WGA Leaders Toast Agency Battle Victory, Zing Ari Emanuel in Writers Guild Awards Remarks

The 25th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards is taking place tonight as a reimagined virtual show. Hosted by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s J.B. Smoove, the event runs from from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m., PT and celebrates outstanding production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, animated features and music videos. You can watch a livestream here. For the nominees and winners, see the list at the bottom of this post.

Glee virtually reunited to remember Naya Rivera, who . During its run, featured many characters of different sexual orientations; Santana Lopez, played by Rivera, came out as a lesbian over the course of the show and had relationships with other female characters, including Dani, played by .

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNiecy Nash was in bed late one Sunday evening earlier this year when she got a frantic call from her team of reps: “The Masked Singer” host Nick Cannon had tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve of production for Season 5. Would she be available to fill in?“I was like, ‘you had me at hello,'” Nash tells Variety.

To All the Boys: Always and Forever star Lana Condor has been tapped to host the Costume Designers Guild Awards. Presenters for the CDGA ceremony on April 13 include Rose Byrne, Andra Day, Emerald Fennell, Regina King, Carey Mulligan, Niecy Nash, Leslie Odom Jr.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,Birds of Prey and Pinocchio claimed awards in the feature competition during theMake-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (Local 706) Awards, which were handed out during a virtual presentation shot on the stage at the El Portal Theater in NOHO. In the feature categories, Ma Rainey's collected two awards, for period make-up and period hair styling, while Birds of Prey claimed two trophies for contemporary make-up and contemporary hair styling.

After the cruelest year and amid the weirdest awards season in memory, the eighth annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards are being handed out tonight. Deadline will be updating the winners at the virtual ceremony as they are announced.

Also Read: While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for RelevanceIn the television categories, the PGA award for drama series went to “The Crown,” while the comedy series award went to “Schitt’s Creek.” “Hamilton” won the award for televised or streamed motion picture, while “The Queen’s Gambit” won for limited-series television.“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” won the award for live entertainment/talk television, while “RuPaul’s Drag Race” won for game and competition

Ellise Shafer administratorThe votes are in, and the winners of the 32nd Producers Guild Awards will be announced tonight.Tonight’s virtual ceremony begins at 5 p.m. PT.

Tanya Saracho (Vida), Mike Royce (One Day at a Time), and Liz Hsiao Lan Alper (Day of the Dead) continue to do the work to bring more equity and inclusion to Hollywood — something that it seems to have trouble with as of late (we’re looking at you HFPA).

Black-ish star Anthony Anderson is set to host the eighth annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on April 3. The awards show honors makeup artists and hair stylists in film, TV, commercials and live theater categories and will be held this year virtually amid the pandemic.

Britons Emerald Fennell and Sacha Baron Cohen were among the winners at the Writers Guild Awards, in a major boost to their Oscars hopes. Fennell walked away with the prize for best original screenplay for her film, Promising Young Woman - her directorial debut.

NEW YORK -- Sacha Baron Cohen's “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards' top honors, best adapted screenplay.At the guild's virtual, pre-recorded 73rd annual awards, the biggest winners were a pair of awards-season dark horses. Best original screenplay went to the script for the feminist revenge thriller “Promising Young Woman,” by writer-director Emerald Fennell.

Also Read: While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for RelevanceThis year’s show was a joint presentation of the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East, which normally conduct separate but simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Kal Penn hosted the ceremony, with presenters that included Sacha Baron Cohen, Rachel Brosnahan, Jimmy Fallon, Ava DuVernay, Leslie Odom Jr.

Fresh off the WGA’s historic victory over the talent agencies, WGA West president David A. Goodman opened his remarks tonight at the 73rd annual Writers Guild Awards with a good-natured poke at Ari Emanuel, the CEO of Endeavor, the parent company of WME, which was the last to sign the guild’s franchise agreement.