Harry Styles secures first Mercury Prize nomination
LONDON — (AP) — Harry Styles has secured his first Mercury Prize nomination with his third solo album, competing for the British music award with acts like singer-songwriter Sam Fender and rapper Little Simz. Styles was shortlisted Tuesday for his album “Harry's House,” which has topped U.K. album charts for six weeks — longer than all of the albums he recorded as a member of the boy band One Direction combined. A judging panel that included musicians Jamie Cullum and Anna Calvi narrowed the nomination's down for the short list. The panel said the albums covered “everything from imaginative pop to pioneering rap to Cornish language folk-rock.”The awards show is set to take place on Sept. 8 in London with live performances from many of the shortlisted acts. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
wftv.comMovies love a comeback story. This summer, it's their turn.
Hollywood is bringing out some of its biggest and most reliable players for the 2022 summer movie season, which unofficially kicks off this weekend with the help of Marvel and Disney’s “Doctor Strange and the Multitverse of Madness” and runs through the end of August.
'Cabaret,' 'Life of Pi' win prizes at UK's Olivier Awards
Britain Olivier Awards Jessie Buckley, left, and Eddie Redmayne arrive for the Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sunday April 10, 2022. (Ian West/PA via AP) (Ian West)LONDON — (AP) — Sultry musical “Cabaret” and fantastical literary adaptation “Life of Pi” were among the winners Sunday at British theater’s Olivier Awards, which returned with a live ceremony and a black-tie crowd after a three-year gap imposed by COVID-19. Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley are nominated in musical leading actor categories for their roles as the Emcee and Sally Bowles . “Life of Pi,” adapted from Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel about a boy adrift at sea with a tiger, was named best new play. The contenders for best new musical are “Back to the Future - The Musical;” “The Drifters Girl;” “Frozen;” “Get Up Stand Up!
wftv.comUK theater's Olivier Awards back after COVID-enforced hiatus
Britain Olivier Awards Jessie Buckley, left, and Eddie Redmayne arrive for the Laurence Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sunday April 10, 2022. (Ian West/PA via AP) (Ian West)LONDON — (AP) — “Cabaret” stars Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley are among the acting nominees for British theater’s Olivier Awards, which return Sunday with a live ceremony and a black-tie crowd after a three-year gap imposed by COVID-19. The contenders for best new musical are “Back to the Future - The Musical;” “The Drifters Girl;” “Frozen;” “Get Up Stand Up! The last Oliviers ceremony, held largely remotely in October 2020, awarded work done before the British government ordered U.K. theaters to shut down in March 2020. The awards were founded in 1976 and named for the late actor-director Laurence Olivier.
wftv.comUK theater's Olivier Awards back after COVID-enforced hiatus
“Cabaret” stars Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley are among the acting nominees for British theater’s Olivier Awards, which return Sunday with a live ceremony and a black-tie crowd after a three-year gap imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
washingtonpost.com‘Dune’ director out, KStew in and more Oscars surprises
The 94th Oscar nominations were full of surprises in both satisfying and disappointing ways, but when there are only five nominees in most categories, it's almost guaranteed that a few favorites will miss the cut. KSTEW GETS REDEEMEDIt's been quite a journey for Kristen Stewart on the way to her first Oscar nomination. Two years after "Parasite" walked off with best picture and best director trophies, the increasingly global voting body showed its power Tuesday with both screenplay and acting nominations. Penélope Cruz got a best actress nomination for " Parallel Mothers," which many expected her to miss out on. "Drive My Car" writers Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe were nominated for adapted screenplay and Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier shared an original screenplay nomination for " The Worst Person in the World."
wftv.comQ&A: Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on sharing Leda
Film-Olivia Colman-Jessie Buckley This combination of photos released by Netflix shows Olivia Colman, left, and Jessie Buckley in separate scenes from "The Lost Daughter." But in Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Lost Daughter," Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play a woman in vastly different chapters in her life with a rare harmony. I always think “Jessie Buckley.” I feel thrilled with myself. Colman: Jessie and (Jack Farthing, who plays Leda's husband) and the girls had their own sort of film for the first 10 days. Buckley: I think Olivia Colman has huge potential.
wftv.comChadwick Boseman, 'First Cow' among Gotham Award nominees
This image released by A24 shows Orion Lee, left, and and John Magaro in a scene from "First Cow." Kelly Reichardt's film led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for Magaro and breakthrough actor for Lee. The Gotham Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, put forward five films, all directed by women, for best feature film, and a posthumous acting nod for Chadwick Boseman. Kelly Reichardt's “First Cow” led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for John Magaro and breakthrough actor for Orion Lee. Alongside Boseman and Magaro, the acting nominees are: Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), Jude Law ("The Nest") and Jesse Plemons ("I'm Thinking of Ending Things").
Virus delays filming of 2 seasons of 'Atlanta' until 2021
LOS ANGELES Earn and Paper Boi were last seen flying to Europe on "Atlanta, but they won't touch down until sometime next year. Glover and the other series' writers have completed the scripts for seasons three and four, with plans to tape them back to back. One season is to be shot primarily in Europe and the other in Atlanta. A lag time already was expected for the return of the Emmy-winning Atlanta, which last aired new episodes in May 2018. Earlier this year, Landgraf suggested season three would debut in January 2021, with season four likely to follow that fall.