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Pete Hammond
Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic
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Pete, widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards analysts for both film and television, has for the past 14 years been Deadline's Awards Columnist covering the year-round Oscar and Emmy seasons. He is also Deadline's Chief Film Critic, having previously reviewed films for MovieLine, Boxoffice magazine, Backstage, Hollywood.com and Maxim, as well as Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide for which he was a contributing editor. In addition to writing, Pete is also host of the PBS SoCal Cinema Series and the weekly PBS television series "Must See Movies." He previously held producing positions at "Entertainment Tonight", "Extra," "Access Hollywood," "The Arsenio Hall Show," "The Martin Short Show" and AMC Networks and is the recipient of five Emmy nominations for writing. Pete is only the second journalist to have received the Publicists Guild of America’s Press Award twice, in 1996 and 2013.
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Pamela Anderson On How Broadway Prepared Her For The Role Of Her Career In ‘The Last Showgirl’: “My Relationship Is Now My Work” – The Actor’s Side
Pamela Anderson wrote her memoir Love, Pamela and participated in the Netflix documentary of her life last year, but now it seems as those activities were just warmups. In some ways, she’s at the beginning of a career that just parachuted into high gear with…
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Angelina Jolie On Finding Personal Connections With Maria Callas, Why She’d Like To Do Another Action Film & Lessons Learned From Clint Eastwood – The Actor’s Side
Angelina Jolie took time out from her career but is back with a vengeance now with her most acclaimed performance in years as opera star Maria Callas in Maria, and as a director for Without Blood, which she shot largely in Rome at Cinecitta with Salma Hayek…
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‘The Performance’ Review: Jeremy Piven Taps Into A Career-Best Role In Chilling Drama Set In Nazi Germany
The premise of The Performance, which is based on a 2002 Arthur Miller short story, is intriguing and more than a little pertinent for these times even though it is set in 1937.
Harold May (who changed his last name from Markovitz) is a struggling…
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Palm Springs Film Festival Lineup: ‘Better Man’, ‘The Penguin Lessons’, 35 International Oscar Contenders
Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic musical Better Man will open the 36th annual Palm Springs Film Festival on Thursday, January 2, while The Penguin Lessons, directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Steve Coogan in the heartwarming story of a teacher who…
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Doug Wick And Lucy Fisher On Tackling ‘Gladiator ll’ And A Marriage Made For The Movies – Behind The Lens
Douglas Wick won a Best Picture Oscar nomination for his first solo producing effort with 1988’s Working Girl, and then in 2000 he won the Best Picture Oscar for Gladiator. Lucy Fisher worked in various studio capacities at MGM, Fox, Zoetrope, Warner Bros…
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‘Beatles ’64’ Review: Martin Scorsese Produces New Take On Band’s First U.S. Visit & It’s A Nostalgic, Enlightening Must-See
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ the’ first visit to the USA in February 1964, Martin Scorsese has put the band back together, so to speak. Scorsese produces along with others including Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, and Sean Ono Lennon this wildly entertaining and…
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The Great Jessica Lange On A Career That Has Taken Her From ‘King Kong’ To ‘The Great Lillian Hall’ And All In Between – The Actor’s Side
With six Oscar nominations and two Academy Awards, 10 Emmy nominations and three wins, 16 Golden Globe nominations and five wins, plus a Tony Award and most recently another Tony nomination for her performance in the 2024 production Mother Play, Jessica…
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Hugh Grant On ‘Heretic’, Why His Rom-Com Persona “Fell Off A Cliff”, His “Appalling” Turn In A Hit Movie & Return To ‘Bridget Jones’ – The Actor’s Side
Hugh Grant says the older he gets, the more he needs comfort. Well some of that comfort is coming with a complete reinvention of his movie-star persona that has resulted in a critically praised performance in his first “horror” film, Heretic.
Grant…
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‘Wicked’ Review: Cynthia Erivo And Ariana Grande In A Movie Musical Adaptation That Actually Eclipses The Broadway Stage Play
The movie version of Broadway’s beloved musical Wicked has been a long time coming since the show’s opening in 2003, but it is finally here — and quite frankly, not only does it soar cinematically, it exceeds all expectations. What director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) does here ranks…
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Sean Baker On ‘Anora’, The Shock Of The Palme d’Or & Spotlighting Those On The Margins – Behind The Lens
From his earliest memories, Sean Baker always has had his eyes on making movies. With acclaimed indies including Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project and Red Rocket, he has become a leading voice in the independent film scene. But now his wildly praised co…
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Governors Awards Present Honorary Oscars To Juliet Taylor, Quincy Jones, Richard Curtis & Bond Producers In Emotional Kickoff To A Long Season
If you had any doubt that the awards season was in full swing, Sunday night’s 15th Annual Governors Awards ceremony answered it.
If you are, or in any way think you might have a shot at an Oscar nomination this year, and were in Los Angeles, it is…
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Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles Kicks Off Today With 21 Movies In The Awards-Season Race
Contenders Film: Los Angeles, Deadline’s signature and original Contenders event, kicks off its latest edition this morning at 8:30 a.m. PT at the DGA Theater in Hollywood, giving awards voters the opportunity to experience up close and personal the story of 21 of the awards season's most acclaimed…
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