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A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. The collision of awards season(s) is about to happen. Just as we get ready to head out to Venice/Telluride/Toronto and the beginning of Oscar season, the Emmy campaigns are on their…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Emmy voting has begun! Oscar season has begun! What a weekend! It appears to be the battle of the Academy viewing portals as final Emmy voting begins. The Television Academy is…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. The final hours are upon us. This isn’t meant to be some sort of bleak apocalyptic statement, but rather a catchy reminder to my fellow Emmy voters that time is fleeting when it…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. So now, as they say, is crunch time as this column leads into the first weekend where 20,000-plus eligible Emmy voters (I am but one of them) have ballots if not in hand then at least…

A column chronicling conversations and events during award seasons. Welcome to a special edition of Notes on the Season — Emmy Season, that is. Well if you think the Writers Guild strike and looming possible actions by the DGA and SAG/AFTRA are…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. The votes are in. The ballots are being counted. The clock is ticking toward Oscar Sunday (which also is the day the clock ticks ahead as daylight-saving time begins). This also means t…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. “Well Pete, do you think we already know who all the winners are?” That was the weary question that greeted me on a rainy night this week when I arrived for a Q&A at The London, the…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. I don’t know about you, but I spent my Valentine’s Day evening onstage at the Arlington Theatre for the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s American Riviera Award tribute to Brendan Fraser…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. The gold season is in full swing as awards are being handed out on just about a nightly basis. The full report on Thursday night’s lively American Cinematheque Tribute to the Crafts…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale spoke a real truth about the money-making Hollywood awards machine as he opened the proceedings for Friday’s annual AFI Awards honoring the year’s…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. In the waning days of 2022 we are taking one last deep breath before the insanity begins and the dispensing of actual awards shifts into high gear. Right off the bat on January 5, the P…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. If you didn’t think the awards season was in full bloom by now, rest assured it is. With today’s particularly and predictably quirky New York Film Critics Circle winners, the Gotham Awa…