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Joe Utichi
Executive Awards Editor
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Joe oversees Deadline’s awards coverage, including its dedicated print magazine for the Oscar and Emmy seasons, AwardsLine. He also edits Deadline's special “Disruptors” edition for the Cannes Film Festival and serves as the emcee for its Contenders events. He has been aboard since 2012. Prior to joining, his work regularly appeared in his native UK - for outlets including The Sunday Times and The Guardian - and around the world. He has also worked extensively in film and television, producing EPK and production notes and working as a unit publicist. He is a member of BAFTA and has sat on multiple juries for the BAFTA Film Awards.
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Deadline’s Contenders London Underway With Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Todd Haynes, Emerald Fennell & More
After sitting it out last year, Deadline's Contenders film series returns to London today with a strong lineup featuring Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann among the panelists attending the awards-season event.
Contenders London gets underway this morning at London’s Ham Yard…
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Richard Linklater On ‘Hit Man’ Premiering In Venice, Cinema’s “Existential Threat”, And Lessons Learned Over 30 Years Of Filmmaking
On its surface, a comedy about a college professor who becomes a phony hitman for the police department to catch criminals hoping to whack a stubborn spouse or bothersome business associate might seem an odd fit for a European festival noted for heavy dramas and extended runtimes. It helps, of course…
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Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ Starring Emma Stone Gets Huge 10-Minute-Plus Ovation At Venice Film Festival Premiere
Dynamic Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' anticipated latest, Poor Things, got a rapturous reception at after it world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, with an ovation timed at 10 minutes and 37 seconds.
It was one of the most enthusiastic responses to a film some Venice festgoers have…
‘Ferrari’ Gets 7 1/2-Minute Standing Ovation At Venice Film Festival World Premiere
Michael Mann’s Ferrari received a 7 1/2-minute standing ovation Thursday night after the lights went up on the film’s world premiere screening at the Venice Film Festival.
The pic, which is screening in Competition in Venice, was the primetime premiere screening tonight on the Lido, with the film’s…
As Tom Takes The Hot Seat, ‘Succession’ Star Matthew Macfadyen Is Ready For His Next Challenge
On the Friday after Tom Wambsgans became the new puppet CEO of the Waystar-Royco media empire, the actor who has spent the past five years essaying the character's ups, downs, and withering one-liners is propping up the bar of a small boutique hotel in London's Chelsea. Matthew Macfadyen is nursing a lime…
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Stars Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden And Jonathan Frakes On Returning To The Bridge Of The USS Enterprise: “An Emotional Experience”
The third and final season of Star Trek: Picard went out with a bang this year, reuniting the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and delivering a compelling conclusion to a story that started 37 years ago. Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden and Jonathan Frakes reflect on their earliest days, and describe…
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‘The Last of Us’ Director Peter Hoar And Cinematographer Eben Bolter On Episode 3 With Nick Offerman And Murray Bartlett: “It Was Epic And Intimate”
While the onscreen travails of Joel and Ellie take center stage in The Last of Us, as they did in the videogame, for Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, the translation to television afforded an opportunity to delve deeper into the larger struggle of survivors of the pandemic. The show's third episode "Long…
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‘Everything’ Is Set For Michelle Yeoh, SAG’s Newly-Crowned Best Actress Winner, But “We Mustn’t Take Our Foot Off The Pedal”
Michelle Yeoh never imagined a path for herself that would lead to her mind-bending performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, the film that has made her Oscar's first Best Actress nominee openly of Southeast Asian descent and that has earned her SAG’s Best Actress prize, among other accolades. Afte…
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‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Wins BAFTA For Best Film Among Leading 7 Wins; DGA Winner ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ All But Shut Out
All Quiet on the Western Front became the big winner tonight at BAFTA, taking not just the awards for Best Film and Best Director, but a total of 7 prizes out of its 14 nominations.
Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin was next with four wins, including Best British Film, and both Supporting…
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BAFTAs: ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Named Best Film, Takes 7 Prizes; Cate Blanchett Best Actress, Austin Butler Best Actor – Complete Winners List
2ND UPDATE: Netflix's Edward Berger-directed All Quiet on the Western Front triumphed at the BAFTA Film Awards in London this evening, scoring seven wins, including Outstanding Film, Director, Film Not in the English Language, Cinematography, and Adapted Screenplay.
From early on, there was momentum…
Technical Snafu As Supporting Actress BAFTA Announced As Carey Mulligan Instead Of Kerry Condon
An unfortunate lost-in-translation snafu happened at the BAFTA Film Awards at Royal Festival Hall in London tonight, after Best Supporting Actress presenter Troy Kotsur announced Kerry Condon as the winner for her performance in The Banshees of Inisherin.
BAFTA confirms to Deadline that Condon’s name…
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“Nobody On My Watch Gets Slapped Tonight” Jokes Richard E. Grant In Irreverent BAFTA Host Monologue
Richard E. Grant rocked up to the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards in the Batmobile at the advice of Steve Martin, he revealed in a video skit that kicked off his BAFTA monologue tonight. “One single gag can ruin your life and career,” Martin warned him before offering up 1000 rules (most of them thankfully omitted…
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