across the board

It has flown under the radar because, to be frank, it hasn’t won all that much. But it has been nominated...

“1917,” Sam Mendes’ World War I survival thriller, dominated at the 73rd British Academy of Film and Television’s Film Awards with seven wins including best film and best director.

“Joker,” meanwhile, which went into the BAFTAs with the most nominations, 11, won three awards including best actor for Joaquin Phoenix. “Parasite” picked up two awards, for original screenplay and film not in the English language.

Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which had 10 noms in total, emerged empty handed. Among other awards favorites, “Marriage Story,” “Bombshell,” “JoJo Rabbit,” “Little Women” and “Ford v Ferrari” won one prize each.

“1917,” with nine nominations in all, took the first award of the evening, the outstanding British film award, where it was the clear favorite in the category against fellow nominees “Bait,” “For Sama,” “Rocketman,” “Sorry We Missed You,” and “The Two Popes.”

“1917,” which has has struck a resounding chord at the box office,...

CBS drama “S.W.A.T.” had a much better rating this week than last, thanks at least in large part to NBC airing all “Chicago” reruns.

Also chipping in was primetime kickoff special “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials,” which provided a better launching pad than last week’s “Undercover Boss.” “Criminal Minds” at 9 o’clock also appreciated the fresh lead-in.

As a result of all that, CBS won Wednesday outright.

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CBS was first in ratings with a 0.8 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 5.8 million, according to preliminary numbers. The Super Bowl commercials special at 8 p.m. posted a 1.0/5 and 7.2 million viewers, topping the night. “Criminal Minds” at 9 had a 0.9/5 and 5.9 million viewers. At 10, “Swat” got a 0.7/4 and 4.4 million viewers.

NBC and ABC tied for second in ratings, both with a...

After their wins at last Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”), Renee Zellweger (“Judy”), Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”) continue to stroll toward Oscar glory. The SAG Awards has one of the best track records with the academy: SAG has only missed five times in Best Actor, seven times in Best Actress, nine times in Best Supporting Actor and eight times in Best Supporting Actress. Not too shabby. But despite so much overlap in the categories individually, SAG and Oscar do not link up 4/4 as often as you might assume.

In its 25-year history, SAG has only had a direct match in all four Oscar acting races seven times, most recently two years ago when the foursome of Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”), Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney became the first set of acting winners to sweep the four...

Is this finally Scarlett Johansson‘s year to win an Oscar? Perhaps the answer lies in the eerie parallels to Julianne Moore‘s scenario in 2002.

She’s nominated for Academy Awards in the leading and supporting acting categories. Both are for acclaimed films with multiple nods. She plays a wife. She plays a mother. There’s debate as to which performance is more award-worthy. And she’s likely to lose twice.

Is this Scarlett Johansson this year? Or Julianne Moore in 2002?

There are some eerie parallels between the predicaments of ScarJo and JuMo.

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Seventeen years ago, Moore was Golden Globe-nominated for Best Actress in Motion Picture – Drama for her role as a conflicted wife in “Far from Heaven.” She lost to Nicole Kidman in “The Hours,” who played a real person (Virginia Woolf) and was physically transformed onscreen (notably with that prosthetic nose.

Sam Mendes won at the Directors Guild of America Awards on January 25 for his helming of the WWI epic “1917.” The guild has a great track record of previewing the Best Director winner at the Academy Awards. Since aligning its awards with the academy, only seven of the DGA picks failed to pick up an Oscar bookend. That stat makes Mendes all but certain to claim his second Oscar for directing. He won both the DGA and Academy Award for his directorial debut, “American Beauty,” back in 2000.

For that film, Mendes numbers among the 55 DGA winners for best director of the year who went on to claim bragging rights as the helmer of the Oscar winner for Best Picture. But we are just coming off one of those 16 years when there was a disconnect between the guild and the academy.

Alfonso Cuarón won the DGA prize for “Roma” but “Green Book...

Since the Directors Guild of America aligned its awards with the Oscars in 1950, only seven of its winners did not go on to claim the Best Director prize at the Oscars as well. That statistic bodes well for Sam Mendes, who won his second Directors Guild of America award on January 26 for his helming of the WWI epic “1917.” He first won over the guild way back 2000 for his directorial debut, “American Beauty.” He repeated at the Oscars and his film won Best Picture to boot.

The last time the DGA did not point the way to the Oscar winner was in 2013. Only two of the Directors Guild of America nominees — Ang Lee (“Life of Pi”) and Steven Spielberg (“Lincoln”) — also reaped Oscar bids. The other three DGA nominees — Ben Affleck (“Argo”), Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty”) and Tom Hooper (“Les Miserables”) — were snubbed by the Oscars in favor of Michael Haneke...

The nominees for the 72st annual edition of the DGA Awards are: Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite”), Sam Mendes (“1917”), Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”), Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”). All of these but the Waititi reaped Oscar nominations as well; he was snubbed by the directors branch of the academy in favor of “Joker” helmer Todd Phillips.

That the DGA and Oscars don’t have the same line-up isn’t so surprising. After all, since the DGA enshrined the number of nominees as five in 1970, there have only been five years when it previewed the exact slate of Oscar contenders. There are usually one or two discrepancies. The last time that the DGA went just 2 for 5 was in 2013.

The two Directors Guild of America nominees that year to also reap Oscar bids were Ang Lee (“Life of Pi”) and Steven Spielberg (“Lincoln”). The...

The gang at Riverdale is back to school after its hiatus, returning steady Wednesday compared with its fall finale. The CW drama scored a 0.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 820,000 viewers. At NBC, the Chicago-verse was in full swing to top broadcast primetime in both metrics, though all were down a tenth from last week.

Also returning for the CW was Nancy Drew (0.1, 550,000). The mystery drama held steady in ratings, though viewership touched an all-time low.

Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. all won their time slots for the night.

The Goldbergs and Schooled at ABC stepped up a tenth from last week, while Modern Family took a smidge of a dip. Rounding out the night was Single Parents and Stumptown,  both staying on par with last week.

Over at CBS, things held steady with Undercover Boss, Criminal Minds...

For the second straight week, NBC's three Chicago shows powered the network to an across-the-board ratings victory Wednesday. ABC's comedy The Goldbergs also bounced back some from last week's lows.

Chicago Med and Chicago Fire tied for the lead among adults 18-49 in primetime, each drawing a 1.1 rating (down a little bit from 1.2 apiece a week ago). Chicago Pd was right behind at 1.0 (also down a tenth of a point). The three Dick Wolf-produced shows also snagged the three biggest total audiences of the night, with Med's 8.37 million leading the way.

All three ...

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Last night's win by Renée Zellweger for her performance in Judy marks her third individual SAG award. She has won previously for Chicago (2002) and Cold Mountain (2003). On the film side she matches Daniel Day Lewis as the two most lauded actors by the Screen Actors Guild. Day Lewis won his awards for Gangs of New York (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007) and Lincoln (2012).

There are five other actresses who are right behind Zellweger with two individual film awards. And none of them are called Meryl Streep. Steeep has two as well though one is for TV. She won for Doubt (2008) and Angels in America (2003). These are the actresses who could match or leapfrog Zellweger soon...

It was a whirlwind weekend in Hollywood.

First, the World War I epic “1917” won the bloody battle at the PGA Awards.

Then, the South Korean black comedy “Parasite” beat out hometown favorite “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” for Best Cast at the SAG Awards.

And Monday morning quarterbacks are still no closer to confidently declaring this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture.

Fortunately, we still have the DGA Awards to look forward to this coming weekend. And that should give us our answer.

Or will it?

Let’s consider the history of the three major guild awards Since the creation of the SAG Award for Best Cast in 1995, virtually every film to earn the triple crown has won the Best Picture Oscar. That includes 1999’s “American Beauty,” 2002’s “Chicago,” 2003’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” 2007’s “No Country for Old Men,” 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire,...

“Bombshell,” well, bombed at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Though the film surprised with four nominations last month, it went home empty-handed on Sunday and is now the seventh film to go 0-4.

The first six are “The English Patient” (1996), “The Hours” (2002), “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), “Into the Wild” (2007), “Manchester by the Sea” (2016) and last year’s “A Star Is Born” (2018). Like “Bombshell,” all of them had ensemble bids and three individual nominations.

No film has suffered more losses; three, “Shakespeare in Love” (1998), “Chicago” (2002) and “Doubt” (2008), received five nominations, but they all won at least one.

“Bombshell” wasn’t predicted to win any of its categories in our odds, so this shutout is not entirely out of the blue. “Parasite” won ensemble, Renee Zellweger (“Judy”) beat Charlize Theron in lead actress, and Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”) bested “Bombshell” supporting players Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman.

See 2020 SAG Awards: Full list of...

Renee Zellweger is a woman with no peers at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The Oscar front-runner nabbed the lead actress award for “Judy” on Sunday, becoming the first woman and second person after Daniel Day-Lewis to win three individual SAG Awards for film.

The actress also joins Frances McDormand as the only people who’ve won the lead category twice. Zellweger’s previous victories were in lead for “Chicago” (2002) and in supporting for “Cold Mountain” (2003). She was one of six women with two wins and is one of three with the lead-supporting combo, alongside Cate Blanchett (lead for 2013’s “Blue Jasmine” and supporting for 2004’s “The Aviator”), Viola Davis (lead for 2011’s “The Help” and supporting for 2016’s “Fences”) and Helen Mirren (lead for 2006’s “The Queen” and supporting for 2001’s “Gosford Park”).

See 2020 SAG Awards: Full list of winners

McDormand broke the multiple win curse just two years...

“Bombshell” had a great Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination morning, surprising with four bids, but it may not have a very good SAG Awards night. The Fox News drama is not expected to win any of its four nominations, which would make it the seventh film to go 0-4.

The six films to get quadruple-blanked are “The English Patient” (1996), “The Hours” (2002), “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), “Into the Wild” (2007), “Manchester by the Sea” (2016) and last year’s “A Star Is Born” (2018). Like “Bombshell,” all of them had ensemble bids and three individual nominations. No film has suffered more losses; three, “Shakespeare in Love” (1998), “Chicago” (2002) and “Doubt” (2008), got five nominations, but they all won at least one.

“Bombshell” is currently in fourth place in our ensemble odds, behind three major Best Picture Oscar contenders “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Parasite” and “The Irishman,” and ahead of “Jojo Rabbit.” Supporting actress nominees Margot Robbie...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are on Sunday night, January 19. Presented by the approximately 160,000 members who make up the SAG-aftra union representing actors, stunt performers, recording artists and many more industry professionals, the awards honor the best acting by individuals and ensembles in film and TV. So who will win the motion picture categories? Scroll down for our official predictions in all six races, listed in order of our racetrack odds, with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

With only six categories up for grabs, sweeps are pretty rare at the SAG Awards, and indeed only one film will win multiple times according to the combined predictions of Gold Derby’s users: “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which is tipped to win awards for its cast and for Brad Pitt‘s supporting performance. We think the other four awards will be won by four different films.

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Bombshell is a below the belt movie. Specifically legs. Even more specifically, shoes. While director Jay Roach does not spend really any time fetishising shoes in the film – no lingering shots of prancing heels or gratuitous leg pans, it is clear that this area of the body is emblematic of how women were objectified by a creepy slug of a man called Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow), aka former Chairman and CEO of Fox News.

Apparently Fox does not actually have an official dress code, in much the same way as vaping does not officially make you look stupid, but as is evident during one telling scene in Bombshell, when the female anchors change from their ‘civvie’ attire into barely breathable sheath dresses held in with salad lunches and copious Spanx, a look was obviously ‘encouraged’. Basically ‘we can’t tell you to dress this way… but dress this...

“We do anticipate taking Peacock to markets outside the Us over time.”

Comcast/NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is set to launch nationally in the Us on July 15, in a free, ad-supported version and a premium ad-supported version that will be free to Comcast and Cox cable TV subscribers and available at $4.99 a month to other consumers.

And among the 400 TV shows and 600 movies available on the service will be a number of new UK-produced originals. The British content will include the BBC’s drama thriller The Capture, Channel 4 comedy Lady Parts, and three comedies from Sky Studios, production arm...

Proud of its Peacock, NBCUniversal unveiled an avalanche of information about its forthcoming streaming service during parent company Comcast’s investor day Thursday, including its price, launch date and what shows and films — both original and classic — will be available on the platform at launch, and in the year to come.

Of course you already knew about old titles like “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Battlestar Galactica” and new shows like the “Saved by the Bell” and “Punky Brewster” revivals — but today Peacock announced some additional acquisitions, like the streaming rights to “Two and a Half Men,” “The George Lopez Show,” “Yellowstone” and Dick Wolf’s “Law and Order” and “Chicago” franchises, as well as series orders for original projects, like the Tina Fey-produced pop-star comedy “Girls5Eva.”

But wait, there’s more!

According to NBCU, “with 15,000+ hours of content, Peacock has something for everyone – from sports and news,...

Ch-ching! The original “Law & Order” is finally make its streaming debut later this year on NBCUniversal’s Peacock.

The deal between producer Dick Wolf and NBCU calls for six Wolf Entertainment series to be made available on Peacock. The pact covers more than 1,000 episodes of “Law & Order” plus spinoffs “Law & Order: Svu” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” as well as Wolf’s trilogy of Chicago-set dramas for NBC: “Chicago: Fire,” “Chicago: P.D.” and “Chicago: Med.”

The shows are not exclusive to Peacock. The mothership “Law & Order” series, which aired on NBC from 1990 to 2010, will not offer all 456 episodes at the outset, probably because rights are tied up in pre-existing deals. But Peacock will be the first to offer the three core “L&o” series in one place.

“I’m extremely pleased, gratified and excited by Peacock’s decision to lease my key NBC assets,...

NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock goes live on April 15, and here is a list of all the programming it will offer in the first year. Subscribers will get original and acquired series and movies, sports, news and — on Peacock Premium — a nightly pre-broadcast look at NBC’s late-night shows hosted by Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.

Among the highlights of the new service are Dick Wolf’s Law & Order and Chicago franchises, which were announced today; the Kevin Costner-led Yellowstone; hit shows including Cheers, Saturday Night Live, The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Downton Abbey and Will & Grace; and original series including Tina Fey’s Girls5Eva (announced today), David Schwimmer-fronted Intelligence, a new season of A.P. Bio, a new Battlestar Galactica and sitcom revivals Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster.

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Chicago – In the strange old days of three TV Networks and the fan-based crossovers that would come out of it, there was Gerald “Kookie” Kookson the Third of the ABC-tv show “77 Sunset Strip” (1958-1964). Kookie loved rock ’n roll, hair combing and cracking wise like a beatnik. For some reason, he became a break out star and full partner in the private investigation office of the title. Kookie was portrayed by Edd Byrnes, who passed away on January 8th, 2020, at age 87.

Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes in 2009, Exclusive Photo by Joe Arce

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If being Kookie weren’t enough, Edd Byrnes also had a novelty hit single (featuring Connie Stevens) with “Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)” which shot to Number Four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. His star was at its peak at that point, the Kookie character was the Fonzie of this day,...

NBC’s trifecta of “Chicago” dramas dominated the Wednesday night TV ratings in the absence of “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time.”

“Chicago Med” and “Fire” both ticked up from a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49, to a 1.2 rating this time around. The former drew 8.4 million total viewers, up almost 1 million from last week, while the latter drew 8.1 million pairs of eyeballs. “Chicago P.D.” was also up on last week at a 1.1 rating, but dropped a little in total viewership to 6.8 million.

CBS came second overall on the night behind NBC. “Undercover Boss” was even on last episode at a 0.7 rating and 4.4 million viewers, followed by “Criminal Minds” which was also steady at a 0.7 and 4.6 million viewers. In the 10 p.m. slot, “S.W.A.T.” scored a 0.6 rating and 3.6 million viewers, down from 4.8 million last week.

Over on ABC, “The Goldbergs” and “Schooled” returned even from their winter breaks. The former scored a 0.7 rating and 3.6 million viewers,...

There was a “Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time”-shaped hole in Wednesday’s primetime block — seeing as the event series came to an end Tuesday with Ken Jennings’ victory over James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter — which allowed for NBC and its “Chicago” franchise to dominate the weeknight that was won by ABC and its “Goat” a week ago.

Returning to its regular block of programming, ABC slipped from being last Wednesday’s No. 1 broadcast network in the key adults 18-49 range to last night’s No. 3.

NBC was first in ratings with a 1.2 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 7.8 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8 p.m., “Chicago Med” scored a 1.2/6 and 8.4 million viewers. “Chicago Fire” at 9 earned a 1.2/6 and 8.1 million viewers. At 10, “Chicago P.D.” closed the night with a 1.1/6 and 6.8 million viewers.

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NBC's Chicago dramas swept Wednesday's ratings, recording the night's three best performances on the broadcast networks across several measures. ABC's The Goldbergs returned from hiatus to a same-day series low in adults 18-49.

Chicago Med and Chicago Fire tied for the top spot among adults 18-49, each scoring a 1.2 rating. Med had a slightly bigger total audience of 8.37 million to 8.13 million for Fire. Both shows improved on their week-ago ratings. Chicago Pd ticked up in adults 18-49 to 1.1 but slipped a little in viewers to 6.76 million, ranking third in primetime.

The three shows ...

Fox’s Rob Lowe-led “9-1-1” spinoff “Lone Star” premieres Sunday, Jan. 19, marking the latest in a long line of currently airing shows that are offshoots of other comedies or dramas. Here TheWrap has rounded up 24 of those spinoffs, including Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” franchise, “Big Bang Theory’s” little brother “Young Sheldon” and “The Simpsons” Click through our gallery to see them all.

Show: “9-1-1: Lone Star” Net: Fox Spinoff of “9-1-1”

Show: “FBI: Most Wanted”

Net: CBS

Parent series: “FBI”

CBS wanted more of Dick Wolf’s version of the FBI, with this show focusing on a high-stakes drama focusing on the Fugitive Task Force, which tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list.

Show: “Young Sheldon” Net: CBS Spinoff of “The Big Bang Theory”

Show: “The Conners” Net: ABC Spinoff of “Roseanne”

Show: “Chicago P.D.” Net: NBC Spinoff of “Chicago Fire...

Never a dull moment in Chicago! Because there's always some serious drama happening in the world of Chicago Med, Chicago Pd, and Chicago Fire, we got as many cast members as we could find during NBC's TV Critics Association press tour day to spill on what's happening, and naturally, there's a whole lot of talk about kisses. Specifically, there's that kiss between April (Yaya DaCosta) and Marcel (Dominic Rains) that happened while Ethan (Brian Tee) was deployed. April and Ethan are now engaged, but this is a TV show, so naturally that secret kiss is going to come out somehow.  "It can't remain a secret forever," DaCosta told us. "But how it comes out will make all the...

Sixteen years after winning the Oscar for “Cold Mountain” (2003), Renee Zellweger has returned to the awards race with a Best Actress nomination for “Judy.” She already won the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice prizes for the role, but where does the Judy Garland biopic fall in with the rest of her filmography? Tour through our photo gallery of Zellweger’s 15 greatest films, ranked worst to best.

The Texas-born actress began her career in commercials and bit parts in films like “Dazed and Confused” and “Reality Bites” plus lead roles in less than acclaimed films such as one of the many Texas Chainsaw Massacre films. She managed to turn that career trajectory around and earned three consecutive Oscar nominations in 2001, 2002 and 2003 for “Bridget Jones’ Diary,” “Chicago,” and “Cold Mountain” respectively. She would win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for that latter Civil War drama.

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At least Renee Zellweger got the Oscar nomination love she deserved this week for her big-screen comeback as the late-life Judy Garland in “Judy.” But the actress knows all too well that winning that coveted trophy doesn’t always result in a rush of fabulous opportunities, especially for ladies of a certain age.

She was up for Academy Awards three years in a row, starting with her lead performance as a British working-girl singleton in 2001’s “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and as a ’20s-era murderous wannabe singer and dancer Roxie Hart in the musical “Chicago.” But it was her earthy supporting role as talky, no-nonsense farmer Ruby Thewes in the 2003 Civil War drama “Cold Mountain” that earned her a trophy.

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Oscar winners Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Renée Zellweger all earned additional Oscar nominations this week to add to their growing list of accolades.

Theron, nominated for Bombshell, won a best actress Oscar for Monster and has since been nominated for North County. DiCaprio won his first Oscar for his lead role in The Revenant after four previous acting noms (and one producing) for The Wolf of Wall Street, Blood Diamond, The Aviator and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, making his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood nom for best actor his latest. Zellweger won her supporting actress Oscar for Cold Mountain, with two previous noms for Chicago and Bridget Jones'...

Oscar winners Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Renée Zellweger all earned additional Oscar nominations this week to add to their growing list of accolades.

Theron, nominated for Bombshell, won a best actress Oscar for Monster and has since been nominated for North County. DiCaprio won his first Oscar for his lead role in The Revenant after four previous acting noms (and one producing) for The Wolf of Wall Street, Blood Diamond, The Aviator and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, making his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood nom for best actor his latest. Zellweger won her supporting actress Oscar for Cold Mountain, with two previous noms for Chicago and Bridget Jones'...

What do “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Joker,” “Judy,” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “Rocketman,” “Marriage Story,” “Pain and Glory” and “Bombshell” have in common? That is, beyond their makers wanting to hear their movie’s title when the Academy Awards are announced February 9?

The answer? They all reflect various aspects of the world of show business. This is not a new development. The first-ever winner of a Best Picture Oscar was the 1927 World War I action drama “Wings.” But the second was 1929’s “The Broadway Melody,” a soap-operatic backstage look at a theatrical revue in progress. Thus began the Academy Awards love affair with movies and performances that reflect the voter’s own preoccupation with the performing arts.

Other notable Best Picture winners whose themes spotlight the entertainment industry include 1936’s “The Great Ziegfeld,” 1950’s “All About Eve,” 1952’s “The Greatest Show on Earth,” 1965’s “The Sound of Music,...

Before Monday morning, Scarlett Johansson had somehow never been nominated for an Oscar. And now, with her nominations for best actress (for “Marriage Story”) and best supporting actress (for “Jojo Rabbit”), the 35-year-old joins one of the most elite clubs in Hollywood: Actors who have been Oscar-nominated twice in the same year.

While actors are prevented from earning two nominations within the same category, they can be nominated in the same year for lead and supporting performances. But it’s exceedingly rare. Prior to Johansson, only 11 other actors have earned double nominations in the same year in Oscar history.

Fay Bainter was first to pull off the feat. She earned a best actress nomination for the 1938 drama “White Banners,” but lost to Bette Davis for “Jezebel” — which was fine, since Bainter won best supporting actress for her performance opposite Davis in that film.

Four years later, Teresa Wright went through...