by Abb Jones The Reelness Shōgun, The Bear, Hacks and Baby Reindeer were the big winners at the 2024 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. Shōgun, the first non-English series to win Best Drama, won a record 18 trophies, including 14 it won at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, while comedy series The Bear […]
While tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, an 18-year-old girl meets her older, 38-year-old self, who gives her advice about family and love during a transformative weekend of reflection, in this coming-of-age comedy starring Aubrey Plaza, Canadian actress/singer Maisy Stella (Nashville) and Maddie Ziegler (Music, Dance Moms). Written and directed by actress/director Megan Park (The Secret Life […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Longtime TV talk show host Phil Donahue, who pioneered the now industry standard concept of interacting with the studio audience, has died at the age of 88. Donahue died peacefully at his home in New York City Sunday night, surrounded by actress Marlo Thomas, his wife of 44 years, his […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Comedian Bob Newhart, long considered one of the pioneers in television comedy and best known for his deadpan delivery, pauses and stammering, died at his home in Los Angeles Thursday morning following a series of brief illnesses. In 1972, the former accountant born in Oak Park, Illinois got his big […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Shōgun and The Bear top the respective drama and comedy nominations for the 2024 Emmys. Shōgun leads the drama category with 25 nominations, while The Bear set a new record in the comedy category, with 23 nominations. The Emmys will take place at 8pm ET/5pm PT on September 15th on […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Anora, the romantic dramedy about a Brookyln sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch only to have her Pretty Woman fantasy ruined by his parents, has won the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The win by writer/director Sean Baker (Red Rocket, […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Actor Dabney Coleman, whose film credits include 9 to 5, On Golden Pond and Tootsie, has died at his home in Santa Monica, California at the age of 92. Born in Austin, Texas, Coleman attended Virginia Military Institute (VMI), then did a tour in the U.S. Army in Europe prior […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness A third Downton Abbey film is coming. Oscar-winning Gosford Park screenwriter Julian Fellowes, creator of the popular hit TV series and last two films, is back again as writer, with BAFTA and Emmy award nominee Simon Curtis, who directed 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era, also returning to direct. “It’s […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar for 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman, has died at the age of 87. Gossett’s nephew says the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death has been revealed. Born in 1936 in […]
The Alien sci-fi film franchise is back with another installment, this time starring Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla) and Isabel Merced (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Instant Family) as part of crew of young space colonizers and scavengers who have the misfortune of encountering a colony of face-hugging, chest-bursting aliens inside a dilapidated space station. The film […]