One for the History Books! Chloe Zhao Scores Biggest Prize at DGA Awards
Everybody in Hollywood knows that if you’re a female film director you have maybe a little more than a snowball’s chance in hell of winning an award for your work. But Chloé Zhao continues to break that mold by racking up reams of hardware, her latest being at the Directors Guild Awards Sunday night. Zhao took home the top award for directing Nomandland, starring Frances McDormand and a cast of mostly non-actors she also wrote the...
‘Trial’ Tops SAG Awards, Show Makes History with Acting Winners
The name of the film itself describes an ensemble, so it was only fitting that The Trial of the Chicago 7 took home the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night. Among its award-winning cast: Sasha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Michael Keaton, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eddie Redmayne. I know, I know. No women, but the film was about the men on trial for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in...
‘Nomadland’ Scores Top Prize at the Producers Guild Awards
There’s a now famous line in the motion picture Nomadland: “See you down the road.” After its win of the top prize at the 2021 Producers Guild Awards, there is no doubt we will be seeing the film win even more trophies down the road. Written and directed by Chloe Zhao, Nomadland scored the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures over nine competitors at the virtual ceremonies held March 24....
‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ Win Top WGA Awards
Sacha Baron Cohen and Carey Mulligan as the lead characters in their Writers Guild Award-winning films A promising young woman, no, not Maria Bakalova, meets Borat. It’s not the plot of the next subsequent movie film. It’s what happened at the 2021 Writers Guild Awards when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Promising Young Woman took the top screenplay honors. It was yet another virtual awards ceremony, one that is normally held...
Grammy Awards are Record Breaking for Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift
The 63rd Grammy Awards will be remembered for many things, among them the fact that they took place one year into the coronavirus pandemic. Compared to other awards shows that have taken place under Covid restrictions, this edition of the Grammys, produced by Ben Winston, will be remembered as the best of the bunch with blowout performances on multiple stages each with their own theme. Taylor Swift in a cabin, anyone? But most...
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