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Faith, Family, Creativity and the E Street Band: A Conversation Between Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese

E Street Band fans will rejoice in the news Bruce Springsteen broke in a candid conversation with Martin Scorsese Sunday night that kicked off Netflix’s series of Emmy FYC events on a soundstage at Hollywood’s Raleigh Studios. The two men,…

May 6, 2019

Nature Show Offers a Different Point of View

It’s clear by the title alone that it is not your grandparents’ nature show. National Geographic Channel’s “Hostile Planet” takes a unique point of view — one from the perspective of the animals it chronicles, from a stealthy snow leopard…

Apr 22, 2019

Celebrating Costumes as ‘Symbols of Truth’

It was time. Women have hosted the majority of this season’s awards shows. Alicia Keys at the Grammys. Aisha Tyler at the Directors Guild Awards. Chelsea Peretti at the Writers Guild Awards. Sandra Oh (with Andy Samberg) at the Golden…

Feb 21, 2019

A Good Night for Underdogs at the WGA Awards

“To the other nominees in the category, have fun at the Oscars — losers. How is this happening?,” Bo Burnham said with a smile as he accepted the award for best original screenplay for “Eighth Grade” at the 2019 Writers…

Feb 19, 2019

No Joke Is Too Old for the ‘Olden Globes’ — Just Ask Martin Short … and See the Complete List of Winners

It’s the only awards show where the screeners are sent out on VHS, according to actor and comedian Martin Short, who took the mic as emcee of AARP The Magazine’s 18th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards. Short’s jokes were flying…

Feb 14, 2019

Humanitas Prize Awards Offer Hope — and Compassion

Recognizing television programs and films that inspire hope, compassion and understanding is the laudable goal of the nonprofit organization Humanitas, which presented its 44th Annual Humanitas Prize awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Friday night. Just like a traditional…

Feb 12, 2019

African American Film Critics Association Awards Celebrate 10th Anniversary

Every awards ceremony taking place this season and each trophy presented engenders a certain amount of pride, but pride was there in extra special doses at the 10th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards show held Wednesday night. For…

Feb 8, 2019

Cuaron Adds to His Trophy Collection at Directors Guild Awards — Click Through to See All the Winners

A look at Alfonso Cuarón’s IMDb page reveals almost as much about the state of his career as his Netflix film ”Roma” does about his childhood in that Mexico City neighborhood. His page enumerates two Academy Award wins (for directing…

Feb 4, 2019

You May Have Missed It, But One of the Longest-Running Awards Ceremonies in Showbiz Just Took Place

It’s not widely known that along with the Academy Awards, the Directors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes, the American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards are among the longest-running awards show in showbiz. Winning one represents the highest honor within…

Feb 4, 2019

New Series Revisits a Famous Unsolved Murder From More Than 70 Years Ago

Following the success of “The Alienist,” TNT is diving head-first again into the waters of fictionalized true crime with its limited series ”I Am the Night,” which focuses renewed attention on a sensational murder mystery that has gone officially unsolved…

Jan 28, 2019