Author Archives: Kit Hawkins

2011 Academy Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for this year's Academy Awards include just as many genre pictures as last year, but two more nominations... Read more [...]

2012 BAFTA Film Award Nominees

SF/F/H films made a poorer showing in this year's BAFTA nominations, where Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the movie with the most... Read more [...]

2012 Golden Globe Winners Announced

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes were handed out Sunday, and there were very few genre winners... Read more [...]

2012 People’s Choice Awards Winners

The 38th annual People's Choice Awards gave out a slew of awards, with a fair percentage of them going to sf/f/h nominees... Read more [...]

2012 Golden Globe Nominees Announced

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to show its disdain for sf/f/h in announcing this year's Golden Globe nominees... Read more [...]

ASIFA’s 2011 Annie Nominees

The international animated film society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominees for its 39th annual Annie Awards... Read more [...]

2012 SAG Award nominees announced

The Screen Actors Guild Awards did not completely snub sf/f/h productions, but gave them very few nominations... Read more [...]

Actor Harry Morgan Dies

Actor Harry Morgan (1915-2011) was Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H, Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet, and also appeared in High Noon with Gary Cooper... Read more [...]

Director Ken Russell Dies

British director Ken Russell (1927-2011) directed many biographies, but was known for Altered States, Tommy, and Academy Award-nominee Women in Love... Read more [...]

Actor/director John Neville Dies

British-born Canadian actor and stage director John Neville (1925-2011) starred in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and had a recurring role in The X-Files... Read more [...]

Bryan Fuller revamping The Munsters for NBC

1960s' camp comedy series The Munsters may be getting a new life, as a one-hour drama written and produced by Bryan Fuller... Read more [...]

Actor Karl Slover Dies

Actor Karl Slover (1918-2011) was one of the last surviving actors to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939)... Read more [...]

2012 People’s Choice Awards nominees

This year's People's Choice Award nominees—as always, heavy on genre in the film categories—are focused on young wizards and sequels... Read more [...]

Actor Leonard Stone Dies

Actor Leonard Stone (1923-2011) was one of the last-surviving parents from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, earned a Tony nomination, and made more than 100 film and television appearances... Read more [...]

Actor Wyatt Knight Dies

Actor Wyatt Knight (1955-2011) appeared in a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, but was best known for his role in the Porky's movies... Read more [...]