awards
Oscar Voting Begins Today, Thursday: Here’s a Crib Sheet for the Top Categories
Oscar voting begins today, Thursday. Here are some handy lists for the top categories. I'll add some more during the day.
These are my choices....
Celebrity
Kid Rock’s “We the People” Attacks Mainstream Media, Fauci: Carson Daly Once Called Him His “Best Friend”
Kid Rock-- aka Bob Richie-- is one cynical guy. He's come up with an ultimate right wing song to make money off of unsuspecting...
Movies
French Oscars, the Cesars, Nominate Unwatchable “Annette” for Best Film But Snub Star Marion Cotillard
The French! Sacre bleu! The nominations are out for the Cesar Awards, their version of the Oscars. They nominated the god awful, unwatchable "Annette"...
Television
HBO’s Clunky “Gilded Age” Nets Nearly Half Million Viewers in Monday Debut Despite Poor Reviews
HBO's "The Gilded Age," the poor man's "Downton Abbey," arrived with 463,000 viewers Monday night. That's a lot more than "Euphoria" got on Sunday...
Theater
Stephen Sondheim’s All-Star Off Broadway “Assassins” Assassinated by COVID, Show Closes Early
That's it for the off Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins."
The musical about famous assassins has been killed early thanks to COVID. They announced...
Television
Secrets of “Mrs. Maisel” Before Season 4: Luke Kirby Predicted He’d Play Lenny Bruce Years Ago
Am I jazzed about the return of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"? Uh, duh!
The Emmy winning comedy returns to Amazon Prime on February 18th with...
Movies
Review: Dakota Johnson Does Her Best Work So Far in “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” A Perfect Sundance Movie
If Cooper Raiff's "Cha Cha Real Smooth" had played at Sundance for real in the Eccles Auditorium or at the Library, there would have...
Movies
More Bad News for “West Side Story”: Dissed by Cinematographer Awards, No Nomination
I'm glad I didn't have money on "West Side Story." But I did think it would sweep all the awards. Now it's been dissed...