The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced key dates and a new venue for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards, as well as an improved submission portal (click here) that will better serve applicants. The Producers Guild Awards will take place at the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday, January 18, 2020.
“Each year, the PGA has the privilege to honor outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television and new media productions at the Producers Guild Awards,” said Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, presidents of the Producers Guild of America. “We look forward to celebrating excellence in our field alongside giants of our industry who’ve defined the art and craft of producing.”
The Producers Guild Awards recognize the producers who have created an undeniable impact on the producing profession. Last year’s honors included Jane Fonda for the 2019 Stanley Kramer Award, Amy Sherman-Palladino for the 2019 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television and Kenya Barris for the 2019 Visionary Award. Producing teams behind Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Green Book, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Americans and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel were among those honored in the motion pictures and television categories.
In addition, the Guild will host its PGA East and West Coast Celebrations of 2020 Producers Guild Awards nominees and producing teams the week of January 13. Details for the celebrations will be announced at a later date.
Key dates for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards season are:
Eligibility Period for 2020 Producers Guild Awards
- Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials, and Short Form, Sports and Children’s Programs: January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
Notice of Producing Credits Form Deadline
- Documentary Motion Pictures: September 5, 2019 (Late submission deadline is September 19, 2019 – $100 late fee will be assessed)
- Television Programs: September 26, 2019
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: October 10, 2019
Screener Submission Deadline
- Documentary Motion Pictures ONLY: September 5, 2019 (Late submission deadline is September 19, 2019 – $100 late fee will be assessed)
Nomination Polls Open
- Television Programs (Sports, Children’s and Short Form Programs): December 6, 2019
- Television Programs (Series/Specials): December 12, 2019
- Television Programs (Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures): December 12, 2019
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: December 12, 2019
Nomination Polls Close
- Television Programs (Sports, Children’s and Short Form Programs): December 18, 2019 (2 p.m. PST)
- Television Programs (Series/Specials): January 6, 2020 (2 p.m. PST)
- Television Programs (Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures): January 6, 2020 (2 p.m. PST)
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: January 6, 2020 (2 p.m. PST)
Nominees Announced
- Documentary Motion Pictures: November 19, 2019
- Television Programs (Sports, Children’s and Short Form Programs): December 19, 2019
- Television Programs (Series/Specials): January 7, 2020
- Television Programs (Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures): January 7, 2020
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: January 7, 2020
Final Polls Open
- Television Programs (Sports, Children’s and Short Form Programs): December 19, 2019
- Television Programs (Series/Specials): January 7, 2020
- Television Programs (Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures): January 7, 2020
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: January 7, 2020
- Documentary Motion Pictures: January 7, 2020
Final Polls Close
- Television Programs (Sports, Children’s and Short Form Programs): January 8, 2020 (12 p.m. PST)
- Television Programs (Series/Specials): January 16, 2020 (12 p.m. PST)
- Television Programs (Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures): January 16, 2020 (12 p.m. PST)
- Theatrical Motion Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: January 16, 2020 (12 p.m. PST)
- Documentary Motion Pictures: January 16, 2020 (12 p.m. PST)
PGA East and West Coast Celebrations of 2020 Producers Guild Awards Nominees and Producing Teams
- Week of January 13 (additional details forthcoming)
Awards Show
- January 18, 2020
Sean “Diddy” Combs seeks bail, citing changed circumstances and new evidence
Sean "Diddy" Combs filed a new request for bail on Friday, saying changed circumstances, along with new evidence, mean the hip-hop mogul should be allowed to prepare for a May trial from outside jail.
Lawyers for Combs filed the request in Manhattan federal court, where his previous requests for bail have been rejected by two judges since his September arrest on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees, while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
He has been awaiting a May 5 trial at a federal detention facility in Brooklyn.
In their new court filing, lawyers for Combs say they are proposing a "far more robust" bail package that would subject the entertainer to strict around-the-clock security monitoring and near-total restrictions on his ability to contact anyone but his lawyers. But the amount of money they attach to the package remains $50 million, as they proposed before.
They also cite new evidence that they say "makes clear that the government's case is thin." That evidence, the lawyers said, refutes the government's claim that a March 2016 video showing Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend occurred during a coerced "freak off," a sexually driven event described in the indictment against Combs.
They wrote that the encounter was instead "a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship" between Combs and his then-girlfriend.
The lawyers argued that the jail conditions Combs is experiencing at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn violate his constitutional... Read More