‘Anora’ Wins Top Prize at the Producers Guild Awards
Anora suddenly seems to be the front runner for Best Picture at the Oscars after an incredible weekend sweep of three top awards, including the marquee prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards. The trophy for the Sean Baker-directed film comes just after Baker won the best director award at the DGA ceremonies. Just the night before, the Critics Choice Awards anointed the Neon film as Best Picture. Both bodies are considered...
‘Anora’ Director Sean Baker Pulls Off Surprise Win at Directors Guild Awards
Sean Baker and Anora star MIkey Madison To many experienced awards season experts, including this one, throwing some surprises into the game as it heads for the finish line of the Oscars makes things a lot more interesting. That’s exactly what happened with Anora, Neon’s indie black comedy that had won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival last May and thus garnered tons of buzz going into the summer and fall screenings. But it...
‘Anora’ Wins Best Picture at the Critics Choice Awards, Brody and Moore Score Top Acting Prizes
In the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, it was only fitting that dozens of firefighters walked into Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar to as standing ovation that kicked off the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler. After some jokes chiding the ongoing Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni scandal, the show got down to the business at hand: recognizing the absolute best in film and television over the past year....
FireAid Concert + Grammy Events Raise $125 Million for LA Wildfire Recovery
It is a staggering amount of money raised in just less than a week – $125 million to aid recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that broke out on January 7. Huge thanks are going out to the music industry, a number of its most talented artists and matching funds from deep-pocketed individuals and sponsors. The nearly six-hour-long FireAid concert held last Thursday at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum,...
Grammy Awards: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are Winners
Music’s biggest night was huge for both Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, who walked away with the evening’s most prestigious trophies. Bey finally scored the coveted Album of the Year award at the 2025 Grammys for her album “Cowboy Carter,” after being shut out the last four times she was nominated. Surprisingly, judging by the look on her face, the album also won Best Country Album. Lamar took home a total of five Grammy awards including...