More from Scott Feinberg
Emmy Predictions via The Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s Updated Picks, Featuring 11 New Categories
Since the last update: This week’s Feinberg Forecast includes 11 categories that were not a part of last week’s, including those covering writing (drama, comedy, limited or anthology series, variety series, variety special and nonfiction program), reality programs (structured, unstructured and competition), game shows and animated programs. It is also the first edition to include […]
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Oscars: Film Academy Updates Rules and Campaign Protocols, Announces Changes to Special Awards
As the film awards industrial complex reemerges from a brief hibernation following the 96th Oscars and begins thinking about the 97th, which will take place on March 2, 2025, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors has announced updated awards rules and campaign promotional regulations — as well as changes to some […]
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Disney Publicist Marshall Weinbaum Departs for Netflix’s Awards Team (Exclusive)
Marshall Weinbaum, an admired publicist who has been a principal intermediary between The Walt Disney Studios and the press for the past 17 years, including on virtually every Disney Animation and Pixar project, is leaving the Mouse House to join Netflix’s awards team, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He will be a manager of awards […]
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Emmy Predictions via The Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s Updated Projections for 26 Categories
*A FEW THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE READING* (1) This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. (2) Unlike many other lists, the objective of the forecast is not to […]
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Breakthrough Prize Ceremony: Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch Join Army of Hollywood A-Listers at ‘Oscars of Science’
The Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, also known as “the Oscars of Science,” is an awards show unlike any other. Founded and funded by Silicon Valley titan Yuri Milner and his artist wife Julia Milner, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative co-founder Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough […]
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Awards Season Calendar: Key Dates for Oscars, Emmys, Tonys and Other Major Events
With the 2024 Oscars now in the rearview mirror, Hollywood’s focus turns to Emmy season. A number of TV awards shows are set to take place over the next few months, including the BAFTA TV Awards, the newly announced Gotham TV Awards, the Critics Choice Real TV Awards and, of course, the Primetime Emmys, which […]
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Hollywood’s Favorite Professor Gets Her Due
Jeanine Basinger, a veteran film professor, historian and author, helped build Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, into a film powerhouse during her 60 years at the institution. On April 20, the esteemed academic will receive the TCM Classic Film Festival’s Robert Osborne Award, which recognizes an individual who has helped keep the cultural heritage of classic […]
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Dates Set for 40th Edition in February 2025, With Two More Days Added On
The 40th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, one of the key stops on the road to the Oscars, will take place Feb. 4-15, 2025 — two days longer than past editions of the fest on the American Riviera, to allow for extra programming in celebration of the milestone — the fest announced […]
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Film Academy Museum, Slammed for Initial Oversight, Will Debut Permanent Exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish Founders in May
When the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in 2021, many Academy members and cultural critics were shocked and outraged to discover that one of the few marginalized groups whose contributions to Hollywood were not highlighted within its walls was the Jewish community, especially because most of the founders of the business were Jewish. The […]
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Oscars: 2025 Ceremony Will Take Place a Week Earlier Than 2024’s, Other Key Dates Announced
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony in 2025 will take place a week earlier than the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. Oscar statuettes will be handed out Sunday, March 2, 2025, as opposed to Sunday, March 10 — although, for the second year in a row, the festivities […]
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Emmys Predictions Via The Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s First Read of 26 Categories
*A FEW THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE READING* (1) This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. (2) Unlike many other lists, the objective of the forecast is not to […]
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Film Academy Appoints Bridgette Wilder to Newly Created Role of Chief People and Culture Officer
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has hired Bridgette Wilder to serve as its chief people and culture officer (CPCO), a newly created position that combines the human resources teams of the Academy and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Wilder will report directly to Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy Museum director […]
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