Karen Peterson

1 week ago | awardswatch.com | Karen Peterson

Three years after her first feature, Turning Red, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Domee Shi returns with Elio, a sci fi story about an orphaned boy who dreams of escaping his life on Earth to go and live somewhere far away.  Pixar alum Madeline Sharafian, who worked with Shi on Turning Red, co-directs this space adventure, and Mary Alice Drumm, whose credits include Brave, The Good Dinosaur, and Coco, worked closely with them as the film’s producer.

1 week ago | awardswatch.com | Karen Peterson

At just 14, Yonas Kibreab has already built an impressive filmography that includes Better Things, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sweet Tooth, and several animated Disney shows. Now Kibreab is the star of his very own Pixar film, playing the title role in Elio.   Elio is a young orphan living with his aunt Olga (Zoe Saldaña) near a military base. He is obsessed with space and dreams of communicating with aliens who can take him far away from his miserable life on Earth.

1 week ago | awardswatch.com | Karen Peterson

Long before he became everybody’s favorite TV brother, Brad Garrett got his first taste of screen stardom when he became the first grand prize winner in comedy on Star Search in 1984. Throughout the 90s and 2000s, Garrett lent his distinctive voice to dozens of animated series and video games, his deep bass giving life to characters in The Transformers, Fallout, Superman: The Animated Series, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and many more.

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When The Handmaid’s Tale debuted in 2017, O-T Fagbenle never imagined it would run for six seasons. Eight years and 66 episodes later, the Emmy-winning series ended in May, finally bringing Fagbenle’s Luke Bankole and wife June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) back home to Boston.  In its first five seasons, The Handmaid’s Tale won 15 Emmys and earned 76 nominations.

2 weeks ago | awardswatch.com | Karen Peterson

One of the biggest hits on television this year was the new HBO Max series The Pitt, a medical drama set in the emergency room of a hospital in the middle of Pittsburgh. The fifteen-episode first season follows a group of medical students on their first day in the ER alongside seasoned vets, each episode representing one hour in an increasingly stressful and unpredictable day.