The first teaser trailer for the Amy Winehouse biopic,Back to Black, has arrived.
In the film, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, actress Marisa Abela plays the late British star, who died in 2011 at the age of 27 after years of struggling with substance abuse. Set to the Winehouse hit that gives the film its name, Abela as Amy states, “I don’t write songs to be famous, I write songs because I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t.”
We also see her getting her hair styled into her now-iconic beehive, getting one of her many tattoos, singing onstage and in the studio, winning awards, being chased by the paparazzi, exchanging glances with then-husband Blake Fielder-Civil and telling someone on the phone, “You gotta remember: I ain’t no Spice Girl.”
“I want people to hear my voice and just forget their troubles,” says Abela as Amy. “I wanna be remembered for just being me.”
The trailer description says the film “honors Amy’s artistry, wit, and honesty, as well as trying to understand her demons.” It also gives us “an unflinching look at the modern celebrity machine and a powerful tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent.”
Abela has recorded and will perform many of Winehouse’s hits in the film, which is being made with the blessing and support of the late singer’s record label and publishing company.
Back to Black will open in U.K. theaters on April 12 and then will debut internationally.
Barbie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Fast X are among the Movie of the Year nominees for this year’s People’s Choice Awards.
On the TV side, binge-worthy and award-winning hits like Netflix’s Beef and FX’s Hulu hit The Bear made the cut among older favorites like Grey’s Anatomy and Law & Order: SVU.
Voting is now open in each of the 45 categories representing movies, television, music and pop culture.
Barbie star — and nominee — Simu Liu will be hosting the show this year, airing live on Sunday, February 18, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and E! from The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
In a statement, Liu — a previous People’s Choice winner for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings — said he’s “so grateful to have been asked to step up to the hosting plate,” adding, “It’s exciting to celebrate this incredible year in pop culture, and to do so with the incredible fans that make what we do possible.”
Here is the list of the nominees in the TV, Movie, and Pop Culture categories:
MOVIES
THE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Barbie Fast X Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Oppenheimer Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR FILM The Little Mermaid The Super Mario Bros. Movie
THE ACTION MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Fast X Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 John Wick: Chapter 4 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes The Marvels Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
THE COMEDY MOVIE OF THE YEAR
80 for Brady Anyone but You Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Asteroid City Barbie Cocaine Bear No Hard Feelings Wonka
THE DRAMA MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Creed III Five Nights at Freddy’s Killers of the Flower Moon Leave the World Behind M3GAN Oppenheimer Scream VI The Color Purple
THE MALE MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 4
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
THE FEMALE MOVIE STAR OF 2023
Florence Pugh, Oppenheimer
Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid
Jenna Ortega, Scream VI
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Julia Roberts, Leave the World Behind
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Rachel Zegler, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Viola Davis, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
THE ACTION MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR
Brie Larson, The Marvels
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Gal Gadot, Heart of Stone
Jason Momoa, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 4
Rachel Zegler, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Viola Davis, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
THE COMEDY MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR
Adam Sandler, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Glen Powell, Anyone but You
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Scarlett Johansson, Asteroid City
Sydney Sweeney, Anyone but You
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
THE DRAMA MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Julia Roberts, Leave the World Behind
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Florence Pugh, Oppenheimer
Jacob Elordi, Priscilla
Jenna Ortega, Scream VI
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
THE MOVIE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
America Ferrera, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jacob Elordi, Saltburn
Melissa McCarthy, The Little Mermaid
Natalie Portman, May December
Simu Liu, Barbie
Viola Davis, Air
TV
THE SHOW OF THE YEAR
Grey’s Anatomy Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Only Murders in the Building Saturday Night Live Ted Lasso The Bear The Last of Us Vanderpump Rules
THE COMEDY SHOW OF THE YEAR
Abbott Elementary And Just Like That… Never Have I Ever Only Murders in the Building Saturday Night Live Ted Lasso The Bear Young Sheldon
THE DRAMA SHOW OF THE YEAR
Chicago Fire Ginny & Georgia Grey’s Anatomy Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Outer Banks Succession The Last of Us The Morning Show
THE SCI-FI/FANTASY SHOW OF THE YEAR
Ahsoka American Horror Story: Delicate Black Mirror Ghosts Loki Secret Invasion The Mandalorian The Witcher
THE REALITY SHOW OF THE YEAR
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Below Deck Jersey Shore Family Vacation Selling Sunset The Kardashians The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The Real Housewives of New Jersey Vanderpump Rules
THE COMPETITION SHOW OF THE YEAR
America’s Got Talent American Idol Big Brother Dancing with the Stars RuPaul’s Drag Race Survivor Squid Game: The Challenge The Voice
THE BINGEWORTHY SHOW OF THE YEAR
Beef Citadel Jury Duty Love Is Blind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story The Crown The Night Agent The Summer I Turned Pretty
THE MALE TV STAR OF THE YEAR
Chase Stokes, Outer Banks
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Invasion
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Tom Hiddleston, Loki
THE FEMALE TV STAR OF THE YEAR
Ali Wong, Beef
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
Rosario Dawson, Ahsoka
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
THE COMEDY TV STAR OF THE YEAR
Ali Wong, Beef
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
THE DRAMA TV STAR OF THE YEAR
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Chase Stokes, Outer Banks
Ice-T, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
THE TV PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Adjoa Andoh, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Billie Eilish, Swarm
Jon Hamm, The Morning Show
Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Steven Yuen, Beef
Storm Reid, The Last of Us
THE REALITY TV STAR OF THE YEAR
Ariana Madix, Vanderpump Rules
Chrishell Stause, Selling Sunset
Garcelle Beauvais, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Kandi Burruss, The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Khloé Kardashian, The Kardashians
Kim Kardashian, The Kardashians
Kyle Richards, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Jersey Shore Family Vacation
THE COMPETITION CONTESTANT OF THE YEAR
Anetra, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ariana Madix, Dancing with the Stars
Charity Lawson, The Bachelorette
Theresa Nist, The Golden Bachelor
Iam Tongi, American Idol
Keke Palmer, That’s My Jam
Sasha Colby, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Xochitl Gomez, Dancing with the Stars
THE DAYTIME TALK SHOW OF THE YEAR
Good Morning America LIVE with Kelly and Mark Sherri The Drew Barrymore Show The Jennifer Hudson Show The Kelly Clarkson Show The View Today
THE NIGHTTIME TALK SHOW OF THE YEAR
Hart to Heart Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Night with Seth Meyers The Daily Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
THE HOST OFTHE YEAR
Gordon Ramsay, Hell’s Kitchen
Jimmy Fallon, That’s My Jam
Nick Cannon, The Masked Singer
Padma Lakshmi,Top Chef
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud
Terry Crews, America’s Got Talent
POP CULTURE
THE SOCIAL CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR
Britney Spears
Dwayne Johnson
Kim Kardashian
Kylie Jenner
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
THE COMEDY ACT OF THE YEAR
Baby J, John Mulaney Emergency Contact, Amy Schumer God Loves Me, Marlon Wayans I’m An Entertainer, Wanda Sykes Off The Record, Trevor Noah Reality Check, Kevin Hart Selective Outrage, Chris Rock Someone You Love, Sarah Silverman
THE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Coco Gauff
Giannis Antetokounmpo
LeBron James
Lionel Messi
Sabrina Ionescu
Simone Biles
Stephen Curry
Travis Kelce
With a smiling photo of himself on location Wednesday, Jeremy Renner told his fans he’s back at work on the gritty drama Mayor of Kingstown — nearly a year to the day he was almost killed in a snowplow accident.
“Day one on set … nervous today,” the two-time Oscar nominee said. “Hope this works out that I can ACTUALLY pull this off for our production and more importantly the fans.” He tagged both the show’s Instagram and that of Paramount+.
For its part, the streaming service replied by teasing, “It’s going to be the best season yet.”
Renner plays bruising town fixer Mike McLusky on the show, which was co-created by Yellowstone‘s Taylor Sheridan.
The series centers on Mike and his family, “power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry.”
The second season of the acclaimed drama is one of the top performing original dramas on the streaming service overall — third, in fact, behind hitmaker Sheridan’s own 1923 and Tulsa King.
Renner was gravely injured when he was pulled under a snowplow outside of his Nevada home on January 1, 2023. He suffered dozens of broken bones and other injuries, and has tracked his miraculous recovery over the year on social media.
Even in the earliest days of Renner’s recovery, he was also on socials promoting Mayor of Kingstown‘s second season premiere, which was weeks after his accident, on January 15 of last year.
Bachelor franchise host Jesse Palmer welcomed his first child — a girl — with his wife Emily Fardo on Wednesday.
“Our worlds have been forever changed… She’s finally here… ELLA REINE PALMER,” the couple shared in a joint Instagram post, along with a photo of Jesse and Emily, who’s cradling their daughter. “Our hearts are overflowing with love and gratitude.”
Bachelor Nation stars past and present shared well-wishes in the comments section, including Bachelor in Paradise season 9’s Kylee Russell, who wrote, “Congrats Jesse!! Such a beautiful family!”
The newest Bachelor star,Joey Graziadei, added, “Congratulations Jesse! So happy for you guys!”
Susie Evans, Blake Horstmann, Mercedes Northup, and more, also expressed their excitement over the news.
Jesse, 45, and Emily, 34, started dating in 2017. They got engaged in Paris in 2019 and tied the knot 2020 a year later.
Beef actor Young Mazino has been tapped for a role in season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us, according to Variety. Mazino will play Jessie, “a pillar of his community who puts everyone else’s needs before his own, sometimes at terrible cost,” per the outlet. Mazino is the latest season 2 addition, following Kaitlyn Dever. The Last of Us‘ second season is said to be adapted from the second game — set five years after the original, which saw Joel taking a back seat as gamers played both Ellie and Abby, who is in the middle of a fight between her militia members and members of a cult …
Licorice Pizza filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson has locked in Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn for his as-yet-untitled upcoming film, set to begin production this year, joining previously announced Regina Hall, according to Variety. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the outlet has learned that the project “has a contemporary setting and will be an ensemble piece” …
AMC has dropped the first trailer for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, the sixth Walking Dead spinoff. The Ones Who Live is set after the conclusion of the original The Walking Dead series, with Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira and Pollyanna McIntosh reprising their roles as Rick Grimes, Michonne and Jadis Stokes, respectively. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live premieres February 25 on AMC and AMC+ …
All five episodes of Marvel Studios’ new series Echo are now available for streaming on Disney+.
The show spins off Alaqua Cox‘s deaf assassin Maya Lopez/Echo from Disney+’s Hawkeye, but many fans were surprised to learn the new show would be released under the new, more mature Marvel Spotlight banner.
Director and executive producer Sydney Freeland tells ABC Audio, “We saw the trailer launch and, for myself, just because I’ve been living with this for so long, you don’t think about how different that impact might be, you know?”
She adds with a laugh, “And then … I was texting with my producer and we were like, ‘The comments! The comments!'”
Freeland expresses, “When we initially came on board the project, I think one of the most interesting aspects about the character to me was the fact that she was a villain, you know?”
“And then having the conversations with Marvel … the response was … ‘Let’s see how far we can push the envelope,'” because Maya’s story is “more grounded” and “a little on the grittier side.”
Vincent D’Onofrio reprises as the brutal crime lord Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, who acted as an uncle to Maya in her youth. Freeland says, “You had two actors on opposite ends of the experience spectrum, right? You had Alaqua … this is her first real production, aside from a few days in Hawkeye. And then you’ve got Vincent, who has … worked with Stanley Kubrick and he’s done hundreds of episodes of television.”
She adds, “You put the two of them in … a room together. And they just they just click and they just vibe.”
Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, the directors who brought us “Barbenheimer” — that is, the two blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer — were recognized Wednesday with nominations for the 76th annual Directors Guild Awards.
This year’s list also included Martin Scorsese for his period crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon, Alexander Payne for The Holdovers and Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things.
As the Oscars race gains steam, all five films were also recognized at Sunday night’s Golden Globes, with acting trophies going to Oppenheimer‘s Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. Nolan won for Best Director, while his movie also took the night’s prize for Best Film (Drama).
Emma Stone was given a Best Actress award for Poor Things, which also took the top prize for film in the Musical or Comedy category. Paul Giamatti won Best Actor in a Comedy and Da’Vine Joy Randolph Best Supporting Actress for their work in The Holdovers.
Lily Gladstone, meanwhile, took the Golden Globes’ only trophy for Flower Moon.
The DGA also recognized this year’s crop of filmmakers in the running for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film:
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Manuela Martelli – Chile ‘76
Noora Niasari – Shayda
Celine Song – Past Lives
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
The winners will be announced at the 76th annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 10, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
In a statement, Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter praised the “incredible group of gifted storytellers,” whose films “fused technical prowess with unique artistic visions that captured the depth of the human experience and left an indelible impact on audiences around the world.”
While walking the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening, Jennifer Lopez was caught on camera meeting a very enthusiastic fan — who happened to be “overwhelmed” Oscar winner Brie Larson.
In the meeting caught by Entertainment Tonight, Larson was in tears, telling the recording artist and actress that seeing her in Selena “made me want to be an actor.”
“Don’t make me cry!” Lopez said as the pair embraced.
To Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Lopez talked about the viral moment, saying, “It brings tears to my eyes now because it’s very moving.”
“You give your heart and soul to this when you’re an artist,” Lopez continued. “I remember being a little girl and watching West Side Story and seeing Rita Moreno and knowing what that meant for me.”
JLo said of the random meeting, “When I was looking at Brie and I saw her and I was just staring in her eyes because she was so locked in with me and just like, ‘I have wanted to tell you this for so long.’ I saw myself, I saw myself and I saw the little girl, and to think that I did that for somebody was really, really overwhelming.”
Lopez added, “I don’t think I ever imagined that I would have an experience like that with somebody who is so talented, and who I watch their movies, and who … is kind of in a way, my contemporary, even to feel that way and … to be so kind to express it, too.”
Jennifer said the moment meant “probably even more [to me] than it did to her.”
Ahead of the next week’s announcement of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards nominees, the organization has revealed the hopefuls for this year’s Rising Star award.
This year’s nominees are newly-minted The Bear Golden Globe winner Ayo Edebiri, Bridgerton alumna Phoebe Dynevor, Saltburn heartthrob Jacob Elordi, Talk to Me‘s Sophie Wilde and English actress Mia McKenna-Bruce from the film Persuasion.
Now in its 19th year, the honor, technically named the EE Rising Star Award, is the only award from the annual BAFTA event where the public gets to vote on the winner.
The five nominees were chosen by an entertainment industry jury comprised of actors, directors, producers and casting directors.
Steve Martin has come out to defend fellow comedian — and awards show host — Jo Koy after his shaky stint as host of Sunday night’s Golden Globe awards.
“I tip my hat to anyone who steps out on stage to host a live awards show,” Martin wrote on Threads Tuesday.
Martin, referring to the last time he hosted the Academy Awards alongside Alec Baldwin, added, “It’s a very difficult job and not for the squeamish. I know because I’m still throwing up from the last time I did it in 2010.”
He continued, “So, Congratulations to Jo Koy who took on the toughest gig in show business, hit, missed, was light on his feet, and now has twenty minutes of new material for his stand up!”
That said, the Only Murders in the Building star’s chin-up post struck a sour note with some online — likely because the joke Koy admitted went “flat” was a benign jab at Taylor Swift.
“Don’t treat him like a 5 year old boy who just had his first theatre play,” one reply to Martin read. “We’re talking about a grown a** man … If in 10 days all you can come up with are mysoginistic [sic] and sexist remarks maybe you chose the wrong profession.”
But Whoopi Goldberg, who hosted the Oscars multiple times, agreed with Martin’s take, explaining on The View Tuesday, “Hosting gigs are just brutal…You’re sort of thrust out there, it’s hit or miss.”
For his part, Koy told GMA 3 on Monday that he had an “off night,” saying of the criticism, “I’d be lying if [I said] it doesn’t hurt.”
He expressed that despite it all, he will “always remember” having the chance to host the show.
