19 Oscar Contenders to Consider From the New First Half of 2020-2021

The Independent Spirit Awards are expanding to include five new television categories for its 2021 awards show, Film Independent announced Tuesday.The new categories include Best New Scripted Series, Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance and Best Ensemble Cast, and submissions for the awards are now open.

Exhibition giant and Regal owner Cineworld Group on Thursday swung to a loss for the first half of 2020 as revenue fell sharply amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, which led to cinema closures worldwide. "The impact of COVID-19 on our business and the wider leisure industry has been substantial, with the closures of all of our cinemas worldwide for an extended period," said Cineworld CEO Moshe "Mooky" Greidinger.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTribeca Film Festival is expanding its focus on video games at next year’s planned fest in New York City: For the first time, Tribeca will open submissions for games to join the 2021 festival as official selections — and will bestow the inaugural Tribeca Games Award from the entries.The festival also announced a new advisory board for Tribeca Games comprising luminaries from the games and film worlds.

due to the coronavirus pandemic — with studios repeatedly pushing release dates and film festivals scrapping plans or moving online — prompting awards bodies to postpone their respective telecasts and adjust eligibility rules to account for continued uncertainty.Below, ET has your handy awards season calendar to keep you up to date as we learn more about what's to come for the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and more.The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards — originally scheduled for the first

straight to your inboxDe Gea or Henderson?Dean Henderson was arguably the best goalkeeper in the Premier League last season and earned his first senior start for United in the absence of David de Gea last week. De Gea's form over the last 18 months has been the worst of his career and his selections ahead of Sergio Romero in the FA Cup and Europa League semi-finals were not vindicated.De Gea signed a four-year contract last year and Henderson agreed a five-year contract last month.

2020 Emmys nominee “The Masked Singer.” Fox’s singing competition sensation returns for Season 4 on Wednesday, Sept.

the Ammies and Pompey, with no new concrete date for the match yet confirmed. The EFL wants the game to go ahead when it is safe to do so, with as many fans as possible attending.

Even with the Telluride Film Festival canceled outside of one special LA Screening and both the Venice and Toronto operating a significantly reduced capacity, it’s still shocking how few Oscar contenders are in play as the New York Film Festival comes into view. At this time last year, “Jojo Rabbit,” “Hustlers,” “Knives Out,” “Ford v.

Also Read: Oscars Set New Inclusion and Diversity Standards for Best Picture EligibilityThe winners were chosen from among 1,474 entries made by 207 domestic and 121 international schools.The winners, listed alphabetically:Alternative/Experimental (Domestic and International Film Schools) Curry Sicong Tian, “Simulacra,” University of Southern CaliforniaAnimation (Domestic Film Schools) Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma, “Ciervo,” Rhode Island School of Design Daniela Dwek, Maya Mendonca and Chrisy

Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler reprised their roles from 50 First Dates in a sketch for the actress' new talk show. A little more than two-minutes long, the bit shows Lucy (Barrymore) waking up and watching a video from her husband,Henry (Sandler), explaining their life together since she has reoccurring daily amnesia.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWord was leaking that more wide release date changes were afoot in the wake of Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 postponing from Oct. 2 to Christmas Day and here we have Universal/MGM/Bron/Monkeypaw’s Candyman moving from its Oct.

Clayton Davis In a surprising twist to an already crazy year for movies, the New York Film Critics Circle, one of the most prestigious and oldest film critic groups in the country, announced that the organization will not take cues from the Academy Awards and extend their voting deadline. Instead, the group will vote for their 2020 plaudits on Dec.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEva Longoria and her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment are staying in business with 20th Television.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEva Longoria and Ben Spector’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment has signed a new three-year first-look deal with 20th Television.“Eva and Ben’s passion for championing meaningful stories, especially those of underrepresented voices and communities is something we believe in deeply at 20th, so we jumped at the chance to extend our relationship with them,” said 20th TV president Carolyn Cassidy.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDespite the COVID-19 pandemic, revenues for recorded music actually increased in the U.S. in the first half of 2020, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s mid-year report.

Spider-Man 3 was slated to kick-off filming in the second half of 2020. A Fall filming date was reportedly in consideration to start filming.