‘Yellowstone’ Lands First Major Awards Recognition With SAG Nod, ‘Squid Game’ Makes Splash, Broadcast Shut Out

Sasha Urban editorA’Ziah “Zola” King, who wrote the infamous 2015 Twitter thread that inspired A24’s 2020 film “Zola,” is now speaking out against the production company over being excluded from the film’s awards nominations.On Sunday, King retweeted a post by Film Independent, the organization behind the Independent Spirit film awards, writing, “I think it’s hilarious ‘Zola’ is up for 7 awards and no one thought to invite me nor include me IN the writers award category. As if there would’ve been a film or a script to write if I didn’t um… write it?”She continued: “I think its HILARIOUS everyone else is on my Television promoting & speaking on my experience as if it’s their moment and not a moment I created for us all.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Costner is set to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2003’s critically acclaimed Open Range. Costner will direct the period Western Horizon, setting an August 29 production start in Utah. Costner will star in the film, produce it and finance it through his Territory Pictures production company.

Wednesday marked the second anniversary of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s death. To pay tribute to the fallen stars, who passed away in a helicopter crash alongside seven others while on the way to a teen basketball tournament in 2020, an artist erected a beautiful statue in their memory.

A touching reminder. Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant were honored at the site of their helicopter crash on Wednesday, January 26, two years after their deaths.

First came the ratings records. Then came awards recognition for Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and Netflix’s Squid Game.

Kobe and Gianna Bryant were memorialized in art on the two-year anniversary of their death. On Wednesday, artist Dan Medina erected a 160-pound bronze statue of the late Lakers legend and his 13-year-old daughter, at the site of thehelicopter crash that killed them and seven others on Jan. 26.

When the stress of the pandemic gets tough, Martha Stewart doesn’t turn to alcohol.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Network is safe, for now.

She keeps followers motivated by regularly sharing her workouts on Instagram - and fitness fanatic Gemma Atkinson has been applauded for her latest post.

Yellowstone's fourth season wrapped up soon after 2022 started up, leaving us with lots of questions about the future, but that definitely wasn't the only thing worth celebrating this month for fans of the modern western drama. The star and fictional patriarch of the ratings-crushing Paramount Network hit turned the ripe, young age of 67 on January 18, and the occasion sparked lots of well-wishes and kind words from the actor’s friends and fanbase, as well as Yellowstone itself.

“The Squid Game universe has just begun.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIt’s official: “Squid Game,” Netflix’s breakout hit of 2021, will be getting a season 2, co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos affirmed.On Netflix’s fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, Sarandos was asked whether there would be a second season of the violent South Korean survival drama, which has scored as the company’s No. 1 most-viewed TV series.“Absolutely,” Sarandos replied.

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Clayton Davis One of the quintessential movie stars of the 1990s, Kevin Costner is celebrating his birthday Tuesday, Jan. 18, with a treasure trove of memorable and dynamic performances in his arsenal.The California-born actor has run the gamut of blockbusters and hard-hitting dramas.