The lock of all locks this Emmy season is “Game of Thrones” winning Best Drama series. You can try to convince yourself fan reaction over the finale has hurt that inevitability, but you’re simply deluding yourself. The HBO pop culture landmark shattered the single-season nomination record for a series with 32. The previous record was 26 for “NYPD Blue” in 1994. It’s won this category the last three seasons it was eligible.

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This awards season has featured one surprise after another so perhaps it’s not that shocking that the top prizes at the 69th ACE Eddie Awards for Editing went to two unexpected winners.  The American Cinema Editors chose “The Favourite” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” over some stiff competition in the Feature Film Comedy and Feature Film Dramatic categories respectively.  Both films are nominated for the Best Editing Oscar as well as Best Picture.

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Oh, boy. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association somehow managed to spread the love as much as possible with their 2019 Golden Globe nominations and still make almost every studio and network in town want to scream. Well, unless you’re Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. or Annapurna Pictures. If you’re Disney it’s pretty much a great morning especially when you take into account the success of future acquisition Fox Searchlight this rainy LA morning, too.

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Fresh off the entirety of the UK believing he’s next in line to take over the role of James Bond, Richard Madden is a name on many people’s minds over the last couple days. In a bit of fortuitous timing, Netflix has just released the trailer for his upcoming, highly-anticipated series “Bodyguard,” to give viewers a chance to see Madden in action.

“Bodyguard” tells a story that seems very simple on the surface.

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