‘Succession,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Beef’ Score Big Wins at the Emmy Awards
For everyone nominated and especially for those who won, it was worth the wait for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards which had originally been scheduled for September 2023 before their strike-altered date of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 15. Ably hosted by Anthony Anderson, with help from his mother who made sure the acceptance speeches didn’t run over time, the ceremonies paid tribute to the history of television by...
‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Succession’ Score at Critics Choice Awards
From the moment host Chelsea Handler’s first joke landed during her monologue, the Critics Choice Awards honoring the best in film and television was off and running. The ceremonies, televised live on the CW Sunday, January 14, came just one week after a massive awards show hosting fail at the Golden Globes by a former flame of Handler’s, Jo Koy. Isn’t it ironic. Huge and lengthy applause came when Handler lauded her writers, not only...
It’s Another ‘Barbenheimer’ Showdown at the SAG Awards
It’ll be the casts of “Barbie” against “Oppenheimer” at the Screen Actors Guild Awards After reviving the theatrical box office from the plagues that were the pandemic and then the writers and actors strikes, it’s no surprise that Barbenheimer also ruled the roost when the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” led all films with four...
Gerwig, Nolan, Scorsese, Lanthimos & Payne Land DGA Awards Film Nominations
Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan will compete for the DGA’s top film directing title Awards season came into clearer focus with today’s announcement of the DGA’s best theatrical feature film directing nominees announced by Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter. As expected, only one woman, Barbie’s Greta Gerwig, was among the five contenders for the top feature film prize. “In a year full of so many...
Lily Gladstone Makes History at Revamped Golden Globe Awards as ‘Oppenheimer’ Sweeps Top Prizes
Despite an unwatchable and often excruciatingly painful monologue by host Jo Koy, the revamped Golden Globe awards kicked off winter awards season 2024 with some landmark moments. Although “Killers of the Flower Moon” lost all the big motion picture drama prizes to “Oppenheimer,” its lead actress Lily Gladstone took home the trophy in her category, making history as the first indigenous actor to do so. She began her acceptance speech...