Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks to supporters at an election night event during the Wyoming primary election at Mead Ranch in Jackson, Wyoming on August 16, 2022. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Liz Cheney said she'll do "everything I can" to ensure Trump is not a 2024 presidential nominee. Speaking at Texas Tribune Fest, […]
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Months-old movies ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Spider-Man’ scored Labor Day weekend box office wins as theaters sold $3 tickets
Tom Cruise in "Top Gun: Maverick." Paramount. Older movies like "Top Gun" and "Spider-Man" beat some newer releases this Labor Day weekend. A re-release of "Jaws" also appeared in the top 10 during a typically slow holiday weekend. Theaters saw a bump in attendance after selling heavily discounted tickets to lure in moviegoers. "Top Gun: […]
AI wins state fair art contest, annoys humans
Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D’opéra Spatial. (credit: Jason Allen) A synthetic media artist named Jason Allen entered AI-generated artwork into the Colorado State Fair fine arts competition and announced last week that he won first place in the Digital Arts/Digitally Manipulated Photography category, Vice reported Wednesday based on a viral tweet. Allen used […]
Gillian Anderson Wins Best Supporting Actress for The Crown — Golden Globes
The validation is out there: Gillian Anderson snagged Best Supporting Actress honors at Sunday’s 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards for her transformative performance as Margaret Thatcher on The Crown. Anderson beat Crown co-star Helena Bonham Carter as well as Julia Garner (Ozark), Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) and Cynthia Nixon (Ratched). “Thank you… to Peter Morgan for imagining that I […]
Anya Taylor-Joy Wins Best Actress in Limited Series for Queen’s Gambit — Golden Globes 2021
RELATED STORIES Your move, Emmy. At Sunday’s 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Anya Taylor-Joy captured the Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series trophy for her work in Netflix’s chess drama The Queen’s Gambit. The 24-year-old actress’ formidable competition in the category included Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People), Shira Haas (Unorthodox) and Nicole Kidman […]
Emmys: Catherine O’Hara Wins Best Lead Comedy Actress for Schitt’s Creek
RELATED STORIES As Moira Rose might say, this is a most splendiferous development: Catherine O’Hara has won her first acting Emmy. The Schitt’s Creek matriarch was named Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at Sunday’s mostly-virtual ceremony, prevailing over Insecure‘s Issa Rae, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Rachel Brosnahan, Dead to Me‘s Christina Applegate and Linda […]
Emmys 2020: The Mandalorian Scores Five Wins, Including Visual Effects
RELATED STORIES Emmy voters have spoken: The Mandalorian took home five trophies at Wednesday’s third night of the Creative Arts Emmys. The freshman season of Disney+’s Star Wars series won the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for Episode 2, aka “The Child” (thanks, Baby Yoda), and for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) […]
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas – Debbie McGee wins festive gong
Delighted Debbie, 61 – who was a finalist on the main show in 2017 – said of last night’s triumph: “I wasn’t expecting it! It’s just amazing but you know, everybody has been fantastic. I think it’s everybody’s, because we all had a great time, everyone did such great dances.” Debbie – who lost magician husband Paul […]
Strictly Come Dancing 2019: Kelvin Fletcher wins with Oti Mabuse
Strictly Come Dancing bosses signed Kelvin Fletcher up at the last minute to replace Jamie Laing who pulled out of the competition due to an injury. Partnered with Oti Mabuse, he stormed onto the dance floor in week one with an incredibly sexy Samba. 13 weeks later, hundreds of hours of rehearsals, he and Oti […]
Ratings: Emmys Hit a New Low, as Broadcast Wins Just 14% of Awards
RELATED STORIES The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards delivered an all-time low in the ratings, marking a sixth straight year of decline for TV’s biggest night. Per very preliminary numbers. Fox’s Sunday-night telecast scored a 5.7/10 result in metered market ratings, down 23 percent from last year (when NBC hosted the ceremony on a Monday). Compared […]