Abi Carter, the 21-year-old musician from Indio, California became the 22nd winner of “American Idol” on Sunday night. She defeated Will Moseley and Jack Blocker in the season finale as judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie…
On Sunday, May 19, the Final 3 artists on “American Idol” Season 22 each performed a pair of “Finale Night” songs as viewers voted live coast-to-coast for their favorites. (Read our minute-by-minute recap.) Ultimately, after millions of…
On Sunday, May 19, the Final 3 artists on “American Idol” Season 22 each performed a pair of “Finale Night” songs as viewers voted live coast-to-coast for their favorites. (Read our minute-by-minute recap.) Ultimately, after millions of…
On Sunday, May 19, the Final 3 artists on “American Idol” Season 22 each performed a pair of “Finale Night” songs as viewers voted live coast-to-coast for their favorites. (Read our minute-by-minute recap.) Ultimately, after millions of…
Tonight on the grand finale of “American Idol” season 22, Abi Carter, Jack Blocker and Will Moseley face off one more time for America’s vote. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jon Bon Jovi mentors the final three before they take the…
Ncuti Gatwa is earning rave reviews for his turn as the 15th iteration of the shapeshifting “Doctor Who.” While enough episodes won’t air on Disney+ in time to make him eligible at this year’s Emmys, he could well contend for his featured…
The summer box office is supposed to be the time of year when popular movies can flourish, but this May has not been an ideal start to the season, with another highly anticipated film falling below expectations. Read on for the weekend box…
Do the best showrunners surround themselves with the best artisans, because there’s such a tremendous amount of craftmanship between a great idea and a great product? What is a showrunner’s worst nightmare, or what keeps them up at night…
“I want to give the fans what they want, just not the way they think they want it,” declares “Twisted Metal” co-creator and showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith. about all of the pressures and expectations that are inherent in adapting a…
“I’ve never done anything as challenging in so many ways, and I’ve never relied so much on the great, heavy hitting, unbelievably talented writing staff on this show,” declares “Only Murders in the Building” showrunner John Hoffman. For…
“It’s really impossible to watch this amazing cast of Sara Bareilles, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Busy Phillips, Paula Pell and not smile and root for them,” declares “Girls5eva” creator and showrunner Meredith Scardino. about the four women…
“Everybody wanted to up their game and make sure that they were on an equal playing field to Nicole. They definitely felt that pressure,” declares “Expats” creator Lulu Wang about what it meant to the entire production to be led by a…
“It’s like you have a buffet and you have to pick. You don’t want to eat too much, you just want to have just the right amount,” declares “Elsbeth” showrunner Jonathan Tolins about giving the audience the best of Elsbeth’s quirky traits…
“A great deal of humility has to be practiced when you’re doing a comedy,” declares Chuck Lorre about ensuring every joke lands as intended, even in the relative vacuum of a single-camera comedy that doesn’t have the benefit of a live…
Four acclaimed cinematographers are ready to share advice on what young filmmakers should expect upon entering the field. In an exclusive video roundtable interview with Gold Derby as part of our Meet the Experts: Cinematographers panel,…
For cinematographer Christopher Ross and his longtime collaborator, director Jonathan van Tulleken, there was a fine line on which to balance in bringing the FX series “Shogun” to visual life. “There are two sides to faithfulness. One is…
Emmy Award-winning “Fargo” cinematographer Dana Gonzales starts every season of the acclaimed anthology series the same way: by discussing the story and visual approach with creator Noah Hawley. “Noah always has an idea that spawns other…
When acclaimed cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh was first approached about working on the Prime Video series “Fallout,” his first step was to look at the source material: the blockbuster video game on which the Amazon series is based. “I…
Few have had more of a direct impact on “The Crown” than Adriano Goldman. The cinematographer shot 28 of the show’s 60 overall episodes, including the pilot and series finale. Along the way, Goldman won two Emmy Awards for his work and,…
Is “SNL” new tonight (May 18, 2024)? YES. NBC’s sketch comedy series airs its Season 49 finale on Saturday night with host Jake Gyllenhaal and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter. In the “SNL” promo video (watch above), cast member Bowen Yang…
The slow-moving first season of Amazon’s sci-fi Western “Outer Range,” ostensibly about a void in the middle of a pasture owned by Royal Abbott (Oscar nominee Josh Brolin), didn’t answer many (or really any) of the questions it put forth.…
One of 2024’s most electric hits is our top pick among this weekend’s streaming releases, but there’s something for everyone, including a searing documentary, an oddball indie, and a couple of middling blockbusters. The contender to watch…
The Applebee’s reward may have happened two weeks ago on “Survivor 46,” but the castaways still can’t stop talking about it. In this week’s deleted scene, Q Burdette explains why he doesn’t mind missing out on the current reward of Chinese…
“Guy has an incredibly lively mind,” says “The Gentlemen” editor Matt Platts-Mills about the show’s creator, Guy Ritchie. “He won’t rest until he’s absolutely sure that he’s hit everything that’s possible with the scene, and that’s across…
HBO Max’s “Hacks” returned at the top of its game, with season three of the acclaimed comedy series being touted as the show’s best entry yet. Jean Smart still shines as the legendary standup comedian Deborah Vance, who is enjoying an…
In his 43 years working as a makeup artist in Hollywood, it’s doubtful Todd McIntosh ever faced a more formidable assignment than the one he was hired to pull off on the six-part Netflix biographical crime drama “Griselda”: turn the…
My favorite scene in the hilarious new film “The Fall Guy” is the one where Emily Blunt (recent Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for “Oppenheimer”) belts out the Phil Collins classic “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” as Ryan…
The Drama League Awards unveiled their slate of winners at an in-person ceremony on Friday, May 17. The event was hosted by Frank DiLella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, where attendees toasted the best of Broadway and Off-Bradway. The biggest…
“I didn’t get the script right off the bat, but what I did know from the rumors was that two other supervisors turned it down, and I was very curious why,” says “The Curse” visual effects supervisor Walter Schulz. “And then I found out…
Netflix’s “Black Mirror” returns to the Emmy Awards after a four-year break with its sixth season that premiered back in June 2023. The trajectory of the Charlie Brooker anthology series at the Emmys has been a tumultuous journey,…