Wicked, Nosferatu, Conclave and The Wild Robot took top film honors at the 29th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. TV winners included Fallout, Shōgun, The Penguin,...
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Giant (1956), an Epic Picture of Texan History
Written and reviewed by Larry Gleeson during the annual TCM 31 Days of Oscar Giant (1956) received 10 Oscar nominations with George Stevens taking home the statuette for Best Director. The film, based on his adaptation of Edna Ferber’s 1952 best-selling novel, is...
Vince Gilligan Advises Amplifying “Good Guys” And Warns Against Making Villains “Too Sexy” During WGA Honorary Award Speech
For Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the WGA honorary Paddy Chayefsky Laurel For Television Writing Achievement served as an opportunity to call for action as a “profoundly divided country.” On Saturday during the 77th annual WGA Awards, the multi-hyphenate...
YouTube TV Reaches Carriage Renewal With Paramount Global, Averting Blackout Of CBS And 22 Other Networks
Paramount Global and YouTube TV have reached a carriage renewal, averting the blackout of 23 networks including CBS, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. The companies announced the multi-year deal Saturday night. The agreement includes the inclusion of Paramount+ With...
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm Calls On Studios To Sue AI Companies, Takes Aim At Trump At Guild Awards: “We Do Not Cower In The Face Of Bullies”
WGA West President Meredith Stiehm sought to reassure members that the guild is doing its best to work in their favor during her speech at Saturday night’s guild awards. Not only did she once speak out against the use of writers’ work to train AI systems, she also...
Sharon Stone Poised To Join HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ For Season 3
Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winner Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct, Casino) is in negotiations to join the cast of the HBO series Euphoria for Season 3. Deadline has been tracking this casting for weeks with an announcement pending following the closing of her...
Bill Lawrence On The Importance Of Mentoring Young Writers, Or “People Who Will Give Me My Last Job When I Am Un-Hirable,” As He Accepts WGA East Award
“The best thing about Hollywood, other than, obviously, award shows, is that all of us got in the door because someone believed in us,” said Bill Lawrence, accepting the WGA East Herb Sergeant Award in New York tonight, urging the assembled to “go out and find a young...
Perplexity has its own ‘Deep Research’ tool now too
In a blog post on Friday, Perplexity introduced a new tool called Deep Research that it says can conduct “in-depth research and analysis” to deliver detailed reports in response to your questions, and it’s free for limited use. It comes just a couple of weeks after...
