After Variety reported “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards had begun advanced negotiations to become the full-time host of the trivia show, fans weren’t too happy, to say the least. Many people were lobbying for “Star Trek” star and recent guest host LeVar Burton to take the job and there was an outpouring of regret online about the news Wednesday evening.
Twitter was full of hot takes on NBC’s apparent decision to have Richards replace the late host Alex Trebek, a legend in his own right who hosted the show from its 1984 premiere until his death in November 2020.
It was reported Aug. 1 that Richards, a the lead executive on “Jeopardy!”, was “clearly the front-runner” in a mix of “several potential candidates” to host the show. Sony Pictures told Variety that it “not comment specifically on Richards’ status” and an anonymous insider told the magazine “there’s no certainty that...
Twitter was full of hot takes on NBC’s apparent decision to have Richards replace the late host Alex Trebek, a legend in his own right who hosted the show from its 1984 premiere until his death in November 2020.
It was reported Aug. 1 that Richards, a the lead executive on “Jeopardy!”, was “clearly the front-runner” in a mix of “several potential candidates” to host the show. Sony Pictures told Variety that it “not comment specifically on Richards’ status” and an anonymous insider told the magazine “there’s no certainty that...
- 8/5/2021
- by Samson Amore
- The Wrap
The Golden Globes are keen on “The Crown.” The first three seasons of the Netflix drama series, which chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, scored nine Globe nominations and won three. Its critically-acclaimed fourth season looks poised to outpace itself, though, with our combined odds predicting a whopping seven bids when nominations are announced on February 3. Two of those nominations will come in TV Supporting Actress race.
Gillian Anderson currently leads our combined odds, with the majority of our experts and editors predicting her victory. Anderson’s uncanny performance as Margaret Thatcher stunned critics, with Melanie McFarland (Salon) calling her turn “nothing short of masterful” and Hank Stuever (Washington Post) applauding her as “devastatingly precise.” A Globes bid for “The Crown” would follow her four consecutive nominations for “The X Files,” for which she won in 1997, and one for the miniseries “Bleak House.”
Anderson could compete with herself in...
Gillian Anderson currently leads our combined odds, with the majority of our experts and editors predicting her victory. Anderson’s uncanny performance as Margaret Thatcher stunned critics, with Melanie McFarland (Salon) calling her turn “nothing short of masterful” and Hank Stuever (Washington Post) applauding her as “devastatingly precise.” A Globes bid for “The Crown” would follow her four consecutive nominations for “The X Files,” for which she won in 1997, and one for the miniseries “Bleak House.”
Anderson could compete with herself in...
- 1/19/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Let those jazz hands start clapping as TV critics mostly applaud FX’s new miniseries ‘Fosse/Verndon’
It’s showtime again, folks!
It is no secret that Bob Fosse, who won a directing Oscar for his 1972 film version of the musical “Cabaret” that collected a total of eight trophies but lost best picture to “The Godfather,” was a master choreographer, a creator of snappy yet cynical musicals for stage and screen, an ambitious though hugely difficult genius, a world-class womanizer and an prolific abuser of cigarettes, prescription drugs and alcohol.
He knew his flaws so well that he created a semi-autobiographical ode to his distinctly masculine faults in 1979’s “All That Jazz.” His ego was so enlarged, Fosse actually staged his own death scene after a heart attack during the movie’s finale (complete with Ben Vereen dancing and singing to “Bye-Bye Love”).
It would morbidly forecast what would actually happen eight years later after he fell into the arms of his spouse Gwen Verdon, the sensational...
It is no secret that Bob Fosse, who won a directing Oscar for his 1972 film version of the musical “Cabaret” that collected a total of eight trophies but lost best picture to “The Godfather,” was a master choreographer, a creator of snappy yet cynical musicals for stage and screen, an ambitious though hugely difficult genius, a world-class womanizer and an prolific abuser of cigarettes, prescription drugs and alcohol.
He knew his flaws so well that he created a semi-autobiographical ode to his distinctly masculine faults in 1979’s “All That Jazz.” His ego was so enlarged, Fosse actually staged his own death scene after a heart attack during the movie’s finale (complete with Ben Vereen dancing and singing to “Bye-Bye Love”).
It would morbidly forecast what would actually happen eight years later after he fell into the arms of his spouse Gwen Verdon, the sensational...
- 4/10/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
After beating the odds twice for her work on ABC’s “American Crime,” Regina King is back in the hunt for Emmy No. 3 this year with Netflix’s “Seven Seconds.” Back in 2015, Gold Derby’s racetrack odds mistakenly had King in third place to win behind perceived frontrunners Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story: Freak Show”) and Mo’Nique (“Bessie”), while in 2016 our predictions erroneously placed her second behind Jean Smart (“Fargo”). Are our 2018 Emmy predictions underestimating King’s chances once again?
See 2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
In Netflix’s limited series, King takes on the role of Latrice Butler, the mother of a young boy who’s left for dead after being hit by a car driven by a white police officer. Themes of race and law enforcement soon erupt, and King’s character takes them all head on. Emmy voters love...
See 2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
In Netflix’s limited series, King takes on the role of Latrice Butler, the mother of a young boy who’s left for dead after being hit by a car driven by a white police officer. Themes of race and law enforcement soon erupt, and King’s character takes them all head on. Emmy voters love...
- 7/20/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
While most of Gold Derby’s Emmy pundits predict that Donald Glover (“Atlanta”) will win Best Comedy Actor for the second time in a row this year, a few prognosticators are going out on a limb for Bill Hader (“Barry”). Two of our Top 24 Users (tommyogorman99 and lloydn22) and one rogue Editor (Matt Noble) predict that Hader will prevail for playing the lovable assassin-turned-actor on HBO’s freshman comedy series. Hader previously won an Emmy for producing “South Park” in 2009, but this would be his first acting victory.
See Bill Hader (‘Barry’): Top 3 reasons he could be a hit with Emmy voters
Hader’s character Barry Berkman (aka Barry Block) is a former Marine who now acts as a hitman to pay the bills. But his true passion in life is acting, so he soon joins an improv class that’s taught by Henry Winkler‘s Gene Cousineau. “Barry...
See Bill Hader (‘Barry’): Top 3 reasons he could be a hit with Emmy voters
Hader’s character Barry Berkman (aka Barry Block) is a former Marine who now acts as a hitman to pay the bills. But his true passion in life is acting, so he soon joins an improv class that’s taught by Henry Winkler‘s Gene Cousineau. “Barry...
- 6/29/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
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