WGA West President David A. Goodman Jokes About Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel At Writers Guild Awards

Also Read: The Design of 'Mank': How Costumes and Sets Energized David Fincher's Homage to Old Hollywood“Mank” and “Tenet” are both nominated for the Best Production Design Oscar; “Da 5 Bloods” and “Soul” are not.In television categories, winners included “The Mandalorian,” “Ozark,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Will & Grace.”Awards also went to “Saturday Night Live,” to Beyonce’s “Black Is King” and to Harry Styles’ music video for “Falling.”JB Smoove hosted the show,

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAs with most every other guild awards ceremony during the pandemic, the Directors Guild of America is presenting its winners in film and television via a virtual ceremony.

The 25th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards is taking place tonight as a reimagined virtual show. Hosted by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s J.B. Smoove, the event runs from from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m., PT and celebrates outstanding production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, animated features and music videos. You can watch a livestream here. For the nominees and winners, see the list at the bottom of this post.

Glee virtually reunited to remember Naya Rivera, who . During its run, featured many characters of different sexual orientations; Santana Lopez, played by Rivera, came out as a lesbian over the course of the show and had relationships with other female characters, including Dani, played by .

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNiecy Nash was in bed late one Sunday evening earlier this year when she got a frantic call from her team of reps: “The Masked Singer” host Nick Cannon had tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve of production for Season 5. Would she be available to fill in?“I was like, ‘you had me at hello,'” Nash tells Variety.

Gordon Smith said on Wednesday that he is stepping down as president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters at the end of the year. He’ll be succeeded by the trade association’s chief operating officer, Curtis LeGeyt.

To All the Boys: Always and Forever star Lana Condor has been tapped to host the Costume Designers Guild Awards. Presenters for the CDGA ceremony on April 13 include Rose Byrne, Andra Day, Emerald Fennell, Regina King, Carey Mulligan, Niecy Nash, Leslie Odom Jr.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,Birds of Prey and Pinocchio claimed awards in the feature competition during theMake-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (Local 706) Awards, which were handed out during a virtual presentation shot on the stage at the El Portal Theater in NOHO. In the feature categories, Ma Rainey's collected two awards, for period make-up and period hair styling, while Birds of Prey claimed two trophies for contemporary make-up and contemporary hair styling.

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel’s 2020 pay package totaled $14.38 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing registering for an IPO fresh off a deal with writers and as its business slowly returns to normal after a real punishing by Covid.

EastEnders star Davood Ghadami had a magical evening last week, when he threw his daughter Grace a Harry Potter themed sixth birthday party.The star, who plays Kush Kazemi on the hit BBC soap, transformed the living room of his home to include a wide range of merchandise based on the world created by writer JK Rowling. As the birthday girl could not have her school mates round, the star created a party for four; himself, wife Isobel, and daughters Grace and Eva.

2021 NAACP Image Awards has found its host and another award recipient! Anthony Anderson is set to emcee this year's awards ceremony, it was announced on Thursday.This will be Anderson's eighth time hosting the NAACP Image Awards.

Tanya Saracho (Vida), Mike Royce (One Day at a Time), and Liz Hsiao Lan Alper (Day of the Dead) continue to do the work to bring more equity and inclusion to Hollywood — something that it seems to have trouble with as of late (we’re looking at you HFPA).

Britons Emerald Fennell and Sacha Baron Cohen were among the winners at the Writers Guild Awards, in a major boost to their Oscars hopes. Fennell walked away with the prize for best original screenplay for her film, Promising Young Woman - her directorial debut.

NEW YORK -- Sacha Baron Cohen's “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards' top honors, best adapted screenplay.At the guild's virtual, pre-recorded 73rd annual awards, the biggest winners were a pair of awards-season dark horses. Best original screenplay went to the script for the feminist revenge thriller “Promising Young Woman,” by writer-director Emerald Fennell.