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The winners of the 10th Annual Indie Series Awards were announced in a ceremony on Wednesday, April 3, hosted by Eric Martsolf, Kevin Spirtas and Patrika Darbo, all former hosts who returned. Not announced prior to the ceremony, one by one they took the stage declaring they were the best former host and should, obviously, host the milestone 10th anniversary celebration. Top honors went to Giants and Indoor Boys , named best drama and best comedy series of the year. Giants won awards in a record-breaking seven categories, including best writing (J. August Richards, lead actor (James Bland), lead actress (Vanessa Baden Kelly), supporting actress (Tanee McCall), score (Austin Wintory) and original song ("More Love" by Kareem James and Ashly Williams). Indoor Boys took home four ISAs, including best writing (Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse), guest actress in a comedy (Krysta Rodriguez) and guest actor in a comedy (Michael Kostroff). Other acting winners included Alex Wyse ...

James Bland stars as Malachi in Giants . The 10th Annual Indie Series Awards nominations were revealed on Wednesday in a Facebook Live broadcast hosted by former winners Dee Freeman and Michael Taylor Gray. The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced entertainment created for the Web. Nominees were announced in 30 categories. Giants led all series with 19 total nominations, followed by After Forever with 14. Those shows will compete in the Best Drama Series category with Conversations in L.A. , In Absentia , The New 30 , Only Children , Riley Parra and What's Your Status . Indoor Boys led all comedies with 13 nominations. The series is joined in the Best Comedy Series field by 190 Lorimer , #Adulting , The Amazing Gayl Pile: Apocalypse Soonish , Does It Fart , My 90-Year-Old Roommate , The Rich and the Ruthless and #Washed . Competing for Best Non-Fiction Series are Girl Mess , The No-Name Cinema Society , The Vivid Project , What The IVF and The Witching...

Serial Scoop Now host Chelsea Matthews spoke with the winners at the 9th Annual Indie Series Awards on April 4, 2018, at The Colony Theatre in Burbank.

The nominations for the 9th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed on Wednesday, January 31. Celebrating the best in independently produced  entertainment created for the Web, ISAs nominees were announced in 30 categories. Ladies of the Lake  led all series with 18 total nominations, followed by  The Bay  with 16. Those shows will compete in the Best Drama Series category with  Anacostia ,  Giants ,  L.A. Macabre ,  Riley Parra ,  Running With Violet  and  Teenagers . Filth City  led all comedies with 12 nominations. The series is joined in the Best Comedy Series field by  190 Lorimer ,  The Amazing Hoolister Park ,  Bad Timing ,  Dear Mankind ,  How to Buy a Baby ,  Indoor Boys  and  ThreadBare . The Bold and the Beautiful  actress Patrika Darbo was nominated for her work in three separate web series:  Indoor Boys ,  The Bay  and  Ladies of the L...

On the Season 3 premiere of Serial Scoop Now , host Chelsea Matthews traveled to the Colony Theatre in Burbank for the opening night of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Driving Miss Daisy," starring Emmy Award winner Donna Mills, Arthur Richardson and James Leo Ryan. "Driving Miss Daisy" takes place in the 1940s through 1970s at the height of the Civil Rights movement. The play delicately explores racial tensions when a warm friendship evolves between an elderly Jewish woman and her black chauffeur. In Episode 3.1, Matthews chats with the cast, along with director Heather Provost. Watch below.

Principal photography began this week in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia on the romantic comedy "Summer in the Vineyard." The film reunites Rachael Leigh Cook ("Perception") and Brendan Penny ("Motive") who reprise their roles as Frankie Baldwin and Nate DeLuca. The movie will premiere during Hallmark Channel's annual "Summer Nights" programming event, featuring four new, original movie premieres celebrating the fun and carefree days of summer. The movie is the follow up to the successful "Autumn in the Vineyard," and continues the romance between Frankie Baldwin (Cook) and Nate DeLuca (Penny). As their first year at Sorrento Farms is coming to a close, they are looking forward to debuting their first vintage wine during the town's annual 'Summerfest' celebration. When the host winery for Summerfest pulls out at the last minute, Nate volunteers Sorrento to replace them, thinking it will be great publicity for their f...

Production has begun on "Sun, Sand & Romance," reuniting "Battlestar Galactica" castmates Tricia Helfer ("Lucifer," "Suits") and Paul Campbell ("Knightrider"). Shooting on location in Cancun, Mexico, the movie will premiere during Hallmark Channel's annual "Summer Nights" programming event, featuring four new, original movie premieres celebrating the fun of the season. "Duck Dynasty's" Sadie Robertson also stars. Kate (Helfer), a driven accounting executive, heads to Cancun with her boyfriend Eric, an equally ambitious land development executive, for some much-needed rest and relaxation. But the getaway they agreed would be 90 percent romance and just 10 percent work becomes anything but that. Upon arrival, Eric learns a prominent real estate developer is a guest in their resort. Wanting to seize the opportunity for potential business, Eric chases this new venture and leaves Kate to her own devices time...

Actor and artist James Kiberd is best known to soap opera fans for his 11-year stint as Trevor Dillon on ABC's All My Children . That followed a memorable run as Mike Donovan on Loving , and a few months as Dustin Trent on NBC's Another World . Following All My Children , he stepped in for a time as Hal Munson on CBS' As the World Turns . In addition to his work on daytime dramas, Kiberd is a talented artist and stage performer. He was named Best Actor earlier this year at the 2017 Midtown International Theater Festival for his portrayal of Big Jim in "The Crusade of Connor Stephens," a new play written and directed by Dewey Moss In "The Crusade of Connor Stephens," extreme loss shakes a Texas family as it comes to terms with a tragic act of violence. In the midst of widespread media attention, their story becomes an allegory for the national debate over religion, tolerance and the seedlings of hate. With humor and resilience, they will confront t...

Serial Scoop teamed up with We Love Soaps to cover the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. In the latest episode of Serial Scoop Now (2.18) below from the Creative Arts ceremony, check out host Jenna Stone's interviews with Danny Seo ( Naturally, Danny Seo ); Alexandra Goodman, Michael McShane and Armin Shimerman ( Red Bird ), Kevin Kliesch ( Sofia the First ), Gay Blackstone ( Masters of Illusion ), Josh Wakely ( Beat Bugs ), Ashlee Macropoulos ( This Just In ) and Christian Ganiere ( The Bay , Days of our Lives ).

Serial Scoop teamed up with We Love Soaps to cover the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. In the latest episode of Serial Scoop Now (2.17) below from the Creative Arts ceremony, check out host Jenna Stone's interviews with Chloe Lanier and Chad Duell ( General Hospital ); David Michaels, Senior Vice President Daytime Emmy Awards and Events; Lauren Lake ( Lauren Lake's Paternity Court ); Isaac Kragten, Millie Davis and Anna Cathcart ( Odd Squad ); and Addison Holley and Adrianna Di Liello ( Annedroids ).

Serial Scoop teamed up with We Love Soaps to cover the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. In the latest episode of Serial Scoop Now  (2.16) below, check out interviews with producers and cast of Amazon Prime drama The Bay at the Creative Arts ceremony. Host Jenna Stone spoke with Nicolas Coster, Jade Harlow, Celeste Fianna, Carolyn Hennesy, Kristos Andrews, Lilly Melgar, Matthew Ashford, Ronn Moss and Devin DeVasquez.

Anacostia creator and star Anthony Anderson has been nominated for 22 Indie Series Awards over the years. In the latest episode of Serial Scoop Now (2.15), host Michael Taylor Gray hit the red carpet of the 8th Annual Indie Series Awards on April 5 at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. MTG chatted with Melissa Archer ( Viral , The Bay ); Matthew Kreiner, Sean-Michael Bowles and Dan Stern ( Lemmings ); Liz Days, Andrew Nielson and David Lavine ( Plant: The Second Coming ); Andre Boyer ( My So-Called Co-Star Life ); Todd Flaherty ( Undetectable ); Leon Cheo and Josh Crowe ( People Like Us ); Keriann Correia and Marzy Hart ( Working on It ); and Anthony Anderson ( Anacostia ). Watch below.

EastSiders producers and stars Kit Williamson and John Halbach hosted the 8th Annual Indie Series Awards. Photo Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI Studios In the latest episode of Serial Scoop Now (2.14), host Michael Taylor Gray hit the red carpet of the 8th Annual Indie Series Awards on April 5 at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. MTG chatted with hosts Kit Williamson and John Halbach ( EastSiders ); Raymond Ochoa and Bobby Ochoa (Ochoa Boyz), Elba Sette-Camara and Grant Kretchik ( The Sessions ); Jonathan Robbins, Jason Leaver and Kate Conway ( Out With Dad ); and Bhama Roget and Ian Schuelke ( The Bhama Show ). Watch below.