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I’m glad I took notes. Looking at the roster of nominees for this year’s too-long-delayed Tony Awards is all the reminder anyone could need of just how interminable Broadway’s Covid pandemic shutdown has seemed. Productions and performances from the 2019-20 season, many reviewed nearly two years ago, are calling out…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit.  As the long-delayed Tony Awards signal the return of Broadway Sunday night, the reinvigorated musical invasion of Hollywood continues with the Stephen Chbosky screen adaptation of the multiple Tony Award-winning hit Dear Evan Hansen, the sole new…

On October 20, the Sundance Institute will present the 2021 Vanguard Award to filmmakers Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Siân Heder. Thompson is being recognized for the documentary Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), with which he made his directorial debut, with Heder being honored for…

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has picked Irish-Language feature Foscadh (Shelter) as this year's entry for the International Oscar race. Written and directed by Seán Breathnach, the pic stars Dónall Ó Héalai (Arracht), Fionnuala Flaherty (An Klondike), and Cillian O'Gairbhí (Blood) in a story based on…

After the success of its Celebration of Black Cinema events for the past three years, the Critics Choice Association said Tuesday it is expanding the series with the inaugural Celebration of Latino Cinema, which will honor icons Rita Moreno, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Demián Bichir along with a group of additional…

Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner and nine-time nominee Paul Massey will receive the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award at the 58th annual CAS Awards in March. The London-born sound mixer began his career in 1982 and has racked up Academy Award nominations spanning 25 years — for Ford v Ferrari, The Martian…

Steven Canals revealed what his acceptance speech would’ve sounded like at the Emmy Awards if his groundbreaking series Pose had been celebrated for its final season Sunday night. “Well, @poseonfx didn't take home any Emmys last night but that doesn't change how proud I am of our final season. Here's what I would have…

(UPDATED WITH NFL NUMBERS) With a predictable night of winners at the low-drama 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS and a high-stakes battle between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs over on NBC's Sunday Night Football, we all thought we knew how this was going to end. 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadlin…

A big night for The Crown and The Queen's Gambit helped Netflix score the most wins by any platform or network at Sunday night's Emmys, equaling the record set by CBS in 1974 with 44 wins. 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadline's Full Coverage Netflix bosses, including head of global TV Bela Bajaria, head of…

While the top series categories awarded on the main Emmy telecast all went to the projected overwhelming favorites, The Crown (drama series), Ted Lasso (comedy series), The Queen’s Gambit (limited series) and RuPaul’s Drag Race (reality competition series), there were also a few surprises along the way Sunday. 73rd Ann…

An Emmys ceremony like no other — held in a tent during a pandemic — was sure to deliver surprising moments, and the 2021 edition of TV’s biggest night did not disappoint in that regard. 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadline's Full Coverage The show opened with sort of feel-good In Memoriam singalong, with host…

With a huge challenge in trying to stage a live awards show while still in the shadow of Covid, the Emmys pulled off a mostly entertaining three hours and 15 minutes, even if (save for a couple of surprise wins) it was all a pretty predictable outcome. Most pundits (including me) were forecasting wins of Ted Lasso for…