Exclusive: Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham and The Nightingale‘s Aisling Franciosi have joined the cast of Three Point Capital and David Permut Production’s movie Twinless. They will star opposite previously announced Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney.
Sweeney is also writing and directing the pic which follows two young men who meet in a twin bereavement support group, and form an unlikely bromance.
O’Brien and Miky Lee are EPs. Alex Astrachan, Director of Development at Permut Presentations is co-producer. Republic Pictures has worldwide rights to the film.
Three Point Capital is financing the feature with Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron and Liz Destro also serving as executive producers.
Graham is known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the hit CW series, Gilmore Girls. She’s also starred in such movies as Flash of Genius, The Answer Man with Jeff Daniels, Evan Almighty with Steve Carell, Because I Said So opposite Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore,...
Sweeney is also writing and directing the pic which follows two young men who meet in a twin bereavement support group, and form an unlikely bromance.
O’Brien and Miky Lee are EPs. Alex Astrachan, Director of Development at Permut Presentations is co-producer. Republic Pictures has worldwide rights to the film.
Three Point Capital is financing the feature with Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron and Liz Destro also serving as executive producers.
Graham is known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the hit CW series, Gilmore Girls. She’s also starred in such movies as Flash of Genius, The Answer Man with Jeff Daniels, Evan Almighty with Steve Carell, Because I Said So opposite Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore,...
- 5/11/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Of the 272 films that have earned lone acting Oscar nominations – meaning they were each recognized in one performance category and nowhere else – a whopping 101 (or 37.1%) accomplished the feat thanks to lead actresses. Whereas just 60 examples have occurred in the Best Actor category, the corresponding female one reached that benchmark in 1991 and is on track to double it less than two decades from now. Its triple digit total has now been intact for one full year, having directly resulted from the simultaneous nominations of Ana de Armas (“Blonde”) and Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”).
Although an Oscar bid was generally expected to follow de Armas’s 2023 BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nominations, Riseborough very memorably came out of nowhere, having defied precedent by benefiting from an enthusiastic grassroots campaign. While most of the earlier lone Best Actress contenders belong in de Armas’s camp, many align with Riseborough in having pulled off major surprises.
Although an Oscar bid was generally expected to follow de Armas’s 2023 BAFTA, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nominations, Riseborough very memorably came out of nowhere, having defied precedent by benefiting from an enthusiastic grassroots campaign. While most of the earlier lone Best Actress contenders belong in de Armas’s camp, many align with Riseborough in having pulled off major surprises.
- 1/22/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Meryl Streep playing the iconic Miranda Priestly in 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada.
However, producer Wendy Finerman recently said on the Hollywood Gold podcast that the Oscar-winning actress was nearly passed over for the role since someone working in the production thought “she has never been funny a day in her life.”
“And Meryl, people thought we were crazy, Finerman told host Daniela Taplin Lundberg. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.'”
“She has been funny and they were wrong,” the producer added, to which Lundberg referenced Streep’s comical roles in films such as She-Devil and Death Becomes Her.
“But this was clearly a different kind of world for her,” the producer acknowledged since Streep was known for her more serious performances at the time,...
However, producer Wendy Finerman recently said on the Hollywood Gold podcast that the Oscar-winning actress was nearly passed over for the role since someone working in the production thought “she has never been funny a day in her life.”
“And Meryl, people thought we were crazy, Finerman told host Daniela Taplin Lundberg. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.'”
“She has been funny and they were wrong,” the producer added, to which Lundberg referenced Streep’s comical roles in films such as She-Devil and Death Becomes Her.
“But this was clearly a different kind of world for her,” the producer acknowledged since Streep was known for her more serious performances at the time,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
Today we’re honored to chat with director Carl Franklin, whose seminal noir One False Move is now available from The Criterion Collection as a director-approved special edition 4K Uhd + Blu-ray.
Our B-Sides today are One True Thing, Out of Time, and Bless Me, Ultima.
We talk to Franklin about his early days as an actor, how he got the directing bug, what he learned making movies with legendary producer Roger Corman (and the other producer on one of the films who allegedly stole 80k of a 200k budget!), and the extremely underrated HBO mini-series Laurel Avenue from 1993.
There’s also some discussion about Devil in a Blue Dress of course, working with Denzel Washington (and how...
Today we’re honored to chat with director Carl Franklin, whose seminal noir One False Move is now available from The Criterion Collection as a director-approved special edition 4K Uhd + Blu-ray.
Our B-Sides today are One True Thing, Out of Time, and Bless Me, Ultima.
We talk to Franklin about his early days as an actor, how he got the directing bug, what he learned making movies with legendary producer Roger Corman (and the other producer on one of the films who allegedly stole 80k of a 200k budget!), and the extremely underrated HBO mini-series Laurel Avenue from 1993.
There’s also some discussion about Devil in a Blue Dress of course, working with Denzel Washington (and how...
- 8/3/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
John Deyle, who appeared in four Broadway musicals, in more than 100 commercials and as the inept Mr. Science on the first season of Late Night With Conan O’Brien, has died. He was 68.
Deyle died June 22 at his home in Mount Kisco, New York, after a battle with esophageal cancer, his wife, Rebecca Paller, announced.
While auditioning for a role in the musical adaptation of I Remember Mama in 1978, lyricist Martin Charnin told him that he was “all wrong for this show, but we could use you in Annie,” he recalled.
Deyle then made his Broadway debut in March 1979, joining the ensemble of the Sarah Jessica Parker starrer by playing Louis Howe, Fred McCracken and Bert Healy.
He went on to work in the 1980 Broadway revival of Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot, starring Richard Burton, and in the subsequent U.S. and Australian tours of the famed musical that featured Richard Harris in the lead.
Deyle died June 22 at his home in Mount Kisco, New York, after a battle with esophageal cancer, his wife, Rebecca Paller, announced.
While auditioning for a role in the musical adaptation of I Remember Mama in 1978, lyricist Martin Charnin told him that he was “all wrong for this show, but we could use you in Annie,” he recalled.
Deyle then made his Broadway debut in March 1979, joining the ensemble of the Sarah Jessica Parker starrer by playing Louis Howe, Fred McCracken and Bert Healy.
He went on to work in the 1980 Broadway revival of Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot, starring Richard Burton, and in the subsequent U.S. and Australian tours of the famed musical that featured Richard Harris in the lead.
- 7/7/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Is Meryl Streep the greatest film performer of all time? According to Oscar voters over the past five decades, that might just be the case with her record-shattering 21 nominations and three wins. But her filmography is filled with gems that didn’t get any awards buzz. Tour through our photo gallery of Streep’s 27 greatest performances ranked from worst to best.
Streep snagged her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) and picked up her first trophy in that category the very next year for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). She subsequently snagged two prizes in the lead category (“Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 and “The Iron Lady” in 2011) and competed 17 more times: Best Actress for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “Ironweed” (1987), “A Cry in the Dark” (1988), “Postcards from the Edge” (1990), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “One True Thing” (1998), “Music of the Heart” (1999), “The Devil Wears Prada...
Streep snagged her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) and picked up her first trophy in that category the very next year for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). She subsequently snagged two prizes in the lead category (“Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 and “The Iron Lady” in 2011) and competed 17 more times: Best Actress for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “Ironweed” (1987), “A Cry in the Dark” (1988), “Postcards from the Edge” (1990), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “One True Thing” (1998), “Music of the Heart” (1999), “The Devil Wears Prada...
- 6/17/2023
- by Christopher Rosen, Chris Beachum and Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Take a look at new images of Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger, now starring in the TV series “The Thing About Pam”, posing for the latest issue of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, photographed by Mel Bles:
Following minor roles in “Dazed and Confused” (1993) and “Reality Bites” (1994), her first starring role was in the exploitation feature “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation” (1994).
This was followed by starring roles in the romantic comedy “Jerry Maguire” (1996), the drama “One True Thing” (1998) and the black comedy “Nurse Betty” (2000).
She played ‘Bridget Jones’ in the romantic comedy “Bridget Jones's Diary” (2001) and ‘Roxie Hart’ in the musical “Chicago” (2002).
Zellweger won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in “Cold Mountain” (2003), followed by “Cinderella Man” (2005).
She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” (2004) and “Bridget Jones's Baby” (2016).
In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series “What/If...
Following minor roles in “Dazed and Confused” (1993) and “Reality Bites” (1994), her first starring role was in the exploitation feature “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation” (1994).
This was followed by starring roles in the romantic comedy “Jerry Maguire” (1996), the drama “One True Thing” (1998) and the black comedy “Nurse Betty” (2000).
She played ‘Bridget Jones’ in the romantic comedy “Bridget Jones's Diary” (2001) and ‘Roxie Hart’ in the musical “Chicago” (2002).
Zellweger won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in “Cold Mountain” (2003), followed by “Cinderella Man” (2005).
She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” (2004) and “Bridget Jones's Baby” (2016).
In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series “What/If...
- 4/12/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at new images of two-time Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger, now starring in the TV series “The Thing About Pam”, posing for the latest issue of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine, photographed by Mel Bles:
Following minor roles in “Dazed and Confused” (1993) and “Reality Bites” (1994), her first starring role was in the exploitation feature “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation” (1994).
This was followed by starring roles in the romantic comedy “Jerry Maguire” (1996), the drama “One True Thing” (1998) and the black comedy “Nurse Betty” (2000).
She played ‘Bridget Jones’ in the romantic comedy “Bridget Jones's Diary” (2001) and ‘Roxie Hart’ in the musical “Chicago” (2002).
Zellweger won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in “Cold Mountain” (2003), followed by “Cinderella Man” (2005).
She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” (2004) and “Bridget Jones's Baby” (2016).
In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series...
Following minor roles in “Dazed and Confused” (1993) and “Reality Bites” (1994), her first starring role was in the exploitation feature “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation” (1994).
This was followed by starring roles in the romantic comedy “Jerry Maguire” (1996), the drama “One True Thing” (1998) and the black comedy “Nurse Betty” (2000).
She played ‘Bridget Jones’ in the romantic comedy “Bridget Jones's Diary” (2001) and ‘Roxie Hart’ in the musical “Chicago” (2002).
Zellweger won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in “Cold Mountain” (2003), followed by “Cinderella Man” (2005).
She reprised her role as Jones in the sequel “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” (2004) and “Bridget Jones's Baby” (2016).
In 2019, Zellweger starred in her first major television role in the Netflix series...
- 4/1/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor who starred in films like Body Heat, The Big Chill and Broadcast News, has died at the age of 71.
Hurt’s son Will confirmed his father’s death in a statement Sunday. “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday,” the family said. “He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes. The family requests privacy at this time.
A three-time nominee for Best Actor at the Academy Awards,...
Hurt’s son Will confirmed his father’s death in a statement Sunday. “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday,” the family said. “He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes. The family requests privacy at this time.
A three-time nominee for Best Actor at the Academy Awards,...
- 3/13/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Is Meryl Streep the greatest film performer of all time? According to Oscar voters over the past 40+ years, that might just be the case with her record-shattering 21 nominations and three wins. But her filmography is filled with gems that didn’t get any awards buzz.
Streep snagged her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) and picked up her first trophy in that category the very next year for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). She subsequently snagged two prizes in the lead category (“Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 and “The Iron Lady” in 2011) and competed 17 more times: Best Actress for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “Ironweed” (1987), “A Cry in the Dark” (1988), “Postcards from the Edge” (1990), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “One True Thing” (1998), “Music of the Heart” (1999), “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006), “Doubt” (2008), “Julie & Julia” (2009), “August: Osage County” (2013), “Florence Foster Jenkins” (2016), and “The Post” (2017); Best Supporting Actress...
Streep snagged her first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) and picked up her first trophy in that category the very next year for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). She subsequently snagged two prizes in the lead category (“Sophie’s Choice” in 1982 and “The Iron Lady” in 2011) and competed 17 more times: Best Actress for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “Ironweed” (1987), “A Cry in the Dark” (1988), “Postcards from the Edge” (1990), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “One True Thing” (1998), “Music of the Heart” (1999), “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006), “Doubt” (2008), “Julie & Julia” (2009), “August: Osage County” (2013), “Florence Foster Jenkins” (2016), and “The Post” (2017); Best Supporting Actress...
- 12/14/2021
- by Christopher Rosen and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Dove Cameron, star of CW’s upcoming live-action Powerpuff series, and Hamilton‘s Jordan Fisher, will star in the Warner Bros/HBO Max movie Field Notes on Love, based on the Jennifer E. Smith 2019 YA romance novel.
Co-adapting are Smith and Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham. Appian Way’s president of production Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson are producing. Fisher is executive producing.
In Field Notes on Love, Hugo is dumped by his girlfriend before their long-planned romantic train trip across America. She leaves him with the tickets, which are nontransferable, booked under her name. Meanwhile, Mae is reeling from being rejected from USC’s film school. When she stumbles across Hugo’s ad for a replacement, she’s certain it’s exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film. A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea,...
Co-adapting are Smith and Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham. Appian Way’s president of production Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson are producing. Fisher is executive producing.
In Field Notes on Love, Hugo is dumped by his girlfriend before their long-planned romantic train trip across America. She leaves him with the tickets, which are nontransferable, booked under her name. Meanwhile, Mae is reeling from being rejected from USC’s film school. When she stumbles across Hugo’s ad for a replacement, she’s certain it’s exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film. A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea,...
- 4/19/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Judy star Renée Zellweger is set to star in The Back Nine, a golf comedy to be directed by Michael Patrick King for Landline Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Zellweger will play a former golfer who set her clubs aside to make way for her husband’s pro career and to raise her son, only to decide to turn pro during the “back nine” of her life after her marriage goes into free fall.
Besides playing Judy Garland in Judy, Zellweger starred in Cameron Crowe’s 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, and then went on to appear in One True Thing, Nurse Betty, Chicago, Cold ...
Zellweger will play a former golfer who set her clubs aside to make way for her husband’s pro career and to raise her son, only to decide to turn pro during the “back nine” of her life after her marriage goes into free fall.
Besides playing Judy Garland in Judy, Zellweger starred in Cameron Crowe’s 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, and then went on to appear in One True Thing, Nurse Betty, Chicago, Cold ...
- 4/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Judy star Renée Zellweger is set to star in The Back Nine, a golf comedy to be directed by Michael Patrick King for Landline Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Zellweger will play a former golfer who set her clubs aside to make way for her husband’s pro career and to raise her son, only to decide to turn pro during the “back nine” of her life after her marriage goes into free fall.
Besides playing Judy Garland in Judy, Zellweger starred in Cameron Crowe’s 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, and then went on to appear in One True Thing, Nurse Betty, Chicago, Cold ...
Zellweger will play a former golfer who set her clubs aside to make way for her husband’s pro career and to raise her son, only to decide to turn pro during the “back nine” of her life after her marriage goes into free fall.
Besides playing Judy Garland in Judy, Zellweger starred in Cameron Crowe’s 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, and then went on to appear in One True Thing, Nurse Betty, Chicago, Cold ...
- 4/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At the 2021 Academy Awards on April 25, “Nomadland” filmmaker Chloe Zhao could make history with the most individual Oscar wins since Walt Disney. With nominations in Best Picture (Zhao is a producer of her film), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing, Zhao is already the most recognized female filmmaker in the history of the Academy Awards with four nominations. But if she manages a clean sweep of the categories, it would allow her to match Disney’s incredible 1954 performance, where he won a record four Oscars from a record six nominations.
But even if she’s able to match the legendary mogul, Disney will remain in the record books for his cumulative Oscars history. Ahead, a look at who has the most Academy Awards in history.
Who has the most Oscars?
The four Oscars that Disney won in 1954 represent only a fraction of his career total. Disney received 22 competitive...
But even if she’s able to match the legendary mogul, Disney will remain in the record books for his cumulative Oscars history. Ahead, a look at who has the most Academy Awards in history.
Who has the most Oscars?
The four Oscars that Disney won in 1954 represent only a fraction of his career total. Disney received 22 competitive...
- 3/25/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Glenn Close said this week that Gwyneth Paltrow’s 1998 “Best Actress” Oscar for “Shakespeare in Love” just “doesn’t make sense.”
Close was on ABC News’ “Popcorn with Peter Travers” to promote her new Netflix film, “Hillbilly Elegy,” when she shared her distaste for awards on the grounds that she can’t justify comparing artists’ works.
“I’ve never understood how you could honestly compare performances. I remember the year Gwyneth Paltrow won over that incredible actress who was in ‘Central Station,'” she said, referring to Fernanda Montenegro. Paltrow and Montenegro were also up against Cate Blanchett (for “Elizabeth”), Meryl Streep (for “One True Thing”) and Emily Watson (for “Hilary and Jackie”).
Close went on, “I thought, ‘What?’ It’s like, it doesn’t make sense, so I think who wins has a lot of things to do with how things have been, whether it has traction or whatever.
Close was on ABC News’ “Popcorn with Peter Travers” to promote her new Netflix film, “Hillbilly Elegy,” when she shared her distaste for awards on the grounds that she can’t justify comparing artists’ works.
“I’ve never understood how you could honestly compare performances. I remember the year Gwyneth Paltrow won over that incredible actress who was in ‘Central Station,'” she said, referring to Fernanda Montenegro. Paltrow and Montenegro were also up against Cate Blanchett (for “Elizabeth”), Meryl Streep (for “One True Thing”) and Emily Watson (for “Hilary and Jackie”).
Close went on, “I thought, ‘What?’ It’s like, it doesn’t make sense, so I think who wins has a lot of things to do with how things have been, whether it has traction or whatever.
- 11/28/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Seven-time Academy Award-nominee Glenn Close is back in the Oscar mix for her turn in Ron Howard’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” now streaming on Netflix. All eyes were on Close last year to finally take home Best Actress for “The Wife,” but alas that honor went to Olivia Colman for “The Favourite.” Speaking with film critic Peter Travers for his ABC News special “Popcorn,” Close had some candid thoughts about the Oscars, pointing to the Best Actress race in 1999 as an example that didn’t “make sense.”
“I honestly feel that to be nominated by your peers is about as good as it gets,” Close said. “And then, I’ve never understood how you could honestly compare performances, you know? I remember the year Gwyneth Paltrow won over that incredible actress who was in ‘Central Station’ and I thought, ‘What?’ It doesn’t make sense.”
The year Paltrow won, she was...
“I honestly feel that to be nominated by your peers is about as good as it gets,” Close said. “And then, I’ve never understood how you could honestly compare performances, you know? I remember the year Gwyneth Paltrow won over that incredible actress who was in ‘Central Station’ and I thought, ‘What?’ It doesn’t make sense.”
The year Paltrow won, she was...
- 11/28/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
While Meryl Streep has been nominated a record number of times at the Oscars, she’s only won three times with bids #2, #4 and #17. That track record mean she has had to endure a staggering amount of losses at the Academy Awards. Surely, Streep was deserving of at least one other win from among these. After reviewing the roster of her thwarted bids for Oscar glory, be sure to vote in our poll as to which of these was the most egregious loss.
Streep lost her first Best Supporting Actress race for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) to Maggie Smith (“California Suite”; her third, for “Adaptation” (2002) to Catherine Zeta-Jones (“Chicago”); and her fourth (and most recent) for “Into the Woods” (2015) to Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”).
Streep lost the first of her Best Actress bids back in 1981 to Katharine Hepburn. She was up for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” but Hepburn won her record fourth Best...
Streep lost her first Best Supporting Actress race for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) to Maggie Smith (“California Suite”; her third, for “Adaptation” (2002) to Catherine Zeta-Jones (“Chicago”); and her fourth (and most recent) for “Into the Woods” (2015) to Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”).
Streep lost the first of her Best Actress bids back in 1981 to Katharine Hepburn. She was up for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” but Hepburn won her record fourth Best...
- 9/4/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Peacock, the NBCUniversal streaming service that launched in April in Comcast homes, started expanding nationally overnight as Tuesday turned to Wednesday on the East Coast.
Along with Comcast’s X1 and Flex, Peacock will be available on Apple and Google platforms, Microsoft’s Xbox, Vizio and LG smart TVs, Cox Contour and, starting next week, Sony PlayStation. Talks are ongoing with major distributors like Amazon Fire and Roku, but those two top platforms are still on the sidelines as of now.
Peacock will offer 13,000 hours on its free tier and 20,000 hours on its subscription level, sourced from a range of networks and studios both inside and outside of NBCU. Nine Peacock Original movies and shows are available at launch, with others following through the end of the year. (Deadline reported Tuesday on the latest release dates for several shows arriving after today’s expansion.)
There will be more than 30 curated channels,...
Along with Comcast’s X1 and Flex, Peacock will be available on Apple and Google platforms, Microsoft’s Xbox, Vizio and LG smart TVs, Cox Contour and, starting next week, Sony PlayStation. Talks are ongoing with major distributors like Amazon Fire and Roku, but those two top platforms are still on the sidelines as of now.
Peacock will offer 13,000 hours on its free tier and 20,000 hours on its subscription level, sourced from a range of networks and studios both inside and outside of NBCU. Nine Peacock Original movies and shows are available at launch, with others following through the end of the year. (Deadline reported Tuesday on the latest release dates for several shows arriving after today’s expansion.)
There will be more than 30 curated channels,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
NBCUniversal’s Peacock is set to go live on July 15 for a national audience, stuffed with more than 20,000 hours for Premium subscribers — and more than 13,000 hours entirely for free.
So what’s on the service? Here’s a breakdown of what to stream on Peacock Free and Peacock Premium, including original TV shows and movies. While Peacock will be available on platforms including those from Apple, Google, Xbox, LG, Vizio, Comcast and Cox, it will not be on Roku or Amazon Fire TV.
Content on both tiers
Both Peacock’s free and premium tiers will feature current-season episodes and specials from NBC and Telemundo; news, sports and pop-culture programming; and more than 30 genre channels including live news from NBC News Now and Sky News, curated channels with clips from shows like “The Office” (which will roll off Netflix at the end of 2020 to come to Peacock in January 2021), “Saturday Night Live,...
So what’s on the service? Here’s a breakdown of what to stream on Peacock Free and Peacock Premium, including original TV shows and movies. While Peacock will be available on platforms including those from Apple, Google, Xbox, LG, Vizio, Comcast and Cox, it will not be on Roku or Amazon Fire TV.
Content on both tiers
Both Peacock’s free and premium tiers will feature current-season episodes and specials from NBC and Telemundo; news, sports and pop-culture programming; and more than 30 genre channels including live news from NBC News Now and Sky News, curated channels with clips from shows like “The Office” (which will roll off Netflix at the end of 2020 to come to Peacock in January 2021), “Saturday Night Live,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Meryl Streep has extended her already record-breaking Golden Globe nomination record, earning her 34th nod today for her portrayal of Mary Louise Wright in the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies.
Streep is nominated alongside Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown), Patricia Arquette (The Act), Emily Watson (Chernobyl) and Toni Collette (Unbelievable) for best actress in a series, limited series or motion picture category (read today’s full list of nominations here).
Streep previously broke her own record in 2018 with her 33rd nomination for The Post.
The three-time Oscar winner received her first Golden Globe nomination in 1979 for The Deer Hunter, and went on to win her first Golden Globe trophy the following year for best supporting actress in a motion picture for Kramer vs. Kramer. She snagged two more Golden Globes for The French Lieutenant’s Woman in 1982 and Sophie’s Choice in 1983. After a 20-year break, she landed six...
Streep is nominated alongside Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown), Patricia Arquette (The Act), Emily Watson (Chernobyl) and Toni Collette (Unbelievable) for best actress in a series, limited series or motion picture category (read today’s full list of nominations here).
Streep previously broke her own record in 2018 with her 33rd nomination for The Post.
The three-time Oscar winner received her first Golden Globe nomination in 1979 for The Deer Hunter, and went on to win her first Golden Globe trophy the following year for best supporting actress in a motion picture for Kramer vs. Kramer. She snagged two more Golden Globes for The French Lieutenant’s Woman in 1982 and Sophie’s Choice in 1983. After a 20-year break, she landed six...
- 12/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar winning star Renee Zellweger will be honoured at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff) with American Riviera Award.
The ceremony will take place at Santa Barbara's historic Arlington Theatre. The date is still to be determined during Sbiff's 35th edition, which will run from January 15-25, 2020, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
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"Ms. Zellweger has always displayed a deep commitment and discipline in her performances which has always made me root for her and admire her deeply," said festival director Roger Durling.
"In 'Judy', she adds a ferocity that solidifies her as one of the greatest actors of her time," Durling added.
Zellweger, 50, is regarded as one of the outstanding actresses of her generation, starting from Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic "Jerry Maguire", which made her an overnight star at 26.
She continued the successful streak with 1998's "One True Thing", 2000's "Nurse Betty...
The ceremony will take place at Santa Barbara's historic Arlington Theatre. The date is still to be determined during Sbiff's 35th edition, which will run from January 15-25, 2020, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
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"Ms. Zellweger has always displayed a deep commitment and discipline in her performances which has always made me root for her and admire her deeply," said festival director Roger Durling.
"In 'Judy', she adds a ferocity that solidifies her as one of the greatest actors of her time," Durling added.
Zellweger, 50, is regarded as one of the outstanding actresses of her generation, starting from Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic "Jerry Maguire", which made her an overnight star at 26.
She continued the successful streak with 1998's "One True Thing", 2000's "Nurse Betty...
- 10/9/2019
- GlamSham
"America's sweetheart"-turned-Oscar winner Renee Zellweger will be honored with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's American Riviera Award, the festival announced Tuesday.
The ceremony will take place at Santa Barbara's historic Arlington Theatre, on a date still to be determined during Sbiff's 35th edition, which will run Jan. 15-25, 2020.
Zellweger, 50, has long been regarded as one of the outstanding actresses of her generation, going back to Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, which, at 26, made her an overnight star, and extending right through 1998's One True Thing, 2000's Nurse Betty, 2002'...
The ceremony will take place at Santa Barbara's historic Arlington Theatre, on a date still to be determined during Sbiff's 35th edition, which will run Jan. 15-25, 2020.
Zellweger, 50, has long been regarded as one of the outstanding actresses of her generation, going back to Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, which, at 26, made her an overnight star, and extending right through 1998's One True Thing, 2000's Nurse Betty, 2002'...
- 10/8/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"America's sweetheart"-turned-Oscar winner Renee Zellweger will be honored with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's American Riviera Award, the festival announced Tuesday.
The ceremony will take place at Santa Barbara's historic Arlington Theatre, on a date still to be determined during Sbiff's 35th edition, which will run Jan. 15-25, 2020.
Zellweger, 50, has long been regarded as one of the outstanding actresses of her generation, going back to Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, which, at 26, made her an overnight star, and extending right through 1998's One True Thing, 2000's Nurse Betty, 2002'...
The ceremony will take place at Santa Barbara's historic Arlington Theatre, on a date still to be determined during Sbiff's 35th edition, which will run Jan. 15-25, 2020.
Zellweger, 50, has long been regarded as one of the outstanding actresses of her generation, going back to Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire, which, at 26, made her an overnight star, and extending right through 1998's One True Thing, 2000's Nurse Betty, 2002'...
- 10/8/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
John and Matthew are watching every single live-action film starring Meryl Streep.
#26 — Kate Gulden, a suburban wife and mother dying of cancer.
John: Here’s one true thing: Carl Franklin’s One True Thing is neither a Lifetime movie, an extended soap opera, nor a “chick-flick.” One True Thing is, in fact, a melodrama centered around a middle-aged woman dying of cancer, embellished with music and openly soliciting your tears. The maternal melodrama, a genre which Streep has revisited frequently, remains near the bottom of the genre totem pole, regularly maligned and dismissed by critics for all their attributes: it is proudly emotional, scored and scripted to produce waterworks, and an undisguised movie, unconcerned with presenting realism through its formal elements. One True Thing, like most contemporary maternal melodramas, is familiar and stylistically plain, and the film is admittedly hampered by a hackneyed framing device, but it also takes seriously...
#26 — Kate Gulden, a suburban wife and mother dying of cancer.
John: Here’s one true thing: Carl Franklin’s One True Thing is neither a Lifetime movie, an extended soap opera, nor a “chick-flick.” One True Thing is, in fact, a melodrama centered around a middle-aged woman dying of cancer, embellished with music and openly soliciting your tears. The maternal melodrama, a genre which Streep has revisited frequently, remains near the bottom of the genre totem pole, regularly maligned and dismissed by critics for all their attributes: it is proudly emotional, scored and scripted to produce waterworks, and an undisguised movie, unconcerned with presenting realism through its formal elements. One True Thing, like most contemporary maternal melodramas, is familiar and stylistically plain, and the film is admittedly hampered by a hackneyed framing device, but it also takes seriously...
- 6/28/2018
- by Matthew Eng
- FilmExperience
Sela Ward has joined the cast of HBO’s “Westworld.”
Ward will play Juliet, the wife of Ed Harris’ William in the drama series set at a high-end resort where adults go to indulge their fantasies with humanoid robots. She makes her debut in the drama’s penultimate episode of its 10-episode second season, “One True Thing,” which bows June 17.
HBO revealed Ward’s casting in the teaser for “One True Thing” that followed Sunday’s airing of episode 8, “Kiksuya.”
Ward is a drama veteran who is known for starring in ABC’s “Once and Again” and the NBC drama “Sisters.” She most recently was seen in the Epix comedy “Graves” opposite Nick Nolte. She was also a regular on Fox’s “House” and CBS’ “CSI: NY.”...
Ward will play Juliet, the wife of Ed Harris’ William in the drama series set at a high-end resort where adults go to indulge their fantasies with humanoid robots. She makes her debut in the drama’s penultimate episode of its 10-episode second season, “One True Thing,” which bows June 17.
HBO revealed Ward’s casting in the teaser for “One True Thing” that followed Sunday’s airing of episode 8, “Kiksuya.”
Ward is a drama veteran who is known for starring in ABC’s “Once and Again” and the NBC drama “Sisters.” She most recently was seen in the Epix comedy “Graves” opposite Nick Nolte. She was also a regular on Fox’s “House” and CBS’ “CSI: NY.”...
- 6/11/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: This post contains spoilers from HBO’s Westworld Season 2:
The two-time Emmy-winning actress of Once and Again and Sisters is joining HBO’s Westworld next weekend in the penultimate season 2 episode. The news was revealed tonight in the episode 209 teaser “One True Thing.”
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As seen here, Sela Ward will play the Man in Black’s wife (aka William), Juliet. Whether she appears in flashbacks or the present storyline, we will see. William revealed to the robotic-version of his father-in-law tycoon James Delos earlier this season that Juliet committed suicide. Already in season 2, we’ve met the daughter of William and Juliet, Grace (aka Emily) portrayed by Katja Herbers. She’s a daredevil swashbuckler like her father, evident as she escaped mad assassins and a robotic tiger in India-world.
The two-time Emmy-winning actress of Once and Again and Sisters is joining HBO’s Westworld next weekend in the penultimate season 2 episode. The news was revealed tonight in the episode 209 teaser “One True Thing.”
RelatedThandie Newton On Going ‘Solo’ In ‘Star Wars’ And Ruling ‘Westworld’ – The Actor’s Side
As seen here, Sela Ward will play the Man in Black’s wife (aka William), Juliet. Whether she appears in flashbacks or the present storyline, we will see. William revealed to the robotic-version of his father-in-law tycoon James Delos earlier this season that Juliet committed suicide. Already in season 2, we’ve met the daughter of William and Juliet, Grace (aka Emily) portrayed by Katja Herbers. She’s a daredevil swashbuckler like her father, evident as she escaped mad assassins and a robotic tiger in India-world.
- 6/11/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Harry J. Ufland, agent-turned producer and frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese, has died. He was 81.
Ufland died in his Los Angeles home after suffering from brain cancer, his son Tommy told The Hollywood Reporter. Ufland spent many years in the entertainment industry as an agent with William Morris, where he represented names like Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Ridley Scott, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Peter Bogdanovich, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Grodin and Jodie Foster.
There, he packaged movies such as “Raging Bull” and “Blade Runner” and produced films including “Crazy/Beautiful,” “One True Thing,” “Night and the City,” “Snow...
Ufland died in his Los Angeles home after suffering from brain cancer, his son Tommy told The Hollywood Reporter. Ufland spent many years in the entertainment industry as an agent with William Morris, where he represented names like Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Ridley Scott, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Peter Bogdanovich, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Grodin and Jodie Foster.
There, he packaged movies such as “Raging Bull” and “Blade Runner” and produced films including “Crazy/Beautiful,” “One True Thing,” “Night and the City,” “Snow...
- 3/6/2018
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Harry J. Ufland, a veteran agent turned producer who collaborated with director Martin Scorsese on The Last Temptation of Christ and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Bad," has died. He was 81.
Ufland died of brain cancer at his Playa Vista home in Los Angeles, his son, Tommy Ufland, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Ufland also produced films including Irwin Winkler's Night and the City (1992), starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange; Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998), with Meryl Streep nominated for best actress; Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke; and Crazy/Beautiful (2001), featuring Kirsten Dunst.
Ufland ...
Ufland died of brain cancer at his Playa Vista home in Los Angeles, his son, Tommy Ufland, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Ufland also produced films including Irwin Winkler's Night and the City (1992), starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange; Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998), with Meryl Streep nominated for best actress; Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke; and Crazy/Beautiful (2001), featuring Kirsten Dunst.
Ufland ...
Harry J. Ufland, a veteran agent turned producer who collaborated with director Martin Scorsese on The Last Temptation of Christ and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Bad," has died. He was 81.
Ufland died of brain cancer at his Playa Vista home in Los Angeles, his son, Tommy Ufland, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Ufland also produced films including Irwin Winkler's Night and the City (1992), starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange; Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998), with Meryl Streep nominated for best actress; Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke; and Crazy/Beautiful (2001), featuring Kirsten Dunst.
Ufland ...
Ufland died of brain cancer at his Playa Vista home in Los Angeles, his son, Tommy Ufland, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Ufland also produced films including Irwin Winkler's Night and the City (1992), starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange; Carl Franklin's One True Thing (1998), with Meryl Streep nominated for best actress; Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke; and Crazy/Beautiful (2001), featuring Kirsten Dunst.
Ufland ...
Over the past month, the Gold Derby series Meryl Streep at the Oscars has looked back at Meryl Streep’s 21 Oscar nominations, including her 2018 bid for “The Post.” We have considered the performances that competed with her, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the contenders.
For a film buff and awards season aficionado, there is perhaps no more exhilarating a journey than going back to revisit all 21 Streep performances that brought her to the Oscars, plus her competition over the years – a grand total of 105 performances, most richly deserving of their recognition.
While Streep has three Academy Awards — for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011) — a case could surely be made that she has deserved even more. She is at her career-best in “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995) and, if not for the juggernaut that was Shirley MacLaine in “Terms of Endearment...
For a film buff and awards season aficionado, there is perhaps no more exhilarating a journey than going back to revisit all 21 Streep performances that brought her to the Oscars, plus her competition over the years – a grand total of 105 performances, most richly deserving of their recognition.
While Streep has three Academy Awards — for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979), “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011) — a case could surely be made that she has deserved even more. She is at her career-best in “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995) and, if not for the juggernaut that was Shirley MacLaine in “Terms of Endearment...
- 3/5/2018
- by Andrew Carden
- Gold Derby
Over the past four decades Meryl Streep has amassed 21 Oscar nominations, more than any performer in Academy Awards history. She won three of those races, making her a member of the exclusive three-timers club of which there are only two other living members: Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson. However, there’s a unique downside to Queen Meryl’s Oscar reign. After losing Best Actress for “The Post” Sunday night to Frances McDormand (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”), Streep now has 18 Oscar failures on her hands, extending her record as the biggest acting loser of all time.
SEE2018 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 90th Academy Awards [Updating Live]
Streep’s losses straddle 39 years, including 15 as Best Actress and 3 as Best Supporting Actress. Her first loss for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) happened four decades ago, setting the stage for a remarkable Oscar trajectory full of a few ups and many, many downs.
SEE2018 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 90th Academy Awards [Updating Live]
Streep’s losses straddle 39 years, including 15 as Best Actress and 3 as Best Supporting Actress. Her first loss for “The Deer Hunter” (1978) happened four decades ago, setting the stage for a remarkable Oscar trajectory full of a few ups and many, many downs.
- 3/5/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Is Meryl Streep the greatest film actor of all time? That might just be the case judging from her record 21 Oscar nominations. Then again, with three wins she trails Katharine Hepburn, who still holds the record with four acting victories, so Streep still has a big brass ring to reach for if she wants to be the undisputed queen of screen actors. She earned her latest bid this year for her leading role as Washington Post publisher Kay Graham in Steven Spielberg‘s “The Post.” Where does her latest entry rank in her filmography? Even though it seems like she’s nominated for just about every performance she gives it’s not just those Oscar-anointed roles that count among her strongest achievements. Tour through our photo gallery above of Streep’s 25 greatest performances ranked from worst to best.
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- 2/24/2018
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
This article marks Part 11 of the 21-part Gold Derby series Meryl Streep at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at Meryl Streep’s nominations, the performances that competed with her at the Academy Awards, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the contenders.
The latter half of the 1990s found Meryl Streep struggling to find a proper follow-up to her sublime, Oscar-nominated turn in “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995).
First, there was “Before and After” (1996), a sleepy collaboration with filmmaker Barbet Schroeder and leading man Liam Neeson. The picture, among Streep’s worst box office performers to date, was out of theaters within a month.
A bit more successful was “Marvin’s Room” (1996), a family drama that at last paired Streep with Diane Keaton, plus Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film garnered modest reviews and box office receipts upon opening that December and it was ultimately Keaton,...
The latter half of the 1990s found Meryl Streep struggling to find a proper follow-up to her sublime, Oscar-nominated turn in “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995).
First, there was “Before and After” (1996), a sleepy collaboration with filmmaker Barbet Schroeder and leading man Liam Neeson. The picture, among Streep’s worst box office performers to date, was out of theaters within a month.
A bit more successful was “Marvin’s Room” (1996), a family drama that at last paired Streep with Diane Keaton, plus Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film garnered modest reviews and box office receipts upon opening that December and it was ultimately Keaton,...
- 2/12/2018
- by Andrew Carden
- Gold Derby
Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, but can she list all 20 of the films she earned nods for?
Jimmy Kimmel challenged the three-time Oscar winner, 68, to name all of the movies she was nominated for in 60 seconds during Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the results were hilarious.
“If you’re able to name them, I will give you this bonus Oscar,” the late-night host, who is hosting this year’s awards show, told Streep.
The Post star kicked off the game on a strong start, naming The French Lieutenant’s Woman,...
Jimmy Kimmel challenged the three-time Oscar winner, 68, to name all of the movies she was nominated for in 60 seconds during Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the results were hilarious.
“If you’re able to name them, I will give you this bonus Oscar,” the late-night host, who is hosting this year’s awards show, told Streep.
The Post star kicked off the game on a strong start, naming The French Lieutenant’s Woman,...
- 1/9/2018
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Triumph over adversity is drama defined, and Oscar nominations often go to actors whose characters find victory over physical or mental afflictions. The earliest example goes back to 1947; that was the year that non-pro Harold Russell won Best Supporting Actor and a special award for “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Russell was a WWII veteran who lost both of his hands while making a training film. Of note: Of the 59, 27 of these nominations went on to a win. This year’s roster of stars playing afflicted characters includes Jake Gyllenhaal as bombing victim Jeff Baumer in “Stronger,” Andrew Garfield as polio survivor Robin Cavendish in “Breathe,” Bryan Cranston as a millionaire quadriplegic in “The Upside,” and Sally Hawkins in two roles, as an arthritic painter in “Maudie” and a mute lab worker in “The Shape of Water.”
Check out Oscar’s rather astonishing legacy of afflicted contenders below.
Blind...
Check out Oscar’s rather astonishing legacy of afflicted contenders below.
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- 9/25/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Triumph over adversity is drama defined, and Oscar nominations often go to actors whose characters find victory over physical or mental afflictions. The earliest example goes back to 1947; that was the year that non-pro Harold Russell won Best Supporting Actor and a special award for “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Russell was a WWII veteran who lost both of his hands while making a training film. Of note: Of the 59, 27 of these nominations went on to a win. This year’s roster of stars playing afflicted characters includes Jake Gyllenhaal as bombing victim Jeff Baumer in “Stronger,” Andrew Garfield as polio survivor Robin Cavendish in “Breathe,” Bryan Cranston as a millionaire quadriplegic in “The Upside,” and Sally Hawkins in two roles, as an arthritic painter in “Maudie” and a mute lab worker in “The Shape of Water.”
Check out Oscar’s rather astonishing legacy of afflicted contenders below.
Blind...
Check out Oscar’s rather astonishing legacy of afflicted contenders below.
Blind...
- 9/25/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Last year, Meryl Streep received her 20th Academy Award nomination for her performance in Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep’s nod makes her the most nominated performer in Oscars history.
In honor of Streep’s incredible feat (which she celebrated with an epic gif of her dancing; see below), we’re looking back at the roles that got her the accolades.
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(We’re just as excited as you, Meryl!)
1979: The Deer Hunter
Though she didn’t win for her turn as the girlfriend of a fallen soldier in Vietnam, the role helped establish Streep as one to watch in the awards show game,...
In honor of Streep’s incredible feat (which she celebrated with an epic gif of her dancing; see below), we’re looking back at the roles that got her the accolades.
via Giphy
(We’re just as excited as you, Meryl!)
1979: The Deer Hunter
Though she didn’t win for her turn as the girlfriend of a fallen soldier in Vietnam, the role helped establish Streep as one to watch in the awards show game,...
- 6/22/2017
- by Maria Yagoda and Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
The 2017 Oscar Nominees: Everything you need to know about the Best Actress race The 2017 Oscar Nominees: Everything you need to know about the Best Actress race Adriana Floridia2/10/2017 11:36:00 Am
This year's Best Actress race is extremely competitive.
Some of our favourite performances couldn't secure the nomination, and it was simply because there were so many incredible female performances. We're sad that names like Annette Bening for 20th Century Women, Amy Adams for Arrival and Hailee Steinfeld for The Edge of Seventeen weren't among the nominees, but we also love the five nominated performances so much. Seriously, it was just a great year for women acting in film, and with the talent out there today, it's always going to be hard, and therefore even more of an honour, to land that Oscar nomination.
Though there's five women in the running here, the race has been pretty much narrowed down to two major threats.
This year's Best Actress race is extremely competitive.
Some of our favourite performances couldn't secure the nomination, and it was simply because there were so many incredible female performances. We're sad that names like Annette Bening for 20th Century Women, Amy Adams for Arrival and Hailee Steinfeld for The Edge of Seventeen weren't among the nominees, but we also love the five nominated performances so much. Seriously, it was just a great year for women acting in film, and with the talent out there today, it's always going to be hard, and therefore even more of an honour, to land that Oscar nomination.
Though there's five women in the running here, the race has been pretty much narrowed down to two major threats.
- 2/10/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Everyone talks about Meryl Streep’s record-setting number of Academy Award nominations, but perhaps even more impressive is the number of Golden Globe Award nominations she’s received: 30, as of this year, with her latest nod for Florence Foster Jenkins.
In fact, the Hollywood Foreign Press seems to be so enamored with Streep that they’ll give her a nomination for pretty much anything (even Mamma Mia!). And now, they’re finally giving her the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
In honor of Streep’s incredible feat — only Jack Lemmon has even come close, with...
In fact, the Hollywood Foreign Press seems to be so enamored with Streep that they’ll give her a nomination for pretty much anything (even Mamma Mia!). And now, they’re finally giving her the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
In honor of Streep’s incredible feat — only Jack Lemmon has even come close, with...
- 1/7/2017
- by dianapearltimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
The 74th Golden Globe Awards are just around the corner, and Hollywood’s favorite golden girl is nominated once again!
Legendary actress Meryl Streep has scored a record-breaking 30th nod — more than any other actor in the history of the Globes. Since 1979, the actress has consistently racked up nods for her acting throughout her lengthy career. In fact, Streep has only been kept off the ballot just 12 years out of the 37 since her first nod — doubling up on nominations in 2003, 2009 and 2010.
Take a look back on her long history with the Globes, and a beginning steeped in tragedy.
Triumph Amid...
Legendary actress Meryl Streep has scored a record-breaking 30th nod — more than any other actor in the history of the Globes. Since 1979, the actress has consistently racked up nods for her acting throughout her lengthy career. In fact, Streep has only been kept off the ballot just 12 years out of the 37 since her first nod — doubling up on nominations in 2003, 2009 and 2010.
Take a look back on her long history with the Globes, and a beginning steeped in tragedy.
Triumph Amid...
- 1/6/2017
- by russiale93
- PEOPLE.com
Director Carl Franklin followed the success of 1992’s break-out thriller One False Move with his most notable work to date, Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), a Los Angeles neo noir recuperating post-war racial tensions within the confines of the divisive city, filtered through a glop of familiar genre motifs and superb command of tone and mood. Starring Denzel Washington and based on a novel by Walter Mosley, the box office failings of the film curbed additional adaptations of the author’s work featuring reluctant private eye Easy Rawlins. Twenty years after its premiere, the film has maintained an unprecedented level of critical acclaim assisting its sterling reputation. As far as noir goes, we’ve seen this sort of narrative before, a beautiful woman with particularly damning information and labyrinthine connections involved in a dangerous mixture of sex and politics, but never from the perspective of a black private eye in a viciously segregated America.
- 11/17/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Since 1978, Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Academy Award 19 times. They're mostly all incredibly deserved honors. Even the 19th-ranked one. But it's still 19th. And that movie is coming to Netflix October 23. Before we unveil her worst nomination, let's count up all her other nods. Consider it in a cleansing Silkwood shower before the radiation kicks in. 1. "Sophie's Choice": A cliched #1, but her confessional to Stingo and eerie relationship with that Kevin Kline-portrayed buffoon are chilling. 2. "Kramer vs. Kramer": That searing courtroom testimonial? She aced it. She also wrote it herself. 3. "A Cry in the Dark": Love Streep's stony resolve as Lindy Chamberlain, a media scapegoat whose story predates Monica Lewinsky's Ted talk by three decades. 4. "Silkwood": Karen got cooked and it was delicious. 5. "The Devil Wears Prada": Grimly hilarious and real-seeming. The way she utters, "Why isn't anybody rea-dy..." to squabbling magazine interns is legendary.
- 10/2/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Check here for a complete list of our essays. Just one glance at the Oscar nominees for 1998 might make it seem less a questionable choice for “best year in film” — and more an insane one. Instead of a 1974 – The Godfather II, The Conversation, Chinatown, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, etc – or even a 1994, where Shawshank, Quiz Show, and Pulp Fiction lost to Gump – you choose a year where the Oscars would allow Roberto Benigni to climb atop both the figurative and literal chairs of the Shrine? Fine, step away from the Oscars. Would you still celebrate a year that saw not one, but two movies about asteroids threatening the Earth? A year that saw such scars carved across cinematic history as Patch Adams, My Giant, Stepmom, and Krippendorf’s Tribe? It bears repeating: Krippendorf’S Tribe?...
- 4/27/2015
- by Michael Oates Palmer
- Hitfix
Our Oscar coverage continues. Here we overview the best acting and best directing award nominees.
The Best Actor Nominees
Steve Carell - as John du Pont in Foxcatcher
Age: 52
Previously Best Known For:
The Office
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
None
Interesting Fact: Owns and operates the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts where he has a summer home.
Bradley Cooper - as Chris Kyle in American Sniper
Age: 40
Previously Best Known For:
The Hangover
Silver Linings Playbook
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2013- as Richie Dimaso in American Hustle
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2012 - as Pat in Silver Linings Playbook
Interesting Fact: Had to miss his graduation commencement at Georgetown University because he was filming Wet Hot American Summer.
Benedict Cumberbatch - as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game...
The Best Actor Nominees
Steve Carell - as John du Pont in Foxcatcher
Age: 52
Previously Best Known For:
The Office
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
None
Interesting Fact: Owns and operates the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts where he has a summer home.
Bradley Cooper - as Chris Kyle in American Sniper
Age: 40
Previously Best Known For:
The Hangover
Silver Linings Playbook
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2013- as Richie Dimaso in American Hustle
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2012 - as Pat in Silver Linings Playbook
Interesting Fact: Had to miss his graduation commencement at Georgetown University because he was filming Wet Hot American Summer.
Benedict Cumberbatch - as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game...
- 2/18/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Oscar® nominees Marion Cotillard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon will be presenters at this year’s Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC. Cotillard is nominated for Actress in a Leading Role for “Two Days, One Night.” She previously won an Oscar in this category for the 2007 film “La Vie en Rose.” Cumberbatch is nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for “The Imitation Game.” Streep earned a record 19th acting nomination this year for her supporting role in “Into the Woods.” She previously took home Oscars for her lead performances in “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011), and her supporting performance in “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). Streep’s previous Best Actress nominations were for “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” (1981), “Silkwood” (1983), “Out of Africa” (1985), “Ironweed” (1987), “A Cry in the Dark...
- 2/7/2015
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Oscar acting nominations with 18 — Jack Nicholson and Katherine Hepburn are tied for second with 12 each — and could potentially break her own record with a 19th nomination for Disney’s adaptation of Into the Woods. The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg said Streep “steals every scene in which she appears as The Witch.”
Though Streep hasn’t gone more than five years without landing an Oscar nomination since 1979 — the longest break was between 1990’s Postcards from the Edge and 1995’s The Bridges of Madison County — her movies haven’t fared the same. Three of her 18 films scored best picture nominations, all of which won, while four of the films were nominated solely for her performance.
Streep scored her first Oscar nomination in 1979 for her supporting role in The Deer Hunter (1978), which was only her second feature film. The film won five Oscars,...
Managing Editor
Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Oscar acting nominations with 18 — Jack Nicholson and Katherine Hepburn are tied for second with 12 each — and could potentially break her own record with a 19th nomination for Disney’s adaptation of Into the Woods. The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg said Streep “steals every scene in which she appears as The Witch.”
Though Streep hasn’t gone more than five years without landing an Oscar nomination since 1979 — the longest break was between 1990’s Postcards from the Edge and 1995’s The Bridges of Madison County — her movies haven’t fared the same. Three of her 18 films scored best picture nominations, all of which won, while four of the films were nominated solely for her performance.
Streep scored her first Oscar nomination in 1979 for her supporting role in The Deer Hunter (1978), which was only her second feature film. The film won five Oscars,...
- 12/4/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Casting Net: Charlize Theron to produce, possibly star in 'Everything Nice'; Plus, Uma Thurman, more
• Charlize Theron is set to produce and potentially star in Everything Nice, an adaptation of Ellen Shanman’s novel about an ad exec who gets fired, moves back in with her widowed father, starts a flirtation with an old flame, and ends up teaching life skills to sixth-grade girls. One True Thing and Admission scribe Karen Croner is penning the script for Universal. [Deadline]
• Uma Thurman is in negotiations to join Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg in the comedy American Ultra for director Nima Nourizadeh. The film follows a stoner who gets targeted by a sinister government operation. Thurman will play...
• Uma Thurman is in negotiations to join Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg in the comedy American Ultra for director Nima Nourizadeh. The film follows a stoner who gets targeted by a sinister government operation. Thurman will play...
- 3/8/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Our Oscar coverage continues. Here we overview the best acting and best directing award nominees.
Best Actor Nominees
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Age: 40
Previously Best Known For:
Bruce Wayne/Batman – Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy
Patrick Bateman – American Psycho
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Win - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2011 – as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter
Interesting Fact: If he plays an American character, he will use an American accent in all the interviews related to the film. He says he does this so the audience isn't confused
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Age: 77
Previously Best Known For:
Freeman Lowell – Silent Running
Asa Watts – The Cowboys
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 1979 – as Captain Bob Hyde in Coming Home
Interesting Fact: One of the few actors to play a character to have killed John Wayne on screen (The Cowboys...
Best Actor Nominees
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Age: 40
Previously Best Known For:
Bruce Wayne/Batman – Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy
Patrick Bateman – American Psycho
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Win - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2011 – as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter
Interesting Fact: If he plays an American character, he will use an American accent in all the interviews related to the film. He says he does this so the audience isn't confused
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Age: 77
Previously Best Known For:
Freeman Lowell – Silent Running
Asa Watts – The Cowboys
Previous Oscar Nominations/Wins:
Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 1979 – as Captain Bob Hyde in Coming Home
Interesting Fact: One of the few actors to play a character to have killed John Wayne on screen (The Cowboys...
- 2/22/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Meryl Streep breaks Oscar record: Oscar 2014 nominations (photo: Meryl Streep in ‘August: Osage County’) The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced earlier today at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Thor: The Dark World and Snow White and the Huntsman actor Chris Hemsworth — whose Rush was completely shut out — made the announcements, including that of Best Actress contender Meryl Streep, in the running for her performance in John Wells’ August: Osage County. Streep’s competitors are her Doubt and Julie & Julia co-star Amy Adams for David O. Russell’s American Hustle, Sandra Bullock for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, Judi Dench for Stephen Frears’ Philomena, and likely winner Cate Blanchett for Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine. (Emma Thompson’s absence from the Best Actress roster — for her performance in John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks — was quite a surprise.
- 1/16/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Oscar Predictions 2014: Best Actress (photo: Meryl Streep in ‘August: Osage County’) (See also: "Oscar Predictions 2014: Best Actor.") Compared to the vibrant Best Actor field, the 2014 Academy Awards’ Best Actress category looks somewhat anemic. Not in terms of quality, but in terms of quantity. Whereas ten actors could be called strong competitors for the Oscar 2014 shortlist, only five actresses can be considered truly strong candidates for this year’s Best Actress shortlist. Besides these five, there are three unlikely runners-up and a handful of long shots — and we mean "long" as in "light-years-away long." Note: Exact SAG Award and Academy Award matches are actually less common than you might think for the reasons mentioned in our previous Oscar 2014 predictions post (see link in the paragraph above). For instance, last year Marion Cotillard and Helen Mirren were both shortlisted for the Best Actress SAG Awards for, respectively, Jacques Audiard’s...
- 1/6/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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