More from Beatrice Verhoeven
Screen Actors Guild Awards Set 2025 Date
The Screen Actors Guild Awards has set the date for its 2025 edition. The film-and-TV honors ceremony will stream live on Netflix on Feb. 23 of next year. Additionally, key dates and deadlines were also announced for the SAG Awards season. Submissions for nomination consideration will open on Aug. 29 and will close on Nov. […]
- By
2024 San Francisco Film Festival to Feature Tributes to Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joan Chen
SFFILM has announced the full lineup for the 2024 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival). Curated from almost 5,000 submissions, films featured in the 67th annual festival will screen in theaters in San Francisco’s Marina and Presidio neighborhoods and in Berkeley from April 24 to April 28. Moreover, a selection of titles will be […]
- By
Usher to Receive NAACP’s Presidents Award
Usher will receive the President’s Award during the 55th NAACP Image Awards, the NAACP announced on Friday. The singer and songwriter will be honored with the award at the ceremony, which will be broadcast live on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and BET. Queen Latifah will host. The President’s Award is “presented in […]
- By
NAACP Image Awards: Jeffrey Wright, Kerry Washington, Sterling K. Brown Added as Presenters
The NAACP and BET have revealed their lineup of presenters for the 2024 NAACP Image Awards. Delroy Lindo, Deon Cole, Diarra Kilpatrick, Donnie Wahlberg, Erika Alexander, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Wright, Keke Palmer, Kenya Barris, Kerry Washington, Leslie Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Morris Chestnut, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sabrina Elba, Sterling K. Brown and Taraji P. Henson […]
- By
NAACP Image Awards: Issa Rae, Leslie Jones Among Night 2 Winners
The NAACP Image Awards has announced its second round of winners in non-televised categories such as outstanding variety show, reality program, reality competition or game show and children’s program. Tuesday’s winners included DC Young Fly for outstanding host in a reality/reality competition, game show or variety (series or special) for Celebrity Squares; Leslie Jones for […]
- By
2024 Daytime Emmy Awards Set for June
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and CBS have announced that the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards will take place on June 7. It will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/delayed PT. This year is the 18th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime […]
- By
John Cena’s Oscar Modesty Garment Explained
At the 2024 Oscars on Sunday, John Cena took the stage — seemingly in his birthday suit, save for a winner’s envelope, a Rolex Explorer and some Birkenstocks — to present the award for best costume design. But the wrestler turned actor was actually wearing an item called a modesty garment, often used in film and […]
- By
Oscars: ‘Oppenheimer’ Star Cillian Murphy Dedicates Best Actor Win to “Peacemakers Everywhere”
Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy won the best actor Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night, and dedicated his win to the “peacemakers” of the world. “Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas, it’s been the wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively satisfying journey you’ve taken me on over the last 20 years,” Murphy said after taking […]
- By
Oscars: Christopher Nolan Says First Oscar Win for Best Director “Means The World”
Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan won the Academy Award for best director, his first Oscar ever, on Sunday night. “I have so many people to thank,” Nolan said during his acceptance speech. “The most incredible cast, Matt Damon, Robert, Emily, Florence, just so many others, all at the top of their game, led by the incredible […]
- By
‘Barbie,’ ‘The Bear’ Among Winners of Casting Society’s 39th Annual Artios Awards
The Casting Society of America announced the winners of the 39th annual Artios Awards, which honors “excellence in casting across feature film, television, commercials and theatre.” Winners in the film categories include Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives and The Holdovers, while The Bear, Succession, Beef, Reservation Dogs and The Last Of Us […]
- By
Best Oscar Moments That Went Viral
Most times, the Oscars broadcast goes off without a hitch. But other times, things happen that leave people talking about it for years — or even decades — to come. While surprises have been happening since before the Oscars were even broadcast — much less before the boom of social media — The Hollywood Reporter […]
- By
Follow That Envelope! What Happens to the Cards That Reveal the Oscar Winners?
Gold statuettes may be the Oscars’ ultimate status symbol, but what of the envelopes that reveal the big winners? Three sets of cards, designed by Marc Friedland since 2011, are produced for each category — two of which are taken to the venue. Winners are allowed to keep their cards and envelopes. Those that are […]
- By