Frances McDormand and Brie Larson Demo Female Power at Women In Film Crystal + Lucy Awards
Actress Brie Larson, soon to star as Captain Mavel, is reaching real-life superhero status after receiving one of the top honors at Women In Film’s 2018 Crystal + Lucy Awards. In ceremonies Wednesday night at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, Larson was honored with the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film, adding to her 2016 Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, Critics Choice and National Board of...
Dick Jokes? With Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers, How Could There Not Be.
‘Tis this season for TV show panels and receptions, whether they are officially billed as FYC events or not. Yet an event last night, sponsored by the Writers Guild Foundation at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills was unlike any other this season. Huge lines to get in? Sure. Not an empty seat in the house? Undoubtedly. But it was a unique hour-long plus Q&A that set this evening apart as it upended some typical traditions. Like, the...
It’s Over: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys Spill on the End of ‘The Americans’
“Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over.” The haunting lyrics from that hit 1986 song by Crowded House played during the opening montage of the first episode of Season 6 of “The Americans” earlier this spring. And now, comrades, the 1980s Cold War-era drama centering on two KGB spies played by Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys is in fact over. Rhys and Russell, both nominated for Primetime Emmy awards in lead acting categories last year,...
Highlights of TV’s Annual Upfront Programming Presentations
The dust is still settling from last week’s series of major network presentations for the 2018 TV upfronts. Despite the uncertainty in the air about potential mergers between CBS and Viacom, AT&T and Time Warner and even Disney and Fox with a rival Comcast bid coming into play, top executives across the board espoused an attitude of optimism about the future. Here’s a chronological snapshot of what went down during the whirlwind...
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Brings More Chaos to a Cruel, Crazy World
It was a big night for Hulu Wednesday as the streamer dropped the first two episodes of Season 2 of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” its acclaimed drama series based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling 1985 dystopian novel of the same name. The small screen adaptation, which initially premiered a year ago, captured the zeitgeist of divisional politics and discrimination against women. It also vaulted Hulu into the top-tier of awards recipients...
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