Big Surprises at the Writers Guild Awards
“To the other nominees in the category, have fun at the Oscars – losers. How is this happening?,” Bo Burnham said with a smile as he accepted the award for best original screenplay for “Eighth Grade” at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards. The conclusion of his short, pointed and unique speech referenced the fact that his film is not nominated for an Oscar. The winner of the other major screenplay award – best adapted screenplay – is in...
‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Dear White People’ and ‘On the Basis of Sex’ Claim Humanitas Prizes
Recognizing television programs and films that inspire hope, compassion and understanding is the laudable goal of the nonprofit organization Humanitas, which presented its 44th Annual Humanitas Prize awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Friday night. Just like a traditional awards show, there is a host — in this case, writer and showrunner David Hudgins — and honorees and finalists in categories defined by genre. The top television...
AAFCA Honors ‘Black Panther, Ryan Coogler and Quincy Jones at 10th Annual Awards
Every awards ceremony taking place this season and each trophy presented engenders a certain amount of pride, but pride was there in extra special doses at the 10th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards show held Wednesday night. For starters, “Black Panther”– named best picture of the year and also one of the year’s biggest blockbusters–disproved once and for all that films starring and about black...
Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Rules at Directors Guild Awards
A look at Alfonso Cuarón’s IMDb page reveals almost as much about the state of his career as his Netflix film ”Roma’ does about his childhood in that Mexico City neighborhood. His page enumerates two Academy Award wins (for directing and editing 2013’s “Gravity”), 170 nominations and another 183 wins. Cuarón’s latest trophy was delivered Saturday night at the 71st Annual Directors Guild of America Awards in ceremonies at the Ray Dolby...
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ & ‘The Favourite’ Take Top Prizes at the ACE Eddie Awards
It’s a little known fact that after the Academy Awards, the Directors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes, the American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie Awards are the longest-running awards show in showbiz. So the spirits, as always at these ceremonies, were ebullient for the 69th edition held Friday night at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom when that was pointed out to the more than 1,000 attendees at the black tie gala....
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