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Sza is heading to the Super Bowl.

The Grammy-winning star will join Kendrick Lamar for the Apple Music Super Bowl Lix halftime show on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. In a new trailer released Thursday, Sza is seen pouring Gatorade on Lamar while he’s on a football field.

The halftime show comes at a time that both Sza and Lamar are topping the charts, including collaborative hits like “Luther” from Gnx and “30 for 30” from Sos Deluxe: Lana. Their past hits include the Oscar-nominated “All the Stars” and “Doves In the Wind.”

Lamar previously performed at the hip-hop heavy 2022 halftime show starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent. All of the performers, along with executive producers Jay-Z and Jesse Collins, won the outstanding live variety special Emmy for the epic performance. Creative direction for Lamar’s upcoming performance will be provided by pgLang,...

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced the list of TV nominees for its 77th Annual DGA Awards. The list shows some of the best work that streaming services and traditional networks have done in various areas, such as limited series, variety shows, reality shows, and children’s programs.

HBO’s “The Penguin” has received three nominations in the Movies for Television and Limited Series category, making it a strong candidate. People praised directors Kevin Bray, Jennifer Getzinger, and Helen Shaver for their work on shows such as “Top Hat,” “A Great or Little Thing,” and “Cent’anni.”

Steven Zaillian and Alfonso Cuarón are two well-known filmmakers who stand out in other areas. You can vote for Zaillian to direct Netflix’s “Ripley,” and you can vote for Cuarón to direct Apple TV+’s “Disclaimer.” These nominations show how streaming services are becoming more important in elite TV directing.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday announced the shortlists in 10 Oscar categories for the 97th Academy Awards.

The announcement included movies that are in consideration for the following categories: documentary feature film, documentary short film, international feature film, makeup and hairstyling, music (original score), music (original song), animated short film, live-action short film, sound and visual effects.

Emilia Pérez, The Apprentice, Dune: Part Two, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Nosferatu, Wicked, Challengers, The Wild Robot, Gladiator II and Blitz were among the films that were shortlisted in several categories.

Voting for the 97th Oscars begins at 9 am Pt on Jan. 8 and runs through 5 p.m. Pt on Jan. 12. The nominees will be unveiled Jan. 17. Final voting begins at 9 a.m. Pt on Feb. 11 and ends at 5 p.m. Pt on Feb. 18.

Conan O’Brien is set to host the 2025 Oscars ceremony, which will take place March 2. It will be televised...

The actor-comedian-musician, Jamie Foxx is back, and he’s bringing the laughs and the feels in his new Netflix special, What Had Happened Was…And this time, he is pulling no punches. In the special, the star is opening up about the health scare that shook his world in 2023, and honestly, ours. Yes, the one that had us holding our breath and sending prayers his way. Reportedly, Foxx faced a serious medical emergency, a brain bleed that led to a stroke, and unfortunately, the star spent nearly a month in a coma.

Jamie Foxx in The Burial (Credits- Amazon Prime Video)

Now that the actor has fully recovered, Foxx is back on stage doing what he does best, making us laugh while tugging at our heartstrings. And this Netflix special doesn’t just deliver laughs, it’s a raw, emotional rollercoaster as Foxx shares not only his gratitude for being...

Did you miss him? Jamie Foxx has returned to stand-up comedy — and he’s got a story to tell.

In Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, the legendary entertainer took the stage in a comedy event directed by Hamish Hamilton. The special comes after Foxx’s 2023 hospitalization, and the Oscar- and Grammy-winning comedy icon sets the record straight, revealing he had a ‘brain bleed that led to a stroke,” which led to him fighting for his life. Foxx recounts his ordeal with vulnerability, expressing deep gratitude to those who supported his recovery — and a healthy dose of humor.

“April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for Aspirin,” he recalls in the special. “I realized quickly that when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f**k to do.”

What Had Happened Was… is a celebration of resilience, humor, and...

The Oscars will finally stream live on an SVOD platform, and it only took us 97 years to get here.

The 2025 Academy Awards will stream live on Hulu in addition to airing live on ABC. It’s actually the first time the Oscars have streamed live on Hulu for all subscribers, despite it being the second Academy Awards for which Disney owned Hulu outright.

Hulu first launched in 2008 as broadcast’s answer to Netflix’s pivot to streaming. It was originally a joint venture for ABC, NBC, and Fox programming (CBS sat this one out), but Disney eventually bought its partners out.

The reason we can’t say the Oscars are streaming live for the first time ever, full stop, is because that wouldn’t technically be true. In a way, the awards have streamed on Hulu before — on Hulu + Live TV.

Hulu + Live TV is the vMVPD offering that essentially replicates a traditional cable package.

The 97th Academy Awards will be streamed live on US streaming service Hulu on March 2, 2025 in addition to the television broadcast on ABC.

It is the first time the Oscars will be available on a streaming service with Hulu subscribers able to stream the ceremony live and watch on the platform from the next day.

Several other awards ceremonies have turned to streaming including the Golden Globes which will be streamed live on Paramount+ on January 5 in addition to its CBS broadcast. The 2024 SAG Awards were streamed on Netflix earlier this year.

The Oscars 2025 ceremony is being hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien.

The Oscars will finally stream live in 2025.

On Wednesday, ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that the Oscars will stream live on Hulu next year. It’s the first time the Academy Awards has ever streamed live in history.

The ceremony will continue to air on ABC linear television stations in addition to its streaming option on the Disney-owned subscription platform. Previously, the Oscars streamed live only to those Hulu subscribers who also paid for live television channels.

The shift to a streaming option seems likely to increase overall viewership for the Oscars. The ceremony is coming off a four-year ratings high this year after the success of the so-called Barbenheimer Oscars, when “Oppenheimer” won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, and its blockbuster release-date partner, “Barbie,” factored heavily into the show as well, winning Best Original Song.

The Oscars are the latest – and biggest – awards...

The next Oscar ceremony will stream live for the first time on Hulu,

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.

The 97th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. Est/4 p.m. Pst. The entire telecast will also be available on Hulu next day.

Comedian and former”Late Night” star Conan O’Brien will make his hosting debut for the big night.

AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang described O’Brien as “incomparable” when the news was announced on Nov. 15.

97th Oscars official poster

“He is the perfect person to help lead our global celebration of film with his brilliant humor, his love of movies, and his live TV expertise. His remarkable ability to connect with audiences will bring viewers together to do what the Oscars do best–honor...

For the first time ever, the Oscars will be available to stream live on Hulu, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday morning.

The ceremony will also air live on ABC, as usual. Hulu’s presentation will be available to all subscribers, and the telecast will be available to rewatch on Hulu the next day.

The announcement comes on the heels of this week’s Golden Globes nominations, the ceremony for which will stream on Paramount+ in addition to its CBS broadcast in January.

Conan O’Brien is set to host Hollywood’s big night, which will see the industry convene at the Dolby Theatre at 4 p.m. Pt on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The official live red carpet show will begin at 3:30 p.m. Pt.

“We are thrilled and honored to have the incomparable Conan O’Brien host the Oscars this year,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president...

Jamie Foxx, the acclaimed actor and comedian, is set to candidly discuss his harrowing medical emergency in his upcoming Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, premiering on December 10.

This marks Foxx’s return to stand-up comedy after more than two decades, offering fans an intimate glimpse into his near-fatal health scare.

In April 2023, while filming the Netflix movie Back in Action in Georgia, Foxx experienced a severe medical complication that led to his hospitalization.

The incident began with a sudden, intense headache, prompting him to seek an Advil from a friend.

Unbeknownst to him, this would lead to a prolonged medical crisis. Foxx later recounted, “I was gone for 20 days. I don’t remember anything,” highlighting the severity of his condition.

The legendary actor’s condition remained a mystery to the public during his hospital stay.

Jamie Foxx was spotted in downtown Phoenix, where he told a small...

In 2023, Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx suffered a medical emergency. He was hospitalized for weeks and was reportedly near death. But Foxx never publicly explained what happened. And that silence led to confusion and worries among his fans.

Now, he’s finally setting the record straight in a comedy special called “What Had Happened Was…,” which is coming to Netflix next week. “If I can stay funny, I can stay alive,” he says. The special is described as a celebration of resilience, humor, and community, as Foxx expresses gratitude for the people who helped him survive and recover. The trailer doesn’t reveal what happened, but he will presumably be addressing the clone allegations.

In the trailer, he can be seen sitting at a piano and there’s a live band behind him, so presumably he’ll be serenading the audience as well. (Foxx is also a Grammy winner.)

“What Had Happened Was…...

“Jamie Foxx literally died,” reads a voiceover in the trailer for Foxx’s new Netflix special, before the comedian triumphantly walks out onstage and proclaims, “I’m back!”

Streaming Dec. 10, the highly anticipated comedy hour, titled “What Had Happened Was…,” sees Foxx telling the truth behind his 2023 medical emergency that left him hospitalized and fighting for his life. In the special, Foxx discusses his deep gratitude to those who prayed for his recovery — and he addresses the online speculation surrounding his health.

“I’m so glad to see y’all here. I’m so glad to be here. What had happened was…” Foxx says in the brief clip previewing the special, which was filmed in Atlanta in October.

In April 2023, the Oscar and Grammy winner was sidelined by a sudden, serious medical complication and hospitalized in Atlanta. An official cause for the emergency has yet to be disclosed, though Foxx...

Jamie Foxx is set to speak about his 2023 hospitalization in his upcoming Netflix stand-up special.

Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was will launch on the streamer on December 10, and as you can see in a trailer for the show, the comedian is addressing rumors that he “literally died” or was a “clone”.

“I’m back and I’m so glad to be here,” he says in the clip.

Foxx has yet to publicly address what really happened when he was rushed to hospital in April 2023 so it will be interesting to see what he’s willing to reveal in the show.

The special is produced by Done + Dusted and Foxxhole with Hamish Hamilton directing. Hamilton and Foxx exec produce alongside Marcus King, Datari Turner, James Longman, Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan.

It comes ahead of the launch of Back in Action, the action film that Foxx stars in alongside Cameron Diaz,...

Conan O’Brien is to host the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025 in what will be the talk show host and comedian’s first time in the role.

He picks up the baton from Jimmy Kimmel who hosted the past two Oscar ceremonies.

O’Brien is best known for hosting the late-night talk shows Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Conan. He currently hosts the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend and recently starred in HBO Max travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go.

Live television event producer Raj Kapoor returns as executive producer and showrunner,...

Jamie Foxx is ready to laugh off a medical scare. On Friday, Netflix announced that the actor will release a one-hour comedy special titled What Had Happened Was… on Dec. 10.

“I said, ‘If I can stay funny, I can stay alive,'” says Foxx in a short teaser for the special. “I’m back.”

The premiere date arrives several weeks after he headlined three nights in Atlanta, where the stand-up special was filmed, and shared that he said he felt “filled with nothing but pure joy” after telling his “side...

Jamie Foxx has teased his upcoming Netflix comedy special that is set to explain his mysterious medical complication last year.

In a brief trailer revealing the special’s premiere date that dropped on Friday, Foxx explains, “I said, ‘If I can stay funny, I can stay alive.” The exact details of Foxx’s medical issue in 2023 have not been fully released publicly.

Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… will premiere globally on the streaming platform on Dec. 10.

During the teaser trailer, a curtain goes up to reveal a shadowy figure on a concert stage, presumably Foxx, with the words “I’m back!” echoing in the background.

Foxx was hospitalized for a “medical complication” in April 2023, but few details to explain the health scare have been heard publicly from the Oscar-winning actor. In a July 2023 Instagram post, Foxx shared his appreciation for his sister and daughter and their support throughout his health recovery,...

Netflix announced on Friday that Jamie Foxx’s new comedy special What Had Happened Was, addressing his recent medical scare, will premiere globally on the platform on December 10.

Watch a teaser for his first hour since the early 2000s above.

Directed by Hamish Hamilton, What Had Happened Was will offer a deep dive into Foxx’s experience with his April 2023 medical emergency, while filming the Netflix action comedy Back in Action, that left him hospitalized and in recovery for several months. Although the exact cause was kept private, Foxx later shared that he faced “dire straits” and felt close to death during the ordeal, which began suddenly with intense symptoms.

Foxx revealed that he would address the situation in more depth earlier this year, while being honored by the African American Film Critics Association, but said he would do so “in a funny way.”

A post on Foxx’s Instagram page promoting the show,...

Jamie Foxx’s upcoming stand-up special “What Had Happened Was…” will premiere on Netflix on Dec. 10.

In the new comedy hour, the actor will discuss the medical emergency that left him hospitalized and fighting for his life last year.

In April 2023, the Oscar and Grammy winner was sidelined by a sudden, serious medical complication and hospitalized in Atlanta. An official cause for the emergency has yet to be disclosed, though Foxx has alluded to the severity of his condition in the months since. Most recently, he revealed (via Art of Dialogue) that it started with a “bad headache,” but then he was “gone for 20 days” and woke up with no memory of what happened.

Earlier this year, while being honored by the African American Film Critics Association, Foxx revealed that he would finally tell the world what happened to him, but he planned to “do it in a funny way.

Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang announced today that the Emmy-winning team behind last year’s Oscars will return in 2025. Raj Kapoor is back as executive producer and showrunner, with Katy Mullan serving as executive producer, and Hamish Hamilton directing. It is Kapoor and Mullan’s second time to executive produce and Hamilton’s fifth time directing the Oscars. The 2025 Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on March 25, 2025 at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. Et/3:30 p.m. Pt.

The talented creative team also returns from the 96th Oscars, including production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, who won Emmys for their work in 2024, and red carpet show executive producer David Chamberlin. Music director Michael Bearden joins the team for the first time, replacing three-time Emmy winner (including one for...

The 97th Academy Awards team is coming together — and three of them are Emmy-winning veterans of the 96th Oscars. Raj Kapoor returns as executive producer and showrunner, joined by fellow EP Katy Mullan and director Hamish Hamilton, who will be back for the fifth time.

Further veterans of the Academy Awards who round out the 2025 creative team include production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley and red carpet show EP David Chamberlin. Michael Bearden, meanwhile, will make his debut as music director.

In a Monday statement, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang said, “We are delighted to announce the return of our incredibly dynamic and creative Oscars team, Raj, Katy, Hamish, Misty, Alana and Dave. And we are thrilled to announce the addition of the brilliant Michael Bearden. Their love for cinema, their collective creative vision and their unparalleled expertise in live television make them the perfect...

The Academy has named Raj Kapoor to return as executive producer and showrunner for the 97th Oscars, CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang announced Monday Katy Mullan will be back as executive producer, and Hamish Hamilton returns as director.

It’s Kapoor and Mullan’s second time as executive producers and Hamilton’s fifth time directing the Oscars, which air March 2 on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Also returning are production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, who won an Emmy for last year’s show, and red carpet show executive producer David Chamberlin.

Joining the team for the first time is music director Michael Bearden. Bearden was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction for the Super Bowl Li Halftime Show featuring Lady Gaga and “One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga” and has served as a music director for the Primetime Emmys and Grammy Awards.

Well, this was no surprise.

As I predicted in my column a couple of weeks ago on the search for a host for the 97th annual Academy Awards, the producing team from the 96th Oscars will be back for the 2025 ceremony.

Live television event producer Raj Kapoor returns as executive producer and showrunner, Katy Mullan as executive producer, and Hamish Hamilton as director of the 97th Oscars, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy president Janet Yang said Monday. It is Kapoor and Mullan’s second time executive producing and Hamilton’s fifth time directing the Oscars. They each won an Emmy for their work on the 96th Oscars, the first time since 1991 that the Academy Awards took the Live Variety Emmy, so their return is really a no-brainer and will allow the Academy to get that much closer to announcing a host (or hosts) for the show.

As I reported,...

The principal creative team behind the strongly-rated and Emmy-winning 96th Oscars telecast — minus its host, Jimmy Kimmel, and his personal producer and wife, Molly McNearney — are returning for the 97th Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday.

For the Sunday, March 2, 2025 broadcast on ABC, Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan will be back as executive producers — Kapoor will also be showrunner — and Hamish Hamilton will once again serve as director, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said in a statement.

This will be Kapoor and Mullan’s second time and Hamilton’s fifth time in these positions.

A host for the 97th Oscars has yet to be announced.

Much of the rest of the creative team from the 96th Oscars will also be back for the 97th, including production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley (who won Emmys for their work on the...

Fresh off the telecast’s first Emmy win for Outstanding Variety Special (Live), the Oscars will once again be helmed by executive producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, with the former also returning as showrunner, and Hamish Hamilton back as the director of the 2025 Academy Awards.

The award-winning producers will have several members of their 2024 team back with them for the 2025 broadcast, including production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, who also won Emmys for their work on the 96th Oscars, and red carpet show executive producer David Chamberlin. They will all be joined by Michael Bearden, who will be serving as music director of the Oscars for the first time.

Notably missing is the head writer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Molly McNearney, who told IndieWire in August that she and partner Jimmy Kimmel pulled away from being executive producers of the Oscars again in order to focus on covering...

Kendrick Lamar to perform on the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime

Plans are being confirmed for Super Bowl Lix as the 2024 NFL season is kicking off. The NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation announced today that Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl to be held at The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.

Super Bowl Lix will take place on Sunday, February 9, 2025.

Responding to the announcement, Lamar said, “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date. And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one.”

The Grammy and Emmy winner is the co-founder of creative imprint pgLang. Lamar’s won 17 Grammys and is in the record books as the first non-classical, non-jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for his 2017 album Damn.

“Kendrick Lamar is truly a once-in-a-generation artist and performer. His deep love for hip-hop and culture informs his artistic vision,” stated Shawn Jay-Z Carter.

Kendrick Lamar will perform at the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl Lix Halftime show, Roc Nation, Apple Music, and the NFL announced on Sunday.

Super Bowl Lix is scheduled to be played on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and will air on Fox.

The performance will be Lamar’s second during the halftime show, following his featured spot during Dr. Dre’s 2022 all-star tag team of Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent. It also follows Lamar’s musical battle with Drake earlier this year, which not only resulted in a resounding win for the Compton-born rapper, but one of the year’s biggest songs with “Not Like Us.”

That spirit continues with Lamar’s statement about the move: “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date,” he said. “And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one.

Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl Lix halftime show.

Roc Nation, NFL and Apple Music made the announcement on Sunday, and the big game will take place on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It will air on Fox.

Lamar previously performed at the hip-hop heavy 2022 halftime show starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent. All of the performers, along with executive producers Jay-Z and Jesse Collins, won the outstanding live variety special Emmy for the epic performance. Creative direction for Lamar’s upcoming performance will be provided by pgLang, the creative company founded by the rap star and his close collaborator Dave Free, the filmmaker and producer who has directed or co-directed the majority of Lamar’s music videos.

“Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date. And I’ll be there to remind the world why.

Producer Ben Winston made the Los Angeles look so good in November 2021 when he steered the “Adele: One Night Only” concert special for CBS that he was the obvious choice for the job of producing the Paris-to-l.A. handoff moment for Sunday’s Summer Games Closing Ceremony.

Typically, the handoff from one host city to the next is done at the same venue as the Closing Ceremony. Winston, a 13-time Emmy winner with a flair for live TV and spectacle, had bigger plans as soon as he got the call from LA28 leaders in January 2022. To Winston, it didn’t make sense to do it all in Paris given the moment’s rich potential to become a transcontinental live TV stunt stretching from the City of Light to the City of Angels.

The idea for what to do with 12 minutes of TV time watched by tens of millions of people...

Tom Cruise has leapt from great heights under the guidance of Ben Winston, co-founder of Fulwell73 and creative producer of the Los Angeles Olympics 2028 handover, one time before.

This time, however, it was different. The whole world was watching.

Cruise, who previously jumped out a plane alongside James Corden on The Late Late Show, which was exec produced by Winston, revved up the Paris Olympics closing ceremony Sunday as he started the engine on the handover to L.A. for the 2028 Summer Games.

After Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo passed the Olympic flag to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (the first Black woman mayor to receive the official Olympic flag during a Closing Ceremony), and Simone Biles (the most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time), Cruise leapt into the Stade de France before taking off on his motorcycle.

Related: Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony In Pictures

The Mission: Impossible star,...

The current Best Variety Special Directing Emmy lineup features an abundance of heavy hitters, including reigning champ Hamish Hamilton, who finally triumphed on his seventh bid in this category for helming the “Super Bowl Lvii Halftime Show.” Having shared that victory with Jay-Z, he is now generally expected to achieve a solo win for his work on the 2024 Oscars ceremony.

Hamilton’s most imposing challengers are Stan Lathan (“Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer”) and Glenn Weiss (“76th Tony Awards”), each of whom has already beaten him at least once. Also in the mix are the directors of “Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic,” “Tig Notaro: Hello Again,” and “Trevor Noah: Where Was I,” all of whom are new to the category.

In order to determine just how likely Hamilton’s potential follow-up win is, let’s take a closer look at each nominee. Be sure to make your predictions in this...

Exclusive: Nikki Glaser is bringing the laughs to HBO.

The comedian’s latest comedy special, Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, has generated 2M cross-platform viewers since it premiered on May 11, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. The company also said the special had the best premiere night for an HBO comedy special in more than two years.

That just slightly outperforms her previous special, Good Clean Filth, which amassed 1.9M cross-platform viewers in the same timeframe from its own debut. That special was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy Special.

Someday You’ll Die is currently pacing to have the top streaming audience for any comedy special in the history of Max (even before the name change).

Taped in December 2023 in front of a sold-out audience at the Moore Theater in Seattle, Washington, Glaser dives into a wide range of topics including why she doesn’t want kids,...

It was a night of surprises at the BAFTA TV Awards, with “The Crown” and “Black Mirror” failing to pick up any awards while “Succession” walked away with only one for Matthew Macfadyen for best supporting actor.

Macfadyen did not attend the awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall, prompting Helena Bonham Carter, who presented the category, to walk off with the iconic gold BAFTA mask with the promise she would get it to Macfadyen.

The international category also saw upset, with frontrunners “Succession,” “Beef” and “The Bear” all failing to win the award. They were instead beaten by little-known French series “Class Act.” It was a fact acknowledged by the show’s shocked lead actor Laurent Lafitte, who, upon accepting the award, told the audience: “Please watch our show. It’s called ‘Class Act,’ it’s quite good — not just because I’m starring in it.”

In the acting categories,...

Ratings were continuing to climb for the 96th annual Oscars that took place March 12, especially following the all-time lows of the pandemic years. With Jimmy Kimmel returning for his fourth stint as host and second in a row, reviews were upbeat for the most part and the show benefited from a good movie year with blockbusters like Barbie and Best Picture winner Oppenheimer.

Oscarcast executive producers Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Molly McNearney (who also was a writer) and director Hamish Hamilton joined Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event to break it down.

Related: Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted – Deadline’s Full Coverage

McNearney, who is also married to Kimmel and is executive producer and co-head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, talked about how they approached creating Kimmel’s key opening monologue. “Well, this year we did something new which I thought worked really well. We used the staff at Jimmy Kimmel Live!

This year’s Emmy race features some of the most explosive nonfiction content in recent years: docuseries on the fate of a beloved talk show host, a vulnerable young woman victimized in a case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the scandal involving Nickelodeon kids shows, and a revealing look inside one of professional sports’ greatest dynasties.

Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event — your indispensable guide to TV awards season — goes in depth on all of it Saturday in a showcase that kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.

Click here to register and watch the livestream.

Among the panelists joining today are key talent behind Lifetime’s Where Is Wendy Williams?, Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, and The Dynasty: New England Patriots from Apple TV+. Gypsy Rose Blanchard herself joins us to talk about telling her shocking story in Lifetime’s The Prison...

The strikes are behind us, Emmy season is upon us, and it’s time to hear from the creatives and talent behind some of the TV season’s most talked-about nonfiction programs. Deadline’s daylong Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event will offer just that this weekend, giving awards-watchers a chance to kick back at home and take in the tales.

You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.

Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.

Here is what and who you can expect to see.

From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...

Exclusive: HBO announced on Thursday that its second hour-long comedy special from comedian and actress Nikki Glaser, Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, is set to debut on Saturday, May 11 at 10:00 p.m. Et/Pt and will also be available for streaming on Max.

The special comes on the heels of Glaser’s 2022 HBO hour Good Clean Filth, which was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy Special. Taped in front of a sold-out audience at the Moore Theater in Seattle, Washington last December, it sees her dive into a wide range of topics including why she doesn’t want kids, the harsh realities of aging, her sexual fantasies, and plans for her own death. Check out the trailer above.

Written and performed by Glaser, Someday You’ll Die is directed by Emmy winner Hamish Hamilton. David Jammy, Chris Convy and Alex Murray served as its executive producers.

“The Crown” could well bow out in style on home soil, with the final outing of the show leading the list of nominees for the 2024 BAFTA TV and TV Craft awards, announced Wednesday.

Netflix’s hit royal drama — which came to an end last year after six seasons — landed eight nominations in total, including for Dominic West, Elizabeth Debecki, Lesley Manville and Salim Daw in the performance categories. However, it missed out for drama series (an award it has been nominated for three times previously).

Just behind “The Crown” and also a Netflix production, the apocalyptic “Black Mirror” episode “Demon 79” earned seven nominations, including limited drama and leading actress for Anjana Vasan.

Further down in a tight group of frontrunners, BBC dramas “Happy Valley” and “The Sixth Commandment and Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” each have six nominations. Sarah Lancashire’s leading actress nomination for “Happy Valley” could see...

The Crown’s swansong season has dominated the BAFTA TV nominations, picking up eight in a record year for Netflix.

Although it missed out in the coveted Drama Series category, four of the Netflix royal smash’s actors were handed nods today including Dominic West, who played Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki, who was Princess Diana. Salim Daw and Lesley Manville are the other two nominated actors and actresses, while The Crown also received nominations in the likes of costume design, make up and sound.

Netflix achieved a record haul and was second only to the BBC with nominations, comfortably eclipsing stalwarts ITV and Channel 4 as Top Boy and Black Mirror were also rewarded.

Although not its most critically-rated season, Peter Morgan’s royal saga ended late last year with a bang and plenty controversy, and the noms come amid the ongoing Kate Middleton saga.

Elsewhere, Black Mirror has...

From Billie Eilish’s heartrending performance to John Cena’s beefcake cameo, the 96th Academy Awards served up some pretty terrific moments and more than a few surprises.

Here were the highlights — and lowlights — from Sunday’s telecast on ABC.

Great Moment when members of Osage Nation walked the red carpet. Like the costumes we saw in Killers of the Flower Moon, their Indigenous attire was both extravagant and gorgeous.

Surprise how the show started five minutes late because some attendees still hadn’t made it into the theater. Arrivals has been complicated by the security measures meant to keep pro-Palestinian protesters at a distance, and that led to “hundreds of people” getting stuck outside the entrance.

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Hollywood, CA ahead of 96th Oscars

Snub delayed for Greta Gerwig and how she didn’t get a nomination for Best Director.

Emmy Award winner Jimmy Kimmel returns for the fourth time to host the biggest night in cinema. And he kicks off the event by poking fun at many things about Hollywood. Congratulating the audience for “making it on time,” the host in his monologue poked fun at Madame Web, the recent box office failure. And that was just one of many.

Jimmy Kimmel at Oscars 2024

The late-night host took his seat alongside fellow four-time emcees Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon, who have also hosted the Oscars four times. Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, and Bob Hope are the only names who have hosted more than Kimmel, Goldberg, and Lemmon.

From joking about Christopher Nolan’s p*rn addiction to Robert Downey Jr.’s manhood, it’s a usual day for Jimmy Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel Poked Fun about Madame Web

The Jimmy Kimmel Live host previously led the 2017, 2018, and 2023 telecasts. And just like every time,...

The 96th ‘Academy Awards’ ceremony, presented by the ‘Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ (‘AMPAS’), will take place March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

“…during the gala, the AMPAS will present ‘Academy Awards’ (commonly referred to as ‘Oscars’) in 23 categories honoring films released in 2023. The ceremony, to be televised in the United States by ABC, will be produced by Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan, with Hamish Hamilton directing…”

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finalized its list of presenters for the 96th Oscars, and there is no shortage of star power.

The envelope, please:

Mahershala Ali

Bad Bunny

Emily Blunt

Nicolas Cage

Jamie Lee Curtis

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Cynthia Erivo

America Ferrera

Sally Field

Brendan Fraser

Ryan Gosling

Ariana Grande

Chris Hemsworth

Dwayne Johnson

Michael Keaton

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Regina King

Ben Kingsley

Jessica Lange

Jennifer Lawrence

Melissa McCarthy

Matthew McConaughey

Kate McKinnon

Rita Moreno

John Mulaney

Catherine O’Hara

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Lupita Nyong’o

Al Pacino

Michelle Pfeiffer

Ke Huy Quan

Issa Rae

Tim Robbins

Sam Rockwell

Octavia Spencer

Steven Spielberg...

The writing team has been set for the 96th Oscars, which air March 10 on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

The group of scribes tasked with writing the show includes Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Kimmel, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel and Troy Walker.

The names were announced Friday by Oscarcast executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.

They join a production team first rolled out in October that includes Hamish Hamilton as director, creative director Kenny Gravillis, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, red carpet show executive producer David Chamberlin, and red carpet creative consultants Lisa Love and Raul Avila.

Today, the EPs also said several others have been...

Raj Kapoor, the executive producer and showrunner of The Oscars, and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced members of their production team for this year’s awards show, which will take place on March 10.

Rob Paine will return as co-executive producer, while Taryn Hurd will return as talent producer. Producers Sarah Levine Hall, Erin Irwin and Jennifer Sharron, as well as music director Rickey Minor and lightning designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz are also rejoining the team.

Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Kimmel, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel and Troy Walker are writers for this year’s show.

Previously announced members of the production team include director Hamish Hamilton and production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley.

Meredith Hama-Brown’s feature debut “Seagrass,” starring Ally Maki, will debut in U.S. theaters on Feb. 22, beginning with special screenings with the cast and director.

Q&a’s will be held at New York’s Roxy Cinema and Los Angeles’ Laemmle Royal on Feb. 22 and Las Vegas’ Regal Theatre on Feb. 23. Maki will be in Los Angeles, Hama-Brown and cinematographer Norm Li will be in New York, and actor Chris Pang will be in Las Vegas. The film will also have its U.S. festival premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, screening on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13.

The synopsis for “Seagrass” reads, “Set in the mid 1990’s, a Japanese Canadian woman (Maki) grappling with the recent death of her mother brings her family to a self-development retreat. When her distressed relationship with her husband begins to affect the children’s emotional security, the family is forever changed.”

In addition to Maki and Pang,...

Watch the 96th Oscars Nominations Announcement Live on Tuesday, 23 January. Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid will host the nominations show, revealing the nominees in all twenty-three Academy Award categories.

Watch the global live-stream below at 1:30Pm GMT / 5:30Am Pt / 8:30Am Et on 23 January.

The 96th Oscars ceremony will take place on Sunday, 10 March from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Late-night talk show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the live show for the fourth time. Raj Kapoor will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan serving as executive producers and Hamish Hamilton directing the telecast.

A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show, with the Oscars televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide in a new and earlier time slot 12:00Am - 2:30Am GMT (11 March) / 4:00Pm - 7:30Pm Pt / 7:00Pm - 10:30Pm Et.

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Country Music Hall of Famer Reba McEntire is confirmed to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl Lviii taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The 2024 Super Bowl will air on CBS on Sunday, February 11th.

Eight-time diamond-certified artist Post Malone will join the Super Bowl festivities and sing “America the Beautiful.” Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Andra Day is on board to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” prior to the start of the big game.

Emmy Award-winning musical director/producer Adam Blackstone has been tapped to produce and arrange the national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Song.” Both the pregame show and the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show will include American Sign Language performances. Daniel Durant, a star of the Oscar-winning movie Coda, will perform the national anthem in Asl, and Anjel Piñerois is confirmed to perform “America the Beautiful” in Asl.

Reba McEntire, Post Malone and Andra Day are heading to the Super Bowl.

The NFL and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the country music legend will perform “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Feb. 11 game, airing live on CBS from Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Post Malone, the singer-songwriter who has performed across various genres like rap, rock, pop and more, will perform “America the Beautiful,” while Grammy-winning R&b singer and Oscar-nominated actress Andra Day will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

R&b superstar Usher will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show. He last performed at the Super Bowl in 2011, when he made a special appearance during the Black Eyed Peas’ set.

The pregame entertainment and halftime show will also feature American Sign Language performances. Coda actor Daniel Durant will perform the national anthem in Asl; actress, model and dancer Anjel Piñero will sign “America the Beautiful...

The much-delayed 2023 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards proved worth the wait for Jay-Z. On Sunday, during the second part of the ceremony, the musician and mogul was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for his work co-directing Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show.

Jay-Z shared directing duties with Hamish Hamilton, who has helmed the Super Bowl halftime show each year since 2010. Hamilton has been nominated for the award seven times over the course of his career — for work on multiple Super Bowl performances, The Oscars,...