Independent Spirit Awards Adds 5 New TV Categories for 2021 Ceremony

NEW YORK -- Select nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards, announced Thursday.Best Musical: “Jagged Little Pill”; “Moulin Rouge: The Musical”; “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical”Best Play: “Grand Horizons”; “The Inheritance”; “Sea Wall/A Life”; “Slave Play”; “The Sound Inside”Best Book of a Musical: “Jagged Little Pill,” Diablo Cody; “Moulin Rouge: The Musical," John Logan; “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical,” Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar and Kees PrinsBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterRamsey Naito started her career at Nickelodeon back in the 1990s, and went on from there to do work as a film producer and exec at a where’s-where of major animation powerhouses including Blue Sky, Paramount Animation and Cartoon Network. Two years ago, she proved one can always go home again, and returned to the Nick Animation fold in a development role, only to ascend to president of Nickelodeon Animation just over a month ago.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released a new patch for Marvel’s Avengers, which introduces new content and multiple bug fixes.Patch 1.3.3 introduces the Shield Substation Zero Outpost, a new command center that can be found in the Pacific Northwest of the War Table Avengers. It will feature new characters, storylines and content for players to exploreThe new content include the Tachyon Rifts missions, which tasks players with exploring “temporal anomalies”.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBAFTA has pulled the curtain back on a raft of changes to its Television and Television Craft Awards that it hopes will increase diversity among nominees and winners, and reflect the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the industry.The changes follow the publication of the BAFTA Review last month, a dramatic document that promised sweeping updates to the mechanics of BAFTA’s Film and TV prizes following the #BaftaSoWhite controversy.

Ted Johnson EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is once again doing a national ad buy during an awards telecast with the debut of a new spot on The Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday evening.The 30-second spot, called “Vote For,” features Nina Simone’s New World Coming.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs expected, L.A. Comic-Con has been canceled.

Mafia: Definitive Edition has received its first substantial pass, adding more content and a variety of gameplay tweaks.Having been released last month (September), the new update marks the first post-launch path for Mafia: Definitive Edition and will be free for all players. The biggest inclusion is Noir Mode, which allows the whole game to be played through in the style of a vintage black-and-white mob movie.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorShepard Smith brings a lot to CNBC, including a sterling reputation for chasing facts. But he wasn’t able in his first night on air to catch the audience he enjoyed at his former employer, Fox News Channel.Smith’s new 7 p.m.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFilm Independent’s decision to add TV categories to its annual Spirit Awards was widely cheered on Tuesday by network, studio and streamer executives, who now have another opportunity to campaign their prestige projects for a respected prize.But here’s perhaps the biggest game changer: The Spirit Awards will only honor new series, limiting the competition to shows in their freshman seasons, via the best new scripted series and best new non-scripted or

Dave McNary Film ReporterFilm Independent has added five television categories to the Spirit Awards, to be held on April 24, 2021.The 2021 television categories include best new scripted series, new non-scripted or documentary series, male performance, female performance and ensemble cast.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe Film Independent Spirit Awards will also be lauding Television, effective with its April 24, 2021 ceremony which will air on IFC. The awards ceremony is celebrating its 36th year.Additional categories to the kudo telecast include Best New Scripted Series, Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance, and Best Ensemble Cast.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorBAFTA today revealed over 120 changes to its voting, membership and campaigning processes as it published the findings of an in-depth seven-month Awards Review. The British org began the review to address diversity standards after controversy erupted earlier this year over its 2020 BAFTA Film Awards nominations, which featured zero non-white acting contenders and an all-male directing field.

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.

Bad Bunny surprised the city of New York with a livestreaming concert from the flatbed of a truck. The concert was also done to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month as well as the anniversary of Hurricane Maria.

2020 Emmy Awards on Sunday night with its series, including “Watchmen” and “Succession,” taking home major prizes. “Schitt’s Creek,” meanwhile, swept the comedy categories in its final season.Streaming live from more than 130 cameras stationed in nominees’ homes around the world ― from New York and Berlin, to London and Tel Aviv ― the first-ever virtual Emmys kicked off on Sunday night to celebrate a year in television that already feels like eons ago. About the only normal thing viewers

Blantyre councillor Bert Thomson, chair of the forum, hailed the project as “a great success story”. Cllr Jim McGuigan (Bothwell and Uddingston) thanked the communities involved and added that the project was “very important” in helping older men.