‘Ella McCay’ and the Case of the Unpredictable Supporting Oscars [VIDEO] Jalal joins the Water Cooler to discuss this weekend's shocking BAFTA Supporting awards and to weigh in on France's favorite,

Listen to this week's podcast! Ella McCay sure is a film...

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VIDEO: Oscar Nominee Kate Hudson on What Penny Lane and Claire Sardina Have in Common Megan McLachlan talks to Academy Award nominee Kate Hudson about returning to the Oscar spotlight with Craig Brewer's Song Sung

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HollyShorts Announces 2025 Official Selections HollyShorts Film Festival Celebrates 21 Years With Star Studded Lineup Including Stephen Fry, the Late Michael Madsen, Lena Waithe, Stormzy,

HollyShorts announces their full lineup!

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11 Nominations That Would Make the Emmys Awesome Since the staff of The Contending has been covering television for a number of years, we know what it feels

What #Emmy nomination would make YOU the happiest tomorrow? The staff of The Contending weighs in!

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2025 Emmys: No Guts, No Glory Edition You've seen or heard our official 2025 Emmy predictions, so now it's time to take things out on a limb.

What are your No Guts, No Glory predictions ahead of tomorrow's Emmy nominations? The staff at The Contending takes some risks.

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2025 Cooler Awards: ‘White Lotus’ Leads All With 8 Noms Emmy winner Mike White's return to The White Lotus received a leading 8 nominations at the 2025 Cooler Awards. As expected,

Think our nominations will be better than what we get at the #Emmys tomorrow? Check out the nominations for The Cooler Awards!

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Tina Romero & Natalie Metzger On Glamifying Zombies and Assembling a Superhero-Level Queer Cast for ‘Queens of the De Tina Romero's Queens of the Dead is a sparkly, queer extravaganza with enough camp and scares to already be heralded

ICYMI: @joeymoser.bsky.social chats with Queens of the Dead director Tina Romero and producer Natalie Metzger about casting a huge queen cast.

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‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ Breakout Star Nicholas Barasch Discusses Performing On The Tonys With Seven Stitches Nicholas Barasch is currently wowing audiences as young Frederic in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s splendid reworking of Gilbert & Sullivan’s

ICYMI: 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' Breakout Start Nicholas Barasch Discusses Performing On the Tonys with Seven Stitches

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HOLDING LIAT continues to resonate with critics and audiences at Tribeca.

Thankful to everyone who has come out to experience the film this week.

One more night to experience the film that @thecontending.bsky.social calls “devastating, urgent...and deeply affecting.”

2025 Oscars: Academy Selects Conan O'Brien As 97th Oscars Host - The Contending There were lots of rumors that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman would potentially host the 97th Annual Academy Awards, but those faded when the stars publicly shut the door on the opportunity. So, now, ...

Ohhhh, Conan is hosting the Oscars!
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