What's happenin' in Emmy? First Winner Projections in Major Categories - ‘Succession’ & ‘Ted Lasso'

The day after the Emmys released its nominees, HBO's "Succession" led the field with 27 nods, including drama series, tying its own record for the most acting nominations in a single year with 14.

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HBO produced two of the top three most popular shows, including "The Last of Us" and "The White Lotus."

Apple's "Ted Lasso" performed admirably in the comedy category, garnering a staggering 21 nominations. There was still one nomination needed to tie "30 Rock" for the most nominations for a comedy program. It will be challenging for ABC's "Abbott Elementary" to win the award after losing out on a crucial writing nomination. The last comedy program to triumph without receiving a writing nomination was "Friends" in 2002.

The competition for the limited series slots on Netflix appears to be between "Beef" and "Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story." We'll watch to see how the strikes impact those two programs.

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Best Picture Predictions for The Oscars 2024.

The autumn film festivals are approaching under the shadow of a writers' strike and the possibility of actors joining the strike. Nonetheless, the 2023 midway point has been reached, and there is still plenty more promise ahead.

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The lineups are already making their way around. So far, we know that Venice will host Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things" starring Emma Stone, the pair's follow-up to the Oscar-nominated "The Favourite" (2018). The Searchlight film, a surrealist science-fiction romance based on an adaptation of Alasdair Grey's novel, stars Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott, and Margaret Qualley. It may be their season's pony.

Meanwhile, two highly awaited biopics will be released at the Lido - director Michael Mann's take on Italian racing driver Enzo Ferrari, dubbed "Ferrari" and starring Adam Driver has aroused attention. Simultaneously, Sofia Coppola returns with "Priscilla," an adaption of Elvis Presley's biography starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi.

Pablo Larrain's buzzy Chilean contender "El Conde," rumored to be an all-around contender, has sparked interest, especially as his first picture since "Spencer" (2021), which garnered a nomination for Kristen Stewart.

We are already tracking best picture contenders such as Sony Pictures' animated "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," A24's love story "Past Lives," and Amazon Studios' immensely entertaining "Air" beginning in the first half of 2023.

Of course, there are the Cannes standouts — Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest," Todd Haynes' "May December," and Justine Triet's Palme d'Or-winning "Anatomy of a Fall" — already in the running.

The updated overall best picture charts are available on the Oscar prediction page, along with revised charts prior to the autumn festivals.

Jessica Chastain, fresh off two Tony nominations and in the midst of an Emmy campaign in which she is presently the front-runner, will make a stop in Italy with "Memory," writer and director Michel Franco's first English-language movie. With an unclear plot and a cast that includes Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, and Josh Charles, it's an eagerly anticipated watching.

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'Anatomy of a Fall' wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes, with 'The Zone of Interest' & 'The Pot au Feu'

The complete list of the winners of Cannes 2023 is provided

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The complete list of the winners of Cannes 2023 is provided below:

COMPETITION

Palme d’Or: “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet

Grand Prix: “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer

Director: Tran Anh Hung, “The Pot au Feu”

Actor: Kōji Yakusho, “Perfect Days”

Actress: Merve Dizdar, “About Dry Grasses”

Jury Prize: “Fallen Leaves,” Aki Kaurismaki

Screenplay: Sakamoto Yûji, “Monster”

OTHER PRIZES

Camera d’Or: “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” Thien An Pham

Short Films Palme d’Or: “27,” Flóra Anna Buda.

Short Films Special Mention: “Fár,” Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter

Golden Eye Documentary Prize: TBA

Queer Palm: “Monster”

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Un Certain Regard Award: “How to Have Sex,” Molly Manning Walker

Jury Prize: “Hounds,” Kamal Lazraq

Best Director Prize: “The Mother of All Lies,” Asmae El Moudir

Freedom Prize: “Goodbye Julia,” Mohamed Kordofani

Ensemble Prize: “The Buriti Flower,” João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, cast and crew

New Voice Prize: “Omen,” Baloji

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

Europa Cinemas Label: “Creatura,” Elena Martín

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “A Prince,” Pierre Creton

CRITICS’ WEEK

Grand Prize: “Tiger Stripes,” Amanda Nell Eu

French Touch Prize: “It’s raining in the house,” Paloma Sermon-Daï

GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: Pyramide Films, “Inshallah a boy”

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Jovan Ginić, “Lost Country”

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