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  • Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design

    Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design

    The films that usually get in here usually fall into four categories: films centered around music, war films, sports films, sci-fi films, and the eventual Best Picture winner. There are obviously exceptions to this, but these are the kinds of films that are usually seen here. This year, five top-8 contenders fit this mold: Top Gun: Maverick, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Elvis, All Quiet on the Western Front, and All Quiet on the Western Front. Tar and Babylon also fit this mold as they are largely centered around music but I don’t see either of them getting in over ‘All Quiet’ or ‘Avatar’

    This year, the American Cinema Editors (ACE) are releasing their nominations on February 1st, a week after the Oscar nominations so we won’t have that guild to help us in predicting this category.

    BEST FILM EDITING

    Top Gun: Maverick – CCA, BAFTA

    Everything Everywhere All at Once – CCA, BAFTA

    Elvis – CCA, BAFTA

    All Quiet on the Western Front – BAFTA

    Avatar: The Way of Water – CCA

    Could Jump In: The Banshees of Inisherin – BAFTA, Tar – CCA, The Fabelmans, Babylon – CCA

     

    Top Gun: Maverick is the only sure thing in this category as I could see every other one of the films I picked getting snubbed. All Quiet on the Western Front has fantastic cinematography and now that it is a top 7 Picture contender, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be recognized. Roger Deakins has been the sole nominee for his film twice in the past (Prisoners, The Man Who Wasn’t There) and this will likely be the third as Empire of Light hit all major precursors.

    If Elvis is nominated, which it is likely to, Mandy Walker will become only the third female cinematographer to receive a nomination in this category, joining Rachel Morrison for Mudbound and Ari Wegner for last year’s The Power of the Dog.

    For me, the last slot was a toss-up between Babylon, The Batman, The Fabelmans, and Avatar 2. I ended up going with Babylon since I felt the film had to be a top 12 Best Picture contender (which excludes The Batman) and a BAFTA longlist selection (which excludes The Fabelmans and Avatar 2).

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Top Gun: Maverick – ASC, CCA, BAFTA

    All Quiet on the Western Front – BAFTA

    Empire of Light – ASC, CCA, BAFTA

    Elvis – ASC, BAFTA

    Babylon – CCA

    Could Jump In:  The Batman – ASC, BAFTA, The Fabelmans – CCA, Avatar 2: The Way of the Water – CCA, Bardo – ASC

     

    Three films, Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Elvis are locks here as they’ve either hit all the major precursors (Babylon and Elvis) or have won a major precursor and only missed one, (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, BAFTA wasn’t as big on the first film as the Oscars were so this is not a concern). As this branch seems to like only period or sci-fi/fantasy films and those three previously-mentioned films fit that criteria, I think they’re safe.

    The Woman King is a top-15 Best Picture contender set in the 18th and 19th centuries with intricately-designed costumes. I would be surprised if it misses, especially as the film has been nominated at multiple of the guilds and as Viola Davis is a very-likely Best Actress nominee.

    While this category loves period films, that period includes the 70s and before, anything after is not considered ‘period’ in what is the average age demographic of the Academy and so even if films are set around clothing or clothing tycoons (such as in the case of last year’s House of Gucci), they have a much lesser chance of being nominated here. That is a lucky thing for ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ as it is both set around clothing and set in the 50s and seems poised for a nomination. Amsterdam, a BAFTA nominee, also has a chance of replacing ‘Mrs. Harris’ but while it is a film that would’ve been nominated a few years ago, the horrendousness of David O. Russell should keep the film from a nomination.

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Babylon – CCA, CDG, BAFTA

    Elvis – CCA, CDG, BAFTA

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – CCA, CDG

    The Woman King – CCA, CDG

    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – CDG, BAFTA

    Could Jump In: Amsterdam – BAFTA, Corsage, Everything Everywhere All at Once – CCA, CDG, The Fabelmans

  • Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature

    Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature

    This year, four films seem locked for a mention come Tuesday morning: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Turning Red, and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish being those four. They’ve hit all the major precursors and have the wide support needed to be confidently nominated in this category.

    In my mind, the last slot is between My Father’s Dragon, Inu-Oh, Wendell & Wild and The Sea Beast. As Inu-Oh has the best ratings of the three (highest IMDb and Metacritic scores) and has another nod in addition to just the Annie nomination, it may be my pick to take the fifth slot but watch out for the previously-mentioned films as well. My Father’s Dragon is a Cartoon Saloon film and the Academy has shown their love for the studio in the past as every single other Cartoon Saloon film (Secret of the Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, and Wolfwalkers) has been nominated in this category. However, all four of those films were nominated at either GG, CCA, or PGA or were critics’ favorites, none of which My Father’s Dragon has.

    Another stat to consider is that in the last nine years, there has been at least one non-American made film nominated here. Of the films I have noted as contenders for that fifth spot, only My Father’s Dragon and Inu-Oh fit this mold. Between the two, I think the former better represents what the Academy usually nominates in this category and as much as I wnat them to, I doubt the Academy will ever nominate a Masaaki Yuasa film (sigh).

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – GG, CCA, Annie, BAFTA, PGA

    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – GG, CCA, Annie (Indie), BAFTA, PGA

    Turning Red – GG, CCA, Annie, BAFTA, PGA

    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – GG, CCA, Annie, BAFTA, PGA

    My Father’s Dragon – Annie (Indie)

    Could Jump In: Inu-Oh – GG, Annie (Indie), Wendell & Wild – CCA, Annie, The Sea Beast – Annie

     

    Like with the previous category, four films seem essentially locked here: All Quiet on the Western Front, Decision to Leave, Argentina, 1985, and Close (though I think Close is vulnerable for a surprise miss like A Hero last year).

    This category is so unpredictable, there has been at least one massive shock nominee in the last three years. I would not be surprised if that happens again (even though there is a lower chance of that happening due to ANOTHER rule change which will allow all Academy members to opt in to voting in this category if they say they’ve seen all the shortlisted films), but I’m going to play it safe and go with The Quiet Girl, which I think will be a definite nominee if enough people see it, which if Academy members are honest about seeing all the shortlisted films, they will have.

    BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

    All Quiet on the Western Front – GG, CCA, BAFTA

    Decision to Leave – GG, CCA, BAFTA

    Argentina, 1985 – GG, CCA, BAFTA

    Close – GG, CCA

    The Quiet Girl – BAFTA

    Could Jump In: EO, Bardo – CCA, Holy Spider, Return to Seoul, Corsage – BAFTA

     

    Fire of Love has hit every precursor so far but it is a documentary built on mostly archival footage, which we see snubbed here time and time again. However, Critics Choice winner Good Night Oppy was already snubbed by not even being included in the longlists, so maybe the branch’s impulse to snub has already been exhausted.

    One of the big four in this category (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, Navalny, All That Breathes) will be snubbed, I just can’t decide on which one even though I can think of arguments for each. So essentially I really doubt that this is what the nominations look like, these are just the most likely nominees in my view.

    Other than the four films with the most precursor nominations, Descendent is my pick the round out the top five. The Obamas’ production company Higher Ground has made two films eligible for the Oscar in this category, American Factory and Crip Camp, both of which were nominated (the former won). As a result, Descendent which is also critically-acclaimed and has both CCA and PGA nominations, seems pretty likely to continue this trend.

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – IDA, CEH, BAFTA

    Fire of Love – CCA, IDA, CEH, PGA, BAFTA

    Navalny – CCA, IDA, CEH, PGA, BAFTA

    All that Breathes – IDA, CEH, PGA, BAFTA

    Descendent – CCA, PGA

    Could Jump In: The Territory – CEH, PGA, The Janes – IDA, Moonage Daydream – CCA, BAFTA, Bad Axe

  • Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Live Action Short, Documentary Short, and Animated Short

    Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Live Action Short, Documentary Short, and Animated Short

    There are some topics that the Academy highlights in these categories consistently but other than that, predictions in these categories are essentially throwing darts at a map.

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

    Le Pupille

    An Irish Goodbye

    The Red Suitcase

    Warsha

    Nakam

    Could Jump In: Almost Home, The Lone Wolf

     

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

    The Flagmakers

    The Elephant Whisperers

    How Do You Measure a Year?

    38 at the Garden

    Nuisance Bear

    Could Jump In: Holding Moses, How Far Can They Run

     

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT

    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

    New Moon

    Save Ralph

    The Flying Sailor

    My Year of Dicks

    Could Jump In: Ice Merchants, An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It

  • BAFTA Nominations 2023: ‘All Quiet’ Shocks With 14; ‘Fabelmans’ Limited to Screenplay

    BAFTA Nominations 2023: ‘All Quiet’ Shocks With 14; ‘Fabelmans’ Limited to Screenplay

    All Quiet on the Western Front’s massive haul of fourteen nominations is the biggest story of the morning and makes predicting what the Netflix film and what the international film will be this year in Picture so much easier. It’s so interesting how All Quiet on the Western Front had basically no major precursor nods, it missed out at CCA, PGA, DGA, AFI, and NBR (it did win Adapted Screenplay here though). So even with this haul, I don’t think it is a top 5 Best Picture contender at the Oscars by any means, but I think it would be foolish of me not to have in my Best Picture nomination predictions and topping by Best International Feature predictions.

    Unlike last year where 2 of the 6 nominees in the performance categories were chosen by a membership-wide vote, this year 3 of the 6 were chosen by BAFTA members and the other 3 were chosen by juries. As a result, I think they deserve more closer analysis, in terms of Oscar nomination predictions, than I think they did in the last couple years.

    Another shock of the morning was Spielberg’s The Fabelmans coming out with exactly one nomination, in Original Screenplay. It was snubbed in Cinematography, Production Design, and Score, all technical categories it is projected to be nominated in at the Oscars. As a result of this, I foresee an Editing snub for the film and this gives even more evidence that Everything Everywhere All at Once is the clear frontrunner.

    Here are the BAFTA nominees:

    BEST FILM
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert
    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
    ELVIS Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
    TÁR Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan

    OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
    AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells, Producer(s) TBC
    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin
    BRIAN AND CHARLES Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward
    EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris
    GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand
    LIVING Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro
    ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly
    SEE HOW THEY RUN Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell
    THE SWIMMERS Sally El Hosaini, Producer(s) TBC, Jack Thorne
    THE WONDER Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

    OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
    AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
    BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)
    ELECTRIC MALADY Marie Lidén (Director)
    GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Katy Brand (Writer)
    REBELLION Maia Kenworthy (Director)

    FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert
    ARGENTINA, 1985 Santiago Mitre, Producer(s) TBC
    CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer
    DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok
    THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí

    DOCUMENTARY
    ALL THAT BREATHES Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
    ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
    FIRE OF LOVE Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman
    MOONAGE DAYDREAM Brett Morgan
    NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae

    ANIMATED FILM
    GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
    MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
    PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
    TURNING RED Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

    DIRECTOR
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger
    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh
    DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
    TÁR Todd Field
    THE WOMAN KING Gina Prince-Bythewood

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
    THE FABELMANS Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
    TÁR Todd Field
    TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Östlund

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
    LIVING Kazuo Ishiguro
    THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad
    SHE SAID Rebecca Lenkiewicz
    THE WHALE Samuel D. Hunter

    LEADING ACTRESS
    CATE BLANCHETT Tár
    VIOLA DAVIS The Woman King
    DANIELLE DEADWYLER Till
    ANA DE ARMAS Blonde
    EMMA THOMPSON Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
    MICHELLE YEOH Everything Everywhere All At Once

    LEADING ACTOR
    AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis
    COLIN FARRELL The Banshees of Inisherin
    BRENDAN FRASER The Whale
    DARYL McCORMACK Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
    PAUL MESCAL Aftersun
    BILL NIGHY Living

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    ANGELA BASSETT Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    HONG CHAU The Whale
    KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin
    DOLLY DE LEON Triangle of Sadness
    JAMIE LEE CURTIS Everything Everywhere All At Once
    CAREY MULLIGAN She Said

    SUPPORTING ACTOR
    BRENDAN GLEESON The Banshees of Inisherin
    BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin
    KE HUY QUAN Everything Everywhere All At Once
    EDDIE REDMAYNE The Good Nurse
    ALBRECHT SCHUCH All Quiet on the Western Front
    MICHEAL WARD Empire of Light

    ORIGINAL SCORE
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann
    BABYLON Justin Hurwitz
    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Carter Burwell
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Son Lux
    GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Alexandre Desplat

    CASTING
    AFTERSUN Lucy Pardee
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Simone Bär
    ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sarah Halley Finn
    TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Pauline Hansson

    CINEMATOGRAPHY
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend
    THE BATMAN Greig Fraser
    ELVIS Mandy Walker
    EMPIRE OF LIGHT Roger Deakins
    TOP GUN: MAVERICK Claudio Miranda

    EDITING
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sven Budelmann
    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
    ELVIS Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers
    TOP GUN: MAVERICK Eddie Hamilton

    PRODUCTION DESIGN
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Christian M. Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper
    BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
    THE BATMAN James Chinlund, Lee Sandales
    ELVIS Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn
    GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

    COSTUME DESIGN
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lisy Christl
    AMSTERDAM J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky
    BABYLON Mary Zophres
    ELVIS Catherine Martin
    MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS Jenny Beavan

    MAKE UP & HAIR
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heike Merker
    THE BATMAN Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir
    ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
    ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin
    THE WHALE Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

    SOUND
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler
    AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendoyln Yates Whittle
    ELVIS Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley
    TÁR Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke
    TOP GUN: MAVERICK Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

    SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
    ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzoid
    AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon
    THE BATMAN Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy
    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz
    TOP GUN: MAVERICK Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

    BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
    THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella
    MIDDLE WATCH John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy
    YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

    BRITISH SHORT FILM
    THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS Alex Kayode-Kay
    BAZIGAGA Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail
    BUS GIRL Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen
    A DRIFTING UP Jacob Lee
    AN IRISH GOODBYE Tom Berkeley, Ross White

    EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
    AIMEE LOU WOOD
    DARYL McCORMACK
    EMMA MACKEY
    NAOMI ACKIE
    SHEILA ATIM

    Source: Deadline

  • Critics Choice Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Triumphs, Angela Bassett Wins Once Again

    Critics Choice Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Triumphs, Angela Bassett Wins Once Again

    With a trifecta sweep (Picture, Director, and Screenplay) at the Critics Choice Awards, Everything Everywhere All at Once has bounced back after underperforming at the Golden Globes. The CCA have predicted the Oscar Best Director winner in all of the last six years and to me, it makes sense if The Banshees of Inisherin wins Best Original Screenplay and EEAAO wins Director. I really don’t see ‘Banshees’ getting shut out (unless it misses out on a Director nod) and that’s the category where it is most competitive. Speaking of ‘Banshees’, Colin Farrell, as the leader at the critics’ awards, should’ve probably won here yet was beaten out by Brendan Fraser, who further cements his argument as the Best Actor frontrunner.

    The winners in the other acting categories were expected, except Angela Bassett continues to surprise, winning here after her triumph at the Golden Globes. Could she sweep? While I do think she will take SAG and BAFTA will go with Condon, she has a likely shot at winning the Oscar now, what would be the first nomination and win for a Marvel movie performance. Now Condon (or whoever wins BAFTA) could Mark Rylance their way to Oscar glory on just a BAFTA win, but things will become more clear once the British Academy releases their nominations on the 19th.

    Here are the winners:

    Best Picture

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Actress

    Cate Blanchett – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    • Viola Davis – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • Danielle Deadwyler – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
    • Margot Robbie – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    Best Actor

    Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” (A24)

    • Austin Butler – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Paul Mescal – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Bill Nighy – “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Best Director

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Damien Chazelle – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • S.S. Rajamouli – “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Limited Series

    “The Dropout” (Hulu)

    • “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • “The Girl from Plainville” (Hulu)
    • “The Offer” (Paramount+)
    • “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • “Station Eleven” (HBO Max)
    • “This Is Going to Hurt” (AMC+)
    • “Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX)

    Best Drama Series

    “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • “Andor” (Disney+)
    • “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
    • “The Crown” (Netflix)
    • “Euphoria” (HBO)
    • “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • “House of the Dragon” (HBO)
    • “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    • Frankie Corio – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Jalyn Hall – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
    • Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy” (Amazon Studios)
    • Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time” (Focus Features)
    • Sadie Sink – “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Comedy

    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Bros” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “Triangle of Sadness” (Neon)
    • “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate)

    Best Acting Ensemble

    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Talk Show

    “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)

    • “The Amber Ruffin Show” (Peacock)
    • “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
    • “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Syndicated)
    • “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC)
    • “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” (Bravo)

    Best Comedy Special

    “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special” (Netflix)

    • “Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune” (Netflix)
    • “Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel” (HBO)
    • “Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual” (Netflix)
    • “Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth” (HBO)
    • “Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early” (Peacock)

    Best Foreign Language Series

    “Pachinko” (Apple TV+)

    • “1899” (Netflix)
    • “Borgen” (Netflix)
    • “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (Netflix)
    • “Garcia!” (HBO Max)
    • “The Kingdom Exodus” (MUBI)
    • “Kleo” (Netflix)
    • “My Brilliant Friend” (HBO)
    • “Tehran” (Apple TV+)

    Best Animated Series

    “Harley Quinn” (HBO Max)

    • “Bluey” (Disney+)
    • “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
    • “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” (Adult Swim)
    • “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (Paramount+)
    • “Undone” (Prime Video)

    Best Movie Made for Television

    “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    • “Fresh” (Hulu)
    • “Prey” (Hulu)
    • “Ray Donovan: The Movie” (Showtime)
    • “The Survivor” (HBO)
    • “Three Months” (Paramount+)

    Best Actress in a Drama Series

    Zendaya – “Euphoria” (HBO)

    • Christine Baranski – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Sharon Horgan – “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
    • Laura Linney – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • Mandy Moore – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    • Kelly Reilly – “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)

    Best Actor in a Drama Series

    Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man” (FX)
    • Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    • Diego Luna – “Andor” (Disney+)
    • Adam Scott – “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • Antony Starr – “The Boys” (Prime Video)

    Best Hair and Makeup

    “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)

    • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Visual Effects

    “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)

    • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    Best Editing

    Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Tom Cross – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Monika Willi – “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    Best Production Design 

    Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)

    • Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Cinematography

    Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    • Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Linus Sandgren – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    Best Comedy Series

    “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    • “Barry” (HBO)
    • “The Bear” (FX)
    • “Better Things” (FX)
    • “Ghosts” (CBS)
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max)
    • “Reboot” (Hulu)
    • “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    Best Actress in a Comedy Series

    Jean Smart – “Hacks” (HBO Max)

    • Christina Applegate – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    • Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Kaley Cuoco – “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
    • Renée Elise Goldsberry – “Girls5eva” (Peacock)
    • Devery Jacobs – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    Best Actor in a Comedy Series

    Jeremy Allen White – “The Bear” (FX)

    • Matt Berry – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    • Bill Hader – “Barry” (HBO)
    • Keegan-Michael Key – “Reboot” (Hulu)
    • Steve Martin – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
    • D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    #SeeHer Award

    Janelle Monáe

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Jeff Bridges

    Best Animated Feature

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)

    • “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
    • “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
    • “Turning Red” (Pixar)
    • “Wendell & Wild” (Netflix)

    Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Daniel Radcliffe – “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    • Ben Foster – “The Survivor” (HBO)
    • Andrew Garfield – “Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX)
    • Samuel L. Jackson – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)
    • Sebastian Stan – “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • Ben Whishaw – “This is Going to Hurt” (AMC+)

    Best Costume Design

    Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    • Mary Zophres – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Catherine Martin – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)

    Best Song

    “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR” (Variance Films)

    • “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing” (Sony Pictures)
    • “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise” (Netflix)

    Best Score

    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    • Michael Giacchino – “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • John Williams – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Original Screenplay

    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    • Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    • Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said” (Universal Pictures)
    • Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Supporting Actress

    Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    • Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
    • Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    Best Supporting Actor

    Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway” (A24/Apple Original Films)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    Henry Winkler – “Barry” (HBO)

    • Brandon Scott Jones – “Ghosts” (CBS)
    • Leslie Jordan – “Call Me Kat” (Fox)
    • James Marsden – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    • Chris Perfetti – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    • Paulina Alexis – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)
    • Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX)
    • Marcia Gay Harden – “Uncoupled” (Netflix)
    • Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Annie Potts – “Young Sheldon” (CBS)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Paul Walter Hauser – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)

    • Murray Bartlett – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
    • Domhnall Gleeson – “The Patient” (FX)
    • Matthew Goode – “The Offer” (Paramount+)
    • Ray Liotta – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)
    • Shea Whigham – “Gaslit” (Starz)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Niecy Nash-Betts – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)

    • Claire Danes – “Fleishman Is in Trouble” (FX)
    • Dominique Fishback – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)
    • Betty Gilpin – “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • Melanie Lynskey – “Candy” (Hulu)
    • Juno Temple – “The Offer” (Paramount+)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    Giancarlo Esposito – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • Andre Braugher – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Ismael Cruz Córdova – “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Prime Video)
    • Michael Emerson – “Evil” (Paramount+)
    • John Lithgow – “The Old Man” (FX)
    • Matt Smith – “House of the Dragon” (HBO)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus” (HBO)

    • Milly Alcock – “House of the Dragon” (HBO)
    • Carol Burnett – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    • Julia Garner – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • Audra McDonald – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Rhea Seehorn – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    “RRR” (Variance Films)

    • “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
    • “Argentina, 1985” (Amazon Studios)
    • “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
    • “Close” (A24)
    • “Decision to Leave” (Mubi)

    Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

    Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

    • Julia Garner – “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
    • Lily James – “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • Amber Midthunder – “Prey” (Hulu)
    • Julia Roberts – “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • Michelle Pfeiffer – “The First Lady” (Showtime)

    Source: Variety

  • PGA 2023 Nominees Announced: Massive Snubs, Four Sequels Nominated

    PGA 2023 Nominees Announced: Massive Snubs, Four Sequels Nominated

    Now that the PGA has released their nominations, six films have received nods from the CCA, Golden Globes, and the PGA: Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis. These films can be confidently said to be locked for a Best Picture nomination. Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t the only blockbuster sequel among the PGA’s picks, “Avatar: The Way of the Water”, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story” were also nominated.

    Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” was also a surprise nominee in this category, giving me more confidence that the industry is a fan of the film and that Brendan Fraser is the frontrunner to win Best Actor.

    In the last six years, an average of eight films nominated at PGA ended up getting nominated for Best Picture as well. With this year’s expansion to 10 slots for BP nominees, I think anywhere from 7-9 of the PGA 10 will make Picture at the Oscars. I am leaning towards 7 or 8 at this stage but we shall see.

    Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Whale” (A24)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

    • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
    • “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Illumination)
    • “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
    • “Turning Red” (Pixar)

    Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

    • “Andor” (Disney+)
    • “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    • “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • “The White Lotus” (HBO)

    Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

    • “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • “Barry” (HBO)
    • “The Bear” (FX)
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max)
    • “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)

    David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television

    • “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
    • “The Dropout” (Hulu)
    • “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
    • “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)
    • “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

    • “Fire Island” (Hulu)
    • “Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+)
    • “Pinocchio” (Disney+)
    • “Prey” (Hulu)
    • “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

    • “30 for 30” (ESPN)
    • “60 Minutes” (CBS)
    • “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)
    • “Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Prime Video)
    • “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (CNN)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television

    • “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
    • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
    • “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
    • “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
    • “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

    • “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
    • “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
    • “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (VH1)
    • “Top Chef” (Bravo)
    • “The Voice” (NBC)

    Source: Variety

  • SAG 2023 Nominees Announced: ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Banshees’ Lead Pack With 5 Each

    SAG 2023 Nominees Announced: ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Banshees’ Lead Pack With 5 Each

    Both Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin cemented their place as the top two contenders of this year’s race with record-tying hauls at SAG. Both received 5 nods apiece which only three films, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, and Doubt, have done before. The former two went on to win Best Picture.

    MOVIES

    Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

    Babylon
    The Banshees of Inisherin
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
    The Fabelmans
    Women Talking

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role

    Cate Blanchett (Tar)
    Viola Davis (The Woman King)
    Ana de Armas (Blonde)
    Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
    Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role

    Austin Butler (Elvis)
    Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
    Bill Nighy (Living)
    Adam Sandler (Hustle)

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role

    Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
    Hong Chau (The Whale)
    Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role

    Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
    Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)

    TELEVISION

    Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

    Abbott Elementary
    Barry
    The Bear
    Hacks
    Only Murders in the Building

    Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

    Better Call Saul
    The Crown
    Ozark
    Severance
    The White Lotus

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a miniseries or television movie

    Emily Blunt (The English)
    Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)
    Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
    Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a miniseries or television movie

    Steve Carell (The Patient)
    Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
    Sam Elliott (1883)
    Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
    Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series

    Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
    Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
    Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
    Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
    Jean Smart (Hacks)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series

    Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
    Bill Hader (Barry)
    Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
    Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
    Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series

    Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
    Jason Bateman (Ozark)
    Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
    Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
    Adam Scott (Severance)

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series

    Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
    Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
    Julia Garner (Ozark)
    Laura Linney (Ozark)
    Zendaya (Euphoria)

    STUNTS

    Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama television series

    Andor
    The Boys
    House of the Dragon
    Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
    Stranger Things

    Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture

    Avatar: The Way of Water
    The Batman
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    Top Gun: Maverick
    The Woman King

    Source: People

  • Golden Globes 2023: ‘Banshees’ Shocks ‘EEAAO’, ‘Abbott’ Has a Great Night

    Golden Globes 2023: ‘Banshees’ Shocks ‘EEAAO’, ‘Abbott’ Has a Great Night

    The biggest news when it comes to the Oscar race is the Banshees of Inisherin prevailing over Everything Everywhere All at Once in the Best Comedy/Musical category. While I think Everything Everywhere All at Once will still win Picture, I now doubt it will take the Picture, Director, Screenplay trifecta. The Fabelmans took Drama and Director cementing it as a top three Picture contender.

    On the TV side, it was a big day for Abbott Elementary (Tyler James Williams surprised for a win in Supporting Actor!) and The White Lotus

    Here are the winners:

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    The Fabelmans, Universal Pictures

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    The Banshees of Inisherin, Searchlight Pictures

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    House of the Dragon, HBO Max

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Abbott Elementary, ABC

    BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    Kevin Costner, Yellowstone

    BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE
    The White Lotus, HBO Max

    BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
    Evan Peters, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

    BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
    Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES/MOTION PICTURE
    Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY/TV MOVIE
    Paul Walter Houser, Black Bird

    BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
    Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

    BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
    Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
    Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), Amazon Prime Video

    BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    Cate Blanchett, Tár

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION SERIES
    Julia Garner, Ozark

    BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    Zendaya, Euphoria

    BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    Austin Butler, Elvis

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Netflix

    BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

    BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

    BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
    “Naatu Naatu”, RRR
    Music by: M.M. Keeravani; Lyrics by: Kala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
    Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION SERIES
    Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

    BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
    Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
    Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Source: Deadline

  • Who Will Win at This Year’s Golden Globes (TV)

    Who Will Win at This Year’s Golden Globes (TV)

    The Golden Globes will air on NBC at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST

    TV 

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA 

    Severance 

    Better Call Saul 

    The Crown 

    The House of the Dragon 

    Ozark 

    Historically, the HFPA likes to award shows that are in their first seasons though that hasn’t really been the case in recent years (e.g. Succession and The Crown). Severance, Better Call Saul, and The Crown are the biggest contenders this year and Severance has the benefit of being both extremely popular and in its first season. As a result, I have it winning but I think Better Call Saul has so much goodwill going for it right now and it could ride that to a win here. 

    WINNER: Severance 

    UPSET PICK: Better Call Saul, The Crown, or The House of the Dragon 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA 

    Zendaya – Euphoria 

    Imelda Staunton – The Crown 

    Emma D’Arcy – The House of the Dragon 

    Laura Linney – Ozark 

    Hilary Swank – Alaska Daily 

    In this category, the Globes have shown a tendency to award relative newcomers who are on their first nomination for a role. 2-time Emmy winner Zendaya has never been nominated by the HFPA for her performance as Rue in Euphoria until this year and as she fits the category of an ingenue on her first nod for a role, she’s my pick, though watch out for Emma D’Arcy in The House of the Dragon and Imelda Stuanton in The Crown to upset. 

    WINNER: Zendaya – Euphoria 

    UPSET PICK: Imelda Staunton – The Crown or Emma D’Arcy – The House of the Dragon 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA 

    Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul 

    Adam Scott – Severance 

    Kevin Costner – Yellowstone 

    Jeff Bridges – The Old Man 

    Diego Luna – Andor 

    Bob Odenkirk will finally get his due for his brilliant portrayal of Saul Goodman. 

    WINNER: Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul

    UPSET PICK: Adam Scott – Severance or Kevin Costner – Yellowstone 

      

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY 

    Abbott Elementary 

    The Bear 

    Wednesday 

    Only Murders in the Building 

    Hacks 

    The Globes like to award shows that are in their first season. That is good news for Abbott Elementary, The Bear, and Wednesday. Abbott Elementary seems like a no-brainer here especially since it received two supporting actress nods even though the drama and comedy categories have been combined. However, watch out for The Bear. 

    WINNER: Abbott Elementary 

    UPSET PICK: The Bear 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY 

    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary 

    Jean Smart – Hacks 

    Jenna Ortega – Wednesday 

    Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant 

    Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building 

    This one is really between Jean Smart and Quinta Brunson. They represent the two performances that the Globes love to award the showy Hollywood veteran turn and the young first-time nominee performance. However, the Globes don’t really like a performance two times in a row in this category (only Rachel Brosnahan has accomplished that since 2010) and since Smart won last year, this seems like Brunson’s year to prevail. 

    WINNER: Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary 

    UPSET PICK: Jean Smart – Hacks 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY 

    Jeremy Allan White – The Bear 

    Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building 

    Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building 

    Bill Hader – Barry 

    Donald Glover – Atlanta 

    Jeremy Allan White should take this and while Steve Martin and Martin Short are competitive here, they will very likely split votes and give White an easy path to victory. 

    WINNER: Jeremy Allan White – The Bear 

    UPSET PICK: Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building or Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building 

      

    BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION 

    The White Lotus 

    Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

    The Dropout 

    Black Bird 

    Pam and Tommy 

    The White Lotus has unquestionably the most popularity and positive critical attention of these shows and should take this easily. 

    WINNER: The White Lotus 

    UPSET PICK: N/A 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION 

    Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout 

    Jessica Chastain – George and Tammy 

    Lily James – Pam and Tommy 

    Julia Garner – Ozark 

    Julia Roberts – Gaslit 

    Both the lead categories for Limited Series are pretty straight-forward this year. While Jessica Chastain has a chance to take this as she’s Globes regular (on her her eighth nod in 13 years), Seyfried is all but certain to win for her acclaimed portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes. 

    WINNER: Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout 

    UPSET PICK: Jessica Chastain – George and Tammy 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION 

    Evan Peters – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

    Taron Egerton – Black Bird 

    Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven 

    Sebastian Stan – Pam and Tommy 

    Colin Firth – The Staircase 

    Biopic, and especially serial killer, performances are Globes fodder and Evan Peters has received great notices for his role. It’s a prestige show with a standout central performance, Peters is winning. 

    WINNER: Evan Peters – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

    UPSET PICK: Taron Egerton – Black Bird 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SUPPORTING ROLE IN A DRAMA/COMEDY 

    Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown

    Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary

    Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

    Julia Garner – Ozark

    Janelle James – Abbott Elementary

    This is the first year where the drama and comedy supporting performances have been lumped into one category and the limited/TV movie supporting performances have been lumped into another. They used to all be combined and in the last five years of it being combined, no primarily comedic performance won. The two biggest contenders in this category are Elizabeth Debicki and Sheryl Lee Ralph and while Ralph is favored, I think the HFPA’s preference for dramatic performances will prevail and Debicki will take this. 

    WINNER: Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown 

    UPSET PICK: Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary 

      

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SUPPORTING ROLE IN A DRAMA/COMEDY 

    John Turturro – Severance 

    Henry Winkler – Barry 

    John Lithgow – The Old Man 

    Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary 

    Jonathan Pryce – The Crown 

    While Henry Winkler has a realistic chance of taking this, especially as his performance is more dramatic than many other of his fellow actors in the Comedy categories, John Turturro is a veteran of Hollywood who, unlike Winkler, has never won a Globe. I think the members of the HFPA will try to rectify that. 

    WINNER: John Turturro – Severance 

    UPSET PICK: Henry Winkler – Barry 

     

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE  

    Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus 

    Niecy Nash-Betts – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

    Aubrey Plaza – The White Lotus 

    Daisy Edgar-Jones – Under the Banner of Heaven 

    Claire Danes – Fleishman is in Trouble 

    Jennifer Coolidge has this. I don’t see how she loses. 

    WINNER: Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus 

    UPSET PICK: N/A 

     

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE 

    Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird 

    1. Murray Abraham – The White Lotus

    Richard Jenkins – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

    Domhall Gleeson – The Patient 

    Seth Rogen – Pam and Tommy 

    Hauser and Abraham are this category’s main contenders. Abraham is very good in The White Lotus and he is a veteran performer who already has a Globe win for Amadeus but what Hauser does in Black Bird lingers with you after the credits roll which I think will allow his work to prevail.  

    WINNER: Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird 

    UPSET PICK: F. Murray Abraham – The White Lotus 

     

     

  • Golden Globes Nominations 2023: ‘Banshees’ Leads With 8, ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Fabelmans’ Cement Themselves as the Frontrunners

    Golden Globes Nominations 2023: ‘Banshees’ Leads With 8, ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Fabelmans’ Cement Themselves as the Frontrunners

    The Golden Globes released their slate of nominees this morning, shedding further light on what to expect this awards season. One thing I always mention when the Golden Globe noms are released is the stat that in the last 10 years (in all years except the most recent), the eventual Best Picture winner was nominated for a Best Film, Director, and Screenplay award at the Globes before going on to win Oscar’s biggest prize.

    This year, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, and Banshees of Inisherin received that nomination trifecta, cementing those films as the three biggest players of the season. The former pair will likely be the two biggest frontrunners and I predict EEAAO will end up winning it all in the end.

    Another stat I want to mention is that in the last ten years, at least four of the five nominees in Best Film – Drama went on to earn Best Picture nominations later on in their respective years. That means that at most one of Avatar 2, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, and Top Gun: Maverick won’t make the slate. I think that film is most likely to be Avatar 2 (my current BP slate being EEAAO, The Fabelmans, ‘Banshees’, Tar, Women Talking, Babylon, Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, She Said). However, there is also a pretty good chance that all the films nominated here will make it in, hopefully the CCA nominations coming out on Wednesday will provide another piece of the puzzle.

    Here are the 2023 Golden Globe nominees:

    Film

    Best Picture (Drama)

    • Avatar: The Way of Water
    • Elvis
    • The Fabelmans
    • Tar
    • Top Gun: Maverick

    Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

    • Babylon
    • The Banshees of Inisherin
    • Everything Everywhere All at Once
    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    • Triangle of Sadness

    Best Animated Film

    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
    • Inu-Oh
    • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
    • Turning Red

    Best Picture (Non-English Language)

    • All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
    • Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
    • Close (Belgium)
    • Decision to Leave (South Korea)
    • RRR (India)

    Best Actress (Drama)

    • Cate Blanchett (Tar)
    • Olivia Colman (Empire of Light)
    • Viola Davis (The Woman King)
    • Ana de Armas (Blonde)
    • Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

    Best Actor (Drama)

    • Austin Butler (Elvis)
    • Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
    • Hugh Jackman (The Son)
    • Bill Nighy (Living)
    • Jeremy Pope (The Inspection)

    Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

    • Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)
    • Margot Robbie (Babylon)
    • Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)
    • Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
    • Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

    Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

    • Diego Calva (Babylon)
    • Daniel Craig (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
    • Adam Driver (White Noise)
    • Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
    • Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    • Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
    • Carey Mulligan (She Said)

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Brad Pitt (Babylon)
    • Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    • Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)

    Best Director

    • James Cameron (Avatar: The Way of Water)
    • Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    • Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)
    • Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

    Best Screenplay

    • The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh
    • Everything Everywhere All at Once, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
    • The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
    • Tar, Todd Field
    • Women Talking, Sarah Polley

    Best Original Score

    • Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
    • The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
    • The Fabelmans, John Williams
    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Alexandre Desplat
    • Women Talking, Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Best Original Song

    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, “Lift Me Up” by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler
    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, “Ciao Papa” by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro
    • RRR, “Naatu Naatu” by Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj
    • Top Gun: Maverick, “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga, Bloodpop, Benjamin Rice
    • Where the Crawdads Sing, “Carolina” by Taylor Swift

    TV

    Best Drama Series

    • Better Call Saul
    • The Crown
    • House of the Dragon
    • Ozark
    • Severance

    Best Musical or Comedy Series

    • Abbott Elementary
    • The Bear
    • Hacks
    • Only Murders in the Building
    • Wednesday

    Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie

    • Black Bird
    • Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
    • The Dropout
    • Pam and Tommy
    • The White Lotus

    Best Actress (Drama)

    • Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon)
    • Laura Linney (Ozark)
    • Imelda Staunton (The Crown)
    • Hilary Swank (Alaska Daily)
    • Zendaya (Euphoria)

    Best Actor (Drama)

    • Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
    • Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)
    • Diego Luna (Andor)
    • Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
    • Adam Scott (Severance)

    Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

    • Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
    • Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)
    • Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
    • Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
    • Jean Smart (Hacks)

    Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

    • Donald Glover (Atlanta)
    • Bill Hader (Barry)
    • Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
    • Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
    • Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

    Best Supporting Actress (Musical, Comedy or Drama)

    • Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
    • Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
    • Julia Garner (Ozark)
    • Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
    • Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)

    Best Supporting Actor (Musical, Comedy or Drama)

    • John Lithgow (The Old Man)
    • Jonathan Pryce (The Crown)
    • John Turturro (Severance)
    • Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
    • Henry Winkler (Barry)

    Best Actress (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • Jessica Chastain (George and Tammy)
    • Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
    • Lily James (Pam and Tommy)
    • Julia Roberts (Gaslit)
    • Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)

    Best Actor (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
    • Colin Firth (The Staircase)
    • Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven)
    • Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    • Sebastian Stan (Pam and Tommy)

    Best Supporting Actress (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
    • Claire Danes (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
    • Daisy Edgar-Jones (Under the Banner of Heaven)
    • Niecy Nash (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    • Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus)

    Best Supporting Actor (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus)
    • Domhnall Gleeson (The Patient)
    • Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
    • Richard Jenkins (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    • Seth Rogen (Pam and Tommy)

    Source: CNET