Tyler Perry and Guillermo del Toro among Humanitas winners

[ad_1] The Humanitas Prizes is forgoing its usual awards ceremony to avoid crossing picket lines and instead announcing winners in the press. Read The Times’ feature story on Humanitas here. Children’s teleplay (live-action or animation) WINNER: Hernán Barangan, “Life by Ella” (“Prison or Palace”)“A cancer patient who is the only teen in a ward full… Continue reading Tyler Perry and Guillermo del Toro among Humanitas winners

Hollywood’s Humanitas Prizes look for what’s human in writers’ strike

[ad_1] A strange creature, the Hollywood award in strike season. The show is going on, sort of: Audiences, critics and voters are still watching the award-worthy work even as the award-worthy creators refuse to make more of it. The for-your-consideration campaigns and journalistic access-grubbing lurch forward awkwardly even as ceremonies get pushed back. The screenwriters… Continue reading Hollywood’s Humanitas Prizes look for what’s human in writers’ strike