Ahead of a busy weekend on the awards circuit — which will see star-studded audiences at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards and Monday’s long-awaited Emmy Awards — some of the biggest names in Hollywood gathered on Friday to celebrate the American Film Institute’s picks for the top 10 films and television shows of 2023.
A-list names crowded the ballroom at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, where films American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and Spider-Man: Across the Universe were honored along with TV shows Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Beef, Jury Duty, The Last of Us, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, Reservation Dogs and Succession.
Creatives, directors and stars of those projects were in attendance, including American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Erika Alexander; Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie...
A-list names crowded the ballroom at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, where films American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and Spider-Man: Across the Universe were honored along with TV shows Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Beef, Jury Duty, The Last of Us, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, Reservation Dogs and Succession.
Creatives, directors and stars of those projects were in attendance, including American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Erika Alexander; Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie...
- 1/13/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced its annual list of best films and TV for the past year. The 2023 honorees include summer smash hits “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”; plus streamer-backed fare like “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “May December,” and “American Fiction”; and indie films “The Holdovers,” “Poor Things,” and “Past Lives.” Animated feature “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was additionally among the top 10 picks.
Television series “Abbott Elementary,” “Succession,” and “The Bear” returned to the AFI list, as well as new series “Jury Duty,” “Poker Face,” “The Last of Us,” and “Beef.”
“As our nation and our world continue to navigate difficult times, AFI is honored to shine a proper light upon these works of art that lift us up and, ultimately, lead us to empathy,” Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO, said in an official statement. “That we do so without competition is AFI’s hallmark, and we...
Television series “Abbott Elementary,” “Succession,” and “The Bear” returned to the AFI list, as well as new series “Jury Duty,” “Poker Face,” “The Last of Us,” and “Beef.”
“As our nation and our world continue to navigate difficult times, AFI is honored to shine a proper light upon these works of art that lift us up and, ultimately, lead us to empathy,” Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO, said in an official statement. “That we do so without competition is AFI’s hallmark, and we...
- 12/7/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
While delivering remarks Thursday at the groundbreaking ceremony of Project Angel Food’s The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Campus in Los Angeles, Chuck Lorre revealed he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when he was just 22.
“When I was a young man, I was really really very ill. I was severely ill with ulcerative colitis. I weighed about 110 pounds and was told I needed a colectomy,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know where to go. I had no money, no insurance.
“I managed to find my way to the Cedars of Lebanon, which was a teaching hospital,” he continued. “I was fortunate enough to get an anesthetic-free colonoscopy in front of a classroom of students.”
He joked that the experience served as “great preparation for a lifetime in television.”
The TV impresario praised the nonprofit for its commitment to dismantling food insecurity for adults...
“When I was a young man, I was really really very ill. I was severely ill with ulcerative colitis. I weighed about 110 pounds and was told I needed a colectomy,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know where to go. I had no money, no insurance.
“I managed to find my way to the Cedars of Lebanon, which was a teaching hospital,” he continued. “I was fortunate enough to get an anesthetic-free colonoscopy in front of a classroom of students.”
He joked that the experience served as “great preparation for a lifetime in television.”
The TV impresario praised the nonprofit for its commitment to dismantling food insecurity for adults...
- 8/3/2023
- by McKinley Franklin and Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale spoke a real truth about the money-making Hollywood awards machine as he opened the proceedings for Friday’s annual AFI Awards honoring the year’s best in movies in television as chosen by a distinguished jury. “This is the only event of its kind where you are informed of your honor and then not asked to pay to attend,” he said.
Michelle Yeoh and Ted Sarandos at AFI
The Top 10 films AFI selected this year include Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Nope, She Said, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King and Women Talking, with an AFI Special Award for The Banshees of Inisherin. On AFI’s top 10 TV list are The Bear, Mo, Pachinko, Severance, Somebody Somewhere, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Reservation Dogs, Better Call Saul...
AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale spoke a real truth about the money-making Hollywood awards machine as he opened the proceedings for Friday’s annual AFI Awards honoring the year’s best in movies in television as chosen by a distinguished jury. “This is the only event of its kind where you are informed of your honor and then not asked to pay to attend,” he said.
Michelle Yeoh and Ted Sarandos at AFI
The Top 10 films AFI selected this year include Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Nope, She Said, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King and Women Talking, with an AFI Special Award for The Banshees of Inisherin. On AFI’s top 10 TV list are The Bear, Mo, Pachinko, Severance, Somebody Somewhere, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Reservation Dogs, Better Call Saul...
- 1/14/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
December 9, 2022, Los Angeles, CA – The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of AFI Awards 2022. AFI Awards honorees include 10 outstanding films and 10 outstanding TV programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. An additional honoree was selected for an AFI Special Award, designated for works of excellence that fall outside of AFI Awards’ eligibility criteria.
AFI Movies Of The Year
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Nope
She Said
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King
Women Talking
AFI Television Programs Of The Year
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Better Call Saul
Hacks
Mo
Pachinko
Reservation Dogs
Severance
Somebody Somewhere
The White Lotus
AFI Special Award
The Banshees Of Inisherin
“AFI Awards shines a light upon excellence in storytelling and the collaborators who bring these stories to the screen,” said Bob Gazzale,...
AFI Movies Of The Year
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Nope
She Said
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King
Women Talking
AFI Television Programs Of The Year
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Better Call Saul
Hacks
Mo
Pachinko
Reservation Dogs
Severance
Somebody Somewhere
The White Lotus
AFI Special Award
The Banshees Of Inisherin
“AFI Awards shines a light upon excellence in storytelling and the collaborators who bring these stories to the screen,” said Bob Gazzale,...
- 12/11/2022
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The American Film Institute’s annual list of the best films and television of the year always includes awards frontrunners as well as at least one or two unexpected dark horses. This time, as usual, the list skewed largely toward mainstream studio fare like Warner Bros.’ “Elvis” and Sony’s “The Woman King,” Paramount Pictures’ “Top Gun: Maverick,” 20th Century Studios and Disney’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” and Universal’s “Nope.”
However, also from Universal, “She Said,” which has struggled to connect with audiences at the box office and appears to be a straggler in the awards race, got a needed boost in the top 10. Universal also got an expected shout-out for “The Fabelmans” (director Steven Spielberg is on the board of AFI trustees). A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Focus Features’ “TÁR” (director Todd Field is an AFI Conservatory alum), and United Artists Releasing’s “Women Talking” also notched spots.
However, also from Universal, “She Said,” which has struggled to connect with audiences at the box office and appears to be a straggler in the awards race, got a needed boost in the top 10. Universal also got an expected shout-out for “The Fabelmans” (director Steven Spielberg is on the board of AFI trustees). A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Focus Features’ “TÁR” (director Todd Field is an AFI Conservatory alum), and United Artists Releasing’s “Women Talking” also notched spots.
- 12/9/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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The American Film Institute has revealed its picks for the best movies and TV shows of 2022.
The group’s picks for the 10 best films are, in alphabetical order: Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Nope, She Said, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King and Women Talking.
On the TV side, AFI’s picks for the 10 best TV shows of the year are, again alphabetically, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Better Call Saul, Hacks, Mo, Pachinko, Reservation Dogs, Severance, Somebody Somewhere and The White Lotus.
AFI also awarded a special award to The Banshees of Inisherin, with AFI saying the special honor is given to “works of excellence that fall outside of AFI Awards’ eligibility criteria.”
AFI’s honorees will be recognized in an awards ceremony luncheon on Jan. 13, 2023 at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.
The American Film Institute has revealed its picks for the best movies and TV shows of 2022.
The group’s picks for the 10 best films are, in alphabetical order: Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Nope, She Said, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King and Women Talking.
On the TV side, AFI’s picks for the 10 best TV shows of the year are, again alphabetically, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Better Call Saul, Hacks, Mo, Pachinko, Reservation Dogs, Severance, Somebody Somewhere and The White Lotus.
AFI also awarded a special award to The Banshees of Inisherin, with AFI saying the special honor is given to “works of excellence that fall outside of AFI Awards’ eligibility criteria.”
AFI’s honorees will be recognized in an awards ceremony luncheon on Jan. 13, 2023 at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.
- 12/9/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Film Institute announced today the Official Selections of AFI Awards 2015, celebrating the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image.
In addition to the 20 honorees of 2015, AFI also recognizes Mad Men with an AFI Special Award, acknowledging its landmark contributions to America’s cultural legacy across nine years. In the history of AFI Awards, no other television program has earned as many honors.
An almanac documenting works of excellence, AFI Awards is also the only national honor for the entertainment community’s creative teams as a whole, recognizing the collaborative nature of the art form. Honorees are selected based on works that advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form, inspire audiences and artists alike and make a mark on American society.
“Since AFI’s founding in the White House Rose Garden 50 years ago, its...
In addition to the 20 honorees of 2015, AFI also recognizes Mad Men with an AFI Special Award, acknowledging its landmark contributions to America’s cultural legacy across nine years. In the history of AFI Awards, no other television program has earned as many honors.
An almanac documenting works of excellence, AFI Awards is also the only national honor for the entertainment community’s creative teams as a whole, recognizing the collaborative nature of the art form. Honorees are selected based on works that advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form, inspire audiences and artists alike and make a mark on American society.
“Since AFI’s founding in the White House Rose Garden 50 years ago, its...
- 12/16/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jeff Kwatinetz is bringing back The Firm, almost seven years after the management and production company folded following his exit as CEO. Kwatinetz, who went on to launch Prospect Park with ex-Walt Disney Studios president Richard Frank, will be relaunching The Firm, which he originally established nearly two decades ago. Like the original incarnation, the Santa Monica-based company will work in music, film and television, and sports. Kwatinetz made the decision to…...
- 8/7/2015
- Deadline TV
Jeff Kwatinetz is bringing back The Firm, almost seven years after the management and production company folded following his exit as CEO. Kwatinetz, who went on to launch Prospect Park with ex-Walt Disney Studios president Richard Frank, will be relaunching The Firm, which he originally established nearly two decades ago. Like the original incarnation, the Santa Monica-based company will work in music, film and television, and sports. Kwatinetz made the decision to…...
- 8/7/2015
- Deadline
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the official selections of AFI Awards 2011 . the awards season event favored by artists and entertainment executives for its intimacy and collaborative recognition . that records the year.s most outstanding achievements in film, television and other forms of the moving image arts.
AFI Awards is the only national recognition that honors the community.s creative ensembles as a whole, acknowledging the collaborative nature of the art form. Honorees are selected based on works which best advance the art of the moving image; enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form; inspire audiences and artists alike; and/or make a mark on American society.
AFI Movies Of The Year
Bridesmaids The Descendants The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo The Help Hugo J. Edgar Midnight In Paris Moneyball The Tree Of Life War Horse
AFI Special Awards went to The Artist and The Harry Potter Series.
AFI Awards is the only national recognition that honors the community.s creative ensembles as a whole, acknowledging the collaborative nature of the art form. Honorees are selected based on works which best advance the art of the moving image; enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form; inspire audiences and artists alike; and/or make a mark on American society.
AFI Movies Of The Year
Bridesmaids The Descendants The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo The Help Hugo J. Edgar Midnight In Paris Moneyball The Tree Of Life War Horse
AFI Special Awards went to The Artist and The Harry Potter Series.
- 12/12/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Robert A. Daly, the former Warners chairman and CEO, has been elected chair of the American Film Institute board of directors. He succeeds Jon Avnet and John Cooke, who co-chaired the board for the past eight years.
The board of directors acts as an executive committee, setting the AFI's priorities and overseeing its programs.
Sony chairman and CEO Howard Stringer remains chair of the AFI board of trustees.
Avnet and Cooke remain on the board of directors, and Avnet also continues as vice-chair of the trustees.
Also voted to return to the board of trustees are Robert Bennett, Allen Bernstein, Richard Frank, Kathleen Kennedy, John Hendricks, Barry Meyer, Leslie Moonves, Jill Sackler, and Steven Spielberg.
DGA president Taylor Hackford, SAG president Ken Howard, AFI Associates president Barbara Phillips, AMPAS president Tom Sherak, and WGA West president John Wells were all appointed as ex-officio members of the AFI trustees.
AFI trustees...
The board of directors acts as an executive committee, setting the AFI's priorities and overseeing its programs.
Sony chairman and CEO Howard Stringer remains chair of the AFI board of trustees.
Avnet and Cooke remain on the board of directors, and Avnet also continues as vice-chair of the trustees.
Also voted to return to the board of trustees are Robert Bennett, Allen Bernstein, Richard Frank, Kathleen Kennedy, John Hendricks, Barry Meyer, Leslie Moonves, Jill Sackler, and Steven Spielberg.
DGA president Taylor Hackford, SAG president Ken Howard, AFI Associates president Barbara Phillips, AMPAS president Tom Sherak, and WGA West president John Wells were all appointed as ex-officio members of the AFI trustees.
AFI trustees...
- 10/8/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Samuel L. Jackson will serve as honorary chair of the ninth annual American Film Institute Golf Classic, set for Sept. 25 at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. The event, presented by General Motors, will benefit AFI educational and cultural programs and include such celebrities as Greg Kinnear, Ray Romano, Dennis Hopper, Kevin Nealon and Scott Wolf. AFI trustees Mark Canton, Richard Frank and Robert Rehme, along with Rudy Durand, serve as tournament co-chairs.
- 8/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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