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We are the champions, my friends … and the Yankees are not! After the Dodgers beat the Mets to secure the National League pennant, the Los Angeles team kept a potential New York Subway Series victory at bay for the Yankees, and finally clinched the championship. Whether you were cheering from the couch donned in a Shohei Ohtani shirt (the most popular jersey on MLB Shop) or were rooting...

Survivor host Jeff Probst is hard at work putting together an amazing Season 50 cast.

The topic resurfaced during a recent interview Jeff had with Variety where he was discussing the show’s future.

We will enjoy Survivor 47 this fall on CBS, followed by Survivor 48 in the spring. But people are already looking forward to a huge milestone.

Survivor 50 has become a hot topic thanks to Jeff teasing fans about it at a recent event. He noted that they would turn to alums to celebrate the 50th season.

It’s been a while since Survivor alums have been featured on a season. Survivor 40 (Winners At War) was the last time. Former winners returned to compete for a $2 million prize.

The New Era of Survivor began with Season 41, and the producers introduced new players during each new season filmed in Fiji.

Jeff Probst speaks about the Survivor 50 cast

“We’re trying to...

The 77th Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival sees the return of its industry program after last year’s interim edition following the collapse of the festival’s parent company, the Centre of the Moving Image, in 2022. Spearheaded by conversations with Gaspar Noé and Alex Garland, Edinburgh’s industry program runs Aug. 16-18, nested within the festival dates of Aug. 15-21.

The industry weekend will comprise a series of panels and networking opportunities for Scottish and international creatives, and features new collaborations and partnerships with Fringe organizations and venues. Panellists include “Scrapper” director Charlotte Regan, BBC Film director Eva Yates, WME Independent head Alex Walton, Picturehouse Entertainment acquisitions manager Julia Trawinska and producer, writer and curator Lynda Myles.

Speaking with Variety ahead of the festival, Scotland-based producers celebrated the return of Eiff’s industry program while bringing up the need for more networking and talent development opportunities in Scotland year-round. BAFTA Scotland winning producer Nadira Murray,...

Sunshine, written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone, is set to have its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, under the Centrepiece Programme.

Sunshine tells the story of a young gymnast who finds out she is pregnant on the week of the national team tryouts. On her way to a seller of illegal abortion drugs, she meets a mysterious girl who eerily talks like her.

When her self-induced abortion fails, she comes face to face with the harsh reality of how pregnant women of all ages and backgrounds in the Philippines are violently robbed of the chance to choose for themselves and their bodies.

Jadaone aims to bring to the forefront not-often talked about issues affecting Filipina women daily.

In the Philippines, roughly 1,000 women die yearly because of lack of access to safe abortions, with others going to jail. On the taboo topic of the film, she...

Some of the biggest stars in sports and entertainment gathered at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Thursday night to celebrate the year’s best moments in sports at The 2024 ESPYs.

The show, which aired live on ABC-tv, was hosted by tennis legend Serena Williams, and featured appearances by Andy Reid, Candace Parker, Colman Domingo, Draymond Green, Drew Brees, Jennifer Garner, Lil Wayne, Nikki Glaser, Paige Bueckers, Quinta Brunson, Rob Lowe, Venus Williams, and more.

The Complete List Of 2024 Espys Winners:

Best Athlete, Men’s Sports: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs

Best Athlete, Women’s Sports: A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

Best Breakthrough Athlete: JuJu Watkins, USC Women’s Basketball

Best Record-Breaking Performance: Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA’s All-Time Scoring Leader breaking Pete Maravich’s Record

Best Championship Performance: Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics

Best Comeback Athlete: Simone Biles, Gymnast

Best Play: Lamar Jackson Catches His Own Pass

Best Team: South Carolina Gamecocks,...

Von 10. bis 14. Juli findet in München zum neunten Mal das Cinema Iran Festival statt. Eröffnet wird es mit der Deutschlandpremiere von Hassan Nazers „Winners“, der 2023 für Großbritannien für den Oscar in der Kategorie „Bester internationaler Film“ eingereicht worden war.

„Winners“ eröffnet das Cinema Iran Festival (Credit: Cinema Iran)

Unter dem Motto „Aus Liebe zum Kino“ findet von 10. bis 14. Juli im Gasteig HP8 in München zum neunten Mal das Cinema Iran Festival statt, bei dem es insgesamt acht Filme zu sehen geben wird. Wie das Festival heute mitteilt, thematisieren viele dieser Werke „die Risiken und Schwierigkeiten, mit denen Filmschaffende im Iran konfrontiert sind, und die große Leidenschaft, mit der sie ihrer Kunst nachgehen“.

Offiziell eröffnet wird das Festival am 11. Juli mit der Deutschlandpremiere von „Winners“ des schottisch-iranischen Filmemachers Hassan Nazer. Die Geschichte um zwei Kinder aus einer kleinen iranischen Gemeinde, die die verlorene Oscarstatue von Asghar Farhadi finden, ging 2023 für Großbritannien...

Ariana DeBose, remembering the late West Side Story star, presented a Chita Rivera tribute at the Tony Awards. At the end of the homage, the awards show host would take the stage and recreate the iconic “America” musical number.

“In January, we lost one of theaters’ brightest lights, the irreplaceable Chita Rivera,” DeBose said as she took the stage with her voice cracking.

Rivera was remembered by Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, and Bebe Neuwirth.

“Anyone who knew Chita had a great friend and an even greater role model,” Mitchell said. “Everything I know about being a Broadway lead, I learned from [Chita]. The iconic characters that she created are unforgettable.”

Related: 2024 Tony Awards Winners List

Mitchell then took everyone down memory lane, remembering Rivera’s roles like Rose in Bye Bye Birdie, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and Anita in West Side Story.

“Chita redefined what it meant to be a Latina in showbusiness,...

The bond between the Merrily We Roll Along was palpable at the 2024 Tony Awards after Daniel Radcliffe’s win.

Radcliffe won in the Featured Actor in a Musical category for his role as Charley Kringas in the Broadway production.

“I’m going to talk fast and try not to cry,” Radcliffe said as he took the stage at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

As the actor gave his acceptance speech, a cut to Groff showed him in tears following Radcliffe’s win.

“Thank you so much to our cast, everybody on that stage,” he said. “It is an honor to be on stage with you every single night, and I will miss it so much.”

Related: 2024 Tony Awards Winners List

He continued, “Speaking of missing things, Jonathan, Lindsay [Mendez], I will miss you so much. I don’t really have to act in this show,...

The Super Bowl, “Monday Night Football,” “Inside the NBA Playoffs,” the NFL draft and “Real Sports With Bryant Gumball” were among the winners at the 45th Sports Emmy Awards. The ceremony was hosted by The Kid Mero at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on Tuesday night.

Read on for the complete list of winners from the 2024 Sports Emmy Awards.

Outstanding Live Special

Super Bowl Lviii

Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers

CBS

Outstanding Live Series

Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli

ESPN2

[Omaha Productions]

Outstanding Playoff Coverage

American League Championship Series

Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers

Fox | FS1

Outstanding Edited Event Coverage

NFL Game Day All Access

Super Bowl Lviii

YouTube

[NFL Films]

Outstanding Edited Special

You Are Looking Live!

CBS

[NFL Films]

Outstanding Hosted Edited Series

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

HBO | Max

Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage

League of Legends Worlds 2023 Final

T1 vs. Weibo Gaming

LoLEsports.com | Twitch...

An Oscar statue goes missing in Hassan Nazer’s amiable feature Winners, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

After the Oscar is inadvertently left in a taxi in Iran, the prize is sent to the post office, where it’s once again lost by a well-meaning postal worker. While he insists that it must have fallen out of his car in a rural location, the authorities insist that the man is detained, assuming theft, until the statue is located. And so there’s a ripple of urgency running through this otherwise gently paced comedy-drama.

It’s no spoiler to reveal that the Oscar ends up in the hands of two children: nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla. We’re let in on their secret as they hide the “doll” from their friends and, amusingly, put it in a dress to preserve its modesty. Their efforts to sell the find are thwarted: such items are of no use to the locals.

As the identity of certain townspeople is revealed, this statue becomes symbolic of the chasm between them and the film industry at large. One, Naser Khan (The Song of Sparrows’ Reza Naji), is a recluse who was once made famous by his role in an award-winning movie. He curses the day he took the part, claiming that fame made everyone expect him to be generous with his presumed wealth — but he wasn’t even paid for the film. In a nod to actor Naji’s real-life accomplishments, a Silver Bear lurks in a box in his humble home, along with old classics like Cinema Paradiso and Taxi Driver. The loan of these films fuels Yahya’s love for cinema — something his mother strongly discourages.

On the one hand, Winners, from Scotland-based Iranian Nazer, is an ode to cinema and the joys it brings, and it also pays tribute to the great achievements of Iranian filmmakers, dedicating the work to Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, Majid Maijdi and Jafar Panahi.

But it also highlights the contrast between film festival plaudits and real life: what the cast and crew are left with once the party’s over. This sense of self awareness increases during the movie’s meta conclusion — but the overall tone remains genial and upbeat. Winners may not have Oscar potential itself, but it’s likely to win over audiences and leave them with a smile.

Nominees for the 23rd annual Critics’ Choice Awards were announced Wednesday, setting the stage for a clash of the small-screen titans next month.

Though Netflix is leading the pack with 20 total nominations, it’s FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan that emerged as the most-nominated show, with five of its performers also scoring individual nods. FX’s Fargo and HBO’s Big Little Lies also fared well, earning five nominations a piece.

The winners — including those in the film categories, which you can read here — will be announced during a live ceremony airing Thursday, Jan. 11 at 8/7c on The CW.

For much of the 2017 Gotham Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, it seemed like nothing could topple “Get Out.” Then came “Call Me By Your Name,” which landed Best Feature after “Get Out” triumphed in three major categories, proving that not only are both movies serious contenders for the best movies of the year, but we also have an unpredictable awards race.

That said: Anyone who uses the Gothams as a crystal ball for predicting the Oscar race is looking in the wrong place. Hosted by Ifp, the swanky New York shindig celebrates movies and television made with an “economy of means,” with a series of small committees to select the nominees and winners for each category. That’s a world away from the Oscar voting process, which involves thousands of members, multiple branches, and no limits on budgets.

Read More:Gotham Awards 2017: Complete Winners List

Nevertheless, in recent years the...

2017 has been a banner year for Sofia Coppola, who became just the second woman to win Best Director at Cannes and is being honored at the Ifp Gotham Independent Film Awards tonight. “The Beguiled” is her most acclaimed film since “Lost in Translation,” and both works are prominently featured in a tribute video airing at the ceremony. Watch it below.

Read More:Sofia Coppola: How She Survived ‘The Beguiled’ Backlash, Why She Won’t Do TV, and Why Her Dad is ‘Over’ Film

Coppola’s heroines are given pride of place in the early going, with several of them — Kirsten Dunst in “The Virgin Suicides” and Marie Antoinette, Scarlett Johnasson in “Lost in Translation,” Elle Fanning in “Somewhere” — setting the stage. “So much has been said about the girls over the years,” Giovanni Ribisi narrates in “Suicides,” “it didn’t matter in the end how old they had been or that they were girls,...

Nicole Kidman won't get behind a microphone for just anyone!

Et talked to the Big Little Lies star and her country crooner husband, Keith Urban, on the 2017 American Music Awards red carpet on Sunday, where she admits that performing backing vocals on Urban's song "Female" is not something that came easily to her... at all!

"No, I don't," the 50-year-old actress argued in response to her husband saying Kidman has the most beautiful voice in the world. "I went down [to sing vocals] and I did it because he asked me to."

"He knows I have no confidence when it comes to singing," she added. "So I'll sing for him and that's it."

More: Nicole Kidman Reveals Why Winning 2 Emmys Was More Meaningful Than Earning an Oscar

Well, we think you did great!

Meanwhile, it was an incredible night for Urban, who won three awards -- Favorite Male Artist, Song and Album -- in the country category, thanking his wife while...

Fresh off her Emmy wins for HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” Nicole Kidman is staying true to her commitment to making movies with women directors: She will star in director Karyn Kusama’s upcoming Los Angeles crime thriller “Destroyer.”

Headed by partners Dan Friedkin (chairman and CEO of automotive, hospitality and entertainment consortium The Friedkin Group) and ex-caa agent Micah Green with offices in New York and Los Angeles, new company 30West is financing “Destroyer,” with Rocket Science handling foreign sales. Automatik’s “La La Land” producer Fred Berger is producing alongside co-writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (Kusama’s “The Invitation”). ICM Partners and CAA are selling North American rights.

Read More:Nicole Kidman Wins Her First Emmy Award and Continues to Dominate 2017

Kusama directs from Hay and Manfredi’s original screenplay about an Lapd detective (Kidman) who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a cultish gang in the California desert.

Fresh off her Emmy wins for HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” Nicole Kidman is staying true to her commitment to making movies with women directors: She will star in director Karyn Kusama’s upcoming Los Angeles crime thriller “Destroyer.”

Headed by partners Dan Friedkin (chairman and CEO of automotive, hospitality and entertainment consortium The Friedkin Group) and ex-caa agent Micah Green with offices in New York and Los Angeles, new company 30West is financing “Destroyer,” with Rocket Science handling foreign sales. Automatik’s “La La Land” producer Fred Berger is producing alongside co-writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (Kusama’s “The Invitation”). ICM Partners and CAA are selling North American rights.

Kusama directs from Hay and Manfredi’s original screenplay about an Lapd detective (Kidman) who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a cultish gang in the California desert. Years later, when she encounters the gang’s leader,...

Sterling K. Brown is still a little disappointed that his Emmy moment was cut short. But only a little.

The This Is Usstar guested on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, where he threw some shade at the awards show for letting Nicole Kidman finish her speech -- but playing him off.

"Listen man, not everybody can be pretty Australian white women who have won Oscars in the past," the 41-year-old actor told Colbert, who hosted the Emmys. He quickly clarified to the audience, "Not that I'm blaming her, It's not her fault."

Exclusive: Sterling K. Brown Adorably Thanks His Wife Backstage at Emmys: 'You Are the Bomb'

In truth, Brown was just kidding, and pointed out to Colbert and his audience that he considered himself very fortunate to be recognized.

"I got a chance to make the speech even longer cause I got to finish it backstage," he said. "It...

The Casting Society of America has announced the honorees and first group of nominations for its 33rd annual Artios Awards. The awards celebrate the year’s casting standouts in television, theater, and film, by recognizing “originality, creativity, and contribution of casting to the overall quality of a project,” amongst the work of Csa members from the previous year. The ceremony will take place in both New York, at Stage 48, and Los Angeles, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, on Jan. 18, 2018. Csa is made up of more than 800 casting directors and associates from all over the world. It serves to create a standard for work in the casting field, further their goals, and protect their interests. Producers and directors look to Csa as a resource for bringing their projects to life, and since 1985, the Artios Awards have recognized the achievement in casting. Read: The 2017 Artios Award Winners In addition to the awards,...

Last year, one of the biggest Emmys stories had nothing to do with the 2016 ceremony.

People wouldn’t stop talking about “The Night Of,” a summer sensation among viewers and critics that debuted in mid-June on HBO. The limited series aired its first episode before the Emmy nominations were announced and its last episode nearly a month before the ceremony took place.

And yet, “The Night Of” was nowhere to be seen on Emmys night; it wasn’t eligible.

Read More:Emmys Review: Stephen Colbert Commits the Cardinal Sin of Hosting By Getting in the Way of All the Great Winners

Thankfully, the memories of TV Academy voters were sound enough to nominate Steven Zaillian and Richard Price’s eight-episode drama for 13 Emmys in 2017. More than a year after its premiere, “The Night Of” became an Emmy winner by snagging four wins at the Creative Arts Emmys (for cinematography, sound editing,...

The streaming TV biz passed the ultimate Emmy threshold on Sunday night, as Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” made history.

“Handmaid’s Tale” picked up the win for outstanding drama series, which represents the first time a streaming service had one won of the top Emmy series prizes. It was just four years ago, in 2013, that Netflix became the first streaming platform to win an Emmy, as “House of Cards” picked up a handful of victories.

“Streaming has arrived, and we’re here to say what a wonderful journey,” said “Handmaid’s Tale” executive producer Warren Littlefield. Added exec producer Bruce Miller: “The way Hulu handled our show, they were bold and behind us and committed to making something interesting.”

The fact that Hulu was the first to land a top Emmy series prize, rather than Netflix, is a bit surprising, as Netflix came into this year’s...

Big Little Lies made out nicely at Sunday’s 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home multiple statues — not that those ladies should be trusted with any more blunt objects.

RelatedEmmys 2017: And the Winners Are….

The seven-part miniseries, based on the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty, won Outstanding Limited Series, beating fellow HBO drama The Night Of, as well as National Geographic’s Genius, and FX’s Fargo and Feud: Bette and Joan.

Laura Dern was the first to win, nabbing the trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, besting Judy Davis (FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan...

“Big Little Lies” has become one of the biggest victors at the 2017 Emmy Awards, winning the prize for Outstanding Limited Series. The acclaimed HBO miniseries was the frontrunner over “Feud,” “Fargo,” “The Night Of,” and “Genius.” The seven-episode season was written by David E. Kelly and directed by Jean-Marc Valle. Read More: 2017 Emmys Winners List (Updating Live) HBO has long been dominant in the Emmy’s miniseries and TV movie categories, but the race has gotten more competitive in recent years as networks like FX, ABC and more get into the limited series game. Previous winners have been “Fargo” and “American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson.” HBO last won the category in 2015 with “Olive Kitteridge.” “Big Little Lies” entered this year’s Emmys with 16 nominations, including acting noms for Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, and Alexander Skarsgaard. HBO currently has no plans to revive the...

Nicole Kidman’s banner year just notched a huge milestone. The actress has won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie thanks to her role as Celeste in HBO’s “Big Little Lies.” Kidman’s performance drew notable praise for how the actress handled her character’s domestic abuse storyline, and she was the frontrunner to win over the likes of her co-star Reese Witherspoon, “Fargo” star Carrie Coon, and “Feud” darlings Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon.

Read More: 2017 Emmys Winners List (Updating Live)

The Emmy is the latest victory for Kidman this year. She was awarded a special 70th Anniversary Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where she premiered “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “Top of the Lake: China Girl,” and “The Beguiled.” Later this year, Kidman will be the recipient of the 2017 Actress Tribute at the Ifp Gotham Independent Film Awards.

As expected, the Creative Arts Emmy competition Sunday turned out to be a sci-fi smackdown between Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and HBO’s “Westworld,” and each split the night with five awards apiece.

The Duffer Brothers’ ’80s homage to Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, “Stranger Things” won for outstanding editing, main title theme music, main title design, sound editing, and casting. The Jonathan Nolan/ Lisa Joy sci-fi/western, “Westworld,” earned outstanding special visual effects (the domain of “Game of Thrones” five years running), makeup (non-prosthetic), hairstyling, sound mixing, and creative achievement in interactive media.

However, if recent history proves a reliable harbinger, “Stranger Things” has the edge in the race for next Sunday’s Outstanding Series competition because of its editing victory. That’s because the last five outstanding editing winners have also taken home the big prize.

Read More:News Film TV Awards Toolkit More Search ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,...

Real talk: Can we just give all six of these women an award at this year’s Emmys and be done with it? Because choosing just one winner feels like an impossible task.

The 2017 nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie include four (!) Oscar winners, all of whom would cruise to victory in a less competitive year. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon both earned nods for HBO’s rich-moms drama Big Little Lies, with Kidman holding a tiny edge for her heartbreaking work as abused wife Celeste. And it’s fitting that Jessica Lange and...

Praise be! Critics are enamored with The Handmaid’s Tale.

Hulu’s breakout hit walked away with two trophies at Saturday’s 2017 Television Critics Association Awards in Beverly Hills, including Program of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Drama. Meanwhile, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Drama went to Carrie Coon, who made history by winning for two performances, as both police chief Gloria Burgle on Fargo and Nora Durst on the dearly departed The Leftovers.

Related Emmy Nominations: SNL, Westworld, Feud and Stranger Things Lead Pack, Freshman Hit This Is Us Scores 11 Nods

FX’s Atlanta also took home a pair of awards,...

Dunkirk is the #1 Movie in the World.

The much-anticipated new cinematic event from director Christopher Nolan, was number one at this weekend’s box office with an estimated $50.5 million in North America.

The film also soared to the top of the UK box office on its opening weekend debut, earning an estimated £9,500,000 across 637 cinemas, including £1,330,000 in IMAX venues, and still going strong.

Written and directed by Nolan, the epic action thriller Dunkirk brings the story of Operation Dynamo to the big screen as it unfolds on land, sea and air utilizing a mixture of IMAX® and 65mm film. The film opens as hundreds of thousands of Allied troops are trapped on the beach. Their backs to the sea, they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.

Debuting in cinemas on July 21, the epic action thriller gives Warner Bros. Entertainment UK it’s biggest opening weekend of 2017.

Directed by Christopher Nolan (Interstellar,...

Nicole Kidman is just as excited about the possibility of a second season of Big Little Lies as her fans!

Et caught up with the 49-year-old actress on the red carpet at the Cmt Music Awards in Nashville on Wednesday, where she gave us the scoop on what's in store for the popular HBO drama.

Watch: Keith Urban Has the Best Night Ever at 2017 Cmt Awards, Adorably Gives Credit to Wife Nicole Kidman

"[Season 2] we're not sure yet! No, we're working on it. No, did they say it was official?" Kidman, who portrays Celeste Wright, teased to Et's Sophie Schillaci. "No, Reese [Witherspoon] and I really want it to [happen]."

Kidman continued on, explaining that she and Witherspoon (Madeline Mackenzie) have been "working on storylines" with Liane Moriarty, the author of the novel the show is based on of the same name, and David E. Kelley, creator of the mini-series.

"We've always said we only want to do it if it...

Cannes Ends with…Awards — 3rd of 3

The heightened security with machine gun armed soldiers and policemen constantly patrolling was intensified after the Manchester Massacre. With a pall over the festival, one minute of silence was observed for the 22 murdered and flags hung at half-mast. In addition to that, the sudden death at 57 of the Busan Film Festival deputy director Kim Ji-seok and that of the James Bond star Roger Moore brought the film world into a new perspective as we join the larger world to face the random indications of human mortality. High security vs. cinema as a sanctuary of freedom is highlighted this year like no other time that I can recall in my 31 years here.President of the jury, Pedro Almodovar

But life does go on, the jury judges, the stars get press attention on the red carpet and the rest of us continue to wait patiently in...

What a year! Winners of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival awards, including the coveted Palme d'Or, were revealed at a glamorous ceremony in Cannes featuring Monica Bellucci as the host. The big winner of Palme d'Or is Swedish director Ruben Östlund (seen screaming above) with his new film The Square, which makes fun of the art world and brilliantly criticizes modern society. In addition, Nicole Kidman received a special 70th Anniversary award for her many outstanding contributions to cinema over the years, including appearing in 3 films at this year's festival: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Beguiled, and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (as well as "Top of the Lake: China Girl"). Lynne Ramsay's fantastic You Were Never Really Here also picked up two awards, including Best Actor. No one knew what to expect, but these winners rule. Here's the full list of Cannes 2017 winners, with...

After all the red-carpet lineups, anxious security delays, gala black-tie dinners, multilingual press conferences, beachside afterparties, and yacht interviews, who came out ahead at Cannes? Several international filmmakers emerged with higher profiles; hot-ticket English-language title “The Florida Project” finally sold (after days of price-lowering anxiety) to American indie du jour A24 — but when it came to Oscars, Cannes delivered only a handful of contenders.

The lion’s share of this year’s downbeat program, rife with suicidal tendencies and abused children, will never be heard from again stateside. The most entertaining material came from two TV sequels from favorite Cannes auteurs: David Lynch’s return to “Twin Peaks” and Jane Campion’s “Top of the Lake: China Girl,” starring Elisabeth Moss and the ubiquitous Nicole Kidman, who took home a well-deserved special Cannes jury prize on Sunday.

And Mexico’s Three Amigos, with no feature films in the selection,...

After 10 days in which a jury watched 19 competition films, the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came down to seven prizes for six of them. It didn’t take long for the jury to make it clear that they couldn’t settle on just one of many options. Announcing a tie for the screenplay award, jury president Pedro Almodovar said, “We have our first surprise.”

But the truth was that, in a wildly unpredictable year, everything felt like a surprise. Over the course of the 2017 festival, no single feature emerged as a definite frontrunner for the Palme d’Or, and the outcome of this year’s ceremony reflects the sheer range of options — all of which stand out as explicit challenges to safe commercial bets.

See More2017 Cannes Winners: ‘The Square’ Wins the Palme D’or, Sofia Coppola and Joaquin Phoenix Also Honored

It started with that screenplay award.

The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has come to an end in history-making fashion. When Jury President Pedro Almodóvar announced the Best Director prize to “The Beguiled” helmer Sofia Coppola, she became the second female director in the festival’s 70-year history to claim the prize. The last woman to win Best Director was Soviet filmmaker Yuliya Solntseva in 1961 for “The Chronicle of Flaming Years.”

Read More: 2017 Cannes Winners: ‘The Square’ Wins the Palme D’or, Sofia Coppola and Joaquin Phoenix Also Honored

Coppola earned strong reviews for “The Beguiled,” a feminist adaptation of the Clint Eastwood-starring 1971 film of the same name. Nicole Kidman, who won the 70th Anniversary Prize earlier today, plays the headmistress of a secluded school for girls in 1864 Virginia. Their lifestyle is disrupted by the discovery of a wounded Union Army solider. Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst also star.

In his A- review, IndieWire senior film...

The 2017 Cannes Film Festival comes to an end today as Pedro Almodóvar’s Competition Jury announces this years winners in categories such as Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and more. The 71st Palme d’Or winner in the festival’s history will also be revealed. Last year’s big winners included “I, Daniel Blake,” “American Honey” and “The Salesman.”

Read More: Watch The 2017 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won The Palme D’Or

This year’s competition included Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck,” Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” among others. Acclaimed foreign titled “Loveless” and “Bpm (Beats Per Minute)” are most likely to take the Palme, according to IndieWire’s official predictions page.

The awards ceremony can be live streamed here beginning at 1:15pm Et. Refresh the page during the ceremony for the updated winners list below.

You know you’re experiencing a strong year at the Cannes Film Festival when everyone has a different favorite movie. For some critics and journalists, the best was saved for the end, with Lynne Ramsay’s post-modern detective story “You Were Never Really Here” standing out in the competition; for others, the competition peaked early with Andrey Zyvagintsev’s kidnapping drama “Loveless.” And some people looked far beyond the competition for festival highlights, singling out selections from Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week, not to mention the out of competition screenings that were part of the Official Selection.

See MoreThe 2017 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival

In other words, Cannes is a lot of things to a lot of people, and each member of the IndieWire team attending the festival this year experienced the program in different ways. The following list...

For such a highly anticipated event, the Cannes Film Festival tends to contain a fairly predictable lineup: The Official Selection focuses on established auteurs whose work lands a coveted slot at the flashy gathering on autopilot. That was certainly the case last year, when the 2016 edition opened with a Woody Allen movie and featured new work from the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Nicolas Winding Refn, the Dardennes brothers and Olivier Assayas.

But we live in unpredictable times, and judging by today’s announcement of the Official Selection for Cannes 2017, even the world’s most powerful festival isn’t impervious to change. This year’s Cannes is filled with surprises: television and virtual reality, some intriguing non-fiction selections, and a whole lot of unknown quantities that push the festival in fresh directions.

That’s not to say that there aren’t a few familiar names that stand out. Todd Haynes is...

“I’m not from Calcutta… I’m lost”

Now, Lion will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand April 11th from Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company.

Garth Davis’ directorial film debut garnered six Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture. The film features an astounding cast with Best Supporting Actor nominee Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), David Wenham (300), Best Supporting Actress nominee Nicole Kidman (Academy Award® winner for The Hours) and newcomers Abhishek Bharate and Sunny Pawar. Additional Academy Award® nominations include Best Music (Original Score), Best Cinematography and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

Now, you can own the Lion Blu-ray. Wamg has two copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie starring Nicole Kidman? (mine is To Die For!). It’s so easy!

Good Luck!

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The Backstreet Boys go country!

The boyband brought the house down with their collaboration with Florida Georgia Line at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

Watch: 2017 Acm Awards Performers: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Backstreet Boys and More!

Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, Aj McLean, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell first performed their duet with Florida Georgia Line, "God, Your Mama and Me," before getting the crowd on their feet with a slightly country-ish version of their hit, "Everybody," as Carter descended from the stage to rub elbows with country royalty.

Related: Watch the Backstreet Boys Adorably Surprise Their Wives in Florida Georgia Line’s Swoonworthy New Video!

Everyone proceeded to lose their minds, starting with Nicole Kidman and Faith Hill:

Related: 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards -- The Complete Winners List

Then Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban got real into it:

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have been the cutest couple at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, tied only with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

So you can imagine how epically adorable it was when both couples hung out together, dancing and hugging the night away.

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Photos: 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards -- See the Stars on the Red Carpet!

Kidman and her country crooner hubby -- who was nominated for seven awards including Album of the Year for Ripcord, Song of the Year and Entertainer of the Year -- could not have been having better night, partying with their fellow country couple.

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Even though Urban and McGraw were up for awards in two of the same categories -- Song of the Year and Single Record of the Year -- there wasn't any animosity between the adorable foursome.

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The 89th Annual Academy Awards featured many gorgeous outfits, with Nicole Kidman, Emma Stone and Janelle Monae among the best dressed. Best Dressed: Oscars 2017 Kidman, who acted in Lion, wore a sparkling sheer gold Armani dress from the Armani Prive spring collection. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/OuNiJJAaTu — Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) February 27, 2017 Michelle Williams wore a plunging velvet black gown […]

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The 89th Annual Academy Awards aired Sunday, with Jimmy Kimmel at the helm, and the star-studded show was filled with some incredibly close races and a few genuinely surprising upsets -- not to mention a slew of emotionally charged acceptance speeches.

Oh, and it was also the year that they made the most embarrassing mistake in the history of the Oscars when they announced the wrong Best Picture winner!

In honor of Hollywood's biggest night, here are a look at some of the best, worst and absolutely weirdest moments from this year's Oscars.

Photos: Oscars 2017: See the Stars at All the Parties!

The Best

Justin Timberlake Kicks Things Off on a Happy Note

Instead of starting the show with a traditional pre-taped comedy montage, the Oscars decided to let the endlessly charismatic Timberlake open the ceremony with a live, energetic performance of his Oscar-nominated song, "Can't Stop the Feeling," and it set...

Update:

Winners are now indicated. I correctly guessed 11 out of the 24 categories, which is slightly better than last year, when I guessed 10 out of 24.

Previous 02.26.17:

I’ve now seen as many of the nominated films as I will be able to before tonight’s ceremony, and here finally are my educated guesses about who will take home each award — projected winners are Xed at the lefthand side. Keep in mind: those Xes don’t represent whom I think should win Oscars but whom I think will win, based on what little I can grasp about how the Academy thinks. I’ve also noted which nominees I think should win. Kindly note that this is not necessarily my take on who did the best performance/writing/FX/whatever of the year, but whom I think is best among the nominees.

I have not noted a “should win” for the feature documentary category,...

Awards Race 2017: We predict who we think will win the OscarsAwards Race 2017: We predict who we think will win the OscarsJenny Bullough and Adriana Floridia2/23/2017 10:04:00 Am The big day is almost here and we can't wait to see who takes home each coveted statue! While we're not privy to any inside knowledge, we can't help but speculate and make predictions about who we think will win. After all, part of the fun of watching the Awards is finding out if you're right! To help you make your own guesses, we surveyed a selection of Cineplex employees for their best bets based on years of deep movie knowledge and experience. Here are our predictions for some of the major categories, scientifically researched and mathematically calibrated*. *not really. Best Original Song Our Prediction: City of Stars, La La Land

While it seems like "City of Stars" is a sure-fire win here,...

Natalie Dormer..

Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer will play English headmistress Mrs. Hester Appleyard in Foxtel.s upcoming.Picnic at Hanging Rock miniseries..

FremantleMedia.s six-parter begins shooting later this month. Amanda Brotchie (Agony, This is Littleton, Lowdown).will direct alongside the previously announced Michael Rymer and Larysa Kondracki.

Brotchie joins after the Australian Directors' Guild criticised FremantleMedia over the import of Kondracki, a Canadian, to shoot the series.

In late December, following a protest staged by the Adg and Wift Nsw outside FremantleMedia.s Sydney office, the production company announced it would bring on an Aussie female director to shoot one episode.

Joining Dormer as the teachers of Appleyard College are.Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), French actress Lola Bessis (Cassandra, Swim Little Fish Swim),.Anna McGahan (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Anzac Girls) and Sibylla Budd (Tomorrow When The War Began, Winners & Losers).

Schoolgirls will be played by Lily Sullivan (Camp,...

The battle lines are drawn: It's La La Land, a musical fantasy about white lovers in Hollywood, versus Moonlight, a searing drama about black youth surviving on the streets of Miami. That contest is symptomatic of how serious Oscar is – or isn't – about diversity. After two years in which not a single black actor showed up among the acting nominees, this year's crop includes seven actors of color: Mahershala Ali, Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, Ruth Negga, Dev Patel, Octavia Spencer and Denzel Washington.

"Wow, what a difference a year makes,...

“La La Land” was the big winner at the BAFTA Awards, with Best Picture, Director (Damien Chazelle) and Actress (Emma Stone) among the musical’s five awards. “Manchester by the Sea” claimed both Best Actor (Casey Affleck) and Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan, who also directed), meanwhile, with the other acting prizes taken home by Dev Patel (“Lion”) and Viola Davis (“Fences”). Full list of winners below.

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Best film

“Arrival”

“I, Daniel Blake”

“La La Land” (winner)

“Manchester by the Sea”

“Moonlight”

Best British film

“American Honey”

“Denial”

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

“I, Daniel Blake” (winner)

“Notes on Blindness”

“Under the Shadow”

Best debut by a British writer, director or producer

“The Girl With All the Gifts” — Mike Carey (writer), Camille Gatin (producer)

“The Hard Stop” — George Amponsah (writer/director/producer), Dionne Walker (writer/producer)

“Notes on Blindness” — Peter Middleton...

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With awards season well underway, Last night saw the stars of Film and TV throw on their posh frocks to strut down the red carpet of The Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards 2017), the awards in which their fellow peers give each other a huge pat on the back for their outstanding work.

Predictably and well deservingly so, Emma Stone and Viola Davis walked away with SAG Awards as well as Denzel Washington for Fences – who is famously known for being the most nominated actor to never actually having won a SAG before, beating Casey Affleck’s performance in Manchester By The Sea. Claire Foy and John Lithgow also won awards for the Netflix series, The Crown. Poor old Emma Stone was just slightly overwhelmed with her award; you can watch her speech below.

Related: Emma Stone Interview on La La Land

Also winning big on the night,...

Politics and current events hung over this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, but the stars made it their business to address the world's injustices and call for unity in what had to be the most politically-charged awards show in recent memory.

However, not everything was heavy and topical. From hilarious acceptance speeches to fascinating wardrobe choices to passionate pleas for peace and unity, here are 11 of the night's most memorable moments.

More: 2017 SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List

1. Stars Explain Why They Are Actors

To kick off the show, celebrities like Kerry Washington, Jeff Bridges, Sterling K. Brown and others spoke to the camera about what made them an actor. While each of the speeches was passionate and emotional, actress Ellie Kemper stole the show.

"Six months ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, and he gave me my greatest role yet: the role of Mom," Kemper said. "I'm kidding...

The stars came to slay at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night!

Sparkles seemed to be the theme of the evening, as celebs like Taraji P. Henson walked the carpet ready to shine.

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The 46-year-old actress, who was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture with the cast of Hidden Figures, made a big statement with her gorgeous Reem Acra gown. Henson let the princess dress speak for itself, accessorizing with delicate jewelry by Nirav Modi.

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Nicole Kidman flocked to the red carpet in a sequined green Gucci number, complete with parrot embellishments on the shoulder. The Lion star paired the unique look with a matching green clutch and minimal makeup, telling Et's Cameron Mathison on the carpet that it took just over an hour for her to get ready. 

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Related: 2017 SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List

Kate Hudson went sparkly...

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are a red carpet package, but the adorable couple will be spending a very important night apart.

Et's Cameron Mathison caught up with the couple on the red carpet at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, where they gushed about being together -- and opened up about flying solo at the GRAMMYs and BAFTAs next moth -- both events are being held ont he same night, Feb. 12.

Related: 2017 SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List

"We couldn't believe it. It's an amazing thing to be honored in both our fields in the same night at the same time," said Nicole, who is nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Lion. "I would so love to be there grooving to his tunes, you know?"

Kidman is nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Lion at the BAFTAs, while Urban is...