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The new sports comedy series on Netflix, Running Point, made it quite obvious from the premise that it is heavily inspired by the life of Jeanie Buss, the president of the LA Lakers, but ultimately turns out to be more of a caricature-ish spoof of her and the Buss family. The series follows a woman named Isla Gordon, who is suddenly made the president of her family-run basketball team, the Los Angeles Waves, during an already tumultuous season when the team is struggling on and off the court. Overall, Running Point is mostly just mindless comedy without any real charm and is worth a watch only if you are looking for some very light American humor.

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Running Point begins by introducing us to the protagonist, Isla Gordon, a member of the prestigious Gordon family that owns and runs the most decorated basketball team in the world,...

Kate Hudson has had a robust career, but “Running Point” marks a first for the actress. Believe it or not, this is her first leading TV role.

Now streaming on Netflix, the series focuses on Isla Gordon (Hudson), as she’s unexpectedly given control of her family’s basketball team, the Waves. Though a fictional team and story, “Running Point” is loosely based on Lakers president Jeanie Buss.

Here are all the major players you’ll need to know in the series.

Netflix Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson)

Isla Gordon is the sole daughter of the Gordon family, and is taken fully by surprise when her oldest brother hands her the reins to the team. She’s played by Kate Hudson, known for films like “Almost Famous,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” and many, many more.

Brenda Song as Ali and Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in “Running Point...

A federal judge has rejected Pepperdine University’s bid for a court order to block Netflix from releasing parts of episodes of its upcoming series Running Point that allegedly infringe on its basketball team’s trademarks.

With the denial on Wednesday of the temporary restraining order, Netflix will continue with plans to release the sports comedy tomorrow.

The legal battle revolves around a lawsuit Pepperdine University filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday accusing it of trademark infringement. It said that the NBA team at the center of Running Point “bears a striking resemblance in branding to Pepperdine’s longstanding and well-known Waves athletics program.”

In a statement at the time, Pepperdine University senior vp Sean Burnett said that the school “established itself as a Christian University committed to academic excellence and a world-class athletics program” but that “Netflix continues to promote Running Point, a new series that has misappropriated our trademarked name,...

Updated with outcome: After Netflix filed an opposition on Tuesday in Central California’s U.S. District Court, claiming that “Running Point has nothing to do with universities or college sports,” a judge has denied Pepperdine University’s motion for a temporary restraining order on Wednesday.

The streamer previously responded to Pepperdine’s trademark infringement lawsuit over the logo for the show’s team, The Waves, explaining that the fictional Los Angeles-based basketball team’s name is a “nod to the real-life Lakers and evokes the LA area where the team plays.”

“It would make no creative or narrative sense for the show’s creators to draw connections to Pepperdine, whose storyline is very much not about an elite, private college in Malibu,” said Netflix’s legal team in the response.

Previously, Feb. 21: Ahead of its Netflix premiere on Feb. 27, Mindy Kaling‘s new sports comedy series Running Point is already making waves.

Daniel Seavey is free from the grasp of Why Don’t We’s legal woes — but he’s still thinking about the boy band’s songs that have never seen the light of day. In an interview with Harry Jowsey for his Boyfriend Material podcast, the pop singer shared details of how the last few months of Why Don’t We went down after being sued by their previous management company.

“Just between all the things that happened with that time and even momentum in this whole business and whatnot,...

While other shows fight tooth and nail for viewers’ attention, the world always stops when news about the return of HBO‘s Euphoria is at hand. After a lengthy delay, confusion, and scheduling gymnastics, Euphoria is waking from its 4-year slumber with an eight-episode season that takes the characters out of high school for a strategic time jump. According to Deadline, Grammy Award winner Rosalía, Super Bowl Champion Marshawn Lynch, and beloved A Different World and White Man Can’t Jump actor Kadeem Hardison will join Zendaya, Jacob Elodi, Sydney Sweeney, and more for Euphoria Season 3.

The third season of Euphoria will air on HBO in 2026, giving fans time to speculate about where their favorite characters are after waving goodbye to high school and stepping into a world waiting to swallow them whole. Returning for Euphoria Season 3 are Zendaya, Haunter Schaefer, Eric Dane, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, and Maude Apatow as series regulars.

The trailer for The Weeknd‘s upcoming movie Hurry Up Tomorrow has arrived!

The 34-year-old singer, who is credited with his real name Abel Tesfaye for the project, acts alongside movie stars Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega in the upcoming film.

In Hurry Up Tomorrow, a musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.

The movie was directed and co-written by Trey Edward Shults, who is best known for his movies Waves and It Comes at Night. The psychological thriller will hit theaters on May 16.

Hurry Up Tomorrow is inspired by The Weeknd‘s music, including the new album that dropped last week. The album concludes a trilogy that started with 2020′s After Hours. He recently opened up about retiring his alter ego.

Watch the trailer below!

The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, and Jenna Ortega star in the new trailer for “Hurry Up Tomorrow” from director Trey Edward Shults.

Described in Tuesday’s teaser as a “surreal cinematic odyssey,” the plot is still shrouded in mystery. Per its official logline: “A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.”

Shults is most known for directing “Waves” and “It Comes at Night.” Barry Keoghan also stars. The film is set to hit theaters on May 16. The film is written by Trey Edward Shults & Abel Tesfaye & Reza Fahim, and is produced by Abel Tesfaye, Reza Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss.

You can watch the trailer below:

On Jan. 31, Tesfaye also released his sixth studio album under the same name. “Hurry Up Tomorrow” is the sixth studio album for the singer and reportedly touted as...

The Weeknd is turning the camera inward for suspense thriller “Hurry Up Tomorrow.”

The “Idol” co-creator and lead star, Aka Abel Tesfaye, is reuniting with his team from the series for the feature, which will be released alongside his upcoming album of the same name January 24. Fans will have to wait a little longer for the film, though, which will be in theaters May 16.

The elusive logline reads: “A musician (Tesfaye) plagued by insomnia gets pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel his existence.”

Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan co-star alongside Tesfaye, who cowrote the film with his “Idol” co-writer Reza Fahim.

Trey Edward Shults, who previously helmed 2019 drama “Waves” and 2017 horror film “It Comes at Night,” is directing. Shults also cowrote the feature.

Tesfaye told Variety that he specifically wanted Shults to put his own spin on the script.

“I gave him [the script], and said, ‘I...

Lionsgate has release the first trailer for “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” Trey Edward Shults’ upcoming feature starring The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. The film is set to release on May 16.

“Hurry Up Tomorrow” is a suspense thriller that features music from The Weeknd, whose new album of the same name releases on Jan. 24. The album is the conclusion to the musical trilogy of The Weeknd’s “After Hours” and “Dawn FM.”

Shults serves as co-writer for the script alongside The Weeknd and his producing partner Reza Fahim. The plot is based on an original idea from the musician. The Weeknd, Fahim, Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss serve as producers while Ortega and Shults are executive producers.

Shults’ most recent feature was the 2019 film “Waves,” a family drama starring Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Taylor Russell, Sterling K. Brown, Lucas Hedges, Alexa Demie and Renée Elise Goldsberry. He’s also directed the...

Back in November, Lionsgate announced that they had landed the worldwide theatrical rights to the suspense thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow, the first feature film from Grammy-winning artist The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and an extension of The Weeknd’s upcoming album of the same title. Hurry Up Tomorrow is the film’s score, orchestrated by The Weeknd and Daniel Lopatin. Now, we know that Lionsgate will be giving the film a theatrical release on May 16th – and they have unveiled a batch of images to give us our first look at it! Entertainment Weekly got the first look at these first look images.

Tesfaye is joined in the cast of Hurry Up Tomorrow by Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, X, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Barry Keoghan. The film was directed by Trey Edward Shults, who wrote the screenplay with Tesfaye and his The Idol collaborator Reza Fahim.

According to Lionsgate, Hurry Up Tomorrow is...

It’s official! Jennifer Aydin is out and Shannon Beador is in!

No, we’re not talking about The Real Housewives of New Jersey, although rumors are swirling that Jennifer has been axed from that too.

This time though it’s the upcoming Housewives cruise she’s losing out on after getting fired for her behavior

Jennifer was scheduled to join her besties Teresa Giudice and Dolores Catania on a Caribbean cruise, Wives on the Waves, later this year.

After the backlash regarding her behavior at Jersey Mike’s, she was removed from the event.

Now, it’s Shannon who will sail away into the sunset with Teresa, Dolores, and a bunch of reality TV fans.

Rhoc’s Shannon Beador replaces Jennifer Aydin on the Housewives cruise

A few weeks ago, Fans at Sea, the company behind the Wives on the Waves cruise, removed Jennifer from their online promotions and...

Frank Ocean, that most elusive musical artist, has a new project: he's directing a film. According to Variety, the movie has already begun shooting in Mexico City, and David Jonsson is the lead. Jonsson made waves in HBO's Industry and the charming British rom-com Rye Lane; he was most recently seen in Alien: Romulus.

Jennifer Aydin’s time on The Real Housewives of New Jersey is reportedly over.

The controversial cast member has been with the Bravo hit since Rhonj Season 9 and has been caught up in some of the biggest arguments.

But Ok! Magazine unveiled a stunning new report on Thursday, and it doesn’t sound like Andy Cohen, Bravo executives, or even producers are fans of the 47-year-old.

An insider told the outlet that Jennifer is “not coming back” amid her recent antics.

Jennifer was involved in a feud with Danielle Cabral on Rhonj Season 14, and after a physical altercation, both cast members were suspended from filming.

They couldn’t play nice when they got to return to the show, and they ended the season brawling across a table at Rails Steak House.

It was more Mob Wives than Real Housewives, so it makes sense that Bravo hasn’t even confirmed if the show will be back.

Midway between Paris and the Mediterranean coast, France’s Clermont-Ferrand has become the world’s preeminent hub for short-form cinema, hosting both a festival and a market with unparalleled international reach.

Now celebrating its 46th edition – which runs Jan. 31 – Feb. 8 – the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival has long been a springboard for emerging auteurs, once upon a time shining a spotlight on little-known names like Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Chloé Zhao and Denis Villeneuve.

“We’re not here to ‘discover’ anyone but rather to support and highlight talent, creating opportunities for filmmakers to connect with production houses, distributors, and other festivals,” says Clermont-Ferrand programmer and coordinator Julie Rousson. “And as a short film spotlight, we really feel like we’re capturing a snapshot of the entire world in a single week.”

Rousson and her fellow programmers – all of them sharing equal footing in an expressly non-hierarchal organization – culled through more than...

“This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman is back with a new thriller series full of twists, turns and of course, backstabbing.

In “Paradise,” Sterling K. Brown stars as Agent Xavier Collins, whose life is turned upside-down when he finds James Marsden’s President Cal Bradford dead during a routine morning. As the murder investigation for Cal kicks off, “Paradise” reveals a dystopian twist that altered the U.S. as the characters knew it.

In addition to Brown and Marsden, “Paradise” stars Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Krys Marshall, Jon Beavers and Nicole Brydon Bloom, among others.

For the full break down of the characters in “Paradise” — and where you have seen each actor before — see below.

Sterling K. Brown in “Paradise.” (Disney/Brian Roedel)

Sterling K. Brown as Agent Xavier Collins

Sterling K. Brown stars as Agent Xavier Collins, the head of security for President Cal Bradford, who finds the president...

Daniel Seavey made an album that is completely true to who he is. On Monday, the musician announced that he’ll release his debut solo album, Second Wind, on March 7, three years after his band Why Don’t We went on hiatus.

“2 years in the making and we’re finally here,” he wrote on Instagram, where he shared the beachy album cover. “I have so much to say but most of all I want to thank you for taking the time out of your life to care about mine.”

“I...

As expected, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez (Netflix) landed a Best International Feature Film Oscar nomination today, one of a leading, and record-setting 13 overall for a film not in English. Other mentions for the audacious musical melodrama include Best Picture, Director, Actress and more.

With so many inclusions elsewhere, it’s possible that votes are split and Emilia Pérez does not convert to a win in the International race with folks opting to honor another deserving picture. But, if it does win, it would be the first time that a selection from France scores an Academy Award in the International category since Régis Wargnier’s Indochine in 1993.

The other titles in the International Oscar field doing crossover duty include Walter Salles’ lauded and so-called “comeback” movie, I’m Still Here from Brazil where it has done terrific box office for Sony. The movie also scored a Best Picture nomination as well...

Out of the 15 films that were named to this year’s Oscars shortlist for Best International Film, major distributors like Netflix backing “Emilia Pérez” and Sony Pictures Classics behind “I’m Still Here” have been huge contributors to the success of those films. Notably, though, one film on the list still doesn’t have U.S. distribution — the Czech Republic submission “Waves.”

With the countless factors involved in bringing a successful Oscar campaign to life — this year, the shortlist of 15 chosen from the 85 countries that submitted films — even making the shortlist, let alone getting nominated, without a theatrical distributor to get the word out beforehand is a major accomplishment.

The “Waves” campaign has been led by MediaPlanPR, an L.A.-based public relations firm specializing in international films. Their past successes include Oscar nominations for “Kon-Tiki,” “Bullhead” and “My Life As a Zucchini.”

Tatiana Detlofson, founder and executive strategist of MediaPlanPR,...

Ahead of the Oscar nominations being announced Jan. 23, where “Waves” is hoping for recognition after being shortlisted for Best International Film, it led the pack this past week at the Czech Lion Awards — Czech Republic’s equivalent of the Academy Awards — with 14 nominations.

“Waves” was mentioned in numerous categories, including best director and screenplay for Jiří Mádl. Actors Vojtěch Vodochodský, Tatiana Pauhofová, Martin Hofmann and Stanislav Majer were nominated in their respective categories.

The film was also nominated in below-the-line crafts, including for cinematography, editing, sound design, music, stage design, costume design and makeup and hairstyling.

The success of “Waves” at the Czech Lion Awards and its shortlist mention for Best International Film at the upcoming Academy Awards comes after much success back home. After its debut at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the top audience award, the film was released in Czech theaters in August,...

On Saturday January 18 2025, NBC broadcasts Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward!

Catching Waves Season 3 Episode 9 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward,” titled “Catching Waves,” promises an exciting adventure. Airing on NBC, this episode features Hot Shot, Hammer, and Cheese as they head to the beach. The trio will spend time with some amazing foster kids and their chosen families, creating a heartwarming atmosphere filled with fun and connection.

In “Catching Waves,” Hot Shot takes Cheese along for a special mission. They will guide eager documentary students, giving them a behind-the-scenes look at the hidden stories of Harlem. This opportunity allows the students to learn about the community and its rich culture, all while enjoying the sunny beach setting. The episode aims to highlight the importance of storytelling and the unique experiences that shape people’s lives.

As the Globetrotters interact with the foster kids, viewers can expect moments of joy,...

Erin Brown Thomas is speaking from the heart with “Chasers,” an official entry in Sundance 2025‘s Episodic Pilot competition premiering at the festival in Park City, Utah later this month. Watch the trailer debut above.

Co-written by the director and lead actress Ciarra Krohne (A24’s “Waves”), this 31-minute one-shot follows a girl named Sophia through a Los Angeles house party. Evocative of a poppier “Euphoria” with a more satirical feel, at least going by the first-look, what began as a short film expanded into a series after the screenwriters fell in love with their complex characters, all navigating near-kaleidoscopic emotion.

The pilot will also screen in February as part of Slamdance 2025 — making it the rare “double dance” in a circuit that previously prevented competition in both festivals. “Chasers” aims to deliver a vibrant and self-reflective thesis from the filmmaker on the cost of paying your dues in an industry...

On Halloween of 2022, it was announced that Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller would be developing a Friday the 13th series called Crystal Lake for A24 and the Peacock streaming service… but things have turned out to be more complicated than expected. First, the lengthy writers strike slowed down the progress of the show, then Fuller got the boot and was replaced. It remains to be seen when Crystal Lake will be going into production, but since Friday the 13th has come back around on the calendar, we thought this would be a good time for us to share Everything We Know About Crystal Lake!

First Showrunner

As mentioned, Bryan Fuller was steering this ship when it was first announced, and it nearly started filming with him (and his frequent collaborator Jim Danger Gray) at the helm. Production was set to begin on July 22nd, with filming to last for seven to eight months.

While accepting his Golden Globe award for Best Director for “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet turned his attention to a recent loss that has left Hollywood in mourning.

After thanking the hundreds of people who worked on “The Brutalist,” including distributor A24 and his “fellow producers” and a “beautiful cast,” Corbet capped off his speech by honoring three people who he lost during the seven years he spent making the film, including his grandfather and his grandfather’s brother. Corbet concluded by saying “finally, tonight my heart is with Aubrey Plaza and Jeff’s [Baena] family. Good night.”

Baena, a screenwriter and director known for his dark comedies “Little Hours” and “Life After Beth,” died of suicide on Friday. Plaza was Baena’s wife and starred in both “The Little Hours” and “Life After Beth.” Baena also had credits on “Spin Me Round” starring Alison Brie, “Joshy,” a dramedy starring Adam Pally and Jenny Slate,...

The new year started with good news for PlayStation 5 owners looking for a new open-world action RPG to play, as Wuthering Waves has finally made its way to the platform. The mobile award-winning game is now available on the PlayStation store and is free to play.

Developed by Kuro Games, Wuthering Waves was exclusive to mobile and PC platforms and the PS5 is its first console destination. Alongside the game's release on PlayStation, Kuro Games launched Wuthering Waves Version 2.0, a major update with a new region and a generous amount of content for new players. The developers also announced on social media that current players can connect their Kuro Games account to their PlayStation Network account to ensure their progress in Wuthering Waves is synced across platforms.

Dear Rovers,We are thrilled to announce that Wuthering Waves has officially launched on PlayStation®5 on January 2, 2025 (Utc+8). To help you seamlessly connect...

Through Waves, Jiří Mádl weaves a fabric from history, memory, and the human spirit’s constant desire for freedom. This film goes beyond historical retelling to grapple with its characters’ existential problems, especially the two brothers Tomá and Pavel face. It is set against the haunting backdrop of the Prague Spring in 1968.

The air is thick with both hope and impending despair as they navigate a landscape fraught with the weight of repression. This dichotomy reflects the larger battle of a country torn apart by the fervor of youth rebellion and the suffocating embrace of authoritarianism—a reflection of humanity’s eternal quest for the truth in the face of lies.

The Prague Spring, a brief period when change swept through Czechoslovakia, is an affecting backdrop. A flicker of hope was ignited by the desire for “socialism with a human face,” but the cold approach of Soviet tanks quickly put it out.

Lionsgate’s Trey Edward Shults directed and written suspense thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow starring The Weeknd in his big screen debut, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, is getting a release date of May 16.

The movie starring the Grammy winning and Oscar and Emmy nominated recording superstar is timed with the debut of his new album and tour.

Hurry Up Tomorrow is inspired by and featuring new music from The Weeknd. The project also reps the conclusion to The Weeknd’s artistic trilogy, completing the journey that began with “After Hours” and “Dawn FM.”

The movie is produced by The Weeknd’s Manic Phase and Reza Fahimalong with the late Kevin Turen and HarrisonKreiss. EPs are Jenna Ortega, TreyEdward Shults, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, and Harrison Huffman. The filmmaking team is rounded out by director of photography Chayse Irvin, ASC, Csc, production designer Elliott Hostetter, costume designers Erin Benach and Hannah Jacobs,...

The Weeknd’s suspense thriller “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” in which he stars alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, will debut in theaters on May 16.

Directed by Trey Edward Shults (“Waves”) and distributed by Lionsgate, the film is inspired by and featuring new music from the Weeknd. It’s described as a “first of its kind theatrical experience.”

“Hurry Up Tomorrow” marks the final piece in the Weeknd’s artistic trilogy featuring 2020’s “After Hours” and 2022’s “Dawn FM.” The film also lines up with the Weeknd’s next album and concert tour of the same name. “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the album, will debut on Jan. 24, and the Weekend will perform a one-night-only concert at the Rose Bowl the next day.

“Hurry Up Tomorrow” is produced by the Weeknd’s Manic Phase banner and Reza Fahim, along with the late Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss. It is executive produced by Ortega,...

The story of the courageous leader of the Pride Lands, Mufasa, has finally arrived and it’s roared up a star-studded cast.

Written by Jeff Nathanson (“Young Woman and the Seas”) and directed by Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) comes the origin story of Mufasa and his brother Taka, who fans eventually know better as Scar. The film is centered on the two lions, who befriend one another as cubs from very different backgrounds. In an effort to evade a deadly foe, the two work together in a cross-country adventure through which they meet young lioness Sarabi, wise mandrill Rafiki and bossy hornbill Zazu.

Donald Glover and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reprise their roles as Simba and Nala, but there’s several newbies who have joined “The Lion King” pride. Take a look at the cast below.

Aaron Pierre as Mufasa (Getty Images/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Aaron Pierre as Mufasa

Aaron Pierre stars as Mufasa,...

(L-r): Noa (played by Owen Teague), Soona (played by Lydia Peckham), and Anaya (played by Travis Jeffery) in 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.

Documentary Feature Film

Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-nine films were eligible in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“The Bibi Files”

“Black Box Diaries”

“Dahomey”

“Daughters”

“Eno”

“Frida”

“Hollywoodgate”

“No Other Land...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Tuesday unveiled the shortlist of 15 films that will vie for a nomination for the best international feature film Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards.

85 countries submitted features this award season but several frontrunners quickly pulled out from the pack, and easily made it onto the longlist, including Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, representing France, the Danish contender The Girl With the Needle from director Magnus von Horn, and Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, an Iran-set feature submitted by co-production country Germany.

Several festival circuit favorites made the cut. I’m Still Here, Brazil’s contender comes to the Oscars on referral from Venice, where it won the best screenplay prize. Director Walter Salles scored an Oscar nom back in Central Station in the international category (then known as best foreign-language film), with Fernanda Montenegro, who has a cameo in I’m Still Here,...

Santosh

After the success of The Zone Of Interest last year, UK hopes are high once again, as Sandhya Suri's Santosh has made it onto the Oscar Best International Film shortlist. There's also good news for Ireland with Kneecap among the hottest titles there - if either of the can beat awards race leader Emilia Pérez.

The shortlist will be whittled down to five nominations on 17 January and the Oscar ceremony itself will take place on 2 March.

The full shortlist:

I’m Still Here - Brazil Universal Language - Canada Waves - Czech Republic The Girl With The Needle- Denmark Emilia Pérez - France The Seed Of The Sacred Fig - Germany Touch - Iceland Kneecap - Ireland Vermiglio - Italy Flow - Latvia Armand - Norway From Ground Zero - Palestine Dahomey - Senegal How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies - Thailand Santosh - UK ...

It’s almost that magical time of the year when the Academy announces the final list of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards! The Oscars represent what many consider the biggest night in Hollywood, as celebrities and filmmakers dress to the nines and walk a red carpet on their way to recognizing some of the best the industry offers. Before the Academy unveils the final list of nominees on January 17, shortlists for 10 Oscar categories have arrived!

The 10 shortlists include considerations for the following categories: documentary feature film, documentary short film, international feature film, makeup and hairstyling, music (original score), music (original song), animated short film, live-action short film, sound and visual effects.

Voting for the 97th Oscars begins at 9 a.m. Pt on January 8 and lasts until 5 p.m. Pt on January 12. The final list of nominees posts on January 17, with final voting at 9 a.m. Pt on February 11 and ending at 5 p.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today pulled back the curtain on the semi-finalists in 10 categories for the 2025 Oscars, revealing shortlists that found the Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez and the Broadway-born musical Wicked leading the way with six and four shortlist mentions, respectively. Both movies are considered Oscar frontrunners in several primary categories as well, including Best Picture.

The announced categories in which contenders were pared down to 15 contenders include Best International Feature, Best Documentary, Best Original Song, Best Documentary Short, Best Animated Short, and Best Live Action Short. Ten films, meanwhile, are moving forward in the Best Sound, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Visual Effects categories. Twenty films are advancing for Best Score.

SEE2025 Casting Society nominees include ‘Wicked,’ ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’

The six total for Emilia Perez includes a pair for Best Song (“El Mal” and “Mi Camino”), Best International Feature, Best Score,...

Refresh for latest…: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has whittled down a field of 85 eligible films to a shortlist of 15 which will now advance to the next round of voting, looking to secure a nomination for the Best International Feature Oscar.

In the mix are such expected titles as Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez from France, Walter Salles’ Brazilian drama I’m Still Here and Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, which is Germany’s submission.

This marks a first for Rasoulof, who (never having represented Iran) has been living in Germany since his dramatic flight from his native country in May this year.

Also a first is the advancement of Flow — the animated fantasy adventure gives Latvia its inaugural appearance on the shortlist in this category.

Thailand also makes history today with How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. The country...

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele in ‘Will & Harper’ (Photo Courtesy of Netflix © 2024)

15 documentary feature films and 15 international films made the cut and are shortlisted for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards set for Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Nominees for the 2025 Oscars will be announced on Friday, January 17th.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a total of 10 shortlists including Documentary Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound, and Visual Effects.

2025 Oscars Shortlists

Documentary Feature Film

Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-nine films were eligible in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

“The Bibi Files”

“Black Box Diaries”

“Dahomey”

“Daughters”

“Eno”

“Frida”

“Hollywoodgate”

“No Other Land”

“Porcelain War”

“Queendom”

“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has released the shortlist of films that will move forward in 10 categories in the awards race for the upcoming 2025 Oscars.

While hundreds of movies were eligible for awards this year, the Academy narrowed down the field in these 10 categories ahead of the voting period, which begins on January 8.

Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II, and Emilia Perez are among the films eligible in multiple categories.

Nominations for the Oscars will be announced on January 17 ahead of the televised ceremony on March 2, which will be hosted by Conan O’Brien and aired lived on ABC.

The shortlist categories include Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Documentary Short Film, Best International Feature Film, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects.

Head inside to check out the shortlist…

Documentary...

And they’re off.

Awards season just got entirely official with the revealing of shortlists for the 97th Oscars in 10 categories today. See the lists from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences below.

Fifteen movies each are moving forward in the contests for International Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Original Song, Music Score and Documentary, Animated and Live Action Shorts. Ten films each also advanced in the categories of Sound, Visual Effects and Makeup & Hairstyling.

Celebrating the Oscar shortlists the most today undoubtedly is Emilia Pérez with a towering six mentions, missing only from the Visual Effects list of possible inclusion, though that would have been a longshot. This sets up a possible huge showing for Jacques Audiard’s film, which could also land two Best Song nominations, the only film to have a pair among the finalists.

Also having a good morning is Wicked with four mentions, the...

As the industry readies for the holiday break between Christmas and New Year’s, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is sharing its final big announcement for the year.

The Academy revealed on Tuesday the 10 shortlists for the 97th Oscars, with frontrunners named for categories including Best International Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature and Short Subject, Best Original Song, Original Score, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Sound, and more. Voting took place last week for participating branches specific to their categories.

“Emilia Pérez,” representing France in the International Feature Film race, earned six spots across these lists, including two for Original Song, for “El Mal” and “Mi Camino.” The Jacques Audiard Netflix musical also received nods for Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, and Sound — as well as International Feature, which was all but a given. “Wicked,” one of its Best Picture competitors, has four in the crafts races,...

The Academy has unveiled the 10 shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards in March, with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez, Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig and Walter Salles’sI’m Still Here among the international feature film category heavyweights.

Besides the French, German and Brazilian contenders, the list includes Mati Diop’s Dahomey for Senegal, Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap for Ireland, Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio for Italy, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh for the UK, and Matthew Rankin’sUniversal Language for Canada.

Europe accounts for 10 or two-thirds of the shortlist, Africa and Middle East two, and Americas two,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday announced the shortlists in 10 Oscar categories for the 97th Academy Awards.

The announcement included movies that are in consideration for the following categories: documentary feature film, documentary short film, international feature film, makeup and hairstyling, music (original score), music (original song), animated short film, live-action short film, sound and visual effects.

Emilia Pérez, The Apprentice, Dune: Part Two, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Nosferatu, Wicked, Challengers, The Wild Robot, Gladiator II and Blitz were among the films that were shortlisted in several categories.

Voting for the 97th Oscars begins at 9 am Pt on Jan. 8 and runs through 5 p.m. Pt on Jan. 12. The nominees will be unveiled Jan. 17. Final voting begins at 9 a.m. Pt on Feb. 11 and ends at 5 p.m. Pt on Feb. 18.

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France’s “Emilia Pérez,” Germany’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and Brazil’s “I’m Still Here” have been named to the shortlist in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category, retaining their frontrunner status in a race that had fewer high-profile contenders than usual this year.

Other films on the list are Canada’s “Universal Language,” the Czech Republic’s “Waves,” Denmark’s “The Girl With the Needle,” Iceland’s “Touch,” Ireland’s “Kneecap,” Italy’s “Vermiglio,” Latvia’s “Flow,” Norway’s “Armand,” Palestine’s “From Ground Zero,” Senegal’s “Dahomey,” Thailand’s “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” and the United Kingdom’s “Santosh.”

“Flow” is the only animated film on the list, while “Dahomey” is the only documentary. The Palestinian selection, “From Ground Zero,” is the most unusual of the shortlisted films, consisting of 22 separate short films made over the last year by directors living in Gaza.

If the Oscars shortlist is the equivalent of mid-term exams for awards contenders, then Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez” and Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” just received passing grades.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 97th Oscars ceremony.

“Emilia Pérez” landed six mentions overall, including makeup, sound, original score, international feature, and two for original song (“El Mal” and “Mi Camino”). The musical was followed another behometh in the race, Universal Pictures’ “Wicked,” which landed four.

The preliminary voting applies to animated short film, documentary feature, documentary short, international feature, live action short, makeup and hairstyling, original score, original song, sound and visual effects.

Oscar voting to determine the nominees in all 23 categories opens on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and concludes on Sunday, Jan. 12. Nominations will be announced on Friday, Jan. 17.

There are five 2024 Student Academy Award-winning films shortlisted: “Keeper” (documentary short), “Au Revoir...

We've been getting a clearer picture of what the Oscars race will look like given all the lead-up award show nominations (like the Golden Globes) that have come out so far. But now we have an even clearer picture with the release of shortlists for 10 categories from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: International, its daylong showcase of movies in the conversation for this year’s International Feature Oscar race.

The casts, directors, writers and producers behind 13 movies joined Deadline’s reporters and editors at the virtual awards-season event Saturday for panel discussions about their films’ journeys to being submitted by their respective countries for the Academy Awards.

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This year’s list of films includes 815 Pictures’ Old Fox (representing Taiwan), Dawson Films’ Waves (Czech Republic), FAMart Association’s Three Kilometers to the End of the World (Romania), Leyth Production and Hamzeh Mystique Films’ Take My Breath (Tunisia), Lizart Film’s Under the Volcano (Poland), Mavi Film’s Life (Turkey), Nexiko’s The Last Journey (Sweden), Outsider Pictures’ Queens (Switzerland), Sony Pictures Classics’ I’m Still Here (Brazil) and Kneecap (Ireland), Tanweer Productions’ Murderess (Greece), La Terraza Films’ Saturn Return...

Before he began his career as a writer-director, Jiří Mádl was at journalism school when he first found out about the story of a group of brave Czech journalists who would later become the subject of his third feature Waves.

“As a punishment for not having proper attendance at the seminars, I got this assignment to read a historic book about Czechoslovakian Radio,” Mádl said, discussing his movie at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International showcase. “I knew that I really wanted to turn this into a screenplay and it’s stayed in my head since 2009.”

Waves, which is the Czech Republic’s official entry into the International Oscar race this year, is set during the 1968 Prague Spring and explores the dramatic events of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia from the point of view of journalists working in the International News Office of Czechoslovak Radio.

Set during a period where rock-and-roll...

Just as the Oscar Best Picture race remains wide open as 2024 comes to an end, there’s a similar sense of excitement mounting about the breadth and range of films competing for Best International Feature Film. The submissions process found 85 of the 89 films presented eligible, but the real work starts now, in terms of whittling those down first to a shortlist of 15 and then to the final five.

Perhaps more so than in recent years, the diversity is eye-popping, ranging from action thrillers and personal dramas to intimate documentaries. The cross-section is well represented at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International showcase, which kicks off today beginning at 9 a.m. Pt.

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As ever, this year’s lineup offers a snapshot of film festival highlights, taking us on a whistle-stop tour of the big five — Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto — with titles that made an impact at events in Warsaw,...

A new energy flowed in the Czechoslovakia after Alexander Dubcek became its leader in 1968. The statesman championed reforms that expanded freedom of speech, protection of press rights and economic programs prioritizing working class people without radically disrupting the nation’s communist framework. The Soviet Union loathed the plan and sought to suppress it with force. Their military intervention, in which the government and its Warsaw Pact allies sent in troops to end that period now known as the Prague Spring.

In Waves, the Czech Republic’s submission for the 2025 Oscars, Jirí Mádl crafts a propulsive thriller about a team of journalists doggedly pursuing the truth in the months before the Prague Spring and the days of the Soviet Union’s aggressive occupation. The film is inspired by true events, which Mádl came across while researching how the International News Office of Czechoslovak Radio operated in the ’60s. At the time,...

As the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, there could be no better time to revisit the tumultuous events of 1968 in what was then Czechoslovakia. In August of that year, Russian tanks rolled into Prague – along with the armies of five countries within the Soviet bloc – to crush Czechoslovakia’s new, homegrown version of communism, dubbed by foreign media “socialism with a human face.”

Student demonstrators were murdered, the country’s new leaders deposed. Moscow’s message was clear: There would be no deviation. Until 1989, the country’s neck would stay under the Russian boot.

For those few months of 1968, however, the Prague spring air was filled with hope. Director-writer Jiří Mádl brings this time to compelling life in Waves, the Czech Oscar entry that follows the fervently committed team at Czechoslovak Radio. This hardscrabble bunch of journalists and technicians is right at the coalface of the struggle against censorship.

When “Waves” director and writer Jiří Mádl first came across the history of Czechoslovakian radio while studying journalism in college, he discovered something that didn’t add up.

“I knew what happened in ‘68 and I knew that the radio had a very important role in those days,” Mádl said. “I knew that the [Soviet] troops came and they cut off the building … But I never saw the contradiction that the radio building was cut off. So how did the [journalists] actually manage to broadcast?”

That gap on the timeline, as Mádl puts it, was the impetus for years of research through archives, books and materials about the group of journalists from the International News Office of Czechoslovak Radio. The subject of “Waves,” Czech Republic’s official entry for the 2025 Academy Awards, is the broadcast that changed the world and the journalists who risked their lives in the process.

Vojtech Vodochodský stars as...