As we head into the latter half of 2024, some frontrunners are emerging among documentaries in the race for Oscar recognition. On the latest edition of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey assess the state of play at this (admittedly) early stage in awards season, with…

The BET Awards saw promising audience growth this year. The 2024 ceremony managed around 3M total viewers across 10 Paramount-owned networks, including BET, Logo, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon at Nite, among others. That’s a 10% boost from last year’s 2.8M cross-platform viewers. In…

UPDATE: The death on July 5 of Jon Landau has had a great impact on the industry as well as everyone who knew him and/or his work. A veteran studio executive who later teamed with James Cameron to produce and win a Best Picture Oscar for Titanic and then go o…

France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) has announced it is increasing the size of the country's Oscar selection committee to reinforce its independence. The move follows controversy over the CNC-run committee's recent choices of film to represent France in the Best International Feature Film…

Kevin Spacey will be honored with the Nations Award for Lifetime Achievement at a special gala evening in the historic southern Italian town of Taormina in July. The organizers said The Usual Suspects and American Beauty Oscar winner will also give a short on-stage performance at the event, taking…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will be bestowed with the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. The actress and producer will also participate in an In Conversation With… event looking back on her career. The TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award…

The other night I was having dinner with a couple of industry veterans, both Oscar voters, who told me they had been talking to a top producer-financier who had seen two big studio movies coming out later in the year and both were fantastic. The…

BET has apologized to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Usher for an “audio malfunction” that muted about five minutes of a 13-minute speech during last night’s live broadcast of the 2024 BET Awards. In a statement released to Deadline, a BET spokesperson said, “Celebrating global icon USHER on…

It's July 1, summertime, a hot one. Political storms threaten. In West L.A., one of the awards-friendly billboards on Wilshire is blank; another is selling spring water. Not a moment to be worrying about the Oscars. Or is it? Last year on this…

The Chi, Unprisoned and Bookie are among the winners of the Sixth Annual AAFCA TV Honors, which celebrate distinguished achievements in television and streaming. Hosted by the African American Film Critics Association, the honors also celebrate individuals for their work in the industry and beyond…

The Location Managers Guild International is out with the nominations for its 11th LMGI Awards, which honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, TV and commercials worldwide. See the list below. The LMGI Awards will be handed Saturday, August 24, at The&nbsp…