Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era: Awards Show Producers Sound Off on Audiences, Safety and Virtual Elements

Publicists with the International Cinematographers Guild have canceled their annual awards luncheon to instead support their Local 600 Hardship Fund amid the pandemic. The ICG Publicists Awards traditionally recognizes the best film and TV campaigns of the year and includes high-profile cameos by Hollywood A-list stars.

“Saturday Night Live” star Melissa Villaseñor will host the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on April 22, the organization announced on Monday.She will host the first primetime version of the Spirit Awards, which this year will air on IFC on the Thursday night before the Oscars instead of the traditional Saturday afternoon event near the Santa Monica pier.“As someone who considers herself a pretty dependent person, I’m truly honored to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards,” said

Dannielynn Birkhead is the spitting image of her late mom, Anna Nicole Smith. Audiences got to see a first-look at a new 20/20 episode that features the 14-year-old daughter of the famous TV personality and Larry Birkhead, 48, on a journey to piece together parts of Anna’s past roughly 14 years after her death. “She wanted to be a star; she wanted to be a mother; and Dannielynn is her legacy,” Larry’s voiceover can be heard saying in the preview.

Chadwick Boseman‘s legacy lives on.

th Academy of Country Music Awards cycle,” a statement from the Academy reads.“The Academy does not condone or support intolerance or behavior that doesn’t align with our commitment and dedication to diversity and inclusion.”The ACM, which hosts the smaller of country music’s two major awards shows behind November’s Country Music Association Awards, also announced that it would remove all of Wallen’s digital content from its website.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSince the Grammy Awards were moved from Jan. 31 to March 14, updates have been few and far between, but a number of details have begun to emerge about how the show will be run, sources tell Variety, although as with everything during a pandemic, it’s all subject to change.

Green Day are set to perform at the NFL Honors awards show on Saturday (06. 02.

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John Stankey, chief executive of WarnerMedia parent AT&T, compared current production challenges to a “battle” as the studio struggles to wade through shutdowns.

Last Night in Soho has been delayed again, now to October, Variety reports.The psychological thriller was originally due for release in September 2020, and was then rescheduled for April 2021.

The film adaptation of the best-selling novel Where the Crawdads Sing has added rising stars Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith to the cast.

Prime Minister is to use the example of the army and the UK-funding for a vaccine as arguments for the strength of the United Kingdom as he launches a hard response to Nicola Sturgeon’s latest independence demands.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticMagic never works the same way in movies that it does in person, which is not to say that it doesn’t work in movies. It just takes a different kind of finesse, typically relying on editing and effects rather than the time-honored principles of misdirection and distraction.

Another awards show has shifted gears — again — amid the pandemic. Film Independent said Thursday that its Spirit Awards, which are typically held during the daytime in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica the day before the Oscars, will now "break tradition" and air in a primetime ceremony at 10 p.m.