“There’s just been too much attrition because of ‘Game of Thrones’,” Amanda Spears remarks to Charlie Bright and me at the top of our Emmy slugfest about our nomination predictions for Best Drama Actor (00:10), Best Drama Actress (16:25), Best Drama Supporting Actress (19:55) and Best Drama Supporting Actor (29:00). With only seven of last year’s 25 nominees in these four categories eligible again this year, Spears is betting big on returning dramas like “Game of Thrones” and “This is Us” in the absence of dramas like “The Crown” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
SEEour slugfest on the comedy and drama series races.
I am actually predicting “This is Us” to be shut out of the lead and supporting categories, with Bright supporting my skepticism, “After the drop-off last year that we saw with ‘This is Us,’ for the people in the TV Academy, that trajectory is just going...
SEEour slugfest on the comedy and drama series races.
I am actually predicting “This is Us” to be shut out of the lead and supporting categories, with Bright supporting my skepticism, “After the drop-off last year that we saw with ‘This is Us,’ for the people in the TV Academy, that trajectory is just going...
- 5/22/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Immediately after the Oscars 2019 ceremony, watch our live Oscars 2019 post-show above as Gold Derby offers reactions about the winners and losers. Our one-hour streaming program today will start right after the show at approximately 11:30 p.m. Et (8:30 p.m. Pt) as we discuss the shockers and surprises for categories plus instant thoughts about the performers, presenters and more. Join along and add your own comments and reactions about our Academy Awards post-show on Sunday in our blazing hot film forums. That’s part 3 of the forums threads, so you can also go back through parts 1 and 2 if wanted.
Senior editor Matt Noble headlines a group of Gold Derby staff and contributors for the two hours leading up to the ceremony.
SEE2019 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 91st Academy Awards
Here is the full list of presenters and performers that for the event.
Performers:
“All...
Senior editor Matt Noble headlines a group of Gold Derby staff and contributors for the two hours leading up to the ceremony.
SEE2019 Oscars: Full list of winners (and losers) at the 91st Academy Awards
Here is the full list of presenters and performers that for the event.
Performers:
“All...
- 2/25/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Oscars Live Blog 2019: Our sassy editors dish the best, worst and Omg moments from Sunday’s ceremony
Gold Derby editors and contributors are a sassy bunch who rarely agree on anything, and that’s never been more true than at the 2019 Oscars. This year’s ceremony airs live coast to coast Sunday, February 24 on ABC beginning at 8:00 p.m. Et/5:00 p.m. Pt. As a refresher, “The Favourite” and “Roma” lead all films this year with 10 nominations apiece, followed by “A Star Is Born” and “Vice” at eight, “Black Panther” at seven, “BlacKkKlansman” at six and “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book” at five.
Follow along as the show unfolds with our musings on the best, worst and Omg moments of the 91st Academy Awards. Joining me in our fun live blog are: Chris Beachum, John Benutty, Charles Bright, David Buchanan, Sam Eckmann, Joyce Eng, Luca Giliberti, Jeffrey Kare, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Daniel Montgomery, Matt Noble, Tom O’Brien, Robert Pius, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears.
Follow along as the show unfolds with our musings on the best, worst and Omg moments of the 91st Academy Awards. Joining me in our fun live blog are: Chris Beachum, John Benutty, Charles Bright, David Buchanan, Sam Eckmann, Joyce Eng, Luca Giliberti, Jeffrey Kare, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Daniel Montgomery, Matt Noble, Tom O’Brien, Robert Pius, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears.
- 2/25/2019
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Watch our live Oscars 2019 pre-show above as Gold Derby offers final analysis and predictions. Our two-hour streaming program today at 6:00 p.m. Et (3:00 p.m. Pt) will cover all 24 categories for the awards ceremony to be broadcast by ABC on Sunday. Join along and add your own comments and reactions about our two-hour pre-show on Sunday in our blazing hot film forums.
Senior editor Rob Licuria headlines a group of Gold Derby staff and contributors for the two hours leading up to the ceremony.
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting tight races in the acting races of Glenn Close (“The Wife”) vs. Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) vs. Christian Bale (“Vice”), Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) vs. Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”) and Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) vs. Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”). For the Best Picture race, it could be a narrow victory for “Roma,...
Senior editor Rob Licuria headlines a group of Gold Derby staff and contributors for the two hours leading up to the ceremony.
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting tight races in the acting races of Glenn Close (“The Wife”) vs. Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) vs. Christian Bale (“Vice”), Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) vs. Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”) and Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) vs. Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”). For the Best Picture race, it could be a narrow victory for “Roma,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“We’ve had some pleasant surprises in these below-the-line categories in the last couple of years,” Zach Laws told me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears at the end of a final bold slugfest for this awards season to debate our correct (?) Oscar predictions in the 10 craft categories (watch above):
SEETom O’Neil, Paul Sheehan and Thelma Adams predict the top races.
00:40 — Best Film Editing
“ ‘First Man’ won the Critics’ Choice Award and then ‘Roma’ won the most critics’ awards for Best Editing and then we have neither of them here” — Riley Chow on the uncertainty of the race
Best Cinematography (07:10)
“This might be one of those times when not having the name on the ballot is beneficial because I do wonder if you saw the name Alfonso Cuaròn so many times, how many times you would actually want to vote for...
SEETom O’Neil, Paul Sheehan and Thelma Adams predict the top races.
00:40 — Best Film Editing
“ ‘First Man’ won the Critics’ Choice Award and then ‘Roma’ won the most critics’ awards for Best Editing and then we have neither of them here” — Riley Chow on the uncertainty of the race
Best Cinematography (07:10)
“This might be one of those times when not having the name on the ballot is beneficial because I do wonder if you saw the name Alfonso Cuaròn so many times, how many times you would actually want to vote for...
- 2/21/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Watch our live SAG Awards 2019 post-show above as Gold Derby staffers debate the shocking wins and stunning losses from the show. Our one-hour streaming program starts immediately after the show ends at approximately 10 p.m. Et (7 p.m. Pt) and will cover all 15 categories (six for film and nine for television). The Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony was telecast by TNT and TBS on Sunday and was hosted by Megan Mullally. Join along and add your own comments and reactions in the film forums and TV forums.
Riley Chow hosts a group of Gold Derby contributors, including Charles Bright, Kevin Jacobsen, Rob Licuria, Matt Noble, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears for the 60 minutes following the ceremony.
See 2019 SAG Awards: Full winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories [Updating Live]
Going into the ceremony, our Gold Derby odds are predicting a tight race in the top film ensemble category voted by the...
Riley Chow hosts a group of Gold Derby contributors, including Charles Bright, Kevin Jacobsen, Rob Licuria, Matt Noble, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears for the 60 minutes following the ceremony.
See 2019 SAG Awards: Full winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories [Updating Live]
Going into the ceremony, our Gold Derby odds are predicting a tight race in the top film ensemble category voted by the...
- 1/28/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Throughout Sunday’s two-hour SAG Awards 2019 ceremony, our Gold Derby editors and contributors will offer you our snarkiest comments about the presenters, winners, losers and more. The awards program will be telecast by TNT and TBS on Sunday and hosted by Megan Mullally. Join along and add your own comments and reactions in the film forums and TV forums. Refresh this page and enjoy the comments as they happen every moment of the show.
Our Gold Derby staff includes Tom O’Neil, Paul Sheehan, Chris Beachum, Joyce Eng, Marcus Dixon, Daniel Montgomery and Susan Wloszczyna. Contributors to this item include Charles Bright, Andrew Carden, Riley Chow, Denton Davidson, Sam Eckmann, Luca Gilberti, Kevin Jacobsen, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Matt Noble, Tom O’Brien, Robert Pius, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears.
See 2019 SAG Awards: Full winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories [Updating Live]
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting a tight...
Our Gold Derby staff includes Tom O’Neil, Paul Sheehan, Chris Beachum, Joyce Eng, Marcus Dixon, Daniel Montgomery and Susan Wloszczyna. Contributors to this item include Charles Bright, Andrew Carden, Riley Chow, Denton Davidson, Sam Eckmann, Luca Gilberti, Kevin Jacobsen, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Matt Noble, Tom O’Brien, Robert Pius, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears.
See 2019 SAG Awards: Full winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories [Updating Live]
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting a tight...
- 1/28/2019
- by Riley Chow and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Watch our live SAG Awards 2019 pre-show above as Gold Derby offers final analysis and predictions. Our two-hour streaming program today at 6 p.m. Et (3 p.m. Pt) will cover all 15 categories (six for film and nine for television) for the awards ceremony to be telecast by TNT and TBS on Sunday and hosted by Megan Mullally. Join along and add your own comments and reactions in the film forums and TV forums.
Riley Chow headlines a group of Gold Derby contributors, including Charles Bright, Luca Gilberti, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Matt Noble, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears for the two hours leading up to the ceremony.
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting a tight race in the top film ensemble category voted by the Screen Actors Guild members between “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “A Star Is Born.” Comedy ensemble nominees for television are “Atlanta,” “Barry,...
Riley Chow headlines a group of Gold Derby contributors, including Charles Bright, Luca Gilberti, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Matt Noble, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears for the two hours leading up to the ceremony.
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting a tight race in the top film ensemble category voted by the Screen Actors Guild members between “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “A Star Is Born.” Comedy ensemble nominees for television are “Atlanta,” “Barry,...
- 1/27/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“This was the year where, after several seasons of having all these new voters come in, we finally saw this massive shift in what the Academy is thinking about,” proclaims Gold Derby contributor Sam Eckmann in our fascinating post-Oscar nominations slugfest. “It was really the first year where we saw the impact that all the new influx of members are having. All these other types of films like a foreign, black and white, Netflix movie as a major front runner, Spike Lee finally getting in with three nods and a superhero movie finally competing in Best Picture.” Eckmann is joined by fellow contributors Charlie Bright, Amanda Spears, Tony Ruiz and Kevin Jacobsen. Watch the video of our discussion above.
SEEOscar nominations slugfest 2019: Editors’ stunned reactions to Wtf snubs and Omg shockers [Video And Audio Podcast]
When it came to which category threw us the most curve balls, Kevin is very emphatic on which one had the most surprises.
SEEOscar nominations slugfest 2019: Editors’ stunned reactions to Wtf snubs and Omg shockers [Video And Audio Podcast]
When it came to which category threw us the most curve balls, Kevin is very emphatic on which one had the most surprises.
- 1/23/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Should Timothee Chalamet be worried about his Oscar chances? After receiving a Best Actor nomination last year for “Call Me By Your Name” he looks like he’s on his way to a potential second bid this year for his supporting turn in “Beautiful Boy.” But as Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow, Rob Licuria, Amanda Spears and I point out in a recent slugfest on the acting races, he might be on shaky ground. Watch our entire video above.
Licuria points out that Chalamet “has been landing the right nominations throughout the season,” including recognition from SAG, Critics’ Choice, BAFTA and the Golden Globes. But that was also true of past contenders like Hong Chau in “Downsizing” (2017) and Daniel Bruhl in “Rush” (2013), who also had the right precursor support but didn’t end up with Oscar nominations. On the other hand, Licuria also notes the “leftover residual love from ‘Call Me By Your Name...
Licuria points out that Chalamet “has been landing the right nominations throughout the season,” including recognition from SAG, Critics’ Choice, BAFTA and the Golden Globes. But that was also true of past contenders like Hong Chau in “Downsizing” (2017) and Daniel Bruhl in “Rush” (2013), who also had the right precursor support but didn’t end up with Oscar nominations. On the other hand, Licuria also notes the “leftover residual love from ‘Call Me By Your Name...
- 1/21/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“The hardest thing to predict is a surprise Best Director nominee,” Zach Laws tells three fellow Gold Derby contributors in an Oscar slugfest (watch the video above). “It happens a lot,” Rob Licuria alludes to how Gold Derby has never collectively predicted all five nominees in a given year; sixth-ranked Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) upsetting fourth-ranked Paul Greengrass (“Captain Phillips”) five years ago was the last time that there was not a major surprise in the nominations. Paul Thomas Anderson (2017’s “Phantom Thread”), Mel Gibson (2016’s “Hacksaw Ridge”), Lenny Abrahamson (2015’s “Room”), Bennett Miller (2014’s “Foxcatcher”), Michael Haneke (2012’s “Amour”) and Benh Zeitlin (2012’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild”) were each nominated with 89/1 odds at best.
SEEour slugfest predicting the eight below-the-line races.
“The one I can’t figure out is Adam McKay versus Pawel Pawlikowski,” I pipe in before adding, “It’s not actually a decision that any individual directors...
SEEour slugfest predicting the eight below-the-line races.
“The one I can’t figure out is Adam McKay versus Pawel Pawlikowski,” I pipe in before adding, “It’s not actually a decision that any individual directors...
- 1/21/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Categories like Best Picture and Best Actress have been debated ad nauseum, but more important to a good Oscar predictions score are the craft categories, just because there are so many of them. Zach Laws, Rob Licuria and Amanda Spears joined me to debate our nomination predictions in these 10 mystifying below-the-line races keeping us up at nights and confusing us:
00:15 — Best Cinematography
08:45 — Best Costume Design
18:00 — Best Film Editing
27:20 — Best Makeup and Hairstyling
34:50 — Best Production Design
40:45 — Best Score
47:55 — Best Song
53:30 — Best Sound Editing
57:25 — Best Sound Mixing
59:35 — Best Visual Effects
SEEour Editors discuss the above-the-line Oscar races.
The fortunes of “Black Panther,” “First Man” and “Mary Poppins Returns” frequently popped up in the conversation, as we vary in how well we suspect that these films are liked by the academy overall and how that might manifest in snubs for their technical achievements.
00:15 — Best Cinematography
08:45 — Best Costume Design
18:00 — Best Film Editing
27:20 — Best Makeup and Hairstyling
34:50 — Best Production Design
40:45 — Best Score
47:55 — Best Song
53:30 — Best Sound Editing
57:25 — Best Sound Mixing
59:35 — Best Visual Effects
SEEour Editors discuss the above-the-line Oscar races.
The fortunes of “Black Panther,” “First Man” and “Mary Poppins Returns” frequently popped up in the conversation, as we vary in how well we suspect that these films are liked by the academy overall and how that might manifest in snubs for their technical achievements.
- 1/17/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
For we awards-obsessed writers and editors at Gold Derby, the Golden Globe Awards are the official launch of a winter full of trophies, and what better way to celebrate than to watch celebrities drink and mingle while fancy statues are handed out to the best in film and television by about 90 foreign journalists who make up the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?
But some moments are better than others. Below, read our collective thoughts on the highs, lows, and Wtf moments of Sunday’s kudoscast for the Golden Globes 2019. And check out the complete list of winners here.
SEETop 4 Golden Globes film upsets: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ Glenn Close …
Good
Carol Burnett getting teary-eyed over her inaugural honor. Plus, I never tire of seeing her sashaying down the stairs with that curtain rod. Also Rami Malek’s white bow tie. Freddie Mercury would approve. – Susan Wloszczyna
The drama surprises! The pure shock and...
But some moments are better than others. Below, read our collective thoughts on the highs, lows, and Wtf moments of Sunday’s kudoscast for the Golden Globes 2019. And check out the complete list of winners here.
SEETop 4 Golden Globes film upsets: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ Glenn Close …
Good
Carol Burnett getting teary-eyed over her inaugural honor. Plus, I never tire of seeing her sashaying down the stairs with that curtain rod. Also Rami Malek’s white bow tie. Freddie Mercury would approve. – Susan Wloszczyna
The drama surprises! The pure shock and...
- 1/7/2019
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Watch our live Golden Globes 2019 post-show above as Gold Derby is debating the winners, losers, shockers and more. Our one-hour streaming program today at 11 p.m. Et (8 p.m. Pt) will feature our feisty reactions to hosts Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg., the star-studded celebrity presenters roster, boring and inspirational speeches. Join along and add your own comments and reactions about your own reactions on Sunday in the film forums and TV forums.
Senior editor Rob Licuria headlines a group of Gold Derby Editors and contributors — Tom O’Neil, Daniel Montgomery, Charles Bright, Riley Chow, Kevin Jacobsen, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears — for one full hour following the ceremony on NBC. Managing editor Chris Beachum has been on the red carpet interviewing the stars and backstage with Q&A winner videos.
SEE2019 Golden Globes: Complete list of winners in all 25 races [Updating Live]
How did our exclusive Gold Derby odds do in...
Senior editor Rob Licuria headlines a group of Gold Derby Editors and contributors — Tom O’Neil, Daniel Montgomery, Charles Bright, Riley Chow, Kevin Jacobsen, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears — for one full hour following the ceremony on NBC. Managing editor Chris Beachum has been on the red carpet interviewing the stars and backstage with Q&A winner videos.
SEE2019 Golden Globes: Complete list of winners in all 25 races [Updating Live]
How did our exclusive Gold Derby odds do in...
- 1/7/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Gold Derby editors and contributors can’t stifle what we think of every moment of the 2019 Golden Globes hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh on January 6 that airs live nationwide on NBC beginning at 8:00 p.m. Et/5:00 p.m. Pt..
Follow along as the show unfolds with our musings on the best, worst and craziest moments of this free-wheeling kudofest. Joining in the discussion are: Chris Beachum, Charles Bright, Marcus Dixon, Joyce Eng, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Daniel Montgomery, Paul Sheehan, Susan Wloszczyna and myself.
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Amanda Spears: Welcome everyone.
Opening Monologue:
Sam Eckmann: Sandra Oh roasting Lady Gaga’s “it only takes one person to believe in you” viral video is the best thing to happen all Awards season
Marcus James Dixon: Can Jim Carrey please host next year’s Golden Globes? His bit was the first time...
Follow along as the show unfolds with our musings on the best, worst and craziest moments of this free-wheeling kudofest. Joining in the discussion are: Chris Beachum, Charles Bright, Marcus Dixon, Joyce Eng, Zach Laws, Rob Licuria, Daniel Montgomery, Paul Sheehan, Susan Wloszczyna and myself.
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Amanda Spears: Welcome everyone.
Opening Monologue:
Sam Eckmann: Sandra Oh roasting Lady Gaga’s “it only takes one person to believe in you” viral video is the best thing to happen all Awards season
Marcus James Dixon: Can Jim Carrey please host next year’s Golden Globes? His bit was the first time...
- 1/7/2019
- by Amanda Spears and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Watch our live Golden Globes 2019 pre-show above as Gold Derby offers final analysis and predictions. Our two-hour streaming program today at 6 p.m. Et (3 p.m. Pt) will cover all 25 categories (14 for film and 11 for television) for the awards ceremony to be broadcast by NBC on Sunday and hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg. Join along and add your own comments and reactions about our two-hour pre-show on Sunday in the film forums and TV forums.
Senior editor Rob Licuria headlines a group of Gold Derby staffand contributors for the two hours leading up to the ceremony. Managing editor Chris Beachum will be on the red carpet and then backstage once the NBC show starts, with winners announced on social media and press room Q&A videos with winners.
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting tight races in the film acting races of Glenn Close (“The Wife”) vs. Lady Gaga...
Senior editor Rob Licuria headlines a group of Gold Derby staffand contributors for the two hours leading up to the ceremony. Managing editor Chris Beachum will be on the red carpet and then backstage once the NBC show starts, with winners announced on social media and press room Q&A videos with winners.
Our Gold Derby odds are predicting tight races in the film acting races of Glenn Close (“The Wife”) vs. Lady Gaga...
- 1/6/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Sean Hayes not getting nominated really shook up the” Emmy race for Best Comedy Supporting Actor, says Tom O’Brien in a slugfest with me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Zach Laws, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears (watch above). Hayes was the category’s early front-runner for “Will and Grace,” but he was snubbed entirely, as was the rest of the regular cast of the NBC revival, except for Best Comedy Supporting Actress contender Megan Mullally. Hayes was arguably the biggest snub of this year’s Emmy nominations. So who wins without him in the running?
SEEour slugfest on Best Comedy Supporting Actress
Sometimes just getting the nomination is the hardest part, which would appear to be the case for Henry Winkler (“Barry”). He ranked eighth in our nomination predictions, but then he shot up to the top spot once the contenders were revealed. “Winkler really is, more so...
SEEour slugfest on Best Comedy Supporting Actress
Sometimes just getting the nomination is the hardest part, which would appear to be the case for Henry Winkler (“Barry”). He ranked eighth in our nomination predictions, but then he shot up to the top spot once the contenders were revealed. “Winkler really is, more so...
- 9/17/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“This is pretty much a slam dunk,” Zach Laws says about “Saturday Night Live” in the Emmy race for Best Variety Sketch Series to me and our fellow Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears in a slugfest about the top variety races (watch above). “SNL’s” overwhelming 2/13 odds — based on the aggregate predictions of Gold Derby’s Experts, Editors and Users — make it arguably the biggest lock of the main Emmy telecast, but even then Spears thinks that “not enough” users are predicting it relative to its outsize strength in the category.
SEEour slugfest video on the Best Drama Series race.
This is the fourth year of the Best Variety Sketch Series category; sketch series previously competed against talk shows in a combined Best Variety Series race, but sketch shows almost always lost. The inaugural winner of this new category was “Inside Amy Schumer” (2015). Then “Key and Peele” won in 2016 for its final season.
SEEour slugfest video on the Best Drama Series race.
This is the fourth year of the Best Variety Sketch Series category; sketch series previously competed against talk shows in a combined Best Variety Series race, but sketch shows almost always lost. The inaugural winner of this new category was “Inside Amy Schumer” (2015). Then “Key and Peele” won in 2016 for its final season.
- 9/17/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“There’s a lot of excitement here,” Rob Licuria declares about the Best Limited Series category, adding that the category is “not a done deal.” Licuria recently teamed up with Riley Chow and Amanda Spears in a series of slugfests this week about the three series races at the Emmys in the wake of the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. Watch their lively discussion above.
See Emmy race for Limited Series is a 3-way race, according to Editors: ‘Versace’ vs. ‘Godless’ vs. ‘The Looming Tower
“It’ll be really interesting if they really spread the wealth or if it will be like the last couple of years where they just doubled down on the one thing that they like,” Chow says. Spears agrees, noting that, “I think there’ll be a sporadic spreading of the wealth as [‘Versace’] probably won’t see the ‘Oj’ sweep like they did last time.”
See...
See Emmy race for Limited Series is a 3-way race, according to Editors: ‘Versace’ vs. ‘Godless’ vs. ‘The Looming Tower
“It’ll be really interesting if they really spread the wealth or if it will be like the last couple of years where they just doubled down on the one thing that they like,” Chow says. Spears agrees, noting that, “I think there’ll be a sporadic spreading of the wealth as [‘Versace’] probably won’t see the ‘Oj’ sweep like they did last time.”
See...
- 9/15/2018
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“Consensus has being saying for a while that ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is out front,” Rob Licuria declares about the Best Drama Series category. “‘Game of Thrones’ as usual did very well at the creative arts Emmys, where it won a bucketload of Emmys, which I think is to be expected, and I don’t think that is necessarily indicative of ‘Game of Thrones’ all of a sudden being the favorite,” he argues. Licuria recently teamed up with Riley Chow and Amanda Spears in a series of slugfests this week about the three series races at the Emmys in the wake of the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. Watch their lively discussion above.
See 2018 Emmy predictions: ‘The Americans’ takes the lead for Best Writing, but Top Users still bet on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
“Every day I change my mind,” Spears laments. “Part of me says ‘Game of Thrones,’ because...
See 2018 Emmy predictions: ‘The Americans’ takes the lead for Best Writing, but Top Users still bet on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
“Every day I change my mind,” Spears laments. “Part of me says ‘Game of Thrones,’ because...
- 9/14/2018
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) is widely predicted to earn a repeat Emmy for Best Drama Actress, but Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears is betting on another Elizabeth to usurp the throne. “I decided that if Claire Foy won that second SAG Award, I would predict her to win the Emmy,” she says. Foy did pull off that SAG victory earlier this year, so Spears is giving the edge to the star of “The Crown” to prevail at the Emmys for playing a young Queen Elizabeth II. Spears recently joined me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Charles Bright and Tom O’Brien to debate the category. Watch our slugfest above.
Though Foy has won two SAG prizes for the Netflix drama, she has yet to prevail at the Emmys. Conversely, Moss went on a winning streak for the first season of “Handmaid’s,” snagging the Emmy and winning...
Though Foy has won two SAG prizes for the Netflix drama, she has yet to prevail at the Emmys. Conversely, Moss went on a winning streak for the first season of “Handmaid’s,” snagging the Emmy and winning...
- 9/14/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
According to Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears, the Best Drama Actor race isn’t ripe for an upset this year like many of us think. “I think this looks pretty good for Sterling K. Brown,” she says, placing her chips on the “This Is Us” star to repeat. Spears recently joined me and our fellow contributors Charles Bright and Tom O’Brien to dig into the category. Watch our entire slugfest above.
In 2017 Brown became the first black actor in 19 years to win this prize, following Andre Braugher (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) in 1998. He once again competes against his co-star Milo Ventimiglia, as well as previous Emmy winner Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”) and prior Emmy nominees Jason Bateman (“Ozark”), Ed Harris (“Westworld”), and Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”).
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Could Jesse Plemons or Benedict Cumberbatch upset Darren Criss? [Watch]
While the law of conservation of Emmy winners should give...
In 2017 Brown became the first black actor in 19 years to win this prize, following Andre Braugher (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) in 1998. He once again competes against his co-star Milo Ventimiglia, as well as previous Emmy winner Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”) and prior Emmy nominees Jason Bateman (“Ozark”), Ed Harris (“Westworld”), and Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”).
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Could Jesse Plemons or Benedict Cumberbatch upset Darren Criss? [Watch]
While the law of conservation of Emmy winners should give...
- 9/14/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“Here’s where I am sitting in comedy series – I think it’s a two show race,” Rob Licuria declares about the Best Comedy Series category. “I think the others are out. I think there will be some sharing of wealth among the acting categories and the writing and directing categories, but this is ‘Atlanta’ versus ‘Maisel,’” he argues. Licuria recently teamed up with Riley Chow and Amanda Spears in a series of slugfests this week about the three series races at the Emmys in the wake of the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. Watch their lively discussion above.
See Best Comedy Series Emmy episode submissions revealed for all 8 nominees (Exclusive)
Chow believes Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has the edge after its showing at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. “At the Creative Arts Emmys, ‘Atlanta’ won three and ‘Mrs. Maisel’ won three,” he argues, “but ‘Atlanta’ did not beat ‘Marvelous Mrs.
See Best Comedy Series Emmy episode submissions revealed for all 8 nominees (Exclusive)
Chow believes Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has the edge after its showing at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. “At the Creative Arts Emmys, ‘Atlanta’ won three and ‘Mrs. Maisel’ won three,” he argues, “but ‘Atlanta’ did not beat ‘Marvelous Mrs.
- 9/13/2018
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
While most of us Emmy pundits are tearing our hair out over the Emmy race for Best Drama Supporting Actor, Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears thinks she’s got it all figured out. “Personally, I think this is Peter Dinklage,” she says, putting her money on the “Game of Thrones” star. Spears recently joined me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow, Tom O’Brien and Tony Ruiz to debate the category. Watch our entire slugfest above.
Dinklage is a two-time winner for the HBO fantasy series (2011 and 2015) and has been nominated for every season of the show. He was absent last year because “Thrones” didn’t air new episodes in time for eligibility, which opened the door for John Lithgow (“The Crown”) to prevail. But Lithgow was only on that show for one season, so he’s out of the running now. That leaves Dinklage to face off...
Dinklage is a two-time winner for the HBO fantasy series (2011 and 2015) and has been nominated for every season of the show. He was absent last year because “Thrones” didn’t air new episodes in time for eligibility, which opened the door for John Lithgow (“The Crown”) to prevail. But Lithgow was only on that show for one season, so he’s out of the running now. That leaves Dinklage to face off...
- 9/12/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Watch our live Emmys coverage above as Gold Derby is the first place you will find out winners for the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, September 9. Senior editor Matt Noble will be hosting several of our contributors — Charles Bright, Riley Chow, Zach Laws, Tom O’Brien, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears — for the entire two-and-a-half hour ceremony. All of the action starts at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et live from downtown Los Angeles. Managing editor Chris Beachum and senior editor Marcus Dixon will be backstage and will alert you of the newly-crowned winners as soon as they are announced on stage.
SEE2018 Creative Arts Emmys predictions: Our complete racetrack odds in 25 categories this weekend
In addition to many technical awards, top categories for Sunday’s event include ones for reality host, structured reality program, unstructured reality program, variety special (live), variety special (recorded), original song, documentary, informational series and choreography.
SEE2018 Creative Arts Emmys predictions: Our complete racetrack odds in 25 categories this weekend
In addition to many technical awards, top categories for Sunday’s event include ones for reality host, structured reality program, unstructured reality program, variety special (live), variety special (recorded), original song, documentary, informational series and choreography.
- 9/9/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Watch our live Emmys coverage above as Gold Derby is the first place you will find out winners for the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday, September 8. Senior editor Matt Noble will be hosting several of our contributors — Charles Bright, Riley Chow, Kevin Jacobsen, Zach Laws, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears — for the entire two-and-a-half hour ceremony. All of the action starts at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et live from downtown Los Angeles. Senior editors Marcus Dixon and Joyce Eng will be backstage and will alert you of the newly-crowned winners as soon as they are announced on stage.
SEE2018 Creative Arts Emmys predictions: Our complete racetrack odds in 25 categories this weekend
In addition to many technical awards, top categories for Saturday’s event include the four guest acting awards, TV movie, animation and voice-over. Here is a complete list of all 96 categories being presented this weekend. Join...
SEE2018 Creative Arts Emmys predictions: Our complete racetrack odds in 25 categories this weekend
In addition to many technical awards, top categories for Saturday’s event include the four guest acting awards, TV movie, animation and voice-over. Here is a complete list of all 96 categories being presented this weekend. Join...
- 9/8/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
In the Emmy race for Best Variety Series Writing, showcase episodes were submitted for judging after nominations are announced. The five nominated series and their submissions are:
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“Episode 2061”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“Episode 419”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
“Episode 422”
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”
“Episode 0657”
“Saturday Night Live”
“Host: Donald Glover”
SEEour slugfest video on the above-the-line reality races
“The Emmys like to pick the same thing over and over again, so just predict last year’s winner until something else wins,” Zach Laws tells me and our fellow Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears in a slugfest about the top variety series races (watch above). “Last Week Tonight” won this award for the last two years, losing only in 2015 for its first season. That year it competed against Jon Stewart’s final season of “The Daily Show,” which won for the ninth time.
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“Episode 2061”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“Episode 419”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
“Episode 422”
“Late Night with Seth Meyers”
“Episode 0657”
“Saturday Night Live”
“Host: Donald Glover”
SEEour slugfest video on the above-the-line reality races
“The Emmys like to pick the same thing over and over again, so just predict last year’s winner until something else wins,” Zach Laws tells me and our fellow Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears in a slugfest about the top variety series races (watch above). “Last Week Tonight” won this award for the last two years, losing only in 2015 for its first season. That year it competed against Jon Stewart’s final season of “The Daily Show,” which won for the ninth time.
- 9/7/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“Saturday Night Live” is the overwhelming front-runner to win the Emmy for Best Variety Series Directing this year for its episode hosted by Donald Glover. “It’s at the height of its popularity. It’s just the smart choice,” Amanda Spears explains to me and our fellow Gold Derby contributor Zach Laws in our slugfest about the top variety series races (watch above).
SEEour slugfest video on the above-the-line reality races.
This would be the seventh win for “Saturday Night Live” director Don Roy King in this category this decade. He won consecutively from 2010 to 2014, then was shockingly snubbed in 2015 for the first time since 2005; that award went to the final season of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” However, King won Best Variety Special Directing that year for the “Saturday Night Live” 40th anniversary event.
King was expected to win when he returned to the series category in 2016, but...
SEEour slugfest video on the above-the-line reality races.
This would be the seventh win for “Saturday Night Live” director Don Roy King in this category this decade. He won consecutively from 2010 to 2014, then was shockingly snubbed in 2015 for the first time since 2005; that award went to the final season of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” However, King won Best Variety Special Directing that year for the “Saturday Night Live” 40th anniversary event.
King was expected to win when he returned to the series category in 2016, but...
- 9/6/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“Black Mirror” is the defending Emmy champ for Best TV Movie, having won in 2017 for its standalone episode “San Junipero.” Now Gold Derby contributor Riley Chow is expecting the anthology series to triumph once again. “I think you’re going to have a lot of Emmy voters who are just catching up on [the previous] season now,” he explains, “or maybe haven’t even seen or heard of these other [nominees].” Chow recently joined fellow contributors Amanda Spears and myself to dissect the category, which will be presented at the Creative Arts ceremony a week before the primetime telecast. Watch our entire slugfest above.
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When the acclaimed episode “San Junipero” won the top prize last year it also claimed the award for Best Movie/Mini Writing (Charlie Brooker), which was its only other nomination. This...
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: ‘Versace’ stars Penelope Cruz and Judith Light need to watch out for Merritt Wever [Watch]
When the acclaimed episode “San Junipero” won the top prize last year it also claimed the award for Best Movie/Mini Writing (Charlie Brooker), which was its only other nomination. This...
- 9/5/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
One of the most important Emmy categories to keep an eye on is Best Casting. That’s because oftentimes “what wins casting wins program,” explains Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears. She recently joined me and Riley Chow to discuss the contenders for Comedy, Drama, Movie/Mini, and Reality Casting. Watch our entire slugfest above.
Though they may seem like some of the more obscure prizes rewarded at the Creative Arts ceremony, Spears argues that they are significant precursors because they’re voted on by “a good chunk of the academy,” including directors, producers, and, of course, casting directors.
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Can W. Kamau Bell upset RuPaul Charles for Best Reality Host? [Watch]
“[The casting categories] seem to line up way too much with the series categories,” adds Chow. He cites recent Best Casting wins for Drama Series and Comedy Series champs “Game of Thrones” (2015-2016) and “Veep” (2015-2017). Both shows had been...
Though they may seem like some of the more obscure prizes rewarded at the Creative Arts ceremony, Spears argues that they are significant precursors because they’re voted on by “a good chunk of the academy,” including directors, producers, and, of course, casting directors.
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Can W. Kamau Bell upset RuPaul Charles for Best Reality Host? [Watch]
“[The casting categories] seem to line up way too much with the series categories,” adds Chow. He cites recent Best Casting wins for Drama Series and Comedy Series champs “Game of Thrones” (2015-2016) and “Veep” (2015-2017). Both shows had been...
- 9/4/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“If they’re paying attention at all, then this should be a slam dunk for Judith Light,” proclaims Gold Derby contributor Tony Ruiz about the Emmy race for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress. “On [her episode submission ‘A Random Killing’] alone, she would win.” Ruiz recently joined fellow contributors Charles Bright, Riley Chow, Amanda Spears and me to discuss the category. Could it be more competitive than Ruiz thinks? Watch our entire slugfest above.
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Holy war between ‘Godless’ and godly (‘Jesus Christ Superstar’) nominees for Movie/Mini Directing? [Watch]
Light contends for her appearance in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” the second season of FX’s anthology series “American Crime Story.” She competes against her co-star Penelope Cruz, as well as Sara Bareilles (“Jesus Christ Superstar“), Adina Porter (“American Horror Story: Cult”), Merritt Wever (“Godless”), and Letitia Wright (“Black Mirror”).
Currently our racetrack odds give Oscar winner Cruz the advantage with first-place odds of 10/11. Light,...
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Holy war between ‘Godless’ and godly (‘Jesus Christ Superstar’) nominees for Movie/Mini Directing? [Watch]
Light contends for her appearance in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” the second season of FX’s anthology series “American Crime Story.” She competes against her co-star Penelope Cruz, as well as Sara Bareilles (“Jesus Christ Superstar“), Adina Porter (“American Horror Story: Cult”), Merritt Wever (“Godless”), and Letitia Wright (“Black Mirror”).
Currently our racetrack odds give Oscar winner Cruz the advantage with first-place odds of 10/11. Light,...
- 8/20/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“I think he’s undeniable, frankly,” Tony Ruiz says about Darren Criss in a video slugfest with me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Charles Bright, Zach Laws and Amanda Spears on the Emmy race for Best Movie/Mini Actor (watch above). Laws agrees: “’The Assassination of Gianni Versace’ is the front-runner to win Limited Series. He really does carry that show on his shoulders and he is really, really good in it.”
SEEour slugfest on the race for Best Movie/Limited Actress.
But Laws concedes that Criss could be vulnerable because “Andrew Cunanan is a profoundly unlikable character. Much to the credit of the show, they don’t try to offer up psychobabble analysis to try to explain why it is that he killed these five innocent people other than the fact that he was a raging narcissist with delusions of grandeur.” But that unflinching portrayal could be a...
SEEour slugfest on the race for Best Movie/Limited Actress.
But Laws concedes that Criss could be vulnerable because “Andrew Cunanan is a profoundly unlikable character. Much to the credit of the show, they don’t try to offer up psychobabble analysis to try to explain why it is that he killed these five innocent people other than the fact that he was a raging narcissist with delusions of grandeur.” But that unflinching portrayal could be a...
- 8/19/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“The droughtlander is almost over!” Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria declares about the imminent return of Starz’s romance fantasy drama. Licuria recently teamed up with contributing writer Amanda Spears, to discuss the trailer of the highly anticipated Season 4 and their reactions to the show’s recent Emmy snubs.
“Season 4 is starting in a couple of months,” Licuria says. “Rest assured that Amanda and I will be doing these chats every week to talk about every episode in great detail and depth, from the perspective of people who have not read the books,” he explains. “It’s a really great trailer. My first reaction was ‘could two people be more attractive? No I don’t think so,'” he jests. Spears agrees, noting that her major takeaway from the trailer was is “the future is pushing back? What are they up to? Is it like the second season where...
“Season 4 is starting in a couple of months,” Licuria says. “Rest assured that Amanda and I will be doing these chats every week to talk about every episode in great detail and depth, from the perspective of people who have not read the books,” he explains. “It’s a really great trailer. My first reaction was ‘could two people be more attractive? No I don’t think so,'” he jests. Spears agrees, noting that her major takeaway from the trailer was is “the future is pushing back? What are they up to? Is it like the second season where...
- 8/16/2018
- by Rob Licuria and Amanda Spears
- Gold Derby
“Laura Dern’s going to pretty easily win this,” Zach Laws says about the Emmy race for Best Movie/Mini Actress in a predictions slugfest with me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Charles Bright, Tony Ruiz and Amanda Spears (watch it above). Three quarters of Gold Derby users share Laws’s opinion, making Dern an overwhelming front-runner with 3/10 odds for her performance in the movie “The Tale.”
But maybe it’s not such a done deal. “The person we all need to stop and consider is Michelle Dockery,” contends Spears, despite the odds placing Jessica Biel in the runner-up position with 11/1 odds for her performance in the first season of “The Sinner,” for which she received Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominations. Dockery’s performance in the miniseries “Godless” was eligible for those awards too, but she didn’t get in.
SEEour slugfest on the race for Best Movie/Limited Writing.
But maybe it’s not such a done deal. “The person we all need to stop and consider is Michelle Dockery,” contends Spears, despite the odds placing Jessica Biel in the runner-up position with 11/1 odds for her performance in the first season of “The Sinner,” for which she received Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominations. Dockery’s performance in the miniseries “Godless” was eligible for those awards too, but she didn’t get in.
SEEour slugfest on the race for Best Movie/Limited Writing.
- 8/10/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“I think the race is over,” Gold Derby contributor Riley Chow boldly claims about the Emmy for Best Comedy Directing. “I think this is pretty easily ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ for the pilot.” Chow recently joined fellow contributors Tom O’Brien, Tony Ruiz, Amanda Spears and me to discuss the category. Could it be a lot more competitive than Chow thinks? Watch the entire slugfest above.
“Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino contends in this category against Hiro Murai for “Atlanta” (“Teddy Perkins”), Bill Hader for “Barry” (“Chapter One: Make Your Mark”), Mark Cendrowski for “The Big Bang Theory” (“The Bow Tie Symmetry”), Jesse Peretz for “Glow” (“Pilot”), Mike Judge for “Silicon Valley” (“Initial Coin Offering”), and last year’s winner, Donald Glover for “Atlanta” (“Fubu”).
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Best Comedy Guest Actress is a real battle between Tiffany Haddish, Jane Lynch and …
Despite Glover’s presence, most people are betting on Murai to win because,...
“Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino contends in this category against Hiro Murai for “Atlanta” (“Teddy Perkins”), Bill Hader for “Barry” (“Chapter One: Make Your Mark”), Mark Cendrowski for “The Big Bang Theory” (“The Bow Tie Symmetry”), Jesse Peretz for “Glow” (“Pilot”), Mike Judge for “Silicon Valley” (“Initial Coin Offering”), and last year’s winner, Donald Glover for “Atlanta” (“Fubu”).
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Best Comedy Guest Actress is a real battle between Tiffany Haddish, Jane Lynch and …
Despite Glover’s presence, most people are betting on Murai to win because,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
According to Amanda Spears, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” will win the Emmy for Best Comedy Writing for its pilot “almost by default,” calling it “a brilliantly written episode.” Spears recently joined fellow Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow, Tom O’Brien, Tony Ruiz, and me to debate the category. Is “Maisel” really a lock? Watch our entire slugfest above.
“Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has returned to this category for the first time since 1992, when she competed for “Roseanne” during that show’s original run (she lost to “Seinfeld”). This year can she prevail against two “Atlanta” episodes (“Alligator Man” and “Barbershop”), two “Barry” entries, and one “Silicon Valley” installment (“Fifty-One Percent”)? According to the combined predictions of over a thousand Gold Derby users thus far, she’s the heavy favorite with 1/4 odds.
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Will vote-splitting cost ‘Game of Thrones’ a win for Best Drama Directing? [Watch]
“I think the...
“Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has returned to this category for the first time since 1992, when she competed for “Roseanne” during that show’s original run (she lost to “Seinfeld”). This year can she prevail against two “Atlanta” episodes (“Alligator Man” and “Barbershop”), two “Barry” entries, and one “Silicon Valley” installment (“Fifty-One Percent”)? According to the combined predictions of over a thousand Gold Derby users thus far, she’s the heavy favorite with 1/4 odds.
See 2018 Emmy predictions slugfest: Will vote-splitting cost ‘Game of Thrones’ a win for Best Drama Directing? [Watch]
“I think the...
- 7/31/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“She really proves why you can win an Emmy with one scene,” Amanda Spears says about Best Drama Guest Actress front-runner Diana Rigg in an Emmy slugfest with me and fellow Gold Derby contributors Charles Bright, Zach Laws and Tom O’Brien (watch above). “Talk about going out in style; she does it amazingly well,” O’Brien adds about Rigg’s final “Game of Thrones” appearance. And Bright recalls, “When that episode aired, a lot of ‘Game of Thrones’ people were chatting about everything that’s going on in the episode, but then that scene happened at the end of the episode and that’s all anyone was talking about.”
Her episode, “The Queen’s Justice,” closes with the defeat of Olenna Tyrell (Rigg) at the hands of the Lannister army. But Olenna gets the last laugh when she confesses to Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) that she’s the one who...
Her episode, “The Queen’s Justice,” closes with the defeat of Olenna Tyrell (Rigg) at the hands of the Lannister army. But Olenna gets the last laugh when she confesses to Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) that she’s the one who...
- 7/20/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Gold Derby contributors Zach Laws, Charles Bright, Tom O’Brien and Amanda Spears seem to be of one mind in our Emmy nominations slugfest about the favorites in the race for Best Comedy Guest Actress (watch above). For O’Brien, “it’s a two-woman race” between Tiffany Haddish, the first female African-American comedian to host “Saturday Night Live,” and Jane Lynch, who plays the vaudeville-style comic in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
See 2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
Spears agrees on the merits of both frontrunners, noting that Haddish “gave the best monologue of the season.” She also praises Lynch’s “Mrs. Maisel” performance “dressed in this fat suit and doing this kind of really vaudevillian performance stand-up set, which is hilarious” followed by an unexpected turn in her character.
Laws notes that “SNL” has won this category the past two years, so it...
See 2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
Spears agrees on the merits of both frontrunners, noting that Haddish “gave the best monologue of the season.” She also praises Lynch’s “Mrs. Maisel” performance “dressed in this fat suit and doing this kind of really vaudevillian performance stand-up set, which is hilarious” followed by an unexpected turn in her character.
Laws notes that “SNL” has won this category the past two years, so it...
- 7/18/2018
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
When the Emmy nominations were announced on July 12, Charles Bright was devastated by the omission of one name from the Best Movie/Mini Actor race: Kyle MacLachlan for “Twin Peaks: The Return.” “You would think if he could get in, he can ride that Emmy I.O.U. from having lost to some stupid revival of ‘Columbo’ back in 1990,” he says. MacLachlan’s snub was one of many for the acclaimed Showtime revival, which also missed out in Best Limited Series and in all other acting categories despite snagging nine overall bids, including nominations for director David Lynch and co-writers Lynch and Mark Frost.
Bright recently joined Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow, Tom O’Brien, Amanda Spears and I in a slugfest about the Emmy nominations in the limited series and TV movie races. Watch our exclusive video above.
SEEour post-nominations slugfest on the drama races.
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace,...
Bright recently joined Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow, Tom O’Brien, Amanda Spears and I in a slugfest about the Emmy nominations in the limited series and TV movie races. Watch our exclusive video above.
SEEour post-nominations slugfest on the drama races.
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“Normally, I’m more drawn to the drama categories, but I think comedy is really fun this year,” Charles Bright tells me and our fellow Gold Derby contributors Zach Laws, Tom O’Brien and Amanda Spears in our slugfest about the Emmy nominations in the comedy races (watch above). I add that “I’m a lot more confused after the nominations than I was before. I thought that this would be ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ and I guess I still am betting on it, but it could very easily be ‘Atlanta,’ which got more nominations, even if it’s not in as many categories.” And don’t count out “Barry.” It’s “decisively the choice from voters for HBO [and] is starting essentially where it took ‘Veep’ four years to get in nominations.”
SEEour post-nominations slugfest on the drama races.
With 13 and 14 nominations respectively, “Barry” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” are...
SEEour post-nominations slugfest on the drama races.
With 13 and 14 nominations respectively, “Barry” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” are...
- 7/16/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“If there is one show that is really having a bad morning, it’s the show that is supposed to make you happy-cry and that is of course ‘This is Us,’” Zach Laws tells fellow Gold Derby contributors Charles Bright, Riley Chow, Tom O’Brien and Amanda Spears in our slugfest about the Emmy nominations in the drama categories (watch above). See the complete list of nominees here.
Laws adds, “They got [seven] acting nominations last year; this year they got half of that and lost a couple of people. No writing or directing.” So does that close the door to a potential “This is Us” win for Best Drama Series? “If I were a betting man,” says Laws, “I would say that ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has probably sewn this up … The fact that it went from [13] nominations to 20 speaks volumes to its appeal to the academy.”
Spears counters, “[‘Handmaid’s’] had a very up-and-down season.
Laws adds, “They got [seven] acting nominations last year; this year they got half of that and lost a couple of people. No writing or directing.” So does that close the door to a potential “This is Us” win for Best Drama Series? “If I were a betting man,” says Laws, “I would say that ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has probably sewn this up … The fact that it went from [13] nominations to 20 speaks volumes to its appeal to the academy.”
Spears counters, “[‘Handmaid’s’] had a very up-and-down season.
- 7/13/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
The Emmys are sure to nominate a lot of familiar faces in the comedy lead acting races Thursday morning, say Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow, Zach Laws, Tom O’Brien and Amanda Spears in a slugfest on the top four comedy acting categories (watch above).
Breaking down Best Comedy Actor, Chow explains, “We have four guys back from last year, but then we also have another three guys that were nominated the last time that they were eligible and that’s Larry David, Jason Bateman and Matt LeBlanc. So we have seven people who are incumbent nominees, plus you also have Thomas Middleditch who was nominated a couple years ago; there’s John Goodman and Eric McCormack, who maybe weren’t nominated the last time that they were eligible, but they have been nominated before.”
SEEthe slugfest on Best Comedy Series, Writing and Directing.
Laws says about Best Comedy Actress,...
Breaking down Best Comedy Actor, Chow explains, “We have four guys back from last year, but then we also have another three guys that were nominated the last time that they were eligible and that’s Larry David, Jason Bateman and Matt LeBlanc. So we have seven people who are incumbent nominees, plus you also have Thomas Middleditch who was nominated a couple years ago; there’s John Goodman and Eric McCormack, who maybe weren’t nominated the last time that they were eligible, but they have been nominated before.”
SEEthe slugfest on Best Comedy Series, Writing and Directing.
Laws says about Best Comedy Actress,...
- 7/12/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“Emmy season has just gone on so long that I’ve lost my mind,” Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow prefaces before revealing in a slugfest on the main drama acting categories that he is now predicting Maggie Gyllenhaal to score a Best Drama Actress nomination. Despite a Golden Globe bid under her belt for her eligible performance in “The Deuce,” Gyllenhaal is a longshot with 100/1 odds in Gold Derby’s aggregate predictions. Amidst laughter from fellow contributors Zach Laws and Tom O’Brien, Amanda Spears asks, “Are you just drawing names at random?”
SEEthe slugfest video on the top reality and variety races.
Spears is more receptive when Chow reveals that he is similarly going out on a limb in Best Drama Actor, for Jonathan Groff of “Mindhunter,” a prediction shared by Laws. “I love that you’re putting it out there and if you two are right, I...
SEEthe slugfest video on the top reality and variety races.
Spears is more receptive when Chow reveals that he is similarly going out on a limb in Best Drama Actor, for Jonathan Groff of “Mindhunter,” a prediction shared by Laws. “I love that you’re putting it out there and if you two are right, I...
- 7/11/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Of all the returning Emmy contenders for Best Drama Series, Gold Derby contributor Tom O’Brien believes that “The Handmaid’s Tale” “is the one show that is going to have a significant bump up in nominations.” The Hulu original swept last year, winning 8 of its 12 bids and making history as the first streaming series to clinch the top prize. It’s expected to repeat this season, but it’ll have to defend its crown against HBO’s juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” which won the award in 2015 and 2016 before taking an Emmy hiatus in 2017. But even if “Handmaid’s” significantly increases its nominations haul, O’Brien adds “it’s still going to be tough to rival the below-the-line [nominations] that ‘Game of Thrones’ will mark up,” which could make for a fierce competition.
O’Brien hashed out the Emmy race with fellow contributors Riley Chow, Zach Laws, and Amanda Spears in a recent slugfest.
O’Brien hashed out the Emmy race with fellow contributors Riley Chow, Zach Laws, and Amanda Spears in a recent slugfest.
- 7/11/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“I don’t know what year ‘Will & Grace’ thinks it is,” says Gold Derby contributor Amanda Spears when chatting about the Emmy race for Best Comedy Guest Actress. The NBC revival submitted eight performers for consideration in the category, including Vanessa Bayer, Blythe Danner, Minnie Driver, Jennifer Lopez, Jane Lynch, and Molly Shannon. “That’s too many people,” she adds. “This is not 1999.” The TV landscape is much more crowded in 2018, so Spears thinks having too many guests submitted “might have cost them a spot” altogether due to vote-splitting. Spears recently joined fellow contributors Riley Chow, Zach Laws, and Tom O’Brien to discuss the guest acting contenders for both comedy and drama. Watch the entire video above.
Currently the Comedy Guest Actress category looks like a battle between “Saturday Night Live” hosts. Tina Fey is in first place on our racetrack with odds of 7/2, and Tiffany Haddish, is in second with 4/1 odds.
Currently the Comedy Guest Actress category looks like a battle between “Saturday Night Live” hosts. Tina Fey is in first place on our racetrack with odds of 7/2, and Tiffany Haddish, is in second with 4/1 odds.
- 7/10/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Beware of “Barry.” That might be the most useful takeaway from Gold Derby’s slugfest on the Emmy races for Best Comedy Series, Comedy Writing and Comedy Directing (watch above). Contributors Riley Chow, Zach Laws, Tom O’Brien and Amanda Spears are unanimous that “Barry” will be among the seven nominees for Best Comedy Series in the announcement this Thursday, which is not what Gold Derby’s aggregate odds favor. “It’s a really interesting blend of […] the mob and show business and I think that will prove irresistible,” concludes O’Brien, himself a voter in the writers’ branch of the academy.
SEEanalysis of the Emmy race for Best Comedy Writing.
The group is skeptical of “Will & Grace,” with Spears quipping about its revival, “There’s something sad about people in their mid-40s living together.” Chow takes issue with “Will & Grace” returning to the Emmys as a...
SEEanalysis of the Emmy race for Best Comedy Writing.
The group is skeptical of “Will & Grace,” with Spears quipping about its revival, “There’s something sad about people in their mid-40s living together.” Chow takes issue with “Will & Grace” returning to the Emmys as a...
- 7/10/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
“There’s a lot more competition this year,” states contributing writer Amanda Spears about the Emmy race for Best Limited Series. Unlike the last two years, there isn’t a “Big Little Lies” (2017) or “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson” (2016) that’s “so far above the others that it’s going to sweep.” Instead, “this is going to be one of those years where somebody in fifth or sixth [place] could win.” Spears hashed out the odds with fellow contributors Zach Laws and Riley Chow in a recent slugfest (watch the video above), which also covered the races for Best TV Movie, Best Movie/Mini Writing and Best Movie/Mini Directing.
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Chow is placing his bet on “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” the second installment in Ryan Murphy‘s “American Crime Story” franchise. “You get past ‘American Crime Story’ this year,...
See Over 200 video interviews with 2018 Emmy contenders
Chow is placing his bet on “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” the second installment in Ryan Murphy‘s “American Crime Story” franchise. “You get past ‘American Crime Story’ this year,...
- 7/6/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“The acting races haven been very hotly contested the last couple of years. This year it seems like we know what’s going to happen but there are a lot of possible upsets,” declares contributing writer Amanda Spears during our 2018 Emmy nomination slugfest focusing on the Best Limited Series/TV Movie acting races. She is joined by fellow contributors Riley Chow and Zach Laws to discuss the possible nominees and who to watch out for (watch the video above).
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“Benedict Cumberbatch (‘Patrick Melrose’) gives an Emmy bait performance. But Darren Criss (‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’) is ahead because he got the TCA nomination,” predicts Chow for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor.
When it comes to the race for Best Limited Series/TV Move Actress Laws says, “As soon as ‘The Tale’ came on I switched to Laura Dern. The combination of...
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“Benedict Cumberbatch (‘Patrick Melrose’) gives an Emmy bait performance. But Darren Criss (‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’) is ahead because he got the TCA nomination,” predicts Chow for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor.
When it comes to the race for Best Limited Series/TV Move Actress Laws says, “As soon as ‘The Tale’ came on I switched to Laura Dern. The combination of...
- 7/5/2018
- by Amanda Spears
- Gold Derby
“Seth Meyers keeps trucking along, trying to get in there; I think it’s got to happen eventually,” Zach Laws says while discussing the Emmy race for Best Variety Talk Series in a nominations slugfest with Riley Chow and Amanda Spears about the top variety and reality categories (watch above).
The three Gold Derby contributors agree that “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will break through this year, although they differ on which of last year’s nominees will get the boot. Chow thinks that “The Late Late Show with James Corden” is done after two nominations; Laws and Spears bet that “Real Time with Bill Maher” will fall out like it did in 2015, having been nominated 12 of the last 13 years. Spears also cautions to “look out maybe for Jimmy Fallon, since he’s taken some hits during voting, so that might be a little bit of a rallying cry.” She concludes,...
The three Gold Derby contributors agree that “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will break through this year, although they differ on which of last year’s nominees will get the boot. Chow thinks that “The Late Late Show with James Corden” is done after two nominations; Laws and Spears bet that “Real Time with Bill Maher” will fall out like it did in 2015, having been nominated 12 of the last 13 years. Spears also cautions to “look out maybe for Jimmy Fallon, since he’s taken some hits during voting, so that might be a little bit of a rallying cry.” She concludes,...
- 7/2/2018
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Milo Ventimiglia is coming off the second season of “This Is Us” having further deepened his beloved character, family man Jack Pearson. He is also coming off his first Emmy nomination, where he was nominated alongside co-star Sterling K. Brown in the Best Drama Actor category. Both are in the running again for Season 2, where they could become the first duo from the same show to earn repeat nominations in the Drama Actor category since 1999 with Dennis Franz and Jimmy Smits from “NYPD Blue.”
Ventimiglia recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria and contributor Amanda Spears in an exclusive video chat about his newfound awards success, what it takes to play Jack Pearson and what’s ahead for Season 3 of “This Is Us.” Watch the web chat above and read the entire interview transcript below.
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Ventimiglia recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria and contributor Amanda Spears in an exclusive video chat about his newfound awards success, what it takes to play Jack Pearson and what’s ahead for Season 3 of “This Is Us.” Watch the web chat above and read the entire interview transcript below.
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- 7/2/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
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