Peter Bart: Critics And Their Screeners May Survive Awards-Season Rush Far Easier Than Oscar Voters

While the returning season six of Outlander sees our favourite characters very much settling into their new home in America, fans of the show still hope that Scotland will once again feature at some point.

“Deliver a good entertainment, and the audience will come.” That’s what the venerable director Robert Wise told me after defying Hollywood doubters with his hit musical West Side Story (yes, the 1961 version).

Fans aren't the only ones excited about the upcoming reunion special — the cast is eager too!Ahead of the premiere of HBO Max's special to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the franchise's first film, , ET spoke with star Rupert Grint about what fans can expect. The 33-year-old actor famously played Harry's best friend Ron Weasley and one-third of the Golden Trio in all eight magical flicks.

Peter Andre has confessed that he could be welcoming another addition to his family in 2022. Writing in his weekly new! column, singer Pete says if there was ever a time he would have another baby, it would have to be next year! Here, he also discusses his children's Christmas lists and his sadness at Miss World 2021 being cancelled just hours he was due to host the broadcast in Puerto Rico.

.“Other “Harry Potter” cast members featured in the special include Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Ian Hart, Toby Jones, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, producer David Heyman and filmmakers Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell and David Yates.“Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” is executive produced by Casey Patterson of Casey Patterson

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Television Academy has officially shared its 2022 Emmy calendar, and not a lot has changed from last year.

Are filmgoers ready for Don’t Look Up? It’s a star-laden satire dealing with hot topics of the moment – everything from the climate crisis to media disarray and the firings of news anchors.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFor the third consecutive year, Women In Film has released its awards-season ballot, recognizing all the women whose work behind the camera made this year’s biggest films possible.As critics and guilds start voting and handing out awards, the WIF #VoteForWomen ballot seeks to shine a light on the women and nonbinary film professionals for consideration.In a statement, Women In Film said, “Every year we see hundreds of women excelling at their roles as creative and

For more than a decade now, Marvel Studios films have dominated the box office. They’ve even (mostly) earned rave reviews from just about every critic.

NEW YORK -- Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including “Interview With the Vampire,” reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80.Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page and his Twitter page.“As a writer, she taught me to defy genre boundaries and surrender to my obsessive passions,” Christopher Rice, also an author, wrote.

My good colleague Pete Hammond tells us the film awards season is in full swing, live and in-person. Screenings. Panels. Parties. Lunch with the stars. Just like 2019.

reunion will make fans tear up!Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint reunite inside the Gryffindor common room in the new photo from HBO Max's upcoming special,. In the still, the trio is all smiles as they sit in lush burgundy seats, reminiscing on their days on set.This marks the first time the trio is back together since the release of the eighth and final film in 2011.

Jacob Roloff is a new dad! The former  star has announced that he and his wife, Isabel Sofia Rock, welcomed their first child together.Roloff took to Twitter to share the news on Monday in a simple post that celebrated the new addition to his family.«My wife is a superhero, my son is an angel and all nurses are saints,» he tweeted.

Deadline’s Contenders Film returns to New York this morning with a hybrid in-person and livestreamed showcase at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, and a lineup of 23 films spotlighting the best motion pictures this awards season has to offer. The in-person event kicks off with a breakfast sponsored by United Artists Releasing at 8 a.m. ET, with panels and livestream coverage kicking off at 9:30 a.m.

The New York Film Critics Circle has kicked off its voting Friday morning for its 2021 awards, with the group taking its customary place as an early barometer of the movie-kudos season.

Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are one powerhouse acting duo, and the two are each other's biggest supporters.The couple and Oscar winners are known for making the awards season rounds, and as Bardem told ET's Nischelle Turner, «it helps» to have his lady love around to navigate the craziness of it all.«I'm very proud of her.