Oscars 2021 snubs and surprises: Regina King, Aaron Sorkin and more

March 31 marks the final day of Women’s History Month and it is also Transgender Day of Visibility. To mark this occasion and further strengthen the voices of the trans community, GLAAD released an open letter signed by over 190 feminist leaders in advocacy, business, entertainment, media, politics, and social justice standing in solidarity with transgender women and girls.

Ethan Shanfeld In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, GLAAD has released an open letter signed by more than 465 feminist leaders in support of transgender women and girls.The letter, organized by the LGBTQ media watchdog group and writer-activist Raquel Willis, serves as a statement of solidarity between cisgender women, trans women and feminist allies in the wake of hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and attacks against trans people.The signatories include prominent figures in

this year's nominations: Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell are the first two women ever nominated for Best Director in the same year. The pair became just the sixth and seventh women ever to be recognized in the category, following in the footsteps of Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow and Greta Gerwig.

How’s this for Black excellence? This year’s 52nd NAACP Image Awards — honouring people of colour across television, music, literature and film — is a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards leading up to Saturday’s live broadcast.

NAACP Image Awards.This year's festivities consisted of a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards honoring Black excellence and people of color across television, music, literature and film. The events all led up to Saturday's live broadcast, hosted by Anthony Anderson.The 2021 NAACP Image Awards were filled with emotional and entertaining moments from the biggest names in Hollywood.

NAACP Image Awards — honoring people of color across television, music, literature and film — is a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards leading up to Saturday's live broadcast.Eddie Murphy is 2021's inductee into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame, presented to him by longtime collaborator Arsenio Hall, with the night's other awards handed out by the likes of Andra Day, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Obama, Regina King and more.The preceding non-televised program includes a

EXCLUSIVE: This year’s Oscar nominees Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Sacha Baron Cohen, Carey Mulligan, Steven Yeun, Amanda Seyfried and Paul Raci are among those who have been added as presenters for the the Producers Guild’s 32nd annual PGA Awards, which will take place later this week in a virtual ceremony.

Producers of One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, and Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their films at a panel staged by the Producers Guild.

By Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Directors Spike Lee and Regina King were left off the list of this year's Academy Awards contenders, though voters made history by nominating two women in the directing category for the first time. Lee's Vietnam War film "Da 5 Bloods," which is vying for the top movie honor at the upcoming Screen Actors Guild awards, was nearly absent from this year's Oscar nominees.

Monday’s Oscar nominations announcement was a whirlwind for “One Night in Miami” writer Kemp Powers, who scored a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for the Amazon Studios drama. The only sore spot? Regina King, who made her directorial debut with the film adaptation of Powers’ play, was shut out of the Best Director category.“I think she’s one of the best directors in the world, I really do.

History was made across the board with the 93rd Oscar nominations. Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American nominated for Best Actor.

1. One Night in Miami and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom snubbed for Best Picture - It seemed likely both films would secure Best Picture nominations, but surprisingly, neither did.

Leslie Odom Jr. may have been on most 2021 Oscars predictions list, but he still wasn't certain it would come true.

A mix of emotions. When the nominations were announced for the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Monday, March 15, the list was filled with happy surprises and disappointing snubs — as it always is.

The pretenders and contenders are out of the way and the awards season main event is finally here with the 93rd Academy Awards nominations unveiled this morning, for better or worse.

The 2021 Critics Choice Awards had a virtual ceremony this year with nominees appearing live from their homes, all around the world.

The 2021 Critics Choice Awards had a virtual ceremony this year with nominees appearing live from their homes, all around the world.

Clayton Davis The 16th annual Final Draft Awards took place on Tuesday, March 2, during an online ceremony. Hosted by Final Draft president Shelly Mellot, the first female appointed in the 30-year history, many awards contenders in the writing categories were honored in both film and television.While accepting the award, Sorkin said, “the Zeitgeist crashed into us” and that he had no idea how much about today “The Trial of the Chicago 7” would end up being.

When Emmy and Oscar-winning actress Regina King visited Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, we learned a lot of behind-the-scenes intel about her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami, which has become an awards season frontrunner for King as well as the cast. In addition to that, we got to learn a lot about the trailblazing actor and filmmaker.