Deadline's Awards Columnist Pete Hammond writes that one of Oscar night's biggest races is a lot more unpredictable than you might think because of the weighted balloting system the Academy employs. "I can see two or three scenarios of the way it might go," writes Hammond, "and one of them involves Top Gun." >>>Also: The Most Grassroots Campaign In Decades |
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Blockbuster Broadcast? - For the first time in a long time, the highest grossing film of the year globally, Avatar: The Way of Water, is nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. What’s more, the year’s No. 2 film, Top Gun: Maverick, is also in contention for the top prize at this year’s 95th annual ceremony. >>>Ratings Analysis
Have 'Streetcar,' Will Travel - The acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire, in which newly minted Oscar nominee Paul Mescal delivers an electrifying Stanley Kowalski, will transfer from a celebrated fringe theater in north London onto a West End stage. >>>Expected To Sell Out In Minutes
Oscar's Year In Reviews - The Oscar nominations revealed Tuesday lay out a Best Picture race encompassing a broad range of films, from box office blockbusters to the requisite musical biopic to festival darlings. >>>What Deadline's Critics Think
"The Irony Hasn't Been Lost On Us" - The Guardian’s plan to produce a podcast about its historical slave trade links has been the subject of a race complaint from an award-winning audio producer who worked on the series. >>>Institutional Racism Allegation
Heading 'East' - Emmy-winning writer-producer Ed Redlich (Unforgettable), former CBS Entertainment head of programming Thom Sherman, and NAACP Image Award–nominated filmmaker Mo McRae (A Lot Of Nothing) have joined the creative team of the freshman CBS drama series East New York, from Warner Bros. Television. >>>Their Roles
In Brief - Talk To Me directing duo Danny & Michael Philippou signed with WME following film’s midnight premiere At Sundance...Disney alum Lisa Logan joined International Literary Properties in triple legal hire...Pose star Dyllón Burnside will lead the play Black Superhero from Danny Lee Wynter in London...Worldwide Production Agency has hired literary agent Liz Orr |
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BY THE NUMBERS
42 years - The gap between Judd Hirsch's first Oscar nomination and his second for 'The Fabelmans' |
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"I just recently turned 76, where they say, 'What’s left to accomplish?' " recalls the three-time Oscar winner. "I suddenly get nominated for the first time in my career by the Academy as a co-author of Best screenplay — it made me feel like all those English and creative writing classes paid off!” >>>Why He Wrote It |
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More News
❌ News Corp. and Fox Corp., both controlled by Rupert Murdoch, have abandoned a potential merger after determining that “a combination is not optimal for shareholders.”
✂️ Justin Roiland, co-creator, executive producer and star of Adult Swim’s flagship animated series Rick and Morty, is no longer in business with the Warner Bros Discovery brand on the heel of serious domestic violence allegations against him coming to light earlier this month.
📺 Disney Advertising and the Edward Norton-backed measurement firm EDO have expanded their relationship into the streaming realm, starting with Hulu. The companies' new pact comes as ad buyers and sellers increasingly look to supplement traditional Nielsen data.
❄️ Netflix defended conditions on its upcoming Squid Game: The Challenge reality series following reports of freezing cold temperatures and a contestant having to be stretchered off during the Red Light, Green Light game.
✍️ After nearly two years, Marilyn Manson has reached an agreement with Esmé Bianco to end the Game of Thrones actress’ sexual assault and sexual battery case against him.
✊🏿 Chinonye Chukwu, director of Till, reacted to her Oscar snub by saying, “We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women."
😯 Neil Patrick Harris made a surprise return to his HIMYM character Barney Stinson in the Season 2 premiere of Hulu’s How I Met Your Father.
🪓 The Madonna biopic set at Universal Pictures has been scrapped. Madonna was to have directed the film based on her own life and career, having penned drafts of the script.
In Brief - Vice TV has teamed with Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot and ITV America on Super Maximum Retro Show...Disney CEO Bob Iger invested in venture firm Thrive Capital... Scott Free Productions has inked a two-year extension for Justin Alvarado Brown to continue to serve as President and COO. |
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Trending  A24 leads all distributors in Oscar nominations, with 17, based in large part on the strength of Everything Everywhere All at Once.
🔻 Streaming services, which accounted for three of the 10 Best Picture nominees in 2022, with CODA going on to a breakthrough win, garnered only one in the category this year. Their overall nominations tally also fell to 19 from 37 last year. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Lloyd N. Morrisett, the co-founder with Joan Ganz Cooney of Sesame Street, has died, Sesame Workshop announced. He was 93. “Without Lloyd Morrisett, there would be no Sesame Street,” said Ganz Cooney in a statement. “It was he who first came up with the notion of using television to teach preschoolers basic skills, such as letters and numbers. He was a trusted partner and loyal friend to me for over fifty years, and he will be sorely missed.” 🕯 Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Deaths in 2023 |
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On the Radar Wed - WGA Awards film nominations
Thu - Comcast earnings; Gossip Girl series finale; George Clooney on Kimmel
Fri - Disney100 officially kicks off; Sundance awards; You People debuts on Netflix
Sun - NFL Conference Championship games; Sundance ends |
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"We Went To 11!" - Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram to share her genuine shock at her Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Everything Everywhere All at Once on Tuesday morning, writing that the best thing of all was "a loving embrace for my husband." She ended with a paraphrase of what may be the most famous line from husband Christopher Guest's This Is Spinal Tap. (Getty) |
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