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Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond, Episode 42

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday September 20, 2013 @ 1:23pm PDTTags: Deadline Awards Watch, Emmys, Enough Said, Rush
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Listen to (and share) episode 42 of our audio podcast Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond. Deadline’s awards columnist and host David Bloom wrap up last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys and what they may suggest will happen in this weekend’s Primetime Emmys show. They also take a look at whether 12 Years A Slave is indeed the Oscar frontrunner after snagging the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Finally, Pete gives his take on this week’s new movie releases, including Ron Howard’s very fast new entry in the Oscar race, Formula One biopic Rush in limited release, the intense thriller Prisoners starring a full slate of Oscar winners; Thanks For Sharing with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo; and Enough Said, a romantic comedy from Nicole Holofcener featuring one of the last films with the late James Gandolfini.

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EMMYS: Who Will Win Sunday’s Major Races?

By LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist | Friday September 20, 2013 @ 9:48am PDTTags: Emmy Awards, Netflix

Predicting Primetime Emmy winners was such a cushy assignment back when broadcasters had the field to themselves. The takeover of edgy, FCC-scoffing cable shows really gummed up a good thing, and bright shiny Netflix is now proving such a headache for Emmy forecasters, the best they can hope to achieve is the same accuracy rate as that of TV news talking heads forecasting presidential races — which puts Emmy forecasters in pretty mixed company. Will this be The Year of Louis C.K.? (He copped nine noms this year, shattering his 2012 record of most nods for an individual in a single year.) Will Kerry Washington make history and drag this industry into 2013’s multi-racial world? Will House Of Cards open the floodgate for digital competitors to come? Will House Of Cards star Kevin Spacey get to chastise industry execs to their face onstage, the way he did in countless interviews and TV-fest speeches plugging the Netflix series?

DRAMA SERIES

Nominees:  Breaking Bad (AMC), Downton Abbey (PBS), Game of Thrones (HBO), Homeland (Showtime), House Of Cards (Netflix), Mad Men (AMC)

Favored to Win: Yes, Hollywood is having a love affair with Washington D.C. these days, and with new systems of distribution, which would point to a House Of Cards win. And yes, it would make for great TV if Mad Men won, making it five in all for the AMC series, breaking the show’s four-way best-ever tie with Hill Street Blues, LA Law and The West Wing. But tea-leaf readers are making much of the fact Breaking Bad is nominated for its fifth year and The Sopranos won its first best-drama Emmy with its fifth season. Maybe more to the point, Breaking Bad headed into its critically lauded home stretch right smack in the midst of Emmy-voting season.

COMEDY SERIES

Nominees: The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Girls (HBO), Louie (FX), Modern Family (ABC), 30 Rock (NBC), Veep (HBO)

Favored to Win: Conventional wisdom has Modern Family winning a fourth consecutive Emmy, though there are hints Louie stands a chance to become only the second cable series to win this derby, following in the Louboutins of HBO’s Sex And The City. A Modern Family fourth would put it in company with The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, and Cheers, and behind only winningest Frasier, with five. Read More »

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UK Selects ‘Metro Manila’ For Foreign-Language Oscar Race: Video

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday September 20, 2013 @ 7:14am PDTTags: Metro Manila, Oscars, Paladin, Sean Ellis

Sundance title Metro Manila has been chosen to represent the UK in the Foreign Language Oscar category, making it the 11th film ever submitted by the country. The film, which won the Audience Award in the … Read More »

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ENTV: Pete Hammond On Reality & Variety Emmy Contenders

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday September 19, 2013 @ 1:39pm PDTTags: Emmys, Real Time With Bill Maher, The Amazing Race
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Deadline’s Awards Columnist Pete Hammond and ENTV host Melana Scantlin discuss Pete’s predictions in the reality and variety categories in this weekend’s Primetime Emmys, along with his wish list. Will The Amazing Race dominate once again and, after 32 nominations, will this finally be Bill Maher’s year for … Read More »

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EMMYS: Final Presenters Unveiled

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 19, 2013 @ 1:17pm PDTTags: Connie Britton, Emmys, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm

Malin Akerman, Stephen Amell, Connie Britton, Dan Bucatinsky, Emilia Clarke, Jimmy Fallon, Tim Gunn, Jon Hamm, Alyson Hannigan, Mark Harmon, LL Cool J, Mindy Kaling and Heidi Klum were announced today as the final group of presenters for … Read More »

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Emmys To Kick Off With Oscars-Style Opening Film, Feature ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Video

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 19, 2013 @ 11:51am PDTTags: CBS, Emmy Awards, Neil Patrick Harris
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EXCLUSIVE: Feeling it was impossible to follow the jaw-dropping opening musical number Neil Patrick Harris did in June as host of the Tony Awards, CBS — which carries both the Tonys and the Emmys this year — and producers of the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards decided to go in a different direction. No one would comment, but I’ve learned they opted for an opening film starring Harris and featuring nominated shows in the mold of the popular opening montages at the Oscars. According to a person close to the production, in the video, Harris is binge-viewing shows after taking his hosting duties very seriously and deciding to watch every piece of television made last season. He gradually becomes so intoxicated that a clever and witty conversation ensues.

The video, which is getting great reviews from people who have seen it, was directed by Troy Miller, who has directed all Oscar-opening films for host Billy Crystal as well as the one for hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway (in what was the high point of that ceremony), and the memorable 2011 Emmys opening video featuring host Jane Lynch visiting several nominated series including Mad Men (clip below). Like in all those films, Harris will interact with the different shows but in a way not done before. On a press call yesterday, Emmys executive producer Ken Ehrlich wouldn’t discuss the opening, saying only that “the show will open in a way that is definitely not expected.”

Related: EMMYS: Exec Producer Defends Monteith Tribute Read More »

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CBS Pre-Empting ‘60 Minutes’ For NFL And Primetime Emmy Awards

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 19, 2013 @ 11:21am PDTTags: 60 Minutes, CBS, Emmy Awards, Emmys, NFL

CBS announced this morning it will pre-empt 60 Minutes this Sunday for NFL football and the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. Scrubbing this Sunday’s newsmag edition gives CBS its best hope for starting … Read More »

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Mexico Submits Cannes Winner ‘Heli’ For Foreign Language Oscar

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 18, 2013 @ 2:36pm PDTTags: Amat Escalante, Cannes Film Festival, Hemi, Mexico, Oscars

Amat Escalante won the Cannes Film Festival Best Director prize this year for Heli, a stark look at the effects of crime and corruption in Mexico. The country has now submitted it for the Outstanding Foreign Language … Read More »

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EMMYS: Exec Producer Defends Choice Of Cory Monteith For Individual Tribute

By LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist | Wednesday September 18, 2013 @ 12:50pm PDTTags: CBS, Cory Monteith, Jack Sussman, Ken Ehrlich, Primetime Emmy Awards

Cory Monteith will be among the deceased to whom special tribute is paid at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards in an effort to appeal to a younger generation, the Emmy show’s exec producer Ken Ehrlich told reporters on a conference call this morning. On Monday, CBS and the TV Academy announced that, in addition to what has become the traditional In Memoriam segment, the Emmycast also will include special tributes to recently deceased industry figures James Gandolfini, Gary David Goldberg, Jonathan Winters, Jean Stapleton and Monteith. Some reporters on the call questioned the inclusion of the former Glee star, while others felt more deserving folks, including Larry Hagman and Jack Klugman, were left out.

“Cory’s appeal was to maybe a little different generation than some of the others, and we felt they needed to be represented,” Ehrlich said, reminding the reporters Monteith was “just 31” when he died under “very tragic circumstances.” “It was important to be responsive to younger viewers, to whom Cory Monteith meant as much as the other four individuals meant to their own generations. We made the choice it was important to have, as part of these segments.”  Ehrlich admitted that when the decision was made to include Monteith, “there was discussion about the fact that this probably is going to become an interesting topic of conversation. We stand by what we’re doing.” Read More »

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EMMYS: Special Tributes To Honor 50th Anniversary Of TV Milestones

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 18, 2013 @ 10:14am PDTTags: Carrie Underwood, CBS, Don Cheadle, Emmy Awards

CBS and the TV Academy today announced the addition of two more acceptance-speech antidotes to Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards: a segment honoring the 50th anniversary of 1963, and a performance by Carrie Underwood. Don Cheadle will present a tribute to television’s role in covering the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that year, followed 80 days later by the Beatles’ performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. “Both of these historic events are often mentioned together as two of the most significant television moments in history, and the Emmy telecast will explore the tie between them,” the Academy announced. One obvious tie: Walter Cronkite, whose on-air announcement of the death of JFK is an iconic TV moment, and the Ed Sullivan Show, both had their broadcast homes at CBS — home of this year’s Emmy telecast. Here’s the release:

NoHo Arts District, CA. – September 18, 2013- The 65th Emmy® Awards will pay tribute to the 50th Anniversary of two events that changed the face of our world during the live telecast on Sunday, September 22, (8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT) on the CBS Television Network.

Six-time Emmy nominee Don Cheadle will present a moving tribute to television’s role in the assassination coverage of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 and then connect that event to the performance of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show merely 80 days later on February 9, 1964.

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ENTV: Pete Hammond On Emmy Comedy Contenders

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday September 17, 2013 @ 4:14pm PDTTags: Emmys, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory
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Deadline’s Awards Columnist Pete Hammond talks with ENTV host Melana Scantlin about the likely winners in key comedy segments in this weekend’s Primetime Emmys, including whether defending champ Modern Family can stave off The Big Bang Theory and other contenders for its fourth straight win as Best … Read More »

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ENTV: Pete Hammond On Emmy Movie/Miniseries Contenders

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday September 17, 2013 @ 10:36am PDTTags: Behind The Candelabra, Emmy Awards
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Deadline Awards Columnist Pete Hammond sits down with ENTV host Melana Scantlin to preview the Primetime Emmys, here looking at the likely winners in the Movies & Miniseries categories. Pete tabs HBO’s Behind The Candelabra and star Michael Douglas among the strongest candidates to take home a … Read More »

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Why Wild Bunch Wouldn’t Budge On ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color’ Release For Oscar Eligibility

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday September 17, 2013 @ 7:31am PDTTags: Blue Is The Warmest Color, Oscars, Renoir, Wild Bunch

Yesterday’s announcement that Gilles Bourdos’ period drama Renoir would be France’s entry for the Foreign-Language Oscar race was a bit of a head-scratcher. Once it became clear a few months ago that Cannes Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Color (aka Adèle: Chapters 1&2) would not be eligible, other possible titles were floated including previous Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi’s The Past. But Renoir was not really on the radar — not the least because it had debuted in a Cannes sidebar in 2012. Academy Foreign Language rules stipulate that a film must be released domestically between October 1st and September 30th and Renoir was a fit because it went out in January this year in France. Blue, however, is not releasing until October 9th, meaning it misses the cut-off. Many have wondered why Wild Bunch, which is distributing Blue in France, would not change the October 9th date to qualify. Company co-founder Vincent Maraval tells me today, “There was never any question for us to modify in any way our release strategy to legitimize the stupidity of the Oscar rules. Should we risk our strategy for France for a Foreign Language Film Oscar which doesn’t add anything to a Palme d’Or?” He contends that the Foreign Language Oscar “no longer means anything for a film that was crowned in Cannes” and says the rules are “unique, specific and make no sense. At the same time, no one cares about this category. We’re aiming for (Blue) in all categories, the only ones that count.”

Related: OSCARS: Cannes Palme d’Or Winner Ineligible For Foreign Language Category

Of Renoir, which Wild Bunch sold internationally, Maraval says it’s “a perfect film for the Academy: classic, esthetic and cultural in the same vein as (1994 Foreign Language Oscar winner) Belle Epoque or (1991 winner) Mediterraneo. It got rave reviews from U.S. critics and it’s the highest-grossing French film in the U.S. this year with $2.2M. Objectively, it’s the most legitimate candidate.” Read More »

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CW To Air Critics’ Choice Movie And TV Awards In 2014

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday September 16, 2013 @ 4:54pm PDTTags: Critics Choice Movie Awards, Critics' Choice TV Awards, the CW

The CW will air the 19th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on January 16, 2014. Nominees will be announced on Monday, December 13, 2013. The network also is broadcasting the 4th annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards in June 2014, marking the first time the ceremony will be aired in its entirety in primetime. Locations and hosts for both shows will be announced at a later date. The Critics’ Choice Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement. Click over for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards timeline. Read More »

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EMMYS: Additional In Memoriam Tributes Aim To Keep Viewers Interested

By LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist | Monday September 16, 2013 @ 2:07pm PDTTags: CBS, Cory Monteith, Emmy Awards, Gary David Goldberg, In Memoriam, Jams Gandolfini, Jean Stapleton, Jonathan Winters

With trophy shows so dull these days — owing in large measure to the current trend toward laundry-list acceptance speeches delivered by Hollywood luminaries more frightened of forgetting to thank their agent, manager, publicist and spouse than of boring to death tens of millions of viewers — the broadcasting networks struggle to find ways to make sure the gowns are not the most interesting part of the broadcast. This morning, CBS and the TV Academy announced that, in addition to what has become the traditional In Memoriam segment, this weekend’s Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast will also include special tributes to recently deceased industry figures. For better or worse, death does well at trophy shows because viewers will pick watching beautifully decked-out celebrities having an actual genuine moment over beautifully decked-out celebrities thanking agents and lawyers any day. LL Cool J’s heartfelt prayer for the Whitney Houston — who had died the day before — followed by Jennifer Hudson’s moving performance of Houston signature song “I Will Always Love You” sent the 2012 Grammycast skyrocketing in the ratings, also on CBS.

Related: EMMYS: Expanded Tributes Set For Gandolfini, Monteith, Others

Sadly, death has been a big story in the TV industry since the last Emmy ceremony, including the unexpected deaths of James Gandolfini and Cory Monteith. In Sunday’s special tributes, Edie Falco will remember her Sopranos co-star and Jane Lynch will remember her Glee colleague. Michael J. Fox, starring in a new NBC comedy, will pay tribute to Family Ties producer Gary David Goldberg. Robin Williams, starring in a new CBS comedy, will remember friend/mentor Jonathan Winters, and Rob Reiner will fete his longtime All In The Family castmate Jean Stapleton. Read More »

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EMMYS: Expanded In Memoriam Tributes Set For James Gandolfini, Gary David Goldberg, Cory Monteith, Jean Stapleton & Jonathan Winters

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday September 16, 2013 @ 9:41am PDTTags: Cory Monteith, Emmys, James Gandolfini, Jean Stapleton

Related: In Memoriam Tributes Aim To Keep Viewers Interested

NoHo Arts District, CA. – September 16, 2013- This year’s Emmy® Awards will feature the traditional In Memoriam segment that has become an industry award show staple, and in addition, the telecast producers have selected five individuals who warrant special recognition. To honor them, close friends and co-workers have been invited to provide personal tributes which will be presented during the ceremony, held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles and telecast live on Sunday, September 22nd, (8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT) on the CBS Television Network.

Those who will provide special tributes include Edie Falco, who will remember Sopranos co-star James Gandolfini; Michael J. Fox who will pay tribute to Family Ties producer Gary David Goldberg; Jane Lynch will remember her friend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith; Rob Reiner will pay tribute to his long time All in the Family cast member Jean Stapleton; and Robin Williams will remember his friend and mentor Jonathan Winters (Mork and Mindy).

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France Selects ‘Renoir’ As Foreign Language Oscar Entry

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday September 16, 2013 @ 7:36am PDTTags: Blue Is The Warmest Color, Oscars, Renoir, Samuel Goldwyn Films

With Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Color ineligible for submission as France’s entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, the local committee has turned to a decidedly different type … Read More »

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2013 Primetime Emmy Awards Party List

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 16, 2013 @ 7:06am PDTTags: Emmy Awards
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Last night kicked off a week of festivities surrounding the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards with the Governors Ball that followed the Creative Arts ceremony. Here is a list of the Emmy bashes over the next seven days. No major changes from last year though Comedy Central’s post-Emmy party, a longtime tradition, is gone, and Emmy rookie Netflix is joining the proceedings with a Sunday bash. And more and more agency bigwigs are opening their homes to toast nominated clients.

Producers Nominee Reception, Monday, Sept. 16, 7:00-10 PM,  Montage Beverly Hills, 225 N Canon Dr.

Diversity/SAG-AFTRA Performers Reception, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7-9 PM, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, 5220 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood

Directors Nominees Reception, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 7:00 – 9:00pm Directors Guild of America 7920 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles

Writers Nominees Reception, Thursday, Sept. 19, 7-10 PM, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, 5220 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood

Performers Nominees Reception, Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30-10:30 PM, Spectra by Wolfgang Puck, Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave At San Vicente

UTA Emmy Party, Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30 PM, at the Brentwood home of UTA Managing Director Jay Sures and his wife, Molly Isaksen

WME Emmy Party, Friday, Sept. 20, 8 PM-11 AM, Private residence in Beverly Hills (Name of the host withheld upon agency’s request)

Paradigm Emmy Weekend Kick Off Party, Friday, Sept. 20 8 PM, Gores Residence, Beverly Park Read More »

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EMMYS: Winners Finally Get Their Moment Despite Ticking Clock Playing Them Off

By PETE HAMMOND | Monday September 16, 2013 @ 1:16am PDTTags: Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, Behind The Candelabra, Bob Newhart, Dan Bucatinsky, Emmy Awards, Netflix
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The rushed nature of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be addressed at a Governors meeting I am assured by someone who said, quite correctly, “we need to stop turning this thing into a track meet”. (Full disclosure: I am a member of the Board of Governors repping the Writers Branch). Certainly there was concern during last night’s 3 hour and 40 minute marathon in which winners were given 45 seconds from the time they left their seat in the cavernous Nokia Theatre to reach the stage and make a speech. For many the orchestra started playing them off even before they could get comfortably into the thrust of their thank-yous. One female winner changed her shoes just so she could charge the stage. One poor overweight winner for The Voice had a choice of either pulling up his loose tux in a confused moment where the clock was ticking or dropping his Emmy. He did the latter and broke it, but at least didn’t reveal his underwear. It was that kind of night.

Related: Creative Emmys’ 45-Second Rule Stirs Controversy

You can’t envy Executive Producer Spike Jones Jr who has to edit this show down to about an hour and 40 minutes plus commercials for its broadcast next Saturday on the 3-week-old FXX. And considering the very dirty material of some presenters such as (a hilarious) Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (voiced by SNL‘s Robert Smigel) and particularly a very unfunny and out-of- control Gilbert Gottfried, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences had better hope there are a few more X’s after the FXX logo to accommodate the blue humor.

Related: HBO, ‘Behind The Candelabra’ Lead Creative Arts Emmy Awards Read More »

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