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When it comes to choosing her roles, Judith Light says it ultimately comes down to two key factors: the people she’ll be working with and the deeper meaning behind the character.

“What does my character represent, and how can I carry this character to the audience in a way that gives them some insight into this person?” she explains.

Those guiding principles led Light to one of her most recent projects, the Apple TV+ limited series Before, in which she stars opposite Billy Crystal. The show follows Eli (Crystal), a child psychiatrist grappling with the recent death of his wife, Lynn — played by Light — whose presence lingers as he processes grief and memory.

“I always knew I wanted to work with Billy,” Light says. “And when Before came about, the dynamics of it, the story, and my interest in reincarnation really drew me to the project.”

Despite the show’s weighty themes of love,...

Reigning Emmy champs Baby Reindeer and Shōgun were among the winners at the 2025 Peabody Awards, announced on Thursday. This year's winners will be honored during a formal ceremony June 1 in Los Angeles, hosted by Roy Wood Jr.

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors selected the prestigious honorees in the categories of arts, children's/youth, documentary, entertainment, interactive and immersive, news, public service, and radio/podcast. Baby Reindeer and Shōgun are among the seven entertainment winners, with the others being Fantasmas, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, Ripley, Say Nothing, and We Are Lady Parts.

The winners were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from more than 1,000 total entries. Together, they "encompass a wide range of contemporary and historical issues, including the war in Gaza, rural healthcare, a focus on disabilities, authoritarianism, and sexual violence,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody. The eligibility period was the 2024 calendar year.

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Netflix was the big winner of this year’s Peabody Awards, taking home six honors, the most of any network or streamer. Altogether 34 awards were given out, representing the most captivating and inspiring stories across broadcast and streaming in 2024.

The winners were selected from over 1,000 entries by a panel of 27 jurors. Entries included everything from television and podcasts to documentaries, youth programming and interactive media. In the documentary category, Netflix scored wins for Natalie Rae and Angela Patton’s “Daughters,” Lucy Walker’s “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa,” Benjamin Ree’s “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” and Josh Greenbaum’s “Will & Harper.” The streamer’s other two wins came from the entertainment category for Richard Gadd’s massively popular limited series “Baby Reindeer” as well as for the visually striking “Ripley.”

HBO and Max came in second place in terms of total awards, securing four wins. It...

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has selected its 2025 winners, showcasing the best broadcasting and streaming media during 2024. The projects being honored were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from over 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio, and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service, and interactive/immersive programming and media.

“The winners of the 85th annual Peabody Awards encompass a wide range of contemporary and historical issues, including the war in Gaza, rural healthcare, a focus on disabilities, authoritarianism, and sexual violence,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody, via statement. “Whether enlightening audiences on global issues or bringing a smile and sense of community through thoughtful entertainment, these works deserve to be recognized and celebrated.”

Of the 34 total wins, Netflix received the most awards with six, including projects like “Baby Reindeer,” “Ripley,” and “Will and Harper.” HBO/Max followed with four, including “Fantasmas...

Two scripted shows — Genius: MLK/X and Out of My Mind — and four unscripted projects — Daughters, Independent Lens: Greener Pastures, We Will Dance Again, and Will & Harper — have been named the winners of the 2025 Television Academy Honors.

RuPaul's Drag Race judge and producer Michelle Visage will host the non-televised awards show on May 28. This is the 18th year for the Television Academy Honors, which recognizes programs and producers that inspire social change. This year's eligibility window was the 2024 calendar year.

Recent influential series that have claimed this prestigious prize from the TV Academy include Beef, Heartstopper, Insecure, The Daily Show, I May Destroy You, Watchmen, and Pose.

“Now more than ever, television serves as a powerful platform for information and discourse on important social issues that affect so many of us throughout the world,” said Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego. “We honor this year’s winners for their dedication and...

Will & Harper and Genius: MLK/X are among this year’s Television Academy Honors that will be celebrated May 28 in Los Angeles.

Independent Lens: Greener Pastures, along with Out of My Mind, Daughters and We Will Dance Again are the other recipients singled out by the Television Academy. Television Academy Honors recognizes programs and their producers who have leveraged the power of television to advance social change.

“Now more than ever, television serves as a powerful platform for information and discourse on important social issues that affect so many of us throughout the world,” said Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego. “We honor this year’s winners for their dedication and commitment to creative and effective storytelling that both educates and motivates audiences around the globe.”

“For the first time, we opened up the selection process so all voting members of the Academy could participate in a vote that identified 50 finalists among 142 incredible submissions,...

Nat Geo’s “Genius: MLK/X,” Paramount+’s “We Will Dance Again” and Netflix’s “Will & Harper” are among the programs set to be recognized by the Television Academy for its 18th Television Academy Honors. The event aims to celebrate “programs across numerous platforms and genres that raise awareness about complex issues facing society.”

This year’s six honorees (four non-scripted and two scripted series) also include Netflix’s “Daughters,” PBS’ “Independent Lens: Greener Pastures” and Disney+’s “Out of My Mind.”

According to the org, the honorees tackled subjects including “transgender identity, friendships and allyship; the legacy of the prison-industrial complex on Black communities; mental health issues in farming families and communities; social justice and racism; the Americans with Disabilities Act and ‘special needs’ students; and the Israel/Palestine conflict.”

Singer, radio host and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” judge Michelle Visage will host this year’s TV Academy Honors ceremony,...

The Television Academy has announced its six recipients of its 18th Television Academy Honors, given to television programs and their producers who have leveraged the extraordinary power of television to advance social change.

This year’s honorees include compelling programs that address transgender identity, friendships and allyship; the legacy of the prison-industrial complex on Black communities; mental health issues in farming families and communities; social justice and racism; the Americans with Disabilities Act and “special needs” students; and the Israel/Palestine conflict.

The 2025 Television Academy Honors recipients, which include Emmy contenders “Will and Harper” and “Out of My Mind,” will be celebrated during a recognition ceremony slated for Wednesday, May 28, at the Sls Hotel in Los Angeles, California, hosted by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” judge Michelle Visage.

“Now more than ever, television serves as a powerful platform for information and discourse on important social issues that affect so many of us throughout the world,...

One of the best action movies of the last few years continues to prove its greatness, earning a pair of nominations at this year’s Gotham TV Awards. Released by Netflix back in September last year, Rebel Ridge has been both a critical and commercial success for the streamer, with the action thriller having now found itself up for awards consideration and thus cementing itself as one of the best genre features of modern times.

Rebel Ridge is now up for Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast, or Streaming alongside the likes of Peacock’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, NBC’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music, HBO’s Pee-wee as Himself, and Hulu’s Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). Not only that, lead star Aaron Pierre is also in contention for Outstanding Performance in an Original Film, finding himself up against Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in Searchlight Pictures...

Much of the Emmy conversation around Adolescence's acting chances has centered around Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper, as they play the two key characters in the harrowing project. However, Gold Derby is now predicting that five total performers will receive nominations this year.

The four-episode crime drama is created and written by Graham and Jack Thorne, and stars Graham as Eddie Miller, the father of Cooper's 13-year-old Jamie Miller, who is arrested for allegedly stabbing a classmate to death. Each episode is directed by Philip Barantini and filmed in a single take as viewers learn more about Jamie's crime from the viewpoints of the police, his psychiatrist, and his family.

Also expected to nab Emmy nominations for the cast are Ashley Walters as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, Erin Doherty as child psychologist Briony Ariston, and Christine Tremarco as Jamie's mother and Eddie's wife, Manda Miller. Cooper and Doherty are...

Updated with full list of nominees: Standout TV series Shōgun, Baby Reindeer and Hacks — Emmy best series winners all — are among the loaded list of nominees for the 85th Peabody Awards.

The organization, which put out its full list of nominees Thursday, honors the year’s most captivating and impactful stories in broadcast and streaming media. The 68 nominees across the categories of Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, Interactive & Immersive, Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast categories represent the best of 2024.

Winners, chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors, will be revealed June 1 during a ceremony hosted by Roy Wood Jr at the Beverly Wilshire. NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell will receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award and Saturday Night Live the Institutional Award during the event, which is marking the Peabodys’ first time in Los Angeles.

Last year, a total of 34 winners were selected across the categories including FX’s The Bear,...

The Peabody Awards has announced its 2025 nominations for the arts, children’s/youth, entertainment, and interactive and immersive categories.

Among this group of contenders are three television programs that dominated the 2024 Emmy Awards: Shōgun (Season 1), FX's Japanese historical epic drama; Hacks (Season 3), Max's laugh-out-loud comedy about an aging stand-up comedian; and Baby Reindeer, Netflix's limited series about a young comic who gets stalked. Who else is getting Emmys déjà vu?

All of the nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from more than 1,000 entries. The winners of the 85th Peabody Awards will be announced May 1, and then celebrated June 1 in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Roy Wood Jr. will host the kudos, with special career honors going to NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell and sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live.

“Whether a sweeping, cinematic drama, a sharp-witted comedy, a moving children’s program,...

The Peabody Awards unveiled the final batch of nominees on Thursday. Nominations for the Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment and Interactive & Immersive categories were announced by the Board of Jurors, recognizing “the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media” in 2024.

Noteworthy contenders in the Entertainment category, which feature a dozen nominees, are led by Emmy-winning programs “Shōgun,” “Baby Reindeer,” “Hacks,” “Ripley” and “Alex Edelman: Just for Us.” Other nominees include “Clipped,” “Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office,” “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” “Say Nothing,” “Fantasmas,” “We Are Lady Parts” and a comedy special from Ramy Youssef.

The Arts category is represented with one nominated program from NatGeo about traveling photographers, while titles from Disney+ and Netflix make up the Children’s/Youth category. In the Interactive/Immersive category, the eight nominees vary in platform and media, such as VR, Instagram, TikTok and 3D maps. Topics range...

The Board of Jurors for the Peabody Awards 2025 have announced the full list of nominees for categories spanning Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, and Interactive & Immersive, as well as Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast. The projects that received nominations were selected to represent the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2024, and were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from over 1,000 entries across the aforementioned eight categories.

In addition to Emmy-winning series like “Shōgun” and “Hacks,” the Entertainment nominees include newer shows currently vying for TV awards like HBO comedy “Fantasmas” and FX limited series “Say Nothing.” In the Documentary category, Oscar nominees “Sugarcane” and “Black Box Diaries” made the cut, as did several films that were on the Best Documentary Feature shortlist, including “Will & Harper” and “Daughters.”

The winners of the 85th Annual Peabody Awards will be announced on May...

Actor Judith Light, who has won multiple Emmys and Tony awards, and French journalist, director and producer Mireille Dumas will preside over the fiction and news and documentaries juries, respectively, at the 64th edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, taking place from June 13 to 17 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

Light gained recognition with her role as Karen Wolek in the soap opera “One Life to Live,” for which she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards. She became known internationally as Angela Bower in the hit sitcom “Who’s the Boss?,” which aired from 1984 to 1992. She also appeared in such series as “Ugly Betty,” “Transparent” and “The Politician,” and recent projects include “Julia” and “Shining Vale.” Last year, Light won the guest actress in a comedy series Primetime Emmy for Peacock’s Rian Johnson series “Poker Face.”

Her latest projects include Apple TV+ series “Before,” alongside Billy Crystal, Searchlight’s film...

Multi-Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Judith Light will preside over the drama jury at this year’s 64th Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Her counterpart as President of the news and documentaries jury will be French journalist, director and producer Mireille Dumas.

Light came to public recognition for her role as Karen Wolek in the soap opera One Life to Live, for which she won a brace of Daytime Emmy Awards. She achieved international fame as Angela Bower in the hit sitcom Who’s the Boss? before going on to star in shows including Ugly Betty, Transparent and The Politician.

Last year, Light won the Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy for Peacock’s Rian Johnson series Poker Face. Recent projects include Apple TV+’s Before alongside Billy Crystal, Searchlight’s film The Menu and Out of My Mind for Disney+. Next up, she stars in The Terror: Devil in Silver for AMC.

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

The State of the Race

Is the best yet to come when it comes to this year’s field of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie Emmy contenders? April and May not only brings Netflix’s “Sirens,” starring Emmy winner Julianne Moore and recent Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy, but it also has Amazon Prime Video’s “The Better Sister...

For Phoebe-Rae Taylor, the experience of starring in the Disney+ movie “Out of My Mind” provided her with the feeling of total acceptance.

The actor plays Melody Brooks, a non-verbal 12-year-old with cerebral palsy who leaves her special-ed classroom to join mainstream classes. Taylor, 16, makes her acting debut with the film, and she described how the accessibility of the set created a comfortable environment for her, as someone with cerebral palsy.

“I have never felt so accepted, and because all my life I’ve been judged and everything’s been so hard and difficult to go to certain places or to do normal things. So to be able to come to a place where everyone accepts me, and there’s ramps everywhere, or even the tiny things like I can get into that doorway without having to go round the back or the long way was such a breath of fresh air,...

Less than a week after HBO's original movie Mountainhead received a title and a premiere date, it's already ski jumped into the top five in Gold Derby's Best TV Movie Emmy predictions.

Why? The telefilm about a group of billionaire friends who deal with a financial crisis while at a swanky ski resort has an awards-worthy pedigree both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. Mountainhead is written and directed by Jesse Armstrong, the seven-time Emmy winner for Succession. This marks his directorial debut.

The cast is led by Steve Carell , Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef as the four main billionaires. They're joined by Hadley Robinson, Andy Daly, Ali Kinkade, Daniel Oreskes, David Thompson, Amie MacKenzie, and Ava Kostia.

Recent Emmy history has been a wipeout for made-for-television movies, particularly in the acting categories, as the format has mostly been abandoned in favor of limited series.

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television 2025, its showcase of series and TV movies that marks the start of the small-screen awards season.

The cast and creatives from a total of 27 shows appeared over the weekend in a pair of all-day affairs at the DGA Theater, with the discussions delving deep into the journeys their projects took to get made, and even to tease what’s coming next. The complete panel videos are now available.

Click here for the streaming site.

The lineup of shows represented the cream of the crop of watercooler series, with participating shows Saturday and Sunday including ABC’s High Potential; AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire; Apple TV+’s Dope Thief, Severance and The Studio; CBS Studios’ Matlock; Disney+’s Out of My Mind; Fox Entertainment’s Going Dutch; HBO | Max’s The Last of Us; Hulu’s Good American Family,...

As always, Deadline’s Contenders events offer up the lowdown on hot picks for awards season, with a wealth of talent and teasers for what you need to watch. With this year’s Contenders Television that continues Sunday at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, we are bringing you the latest round of must-see shows.

Today’s action gets underway beginning at 9:30 a.m. Pt. Doors at the DGA open at 8:30 a.m. if you’re attending live. If not:

Click here to register and watch the livestream.

Day 2 continues what Day 1 started Saturday, when a packed house of guild and Academy voters saw the casts and creatives of the likes of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Last of Us, 1923, Yellowjackets, Matlock, Running Point, The Pitt, Étoile, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Good American Family, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, Landman, Going Dutch and the...

The Disney+ original movie Out of My Mind, based on the book by Sharon M. Draper, is about a girl with cerebral palsy who cannot speak. In putting Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) on screen, director Amber Sealey hopes to show viewers they can talk to people with disabilities, even if that disability means the person will respond in a different way.

“People always ask how to make other people comfortable with disability,” Sealey said. “Part of it is just normalize it.”

Taylor has cerebral palsy and can vocalize. In the film, Melody communicates by pointing to symbols on a board representing her feelings or requests, and later uses an electronic speech device. Sealey said she has spoken with children after screenings of the film and seen the positive impact.

“When they ask questions, they ask, ‘There’s a kid in my class who has cerebral palsy. What do I do?...

Jesse Armstrong's HBO movie finally has a title and a premiere date — just in time for the Emmys.

Mountainhead, written and directed by the Succession creator in his directorial debut, will premiere on May 31 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt and will available to stream on Max. May 31 is, of course, the annual Emmy deadline.

The movie follows a group of billionaire friends, played by Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef, who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis. The cast includes Hadley Robinson, Andy Daly, Ali Kinkade, Daniel Oreskes, David Thompson, Amie MacKenzie, and Ava Kostia. HBO also released photos from the film, which give major Succession vibes, featuring the main quartet on the ski slope and in a posh mountaintop ski lodge.

Mountainhead has been on the fast track from the get-go after being announced in January. Production commenced in early March in Park City,...

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

The State of the Race

Often, when the subject of the Outstanding Television Movie category comes up, many ask what a TV movie even is anymore in the age of streaming. One could try and find a rhyme or reason for how these decisions are made, but it is all on a case by case basis. For instance, one could make sense of...

The Gracies are gearing up to hand out a long list of awards at a milestone event.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has revealed the winners of the 50th annual Gracie Awards, an event designed to champion women’s voices, stories and achievements in many forms of media, from screens and podcasts to radio and creative accomplishments behind the camera. Among the honorees for this year are Megan Thee Stallion, Kathy Bates, Keke Palmer, Cristin Milioti, Margo Martindale, Diarra Kilpatrick, Norah O’Donnell, Dune: Prophecy, Dora, showrunner Issa López, veteran scribe Molly McNearney, St. Denis Medical, The English Teacher’s Stephanie Koenig and more.

The Hollywood Reporter’s senior editor, film, Rebecca Keegan, also makes the national winners list in the category of digital media for her podcast, The Godfather: A Film We Can’t Refuse, from Audible, Paramount Audio and Spoke Media. The podcast features new insights from...

Cristin Milioti, Megan Thee Stallion and Kathy Bates are among the recipients of this year’s Gracie Awards by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.

This year’s celebration marks the 50th anniversary of the awards and will highlight the impact of women’s voices across television, audio, streaming, and digital platforms. Previous honorees of the Gracies have include Ava DuVernay, Carol Burnett, Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, Marlo Thomas, Michelle Obama, Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, and Sandra Oh.

“For 50 years, the Gracie Awards have honored the storytellers who push boundaries and redefine what’s possible,” said Becky Brooks, President of Awmf, in a statement. “This is more than an awards show—it is a movement that has championed inclusion, representation, and truth in the media. The women we celebrate today are shaping the next 50 years, ensuring that our narratives are not just seen or heard, but felt and remembered.

Deadline has grown the number of shows and revealed the list of panelists for Contenders Television, its annual two-day panel showcase that kicks off the TV awards season. This year’s edition is set to take place April 5-6 at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles.

A total of 20 shows have now signed on for the extravaganza, which shines a spotlight on the stars and creatives behind the season’s most talked-about TV dramas, comedies and limited series. The latest series to join this week are The Last of Us from HBO and Max, and Prime Video’s Étoile and Overcompensating.

The event is live at the DGA both days, and will be livestreamed. Click here for more information and to register.

This year’s Contenders lineup already includes previous Emmy Best Series winner The Handmaid’s Tale from Hulu and Best Series nominees like Severance from Apple TV+ and Wolf...

The world first met gyrofield because of a joke. It was 2019, and Kiana Li was a teenage music producer making beats on her computer from her bedroom in Hong Kong. She had 2,000 Soundcloud followers. “That was a good time,” she says with a smile. “I was feeling like anything could happen. I just had to make the music to see.”

So they made a track designed to take the piss out of the burgeoning tech house scene, built on eighth-note basslines, minimal melodies, and occasional spoken vocals. They took the...

At this time last year, few likely had heard of Richard Gadd or Jessica Gunning, and the term “baby reindeer” didn’t immediately call to mind a harrowing exploration of sexual abuse and codependency. Yet, within a month, Baby Reindeer became one of last year’s most widely seen shows, and when the Emmy Awards announced its winners in the limited series and movie categories in September, Gadd, Gunning, and Baby Reindeer won. That’s illustrative of how quickly fortunes can change in the limited series race, which typically resets each season (save for an anthology series like Monsters or Fargo). Ahead, the early 2025 Emmy Awards odds in the movie/limited series categories.

Limited Series The Penguin — 17/10 Disclaimer — 9/2 Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story — 8/1 Say Nothing — 8/1 Dying for Sex — 14/1

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Adolescence — 15/1 Zero Day — 30/1 Good American Family — 42/1 La Maquina — 100/1 Sirens — 100/1

No limited series in this Emmy cycle performed as...

The 2025 Athena Film Festival has revealed this year’s festival award recipients and the 2025 Athena List, its Black List-inspired selection of unproduced screenplays focused on female leadership.

This year’s Breakthrough Award, in partnership with Netflix, goes to We Strangers writer-director Anu Valia. The $25,000 prize is given to a feature-length film directed by a first- or second-time filmmaker without a U.S. theatrical distribution deal.

The Chinonye Chukwu Emerging Writer Award goes to Vasundhara Koshy for The Laburnum House. The $10,000 prize, distributed in partnership with Christine A. Schantz, is designed to help a feature-length writer who previously participated in an Athena Film Festival Writers Lab develop their script. The award is named for the Clemency writer-director whose script for the acclaimed Alfre Woodard-starring death-row drama was on the Athena List.

And the festival will honor Jalena Keane-Lee with the second annual Jaya Award for her documentary Standing Above the Clouds,...

The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards revealed its 2025 winners Sunday night (Feb. 23). The 15th annual ceremony was held at The Wiltern in L.A.’s Koreatown and honors the year’s best work in songs and scores for screen.

Sunday’s ceremony began with a video about January’s deadly wildfires, in which guild president Lindsay Wolfington lost her home. She thanked the community for rallying behind her during opening remarks with vp Heather Guibert.

The opening remarks didn’t shy away from addressing the Academy’s decision to “move away” from best original song live performances at the 2025 Oscars. “We are proud that our awards for best song written and or recorded for film and for television, acknowledges the collaborative efforts of the songwriters, the performers, and of course the music,” Guibert told the crowd.

“This year in particular, unlike other awards bodies, we are especially proud to be...

In a surprising win that resets the Oscar race, Anora director Sean Baker took home the Feature Film Director prize at Directors Guild of America Awards Saturday, instantly becoming the frontrunner for the Best Director trophy at the Academy Awards.

Baker, a first-time DGA nominee, toppled a strong field that included fellow Oscar nominees Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), along with Conclave director Edward Berger, who failed to land an Oscar bid. The DGA victory came on the same night Baker’s film — which personally earned him four Academy Award bids — unexpectedly won the top prize at another major precursor, the Producers Guild of America Awards, and one night after the film scored at the Critics Choice Awards.

Corbet had still been considered the prohibitive favorite for both the DGA honor and directing Oscar going into Saturday.

Anora stars Mikey Madison...

Sean Baker won the top film prize for “Anora” at the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday, putting himself in the driver’s seat for the Best Director Oscar. Last year’s winner, “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan presented Baker with the DGA Award.

Baker and “Anora” are on a huge high following the film’s surprise Best Picture win at the Critics Choice Awards on Friday. And about an hour after winning the DGA Award on Saturday, Baker collected the Producers Guild Awards’ top feature film prize in a stunning turn of events. The DGA, PGA and Critics Choice accolades are the first major honors the film has won this awards season, catapulting it into the front of the Oscar conversation.

“Oh my god, incredibly unexpected,” Baker said as he accepted the DGA honor alongside his directorial team. After acknowledging Nolan and “maestro” Ang Lee, he admitted his “imposter syndrome is skyrocketing right now.

With Oscar nominations firmly set and multiple guild award shows every week between now and the big show in March, the race to the Academy Awards has entered its final leg. This weekend is a crucial one for award watchers, with the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America both giving out their annual prizes at ceremonies that could predict the Best Picture and Best Director race.

The 77th annual DGA Awards, which took place at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, February 8, honored the year’s finest achievements in feature filmmaking, episodic TV, and commercial directing. The evening’s top prize, Theatrical Feature Film, went to Sean Baker for “Anora,” while other nominees included Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”), Edward Berger (“Conclave”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), and James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”).

It remains to be seen what Baker’s big win means for his Oscar campaign — but last...

After two postponements due to the recent Los Angeles wildfires, the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards were at last held on Friday — and it was a big night for Shōgun.

FX’s acclaimed drama, which went into the evening with the most TV category nods, ultimately won in four of the five categories for which it was nominated, including trophies for Best Drama Series, Actor in a Drama (Hiroyuki Sanada), Supporting Actor in a Drama (Tadanobu Asano) and Supporting Actress in a Drama (Moeka Hoshi). Anna Sawai, however — nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series — ultimately lost out to Kathy Bates,...

The Penguin had a great night at the Critics' Choice Awards, picking up two major acting wins. This follows a plethora of previous accolades garnered by the hit HBO show.

The event, which marked the 30th annual ceremony for the Critics' Choice Awards, was held in Santa Monica, California, on Feb. 7. The Penguin was up for four awards, ultimately picking up big wins for two. It was up for Best Limited Series, an award that went to Netflix's Baby Reindeer. Deirdre O'Connell had also been nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Francis Cobb, the mother of the titular supervillain, but Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning nabbed that award.

RelatedThe Penguin Creator Finally Weighs in on Batman's Absence in the Spinoff Series

That should settle the debate over Bruce Wayne's whereabouts when that bomb exploded at Crown Point.

Meanwhile, for his role as Oz Cobb, Colin Farrell...

It’s the day of the 2025 Critics Choice Awards and we will be recapping every celeb who walked the red carpet at the star-studded event!

The awards show is finally taking place after multiple delays to the Los Angeles fires last month. The event will be held on Friday (February 7) at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif.

Going into the ceremony, Wicked and Conclave are the top 2 nominated films this year, both garnering 11 nominations. FX’s Shogun has the most TV show nominations this year with 6 total.

Make sure to check out the full list of nominations and all the presenters you’ll see during the show. E! is airing the show live at 7pm Et/Pt and there is no televised red carpet special this year.

Head inside to see all of the celebs on the Critics Choice Awards red carpet…

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Twisters and The Idea of You are the most nominated films for the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, the nominees for which were unveiled Friday.

Twisters’ Rachel Levy earned a nod for best music supervision among major budget films, while Frankie Pine with the romantic comedy The Idea of You received a nomination for best music supervision in a mid-budget film. And in the best film song competition, the Twisters action thriller got a nod for “Out of Oklahoma,” while The Idea of You will contend in the category with the title song “The Idea of You”.

Music supervisors Steve Schnur, Raphaella Lima, Codie Childs, Mike Ladman and Mara Tacham received the most individual nominations with three each, and Netflix earned the most nominations among major studios with 13 in all.

Other film contenders in the music supervision and songwriting competitions include Wicked, Deadpool & Wolverine, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist. And on the TV side,...

The Love Child is one of many poignant films that talk about children on the spectrum. This is a Filipino film about a couple dealing with their child who’s been diagnosed with autism and how they manage their daily finances and life post the diagnosis. There have been many films on the subject of dealing with children with disabilities this year including Out of My Mind, which was a story of a young girl dealing with muscular dystrophy and how her family and school help her.

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Why were Paolo and Ayla stressing out?

The Love Child began with Paolo and Ayla learning of their son, Kali, being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The couple were not married but both were deeply committed to each other and the kid they were raising together. It was believed that they met during their days in college and the pregnancy happened around that time.

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Each year, fans look forward to a set of awards to see the best projects and talents of the past year be rewarded. The Critics Choice Awards is one such annual awards ceremony. The 2025 edition of the show is coming up next month and netizens have been eagerly waiting for the nominations.

The list of nominees helps them figure out who will sweep the trophies this time around. Whether their favorite shows and actors will get their due or will they have to deal with a snub? Here’s what we know about the 30th edition of the Critics Choice Awards, including the revealed nominees.

When Are Where To Watch 2025 Critics Choice Awards?

The 2025 edition of the Critics Choice Awards will be held on January 12, 2025, in Santa Monica, California. The ceremony will be broadcasted on E! and will stream on Peacock the day after.

“Shōgun” was the most lauded show among the Critics Choice Awards annual list of TV nominations. The FX series nods in six categories: drama series, drama actor (Hiroyuki Sanada), drama actress (Anna Sawai), supporting drama actor (Tadanobu Asano and Takehiro Hira) and supporting drama actress (Moeka Hoshi).

After “Shōgun,” six series tied with four nominations each: “Abbott Elementary,” “Disclaimer,” “Hacks,” “The Diplomat,” “The Penguin” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”

The Critics Choice Awards will take place on Jan. 12 and air live on E! at 7p.m. See the full list of nominated series below.

Best Drama Series

“The Day of the Jackal” (Peacock)

“The Diplomat” (Netflix)

“Evil” (Paramount+)

“Industry” (HBO/Max)

“Interview with the Vampire” (AMC)

“The Old Man” (FX)

“Shōgun” (FX/Hulu)

“Slow Horses” (Apple TV+)

Best Actor In A Drama Series

Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man” (FX)

Ncuti Gatwa – “Doctor Who” (Disney+)

Eddie Redmayne – “The Day of the Jackal...

Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne and Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko in ‘Shogun’ (Photo Cr: Katie Yu / FX)

FX’s Shōgun tops the list of the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards TV nominees, earning six nominations including Best Drama Series. The Penguin, The Diplomat, Hacks, Disclaimer, Abbott Elementary, and What We Do in the Shadows followed close behind with four nominations each.

Chelsea Handler will return as host of the 2025 Critics Choice Awards airing live on E! on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 7pm Et/Pt. Nominations in the film categories will be announced on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

30th Annual Critics Choice Awards TV Nominees

Best Drama Series

The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Evil (Paramount+)

Industry (HBO | Max)

Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

The Old Man (FX)

Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Best Actor In A Drama Series

Jeff Bridges – The Old Man (FX)

Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who...

Television nominees for the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Thursday, and FX’s acclaimed drama Shōgun led the pack with six total nominations.

Shōgun was one of eight shows to earn a nod in the Best Drama Series category, while cast members Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira and Moeka Hoshi all picked up nominations for their work, as well.

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The Critics Choice Association (CCA) has announced all the nominees for the TV categories for the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards happening on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles.

In the lead overall is the Emmy-winning FX series “Shōgun” with six nominations including Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for producer/star Hiroyuki Sanada, Best Actress in a Drama Series for Anna Sawai, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — a category it was left out of at the Emmys — for Moeka Hoshi.

Other series recognized with multiple nominations include “Abbott Elementary,” “Hacks,” “The Diplomat” and “What We Do in the Shadows,” which have all been recognized by the organization in previous years, as well as new series like “Disclaimer,” “The Penguin,” and “English Teacher.”

Nominations for the film categories will be announced on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

The Critic Choice Awards 2025 will once again...

The coming-of-age drama “Out of My Mind” from Disney+ and Bleecker Street’s dramedy “Ezra” are among the films recognized by the Ruderman Family Foundation for their “groundbreaking commitment to disability inclusion in Hollywood.”

The films have received Ruderman’s Seal of Authentic Representation. Both projects were cast by Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee.

“The Ruderman Family Foundation proudly acknowledges Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee for their groundbreaking contributions to Hollywood’s ongoing evolution toward authentic disability representation — a critical shift that reflects the entertainment industry’s growing commitment to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility,” said Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation. “In fact, all five new recipients of the Seal of Authentic Representation have enabled viewers to discover a crucial narrative of empowerment.”

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Hot off its record haul at the Emmys, FX/Hulu’s Shōgun leads the 30th Critics Choice Awards TV nominations with six, followed by a half-dozen other shows with four each: ABC’s Abbott Elementary, Apple TV+’s Disclaimer, HBO|Max’s Hacks and The Pengiun, Netflix’s The Diplomat and the final season of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows.

Eight other programs are next with three nominations apiece.

Netflix leads all networks and platforms with 23 Cca noms, followed by awards rival HBO|Max with 21. FX with 13 and Apple TV+ with 12 are the only others in double digits.

Nominations for the film categories will be revealed December 12, and the awards will be handed out Sunday, January 12, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. E! will air the Critics Choice Awards live.

Shōgun picked up a staggering 18 Emmy Awards on 25 nominations at the September 15 ceremony. It will face off...

The television nominations for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards have been unveiled!

The awards show celebrates both TV shows and movies, with the movie nominations expected to be unveiled one week from today on December 12. So stay tuned for those!

With the TV nominations unveiled today, it looks like FX’s Shogun has the most nominations this year with 6 total. Several shows came in second place with four nominations each including Hacks, Abbott Elementary, The Diplomat, and The Penguin.

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards will air on January 12, 2025

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2025 Critics Choice Awards – TV Show Nominations List:

Best Drama Series

The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Evil (Paramount+)

Industry (HBO | Max)

Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

The Old Man (FX)

Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Best Actor In A Drama Series

Jeff Bridges...

The Critics Choice Association has announced its TV nominees for the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.

Shogun leads with six nominations, including best drama series, followed by Abbott Elementary, Disclaimer, Hacks, The Diplomat, The Penguin and What We Do In the Shadows, which all each garnered four nominations.

The most nominations for a platform came with Netflix’s 23, with HBO/Max finishing closely behind with 21. FX (including FX on Hulu) had 20.

Nominations for the Critics Choice film categories will be announced on Dec. 12. The Critics Choice Awards will air on E! on Jan. 12 and will be hosted by Chelsea Handler.

See below for the full list of nominations.

Best Drama Series

The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Evil (Paramount+)

Industry (HBO | Max)

Interview with the Vampire (AMC)

The Old Man (FX)

Shōgun (FX / Hulu)

Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Bridges – The Old Man...

The first season of FX’s Emmy-winning juggernaut “Shōgun” continued its roll through awards season on Thursday, leading all programs in nominations for the television categories of the Critics Choice Awards.

The series, set in 17th-century Japan, earned a new Emmy record by winning 18 awards in one season, receiving six nominations from the Critics Choice nominating committees. “Abbott Elementary,” “Disclaimer,” “Hacks,” “The Diplomat,” “The Penguin” and “What We Do in the Shadows” tied for second with four nominations each.

In the Best Drama Series category, “Shōgun” will be going up against “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Diplomat,” “Evil,” “Industry,” “Interview With the Vampire,” “The Old Man” and “Slow Horses.”

Comedy series nominees are “Abbott Elementary,” “English Teacher,” “Hacks,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Somebody Somewhere,” “St. Denis Medical” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”

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The tween girl with cerebral palsy at the heart of “Out of My Mind” would certainly dislike being called inspiring. She makes it crystal clear she hates pity, or anything resembling empty expressions of sympathy. Yet the filmmakers behind the Disney Original, based on Sharon M. Draper’s novel, cast her as the quintessential inspirational movie heroine, there to teach the able-bodied how to treat her disability with respect and empathy. While overall this might serve as a good teaching tool to impact the way disabilities are approached by the medical and educational community, the protagonist’s construction begs for an arc that’s strangely missing from this otherwise sharp feature.

Even before the opening credits, the film provides an introspective look at the frenzied chaos 12-year-old Melody Brooks (Phoebe-Rae Taylor) deals with on an average school day in 2002. We also hear her humorous charm by way of Jennifer Aniston,...