Oscar Strategists Approach Finish Line After an Awards Season Full of Obstacles

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

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Line Of Duty's Tommy Jessop has detailed the heartwarming moment he received a hug from his co-star Vicky McClure after filming a scene in which he almost drowned. Speaking in a video interview with Mencap charity, the actor admitted Vicky's sweet gesture after filming in a "freezing lake" was his season six highlight.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films won a very competitive weekend auction among streamers to land the Tom Hanks-starrer Finch, an Amblin Entertainment sci-fi film that previously carried the title Bios and was originally intended to be released by Universal. It will now be released on Apple TV+ later this year, likely in awards season, with a qualifying theatrical run at least in the cards.

Line of Duty fans have been left speculating over whether series six could mark the end of the hit BBC One drama.

Clayton Davis It was an Oscar night to remember, but perhaps not in the way that all of us would have expected.In this special Awards Circuit Podcast Roundtable Mega Edition, Clayton Davis, Jenelle Riley, Jazz Tangcay and Michael Schneider give one last look at the highs, lows, surprises and jaw-dropping moments from the 93rd Oscars.

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the Best International Feature Film Oscar for at the Academy Awards on Sunday, paying tribute to his late daughter, Ida.Ida, who pressed her father to adapt his play of the same title into a movie and was set to play the daughter of the character Martin (Mads Mikkelsen), died in a car accident four days into filming.

when it comes to ratings. There’s no question that this telecast will get the worst ratings in Oscar history; the bar has been lowered so dramatically by every previous awards show that if the ratings don’t fall by 50% from the Oscars’ previous record low (which was set last year), it’ll be seen as a sign of progress.In that way, Soderbergh, Collins and Sher have a license to mess with an awards-show format that has undeniably gotten tired.

Clayton Davis In this strange year of the global pandemic, the Independent Spirit Awards seemed to fall in line with what the upcoming Academy Awards are predicted to reward this Sunday, including showing love to frontrunners like “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman.”Hosted by “Saturday Night Live” cast member Melissa Villaseñor, the virtual ceremony, with some winners producing pre-recording acceptance speeches, was as good as you could hope to see in the pandemic.Chloé Zhao picked up three

Virtual awards ceremonies will soon (we hope) be a thing of the past, but, sadly, the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards are still firmly in the pandemic era. The traditional Saturday afternoon pre-Oscar day drinking telecast moved to a Thursday night Prime Time slot on IFC with Melissa Villaseñor admirably taking the reigns.

Academy Awards. “Moonlight,” “Spotlight,” “Birdman” and “12 Years a Slave” all won at the Spirits before taking best picture at the Oscars the next day, though top winners ("The Farewell" won the Spirits' top prize in 2020) have diverged the last few years.

Clayton Davis The final voting for the Academy Awards officially closed at 5 p.m. PT today.

Disney Hires Netflix EMEA Exec Emma Smart Disney has recruited Emma Smart, Netflix’s London-based director of business affairs for original series, as its VP for business affairs, originals. Smart will report to Diego Londono, Disney’s EVP, media networks and content, negotiating UK-based original productions, as well as having oversight of European production deals.

Clayton Davis Oscars producer Steven Soderbergh maintained that masks would play “a very important role in the story” of the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25, but kept the details under wraps.“If that’s cryptic, it’s meant to be,” Soderbergh said during a Saturday press conference. “That topic is very central to the narrative.”Joined with co-producers Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher, the trio took questions about the upcoming ceremony from Union Station in Los Angeles.

Clayton Davis The great sweeper, the film that runs away with the evening’s awards, has a strong history at the Oscars. Three films have won 11 Oscars in one night: “Ben-Hur” (1959), “Titanic” (1997) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003).

Clayton Davis The longest awards season in modern history is finally coming to a close with the opening of Oscar voting for the Academy’s roughly 10,000 members.The feeling among industry professionals and awards strategists is that many in the Academy at large decided to bow out of the first round of nomination voting.

She is the new host of ITV’s quiz show Tenable while presenter Warwick Davis juggles other work commitments. And former Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay, 47, is a big fan of the show which sees teams answer top 10 list questions for the chance to win a whopping jackpot of up to £125,000.