Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
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2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary of Nonfiction (Series) “Harry & Meghan” was directed by Liz Garbus.
Weekly Commentary: A tight race ensues for acclaimed documentaries. Ken Burns’ powerful “The U.S. and the Holocaust” which premiered at Telluride 2022 before hitting television screens, is a favorite in the category.
Read: Variety’s...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary of Nonfiction (Series) “Harry & Meghan” was directed by Liz Garbus.
Weekly Commentary: A tight race ensues for acclaimed documentaries. Ken Burns’ powerful “The U.S. and the Holocaust” which premiered at Telluride 2022 before hitting television screens, is a favorite in the category.
Read: Variety’s...
- 8/28/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
In case it seems simple to film a visually stunning four-part wildlife docuseries like NatGeo’s “Secrets of the Elephants” over the course of a year as its 2023 Emmy-nominated cinematographer Toby Strong did, he means to assure us that it isn’t. You don’t just turn on a camera and shoot pictures of these majestic beasts gliding over the Asian plains and the African savannah. “You’re stepping in your tent because the lions just walked through your camp,” he says. “You’ve got a sandstorm coming in. You’re trying to survive driving away from the flash flood in the desert. And amid all that, you’ve got to produce an image. And when you push that red button, that image has to be excellent. You’ve got to remember that the people sitting Saturday evening with their nachos at home watching, they don’t care how tired you are.
- 8/16/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Elephants have a lot to say — and it’s much more complex than you might think. “You can hear them having conversations,” says Bob Poole, director of photography for National Geographic’s new, lushly filmed four-part docuseries, Secrets of the Elephants. “They make decisions about which way to go, for example. It’s fascinating.” Some of their talk is even too low for the human ear to grasp because “their really deep bass sounds can penetrate the ground and travel,” Poole explains. “So elephants are able to communicate with each other over long distances in frequencies that we can’t hear.” (Credit: Arwai Tang/Getty Images) Those are just a few of the amazing revelations covered in the show narrated by actress Natalie Portman and featuring the passionate insights of conservationist and elephant expert Dr. Paula Kahumbu and elephant researcher Dr. Joyce Poole (Bob’s sister). The teams tracked the...
- 4/16/2023
- TV Insider
Big-budget non-fiction series from Will Smith, Darren Aronofsky, Jon Favreau, James Cameron and David Blaine make up Nat Geo’s latest slate for Disney+.
The factual giant has ordered 12 new series as part of its latest streaming lineup.
Following Welcome To Earth and One Strange Rock, Smith is returning to Nat Geo with Pole to Pole, a series that will see the King Richard star cover 26,000 miles from the South Pole to the North Pole. It comes from Smith’s Westbrook Studios, Jane Root’s Nutopia and Aronofsky’s Protoza.
The company has set eight new natural history series: Great Migrations, Home, Lion, Secrets Of The Elephants, Secrets Of The Octopus, Sentient, Super/Natural and The Biggest Little Farm Series.
Jon Favreau-created Lion follows a a single pride for four years and will use cutting-edge technology to explore the challenges facing an entire species. The Iron Man director exec produces the series,...
The factual giant has ordered 12 new series as part of its latest streaming lineup.
Following Welcome To Earth and One Strange Rock, Smith is returning to Nat Geo with Pole to Pole, a series that will see the King Richard star cover 26,000 miles from the South Pole to the North Pole. It comes from Smith’s Westbrook Studios, Jane Root’s Nutopia and Aronofsky’s Protoza.
The company has set eight new natural history series: Great Migrations, Home, Lion, Secrets Of The Elephants, Secrets Of The Octopus, Sentient, Super/Natural and The Biggest Little Farm Series.
Jon Favreau-created Lion follows a a single pride for four years and will use cutting-edge technology to explore the challenges facing an entire species. The Iron Man director exec produces the series,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
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