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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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‘A Family Affair’ Review: Nicole Kidman & Zac Efron Find Each Other In Smart, Funny Rom-Com Where Age Is Just A Number
The original title of the new romantic comedy A Family Affair was the much-edgier MotherF*&#er, and despite being very funny in terms of the basic story of an older woman who starts an affair with the younger movie-star boss of her 24-year-old daughter, it…
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‘Horizon: An American Saga’ Review: Kevin Costner Sets Stage For Epic Story Of American West And Its Complicated History
Editor’s note: This review was originally published May 19, when the movie world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. It hits theaters beginning today in previews before going wide Friday.
There can be no doubt if there is one person bound and…
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Noah Hawley On The New Directions Of ‘Fargo’ And Upcoming ‘Alien’ & What Coen Brothers And Ridley Scott Say About The TV Incarnations Of Their Movie Classics – Behind The Lens
FX’s Fargo marked its 10th anniversary in April, and creator-showrunner Noah Hawley is still finding new ways to expand its universe including the critically acclaimed fifth season — which is very much in the Emmy conversation right now — just as he…
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‘The Bikeriders’ Review: Jeff Nichols Rediscovers The Motorcycle Gang Code With Superb Cast Led By Jodie Comer, Austin Butler & Tom Hardy
Editor’s note: This review was originally published September 1, 2023 after the film’s world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. The movie was originally to be released in December 2023 by 20th Century Studios before being derailed by the Hollywood strikes. Focus Features is now distributing and…
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‘I Am: Celine Dion’ Review: A Raw And Gut-Wrenching Documentary Reveals A Music Superstar Through Her Most Challenging Physical Trauma
When veteran documentary filmmaker Irene Taylor met Celine Dion via Zoom in winter 2021 about the prospect of doing a documentary chronicling Dion’s life and career, she had no idea where this would ultimately take both the subject and the director. In fact…
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‘The Exorcism’ Review: Russell Crowe Is Fighting Demons Again But This Time The Devil Is In The Details
The Exorcist directed by William Friedkin and written by William Peter Blatty is considered, still, perhaps the greatest horror film of all time, certainly the most popular. The 1973 movie was even nominated for 10 Oscars and won two, unheard of in the genre…
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TV Talk Podcast: Emmys Limited Series Category Is Anything But Limited This Year & Needs More Slots
Deadline's TV Talk podcast is back for another season, taking listeners all the way to the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony September 15. Today’s podcast is the end of our Phase 1, but, like Arnold said, we’ll be back.
It's less than a month until the nominations are revealed for the 76th Primetime Emmy…
Kelsey Grammer On His Iconic Characters From ‘Frasier’ To ‘The Simpsons’, The Star Who Changed His Life & The Surprising Role He Calls His Favorite – The Actor’s Side
Kelsey Grammer is no stranger to awards seasons. He has won a ton of gold. For his role as Dr. Frasier Crane on the original run of Frasier, he received four Emmys as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series right from the beginning for the show’s 1993…
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Shawn Levy Tells All: Working With Marvel, Directing ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, His Dream ‘Star Wars’ Movie, And Navigating ‘All The Light We Cannot See’ And The Finale Of ‘Stranger Things’ – Behind The Lens
As I say when I sat down in mid-May at our PMC studio in New York City to interview Shawn Levy for my Deadline Video Series Behind The Lens, this is one busy man. I caught up with him just as he was in the final stages of post-production for perhaps the…
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Tribeca Festival 2024: Read All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
The 2024 Tribeca Festival kicked off June 5 with the world premiere of the documentary Diane Furstenberg: Woman In Charge, launching the 12-day New York-set fest that features narrative and documentary competitions as well as a slew of A-list panels that always seem to make news.
Among the 108…
Jodie Foster On The Challenges Of Taking On ‘True Detective’, A Possible First Acting Emmy Nomination, And A Legendary 60 Year Career – The Actor’s Side
She has two Best Actress Oscars and five nominations including one most recently for 2023’s Nyad. She received her first for 1976’s Taxi Driver when she was only 14. Add to these impressive accomplishments, three BAFTA awards, three Golden Globes, and an…
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Will Oscar Winners Robert Downey Jr, Emma Stone, & Da’Vine Joy Randolph Also Dominate Emmys And Join A Very Exclusive Club? – Notes On The Season
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
Ballots were delivered to eligible Television Academy members as of yesterday (due back June 24th by 10 pm pt), and that means all the months of campaigning for nominations is now in…
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