‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Succession’ Score at Critics Choice Awards
Jan15

‘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...

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It’s Another ‘Barbenheimer’ Showdown at the SAG Awards
Jan10

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...

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Gerwig, Nolan, Scorsese, Lanthimos & Payne Land DGA Awards Film Nominations
Jan10

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...

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Lily Gladstone Makes History at Revamped Golden Globe Awards as ‘Oppenheimer’ Sweeps Top Prizes
Jan08

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...

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‘Wild Beauty’ Documentary Exposes the Mistreatment of Wild Horses in the West
Dec17

‘Wild Beauty’ Documentary Exposes the Mistreatment of Wild Horses in the West

Majestic scenes of wild horses roaming free on the range loom large in the American imagination. Yet what many people do not realize is that the federal government regularly rounds up these beautiful animals because it says they are overpopulated on literally nearly 30 million acres of land in the West. Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West, a new feature-length documentary, chronicles the plight of these wild horses across remote,...

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