Bill Maher blasted the Golden Globes as “f–king smug a–holes” for snubbing mega podcaster Joe Rogan in its inaugural best podcast category, saying the nominees were all “super woke stuff.” Maher made the comments while sitting down with comedians Dana Carvey and David Spade on Monday’s episode of his “Club Random,” where he appeared to … Read more
The Boy Who Lived is finally the Actor Who Got Nominated (for a Tony). Daniel Radcliffe, who as a child actor became globally recognizable by playing Harry Potter in all eight films, notched his first Tony nomination on Tuesday for his work in one of this season’s biggest Broadway hits: an acclaimed revival of the … Read more
On the eve of Sunday’s Oscars, Best Picture nominee “The Holdovers” has been accused of being “plagiarized line-by-line” from a decade-old screenplay for a film written about a decade ago never made, according to a report. Simon Stephenson, best known for working on popular movies “Luca” and “Paddington 2,” made the bombshell allegations in emails … Read more
This year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts — sobering tales of war, assault, trauma, identity and regret — ask the question, what tools can filmmakers use to tell a poignant, but not exploitative or gratuitous, story about trauma? The novel technique the directors Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess use in “Ninety-Five Senses” is the story structure: An … Read more
Lily Gladstone, a star of the Martin Scorsese epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” was nominated for the best actress Oscar on Tuesday, making her the first Native American person to contend for a competitive acting Academy Award. In the film, she plays Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman whose white husband is part of a … Read more
Natalie Portman does some of the best work of her career in “May December,” but the film simply isn’t catching on with the guilds and she now has to be considered a contender on the bubble. Ditto Fantasia Barrino-Taylor, who has some powerhouse moments late in “The Color Purple” but wasn’t able to manage a … Read more
The good news is that it’s been a great year for movies. The bad news is that, now, the battle for best picture will be bloodier than ever. With such a wide field of acclaimed contenders, plenty of worthy films will be dealt a bad hand when the Oscar nominations are announced on Jan. 23. … Read more
Kenan Thompson has just scored his next hosting gig. The “Saturday Night Live” actor, 44, is emceeing the People’s Choice Awards for the second year in a row — on the heels of his turn as host of the 2022 Emmys. The 2022 People’s Choice Awards will air on NBC and E! on Dec. 6 … Read more