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Succession leads nominations for 74th Primetime Emmy Awards

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The nominations for the 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced today, with HBO’s hit drama Succession leading the field with 25 nominations in total including Outstanding Drama Series. HBO continued to dominate the nominations with the likes of The White Lotus (20), Hacks (17), Euphoria (16) and Barry (14), while other multi-nominees include […]

Hacks and Euphoria lead to HBO domination with 2022’s Dorian TV Awards nominations

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Streaming and cable networks obviously dominate almost every awards show, and the GALECA: LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian TV Awards is no expectation. Though, one streamer, in particular, led the pack with an outstanding 24 nominations. HBO and HBO Max took home the most nominations for the Dorian TV Awards, an annual award show thrown by […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home and Euphoria lead 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards winners

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MTV hosted the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday evening, with Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home and HBO’s Euphoria taking home the top awards for each field. No Way Home was named Best Movie, with the web-slinger himself Tom Holland also receiving the award for Best Performance in a Movie, while Euphoria […]

Don’t expect second seasons of Marvel’s Hawkeye or Moon Knight

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If Marvel Studios’ Emmy Award ‘For Your Consideration’ plans are anything to go by, anyone hoping for second seasons of Marvel’s Hawkeye or current Disney+ offering Moon Knight look set to be disappointed. As reported by Variety, Loki – which already has a second season confirmed and readying for production – is being pushed in […]

Harry Lennix says Will Smith should return his Best Actor Oscar after Chris Rock incident

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In the story that everyone has a take on, we now have Man of Steel star Harry Lennix offering his recent feelings about Will Smith’s Oscar controversy. Yes, Lennix was so moved by the situation that he turned to Variety and penned a piece regarding Will Smith and what he should do to atone for […]

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for ten years

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Despite resigning his membership in the wake of his on-stage slapping of Chris Rock, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that King Richard Best Actor winner Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for a ten-year period. Here’s the full statement from AMPAS President David Rubin and CEO Dawn […]

Will Smith offers apology for Chris Rock slap at the Oscars

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The beleaguered Academy Awards found itself grabbing headlines across the globe yesterday, although not for the reasons that the Academy would have liked as the soon-to-be-Oscar-winning Will Smith “smacked the shit out of” presenter Chris Rock live on stage less than an hour before picking up his Best Actor gong for King Richard. While the […]

Yes, Will Smith open-palmed Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. No, violence is not the answer

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Robert Kojder on the Will Smith and Chris Rock controversy from the 94th Academy Awards… Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars ceremony last night. This is not scripted professional wrestling. It was real. It all went down as the Best Documentary-presenting Chris Rock was cracking some jokes before getting to the nominees, […]

Oscars 2022: CODA makes history with Best Picture win at 94th Academy Awards

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Apple TV+ made history at the 94th Academy Awards last night as CODA became the first streaming film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, scooping the top prize ahead of frontunner The Power of the Dog and fellow nominees Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley and West […]

Don’t Look Up shocks with WGA win as CODA continues path to the Academy Awards

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The Writers Guild Awards is another major stop on the awards season run. The very best of film and television writing is honored at the WGA Awards, and this year’s instalment saw some standout wins. Everything from late-in-the-game Oscars frontrunner CODA landing an Adapted Screenplay win to the critical darling Succession nabbing a win for […]