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Arts and social change organisation Big hART is developing a documentary project with domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty, titled All of Us, set to follow the making of a stage show of the same name that sees both Batty and young women share their stories.

Already supported by Screen Tasmania, the doc extends upon Big hART’s family violence prevention initiative Project O, which works with teenage girls in regional, remote or high needs communities around Australia. Batty has been involved with the program for four years.

The film will follow both the work of the initiative and the making of a new theatre work, expected to tour nationally, that combines Batty’s story with that of these young women.

Directing the film is Big hART CEO Scott Rankin, who will write with Batty. Producing is Sophia Marinos, with development producer Angela Prior. Nicky Akehurst is the Dop, and Sally Biasiutti the editor.

Lori Openden is stepping down as EVP of Talent and Casting for the CW and retiring after more than 40 years in the business as a casting director and executive. She will be succeeded in the CW head of casting post by her longtime top lieutenant, Dana Theodoratos, currently SVP, Talent and Casting who oversee casting on all of The CW’s series, pilots and original scripted digital programming.

Openden, with Theodoratos by her side, has been at the CW since its launch in 2006, overseeing the network’s slate of pilots and series for the past 14 years. That includes the CW’s DC series, All American, Gossip Girl, Riverdale, Girlfriends, The Game, 90210, The Vampire Diaries and Jane the Virgin, which earned star Gina Rodriguez a Golden Globe, marking the first major acting award for The CW. Both joined from the CW predecessor Upn.

Openden served as SVP, Talent and Casting,...

Pharrell Williams hasn’t stopped running … on behalf of “Letter to My Godfather,” the original song he wrote for Netflix’s “The Black Godfather,” a documentary about legendary music executive Clarence Avant. Qualifying for the Oscars as a film with a theatrical release, the Emmys as a Netflix production and the Grammys as a work of music for visual media, it’s been on an awards campaign circuit since its June 2019 release.

Its journey began in campaigning for an Oscar, which involved fall Q&As with Academy members; a performance at the Nov. 3 Hollywood Film Awards, where Williams took to the stage with a full choir; an early December appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”; followed by a top-of-the-year appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” All that promotion did get the song to the Academy Awards shortlist, but when the nominations were announced Jan. 13, its Oscar chances ended.

But...

Robin Thede has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Variety Creative Change Award at Mipcom.

The Variety Creative Change Award is given to an individual who uses their platform in the arts to create inclusive stories. This year it will be presented to Thede during the 4th Annual Mipcom Diversify TV Excellence Awards, which will be held on Oct. 13.

Additionally, 21 programs have been selected as part of a shortlist for Mipcom’s Diversify TV Excellence Awards this year, Reed Midem announced Wednesday. See below for that list.

Thede is the creator, showrunner and star of HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” which picked up an Emmy Award nomination for variety sketch series (as well as noms for director Dime Davis and guest actress Angela Bassett) and won the Television Critics Assn. (TCA) Award for variety/sketch series this year.

She also appeared in the fourth season...

When the 2020 Emmy nominations were announced July 28, the biggest surprise was easily Zendaya landing her first career nomination. The 24-year-old performer earned a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series thanks to her work in HBO’s “Euphoria.” The high school drama aired its first season way back in summer 2019, so not many Emmy pundits had “Euphoria” or Zendaya on their radar for the 2020 Emmys. Fortunately, the show proved to be a buzzy word-of-mouth hit with viewers and Zendaya proved revelatory as the recovering drug addict Rue, so much so that she took home the prize over Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”), Laura Linney (“Ozark”), Olivia Colman (“The Crown”), Jodi Comer (last year’s category winner for “Killing Eve”), and Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”). Zendaya is now the youngest winner ever in the Best Drama Actress race. Comer previously held the record as she was 26 when she won in 2019.

Zendaya won the Emmy,...

L.A.'s Finest Season 2 has a new premiere date, and there's good news for fans.

The entire season -- all 13 episodes -- will be available on Spectrum Wednesday, September 9.

The second season was postponed at the last minute back in June due to civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd by police officers.

What's on tap for Season 2?

“Syd mourns the sudden loss of a friend and struggles to find answers, while McKenna must deal with the aftermath of Izzy’s kidnapping and the rift it has left in her marriage," reads the official synopsis.

"But when a powerful crimewave in Koreatown threatens to destroy the community, Syd, McKenna and the team must find those responsible before it’s too late.”

The hit series stars Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Duane Martin (All of Us), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Ryan McPartlin (Chuck), Sophie Reynolds (Big Hero 6: The Series) and...

Long before what is now referred to as the streaming wars began, Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (Bet) and Chairman of Rlj Entertainment, announced Umc — Urban Movie Channel, Rlj’s proprietary streaming network. Officially launched in February 2015 featuring “urban-themed” series and movies, the service, which is now known only as Umc, is part of a suite of channels and streamers owned by AMC Networks, after the media company acquired Rlj in late 2018.

A direct competitor to the more recognized brand in Bet+, which launched just last fall, Umc might be smaller in comparison, but it’s a characteristic that makes them much more flexible and far less averse to taking risks, especially when it comes to programming decisions. Additionally, having a five-year head start has allowed them the time to work through kinks that typically come with being a pioneer, which arguably gives them a leg-up when...

Single Ladies actress LisaRaye McCoy is speaking out about tensions on the set of the VH1 series with her former co-star, Stacey Dash.

The drama about a group of friends in Atlanta from different backgrounds ran from 2011 to 2015. Charity Shea, Travis Winfrey, and D.B. Woodside rounded out the main cast, with Denise Vasi later joining the show.

McCoy sat down for an interview with TV One’s autobiographical docuseries, Uncensored, and discussed an incident she said nearly forced her to lose her temper with Dash.

“One night when we were filming, she put her finger up in my face, and she said ‘you don’t tell me anything.’ Every bit of South Side Chicago was brewing in here,” McCoy said pointing to her stomach.

“It made me say, ‘Stacey, if you don’t get your finger out of my face!'” she recalled telling her co-star. “That was all I had to say.

AMC Networks is touting the benefits of cross-pollinating content and promos across its TV and streaming properties.

In the latest bit of synergy, the programmer’s We tv announced the continuation of its partnership with sister company Umc (Urban Movie Channel) to produce a second season of “confessional” episodes for We tv reality series “Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition” to be exclusively available to Umc subscribers.

The 10-episode season 2 of “Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition” is slated to appear on We tv in early 2020. According to We tv president Mark Juris, the “confessional” bonus episodes have boosted subscriber growth at Umc, while the collaboration also has raised awareness of We tv among the streaming service’s base. (The company has not disclosed how many subscribers Umc has signed up to date.)

“This is another good example of our company using content in a variety of ways to strengthen...

Google’s YouTube TV now offers two more add-on channels to subscribers, under an expanded pact with AMC Networks: British TV service Acorn TV and Umc (Urban Movie Channel), which features a selection of black TV and film titles.

Acorn TV’s add-on channel is now available via YouTube TV for $6 per month and Umc is $5 monthly, the same pricing as through other platforms. They join a trio of AMC Networks services already available through YouTube TV: AMC Premiere ($5 monthly), Shudder ($6 monthly) and Sundance Now ($7 monthly).

The base YouTube TV package, which costs $49.99 per month, offers more than 70 channels including most local TV stations in all U.S. markets.

Other add-on channels available via YouTube TV — with HBO the notable exception — are Showtime ($7 monthly); Starz ($9 monthly); Epix ($6 monthly); CuriosityStream ($3 monthly); Fox Soccer Plus ($15 monthly); and NBA League Pass ($40 monthly).

Programming current available on Acorn TV’s YouTube TV channel includes: “Manhunt,...

On the season one finale of HBO’s Euphoria on Sunday, Zendaya had a major musical surprise. For the finale, a new version of Labrinth’s song “All for Us,” featuring Zendaya, was officially released. Labrinth‘s song was initially released in July and was included in the show when it first premiered. Now that season one has […]

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YouTube could be the key to Will Smith finally earning a Primetime Emmy nomination — or win.

The superstar Formerly Known as the Fresh Prince has been nominated for two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes and one Screen Actors Guild Award, and has won four Grammys (out of eight nominations). Yet a Primetime Emmy nomination has so far eluded Smith.

That’s despite Smith’s long-running stint as the star of the hit 1990s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Smith’s other TV credits include executive producing Upn’s “All of Us.” But neither of those even got him a primetime nod. Smith technically was nominated in 1992 for a Daytime Emmy Award, in the outstanding special class program category for his part in the special “NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam,” but that’s it.

One explanation is obvious: After “Fresh Prince,” Smith mostly turned his attention to film. His...

Here’s the bad news: If you’re not one of Spectrum’s 14 million or so cable subscribers, you won’t be able to watch its first original series, the Bad Boys spinoff L.A.’s Finest. Or wait, actually, that might be the good news. Because L.A.’s Finest — premiering Monday, May 13 on Spectrum’s On Demand platform; I’ve seen the first three episodes — is a loud, dumb mess of a cop drama, loaded up with corny punchlines and incoherent plotting. So if you don’t have the ability to watch it… well, consider yourself lucky.

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It was during a five-hour-plus flight back home from a work trip that I came across The Incredible Jessica James on Netflix (which I initially thought was the first season of a show and was heartbroken to find out I was wrong). The movie has everything I love in my flicks - a quirky (but not annoying) protagonist, an awkward love interest, and that modern millennial romance that makes us wince in secondhand embarrassment, while wishing we had that kind of love. Plus, Jessica James is played by Jessica Williams, who I basically want to be when I grow up. So it's safe to say that I was going to enjoy it. By the end of the movie, I was crying.

She's creative, smart, a little bitter, a lot jaded, full of swagger, and black. Just like me.

I wasn't crying because the movie is particularly heartbreaking...

Alfonso Ribeiro burst on the entertainment scene with the title role in Broadway’s “The Tap Dance Kid,” and earned his first Variety mention on Dec. 22, 1983, a rave review, when he was just barely 12 years old. He went on to star in his most recognizable role as the sweater-loving Carlton Banks on 1990’s comedy “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” opposite Will Smith. Since then, Ribeiro has dabbled in a little bit of everything, from reality competitions like “Dancing With the Stars” (which he won) to directing TV episodes (including comedies “All of Us” and “Are We There Yet?”) to his current gig as the host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” — the big $100,000 episode of which aired Jan. 6. The multi-hyphenate isn’t going to stop anytime soon, and calls being an entertainer “all I’ve ever loved.”

Having been in the industry since you were 8, what kept you going when you faced adversity?...

At the 2018 Oscars, Frances McDormand, who won her second Best Actress Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” asked all the female nominees to stand. Ten women will always be nominated by the academy: five for Best Actress and another five for Best Supporting Actress. Besides these other nine women, how many others were on their feet in the Dolby Theater?

Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). As you can see below, 47 women other than actresses were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home Oscars.

Only one category — Costume Design — had more women contending then men but the winner was a man: Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread”), who also picked up the jet ski for the shortest acceptance speech.

With the sorry state of things as the current generation seems to be running things into the ground around the world, I approached last night’s 45th Student Academy Awards presentation at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theatre with the dream that perhaps a new generation’s voices might be able to lead us out of the darkness into hope and enlightenment as only the best filmmakers can do.

I wasn’t disappointed. If this batch of movies and young filmmakers are any indication there may be reason for optimism in the future , at least as far as movies go.

In all my years covering the awards scene and the Oscars somehow I never managed to attend one of these ceremonies but I am so glad I finally did. The various 19 student winners have not only made pertinent and moving films (judging by the subject matters...

ABC has put in development Food & Familia, a multi-camera multi-generational Latinx family comedy starring Danny Trejo, from sitcom veteran Peter Murrieta, Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment and ABC Studios.

Written by Murrieta, Food & Familia is a comedy about second chances, inspired by Trejo’s life. When the matriarch of the family passes away, she leaves her restaurant to her son, Danny — who’s about to get out of prison — and her granddaughter, Michelle, who hates her father for abandoning her. This gift from beyond the grave might heal the father and daughter and get them back together but, it’s gonna be rocky as the two of them work their differences out while trying to operate a restaurant, live together, and become a real family again.

Murrieta executive produces with Overbrook’s Caleeb Pinkett, Smith and Lassiter. ABC Studios is the studio.

Trejo, born in Los Angeles to Mexican parents,...

Leo J. Clarke, an Emmy nominated producer who worked on a host of comedy series including “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” and “The Steve Harvey Show,” has died. He was 60.

Clarke died Aug. 27 in San Francisco, where he also grew up and attended high school, eventually earning a BA in theater arts at Santa Clara University. He then went on to begin his career in television, starting as a production assistant on “The Redd Foxx Show” before joining “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show“ as a production manager.

From there, he became involved with more than 400 television sitcom episodes, the likes of which include “Cedric the Entertainer Presents,” “All of Us,” Louis C.K.’s show “Lucky Louie,” “Frank TV,” “Pair of Kings,” “I Didn’t Do It” and a 1995 remake of “Get Smart.”

Clarke found his greatest success at the Disney Channel where he worked on the hit show “Dog with a Blog.

This is heartbreaking. Just days after Kate Spade passed away from suicide, the fashion designer's beloved father, Earl "Frank" Brosnahan Jr., has died at age 89. The Brosnahan family revealed in a statement on Thursday, June 21 that Frank passed away in the evening of Wednesday, June 20, just one day before his daughter Kate's funeral took place in her Kansas City, Mo hometown. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Katy’s father, Earl F. Brosnahan, Jr. (Frank), passed away last night at age 89. He had been in failing health of late and was heartbroken over the recent death of his beloved daughter. He was at home and surrounded by family at the time of his passing," the statement obtained by People began. Kate in one of her stores. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) "Frank was born in Kansas City, Mo and was a lifelong resident. He served in the Us Navy before...

There is nothing more devastating than the loss of a loved one from suicide. In recognition of that sentiment, Kate Spade New York has announced that they will be making a sizeable donation to suicide prevention following the tragic death of their founder, Kate Spade, 55. "Mental illness does not discriminate; it is complicated and difficult to diagnose and can often be life-threatening,” Anna Bakst, CEO of Kate Spade New York, said in a statement on Thursday, June 20. "We hope that our support will shed even more light on the disease and encourage those who suffer from mental health issues to seek help. Collectively, we must all do more." (Photo Credit: Getty Images) It’s important to acknowledge that no matter how much wealth or fame someone has amassed, they are not exempt from mental illness. Kate’s husband, Andy Spade, spoke out about Kate’s illness, citing that "Kate suffered...

Rest in peace, Kate Spade. Two weeks after the iconic fashion designer’s apparent suicide in her NYC apartment, Kate is being laid to rest. The mother-of-one was just 55 years old when she passed away on June 5. According to The Kansas City Star, funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. this Thursday, June 21 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church in Kate’s hometown of Kansas City, Mo. According to Kate’s brother, Frank Brosnahan, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church is the same church Kate’s grandparents were married in. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) "I imagine there will be a crowd," her brother continued, and he’s likely right. Kate had a tremendous impact on not only the world of fashion, but on each and every woman she touched with her designs and her obituary is certainly a testament to that fact. "To most of the world,...

Judith Shekoni has joined the cast of “Maleficent 2.” The British actress is coming off two seasons of Antoine Fuqua drama series “Ice” for At&T’s Audience network in which she played the female lead, Lady Rah, opposite Donald Sutherland.

“Maleficent” was loosely based on Sleeping Beauty, but little is yet known about the sequel. Shekoni will star as Shrike, a character who befriends the titular anti-hero, Maleficent, who is once again played by Angelina Jolie. Filming is underway at Pinewood Studios in the U.K.

Shekoni starred in “Twilight Breaking Saga: Breaking Dawn II – Part 2” as Zafrina, the leader of the Amazonian Vampires. On TV, having started out in the U.K. in series such as “Eastenders,” she has gone on to star in numerous U.S. network shows including CBS comedy “Mike and Molly,” ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters,” and the CW’s “All of Us.” She is...

After rumors of marital problems ran rampant, Kate Spade's husband Andy Spade has finally addressed the public. After learning of her shocking death on June 5, the co-founder of their handbag brand admitted they had been living apart, but he said he had no plans to leave his wife. "Kate was the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the kindest person I’ve ever known and my best friend for 35 years, he said in a statement to the Nyt. "My daughter and I are devastated by her loss, and can’t even begin to fathom life without her. We are deeply heartbroken and miss her already." Andy went on to explain that though he had been living a few blocks away from Kate for the past 10 months, they were still very close. "Bea was living with both of us and we saw each other or spoke every day.

The fashion world is in mourning as they come to terms with the tragic news that celebrated designer Kate Spade has passed away. The 55-year-old was the iconic visionary who founded the fashion brand Kate Spade and the New Yorker had some of the biggest names as her clients, including Kate Middleton and her younger sister, Pippa Middleton. The siblings were among many high-profile names who've been spotted donning one of Kate's unforgettable creations — from dresses, bags, and earrings. While Kate sold the company back in 2006, the fashion house continued to foster their royal connection. Their president, Deborah Lloyd, once told People, "The Duchess embodies all of the qualities of the Kate Spade New York girl — she is quick, curious, playful, and strong and she is an incredibly interesting woman, leading an incredibly interesting life. Being a Brit myself, this moment is particularly meaningful for me." Scroll down to see...

Ten women will always be nominated for Oscars: five for Best Actress and another five for Best Supporting Actress. At the 2018 Oscars, Frances McDormand, who won her second Best Actress Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” asked all the female nominees to stand. As you can see from the video above, she asked rival acting nominee Meryl Streep (“The Post”) to lead the way and this 21-time Oscar nominee obliged. Besides the other eight actresses nominated, how many other women were on their feet in the Dolby theater?

Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). As you can see below, 47 women other than actresses were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home Oscars.

Hollywood’s biggest night of the year is a wrap!

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water cleaned up at the 90th Academy Awards, winning four Oscars including the night’s biggest honor, Best Picture.

In the lead actor categories, Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman dominated — as expected — for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Darkest Hour respectively. McDormand’s costar Sam Rockwell won Best Supporting Actor, while I, Tonya‘s Allison Janney netted Best Supporting Actress.

Box office sensation Get Out didn’t go home empty-handed despite losing out on Best Picture — its director/writer Jordan Peele won Best Original Screenplay.

The Oscars were held Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and The Shape of Water led the pack with four total wins, including for Best Picture and director Guillermo del Toro.

The World War II drama Dunkirk followed with three wins, while Darkest Hour, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Coco and Blade Runner 2049 each grabbed gold twice.

Winners of note include first-timers del Toro, Three Billboards‘ Sam Rockwell and Get Out‘s Jordan Peele, the latter of which became the first black writer to win for Best Original Screenplay.

All winners are denoted below:

Best Picture

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Update: The Shape of Water wins Best Picture. See the full list of winners below.

Kicking off at 8:00pm Est tonight is the 90th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Leading the pack of nominations is Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water with 13, while Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, and Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri are also vying for Best Picture. We’ll be updating the winners live below (in red) throughout the night and follow us on Twitter for more coverage.

Best Picture

Call Me by Your Name

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Get Out

Lady Bird

Phantom Thread

The Post

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water

Frances McDormand for Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Margot Robbie for I, Tonya

Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird...

This year’s Oscar Week Shorts Program showcased a diverse group of talented filmmakers delivering crowd-pleasing and thoughtful short films. The evening kicked off with an extended, hilarious riff by the host Taika Waititi, director of Thor: Ragnarok and director/co-star of What We Do In the Shadows. Waititi was so annoyed by latecomers entering the Samuel Goldwyn Theater he yelled at them, “Where have you been?!” and recalled the pressure of being a short film nominee in 2004 while carrying the expectations of his native New Zealand on his shoulders.

His irreverence toward an Academy that let’s people wander around during his presentation and denies him Oscar gold kept the audience howling throughout his hosting duties.

Host Taika Waititi prior to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Oscar Week: Shorts” event.

The animated films were all worthy of a statuette in terms of quality and originality. Kobe Bryant...

Three of the most difficult categories to call every year at the Oscars are those of the short films. They lack precursor prizes and, in many cases, visibility. If you are not able to see these films before the Academy Awards on March 4, don’t worry: we’ve got you covered. Below is our take on the five nominees for Best Live Action Short.

A screening committee drawn from the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members winnowed a record field of 165 entries for Best Live Action Short down to 10 semi-finalists. All members of the branch could attend December screenings in Los Angeles, London, New York and San Francisco and then cast preferential ballots for the five nominees.

“DeKalb Elementary” (USA)

Director/Writer: Reed Van Dyk

Running Time: 21 minutes

The film details the terrifying experience of an elementary school secretary when she confronts a disturbed gunman who has entered the...

The nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards are in and Guillermo del Toro's fantastic film, The Shape of Water, did pretty damn good as it leads the pack with thirteen of the nominations! Those include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay and more. This was one of my favorite movies of the year, so it was great to see it get a lot of love.

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk ended up with eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. Jordan Peele's Get Out also landed a few nominations including Best Director, which was cool!

As expected, James Franco and his film The Disaster Artist got snubbed amid sexual misconduct allegations surrounding the actor.

Here is the list of 2018 Oscar nominations. Read through them and let...

Nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards were announced bright and early Tuesday morning, and Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy drama The Shape of Water led the pack with 13 nods, just one short of tying the record for most nominations.

Relatedsag Awards: This Is Us, Big Little Lies, Veep, The Crown Among 2018 Winners

Jimmy Kimmel will return as Oscars host on Sunday, March 4, from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony will air live on ABC at 7/6c.

Scroll down to review the complete nominations list.

Best Picture

Call Me By Your Name

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Get Out

Lady...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are set to reveal the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards in all 24 categories this morning. Films such as “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” are expected to earn multiple nominations this year following big wins at the Golden Globes and Critic Choice Awards.

Click here to watch the nominations announcement live. Nominations will be updated live below as they are announced.

Best Picture

“Call Me by Your Name”

“Darkest Hour”

“Dunkirk”

“Get Out”

“Lady Bird”

“Phantom Thread”

“The Post”

“The Shape of Water”

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water

Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread”

Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”

Jordan Peele, “Get Out”

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet “Call Me by Your Name”

Daniel Day-Lewis “Phantom Thread”

Daniel Kaluuya “Get Out”

Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour”

Denzel Washington “Roman J.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Short Films and Animation branch has selected its shortlist of 10 live-action short films (out of 165 qualified submissions) to contend for five Oscar nominations.

American film schools UCLA and Nyu both landed films on the list. “DeKalb University,” directed by UCLA’s Reed Van Dyk, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards. “My Nephew Emmett,” from Nyu’s Kevin Wilson Jr., received the gold medal for narrative at the 2017 Student Academy Awards.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk, director (UCLA)

“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, director (Finch)

“Facing Mecca,” Jan-Eric Mack, director, and Joël Jent, producer (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion)

“Icebox,” Daniel Sawka, director, and Camille Cornuel, producer (Iceboxthefilmco)

“Lost Face,” Sean Meehan, director, and Sam McGarry,...

TV One, the network that targets black viewers, on Wednesday announced a new stand-up comedy series hosted by Tony Rock, brother of Chris Rock and former cast member on the sitcom All of Us. The series, titled The Funny Spot, will feature comedians offering up their perspectives of the world as well as glimpses of the action behind-the-scenes and a regular segment, On the Spot, where the performers answer tough questions from Rock and the audience.

Comics set to perform on the show include Last Comic Standing finalists Geoff Brown, Corey Holcomb and Retha Jones as well as Joe Clair, Rudy Rush, Alex Thomas, Franklyn Ajaye, Chris Spencer, Michael Colyar, Esau McGraw, David Arnold and Rodney Perry. Damon Wayans and Kevin Hart also planning to make appearances. The weekly, hourlong series -- filmed at the Comedy Union in Los Angeles -- debuts at 10 p.m. ET on Jan. 19. It's exec produced by Rock, Comedy Union owner Enss Mitchell and Jamie Balthazar and Gina Holland of Ruby Red Media.

Overbrook Entertainment is making a major push in television with the company's most ambitious development slate to date, which includes a series version of Will Smith's hit feature Hitch and a comedy starring OutKast's Big Boi.

"It is the most active season we've had in television," said Ken Stovitz, who joined Smith and James Lassiter as a partner at the company in May.

The slate, overseen by Heather Courtney, also includes Raw Materials, a relationship comedy for ABC from the Oscar-nominated writing duo Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel; Almost, a supernatural drama for A&E; a drama for FX about a "straight edge" punk crew; and Gimmee Twenty, a special starring investment guru Mellody Hobson, at ABC News.

During the past year, cable has been a major priority for Overbrook. It had been focused primarily on broadcast TV, where it landed its first series, the comedy All of Us.

In April, the company scored an animated series on BET. The Cipha, a futuristic hip-hop series about rappers with superpowers, is slated to premiere in 2008.

Additionally, Overbrook has the half-hour I Hate Pink, about a plain Jane in high school.

CW has handed out series orders to comedy Aliens In America and dramas Gossip Girl, Reaper and the untitled South Africa project.

Additionally, the network has renewed sci-fi dramas 'Smallville' and 'Supernatural' and teen soap One Tree Hill for next season, while comedy All of Us and drama veronica Mars won't be coming back.

Over at CBS, the network has renewed comedies How I Met Your Mother and Old Christine and dramas The Unit, Shark, Criminal Minds and Ghost Whisperer.

Not coming back are comedy The Class and dramas Jericho and Close to Home.

Aliens, now to be produced by CBS Paramount Network TV and Warner Bros. TV, centers on a teen Pakistani Muslim in the U.S.

The pickup of Gossip, also from WBTV, makes it two new series orders for The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz, who also has dramedy Chuck ordered at NBC.

Reaper, from ABC Studios, is a comedic drama about the devil and his bounty hunter, while the CBS Par TV-produced South Africa project is an adaptation of the British family drama set at a South African game preserve.

New Line is packing the cooler, throwing on some sunscreen and leaving for a Mancation. The studio has picked up the comedy pitch from writer Jared Bush, with studio-based Benderspink producing.

The story follows a guy who decides that marriage has drained his Little Brother's manhood, so he drags him on a testosterone-filled getaway to help him get it back.

Chris Bender and JC Spink are producing, with the company's Jake Weiner exec producing.

New Line's Cale Boyter and Sam Brown are overseeing.

The deal was in the mid-six figures.

Bush, a writer-producer on the CW's All of Us, and Benderspink recently teamed on the romantic comedy Save the Date, in development at New Line.

Benderspink is developing the comedy Torrente, a remake of the hit Spanish comedy, and the sci-fi thriller Y: The Last Man for New Line. The company has Guy Not Taken set up at DreamWorks and A Fistful of Candy at Columbia.

Bush is repped by CAA, Foursight Management and Rohner & Walerstein.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have set up two comedy projects, one at CW with Jack & Jill creator Randi Mayem Singer and one at ABC with Betsy Borns, who co-created All of Us with the couple.

The untitled CW project, from CBS Paramount Network TV and Overbrook Entertainment, is a single-camera half-hour about a group of mostly divorced mothers who live in a large apartment complex. From the point of view of a security guard who patrols the area, it focuses on the women's child-rearing problems and their dating lives.

"It's about making lunch and making love," Singer said.

Singer was one of several writers approached with the concept, a brainchild of Pinkett Smith, and she immediately responded.

"Single moms are nothing new, but it was the idea to set it in one of these communities that made it cohesive to me," Singer said. "The (apartment) development will be a character in the show in the way that New York City was a character in 'Sex and the City.' "

Singer is writing the project, which has received a script commitment from the network.

The CW is switching its Sunday and Monday night lineups. Starting next week, the network's Sunday night comedy block of Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us, Girlfriends and new series The Game will move to 8-10 p.m. Mondays. The CW will rebroadcast each comedy's season premiere on Monday, with original episodes returning Oct. 16. Meanwhile, the Monday dramas 7th Heaven and Runaway will move to Sunday nights starting Oct. 15. The new Sunday lineup will begin with a repeat airing of the previous Wednesday's America's Next Top Model at 7 p.m., followed by original episodes of 7th Heaven at 8 p.m. and freshman drama Runaway at 9 p.m.

Kim Fleary, UPN's head of comedy, will make the switch to the CW, overseeing the comedy department of the new network. Fleary will take on an executive vp role at the CW, which is set to launch in the fall. The news follows the recent announcement that Thom Sherman will serve as executive vp drama development. Since joining UPN in 2002 as senior vp comedy development, Fleary oversaw the development of such series as Everybody Hates Chris and All of Us.

TV One, a channel that targets black viewers, said Monday that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution to acquire rights to a slew of theatrical titles and off-network series, including UPN's All of Us and Eve. The deal, which marks the biggest programming acquisition for the network in its two-year history, also includes rights to such series as Living Single, For Your Love, Hangin' With Mr. Cooper, The Parent 'Hood, Wanda at Large, All About the Andersons, Fastlane and A Man Called Hawk as well as recent episodes of Showtime at the Apollo. Through the agreement, TV One also is renewing rights to air the comedies Roc and Martin. In addition, TV One has snapped up rights to a range of movie titles, including windows on such films as The Color Purple, Malcolm X, Lean on Me, New Jack City, Purple Rain, Shaft and Superfly. Other movies in the deal include Round Midnight, Rosewood, Boiling Point, Uptown Saturday Night, Strictly Business, Cabin in the Sky, Krush Groove and Sparkle.

UPN is planning a big shakeup for the fall, shifting its WWE SmackDown! wrestling block to Fridays to make room for comedies on Thursdays, anchored by a new coming-of-age series produced by Chris Rock. The fall 2005 schedule unveiled Thursday morning by UPN brass in New York includes the bold move of launching a comedy block on Thursdays, anchored by newcomer Everybody Loves Chris, followed by returning comedies Eve and Cuts and capped at 9:30 p.m. by new Shannen Doherty starrer Love Inc. UPN's Monday lineup remains a comedy stronghold stocked with returning shows: One on One, All of Us (which relocates from Tuesday), Girlfriends and Half & Half.

UPN is planning a big shakeup for the fall, shifting its WWE SmackDown! wrestling block to Fridays to make room for comedies on Thursdays, anchored by a new coming-of-age series produced by Chris Rock. The fall 2005 schedule unveiled Thursday morning by UPN brass in New York includes the bold move of launching a comedy block on Thursdays, anchored by newcomer Everybody Loves Chris, followed by returning comedies Eve and Cuts and capped at 9:30 p.m. by new Shannen Doherty starrer Love Inc. UPN's Monday lineup remains a comedy stronghold stocked with returning shows: One on One, All of Us (which relocates from Tuesday), Girlfriends and Half & Half.

American Idol beat everything in its path again on Tuesday, topping the combined ratings of its broadcast competition in the 8 p.m. hour. Fox's Idol brought in a whopping 26.9 million viewers and 11.5 rating/30 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. That was lofty enough to beat the combined demo averages of CBS' NCIS (13.4 million, 2.9/7), ABC's combo of My Wife & Kids (6.5 million, 2.1/6) and George Lopez (6.4 million, 2.2/5), NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent repeat (4.3 million, 1.4/4), WB's Gilmore Girls (5.3 million, 2.2/6) and UPN's All of Us (2.2 million, 0.9/2) and Eve (2.2 million, 0.9/2). At 9 p.m., Fox's numbers came back down to earth with drama House, MD (14.4 million, 5.7/14) losing nearly half of its lead-in audience. Still, the drama did a slightly better job of holding its audience throughout the hour than it did last week. CBS was No. 2 in the hour in viewers with its Dr. Phil: Romance Rescued special (11 million, 3.5/8) while ABC nosed past CBS in adults 18-49 with According to Jim (9.7 million, 3.8/9) and Rodney (8.9 million, 3.5/8).

John Leguizamo has teamed with writer Peter Murrieta for a comedy series project for Fox based on Leguizamo's real life as a performer and a family man. The family life of feature and TV stars has successfully translated to a TV series in such projects as the UPN comedy All of Us, based on Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's experiences. ABC is looking for similar success with the upcoming sitcom Complete Savages, inspired by the family life of executive producer Mel Gibson. The Leguizamo/Murrieta project, from 3 Arts Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, is described as being in the vein of Make Room for Daddy.

UPN entertainment president Dawn Ostroff cited strong branding as the key to rebuilding her network in a speech Tuesday afternoon at the Museum of Television and Radio Industry Forum Luncheon in Los Angeles. Applying the same brand-building skills she learned as executive vp entertainment at Lifetime has given the network a clearer identity with younger demographics. "In today's crowded media environment, branding has become more important," she said. Ostroff also extolled the virtues of letting celebrities dedicate themselves to programming of personal interest to them, including All of Us from executive producers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. "Giving them the opportunity to do projects of passion was probably the best message we could put out," she said.

UPN may be having a tough time in the ratings so far this season, but there is a silver lining. Its rival, the WB Network, has been hit so hard that it makes UPN's woes seem almost mild in comparison. Down 17% in its core 18-34 demographic (to a 1.5 rating/5 share average for the season-to-date, Sept. 22-Dec. 19), UPN has nevertheless done reasonably well with a new block of ethnic comedies on Tuesdays this fall, including the freshman All of Us. And while it badly lagged the WB last year, the network has significantly narrowed the overall gap with its competitor this season (the WB is down 22%, to a 1.8). No wonder CBS chief Leslie Moonves, who also oversees UPN for parent company Viacom, finds some comfort in the numbers. "The good news for us is we're very close to the WB," Moonves said. "It was five-tenths (of a demo rating point margin last year), and now that's sort of cut in half." As for the percentage decline, Moonves noted that as a small network, UPN is naturally susceptible to dramatic statistical fluctuations. "When (a rating) goes down a tenth of a point, that's a lot because the base is so low," he said.

UPN has picked up its new comedy Rock Me Baby for a full season. The network has given a back-nine episode order to the Warner Bros. TV series, which in the Tuesday 9-9:30 p.m. slot has posted a 17% improvement vs. last year in total viewers as well as in the network's target demographic of adults 18-34. With the order for Rock Me, UPN has secured four of its five new series, including All of Us, Eve and Jake 2.0, for a full first season, with freshman comedy The Mullets still on hiatus.