Oscar Race Finally Delivers Some Surprises, From ‘Jingle Jangle’ to Sia’s ‘Music’

In director Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah, Dominique Fishback plays Deborah Johnson, the fiancee of Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) and mother to his son, who was born just weeks after the activist was assassinated in Chicago in 1969 at age 21.

As Academy members drive through Los Angeles under an onslaught of FYC banners they are only days away from voting on the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards. And while the Golden Globes delivered the lowest-rated telecast in 13 years, they did provide something of a public relations boost to a number of contenders.

Clayton Davis “Nomadland” has staked its claim as the official frontrunner for the Academy Award for best picture with its best picture (drama) prize at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.Meanwhile in the best picture (comedy) category, Amazon Studios’ “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” became the first film from a streaming service to win one of the night’s top two film prizes.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWagner Moura has signed on to star opposite Elisabeth Moss in the Apple series “Shining Girls,” Variety has learned.The series is an adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel of the same name. Moss plays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker.

This awards season, it's almost as if the movies are having a conversation with one another. The year's pandemic-disrupted release schedule may have resulted in a smaller pool of films entering the conversation, but, to an unusual degree, a number of them overlap, both in theme and sometimes even in particulars, making for a denser and perhaps richer class of awards hopefuls.

It was a fairly quiet Wednesday in primetime, with ABC leading the way and NBC’s Chicago trio in repeats.

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Harvey Keitel, Emile Hirsch and Ruby Rose are to star in upcoming gangster drama The Legitimate Wise Guy. The film —being introduced to buyers at the upcoming virtual 2021 European Film Market by The Exchange —is set to tell the true story of Anthony Spilotro, considered one of the most feared enforcers to come out of the notorious crime syndicate known as the Chicago Outfit (which rose to power in the 1920s under Al Capone).

Angelique Jackson To capture the essence of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, “Judas and the Black Messiah” director Shaka King couldn’t just read a few history books. He had to put boots on the ground.

North West can add budding chef to her list of talents.Kim Kardashian West shared some adorable clips of her 7-year-old daughter showing her sister, Chicago West and her cousin, Dream Kardashian, how to make Ramen Wednesday night on her Instagram Stories.«What is chef Northy making and chef Chi-Chi and chef Dreamy, what are you guys making?» Kim asks the girls as a pot of Ramen boils on the stovetop.«Who wants to mash it up?» North asks.

NBC topped Wednesday’s primetime again with its Chicago suite. Chicago Med led the way, delivering a 0.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.38 million viewers, the night’s largest audience in Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers. Chicago Fire (0.9, 7.08M) dipped a tenth from last week, while Chicago P.D. (0.8, 5.72M) was close behind holding steady.

Also Read: Writers Guild Nominates 'Trial of the Chicago 7,' 'One Night in Miami' - and 'Borat' TooHe continued: “To commemorate the anniversary of the verdict in this historic trial, we’ve made the film available on YouTube for 48 hours starting Friday, Feb. 19 at 12:00 a.m.

Patrick Flueger) informant proves to be a loose cannon that could upset the whole operation.In ET's exclusive sneak peek, the team gears up for their drug sting with Ruzek and Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) leading the way.

The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominees in the categories of original, adapted and documentary screenplay for the 2021 WGA Awards. The original screenplay nominees are Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Judas and the Black Messiah and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm are among the films that just earned key screenplay recognition amid the race to the 2021 Oscars. The film nominations for the 2021 Writers Guild Awards were announced on Tuesday, and in the category of Original Screenplay, the nominees were Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify announced Tuesday that Mona Sutphen will join its board of directors in April, subject to shareholder approval.Sutphen is a private equity advisor and a co-founder/advisor for several technology start-ups, and was a senior White House official during the Obama Administration. She is currently a Senior Advisor at The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm, and is a venture advisor and co-founder of several technology start-ups.

In a sneak peek at Sunday’s season premiere of “American Idol”, Jason Warrior makes an emotional impact.

Just like real life. Although Patrick Flueger and Marina Squerciati know that fans hope their Chicago P.D. characters, Ruzek and Burgess, respectively, will end up together, they’re both happy with the way the relationship is developing on season 8.