Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Agree: Argo’s Ben Affleck is Best Director
Jan14

Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Agree: Argo’s Ben Affleck is Best Director

Those who like to point out that the Golden Globes are the most fun awards show in Hollywood may not have experienced the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which rival it as an unbuttoned affair where the biggest names in show business booze and schmooze, on and off camera.   Perhaps noticeably because of the camaraderie they engender between awards voters and contenders—although some might use a more profane term to describe the...

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James Bond Parachutes in to Producers Guild Awards Nominations
Jan03

James Bond Parachutes in to Producers Guild Awards Nominations

Leave it to the Producers Guild of America to finally give some credit to a 50-year-old film franchise. Showing 007 some real love, its members nominated “Skyfall” as one of the 10 films up for the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award for theatrical motion pictures.   Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig, is the first James Bond movie ever to get a PGA nomination.   It will compete against Argo, Beasts of the Southern...

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