Pete, widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards analysts for both film and television, has for the past 15 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.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoliers for the series finale of Hacks.
Paul W. Downs joins me for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side to talk about saying goodbye to Hacks.
For the HBO Max show’s fifth and fina…
Following the triple home run act of the Jon Watts/Tom Holland era of Spider-Man movies — 2017’s Homecoming, 2019’s Far From Home and 2021’s No Way Home — would seem quite daunting on the surface of it. And coming back with a movie that has anywhere near…
On the heels of groups like the Golden Globes adding Podcasts to their growing list of annual honors traditionally only focused on movies and tv shows, the Critics Choice Association has decided to add a whole new awards show dedicated to the…
When I introduced Katherine LaNasa as a journeyman actor who has turned in the time and been on so many shows and movies that we know, and that we don’t know, she laughed and said she has been called a wilderness actor — someone who has been on so many…
In a significant move that has been tried before, the Television Academy’s Board of Governors voted to drop several categories from the 2026 Primetime Emmy show, set for NBC on Monday, September 14, and move them to the Creative Arts ceremonies held on…
That The Pitt and Hacks led Wednesday’s Emmy Awards nominations, with 25 for the former and a comedy-series record 24 for the latter (beating last year’s record holder The Studio, and The Bear, by one), was not surprising at all. In fact, I would have…
When I looked at the lineup for last month’s Tribeca Film Festival, one movie title really caught my eye: Death Boom. And once I discovered it was not just another horror film but actually a documentary predicting an impending crisis for Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964), of which I am…
It is a time-honored practice in cinematic history to slap the word “young” in front of future historical icons in order to milk their early years and tell a story of how they survived the struggles of relative youth to become the uber-famous person we got to know. Think Young Mr. Lincoln, Young Winst…
The Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a new producer.
Producer and former Academy Producers Branch governor Jennifer Todd will take the reins of the 17th Governors Awards, Academy president Lynette Howell…
Mel Brooks turns 100 years old today, so in honor of that, the American Film Institute (AFI) has decided to officially change the order of their signature AFI’s “100 Years…100 Laughs” list, thereby in what AFI terms as an “honorary” reorganization of…
I approached seeing director Rod Davis Lurie’s new WWII-set film Lucky Strike with a little apprehension because at this point I had a hard time imagining seeing another movie set during this war of wars that could possibly feel like something I hadn’t already seen. From all those films actually made…
Ninety-five Oscar nominees and 21 winners are among the 529 film industry notables who have just officially become Oscar voters as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended its annual invitations to those who have “distinguished…