The BAFTA Film nominations spread the love around this morning, with Papal thriller Conclave and boldly stylized crime musical Emilia Pérez leading the way with 12 and 11 nominations, respectively. The Brutalist, Anora, Wicked and A Complete Unknown also fared well, and British and Irish dramedy Kneecap also found favor with six nominations. The L.A. wildfires have meant that most major U.S. awards ceremonies have postponed their nominations or extended voting periods, but BAFTA has remained on course. The Best Film nominees are Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave and Emilia Pérez. The race has been fairly wide-open in terms of which film emerges as a front-runner, but things have largely coalesced around these five nominees along with Wicked. >>> Snubs & Surprises , Full Coverage |
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Inside The Warner Bros. Revamp - Last week as the town was grappling with wildfires, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group saw the double exit of lynchpin executives, Worldwide Marketing President Josh Goldstine and International Theatrical Distribution President Andrew Cripps, a corporate maneuver which jarred many. >>>Auteur-Driven Slate
From 'Walker' To Texas Doctor - Walker star/executive producer Jared Padalecki has re-teamed with the CW series’ executive producer/showrunner Anna Fricke for a new drama project, which has been set up at CBS for development. >>>Rural Medical Drama
Eye In The Sky - Never has there been stronger proof of how badly we need to preserve local news teams — not only as a city but as a nation. This past Wednesday, Chris Cristi, an AIR7 helicopter reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News, became another shining example of this when he spotted the Sunset Fire as it began in the Hollywood Hills. Here, he describes that incident and the sprint to cover the Palisades and Eaton fires. >>>" A Little Speck Up In The Hills"
In Brief - Lauren Williams joins People Store as SVP Talent... Allen Media Group to launch series Deep Water Salvage |
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Since first collaborating on 2021’s Spencer, Steven Knight and Pablo Larraín have developed what the former calls “a very Elton John/Bernie Taupin sort of relationship.” Knight, who wrote Spencer and scripted this year’s Larraín-directed Maria, recently spoke with Deadline about his approach to the story that reimagines American-Greek soprano Maria Callas in her final days as she reckons with her identity and life. An Oscar nominee for 2004’s Dirty Pretty Things and creator of global phenomenon Peaky Blinders, Knight explains he relied on firsthand accounts of people who knew Callas, as well as her performances and interviews with the formidable woman who often was treated harshly during her lifetime. >>> Read The Interview |
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Mia McKenna-Bruce, recipient of last year’s BAFTA Rising Star laureate and star of Molly Manning Walker’s breakthrough hit How to Have Sex, has joined Claire Denis’ new film The Cry of the Guards. She replaces the previously-announced Riley Keough.
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Faran Tahir will appear in the Paul Bettany-led series Vision Quest, a WandaVision spinoff series for Disney+. Tahir will reprise the role of the villainous Raza, leader of the terrorist organization the 10 Rings who tried to kill Tony Stark in the original Iron Man.
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Kyrie McAlpin (Birdie, Cheaper By The Dozen) has joined the cast of ABC's Will Trent for Season 3 in a recurring role. New episodes air on Tuesdays on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.
Susan Lucci, Judy Gold, Tonya Pinkins and Jackie Hoffman are among the additional performers who will take part in Joy Behar‘s upcoming Off Broadway comedic play My First Ex-Husband. |
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More News ⚖️ The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an action against Elon Musk dating back to his 2022 acquisition of Twitter, now X. The regulatory agency says Musk was “enriched” to the tune of $150 million by not reporting a stake he had amassed in the social media platform within a required five-day window and, instead, buying more stock. 🦚 NBC's freshman series St. Denis Medical was renewed for a second season ahead of last night's midseason premiere.
🏃♂️ The 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards is on the move again. The awards show, originally scheduled for January 12 and subsequently pushed to January 26, will now take place in February, sources tell Deadline. The exact date is still TBA. 📱 Chinese-made social media apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the top two spots on Apple’s iPhone download charts in the U.S., as users look for alternatives to TikTok ahead of an imminent ban stateside.
🎸 Stereophonic ended its Broadway run on January 12 – a West End engagement and national U.S. tour are planned – with a healthy weekly gross of $1,017,784 and attendance at 100% of capacity at the Golden.
✂️ Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms plans to lay off about 5% of its workforce, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg warning of an “intense” year ahead. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Tony Slattery, the comedian and actor best known for his improvisations on hit comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, died Tuesday following a heart attack two days prior. He was 65. 🕯️ Robert Machray, whose prolific, decades-long career as a character actor included appearances on Three’s Company, Roseanne, Suddenly Susan, The Drew Carey Show and, in a four-episode recurring role as Fire Marshal Dobbins on Cheers , died Sunday, January 12, at his home in North Hollywood. He was 79. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Thu - Joe Biden on MSNBC
Sat - Dave Chappelle hosts SNL
Mon - Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Inauguration Day; College Football Championship
Tue - Netflix earnings |
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Freewheelin' - Timothée Chalamet pulled up to the UK Premiere of A Complete Unknown on an electric Uber bike. |
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