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Variety @Variety With SAG Awards Next, Does ‘Nomadland’ Have the Oscars Wrapped Up Without Cast Ensemble? With SAG Awards Next, Does ‘Nomadland’ Have the Oscars Wrapped Up Without Cast Ensemble? Variety's film awards editor assesses the final predictions for the SAG Awards, and what the PGA win for "Nomadland" does for the Oscars race. variety.com 2:30 PM · Apr 1, 2021·WordPress.com

The Hollywood Reporter @THR ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Lights Up U.S. Box Office With $9.6M Opening Day 'Godzilla vs. Kong' Lights Up U.S. Box Office With $9.6M Opening Day hollywoodreporter.com 10:53 AM · Apr 1, 2021·SocialFlow

THR International @THRGlobal #Oscars "hubs" are being set up in London and Paris to help nominees there participate in person Oscars: Academy Adds European Venues, Will Cover Quarantine-Impacted Travel Costs The producers of the April 25 ceremony addressed questions and concerns from nominees. hollywoodreporter.com 12:01 AM · Mar 31, 2021·TweetDeck

Talk about stranger than fiction. It was 40 years ago this week that President Reagan -- barely 10 weeks into his first term -- was wounded in a failed assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981. The man credited with saving the president's life was Secret Service agent Jerry Parr. When the would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., began firing at Reagan, Parr reacted by shoving the president into a waiting limousine and jumping on top of him. The limousine then sped off to the emergency room of the George Washington University Medical Center. Reagan, shot once with a .22-caliber bullet, underwent surgery for two hours. He was back at the White House 12 days later. Parr, who was a member of the Secret Service for 23 years, said his interest in the agency began when he was nine years old. His father took him to see the 1939 film "Code of the Secret Service," which starred Reagan as Agent Brass Bancroft. Has anyone seen this picture?

IndieWire @IndieWire ‘The Father’ Joins ‘Promising Young Woman’ Among Top Oscar VOD Views https://bit.ly/2PA44KR 7:20 PM · Mar 29, 2021·TweetDeck

Variety @Variety Data: Which 2021 Netflix Oscar-Nominated Films Were Most Watched? http://is.gd/O50zA6 7:00 PM · Mar 28, 2021·TweetDeck

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The Hollywood Reporter @THR The #Oscars ceremony is set to go unaired in Hong Kong for the first time in over 50 years, despite a Hong Kong film being nominated for the first time since 1993 Hong Kong Broadcaster Drops Oscars Ceremony Amid Beijing Backlash The city's largest free-to-air broadcaster, TVB, has opted not to air the Academy Awards for the first time in over 50 years, despite the fact that a Hong Kong film is nominated for the first time... hollywoodreporter.com 11:16 AM · Mar 29, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' was named best picture at the AARP #MoviesForGrownupsPBS Awards, while Sophia Loren ('The Life Ahead') and Anthony Hopkins ('The Father') won best actress and best actor prizes, respectively. Full winners list: AARP Movies for Grownups Awards: 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Named Best Picture A complete list of the 2021 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards winners. hollywoodreporter.com 12:15 AM · Mar 29, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Tribeca Reveals Details About In-Person, Outdoor Festival Tribeca Reveals Details About In-Person, Outdoor Festival As New York City continues to reopen amid ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the 20th anniversary of the Tribeca Festival, set for June 9-20, has revealed how it plans to be the first major film... hollywoodreporter.com 9:04 AM · Mar 29, 2021·SocialFlow

Some things to consider before the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony, which will air Sunday, April 25, 2021 on ABC: This year's winner of the "Missed It By That Much" Award: Writer-director Kemp Powers. He received his first Academy Award nomination this month for adapting the screenplay of his 2013 stage production "One Night in Miami..." Directed by Regina King, the 2020 film focuses on a fictionalized 1964 "summit meeting" of heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Black Muslim spokesperson Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), NFL great Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom, Jr.). Most of the story takes place at a Miami hotel when the newly crowned champion Clay is about to announce his conversion to Islam as Cassius X (he later took on the name Muhammad Ali). Kemp also co-directed and co-wrote the Disney/Pixar musical fantasy "Soul," which is a strong favorite to win the 2020 Oscar for Best Animated Feature. But Kemp wasn't nominated for his work on the film. If "Soul" wins on Oscar night, statuettes will go to director Pete Docter and producer Dana Murray (pictured below with Kemp). Close but no cigar.

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Variety @Variety ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Poised to Be Pandemic’s Best Performer Yet at U.S. Box Office http://is.gd/QOUuBN 11:51 AM · Mar 28, 2021·TweetDeck

Variety @Variety Box Office: Bob Odenkirk’s ‘Nobody’ Debuts to No. 1 With $6.7 Million Box Office: Bob Odenkirk’s ‘Nobody’ Debuts to No. 1 With $6.7 Million "Nobody," a revenge thriller starring Bob Odenkirk, is leading domestic box office charts. variety.com 11:23 AM · Mar 28, 2021·WordPress.com

The late Chadwick Boseman received awards as Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture from the 52nd NAACP Image Awards. A virtual version of the annual ceremony was based in Los Angeles on Saturday night and televised live by CBS, BET and other cable channels. Boseman, who died of colon cancer on August 28, 2020, was honored respectively for his performances in the dramas "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "Da 5 Bloods." His widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, virtually accepted the televised award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. "As always, he would give all honor and glory to the most high God," she said in an emotional segment. "He would thank his mom and dad, and he would give honor to the ancestors as we now honor him. Thank you NAACP Image Awards for always giving him his flowers. He was an uncommon artist and an even more uncommon person. But the manner in which we lost him is not uncommon at all. Not in our community." She urged Black people to be screened for colon cancer and increase their awareness about the disease. "Black people in this country are 20 percent more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer and 40 percent more likely to die from it," she said. "The age for routine screening has recently been lowered to 45 so if you are 45 years of age or older, please get screened. Don't put it off any longer, please get screened." Boseman's co-star in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" -- Viola Davis (pictured below with her husband Julius Tennon) -- won the Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture award for her performance as the film's title character. She also received the award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for the final season of ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder." The 16-year-old actress Marsai Martin, who plays Diane Johnson in the ABC sitcom "blackish," received two Image awards: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series). She now has a total of nine Image awards for her career. Here are the winners from the 52nd NAACP Image Awards: Social Justice Impact April Ryan Debbie Allen Lebron James Stacey Abrams Tamika Mallory Entertainer of the Year D-Nice Regina King Viola Davis Trevor Noah Tyler Perry Outstanding Motion Picture “Bad Boys For Life” (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment) “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) “One Night In Miami…” (Amazon Studios) Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Anthony Mackie – “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus) Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Delroy Lindo – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) Forest Whitaker – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) Will Smith – “Bad Boys For Life” (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Issa Rae – “The Photograph” (Universal Pictures) Janelle Monáe – “Antebellum” (Lionsgate) Madalen Mills – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) Tracee Ellis Ross – “The High Note” (Focus Features) Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Jonathan Majors – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) Keith David – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Nicco Annan – “P-Valley” (Starz) Regé-Jean Page – “Bridgerton” (Netflix) Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC) Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” (FOX) Brandee Evans – “P-Valley” (Starz) Jurnee Smollett – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) Simone Missick – “All Rise” (CBS) Viola Davis – “How To Get Away With Murder” (ABC) Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO) Folake Olowofoyeku – “Bob Hearts Abishola” (CBS) Regina Hall – “Black Monday” (Showtime) Tracee Ellis Ross – “Black-ish” (ABC) Yara Shahidi – “Grown-ish” (Freeform) Hall of Fame Award Eddie Murphy President’s Award LeBron James Chairman’s Award Rev. James Lawson Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Aldis Hodge – “One Night In Miami…” (Amazon Studios) Chadwick Boseman – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) Clarke Peters – “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) Colman Domingo – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Glynn Turman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Anika Noni Rose – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) Gabourey Sidibe – “Antebellum” (Lionsgate) Nia Long – “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus) Phylicia Rashad – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) Taylour Paige – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Emperor” (Universal Home Video) “Farewell Amor” (IFC Films) “Miss Juneteenth” (Vertical Entertainment) “The 24th” (Vertical Entertainment) “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus) Outstanding International Motion Picture “Ainu Mosir” (ARRAY) “His House” (Netflix) “Night of the Kings” (Neon) “The Last Tree” (ArtMattan Productions) “The Life Ahead” (La vita davanti a se) (Netflix) Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture Dayo Okeniyi – “Emperor” (Universal Home Video) Dominique Fishback – “Project Power” (Netflix) Jahi Di’Allo Winston – “Charm City Kings” (HBO Max) Jahzir Bruno – “The Witches” (Warner Bros. Pictures) Madalen Mills – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) “The Banker” (Apple TV Plus) Outstanding Animated Motion Picture “Onward” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) “Over the Moon” (Netflix) “Scoob!” (Warner Bros. Pictures) “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) “Trolls World Tour” (Universal Pictures) Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture Ahmir-Khalib Thompson aka Questlove – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Angela Bassett – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Chris Rock – “The Witches” (Warner Bros. Pictures) Jamie Foxx – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Phylicia Rashad – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Outstanding Short Form (Live Action) “Baldwin Beauty” (Powderkeg Media) “Black Boy Joy” (Film Independent Project Involve) “Gets Good Light” (Teddy Tracker Entertainment) “Home” “Mr. & Mrs. Ellis” (AMB Productions) Outstanding Short Form (Animated) “Canvas” (Netflix) “Cops and Robbers” (Netflix) “Loop” (Pixar Animation Studios) “The Power of Hope” (The Power Of Hope) “Windup” (Unity Technologies) Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) Loira Limbal – “Through the Night” (Third Shift Media, Inc.) Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. Soul!” (Shoes In The Bed Productions) Nadia Hallgren – “Becoming” (A Higher Ground Productions and Big Mouth Productions Film for Netflix) Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix) Remi Weekes – “His House” (Netflix) Outstanding Documentary (Film) “All In: The Fight For Democracy” (Amazon Studios) “Coded Bias” (7th Empire Media) “John Lewis: Good Trouble” (Magnolia Pictures/Participant) “Soul!” (Shoes in the Bed Productions) “On the Record” (HBO Max) Outstanding Documentary (Television) “And She Could Be Next” (PBS) “Black Love” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” (EPIX) “The Last Dance” (ESPN / Netflix) “Unsung” (TV One) Outstanding Comedy Series “#blackAF” (Netflix) “Black-ish” (ABC) “grown-ish” (Freeform) “Insecure” (HBO) “The Last O.G.” (TBS) Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson – “Black-ish” (ABC) Cedric The Entertainer – “The Neighborhood” (CBS) Don Cheadle – “Black Monday” (Showtime) Idris Elba – “In the Long Run” (Starz) Tracy Morgan – “The Last O.G.” (TBS) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (NBC) Deon Cole – “Black-ish” (ABC) Jay Ellis – “Insecure” (HBO) Kenan Thompson – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) Laurence Fishburne – “Black-ish” (ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Jenifer Lewis – “Black-ish” (ABC) Marsai Martin – “Black-ish” (ABC) Natasha Rothwell – “Insecure” (HBO) Tichina Arnold – “The Neighborhood” (CBS) Yvonne Orji – “Insecure” (HBO) Outstanding Drama Series “All Rise” (CBS) “Bridgerton” (Netflix) “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) “This Is Us” (NBC) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Clifford “Method Man” Smith – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) Delroy Lindo – “The Good Fight” (CBS All Access) Alphonse Nicholson – “P-Valley” (Starz) Jeffrey Wright – “Westworld” (HBO) Michael Kenneth Williams – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Adjoa Andoh – “Bridgerton” (Netflix) Aunjanue Ellis – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) Lynn Whitfield – “Greenleaf” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Mary J. Blige – “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) Susan Kelechi Watson – “This Is Us” (NBC) Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special “Hamilton” (Disney Plus) “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu) “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix) “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios) “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime) Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special Blair Underwood – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix) Chris Rock – “Fargo” (FX) Daveed Diggs – “Hamilton” (Disney Plus) Leslie Odom, Jr. – “Hamilton” (Disney Plus) Nnamdi Asomugha – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios) Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special Aunjanue Ellis – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime) Kerry Washington – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu) Michaela Coel – “I May Destroy You” (HBO) Octavia Spencer – “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix) Tessa Thompson – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios) Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) “AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special” (MSNBC) “Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview” (Showtime) “The Color of Covid” (CNN) “The New York Times Presents The Killing of Breonna Taylor” (FX) “The Reidout” (NBC) Outstanding Talk Series “Red Table Talk” (Facebook Watch) “Tamron Hall” (Syndicated ) “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) “The Oprah Conversation” (Apple TV Plus) “The Shop: Uninterrupted” (HBO) Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series) “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC) “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) “Shark Tank” (ABC) “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN) “Voices of Fire” (Netflix) Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) “8:46” (Netflix) “Black Is King” (Disney Plus) “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion” (HBO Max) “VERZUZ” (APPLE TV Plus) “Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It!” (HBO) Outstanding Children’s Program “Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices” (Netflix) “Craig of the Creek” (Cartoon Network) “Family Reunion” (Netflix) “Raven’s Home” (Disney Channel) “We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited–Series) Alex R. Hibbert – “The Chi” (Showtime) Lexi Underwood – “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu) Lyric Ross – “This Is Us” (NBC) Marsai Martin – “Black-ish” (ABC) Miles Brown – “Black-ish” (ABC) Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Don Lemon – “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” (CNN) Jada Pinkett Smith – “Red Table Talk” (Facebook Watch) Joy Reid – “The Reidout” (NBC) LeBron James – “The Shop: Uninterrupted” (HBO) Trevor Noah – “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble Alfonso Ribeiro – “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (ABC) Iyanla Vanzant – “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Steve Harvey – “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC) Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” (CNN) RuPaul – “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) Outstanding Guest Performance – Comedy or Drama Series Chris Rock – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) Courtney B. Vance – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) Dave Chappelle – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) Issa Rae – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) Loretta Devine – “P-Valley” (Starz) Outstanding Animated Series “Big Mouth” (Netflix) “Central Park” (Apple TV Plus) “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” (Netflix) “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (CBS All Access) Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television) Aisha Tyler – “Archer” (FX) Courtney B. Vance – “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” (PBS) Dawnn Lewis – “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (CBS All Access) Deon Cole – “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” (Netflix) Laya DeLeon Hayes – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior) Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi) “CripTales” (BBC America) “Lazor Wulf” (Adult Swim) “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi) “Sincerely, Camille” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Outstanding Performance in a Short Form Series Giancarlo Esposito – “The Broken and the Bad” (AMC.com ) B. Smoove – “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi) Jasmine Cephas Jones – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi) Laurence Fishburne – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi) Stephan James – “#FreeRayshawn” (Quibi) Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction “American Masters” – Unladylike2020 (PBS) “Benedict Men” (Quibi) “Between The Scenes – The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) “In The Making” (PBS) “Inspire Change Series” (NFL Network) Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) Katori Hall – P-Valley (Starz) Keith Knight – Woke (Hulu) Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu) Raynelle Swilling – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Teri Schaffer – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Outstanding New Artist Chika – “High Rises” (Warner Records) Doja Cat – “Say So” (RCA Records/Kemosabe ) D Smoke – Black Habits (WoodWorks Records / EMPIRE) Giveon – When It’s All Said And Done (Epic Records) Skip Marley – Higher Place (Island Records/ Tuff Gong Records) Outstanding Male Artist Big Sean – “Detroit 2” (Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music) Black Thought -” Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able” (Republic Records) Charlie Wilson – “All of My Love” (P Music Group/BMG) Drake – “Laugh Now, Cry Later” (Republic Records) John Legend – “Bigger Love” (Columbia Records) Outstanding Female Artist Beyoncé – “Black Parade” (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) E.R. – “I Can’t Breathe” (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment) Jazmine Sullivan – “Lost One” (RCA Records) Ledisi – “Anything For You” (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) Alicia Keys – “Alicia” (RCA Records) Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album “I Can’t Breathe” – H.E.R. (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment) “Anything For You” – Ledisi (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) “Black is King” – Beyonce´ (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) “Brown Skin Girl” – Beyonce’ feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blu Ivy Carter (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) “Do It” – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) Outstanding Album “Alicia” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records) “b7” – Brandy (Brand Nu/eOne) “Bigger Love” – John Legend (Columbia Records) “Chilombo” – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) “The Wild Card” – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Music from the Netflix Film) – Branford Marsalis (Milan) “Insecure: Music from the HBO Original Series” – Various Artists (Atlantic Records) “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” – Various Artists (Atlantic Records ) “Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall (Walt Disney Records) “The First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters Biopic Soundtrack” – Donald Lawrence (Relevé Entertainment) Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album “Chosen Vessel” – Marvin Sapp (RCA Inspiration) “Gospel According to PJ” – PJ Morton (Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records) “I Am” – Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration) “Kierra” – Kierra Sheard (Karew/RCA Inspiration) “The Return” – The Clark Sisters (Karew/Motown) Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song “All in His Plan” – PJ Morton (Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records) “Never Lost” – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel) “Something Has To Break” – Kierra Sheard feat. Tasha Cobbs-Leonard (Karew/RCA Inspiration) “Strong God” – Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA Records) “Touch from You” – Tamela Mann (TillyMann Inc.) Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental “Be Water” – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue Music Group) “Music From and Inspired By Soul” – Jon Batiste (Walt Disney Records) “Omega” – Immanuel Wilkins (Blue Note Records) “Reciprocity” – George Burton (Inner Circle Music) “The Iconoclast” – Barry Stephenson (Independent) Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal “Donny Duke and Wonder” – Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group) “Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper” – Somi (Salon Africana) “Pulling Off The Covers” – Mike Phillips (Sono Recording Group) “Stronger” – Jeff Bradshaw (Bone Deep Enterprises) “The Eddy” (From The Netflix Original Series) – The Eddy (Arista Records) Outstanding Soul/R&B Song “I Can’t Breathe” – H.E.R. (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment) “Anything For You” – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) “S. feat. H.E.R” – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) “Black Parade” – Beyonce’ (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) “Do It” – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song “Deep Reverence feat. Nipsey Hussle”- Big Sean (Brand Nu/eOne) “Savage Remix” – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC) “Cool Off” – Missy Elliott (Atlantic Records) “Laugh Now, Cry Later” – Drake (Republic Records) “Life Is Good” – Future & Drake (Epic Records) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) Alicia Keys feat. Jill Scott – “Jill Scott” (RCA Records) Chloe x Halle – “Wonder What She Thinks Of Me” (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis feat. Babyface – “He Don’t Know Nothin’ Bout It” (BMG) Kem feat. Toni Braxton – “Live Out Your Love” (Motown Records) Ledisi and PJ Morton – “Anything For You” (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) Alicia Keys feat. Khalid – “So Done” (RCA Records) Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle – “Deep Reverence” (Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music) Chloe x Halle – “Do It” (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R. – “B.S.” (Def Jam Recordings) Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé -“Savage Remix” (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC) Outstanding International Song “Blessed” – Buju Banton (Roc Nation Records) “Lockdown” – Original Koffee (Promise Land Recordings) “Pressure (Remix)” – Original Koffee feat. Buju Banton (Promise Land Recordings) “Tanana” – Davido feat. Tiwa Savage (RCA Records/Sony Music U.K./Davido Worldwide Entertainment) “Temptation” – Tiwa Savage (Motown Records) Outstanding Producer of the Year Donald Lawrence Hit-Boy Jathan Wilson Sean Keys TM88 Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction “Black Bottom Saints” – Alice Randall (HarperCollins Publishers) “Lakewood” – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers) “Riot Baby” – Tochi Onyebuchi (TorDotCom Publishing, imprint of Tom Doherty Associates) “The Awkward Black Man” – Walter Mosley (Grove Atlantic) “The Vanishing Half” – Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books) Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction “A Black Women’s History of the United States” – Daina Berry (Beacon Press) “A Promised Land” – Barack Obama (Crown) “Driving While Black” – Gretchen Sorin (W. W. Norton & Company) “Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America” – Michael Eric Dyson (St. Martin’s Press) “We’re Better Than This” – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers) Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author “A Knock at Midnight” – Brittany Barnett (Penguin Random House) “Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World” – Cole Brown (Skyhorse) “Lakewood” – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers) “The Compton Cowboys” – Walter Thompson-Hernandez (HarperCollins Publishers) “We’re Better Than This” – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers) Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography “A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team” – Arshay Cooper (Macmillan) “A Promised Land” – Barack Obama (Crown) “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” – Deborah Draper (Simon & Schuster) “The Dead Are Arising” – Les Payne, Tamara Payne (W. W. Norton & Company) “Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player” – Willie O’Ree (Penguin Canada) Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional “Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space” – Valerie Harrison (Temple University Press) “Living Lively” – Haile Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers) “The Black Foster Youth Handbook” – Ángela Quijada-Banks (Soulful Liberation) “The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith–Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally” – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Lenox Press) “Vegetable Kingdom” – Bryant Terry (Penguin Random House) Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry “Homie” – Danez Smith (Graywolf Press) “Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry” – John Murillo (Four Way Books) “Seeing the Body” – Rachel Eliza Griffiths (W. W. Norton & Company) “The Age of Phillis” – Honorée Jeffers (Wesleyan University Press) “Un-American” – Hafizah Geter (Wesleyan University Press) Outstanding Literary Work – Children “I Promise” – LeBron James, Nina Mata (HarperCollins) “Just Like a Mama” – Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Simon & Schuster) “Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice” – Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Simon & Schuster) “She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm” – Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez (Lee & Low Books) “The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver” – Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison (HarperCollins) Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens “Before the Ever After” – Jacqueline Woodson (Penguin Random House) “Black Brother, Black Brother” – Jewell Parker Rhodes (Hachette Book Group) “Dear Justyce” – Nic Stone (Crown Books for Young Readers) “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning” – Jason Reynolds (Hachette Book Group ) “This is Your Time” – Ruby Bridges (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – “Ego Death” (HBO) Issa Rae – Insecure – “Lowkey Feelin’ Myself” (HBO) Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon – Little America – “The Rock” (Apple TV Plus) Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher – Never Have I Ever “Pilot” (Netflix) Rajiv Joseph – Little America – “The Manager” (Apple TV Plus) Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Attica Locke – “Little Fires Everywhere” – “The Spider Web” (Hulu) Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard – The Good Lord Bird – “A Wicked Plot” (Showtime) Jessica Lamour – Little Voice – “Love Hurts” (Apple TV Plus) Katori Hall – P-Valley – “Perpetratin'” (Starz) Tanya Barfield – Mrs. America – “Shirley” (FX) Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special Geri Cole – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max) Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, D. Rodney Carter, Emily Goldwyn, Rob Haze, Zuri Salahuddin, Bennett Webber, Evan Williams, Will Miles – “Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular” (IFC) Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios) Lin-Manuel Miranda – “Hamilton” (Disney Plus) Sylvia L. Jones, Camille Tucker – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime) Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix) David E. Talbert – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) Kemp Powers – “One Night in Miami…” (Amazon Studios) Lee Isaac Chung – “Minari” (A24) Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones – “Soul” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) Melissa Haizlip – “Mr. Soul!” (Maysles Documentary Center) Mary Mazzio – “A Most Beautiful Thing” (Peacock) Nile Cone – “The Beat Don’t Stop” (TV One) Royal Kennedy Rodgers – “Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story” (PBS) Yoruba Richen, Elia Gasull Balada, Valerie Thomas – “The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show” (Peacock) Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Anya Adams – “Black-ish” – “Hair Day” (ABC) Aurora Guerrero – “Little America” – “The Jaguar” (Apple TV Plus) Eric Dean Seaton – “Black-ish” – “Our Wedding Dre” (ABC) Kabir Akhtar – “Never Have I Ever” – “… started a nuclear war” (Netflix) Sam Miller, Michaela Coel – “I May Destroy You” – “Ego Death” (HBO) Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series Hanelle Culpepper – “Star Trek: Picard” – “Remembrance” (CBS All Access) Cheryl Dunye – “Lovecraft Country” – “Strange Case” (HBO) Misha Green – “Lovecraft Country” – “Jig-a-Bobo” (HBO) Nzingha Stewart – “Little Fires Everywhere” – “The Uncanny” (Hulu) Steve McQueen – “Small Axe” – “Mangrove” (Amazon Studios) Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Studios) Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule, Kwasi Fordjour – “Black Is King” (Disney Plus) Christine Swanson – “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime) Chuck Vinson, Alan Muraoka – “The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special” (HBO Max) Kamilah Forbes – “Between The World And Me” (HBO) Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Old Guard” (Netflix) David E. Talbert – “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” (Netflix) George C. Wolfe – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix) Regina King – “One Night in Miami…” (Amazon Studios) Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) Keith McQuirter – “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem” (EPIX) Muta’Ali – “Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn” (HBO) Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff – “Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children” (Ep. 1 & 2) (HBO) Simcha Jacobovici – “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” (EPIX) Yoruba Richen – “The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show” (Peacock)

I've always heard that Reynolds wanted to do "Terms of Endearment," but he had promised his buddy Hal Needham -- the great stuntman turned director -- that he would star in "Stroker Ace."

Forbes @Forbes A blockbuster brawl: all the biggest movies are facing off this summer Box Office: The Biggest Movies Of Summer 2021 Are Opening Against Each Other The July 9 release date for Scarlett Johansson's 'Black Widow' new release date puts it two weeks after Vin Diesel's 'F9' and one week after Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick'. forbes.com 12:30 AM · Mar 27, 2021·SocialFlow

The Hollywood Reporter @THR Feinberg Forecast: Updated Oscar Standings As March Winds Down Feinberg Forecast: Updated Oscar Standings As March Winds Down The Hollywood Reporter's awards columnist updates his projections. hollywoodreporter.com 8:45 PM · Mar 26, 2021·SocialFlow

Bob Strauss @bscritic There really was a boarding school in England for the daughters of Nazi high officials on the eve of World War II. Still an odd setting for an espionage thriller, and #sixminutestomidnight does nothing the least bit intriguing with the eccentric concept. 2:35 PM · Mar 26, 2021·Twitter Web App

Bob Strauss @bscritic Aw, #LarryMcMurtry. From #Hud to #TheLastPictureShow, #LonesomeDove to #TermsofEndearment and #brokebackmountain, his books and scripts illuminated the lives of Texans like few others'. A great writer. 2:53 PM · Mar 26, 2021·Twitter Web App

I'll never forget McMurtry's Texas-style attire when he accepted his Academy Award for "Brokeback Mountain."

Just saw the 2018 documentary "Jane Fonda in Five Acts" on HBO Max. It credits Signoret (below with Fonda and others on the set of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" in 1968) as an early mentor to the politically active American actress. The late American biographer Patricia Bosworth also mentioned this in her 2011 book "Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman": "She [Signoret] gave Jane an idea of what a woman might become: independent, self-reliant, and giving."

Some things to consider before the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony, which will air Sunday, April 25, 2021 on ABC: If you hadn't noticed, two of the eight films nominated for the 2020 Best Picture Academy Award feature portrayals of a charismatic Black Panther leader targeted by the FBI in the late 1960s. Fred Hampton was the 21-year-old chairman of the Black Panther Party's Illinois chapter when he was killed by authorities during a predawn raid of his Chicago apartment on December 4, 1969. Hampton's final days are recounted in the nominated drama "Judas and the Black Messiah," the story of the FBI's recruitment of William O'Neal, who infiltrated Hampton's group and served as an informer. The film stars Lakeith Stanfield as O'Neal and Daniel Kaluuya (pictured below) as Hampton. Both actors, who appeared together in the 2017 horror hit "Get Out," are nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category. Hampton is featured in Aaron Sorkin's nominated film "The Trial of the Chicago 7," which re-creates the U.S. government's attempt to prosecute several anti-Vietnam war activists for conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. There originally were eight defendants: Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale was charged, but eventually severed from the case via a mistrial. In Sorkin's film, Hampton (portrayed by Kelvin Harrison Jr., pictured below), attends the trial to provide support for Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). The trial began 10 weeks before Hampton's death.

IndieWire @IndieWire The exhibition world is still transitioning to reopening, meaning the 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films program will have both theatrical and virtual components this year: https://bit.ly/39iusjg 2:00 AM · Mar 26, 2021·TweetDeck