281 stories by "Daniel Montgomery"
In case you didn't notice, Viola Davis is nominated for her first Grammy this year in the category Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for the spoken word version of her me…
Viola Davis has an Oscar, an Emmy, and a couple of Tonys. So all she needs is a Grammy to complete her EGOT grand slam of show business awards (she'd be just the 18th ever to do so). The goo…
"Schmigadoon!" is an homage to musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, and it's the first musical for veteran production designer Bo Welch, but "I hope it's not my last because I loved it," he says…
On June 12, the night of the 75th Tony Awards, Jennifer Hudson could become the 17th individual to achieve EGOT status: that rare grand slam of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony over …
Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful filmmakers in Oscar history with a win for Best Picture ("Schindler's List"), two wins for Best Director ("Schindler's" and "Saving Private Rya…
"I was given a piece of advice by legendary British television producer and filmmaker Tony Garnett," remembers "The Power of the Dog" producer Tanya Seghatchian. "Tony said to me, trust tast…
"I grew up absolutely obsessed with 'Rent,'" remembers producer Julie Oh about the classic Jonathan Larson musical, but she didn't discover Larson's earlier autobiographical musical "tick, t…
"The Talk" co-host Amanda Kloots got the highest judges' score on "Dancing with the Stars" on "First Elimination" night for her emotional foxtrot to "It Had to Be You," which she and her lat…
Netflix's "The Guilty" opened in theaters on September 24, followed by an October 1 release on the streaming service. Remade from a 2018 Danish film by Gustav Möller, it's a contained thril…
Renee Elise Goldsberry has three chances to win Emmys this year. She could be nominated for Best Comedy Actress for Peacock's "Girls5eva," Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress for Disney+'s…
"Hamilton" was a phenomenon on Broadway, but of course only a select few had access to the show when it was on the Great White Way (not all New Yorkers could even get in to see it). Disney+ …
R&B singer-songwriter H.E.R. had an awards breakthrough just two years ago, winning a pair of Grammys in 2019. But she could already start rounding the corner of her EGOT. In fact, she c…
"The Drew Barrymore Show" launched in 2020, and in addition to inspiring that viral "SNL" sketch starring Chloe Fineman, it's now a Daytime Emmy nominee for Best Entertainment Talk Show and …
It's been a long road to the June 10 release of "In the Heights" in theaters and on HBO Max, and not just because the Broadway musical it's based on opened back in 2008. It was originally sc…
It's been a busy year for singer and actor Anthony Ramos, with "Hamilton" premiering on Disney+ last summer and the movie musical "In the Heights" having just opened on June 10 of this year …
The 2021 Grammys sparked controversy with their nominations and snubs " par for the course for the institution, whose own former CEO Deborah Dugan alleged vote-rigging and conflicts of inter…
In February 1996, Alanis Morissette made history as the youngest Album of the Year winner at the Grammys at age 21 when her landmark collection "Jagged Little Pill" prevailed. She lost that …
"We were struck by her performance when we got the footage," says "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" supervising sound editor Robert Hein about Andra Day's turn as the title character in…
Plenty has already been said about The Weeknd's startling Grammy snubs, but it still seems shocking when you consider what surprising projects could end up winning this year instead. That in…
As of this writing, the late Chadwick Boseman is the odds-on favorite to sweep through the awards season with Best Actor victories at most of this season's events, according to the combined …
The Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced on January 26 and included a windfall for the cast of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" " not just leads Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Bo…
The 2020 Tony Awards honoring the best in Broadway plays and musicals were in limbo as the result of the coronavirus pandemic, which forced theaters in New York City to shut their doors, and…
When he accepted the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Bryan Cranston ("Network") said that the media isn't the enemy of the people, but that demagoguery is. He talked more about tha…
Stephanie J. Block won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Cher in "The Cher Show," and she actually heard from the artist herself before the event. "She was wishing love," Bloc…
There's definitely a new quick path to EGOT " or at least three-quarters of it. First Cynthia Erivo won a Tony, Grammy and Emmy for "The Color Purple." Then Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones ac…
