Emmy Nominations Showered on ‘The Crown, ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Ted Lasso’
The Crown scored a whopping 34 Emmy nominations Emmy Awards season is now shaping up as hard-fought battles amongst some of television’s hottest heavyweights after nominations for the 73rd annual Emmy Awards were announced Tuesday by father-daughter team Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones. Both are also Emmy recipients. Never in recent years have so many programs scored so many massive numbers of nominations with The Crown and...
Great Gifts for Mother’s Day ’21
Mom’s special day is coming up—this year Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 9—and with it comes the inevitable gift-giving dilemma. Because you want to show your appreciation for everything she does with something special, the Atkin Report has curated a selection of products that are unique and designed to delight. Take a look at these gift ideas, many of which have a built-in bonus as they are from female-owned companies. Happy...
‘Nomadland’ Makes History at Pandemic Edition Academy Awards
Historians will be dissecting the 93rd Academy Awards for years to determine whether they presage a turning point for the inclusion of women and people of color in categories where they have been represented only in single digits over the course of time. The immediate Oscar headlines are about the dominance of Nomadland with its golden statuettes for best picture, best director for Chloé Zhao and best lead actress for Frances...
‘Nomadland’ Scores Again at Independent Spirit Awards
It should not come as any surprise at this point that Nomadland crushed the competition at the Independent Spirit Awards held virtually and televised Thursday night April 22. The film itself won as did director Chloe Zhao and the film’s cinematographer and its editor. So yes, we will be seeing all of them down the road at the Oscars on Sunday night. Another female-led film, Promising Young Woman also garnered more hardware with the...
Even More Trouble for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
Just when you thought things could not get much worse for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has been under fire for two months since the Los Angeles Times broke an explosive series of investigations about the organization which hands out the Golden Globe Awards—well, they did. Earlier this week, the Times revealed that former HFPA president Philip Berk sent out an email to the membership and staff which could be construed...
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