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.
Michael B. Jordan had his sights set on a career playing in the NBA, or maybe baseball, but definitely not acting. That wasn’t in the cards growing up, but by happenstance he started very young, eventually landing a key role on the legendary HBO series T…
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There can be no doubt about it. The internationally named Golden Globes can finally safely say they are indeed global. The big takeaway from Monday morning’s nominations for the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards is the presence of an unprecedented…
The holiday season is always a perfect time for movie musicals, but as it turns out Wicked: For Good is not the only one Broadway lovers will have this season. Director Maria Friedman’s exquisite film of the hit Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Mer…
The prestigious AFI Motion Pictures of the Year list is out. The American Film Institute annually honors 10 specially chosen films and television programs (see separate post for TV honorees), and it is a key indicator of which way the Oscar winds may…
When you consider the success of spoof movies like Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie and countless others, and then throw in homages to the likes of Monty Python, Mel Brooks, the Carry On movies and other masters of this comedic form, it would seem a natural to take the beloved period drama of…
Jesse Plemons winces a little when I introduce him in this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side as a “veteran” actor, even though he is not even 40. The fact is he has been doing this work for decades and started in a Coke…
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If you are an aspiring filmmaker be sure to watch my illuminating conversation on this week’s episode of my Deadline video series, Behind The Lens. My guest is the director and co-writer of the new film, Rental Family , Hikari who is proof positive…