160 stories by "Marcus James Dixon"
With 1/4 odds from our 28 movie Experts, “City of Stars” from “La La Land” is predicted to win Best Song at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The music is composed by Ju…
With 1/10 odds from our 27 movie Experts, “La La Land” is predicted to win Best Score at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The music is composed by Justin Hurwitz, who is also nomin…
Disney announced Friday that iconic film, TV and Broadway actress Angela Lansbury has joined the cast of "Mary Poppins Returns" as Balloon Lady, a popular character from PL Travers‘ bo…
Damien Chazelle‘s whimsical musical comedy “La La Land” seems to be on track to prevail at the 2017 Oscars for Best Picture. After all, it’s claimed top prizes at the…
“There could be a sweep mentality with these voters, where they see ‘La La Land’ on their ballot and they just keep checking it off,” I surmise in our 2017 Oscar pred…
How is it possible that “La La Land” losing at the American Society of Cinematographers to “Lion” this weekend is actually good news for its 2017 Oscar chances? It…
In addition to being a six-time Grammy champ, a Golden Globe winner, and a nominee at the Oscars and Emmys, Lady Gaga can now cross something else off of her bucket list: Super Bowl 2017 hal…
Oscar frontrunner Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”) became the youngest winner in the history of the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday (Feb. 4); the writer/directo…
“My general philosophy in predicting the screenplay categories is to lead with the strongest Best Picture player eligible in the category,” says Gold Derby reader Joseph Schiltz …
Though last year’s PGA Awards threw the Oscar race into a tailspin by surprisingly awarding “The Big Short” as Best Picture, this year’s contest went as expected, wit…
With 4/5 odds from our 15 film experts, Emma Stone (“La La Land”) is predicted to win Best Film Actress at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Stone plays Mia, an aspiring…
More than 2,500 predictors at Gold Derby believe that “La La Land” will win Best Film Editing at the Oscars. Are they right? If not, what are the biggest rivals to the whimsical …
Does the fact that “La La Land” is a musical automatically make composer Justin Hurwitz the frontrunner to win Best Score at the Oscars? Yes, say more than 2,600 people who’…
When the Oscar nominations for Best Song are unveiled on Tuesday, January 24, there’s a good chance we’ll hear “La La Land” named twice: for both “City of Stars…
Even though “La La Land” won Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes earlier this month, many awards prognosticators still think something else might take it down at the Oscars. And…
“La La Land” fans, do you agree with the Golden Globes that “City of Stars” is the best song from Damien Chazelle‘s whimsical romantic musical? Or do you think …
“For me, my mind was telling me that ‘La La Land’ was going to sweep, especially after this election. It makes you feel good,” reveals Gold Derby reader Matt Schofiel…
Nominations for the 2017 EE British Academy Film Awards (otherwise known as the BAFTAs) were announced Tuesday. These kudos, honoring the best British and international contributions to film…
With leading 2/13 odds from our 17 film Experts, Emma Stone (“La La Land”) is predicted to win Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress at Sunday’s 2017 Golden Globes. Stone plays …
After months of critics and industry insiders praising musical/comedy "La La Land," this Oscar frontrunner for Best Picture has finally opened in theaters across the nation. Have you seen it…
“The Globes are a special brand of crazy to predict,” says Gold Derby user Ronnie Boadu (screen name eastwest), who wins our contest in predicting the Golden Globes film nominati…
“It’s really a coming-of-age story about a young man who lost his ability to connect with the world,” notes Roger Ross Williams as we chat via webcam (watch above) about hi…
Denzel Washington‘s biggest project to date is bringing the late August Wilson's iconic play "Fences" to the big screen, and now many pundits are predicting that he’ll receive tw…
They can act, they can dance, but can they sing? Gold Derby’s frontrunner to win Best Picture and Best Score at the Oscars is “La La Land,” Lionsgate’s whimsical roma…
In Disney’s new poster art for its live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast,” Dan Stevens and Emma Watson pose doing the iconic dance number from the 1991 animated f…