AFI Awards: Top Films and Shows Include ‘Dune,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘Schmigadoon!’

Clayton Davis The Black Film Critics Circle has named Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” the best film of 2021.The drama that focuses on the rise of Venus and Serena Williams picked up three additional awards, including best actor (Will Smith), supporting actress (Aunjanue Ellis) and original screenplay (Zach Baylin).Denis Villeneuve, who helmed “Dune,” walked away with best director, his first precursor prize of the awards season, while the film also nabbed best cinematography for Greig

TV bosses have been left struggling to fill schedules amid the cancellation of multiple shows amid the spread of the Omicron variant. ITV bosses made the difficult decision to pull the channel's leading programme Good Morning Britain from its festive schedule, in a bid to protect the cast and crew.

which canceled the Awards Gala portion of the event that had been scheduled for Jan. 6.

Angelique Jackson The 2022 AFI Awards luncheon is the latest Hollywood event to be postponed due to a surge of positive COVID-19 cases. The awards ceremony was planned for Fri.

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that  the AFI AWARDS luncheon is postponed. The Luncheon was scheduled to take place on  Friday, January 7, but due to concerns over the rising cases of Covid-19,  AFI will reschedule the event for a later date. 

Ten of the best songs of the year, as selected by Associated Press entertainment journalists.“PEACHES,” JUSTIN BIEBER, featuring DANIEL CAESAR AND GIVEONJustin Bieber was not happy with the Recording Academy last year when his “Changes” album was categorized as pop rather than R&B. But “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon from this year’s “Justice” album, not only doubled down on the R&B sound, but became one of music’s most dominant songs, debuting at No.

“Freestyle Love Supreme” all had to close their curtains this week with performers and crew out sick. “Wicked” had to cancel a slew of performances earlier in December for the same reason, as did “Chicago” in November and “Aladdin” just a day after reopening.“Hamilton” tweeted about its show closure less than an hour before Wednesday’s curtain time, citing multiple breakthrough cases.

Jimmy Kimmel recruited some actual Hallmark Channel execs – CEO Wonya Lucas, EVP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly and SVP of programming Samantha DiPippo – for a comedy bit on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live in which he pitches some very Kimmel-esque Hallmark holiday movie projects.

Academy Awards favorites and provide a boost to newly released or upcoming movies. Also making the AFI top 10 were: Sian Heder's “CODA,” Denis Villeneuve's “Dune,” Reinaldo Marcus Greene’s “King Richard,” Paul Thomas Anderson's “Licorice Pizza,” Guillermo del Toro's “Nightmare Alley,” Lin-Manuel Miranda's “tick, tick...

Google is revealing the Year in Search for 2021!

The American Film Institute on Wednesday revealed its Top 10 TV shows of the year in handing out its annual AFI Awards, with HBO’s Emmy-winning Succession part of an eclectic list that includes fellow Emmy winner Ted Lasso from Apple TV+, as well as Disney+’s WandaVision, FX’s Reservation Dogs and Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad from Amazon.

The 2021 AFI Awards top 10 list is out, and it’s top heavy with films from big-name directors.

The 2021 AFI Awards have been announced and the top 10 movies and TV shows of the year have been revealed!

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEARCODADON’T LOOK UP DUNEKING RICHARD LICORICE PIZZA NIGHTMARE ALLEY THE POWER OF THE DOG tick, tick… BOOM! THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH WEST SIDE STORYAFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEARHACKSMAIDMARE OF EASTTOWN RESERVATION DOGS SCHMIGADOON!SUCCESSIONTED LASSOTHE UNDERGROUND RAILROADWANDAVISIONTHE WHITE LOTUSAFI SPECIAL AWARDBELFASTSQUID GAME SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Reality star Lucy Mecklenburgh showed of her growing baby bump after escaping the cold British weather with a trip to warm and sunny Abu Dhabi. Lucy, 30, already has Roman, her 19-month-old son with partner Ryan Thomas.The ex TOWIE star appeared to be glowing as she posed at a waterpark in a blue and white print string tie bikini.The proud mum was holding hands with son Roman, who looked adorable in a patterned swimsuit with sleeves and shorts, designed to protect his skin from the sun.

Daniel Doperalski For nearly 190 million total viewing hours last week, Netflix audiences were screaming the rallying cry “Bella Ciao” after the fifth and final installment of the Spanish drama series “La Casa de Papel” (“Money Heist”) dropped Dec. 3 on the streamer.Within two days, “Money Heist” stole the thunder of Netflix’s English language shows, rising to No.

EXCLUSIVE: Sobini Films has tapped Bobby Smith Jr. (Jason’s Lyric) to write Voluptuous, a one-hour series based on the books Bare Essentials and Bound by Desire by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Brenda Jackson.