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“Coda,” “Encanto” and “West Side Story” were received top honors at the 37th annual Artios Awards.

The Casting Society honors excellence in casting across feature films, television and theater. The organization held a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, also celebrating its 40th anniversary.

To kick off the virtual ceremony, a montage commemorating the anniversary as shown, demonstrating the significance of the Casting Society to casting directors and associates, past and present.

“We are so excited to honor these immensely talented, creative and hard-working casting directors tonight,” said Casting Society president Kim Williams. “What a wonderful way to begin Casting Society’s 40th year by celebrating these extraordinary casting directors’ invaluable contributions to the entertainment world.”

Host Danielle Pinnock said in a statement: “It was a tremendous honor to be asked to host this year’s Artios Awards. I’m still pinching myself! To be able to celebrate these industry titans is...

The Casting Society announced its winners in film, television, and theater on Wednesday night, honoring Best Picture front-runner “Coda,” as well as fellow Oscar nominees “West Side Story,” “Don’t Look Up,” and “Encanto” as part of the 37th annual Artios Awards. The virtual ceremony included numerous bold-face names as presenters – including Steven Spielberg, Best Supporting Actress front-runner Ariana DeBose, Best Supporting Actor leader Troy Kotsur, and Brian Cox – as well as a special honor, the Zeitgeist Award, for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

“Ghosts” actress Danielle Pinnock served as the emcee. “It was a tremendous honor to be asked to host this year’s Artios Awards. I’m still pinching myself! To be able to celebrate these industry titans is a gift I won’t soon forget. I have always been so inspired by the endless creativity and passion that casting directors exhibit: in giving actors a platform to share their...

Best Picture Oscar nominees Coda, West Side Story and Don’t Look Up were among the winners at the Casting Society’s 37th annual Artios Awards, which were handed out today during a virtual ceremony that streamed live on YouTube. Check out the full list below.

Other films scoring the trophies that honor casting directors include Encanto, The Tender Bar and Spider-Man: No Way Home, which snared the Zeitgeist Award that is presented to a popular film.

On the TV front, winners included the casting crews behind Ted Lasso, The Queen’s Gambit, Pose, Lovecraft Country, Big Mouth and Queer Eye, among others.

“We are so excited to honor these immensely talented, creative and hard working casting directors tonight,” said Casting Society President Kim Williams. “What a wonderful way to begin Casting Society’s 40th year by celebrating these extraordinary casting directors’ invaluable contributions to the entertainment world.”

Ghosts co-star Danielle Pinnock hosted the ceremony,...

The Casting Society of America has made the first callbacks for the 37th annual Artios Awards. The group today revealed its nominees for television, theater, short films and shortform series.

Netflix leads with 11 noms, nearly double the haul for runners-up HBO and Hulu, which grabbed six apiece. Disney+ is next with four, followed Amazon Prime Video and Nickelodeon, which scooped three apiece. The winners will be feted during the CSA’s in-person trophy show on March 17 at the Beverly Hilton.

Vying in the Television Series – Drama category are The Boys, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Mandalorian, Pose and This Is Us. Up for the Comedy Series prize are A Black Lady Sketch Show, Call My Agent, Pen15 and three series that wrapped their runs this year: The Kominsky Method, Shrill and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

The nominees for Television Pilot or First Season – Drama are Bridgerton, Ginny & Georgia, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason,...

Working from his student Academy award winning short, the feature version of Jesus Henry Christ centres around a young boy named Henry James Herman (Jason Spevack) who remembers everything he learns. Singled out as an exceptional child prodigy and treated like a science experiment by adults wanting to capitalize off of him, including a college professor (Michael Sheen), whose child psychology book has ruined the life of his preteen daughter Audrey (Samantha Weinstein). Toni Collette plays Henry’s mother, a woman who also had to grow up fast due to unfortunate childhood circumstances. Filmmaker Dennis Lee borrows from both the dark and the funny, using death as a recurring motif and examining how sometimes being “extraordinary” isn’t as special as it may seem. I spoke with Lee through an email interview shortly after Tribeca wrapped. Melissa Silvestri: How did you develop the story of Jesus Henry Christ? Dennis Lee...

'Shadow' Runs but Can't Hide Faults / Truth is buried too deeply in CBS' take on the real 'Fugitive' tale

Somewhere in this ambitious and occasionally poignant CBS retelling of the true-life story that inspired the long-running "The Fugitive" series and film, there is an illuminating kernel of truth about the behavior of ordinary men and women under enormous pressure.

The story is told, first abruptly but later more softly, through the eyes of Sam Sheppard's son, using nostalgic, sepia-colored flashbacks. A fine cast includes Peter Strauss as the doctor -- first found guilty and then acquitted of the savage murder of his wife -- as well as Henry Czerny as his son; Jonathan Kroeker and Bradley Reid as the son at various ages; and John Colicos in a well-judged portrait-in-miniature of the man who might have been the actual killer.

As a journey of self-understanding and, in an odd way, repatriation, "My Father's Shadow" promises much, and it is no wonder the production team paid careful attention to detail.

Whether viewers stick around for the inevitable conclusion, however, may depend on whether they catch the tension between the terrible brutality and the innate sadness that kept Czerny's character from growing up, and whether they respond to the on-screen relationship between Czerny and Strauss. Neither finds a way into their characters until relatively late in the proceedings, perhaps in time with Adam Greenman's spare script and Peter Levin's cautious direction.

And while, in the process, there may be an important statement about the hysteria that surrounded the trial and the outbreak of public opinion that allegedly contributed to Sheppard's conviction, it is lost in its lack of convincing documentation and the drama's greater interest in telling the stories of the main characters.

-- Laurence Vittes

MY FATHER'S SHADOW: THE Sam Sheppard STORY

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Credits: Executive producers: Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Yvonne Chotzen, William Jenner; Producers: Adam Greenman, Christine Sacani; Director: Peter Levin; Screenwriter: Adam Greenman; Editor: Stephen Lawrence; Photography: Frank Tidy; Music: Louis Febre; Casting adviser: Lynn Kressel, Tina Gerussi. Cast: Peter Strauss, Henry Czerny, Bradley Reid, Jonathan Kroeker, Lindsay Frost, John Bourgeois, John Colicos, Janet-Laine Green, Ralph Small. Airdate: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 9-11 p.m.