Netflix Dominates 2021 Oscar Nominations, Disney Plus and Apple Score First Nods

IMDb TV has announced that it has picked up a second season of “Almost Paradise,” the American-Filipino crime drama series starring Christian Kane.Originally a WGN America show, “Almost Paradise” stars Kane as Alex Walker, a U.S. DEA agent who is betrayed by his partner and forced into an early retirement. Walker relocates to the Philippines, where he runs a gift shop in a resort hotel, and slowly gets pulled into the criminal underworld of the island.

Zack Sharf Robert Pattinson guarantees comic book movie fans will know Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” is unlike any other Batman movie ever made as soon as they see the opening shot. Reeves’ nearly-three hour Caped Crusader epic is inspired by New Hollywood classics from the 1970s, including “Taxi Driver,” “The Conversation” and “Chinatown.” Pattinson told GQ magazine that viewers will feel these inspirations from the movie’s first frame.“I watched a rough cut of the movie by myself.

Wilson Chapman editorMSG Networks is doubling down on sports betting, launching a new programming slate dubbed “Bet-A-Palooza.” And in a first, MSG will simulcast two New York Knicks games featuring play-by-play announced through the lens of sports betting.“Bet-A-Palooza,” announced on Tuesday by the sports network, will run every night this week as a lead up to the Super Bowl. The event, which kicked off on Monday, will continue through Feb. 13, the day of the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals game.The centerpiece of the programming slate is a live discussion every night that covers Super Bowl trends, game odds and prop bets.

William Earl Wendy Williams will not be returning to her daytime talk show this season, but the future of her show remains in flux, Variety has learned.Meanwhile, Sherri Shepherd is in advanced discussions with Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury for her own daytime talk show, which could potentially replace Williams’ series, sources say.Currently in its 13th season, “The Wendy Williams Show” is one of the biggest hits in daytime TV history. Launching in national syndication from Debmar-Mercury in 2008, the show was built around Williams, who, at the time the show premiered, was a popular radio host known for her no-holds-barred take on celebrity gossip.Williams has been absent from her show all this season, as she has been battling ongoing health issues.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaGina Duncan will serve at the president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, returning to the non-profit organization after a short stint at the Sundance Institute.It’s a homecoming of sorts for Duncan, who previously served as BAM’s first vice president of film and strategic programming.“We saw Gina’s extraordinary leadership skills firsthand during her four years steering BAM’s film and strategic programming initiatives,” said board chair Nora Ann Wallace. “She has the ability to bring people together toward clear goals and she understands that BAM must always evolve in order to nurture new audiences and champion innovative programming.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAmanda Seyfried doesn’t think she nailed the iconic deep voice of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for Hulu’s upcoming limited series “The Dropout” — but she did her “best to try to capture the oddness of it.”“The shape of my mouth isn’t the same as hers, but I can make sounds somewhat or pretty close to what she did,” Seyfried, who plays the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire on the Hulu show, said during a virtual panel at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour Tuesday. “And that’s my job as an actor, mimicking and stuff like that.

Adele thanked her ex-husband Simon Konecki and their son Angelo in an emotional speech on Tuesday as she picked up Album of the Year and Artist of the Year at the 2022 BRIT Awards.MORE: Adele shows off Hollywood transformation in glamorous black dressThe singer made her first public appearance after canceling her Las Vegas residency, and wowed fans as she wore a gorgeous custom Giorgio Armani Privé dress with a tulle neckline and tail. She accessorized with neutral makeup, large diamond earrings and a pear-shaped sparkling ring on the all-important finger.WATCH: Adele thanks ex-husband in emotional speech"I want to thank everyone I work with but I want to dedicate this to my son, and to Simon, his dad, this album was all of our journey, not just mine," she shared as she picked up the Album of the Year award. "I am very proud of myself for sticking to my guns and putting out an album about something so personal, not many people do stuff like that anymore."MORE: Adele gives another very candid chat: TV habits, fake Instagram, family traits and moreShe added: "And my son has been so gracious and kind and patient with me over the last over years, so it's for him."Adele, who is one of the world's best-selling music artists of all time, married charity entrepreneur Simon Konecki in 2017.

Ed Sheeran married his childhood sweetheart Cherry Seabrook in 2019, but he often keeps his beloved out of the spotlight.INSIDE: Ed Sheeran's ultra-rare look inside £3.7million estate that resembles a mini villageBut on Tuesday after he scooped Best Songwriter of the Year at the BRIT awards, he couldn't help but mention his beau in his acceptance speech. Standing on stage, the hitmaker said: "Because it's a songwriting prize I really really wouldn't be here without the fantastic people I get to work with, so thank you to all of them." After naming his record companies he then moved onto praise his loving wife.WATCH: Ed Sheerman makes rare omment about wife CherryHe added: "But also my wife Cherry, who at the drop of the hat will come to the middle of nowhere to a really secluded studio and live in-house and be so supportive while we just make songs and songs and songs.

Naman Ramachandran Zhang Lu’s “Yanagawa” (China), Hong Sung-eun’s “Aloners” (South Korea) and Fujimoto Akio’s “Along the Sea” (Japan/Vietnam) were among the top award winners at France’s Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas. “Yanagawa,” which opened the 2021 Pingyao Film Festival, won the Golden Cyclo, the festival’s top honor awarded by the international jury.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe widow of Ol’ Dirty Bastard sued Wu-Tang Clan Productions on Tuesday, alleging that the late rapper’s estate is owed at least $1 million in unpaid royalties.ODB, whose legal name was Russell Tyrone Jones, was a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, the rap group that catapulted to stardom in the early 1990s. He died of a drug overdose in 2004 at the age of 35.His widow, Icelene Jones, alleges in the lawsuit that Wu-Tang Clan Productions did not pay royalties to the estate from 2011 until July 2021, when it sent a check for $130,000.

Selome Hailu HBO has picked up “Doomsday Machine,” the series starring Claire Foy as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. The series adapted from Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s New York Times bestselling book “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination.”“Doomsday Machine” is described as a “riveting human drama chronicling the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth.

For many feature filmmakers, music videos provide a sort of proving ground early in their careers. Folks like David Fincher and Spike Jonze really made a name for themselves in the realm of music videos before leaping into feature films.

were revealed Monday, and now the race to April 25 is in full swing. “Mank” led the pack with 10 nominations, but the David Fincher drama is actually not leading most categories.

Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor has reacted to the “surreal” Oscar nominations he and Atticus Ross received yesterday (March 15).The pair were nominated for their scores on David Fincher’s Mank, and Pixar movie Soul. They last won an Oscar in 2011 with their work on The Social Network, directed by David Fincher.Responding to the nominations in a new interview with Billboard, Reznor said: “It’s surreal and humbling and incredibly flattering – another thing that kind of doesn’t seem real in a year when everything starts to blur together.

Amanda Seyfried has scored her first Oscar nomination, for her role as Marion Davies in David Fincher's biographical dramaMank. Her nod is one of 10 for the 1930s-set film aboutalcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finishCitizen Kane.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Amanda Seyfried shared a heartwarming thank you post following the news of her first ever Oscar nomination. "Working with David Fincher on Mank has been the highlight of my career, and being recognized by the Academy for an experience that brought me this much joy and fulfillment feels surreal," the actress shared.

Academy Awards — delayed two months by the coronavirus pandemic — with 10 nominations, including best picture, best director, acting nods for Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and a host of others for its lavish craft.  The rest were spread among a wide variety of contenders.

Minari, Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman and Judas and the Black Messiah are just some of the films up for gongs this yearPriyanka Chopra and her husband, Nick Jonas, have announced the nominees of this year's Oscars, with David Fincher’s black and white film Mank taking the lead with 10 nominations in total. Two female directors were nominated for Best Director - Chloe Zhao for Nomadland and Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman - marking the first time in the 93-year history of the Academy Awards that more than one woman has been nominated for this category.

Priyanka Chopra cutely pops her heel during a sweet moment with husband Nick Jonas while announcing the 2021 Oscars nominations on Monday morning (March 15).

Clayton Davis The Oscars have unveiled the 2021 nominations, and it was a historic group that closes the chapter of one of the hardest years for cinema.After a year in which the Academy announced its divisive inclusion and representation standards, members stepped up to the plate, recognizing the most people of color in the acting categories in history with nine nods.

There were several first time nominees at the 2021 Oscars this year!

nominated for the Oscars Best Director category in the same year.Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell earned nods for their films “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman,” respectively. Zhao is also the first woman of color to receive the nomination. The other nominees in this year’s field include David Fincher (“Mank”), Thomas Vintergerg (“Another Round”), and Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”).Fennell and Zhao also received screenplay nominations for their films. Both films have received a handful of other nominations, most notably for Best Picture and in the categories of Best Actress and Editing.

Oscars have finally announced. The pandemic caused the 93rd Academy Awards to be pushed back, but Hollywood is now reacting to the news.

Oscar nominations still offered moments of confusion, from Lakeith Stanfield’s unusual Best Supporting Actor nod, to the maligned Hillbilly Elegy’s general presence. If the 10 nods for David Fincher’s Mank came as a pleasant surprise, as well as the love for the family drama Minari in the acting categories, there were also significant omissions.

Awards season is very much underway and the nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards were announced on Monday.

Kate Aurthur editorDuring a historic year for diversity in the acting categories at the Oscars, the Academy has also made history by nominating two women in the directing category for the first time ever: Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland” and Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman.”Zhao and Fennell will compete against David Fincher (“Mank”), Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”) and surprise nominee Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”).

Variety. “I am very proud to represent my country, Africa and the Arab cinema.

2021 Oscars nominations were announced on Monday, with 's Chloe Zhao and 's Emerald Fennell landing nominations for Best Director — the first time in Oscars history that more than one woman has been nominated in the category.The trio became just the sixth and seventh women ever to be recognized in the category, alongside David Fincher for, Lee Isaac Chung for and Thomas Vinterberg for Zhao has also made history ahead of this year's ceremony, as the first Asian woman ever to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars — she is just the fifth Asian Best Director nominee, following Hiroshi Teshigahara, Akira Kurosawa, Ang Lee and Bong Joon-ho.At the Golden Globes last month, Zhao became just the second woman ever to win Best Director,

It’s a diverse year at the 2021 Oscars.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Mank,” an ode to Hollywood’s golden age that was produced and released by Netflix, one of the companies reshaping the movie business, led the nominations for the 93 Academy Awards.

2021 Oscars nominations were announced on Monday, with 's Chloe Zhao and 'sEmerald Fennelllanding nominations for Best Director — the first time in Oscars history that more than one woman has been nominated in the category.The trio became just the sixth and seventhwomen ever to be recognized in the category, alongside David Fincher for , Lee Isaac Chung for  and Thomas Vinterberg for Zhao has also made history ahead of this year's ceremony, as the first Asian woman ever to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars — she is just the fifth Asian Best Director nominee, following Hiroshi Teshigahara, Akira Kurosawa, Ang Lee and Bong Joon-ho.At the Golden Globes last month, Zhao became just the second woman ever to win Best Director,

David Fincher’s “Mank” scored the most Oscar nominations on Monday morning, leading the count with 10 nods including the coveted Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress and Best Actor.The film also received nominations in the categories Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Makeup and Hair and Best Production Design.Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her husband, Nick Jonas, announced the nominees in all 23 categories on Monday.The 93rd Oscars will air on ABC on April 25.More to come… 

Haley Bosselman editorAbout nine hours after the Grammys end, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas will announce the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards.The Monday morning presentation begins at 8:19 a.m. ET/ 5:19 a.m.

Oscars website or on its Twitter or Facebook page.Also Read: Oscars 2021: We Predict the Nominations in All 23 Categories (Photos)Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which has won the top prize at the Golden Globes as well as the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, is expected to be a heavy contender for Best Picture and several other major categories. Other top contenders include Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman,” Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” David Fincher’s “Mank” and George C.

Oscars on Monday, March 15, courtesy of power couple Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. and director Chloé Zhao are now firmly frontrunners in the awards circuit, while several other films, including, and — featuring the late Chadwick Boseman — could be in contention.Read on for everything you need to know about how to watch, who's presenting and more. Nominations will be announced bright and early on Monday, March 15, starting at 5:19 a.m.