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There’s been a major update in the case of missing woman Hannah Kobayashi.

Refresh for more…Voting for this year’s New York Film Critics Circle is currently occurring — for at least the next four hours which is par for the course.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The New York Film Critics Circle, the oldest critics group in the U.S., has begun revealing their choices for the best films and performances from 2024. NYFCC’s winner for best film has typically had a strong correlation with the Academy Awards’ best picture prize. Since the expansion to 10 nominees in 2009, only “Carol” (2015) and “First Cow” (2020) have missed out on a best picture nom.

Alexa and Carlos PenaVega pose atop the Empire State Building on Monday (December 2) in New York City.

The stars are kicking off awards season in New York City!

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com After the show’s midseason finale, the trailer for Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star”s remaining episodes dropped — the show will return on Monday, Jan. 20.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The 2024 Gotham Awards have begun at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Neon’s “Anora,” a free-wheeling comedy about a sex worker who becomes entangled with the family of a Russian oligarch, leads the nominations with four, including for best feature.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and EventsThe Gotham Awards red carpet at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City has opened.Already spotted are Pamela Anderson, Guy Pearce, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and more.“Anora” leads the Monday night ceremony, considered the unofficial launch of the months-long awards march to the Oscars, with four nominations, including best feature. “Nickel Boys,” “Babygirl,” “Challengers” and “A Different Man” are also vying for the top prize.The best director race includes Sean Baker (“Anora”), Jane Schoenbrun (“I Saw the TV Glow”), Payal Kapadia (“All We Imagine as Light”), Guan Hu (“Black Dog”) and RaMell Ross (“Nickel Boys”).The Gothams went genderless for acting awards in 2021 so this year’s best lead performance nominees include Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Saoirse Ronan (“The Outrun”), Justice Smith (“I Saw The TV Glow”), Keith Kupferer (“Ghostlight”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”) and Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”).Check out the best photos, updating live, from the arrivals red carpet below.The 34th edition of the Gothams will be livestreamed on Variety‘s YouTube channel beginning at 4 p.m.

Gavin Creel, the Tony Award-winning star of “Hello Dolly!” and “Hair” who died in September at the age of 48, was celebrated Monday as a passionate artist and activist in an emotional memorial service filled with music and memories that brought out much of New York City’s tight-knit theater community. “Tonight is going to be both joyful and there’s going to be some sorrow,” Heather Creel, Gavin’s sister, said.

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized.

Jason Laks, who has been serving as The Broadway League’s Interim President since Charlotte St. Martin retired from the organization last February, has been appointed the organization’s new president.

EXCLUSIVE: Corbin Bleu and Stephanie Styles will headline a private industry reading in January of the Broadway-aimed musical comedy Get Happy, a new stage adaptation of the MGM film classic Summer Stock.

Viral Oompa Loompa Kirsty Paterson is facing a homeless Christmas after an electrical fire ravaged her home.

told The New York Times. No cause of death was cited.Brickman was best known for his extensive collaboration with Allen, beginning with the 1973 film “Sleeper.” Together, they co-wrote “Annie Hall” (1977), “Manhattan” (1979) and “Manhattan Murder Mystery” (1993).

Will Ferrell is a happy elf.

MUNA’s Katie Gavin has played a stripped-back acoustic cover of Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ – check it out below.The singer appeared on SiriusXM radio on Friday (November 29) to play the classic 1989 single, armed with just an acoustic guitar and microphone.Check out official footage of Gavin’s intimate performance of the song here:Gavin is promoting her debut solo album ‘What A Relief’, which was released on October 25 via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records. The album included the single ‘Aftertaste’ and the Mitski collaboration ‘As Good As It Gets’.“This record spans a lot of my life,” she added.

J. Cole has announced a show at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his album ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’.The rapper’s third album was released in December 2014 and included the singles ‘Apparently’, ‘Wet Dreamz’ and ‘No Role Modelz’.

Scotland have been thrown a curveball which could result in a three-way home nations battle for World Cup qualification.

Craig Revel Horwood has been on BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing since 2004, and is now the longest-serving judge on the show.The 59-year-old started his career after leaving home at 15, and, after a short-lived period as an apprentice chef, he got a job at a TV station as a trainee cameraman. When he was 16, an older colleague in his 40s began to pursue him and proposed a deal. He would pay for dance classes for the budding star, as well as taking him away for six weeks – which would include going to shows in London and New York – in return for a sexual relationship.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind this awards season’s buzziest movies continues with The Apprentice, the Ali Abbasi-directed drama about the formative years of Donald Trump based on the feature-screenwriting debut of journalist Gabriel Sherman.

TV On The Radio have made their NPR Tiny Desk debut, performing songs such as ‘Wolf Like Me’. Watch the performance video below.The indie rock band – who have embarked on their first tour in five years this week – are the latest guests on the long-running series.