First Oscars Of The Season Handed Out At 14th Governors Awards: Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett, Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter

Golden Globes and Emmy Awards aired. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, marking his fourth time as emcee.“We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly [McNearney] returning as executive producer for the Oscars,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang previously said in a statement.

Elizabeth Taylor “Big Little Lies” Season 3 is coming along nicely. “We’re at work on it,” Nicole Kidman told Variety Sunday night at the New York premiere of her new series “Expats.” Kidman says she and Reese Witherspoon are “texting every day” about the third season. “And there’s a timeline and we’re doing it.” She laughed when asked for more details.

Nancy Green-Keyes, a casting director, agent and film producer whose many credits include The Notebook and Rush Hour, died January 17 at UCLA Hospital in Santa Monica of acute respiratory failure following a brief illness. She was 68.

Awards season is well underway, with the Golden Globes and the Emmys already over and done with. So far films including Poor Things, Barbie and Oppenheimer have led the way, with the Christopher Nolan-directed film picking up five gongs at the Golden Globes.

The move in recent years to make the Oscars a truly global event in terms of the membership drive by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has paid off particularly well this year: Eligible voters from a record 93 countries submitting ballots in the Academy Awards’ nominating round, which ended Tuesday at 5 p.m. PT.

The rub and paradox about Netflix is that the company is a streaming business, first and foremost. The company and the move towards streaming at home have made many critical about how streamers have killed or hurt the theatrical experience.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Netflix is kicking off its Milestone Movies: The Anniversary collection with films that are turning 50 in 1974 — a group that happens to include some of the medium’s all-time classics. The anniversary titles will stream on the platform in the U.S., along with in-person special screenings starting in March at New York’s Paris Theater and L.A.’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood and Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades.

Josh Duhamel and wife Audra Mari have announced the birth of their first child together!

Annika Pham Paris-based The Party Film Sales has boarded renowned Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson’s fourth pic, “When the Light Breaks,” which is selected for Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market’s works in progress session.Rúnarsson serves as producer together with Heather Millard of Iceland’s Compass Films, in co-production with local banner Halibut, Holland’s Revolver, France’s Eaux Vives/Jour2Fête and Croatia’s MP Film. Lauded for his coming-of age tales set against Iceland’s majestic scenery, Rúnarsson saw his international breakthrough in 2008 with his Oscar-nominated short “Two Birds.” Since then, he has delivered equally poetic fare in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2011 entry “Volcano,” San Sebastian 2015 winner “Sparrows “ and 2019 Valladolid and Lübeck fest winner “Echo.” As in his earlier works, Rúnarsson was inspired by a personal event for “When the Light Breaks”.

Refresh for latest… It’s trophy night in Santa Monica as the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards are being handed out at Barker Hangar, and Deadline is posting the winners live as they are announced. See the list below, followed by the remaining nominees.

The 29th annual Critics Choice Awards are set for Sunday, January 14 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Chelsea Handler returns to host the ceremony, which begins at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET and will air live on the East Coast and in Los Angeles on The CW.

Golden Globes took place this past Sunday, resulting in many viral moments. One of them was the close bond between Meryl Streep and Martin Short, who attended the awards together. The nature of their relationship is one that’s been questioned over the past couple of months, with there being some rumors claiming that the two are romantically involved.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor A night full of legends, tears and an amazing audition to be the next Oscars host, the 14th annual Governors Awards brought all of this year’s award contenders out to celebrate four industry titans on Tuesday inside the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton received honorary Oscars, while the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter was bestowed with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Aaron Rodgers has ended his appearances on The Pat McAfee Show for the season, the show’s host announced on Wednesday’s episode.

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney are hitting the red carpet together for the very first time!

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Olivia Rodrigo hasn’t completely abandoned her acting career for music. The “Vampire” singer tells me she’d love to star in a film. “I love movies, I love telling stories,” Rodrigo said at the Academy’s Governors Awards on Tuesday night in Hollywood.

The 2024 Governors Awards brought out so many stars for the big event!

told TMZ that he and “The Devil Wears Prada” actress are “just friends.” The two sparked dating rumors after they looked extra cozy at the 2024 Golden Globes. Fans took to X to post enthusiastically about this possible Hollywood romance. “My first tweet of the year is dedicated to the rumor that Meryl Streep and Martin Short may be an item.

Amanda Seyfried and Angela Bassett don beautiful, strapless, black gowns as they hit the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 7) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jared Leto joined Angela Bassett as a presenter at the 2024 Golden Globes and took a moment to roast himself over his status as one of Hollywood’s most infamous Method actors. The Oscar winner helped announce this year’s categories for best supporting actress and actor in a motion picture. The winners were Da’Vine Joy Randolph for “The Holdovers” and Robert Downey Jr.