General Hospital was once again the big winner at the Daytime Emmys, while Dick Van Dyke was recognized for his guest work on Days of Our Lives and The Kelly Clarkson Show won its fourth consecutive trophy for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series.
For a few hours Friday, it seemed like the 51st Annual awards wouldn’t occur because IATSE threatened to picket the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles over the show’s use of a non-union crew. Fortunately, IATSE leadership met with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Friday afternoon and were able to reach an agreement two hours before showtime.
Following a corny but cute opening number performed by The Talk hosts Amanda Kloots and Jerry O’Connell, Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier and Nichelle Turner kicked off the live show by singling out “royalty” in the house — Dick Van Dyke, who would end up winning...
For a few hours Friday, it seemed like the 51st Annual awards wouldn’t occur because IATSE threatened to picket the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles over the show’s use of a non-union crew. Fortunately, IATSE leadership met with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Friday afternoon and were able to reach an agreement two hours before showtime.
Following a corny but cute opening number performed by The Talk hosts Amanda Kloots and Jerry O’Connell, Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier and Nichelle Turner kicked off the live show by singling out “royalty” in the house — Dick Van Dyke, who would end up winning...
- 6/8/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
“General Hospital” led night one of the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winning four prizes — including the outstanding daytime drama Emmy. “General Hospital” won the top daytime drama award for the fourth year in a row.
“Gh” took an early lead as proceedings got underway, including writing, directing and supporting actor performance in a daytime drama series (Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford). While accepting the honor for daytime drama directing, the show’s team paid tribute to Johnny Wactor, the former “Gh” performer who was recently killed.
Besides Gossett from “Gh,” daytime acting awards were spread out among several shows, with CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” winning two — for lead actress (Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers) and supporting actress (Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra). CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” won the drama actor for Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, who also won last year.
In the daytime talk race,...
“Gh” took an early lead as proceedings got underway, including writing, directing and supporting actor performance in a daytime drama series (Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford). While accepting the honor for daytime drama directing, the show’s team paid tribute to Johnny Wactor, the former “Gh” performer who was recently killed.
Besides Gossett from “Gh,” daytime acting awards were spread out among several shows, with CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” winning two — for lead actress (Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers) and supporting actress (Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra). CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” won the drama actor for Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, who also won last year.
In the daytime talk race,...
- 6/7/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Jean Smart is reflecting on her late husband’s death.
In a sit-down interview on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on Max, Smart recalled the shock of Richard Gilliland’s dying March 2021 due to a heart condition.
Smart described the ordeal as “the worst.” She continued, “Because it was such a shock. It was so unexpected. And, you know, I thought he had Covid or something. The places I took him to, to get him tested didn’t do anything except a Covid test.”
After Gilliland passed away, Smart said she “went back to one of those places” and asked to see whoever was in charge that day. “I said, ‘Let me ask you something.’ I said ‘If I brought my 71-year-old husband in here, who was complaining of pain when you take deep breaths —,’ and I said, ‘What would you do for him?’ He said, ‘Well, first thing we do is an Ekg.
In a sit-down interview on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on Max, Smart recalled the shock of Richard Gilliland’s dying March 2021 due to a heart condition.
Smart described the ordeal as “the worst.” She continued, “Because it was such a shock. It was so unexpected. And, you know, I thought he had Covid or something. The places I took him to, to get him tested didn’t do anything except a Covid test.”
After Gilliland passed away, Smart said she “went back to one of those places” and asked to see whoever was in charge that day. “I said, ‘Let me ask you something.’ I said ‘If I brought my 71-year-old husband in here, who was complaining of pain when you take deep breaths —,’ and I said, ‘What would you do for him?’ He said, ‘Well, first thing we do is an Ekg.
- 5/17/2024
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kathy Griffin finally got her show on streaming!
All six seasons of the comedian’s reality TV series is now available to watch on Peacock for the first time.
The hilarious TV series originally aired between 2005 and 2010, and chronicled her attempt at rising from a D- to A-List celebrity. The show won 2 Primetime Emmys in its run.
“Whaaaaaa? News to me! I really love when people discover Kathy Griffin My Life on the D-List. I am very proud of the show. I hope it gives you lots of laughs.
All six seasons of the comedian’s reality TV series is now available to watch on Peacock for the first time.
The hilarious TV series originally aired between 2005 and 2010, and chronicled her attempt at rising from a D- to A-List celebrity. The show won 2 Primetime Emmys in its run.
“Whaaaaaa? News to me! I really love when people discover Kathy Griffin My Life on the D-List. I am very proud of the show. I hope it gives you lots of laughs.
- 4/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The Independent Iranian Filmmakers Association (Iifma) has written to AMPAS to protest the omission of murdered director Dariush Mehrjui from the In Memoriam segment of the Academy Award on Sunday night.
As per Oscar tradition, the Academy paid tribute to a select group of 51 film and entertainment figures who had died over the previous year, including actor Matthew Perry, director William Friedkin, actor-performer Jane Birkin and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in a short In Memoriam segment.
Mehrjui was named instead on the Academy’s In Memoriam page on its website, alongside 279 recently deceased figures related to the film world, including the 51 people feted at the ceremony.
The director was stabbed to death alongside his screenwriter wife Vahideh Moahmmadifar in their home outside Tehran last October.
The unsolved killing came just months after he posted an online video blasting the Iranian government’s suppression of the film industry, raising suspicions that his...
As per Oscar tradition, the Academy paid tribute to a select group of 51 film and entertainment figures who had died over the previous year, including actor Matthew Perry, director William Friedkin, actor-performer Jane Birkin and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in a short In Memoriam segment.
Mehrjui was named instead on the Academy’s In Memoriam page on its website, alongside 279 recently deceased figures related to the film world, including the 51 people feted at the ceremony.
The director was stabbed to death alongside his screenwriter wife Vahideh Moahmmadifar in their home outside Tehran last October.
The unsolved killing came just months after he posted an online video blasting the Iranian government’s suppression of the film industry, raising suspicions that his...
- 3/14/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Details have been unveiled from the late Matthew Perry‘s will.
It has been nearly five months since the Friends star suddenly passed away and we are now learning more about what was in his will and what is set to happen with the belongings he left behind.
Keep reading to find out more…
People has obtained a legal filing of his will, and in it, have learned that he has named his parents John Perry and Suzanne Morrison as trust beneficiaries, as well as his sister Caitlin Morrison and ex-girlfriend Rachel Dunn, whom he dated from 2003-2005.
Matthew‘s belongings will be placed in the “Alvy Singer Living Trust,” which is named after Woody Allen‘s character in the movie Annie Hall.
In his 2022 memoir, “Friends Lovers – And The Big Terrible Thing,” Matthew recalled a memory of a day with his mother which ended in them watching the movie.
It has been nearly five months since the Friends star suddenly passed away and we are now learning more about what was in his will and what is set to happen with the belongings he left behind.
Keep reading to find out more…
People has obtained a legal filing of his will, and in it, have learned that he has named his parents John Perry and Suzanne Morrison as trust beneficiaries, as well as his sister Caitlin Morrison and ex-girlfriend Rachel Dunn, whom he dated from 2003-2005.
Matthew‘s belongings will be placed in the “Alvy Singer Living Trust,” which is named after Woody Allen‘s character in the movie Annie Hall.
In his 2022 memoir, “Friends Lovers – And The Big Terrible Thing,” Matthew recalled a memory of a day with his mother which ended in them watching the movie.
- 3/12/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The official Nielsen fast national ratings for the 96th Academy Awards came a bit later than usual Monday afternoon, but, in general, it was good news for AMPAS and its broadcast network ABC. This year’s Oscars telecast drew an average of 19.5 million viewers. That was up by 700,000 over last year’s 18.8 million. The program peaked in the final half-hour (10:00-10:29 Pm Et) with 21.9 million viewers.
Read More: Best and Worst of the 2024 Academy Awards: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, In Memoriam and More
In less great news, the show earned a 3.81 rating among adults 18-49.
Continue reading ‘Barbie’ Infused Oscars Telecast Earns Highest Ratings In Four Years at The Playlist.
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In less great news, the show earned a 3.81 rating among adults 18-49.
Continue reading ‘Barbie’ Infused Oscars Telecast Earns Highest Ratings In Four Years at The Playlist.
- 3/11/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
The 2024 Oscars In Memoriam segment paid tribute to so many stars who have passed away in the last year, however, several noteworthy names wore omitted.
Celebrities such as Matthew Perry, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Sinead O’Connor, and Paul Reubens were honored during the tribute, which was set to Andrea Bocelli and his son’s live rendition of “Time to Say Goodbye.”
The main In Memoriam segment granted each star an individual slide. Those who were left out appeared on a single slide together at the end of the tribute.
Continue through the slideshow to find out which stars were excluded from the 2024 Oscars In Memoriam main segment…...
Celebrities such as Matthew Perry, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Sinead O’Connor, and Paul Reubens were honored during the tribute, which was set to Andrea Bocelli and his son’s live rendition of “Time to Say Goodbye.”
The main In Memoriam segment granted each star an individual slide. Those who were left out appeared on a single slide together at the end of the tribute.
Continue through the slideshow to find out which stars were excluded from the 2024 Oscars In Memoriam main segment…...
- 3/11/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Just minutes before the Oscars were set to begin, the show’s producers realized they had a problem: Some of the year’s key A-listers and nominees weren’t inside the Dolby Theatre just yet. The perfect storm of traffic delays, pro-Palestine protests, the first day of daylight saving time and an earlier start time had contributed to the last-minute crunch.
“We were definitely stressed out, because we had to have certain celebrities in their seats,” Oscars producer Molly McNearney — also an EP on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” — tells Variety on Monday morning. “We talk to people in the monologue. And in order to for that to pay off, you want to see their reactions. We were still waiting on five or six people to get into their seats. It was definitely chaotic to get them all in quickly. So we pushed by five minutes, which didn’t feel like too much.
“We were definitely stressed out, because we had to have certain celebrities in their seats,” Oscars producer Molly McNearney — also an EP on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” — tells Variety on Monday morning. “We talk to people in the monologue. And in order to for that to pay off, you want to see their reactions. We were still waiting on five or six people to get into their seats. It was definitely chaotic to get them all in quickly. So we pushed by five minutes, which didn’t feel like too much.
- 3/11/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 10th, in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. And, of course, the “In Memoriam” is always a notable section, known for producing tears but also jeers at all the omissions that seem to occur each year.
Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli delivered this year’s Oscars In Memoriam performance singing “Time to Say Good-Bye (Con Te Partirò),” perhaps awkwardly more well-known to many these days as the song Will Ferrell and John C.
Continue reading Watch: The Oscars 2024’s ‘In Memoriam’ Segment Says Goodbye To Everyone We Lost But Still Neglected Key Names at The Playlist.
Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli delivered this year’s Oscars In Memoriam performance singing “Time to Say Good-Bye (Con Te Partirò),” perhaps awkwardly more well-known to many these days as the song Will Ferrell and John C.
Continue reading Watch: The Oscars 2024’s ‘In Memoriam’ Segment Says Goodbye To Everyone We Lost But Still Neglected Key Names at The Playlist.
- 3/11/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Oscars producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan did their best to make this the “Barbie” Oscars. And, in some ways, the participation of Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, and America Ferrera assisted in that effort. But considering the blockbuster won only one Academy Award (Original Song), the telecast organically shifted its focus to two other global hits, “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things,” which won seven and four Oscars respectively.
Continue reading Best & Worst Of The 2024 Oscars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, In Memoriam at The Playlist.
Continue reading Best & Worst Of The 2024 Oscars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, In Memoriam at The Playlist.
- 3/11/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Since 1994, paying tribute to the artists and filmmakers who died in the past year has become an annual segment at the Oscars. Arguably the most emotional segment of the Night, the In Memoriam section of 2024 kicked off with the remembrance of Alexei Navalny. Other notable names that were honored in the Award ceremony included Matthew Perry, Richard Lewis, Glenda Jackson, Tina Turner, Robbie Robertson, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
However, like each year, several deceased figures were left out of the montage, which involved many prominent figures, including John Wick Star Lance Reddick, which has caused fans to outburst.
In Memoriam | Oscars
Fans Furious Over Lance Reddick and Other Notable Figures’ Snub From In Memoriam
The Academy is no stranger to leaving out beloved figures from the segment, with Anne Heche and Charlbi Dean being left out in 2023, and 2024 was no different. 2023 saw many notable figures leaving the world behind, which was hard to grasp for fans,...
However, like each year, several deceased figures were left out of the montage, which involved many prominent figures, including John Wick Star Lance Reddick, which has caused fans to outburst.
In Memoriam | Oscars
Fans Furious Over Lance Reddick and Other Notable Figures’ Snub From In Memoriam
The Academy is no stranger to leaving out beloved figures from the segment, with Anne Heche and Charlbi Dean being left out in 2023, and 2024 was no different. 2023 saw many notable figures leaving the world behind, which was hard to grasp for fans,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
The 96th Academy Awards are officially in the history books. The ceremony provided great honors, amazing performances and, as usual, some incredible acceptance speeches. The 2024 winners were full of gratitude, humor, occasional humility and deep emotion. Here’s a look at the six best speeches at this year’s Oscars. Which one was your favorite? Did we not include it in this recap? Sound off in the comments section below.
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Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Randolph started the night’s speeches on a high note by talking about how when she started as a singer her mother told her to look for an opportunity in the theater department. She then thanked Ron Van Lieu who “told me I was enough. And when I told you I don’t see myself, you said, ‘That’s fine. We’re...
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Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Randolph started the night’s speeches on a high note by talking about how when she started as a singer her mother told her to look for an opportunity in the theater department. She then thanked Ron Van Lieu who “told me I was enough. And when I told you I don’t see myself, you said, ‘That’s fine. We’re...
- 3/11/2024
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Even an Academy Awards telecast as satisfying as the 96th Oscars has some disappointing moments. From missed speeches to missed opportunities to capitalize on its presenters and a misguided attempt to honor those we’ve lost, here are four of the misfires from the Sunday, Mar. 10 telecast.
Wes Anderson misses his first Oscar win
Yes, many folks were displeased about someone of Wes Anderson’s stature crashing the Best Live Action Short category, but the majority of Oscar voters deemed “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” the best of this year’s nominees. The acclaimed director has seven prior nominations for features “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Isle of Dogs” but had surprisingly never taken home a trophy, so it would have been joyous to see him ascend the Oscar stage, statuette in hand, and deliver a trademark idiosyncratic acceptance speech.
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Wes Anderson misses his first Oscar win
Yes, many folks were displeased about someone of Wes Anderson’s stature crashing the Best Live Action Short category, but the majority of Oscar voters deemed “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” the best of this year’s nominees. The acclaimed director has seven prior nominations for features “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Isle of Dogs” but had surprisingly never taken home a trophy, so it would have been joyous to see him ascend the Oscar stage, statuette in hand, and deliver a trademark idiosyncratic acceptance speech.
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- 3/11/2024
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The In Memoriam segment of the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night paid a moving tribute to several stars and movie industry folk who have died over the last year — but, as ever, social media was quick to point out the more glaring omissions.
During the telecast, the In Memoriam segment featured Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo performing a moving rendition of “Con te partirò” as pictures of talent who have died flashed on the stage behind them. The segment opened with a tribute to the late Russian political activist Alexei Navalny, who died last month in prison in controversial circumstances.
“You’re not allowed to give up,” Navalny says in a clip from the film Navalny, which won best documentary feature at the 2023 Academy Awards. “If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong.”
The segment also featured brief photo tributes to the likes of Matthew Perry,...
During the telecast, the In Memoriam segment featured Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo performing a moving rendition of “Con te partirò” as pictures of talent who have died flashed on the stage behind them. The segment opened with a tribute to the late Russian political activist Alexei Navalny, who died last month in prison in controversial circumstances.
“You’re not allowed to give up,” Navalny says in a clip from the film Navalny, which won best documentary feature at the 2023 Academy Awards. “If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong.”
The segment also featured brief photo tributes to the likes of Matthew Perry,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dig out your best tuxedo, or don your finest gown – it’s Oscars night! The 2024 Academy Awards are about to get underway, bringing the best of Hollywood together to celebrate cinema, and hand out all kinds of shiny gold statues in the process. As ever, it’s going to be a long haul and a late night, but Team Empire is here to follow with you every step of the way with our live blog, covering every single award, every single winner, and every single unmissable moment. There will be songs, there will be speeches, there will be snubs – though, there probably won’t be another slap.
Read below for the latest updates, be sure to stock up on caffeine and snacks, and we’ll be with you to the end of the line.
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2.30am That’s it! Thanks for following along with us. A strong Oscars year in all,...
Read below for the latest updates, be sure to stock up on caffeine and snacks, and we’ll be with you to the end of the line.
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2.30am That’s it! Thanks for following along with us. A strong Oscars year in all,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli took to the stage during the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday night (March 10) held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The 65-year-old singer and his 26-year-old son performed a beautiful rendition of his song “Time to Say Goodbye” for the awards ceremony’s In Memoriam segment in the second half of the show.
Starting out with a remembrance of Alexei Navalny, the In Memoriam tribute featured photos and videos of many performers and crew that we’ve lost over the past year, there were some who did not make the cut.
Keep reading to find out more and to watch the video…
The end of the performance featured many names listed on the screen, including Lance Reddick, Norman Lear, Ron Cephas Jones, Sinead O’Connor and Treat Williams, but one name was notably missing from the tribute this year, and that was Angus Cloud.
Earlier in the night,...
The 65-year-old singer and his 26-year-old son performed a beautiful rendition of his song “Time to Say Goodbye” for the awards ceremony’s In Memoriam segment in the second half of the show.
Starting out with a remembrance of Alexei Navalny, the In Memoriam tribute featured photos and videos of many performers and crew that we’ve lost over the past year, there were some who did not make the cut.
Keep reading to find out more and to watch the video…
The end of the performance featured many names listed on the screen, including Lance Reddick, Norman Lear, Ron Cephas Jones, Sinead O’Connor and Treat Williams, but one name was notably missing from the tribute this year, and that was Angus Cloud.
Earlier in the night,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Andrea Bocelli performed a rendition of the song “Time to Say Goodbye” with his son Matteo Bocelli to accompany the Academy’s annual obituary section. Perhaps mindful of previous years, in which eagle-eyed viewers have jumped on omissions, this year’s “In Memoriam” — which began with footage of the recently deceased Russian opposition leader and subject of last year’s winning documentary Navalny — seemed comprehensive but at the same time not enough.
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Beloved actors Lance Reddick, Treat Williams, Apocalypse Now’s Frederic Forrest, Rocky’s Burt Young all relegated to a fine print reference at the end, along with such writers as Norman Lear and No Country for Old Men’s Cormac McCarthy. Also given afterthought treatment were Kenneth Anger, Terence Davies, Carl Davis, David McCallum, Sinead O’Connor and Paolo Taviani in...
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Best Picture Oscar & Six Others; Emma Stone & Cillian Murphy Take Lead Acting Prizes – Full List
Beloved actors Lance Reddick, Treat Williams, Apocalypse Now’s Frederic Forrest, Rocky’s Burt Young all relegated to a fine print reference at the end, along with such writers as Norman Lear and No Country for Old Men’s Cormac McCarthy. Also given afterthought treatment were Kenneth Anger, Terence Davies, Carl Davis, David McCallum, Sinead O’Connor and Paolo Taviani in...
- 3/11/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
With a minute or so to kill before the end of this year’s Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel read out a review of his performance as host of the Oscars.
Kimmel read the social media post from his phone, “Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Blah. Blah. Blah. Make America Great Again.”
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy
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What Kimmel was reading was an actual Truth Social post from Donald Trump.
Kimmel read the social media post from his phone, “Has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC ‘talent,’ George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Blah. Blah. Blah. Make America Great Again.”
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy
Related: Cillian Murphy Dedicates ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Actor Oscar To “Peacemakers Everywhere”
What Kimmel was reading was an actual Truth Social post from Donald Trump.
- 3/11/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Part of every awards show is the In Memoriam segment, which honors those who have died in the past year. And that also means that part of every awards show is taking note of who didn’t make the cut (as happens every time). The 2024 Oscars are no exception. Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo performed “Time to Say Goodbye” for the 2024 Oscars In Memoriam segment. Among the names part of the segment—at the end, the broadcast directed viewers to a website for the “many other legends we lost”—were: Michael Gambon, Harry Belafonte, Alan Arkin, Julian Sands, Andre Braugher, Chita Rivera, Tom Wilkinson, Glynis Johns, Jane Birkin, Paul Reubens, Piper Laurie, Richard Roundtree, Ryan O’Neal, Matthew Perry, Richard Lewis, Lee Sun-Kyun, Carl Weathers, William Friedkin, Glenda Jackson, and Tina Turner. The In Memoriam segment, which you can watch above, did end with a long list of names on...
- 3/11/2024
- TV Insider
The In Memoriam section of the Academy Awards is always one of the most emotional moments of the show. This year was no exception, as the 96th Oscars celebrate the performers, filmmakers and artisan talents who died in the past year. The In Memoriam segment kicked off with a remembrance of Alexei Navalny, the political prisoner who died Feb. 16 and was profiled in last year’s documentary feature winner “Navalny.”
The names unfurled onscreen was Andrea Boccelli and his son, Matteo, sang “Time to Say Goodbye.”
Every year, the Academy leaves a few beloved names out of the montage, causing anger among some viewers. Though a much longer list is presented on the Oscars.org website, outrage over who makes it onscreen is part of the Oscar-watching tradition.
Read more: All the 2024 Oscar winners
This year several beloved late performers and filmmakers didn’t make the main segment, including Treat Williams,...
The names unfurled onscreen was Andrea Boccelli and his son, Matteo, sang “Time to Say Goodbye.”
Every year, the Academy leaves a few beloved names out of the montage, causing anger among some viewers. Though a much longer list is presented on the Oscars.org website, outrage over who makes it onscreen is part of the Oscar-watching tradition.
Read more: All the 2024 Oscar winners
This year several beloved late performers and filmmakers didn’t make the main segment, including Treat Williams,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
From Billie Eilish’s heartrending performance to John Cena’s beefcake cameo, the 96th Academy Awards served up some pretty terrific moments and more than a few surprises.
Here were the highlights — and lowlights — from Sunday’s telecast on ABC.
Great Moment when members of Osage Nation walked the red carpet. Like the costumes we saw in Killers of the Flower Moon, their Indigenous attire was both extravagant and gorgeous.
Surprise how the show started five minutes late because some attendees still hadn’t made it into the theater. Arrivals has been complicated by the security measures meant to keep pro-Palestinian protesters at a distance, and that led to “hundreds of people” getting stuck outside the entrance.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Hollywood, CA ahead of 96th Oscars
Snub delayed for Greta Gerwig and how she didn’t get a nomination for Best Director.
Here were the highlights — and lowlights — from Sunday’s telecast on ABC.
Great Moment when members of Osage Nation walked the red carpet. Like the costumes we saw in Killers of the Flower Moon, their Indigenous attire was both extravagant and gorgeous.
Surprise how the show started five minutes late because some attendees still hadn’t made it into the theater. Arrivals has been complicated by the security measures meant to keep pro-Palestinian protesters at a distance, and that led to “hundreds of people” getting stuck outside the entrance.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Hollywood, CA ahead of 96th Oscars
Snub delayed for Greta Gerwig and how she didn’t get a nomination for Best Director.
- 3/11/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Awards paid tribute to Alan Arkin, Paul Reubens, Harry Belafonte, and directors William Friedkin and Norman Jewison during the In Memoriam portion of the 2024 Oscars.
Andrea Bocelli and his son Mateo Bocelli led the tribute with a moving delivery of “Time to Say Goodbye.” During the segment, dozens of dancers took the stage for a performance art piece, embracing and twirling around each other.
The 2024 #Oscars show their In Memoriam tribute pic.twitter.com/NmGBnrhxt3
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 11, 2024
The past year since the 2023 Academy Awards also...
Andrea Bocelli and his son Mateo Bocelli led the tribute with a moving delivery of “Time to Say Goodbye.” During the segment, dozens of dancers took the stage for a performance art piece, embracing and twirling around each other.
The 2024 #Oscars show their In Memoriam tribute pic.twitter.com/NmGBnrhxt3
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 11, 2024
The past year since the 2023 Academy Awards also...
- 3/11/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
On October 21, 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed in a tragic on-set accident during the production of the Alec Baldwin film, "Rust." While preparing for a scene as the film's director of photography, Baldwin discharged a live round from a Pietta .45 Colt revolver, which was being used as a prop, injuring director Joel Souza and fatally wounding Hutchins. On February 15, 2022, Hutchins' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin (who also served as a producer) and other crew members on "Rust," alleging that her death was wholly preventable and the result of cost-cutting safety measures and irresponsible on-set behavior. Legal proceedings have been ongoing ever since, but today, on-set armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, as reported by Variety.
As the on-set armorer, it was Gutierrez Reed's responsibility for the safe handling of firearms on set, and was the one who loaded the live bullet into the gun used by Baldwin.
As the on-set armorer, it was Gutierrez Reed's responsibility for the safe handling of firearms on set, and was the one who loaded the live bullet into the gun used by Baldwin.
- 3/6/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Oscar producers announced the next wave of ceremony presenters on Tuesday. Newly revealed are: Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker.
Previous presenters announced earlier:
Mahershala Ali
Bad Bunny
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Brendan Fraser
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Regina King
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Lupita Nyong’o
Catherine O’Hara
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Yeoh
Ramy Youssef
Zendaya
Revealed last week were the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” while previous winners Billie Eilish and Finneas will take the...
Previous presenters announced earlier:
Mahershala Ali
Bad Bunny
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Brendan Fraser
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Regina King
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Lupita Nyong’o
Catherine O’Hara
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Yeoh
Ramy Youssef
Zendaya
Revealed last week were the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” while previous winners Billie Eilish and Finneas will take the...
- 3/5/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscar producers announced the next wave of ceremony presenters on Tuesday. Newly revealed are: Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker.
Previous presenters announced earlier:
Mahershala Ali
Bad Bunny
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Brendan Fraser
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Regina King
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Lupita Nyong’o
Catherine O’Hara
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Yeoh
Ramy Youssef
Zendaya
Revealed last week were the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” while previous winners Billie Eilish and Finneas will take the...
Previous presenters announced earlier:
Mahershala Ali
Bad Bunny
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Brendan Fraser
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Regina King
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Lupita Nyong’o
Catherine O’Hara
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Yeoh
Ramy Youssef
Zendaya
Revealed last week were the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” while previous winners Billie Eilish and Finneas will take the...
- 2/29/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscar producers announced the next wave of ceremony presenters on Thursday. The latest list of celebrities taking the stage: Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef. Of those, King, Lawrence, Moreno and Spencer are past Academy Awards champs.
Previously-announced presenters include all four of last year’s acting winners: Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In fact, every presenter revealed on Monday is a previous Academy Awards champ except for Michelle Pfeiffer and Zendaya. That list includes Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino and Sam Rockwell.
Revealed earlier this week were the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor...
Previously-announced presenters include all four of last year’s acting winners: Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In fact, every presenter revealed on Monday is a previous Academy Awards champ except for Michelle Pfeiffer and Zendaya. That list includes Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino and Sam Rockwell.
Revealed earlier this week were the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor...
- 2/29/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscar producers announced on Wednesday the artists who will be performing the five Best Original Song nominee performances on next month’s ceremony. Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” while previous winners Billie Eilish and Finneas will take the stage for “What Was I Made For” from the same movie. Becky G will perform “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot.” Jon Batiste will sing “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony.” Scott George and the Osage Tribal Singers are set for “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Previously-announced presenters include all four of last year’s acting winners: Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In fact, every presenter revealed on Monday is a previous Academy Awards champ except for Michelle Pfeiffer and Zendaya.
Previously-announced presenters include all four of last year’s acting winners: Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In fact, every presenter revealed on Monday is a previous Academy Awards champ except for Michelle Pfeiffer and Zendaya.
- 2/28/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscar producers have announced the first performer and initial list of presenters for the Oscars 2024 ceremony. Nominee Ryan Gosling will perform the Original Song contender “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie” years after he turned down an opportunity to sing music from “La La Land” on the event. That news is according to our Pmc sister website Variety.
Presenters include all four of last year’s acting winners: Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In fact, every presenter revealed on Monday is a previous Academy Awards champ except for Michelle Pfeiffer and Zendaya. That list includes Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino and Sam Rockwell.
There is no word yet on who will perform the other nominated tunes “What Was I Made For?” (“Barbie”), “The Fire Inside” (“Flamin’ Hot...
Presenters include all four of last year’s acting winners: Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan from “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In fact, every presenter revealed on Monday is a previous Academy Awards champ except for Michelle Pfeiffer and Zendaya. That list includes Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino and Sam Rockwell.
There is no word yet on who will perform the other nominated tunes “What Was I Made For?” (“Barbie”), “The Fire Inside” (“Flamin’ Hot...
- 2/26/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The 2024 BAFTA Awards was held recently and many amazing films received deserving awards in various categories. Major films like Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things dominated the event by winning seven and five BAFTA awards respectively. Nolan’s Oppenheimer went on to win the top prize for Best Film.
David Tennant hosted the 2024 BAFTA Awards
Additionally, many high-profile celebrities who made their name in films, games, and TV who passed away last year were honored at the event. Many were shocked that the BAFTAs omitted Friends star Matthew Perry. The Academy has now released its mistake and has addressed the situation.
BAFTA Will Now Honor Matthew Perry at Its TV Awards Later This Year Fans were pissed at the BAFTAs for not including Matthew Perry during their In Memoriam segment
The BAFTA awards were held recently, celebrating the best film of the past year. Christopher Nolan and...
David Tennant hosted the 2024 BAFTA Awards
Additionally, many high-profile celebrities who made their name in films, games, and TV who passed away last year were honored at the event. Many were shocked that the BAFTAs omitted Friends star Matthew Perry. The Academy has now released its mistake and has addressed the situation.
BAFTA Will Now Honor Matthew Perry at Its TV Awards Later This Year Fans were pissed at the BAFTAs for not including Matthew Perry during their In Memoriam segment
The BAFTA awards were held recently, celebrating the best film of the past year. Christopher Nolan and...
- 2/19/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
The 2024 British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on Sunday (February 18) at the Royal Festival Hall in Southbank Centre in London, England.
During the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment, one star was notably missing from the tribute – Matthew Perry.
While the actor may be most well known for starring in the Friends TV series, he also had an illustrious film career, so it would be presumed he would have been included.
Keep reading to find out more…
However, his omission in the In Memoriam wasn’t necessarily an oversight as the show producers are explaining why he wasn’t included, but he will be included as the BAFTAs celebrate the upcoming TV awards.
“I can confirm Matthew Perry will be remembered in our forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards,” a BAFTA spokesperson shared with People.
“Matthew Perry will be remembered in this year’s TV Awards ceremony,...
During the ceremony’s In Memoriam segment, one star was notably missing from the tribute – Matthew Perry.
While the actor may be most well known for starring in the Friends TV series, he also had an illustrious film career, so it would be presumed he would have been included.
Keep reading to find out more…
However, his omission in the In Memoriam wasn’t necessarily an oversight as the show producers are explaining why he wasn’t included, but he will be included as the BAFTAs celebrate the upcoming TV awards.
“I can confirm Matthew Perry will be remembered in our forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards,” a BAFTA spokesperson shared with People.
“Matthew Perry will be remembered in this year’s TV Awards ceremony,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed that Matthew Perry will be honoured at its TV awards later this year following backlash over his omission from the In Memoriam segment of the film awards night on Sunday evening, reports ‘Variety’.
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show ‘Friends’, ‘Variety’ adds that he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including ‘The Whole Nine Yards’, alongside Bruce Willis, and ‘Fools Rush In’ opposite Salma Hayek.
This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘The After Time’ performed by ‘Ted Lasso’ star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others.
The segment also paid tribute to Tina Turner,...
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show ‘Friends’, ‘Variety’ adds that he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including ‘The Whole Nine Yards’, alongside Bruce Willis, and ‘Fools Rush In’ opposite Salma Hayek.
This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘The After Time’ performed by ‘Ted Lasso’ star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others.
The segment also paid tribute to Tina Turner,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Lenny Kravitz performed a medley spanning his more than 35-year career at the People’s Choice Awards on Sunday. The musician was also the recipient of the Music Icon Award during the ceremony.
Performing in the middle of the audience before strutting up the catwalk to join his band at the mainstage, he launched into a funky “Fly Away” followed by new track “TK421,” and then he segued into the hopeful “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” before turning things up for “Let Love Rule” and the scorching...
Performing in the middle of the audience before strutting up the catwalk to join his band at the mainstage, he launched into a funky “Fly Away” followed by new track “TK421,” and then he segued into the hopeful “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” before turning things up for “Let Love Rule” and the scorching...
- 2/19/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has confirmed that Matthew Perry will be honored at its TV awards later this year following backlash over his omission from the film awards’ In Memoriam segment on Sunday evening.
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show “Friends,” he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including “The Whole Nine Yards” alongside Bruce Willis and “Fools Rush In” opposite Salma Hayek.
This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s “The After Time” performed by “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others. The segment also paid tribute to Tina Turner, who was commemorated as both an actor and singer.
Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show “Friends,” he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including “The Whole Nine Yards” alongside Bruce Willis and “Fools Rush In” opposite Salma Hayek.
This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s “The After Time” performed by “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others. The segment also paid tribute to Tina Turner, who was commemorated as both an actor and singer.
- 2/19/2024
- by K.J. Yossman and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
“Oppenheimer” swept the BAFTAs on Sunday night, winning awards for director Christopher Nolan and actor Cillian Murphy as well as taking home the prize for best film.
Overall, the movie took home seven golden BAFTA masks, with “Poor Things” coming in second place with five wins.
BAFTA chair Sarah Putt opened the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night by welcoming the star-studded audience, which included Prince William, who arrived solo as his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, continues to recuperate at home following an operation. William, who is president of BAFTA, did not give a speech, no doubt in part because of renewed interest in his personal life following his father King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis last month.
In her speech, Putt said she was sending Catherine and the King “our very best wishes” before handing over to the night’s host, “Doctor Who” star David Tennant.
Overall, the movie took home seven golden BAFTA masks, with “Poor Things” coming in second place with five wins.
BAFTA chair Sarah Putt opened the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday night by welcoming the star-studded audience, which included Prince William, who arrived solo as his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, continues to recuperate at home following an operation. William, who is president of BAFTA, did not give a speech, no doubt in part because of renewed interest in his personal life following his father King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis last month.
In her speech, Putt said she was sending Catherine and the King “our very best wishes” before handing over to the night’s host, “Doctor Who” star David Tennant.
- 2/18/2024
- by K.J. Yossman and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: If you have watched the Netflix docu The Greatest Night in Pop, you saw the 40 biggest singers of the ’80s break into a spontaneous chorus of “Day-o” in tribute to Harry Belafonte for organizing the “We Are the World” global fundraiser that raised over $60 million to save starving, famine-stricken African families. So you understand why the late singer/activist/actor’s daughters were disappointed when an In Memoriam segment on the Grammys flashed his photo but omitted him from a special section honoring the giants. Here, daughter Shari reminds why her father meant so much to the world, and music.
Related: Harry Belafonte Dies: Actor, Singer & Civil Rights Icon Was 96
Being a woman of color and having been in the entertainment business literally All of my life, I’ve witnessed and have been exposed to many instances of what one would call “unjustified treatment.” But, don’t...
Related: Harry Belafonte Dies: Actor, Singer & Civil Rights Icon Was 96
Being a woman of color and having been in the entertainment business literally All of my life, I’ve witnessed and have been exposed to many instances of what one would call “unjustified treatment.” But, don’t...
- 2/9/2024
- by Shari Belafonte
- Deadline Film + TV
Harry Belafonte’s Daughters Criticize Grammys for Not Doing More to Recognize Singer During Ceremony
Harry Belafonte’s daughters, Shari and Gina, are calling out the Grammys for not doing more to recognize the late singer during the 2024 awards ceremony Sunday.
During the In Memoriam segment, Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Fantasia Barrino and Jon Batiste took to the stage to perform emotional tributes for Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Sinead O’Connor, Clarence Avant and more.
While they performed, images of other artists the music industry lost last year were displayed onscreen behind them, including Belafonte, while Batiste sang “The Best Is Yet to Come.”
But Shari and Gina feel the Grammys should have given the singer a special tribute, similar to the ones for Turner, Bennett, O’Connor and Avant.
“While the folks who had a bit more of a #shoutout on the #GrammyAwards this year were absolutely deserving of accolades, I’m a bit appalled that our father was not included in a #SpecialTribute and...
During the In Memoriam segment, Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Fantasia Barrino and Jon Batiste took to the stage to perform emotional tributes for Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Sinead O’Connor, Clarence Avant and more.
While they performed, images of other artists the music industry lost last year were displayed onscreen behind them, including Belafonte, while Batiste sang “The Best Is Yet to Come.”
But Shari and Gina feel the Grammys should have given the singer a special tribute, similar to the ones for Turner, Bennett, O’Connor and Avant.
“While the folks who had a bit more of a #shoutout on the #GrammyAwards this year were absolutely deserving of accolades, I’m a bit appalled that our father was not included in a #SpecialTribute and...
- 2/8/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2023 was all about the joy of girlhood, so it's no surprise the biggest musical hits of the year were also for women and by women. Ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards, women dominated nominations across categories. But the Feb. 4 ceremony celebrated not only women nominees, but also winners, performers, and presenters - at every age. From longtime legends to rising artists, women celebrated each other unabashedly in an industry that tends to emphasize youth and often pits women against each other. For the first time in years, an award show seemed to hit the mark on entertaining audiences across generations, striking the perfect chord between embracing nostalgia and highlighting newer talent.
Women nominees were up for every major category, and ultimately snagged the big wins, too. Phoebe Bridgers took home the most trophies with four wins, making her a first-time Grammy winner alongside Victoria Monét, Miley Cyrus, Karol G, and Lainey Wilson.
Women nominees were up for every major category, and ultimately snagged the big wins, too. Phoebe Bridgers took home the most trophies with four wins, making her a first-time Grammy winner alongside Victoria Monét, Miley Cyrus, Karol G, and Lainey Wilson.
- 2/5/2024
- by Yerin Kim
- Popsugar.com
The 66th Grammys garnered a 34 percent increase in viewership compared to last year, reaching an average of 16.9 million viewers, marking its most successful ceremony since the 2020 pandemic. With Live +3-day viewership projections, the audience is expected to surpass 17 million viewers. As a result, the Grammy Awards maintains its status as the leading music awards show for 18 years in a row, according to CBS and Paramount+. On Paramount+, live viewership for the Grammy Awards achieved its highest-ever numbers, surging by an impressive 173 percent compared to the previous year. The peak quarter-hour of the broadcast, commencing at 9:45 p.m., drew the show’s largest audience, with 18.3 million viewers. The segment featured Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste, and Fantasia Barrino leading the poignant In Memoriam tribute. The 66th Grammy Awards dominated social media, accumulating a staggering 62.6 billion potential impressions and securing its position as the top social entertainment event of 2024 so far.
- 2/5/2024
- TV Insider
CBS’ broadcast of the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night averaged 16.9 million total viewers, marking a 34% increase from last year.
Last year’s telecast, which was also hosted by Trevor Noah, drew 12.4 million viewers, up 30% from 2022 to mark the ceremony’s largest audience since January 2020 (aka its last pre-pandemic outing). This year’s Grammy Awards now stakes that claim.
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Last year’s telecast, which was also hosted by Trevor Noah, drew 12.4 million viewers, up 30% from 2022 to mark the ceremony’s largest audience since January 2020 (aka its last pre-pandemic outing). This year’s Grammy Awards now stakes that claim.
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- 2/5/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The 66th annual Grammy Awards took a fast car towards ratings success on Sunday, bringing in an average 16.9 million viewers with a show that featured several high-profile performances and surprises.
This marks a 34% improvement from last year’s show, which reached 12.4 million viewers on average, and the most-watched Grammys ceremony since 2020.
Additionally, Paramount+ saw its highest Grammys viewership ever with 173% more streams than in 2023.
With 18.3 million viewers, the most-watched quarter-hour of the show began at 9:45 p.m., during which Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste and Fantasia Barrino led the In Memoriam segment.
Other highlights of Sunday’s show included Tracy Chapman’s first public appearance in years, joined by Luke Combs to sing her hit song “Fast Car”; Joni Mitchell’s first-ever performance at the Grammys; Celine Dion surprising the crowd by presenting the album of the year award over a year after revealing her Stiff Person Syndrome...
This marks a 34% improvement from last year’s show, which reached 12.4 million viewers on average, and the most-watched Grammys ceremony since 2020.
Additionally, Paramount+ saw its highest Grammys viewership ever with 173% more streams than in 2023.
With 18.3 million viewers, the most-watched quarter-hour of the show began at 9:45 p.m., during which Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Jon Batiste and Fantasia Barrino led the In Memoriam segment.
Other highlights of Sunday’s show included Tracy Chapman’s first public appearance in years, joined by Luke Combs to sing her hit song “Fast Car”; Joni Mitchell’s first-ever performance at the Grammys; Celine Dion surprising the crowd by presenting the album of the year award over a year after revealing her Stiff Person Syndrome...
- 2/5/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday turned out to be a very good night to be Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman. As well as delivering for music fans, and allowing Jay-Z to get a few things off his chest, the Grammys turned out to be great for CBS and the Recording Academy.
The live ceremony from Dtla hit a years-long high note with 16.9 million viewers on average tuning in across CBS, Paramount+ and other digital platforms, according to early data from Nielsen. Pulling in the best Grammy numbers ever for the streamer, according to CBS, the show peaked with nearly 18.3 million watching at the 9:45 Pm quarter during the In Memoriam segment.
Snagging the best numbers for the Grammys since 2020, last night’s Trevor Noah-hosted show was up 34% from last year’s audience of 12.4 million, which was a double-digit jump from the low of...
The live ceremony from Dtla hit a years-long high note with 16.9 million viewers on average tuning in across CBS, Paramount+ and other digital platforms, according to early data from Nielsen. Pulling in the best Grammy numbers ever for the streamer, according to CBS, the show peaked with nearly 18.3 million watching at the 9:45 Pm quarter during the In Memoriam segment.
Snagging the best numbers for the Grammys since 2020, last night’s Trevor Noah-hosted show was up 34% from last year’s audience of 12.4 million, which was a double-digit jump from the low of...
- 2/5/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
With the Grammys approaching this weekend, on Sunday, Feb. 4, the music industry and nominees are buzzing alike, in anticipation of a week filled with parties, panels, masterclasses and brunches during Grammy week.
Related: Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift Makes History With Album Of The Year Win As Women Dominate – Complete List
Grammy week kicked off with We Are Moving the Needle, the organization founded by Emily Lazar, a Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer. Honorees included Alanis Morissette, Corinne Bailey Rae, Caroline Polachek, Catherine Marks, Laura Sisk, Jennifer Decilveo, Michael Goldstone, and Christine Thomas at the first Annual Resonator Awards recognizing women in production and engineering roles.
Related: Grammy Awards Viewers Question If Taylor Swift Snubbed Celine Dion After Album Of The Year Win
Black Music Action Coalition (Bmac) Music Maker Dinner hosted by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis took place on Wednesday, in support of the economic empowerment of Black music entrepreneurs, artists,...
Related: Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift Makes History With Album Of The Year Win As Women Dominate – Complete List
Grammy week kicked off with We Are Moving the Needle, the organization founded by Emily Lazar, a Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer. Honorees included Alanis Morissette, Corinne Bailey Rae, Caroline Polachek, Catherine Marks, Laura Sisk, Jennifer Decilveo, Michael Goldstone, and Christine Thomas at the first Annual Resonator Awards recognizing women in production and engineering roles.
Related: Grammy Awards Viewers Question If Taylor Swift Snubbed Celine Dion After Album Of The Year Win
Black Music Action Coalition (Bmac) Music Maker Dinner hosted by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis took place on Wednesday, in support of the economic empowerment of Black music entrepreneurs, artists,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
For the biggest night in music, the Grammy Awards consistently struggle to overcome their ordinariness. In previous years, the show seemed to be on a confused search for meaning. An identity crisis instigated by years of snubs and accelerated by the pandemic led comedian Trevor Noah to admit in 2022 that the event was “a concert where we give out awards.”
That sentiment still rings true two years later. With most of the categories abandoned to an energetic but sparsely attended preshow ceremony, the main telecast feels like a trying exhibition and a hotbed of contradictions. To watch the Grammys in 2024 is to witness an insistence on fun without much actual evidence of it.
Some of that has to do with the forces that have changed how people consume awards shows. Is it worth another subscription to tune in to a more-than-three-hour showcase, especially if you can catch the snipped and...
That sentiment still rings true two years later. With most of the categories abandoned to an energetic but sparsely attended preshow ceremony, the main telecast feels like a trying exhibition and a hotbed of contradictions. To watch the Grammys in 2024 is to witness an insistence on fun without much actual evidence of it.
Some of that has to do with the forces that have changed how people consume awards shows. Is it worth another subscription to tune in to a more-than-three-hour showcase, especially if you can catch the snipped and...
- 2/5/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As always, the Grammy Awards were as much a concert as they were an awards show, with 26 acts taking the stage for 12 performances. Who do you think was the best at the 2024 ceremony? Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post, and check out the complete list of winners here.
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The telecast opened with Dua Lipa in one of the showiest medleys of the night, combining “Training Season,” “Dance the Night” and “Houdini” on big metal scaffolding lifted, spun, and twisted by a troupe of dancers. We also got a dramatic production number from Sza, who turned “Snooze” and especially “Kill Bill” into a martial arts action extravaganza. Travis Scott and Playboi Carti brought moody intensity, eerie lighting, and deep fog to their medley of “My Eyes,” “I Know?” and “Fe!n.” U2 showed off...
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The telecast opened with Dua Lipa in one of the showiest medleys of the night, combining “Training Season,” “Dance the Night” and “Houdini” on big metal scaffolding lifted, spun, and twisted by a troupe of dancers. We also got a dramatic production number from Sza, who turned “Snooze” and especially “Kill Bill” into a martial arts action extravaganza. Travis Scott and Playboi Carti brought moody intensity, eerie lighting, and deep fog to their medley of “My Eyes,” “I Know?” and “Fe!n.” U2 showed off...
- 2/5/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Jay-Z was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammy Awards and took shots at the organization for snubbing Beyoncé and keeping her from taking the Album of the Year award.
The multi-hyphenate media mogul had Beyoncé cheering him on, and he brought his daughter, Grammy Award winner Blue Ivy Carter, to the stage to accept the trophy.
As Jay-Z took the stage, he started off by saying he used the gramophone as a sippy cup for Blue Ivy and reminded everyone she is grown up now and has her own trophies now.
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“Thank you, sir. All the doors that you opened, you showed us that we can be rock stars,” the artist said, spotting Dr. Dre in the audience.
Jay-Z recalled that in 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff...
The multi-hyphenate media mogul had Beyoncé cheering him on, and he brought his daughter, Grammy Award winner Blue Ivy Carter, to the stage to accept the trophy.
As Jay-Z took the stage, he started off by saying he used the gramophone as a sippy cup for Blue Ivy and reminded everyone she is grown up now and has her own trophies now.
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“Thank you, sir. All the doors that you opened, you showed us that we can be rock stars,” the artist said, spotting Dr. Dre in the audience.
Jay-Z recalled that in 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff...
- 2/5/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Annie Lennox paid tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor during the In Memoriam segment of the Grammys Sunday by performing the artist’s global smash “Nothing Compares 2 U” and channeling her activism.
At the end of the moody number, Lennox — with mascara running down her cheek – held her left hand to the sky and exclaimed, “artists for cease fire, peace in the world.”
(Watch) Annie Lennox calls for “ceasefire” during In Memoriam performance #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/AvnXQO1Rus
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) February 5, 2024
O’Connor, who died last July at the age of 56, spoke out about human rights, racism and organized religion. She was banned from Saturday Night Live for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance two years later.
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“Nothing Compares 2 U” was culled from her second...
At the end of the moody number, Lennox — with mascara running down her cheek – held her left hand to the sky and exclaimed, “artists for cease fire, peace in the world.”
(Watch) Annie Lennox calls for “ceasefire” during In Memoriam performance #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/AvnXQO1Rus
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) February 5, 2024
O’Connor, who died last July at the age of 56, spoke out about human rights, racism and organized religion. She was banned from Saturday Night Live for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance two years later.
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“Nothing Compares 2 U” was culled from her second...
- 2/5/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Beckinsale shared a charged and lengthy post on Instagram Thursday morning in response to what she described as a “horribly cold email” from BAFTA about the death of her stepfather, TV director Roy Battersby.
Shared just as this year’s BAFTA film awards were announced, Beckinsale said in the post that despite Battersby’s lengthy list of credits and honors for his work on the small screen, including a BAFTA for lifetime achievement, the awards body told her they “could not guarantee he would be included in their ‘in memoriam tribute’” to late industry members during this year’s awards shows.
“So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades-long career (in which he has been awarded from said organization the highest accolade they have ) to decide If his death is worth mentioning,” Beckinsale said in the post,...
Shared just as this year’s BAFTA film awards were announced, Beckinsale said in the post that despite Battersby’s lengthy list of credits and honors for his work on the small screen, including a BAFTA for lifetime achievement, the awards body told her they “could not guarantee he would be included in their ‘in memoriam tribute’” to late industry members during this year’s awards shows.
“So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades-long career (in which he has been awarded from said organization the highest accolade they have ) to decide If his death is worth mentioning,” Beckinsale said in the post,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards had a number of cast reunions, from Cheers to Grey’s Anatomy. One that was noticeably missing was that of Friends, especially considering the October loss of Matthew Perry. And while it would have been a touching moment, that is precisely why the surviving cast didn’t take the stage last Monday.
As one Emmy producer told The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s still very fresh for them.” Another added that a Friends reunion was on the table but the timing wasn’t sensitive. “We had talked about it early on — but I can imagine, from their side, they’re mourning someone who was still very close to them. I can’t speak for them, but we all have to respect that they were their own family. It was probably just a little too soon.”
While it may have been fitting for Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow,...
As one Emmy producer told The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s still very fresh for them.” Another added that a Friends reunion was on the table but the timing wasn’t sensitive. “We had talked about it early on — but I can imagine, from their side, they’re mourning someone who was still very close to them. I can’t speak for them, but we all have to respect that they were their own family. It was probably just a little too soon.”
While it may have been fitting for Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
There were rumors that the cast of Friends would show up at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards to pay tribute to the late Matthew Perry, but that didn’t happen.
Matthew did get the final spot in the In Memoriam segment that aired on Monday (January 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
The Friends theme song was even played as the In Memoriam piece ended, but the five surviving cast members – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer – didn’t show up.
The producers of the Emmys telecast are now explaining why.
Keep reading to find out more…
Producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay told THR, “It’s still very fresh for them.”
Producer Jesse Collins added, “We had talked about it early on — but I can imagine, from their side, they’re mourning someone who was still very close to them. I can’t speak for them,...
Matthew did get the final spot in the In Memoriam segment that aired on Monday (January 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
The Friends theme song was even played as the In Memoriam piece ended, but the five surviving cast members – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer – didn’t show up.
The producers of the Emmys telecast are now explaining why.
Keep reading to find out more…
Producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay told THR, “It’s still very fresh for them.”
Producer Jesse Collins added, “We had talked about it early on — but I can imagine, from their side, they’re mourning someone who was still very close to them. I can’t speak for them,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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