Oscars: Fall Film Fest Circuit Aims To Promote Early Contenders McDormand, Winslet, Hopkins, King, And More But Is It Just Too Damn Early?

CBS is rebooting late-‘90s fantasy newspaper drama Early Edition and has handed the project a pilot order.

Those theatrical motion picture studios earning Oscar Best Picture nominations today will put their best foot forward at the box office, and increase the cinema footprint of their contenders in an effort to capitalize on their success and raise the pics’ profiles.

EXCLUSIVE: Roselyn Sanchez and Eric Winter’s Two for the Road Entertainment has signed a deal with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. The pact is strictly for producing as the husband-and-wife duo both are series regulars on ongoing shows, ABC’s The Rookie and Fox’s Fantasy Island, respectively.

Jane Campion is sitting up in bed at her home in Sydney, about to go for her morning swim and reeling from the news that her film The Power of the Dog has received 12 Oscar nominations, two shy of the record 14 garnered by just three films in Academy history: All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. “I didn’t have a very good sleep, but I’ve had a very good day,” she says cheerily. “At about 2am I could hear the beeps coming in on my phone, and then my partner came in and… Well, he took his time. He was really spinning it out, cruelly. From the look on his face I thought, ‘Oh no, we didn’t get any.’”

Real Housewives of New Jersey's Jennifer Aydin revealed she will no longer be undergoing any furthercosmetic surgeries after regretting the last two.While reflecting on hernose job and chin implant, which she has since had removed, the44-year-old reality star admitted to disliking herrhinoplasty.'When you get plastic surgery, even though you know it's a risk, you assume that you're going to be happy with the results, which I wasn't. It has since settled in nicely, but I do regret it,' the mom-of-five wrote under a clip of herco-stars poking fun at her new nose on Instagram.

Former child star Joey King held hands with her boyfriend Steven Piet in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood on Tuesday while on the promotional trail for her new movie.The 22-year-old Emmy nominee flaunted substantial cleavage in a nude tweed bustier, matching slacks, and peep-toe heels selected by her stylist Jared Eng.Joey bundled up in a long black coat featuring leopard-print lining and she toted an orange snakeskin-print bucket bag. Still going strong! Former child star Joey King held hands with her boyfriend Steven Piet in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood on Tuesday while on the promotional trail for her new movieThe 30-year-old News & Documentary Emmy-nominated DP had a camera strapped around his neck, which he used as the personal photographer for King.The Los Angeles native originally met Steven on the set of Hulu's The Act sometime between October 2018-February 2019.

Halle Berry tapped into her animal instincts for a photoshoot she posted to Instagram on Monday.The actress, 55, donned a leopard wrap print dress that showed off her incredibly toned physique for the camera.The sizzling number tied to one side to one side, which allowed Berry's legs to take center stage. Leopard print: Halle Berry tapped into her animal instincts for a photoshoot she posted to Instagram on MondayThe dress also had a large cut-out on the chest that exposed her chiseled abs and black lace lingerie top.The lacy top coordinated with a pair of high-waisted bottoms that poked out from under her dress as she posed.In one photo, she laid splayed out on a comfortable looking lounge chair.

Zach Braff shared a somber but loving tribute to his late friend and manager Chris Huvane on Tuesday.The 46-year-old Scrubs star shared a photo of Huvane, who died on Sunday at age 47, while singing the praises of his 'best friend' and wishing he might have done more to help him.The actor also admitted that he was feeling 'the lowest I have felt in some time' in the wake of Huvane's death. 'The suffering is over': Zach Braff, 46, paid tribute to his 'best friend' and manager Chris Huvane in a somber Instagram post on Tuesday.

Olivia Culpo sent temperatures soaring as she was seen dressing herself in a sexy new Instagram video.In the clip that the 29-year-old influencer posted on Tuesday, she flashed a glimpse of underboob as she pulled on a black turtleneck crop top.The Other Woman actress showed off her sculpted abs as she zipped up a black leather skirt and turned toward the camera. Sizzling:Olivia Culpo sent temperatures soaring as she was seen dressing herself in a sexy new Instagram video Showing some skin:.

PBS was the top winner in the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards on Tuesday, with four honors for outstanding broadcast and digital reporting in the public interest.

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the virtual EFM buyers are circling rights to Tom Hanks comedy A Man Called Otto, which is among the most sought-after packages in the market.

Peacock’s adaptation of NBC’s iconic sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”That series (1990-96) launched then-rap star Will Smith into superstardom, and his onscreen character, also named Will Smith, into TV lore when he’s sent to Bel Air, Calif. to live with his rich relatives after getting into trouble in his West Philadelphia neighborhood.

Zach Braff has expressed his sadness following the death of his manager and best friend Chris Huvane at the age of 47, describing him as ‘so beloved in this town’.As a talent manager at Management 360, Huvane worked with clients including Margot Robbie, Jensen Ackles, Henry Winkler and the late Chadwick Boseman.In a statement shared by Deadline, the partners of Management 360 wrote that they were ‘devastated’ by their loss, describing him as ‘a brilliant manager, consummate colleague and friend, a rock of our company and our culture, beloved by every single person who ever met him’. Tributes have come pouring in across social media, with several Hollywood stars sharing how cherished Huvane was to them, including Scrubs star Braff.Sharing a picture of Huvane on Instagram, the actor wrote that Huvane suffered from ‘severe depression’ for several years, saying that he ‘tried and tried to help him’.‘Each time I thought my pep-talk or idea for a new regimen might make a difference.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticJimmy Kimmel isn’t mincing words about the pitfalls of hosting the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy show this coming Sunday on ABC.“I know everyone will get crazy when I say this, but this will probably be the lowest-rated Emmys of all time. I would best almost anything on it.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAside from Ramy Youssef, this category is loaded with veteran names. Anderson, Cheadle, Danson, Douglas and Levy are a formidable quintet making up the field for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, who have all been in this category before, but only one of them has previously prevailed—and not for the show they currently star in ( that would be you , Ted Danson).

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAfter Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushed the Emmys last year, robbing Julia Louis-Dreyfus of a seventh statuette for Veep in her final year and also depriving Rachel Brosnahan of a second win in a row for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category seems to be a bit of a toss-up this year.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticHBO has been familiar in the Outstanding Limited Series winners circle, last year triumphing overwhelmingly with Chernobyl, even though Netflix gave them a run for their money with When They See Us. This year the two will go head to head again, but HBO seems to have the magic touch here, and, if not them, it has been FX in past seasons, with Ryan Murphy fare, such as The People v.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticLegendary Oscar winning animation giant, Hayao Miyazaki is at the center of the Academy Museum  of Motion Pictures inaugural temporary exhibition when it opens to public (hopefully) on April 30, 2021. Previously announced for the honor , the Academy  is now providing details of one of the key highlights initial visitors will experience when the long-delayed museum finally opens its doors.  With the Museum opening  most recently delayed from December 14 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the gala unveiling is now set for public consumption April 30 with a big promotional boost on the also delayed Academy Awards scheduled to take place on April 25.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticThis once-proud category fell on hard times when the networks abandoned the format, and increasingly cable outlets did too. HBO and Netflix have kept it alive, the latter finding safe harbor here the past three years with an anthology series of ‘movies’ from its Black Mirror franchise, which was finally ruled ineligible here.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic“These are not Tablets from the mountain,” Paramount Pictures Chairman Jim Gianopulos told me earlier this morning in explaining how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences went about creating new standards  of inclusion and representation for entry in to the Best Picture race. The controversial new requirements, set to take full effect in 2024, are actually the result he says of taking a wide ranging pulse of the industry.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAs promised when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced  its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative in June, new standards of representation and inclusion have been announced by AMPAS today that will gradually be put in place for the 94th (2022) and 95th (2023) Oscars but in full effect beginning with the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.